Its a brand new year and about time for all the shows to come back from their mid-winter break. Monday night brought us a special 2-hour episode of Heroes…
Did the dreadlocked carny FIX Hiro’s tumor or just give him a wicked case of word salad? I love his scrambled fanboy speech and found myself saying “that’s where the X-Men train” at the exact same time as Ando which amused Popapathy to no end. Here are the geekboy references I caught so far… Don Quixote, Star Wars, Highlander, Battlestar Galactica, Camelot, Batman, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, X-Men and Spider-Man. Did I miss any?
How does Samuel know so much about the powers of deaf Dazzler/Venus? Either HRG must have bagged and tagged her at some point in the past and cataloged her abilities before Haitianing her, or Samuel’s met someone like her before. The former seems more likely.
But what exactly does he have planned? A lovely green homeland for the super powered carnies in an of itself isn’t a danger? or is it? Considering the events happening right now in Marvels’ The Siege, maybe creating a maintain fortress for a colony of powerful beings might not go over well with the Government. Also considering Samuel killed a partyful of rich folks just for kicks, what kind of collateral damage might he create in making his paradise?
His family finally gets to say farewell to Nathan Petrelli. We’ve been so busy watching Sylar running around with his face that there was no time to mourn Nathan’s passing. Umm they couldn’t spring the extra $$$ to have his wife (Rena Sofer) and children show up at the funeral? Instead they have some stand in with dark hair in the background at the wake.
What is it with insane earth movers? Samuel’s power FX are put to good use here. I shudder to think what he could do to a populated area if he chose. Even big bad Sylar was taken out pretty fast (a little too fast – there should have been an X-Men-3 wolverine-struggling-through-the-fire-moment). It looks like although Nathan may be gone, some of him remains in Sylar who is having a hard time getting his index finger up enough to kill. I have to admit I’m positively atingle at the thought of Sylar all tatted up like Lydia, her ability will be a nice addition, glad she didn’t have to die for it. Thought she was a goner when she called him impotent. But isn’t it interesting that what he wants/needs is Clair?
And c’mon how much would have had to pay West to fly in for a cameo instead of just suggesting he came by off camera.
Interesting preview… our deaf dazzling siren seems to be riding a carnival ride with her cello and crazy eyes like she’s gonna play a tune and go boom. Hope Peter can save her!
Posted in SFW, TV Shows on 09/07/2009 07:26 pm by fanboi
Quintessential geek supreme Tony Hale (who you might remember as quirky Buster from Arrested Development) is meek office nerd Stuart. He is constantly humiliated by his immature boss, Ben (Steve Howey – the cute-but-dumb son-in-law from Reba) and too shy to tell his longtime coworker Elizabeth his true feelings. That is, until the day his computer keyboard is damaged in a freak accident. Suddenly, Stuart discovers his keyboard has the power to manipulate time and reality.
A simple keystroke like Control + Z can “undo” Stuart’s last action. And wait until he finds out what he can do with F1, cut, copy paste, delete, home, redo and of course control alt delete! A 10 webisode series from NBC.
I didn’t want to COMPLETELY bog down the page with all 10 videos, so if you like these, there are 8 more episodes in season 1 and there can all be found if you comment or click to read Read the rest of this entry »
The Heroes cast had a lot to say about Heroes Volume 5: Redemption at this years SDCC 2009 Heroes panel…
Looks like this season has everything… Nathan/Sylar’s identity crisis, super powered carnivals with Prison Break’s and Carnivale’s Robert Kneper as its mysterious ringleader, titillating lesbian freshmen, an empath with prophetic morphing tattoos, British actor/stuntman Ray Park (Darth Maul and X-Men’s Toad) as a knife thrower with super speed, LOTS MORE TIME TRAVEL and Swoosie Kurtz out for vengeance!
Kring then explained that when this season premieres September 21, the government is no longer after our heroes and are content to let them live ordinary lives. Of course, the question is, what does ordinary look like when you’ve got powers? Kring promised the show would move quickly this season, and added that all the clips seen in the trailer were just taken from the first three episodes.
The series creator said there would be a “new wrinkle” this season. “Alongside the show that you’ve been watching all this time, it seems there was this other group – this family of people who have powers and had figured out how to live alongside of us and hide in plain sight,” he said. And what better place to hide than in a carnival, which is one of the main settings in Volume 5.
I doubt this will be up long – but I’ll replace it with the official trailer once it hits the net.
The end of Volume Four: Fugitives left a few interesting sub-plots – the biggest of which is the fact that Nathan Petrelli was killed and then Sylar was made to think he ACTUALLY WAS Nathan and he shapechanged into him.
Lets hope they can avoid some of the pitfalls of volumes 2-4 and recapture the momentum and freshness of season one while still managing to surprise and entertain without leaving gaping holes in the plot (how DID Hiro get to India and back if he couldn’t teleport and was a wanted fugitive?).
in their second annual Network Responsibility Index, media monitoring organization GLAAD measures the “quantity, quality and diversity of images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people on television.” While ABC and FX were lauded for original programming that featured members LGBT community, Fox and NBC received failing grades for their lack of inclusion.
"OK, Technically I?m a serial killer." I?m loving the back and forth between budding sociopath Luke Campbell and Sylar. A disturbed kid sidekick was a great idea.
Sylar?s mentoring is great. Love his rules to live by.
Hoping Sylar wants to meet Sampson Grey and kill him after he gets his truth. Anything less would really be a disappointment. But I have a feeling that Luke is more than his Dad?s neighbor. A united Sylar clan could be interesting.
Claire standing up to Daddy
Letting Tracy loose to demonstrate how dangerous the Fugitives are. Part of me is glad it was Danko and not Nathan who did it.
Noah kicked out for lying to his poor wife after Clair refuses to lie anymore.
Heroic shot of Sylar with his unconscious sidekick over his shoulder. I knew Sylar would come back for Luke. I loved that he tried to leave him. He?s starting to like the psycho kid despite himself.
Psycho Killer on the radio.
Nathan calling Danko on his murder of an innocent man by letting Tracy loose as a demo. You just know Danko will come to a bad end.
HATE:
Aquaboy? Why does he look like Peters little brother.
How the FUCK did Hiro and Ando get all the way to India from Russelville, AK? Hiro cannot teleport and Daphne is dead now (right?). They are a pair of fugitives hunted by a super funded government agency, so could hardly walk up to an ATM and withdraw money, much less buy a ticket out of the country. This is really a Brontosaurus sized plot hole.
Sylar getting all emo over his Daddy?s old red wagon was a bit much.
IF they found Aquaboy?s car so fast they had to see it on traffic cam, so why didn?t anyone see Claire? Why didn?t anyone see them run from the car?
The "powerful and dangerous" Groom backed down to Hiro and returned Ando waaaaay too easily after his public embarrassment. Wuss.
Tracy is much shrewder than proving herself a danger in front of the one person who knew her and thought her innocent.
Message from "destiny" are a bit convenient. Who do we know with precog abilities (they?d have to know things – maybe it?s Layla Miller? – BY THE WAY DID YOU READ X-FACTOR #40!!!!! IF NOT RUN, BUY AND READ!) who is alive an unaccounted for? Mama Petrelli? Anyone else? Think we have a new manipulative power behind the scenes or someone familiar?
Heroes is BACK! Last night’s February 2nd broadcast of Heroes marks the end of its holiday hiatus and beginning of a new NMC Monday Night… Chuck, Heroes and the Medium (which I also love).
SPOILERIFIC DISCUSSION – VIEW FIRST READ AFTER: I’m not sure how to feel about this turn of events. I just don’t get why Nathan is turning into a melagomaniacal nutball hunting down his own kind because they are a danger to the US. I can see him hunting down Sylar, Tracy Strauss and even Mohinder (who has seemed a bit unhinged since he took the serum), but going after Matt Parkman who he knows is a good guy and his OWN BROTHER! I don’t see what made Nathan think THIS was the path. It goes against everything that he was trying to accomplish when he tried to out the Heroes at beginning of Volume Three before future Peter shot him. I’m hoping we’ll soon get a good view of the future Nathan is building with his actions.
It wasn’t as extra action packed as most volume 3 episodes were. But there WAS a lot going on. Claire STILL has that obvious wig. No matter what else comes of Nathan’s hypocritical witch hunt, through his actions, he’ll succeed in doing what the past 3 seasons failed at. By making them fugitives, he’s forged a team by giving them not only a common enemy and goal – expose Nathan as the villain he’s become and stop the government persecution, but he’s also given them no choice but to oppose him.
The Hiro/Ando or should I say Ando/Hiro dynamic will have to evolve with a powerless Hiro. I hope he finds a path back to his abilities – or new ones. The Ando-cycle is a chick magnet. Is there a Hiro-cycle? Ando may feel useless as a solo act – but once he hooks up with Hiro and the fugitives, he’ll make them unstoppable.
Matt Parkman has a vision of the outback prophet who informs him that he’s the new prophet and suddenly Matt can draw the future – he better watch his head – thus far that power has a history of getting people fatal head wounds.
Peter Petrelli tells his brother that he can only fly, but apparently he lied! He is once again a power mimic, but as of last night’s episode, it appears to be more of an Ultra-Boy style (one power at a time) and the power switch is triggered by touch.
I’m still hoping some of the Season 2 loose ends (like the New Orleans folks? What happened to Micah and Monica? are they being hunted?) will find a place in the new storyline.
All in all an OK new beginning after a December season ender what felt like a rushed conclusion. I would have appreciated seeing more of how Papa’s plans were going to bring about that black cloud of destruction seen in the first episode of Volume Three: Villains.
I still don’t understand why Papa Petrelli stayed dead after the Haitian left the area – we’d seen both Sylar AND Claire resurrect after being killed with their powers turned off (once the thing turning their powers off stopped). Only explanation is that SYlar MUST have telekinetically lodged the bullet in the point in pap’s head that Peter was to shoot for – (but it was in back of brain – not the front).
There is a new set of Heroes webisodes – Heroes Destiny. In case you missed it, here are the 4 webisodes of “Heroes Destiny – Santiago’s story.” I bumped this a few times as new chapters surfaced.
I have to admit I’m not loving all aspects of whats been going on at this point in the season. But I am still paying attention.
The Elle/Sylar redemption arc was just a red herring and the big bad is dead on the floor – but is he still dead after the Haitan leaves the area – both Sylar and Clair reanimated after being killed with their powers off – why should papa Petrelli be any different?
I knew Kristen Bell wasn’t going to be around all season – but I was hoping for little Noah to be conceived before she mysteriously vanished for awhile. The only think I do have to say i am pleased with is that I have NO FRICKING IDEA what’s going to happen next…
I found the news that NBC was going to shelve Heroesand Chuck for January in favor of a dating reality show and YET ANOTHER STUPID DANCING SHOW to be downright stupid! Seriously? Really? Why do people watch that crap? Its even worse than most reality TV. That decision will cause the show to lose momentum and lose even more viewers. I think NBC is officially TRYING to kill it, which saddens me.
Full Episode at hulu.com
I’m hoping the return of Pushing Daisies writer Bryan Fuller (tho sorry his show was not continued) to the Heroes staff might breath more of that first season magic into it, but I’m not holding my breath.
I still thoroughly enjoyed this episode despite the inevitable flaws the kvetching complainers of the internet seem determined to share. This season rocks.
Clair and SYlar both dying during the eclipse and healing after was a bit obvious. I truly loved Hiro and Ando’s exchange with Seth Green and Breckin Meyer at the comic book store. I was really rooting for Elle and Sylar to redeem each other, so their sex on the beach moment didn’t really turn out as I had hoped. I had heard that Kristen Bell wasn’t slated for the full season, so I was expecting trouble in paradise, but was still hopeful I was wrong.
aired 112408 – Heroes: Volume Three – The Eclipse (part 1): More great insight into the characters this week. I felt there was something traumatic about Daphne’s past that was somehow fixed with her speed powers. I was betting on a medical problem resulting in morbid obesity that melted off with a superfast metabolism, but I suppose leg braces are cheaper than a quality fat suit and they have spent enough on FX for her as it is.
The “Sam’s Comics” store sequence was a friendly nod to the comic fanboys who probably still make up a large percentage of the show’s fanbase. It was so great to see a pair of real Hollywood fanboys like Seth Green and Breckin Meyer making cameos on one of their favorite shows.
Lil Hiro’s concept of the comic book store as a great repository of knowledge is wonderful, And I look forward to seeing what else he can learn from his 4-color oracle. Reminds me how I got through a college mythology class largely due to issues of Wonder Woman, the Teen Titans and Thor.
I do wonder how many issues did Isaac Menendez send in before Sylar cut his head open? I know they art gets sent ahead, but he died at least 6 months ago Heroestime, wouldn’t they have found a new writer/artist?. Also Isaac’s paintins didn’t have lettering did they? So who is the “writer” who can see the future?
FULL EPISODE AT HULU.COM
I’m sure a few someones will have a list of gripes about the episode and I’ll report on those later – just enjoy a great chapter in the adventure for now.
Well known fanboy, former werewolf and son of Dr. Evil, Seth Green will be guest starring on tonight’s Heroes with former Garfield owner, fellow Heroes fan and collaborator on Cartoon Network’s Robot Chicken, Breckin Meyer.
The pair will be playing the owners of Sam’s Comics and recognize Hiro and Ando from 9th Wonders.
They no doubt took pay checks, but Seth Green and Breckin Meyer didn’t want to guest-star on NBC’s Heroes for the money.
The actors, , simply wanted to fulfill a genre desire.
“I’ve asked over and over and over again to be on the show and then eventually I guess I wore them down,” Green said.
“I’m a big fan of the show,” Meyer said. “I’ve seen every episode.”
The roles — which are featured in Monday’s episode, “The Eclipse — Part 1″ — came about shortly after Comic-Con International in San Diego last summer, where Green and Meyer were promoting Robot Chicken and Heroes staged a panel, led by recently released co-executive producer Jeph Loeb.
“I have been after Jeph Loeb since the show came on. ‘How do I get on that show?’,” Green said. “And then he called me and it was like, ‘Alright, the time has come.’ And he said, ‘Do you know anybody, because we’ve got this other part?’ I was like, ‘Well Breckin Meyer
, to tell you the truth.’ And he was baffled. He was like, “Breckin would never do this.’ And I said, ‘I bet he will. I’ll call him.’”
As far as I know they will have no powers I can’t wait until tonight. Watch and enjoy! I’ll post the 2 minute replay and full episode from hulu.com once they are up…
SPOLIERIFIC COMMENTS: I hate to say I told you so, but I totally called the Elle/Sylar romance last week. Hello Sylar baby momma. I like them together. Now if they’ll only start working for the RIGHT SIDE! I think that they will redeem each other and then get the hell out of Pinehearst and back to Primatech
Not sure how I feel about 10 year old Hiro yet. Sure, it’s a convenient way to recapture some of the character’s adorable 1st season enthusiasm, but it’s a bit transparent. I also didn’t totally get how that happened. I will be rewatching the whole thing today as popapathy missed it last night and I want to watch with him.
I’m warming to a depowered Peter. He’s a heroic enough character that a lack of flashy powers isn’t going to stop him. It doesn’t stop Batman, Robin or Captain America. I’d like to see him show more ingenuity though – there can’t ALWAYS be a handy exposed pipe full of flammable gas. I do hope the coming eclipse does give him a new powerset though.
Also did anyone else notice that Peter now has futurePeter’s scar?!?!? He got it when Sylar telekinetically tossed him out the window after Arthur stole his powers. One mystery solved!
And the full episode via hulu…
I hope we get more info on Sylar’s power – it seems like they are beginning to suggest that the various forms of power mimicry that we have seen (Peter Petrelli – empathy absorbtion, Sylar – creepy brain fiddling, and Arthur Petrelli – power stealing) may in fact be different aspects of the same power. Arthur seems to have a better understanding of the “hunger” that accompanies Sylar’s power than Sylar does. And how is that possible unless they have the same power?
It makes sense when you look at Matt’s dad Maury and the evolution we’ve seen of their telepathic abilities. As they grow stonger and more confident in their abilities, their skill increases as well. I bet Sylar will eventually be able to steal powers just like his dear old biodad.
Posted in Comic Book TV on 11/14/2008 02:44 pm by fanboi
This is the 3rd time I’ve recreated this post due to the server induced technical difficulties – let’s hope it stays this time.
SPOILERIFIC OBSERVATIONS: OK, who ELSE thinks that Elle is gonna wind up as Sylar’s future baby momma? After what we saw on Monday, we now know that Elle probably blames herself for the monster that Sylar became. He sought redemption – even attempted suicide rather than kill again, but she set him back on the murderous path. If he is ever able to defeat the beast within, I’m sure she’ll be there for him. It takes a redeemed sociopath to love a redeemed sociopath.
If they introduce another new character who can paint the future, he should wear full body armor and a protective helmet – seems to be a doomed powerset.
I don’t get the low ratings this season. There were many things wrong with season 2… too many characters, slow pacing, Maya’s and Hiro’s subtitled storylines (just weren’t as compelling as Hiro’s introduction in season 1) and most of all the big climactic event they were trying to stop was avoided by not dropping something. Talk about anti-climactic! Thus far, Volume Three: Villains has masterfully avoided all those pitfalls and yet all people and critics can do is complain!!!
November 10th Villains was an intriguing peek into the past of Heroes, exposing previously unrevealed connections and motivations between significant events. I know retconned stories often seem forced, and the timeline does seem a bight tight at times, but all-in-all I found the revelations to be both fascinating and major eye-openers.
It seems that some are determined to bitch about the show no matter how good the episodes get. Newsarama posted a whiney post-game bitchfest after Mondays show that was a nitpicky rant complaining about Clair being related to eleven characters (Petrelli grandparents, bio-dad Nathan, bio-uncle Peter, two half-siblings via Nathan, bio-mom Meredith, her bio-uncle Flint, her adoptive brother, and her adoptive parents) and the timeline being off.
The only explanation I can find for the low ratings is that many of the people who jumped on the Heroes bandwagon first season were lemmings who stopped watching mid-way through season 2 and didn’t return for season 3. The rest of the dropped viewers just didn’t care enough about the show after the long writers strike. Firing the writers who not only were very instrumental in Heroes initial success but also who have been delivering a fantastic season is both unfair and unwise and will do nothing to bring back the lost viewers.
The fact that with Elle’s Dad dead, the closest thing she has to a friend is Clair is soooo sad. Also whose bright idea was it to bring an out-of-control electric girl on an airplane (where they don’t even want you to turn on a cell phone or an IPOD). Both of them should have known better.
I hope this doesn’t end up with UBER Arthur Petrelli vs a bunch of depowered Heroes, but Arthur Petrelli vs a buch of REpowered Heroes might be interesting.
In Week 4 of CBR’s Behind the Eclipse, Readers ask all kinds of questions, and occasionally get answers.
This week people with inquiring minds what to know… Why did Peter have to be taught to use Sylar’s power? Can Daphne do everything the Flash can? Do Peter and Sylar have the same daddy? When did Maury escape from level 5? Were DL’s powers synthetic too? What powers does Arthur Petrelli have? Wat is i about Sylar’s power that drives Sylar/Peter to kill? We have seen eight of the twelve escaped villains (Stephen, Doyle, Echo, Knox, Maury, the German, Flint, Jesse), will the other four villains still appear this season? How did Pinehurst gather the Level 5 escapees so fast? Will we find out what happened to the warp guy? Can Angela dream normally? Will we see a musical episode? (no) and of course… Mr. Muggles and Sylar’s son Noah, who was the greater power?
I KNEW Ando wasn’t dead. Hiro did just as I suspected, switching the sword for a fake. I though he’d come from a few minutes in the future to do it, but I always forget the freeze time part of his powers. So Papa Petrelli is a power-sucker… I didn’t get what he did to Adam Munroe
Also – here is the third Installment of CBR’s Behind the Eclipse. In which viewers ask producers the following questions and more… Some even get answered!
Will we ever see Matt’s child again? If Sylar lost most his powers, whose painting power was future Sylar using? How did Daphne know when Hiro was going to open the safe? What is Pinehearst Research? Do deleted scenes count? Who resurrected Nathan? Is Isaac’s Father alive? Who is older, Peter or Syler? Or are they twins? With Sylar’s ability, can Peter now study his own mind and unlock all the dormant abilities he hasn’t used yet? Will Sylar’s baby momma be revealed? We we ever see a flashback episode of the original Company members in action? And finally, should they have just let Peter blow up New York in season 1? Read and find out!
ANDO CAN”T BE DEAD!!!! Hiro MUST do a Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure style abuse of the timestream by visiting himself and Ando, swapping the sword for an elaborate prop and giving Ando a bloodbag to pop.
Wow! Quite an episode! Didn’t see Peter getting Sylar’s power or the resulting conflagration. Future Peter was worried about ripples in the past, well past Peter is making ripples in the future. His decisions will make that future into a super-powered hell on earth. NBC seems to be having technical difficulties with embedding the 2-minute replay, but here is the whole episode!
A heroic soul like Peter with Sylar’s powers and hunger… I think this season is REALLY going places. I figured about Matt and Daphne getting together but for some reason was surprised by Nathan and Tracy. Bad news for those of you who didn’t like the “girl with powers falls in love with flying guy who makes her feel less freakish” storyline last season might wanna go refill the popcorn when you see Tracy and Nathan. Who WAS the mother of Sylars little boy? Why didn’t Peter just telekinetically remove the bullet from Future Peter’s head? Wouldn’t he heal if it was taken out?
Also check out Behind the Eclipse Week 2 where CBR asks the following Questions of Heroes producers…
Is there more to Claire’s origins? What happened to Maury Parkman? How many Tracy Strauss’s are there? Can Peter mimic mimicked abilities? Does H.G.R. drink decaf? Was company founder Carlos Mendez Isaac’s dad? Why wasn’t Clair’s mom affected by the lack of oxygen in the metal crate? Does Adam have any children? Why do we keep seeing future visions of Clair in a past costume (the Odessa cheerleader outfit)? Are there power dampeners on Level 5? Will they ever reveal Kaito’s powers? Why does Sylar still have his telekinesis if he lost his other Volume 1 abilities?
CBR has sat down a few times with Milo Ventimiglia – Heroes adorable power-mimic Peter Petrelli! He may not be a superhero, but he plays one on TV and that’s good enough for me. He comments on everything from acting with himself to… future Sylar?
This season, ComicBookResources welcomes us to BEHIND THE ECLIPSE. A weekly Q&A feature where Heroes writers/producers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coliete answer questions sent in by you the viewer about all things “Heroes.” This week’s BTE covers questions raised by the first few episodes of the hit NBC show, entitled “Heroes Volume Thee: Villains.” Send your own questions to heroes@comicbookresources.com
Questions answered include: How many episodes have been produced? What is Heroes: Volume 4 called? Whats up with the Heroes we haven’t seen this season? Can we look forward to more awesome special FX like Daphne’s speedstream? Why was future Hiro still wearing his glasses? Powers… product of blood, brain or adrenaline? What can Claire feel? Can she be killed? Does Sylar eat brains? How dead is Bob? Are the futures we’ve seen this season all the same future? Does Sylar still have all his powers? Is Mohinder the Fly? Why did future Claire think a gun could kill future Peter? Who is Susan Amman? and of course the one question on EVERYONE’s mind… What is future Mr. Muggles up to?
I can’t wait until tonight. Watch and enjoy! I’ll post the 2 minute replay and full episode from hulu.com once they are up…
