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Heroes - what heroes?Such a let down...

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Published Wed 25 Jul 2007, 481 Views, 33 Comments

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BBC promo dialogue for Heroes: "Heroes, the top-rating new series for the coveted 18 to 49 year old age group in America this season, is to be screened on BBC Two next year."

Well that counts me out then. But the BBC is correct! Anyone under 18 and over 49 wld see it for the rubbish it is. What a let down, what disappointment.

I have been an SF fan since 10 yrs old. Have heard, watched and read most everything. Even attended SF Conventions ( not trekkies) serious stuff with the most influential writers. What is this Heroes crap? Like Lost only worse.Where are the SF writers of yesteryear?

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clemmati ~ 17 months ago

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Ah so you, too, gave in to temptation (I watched both episodes). I was disappointed, but shouldn't have been, I suppose. (I hadn't noticed the 18-49 thing, that might have prepared me for it.)
It may though not be worse than Lost, I didn't manage to watch even one episode of that all the way through.
(Where are the SF shows of yesteryear? They could at least re-run Quatermass.)

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1. japaneseboats ~ 17 months ago
  
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  Ah - Quatermass! We have the bound scripts. Treading carefully here, did you ever listen to " Journey into Space"?
  
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  1. clemmati ~ 17 months ago
    
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    You do well to tread carefully... indeed I did.
    
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veddam ~ 17 months ago

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You guys don't like Heroes?!?! I'm a comic book/super hero fan, and although Heroes isn't exactly like what I'd expect for a show about people with super powers, I still really enjoy it. What I like most is how the story is told and how all the character stories cross each other. If you guys watching are on the BBC and only seem to be on the second episode, then I would suggest you keep with it. I'm sure you will start to like it after the next few episodes. If not then I guess it can't be for everyone.

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1. clemmati ~ 17 months ago
  
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  Yes it is just 2 episodes, both shown this evening. So I suppose as the 'plot' progresses I might get caught up in it, but right now, :(
  
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2. Big Al ~ 16 months ago
  
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  I really enjoyed the first series of Heroes. It is just silly fun and they don't try to be too serious! I watched the first episode again on the BBC the other day and I was surprised to see how "old" it felt. The story moves on pretty fast and it does get better.
  
  But it is not serious Sci-Fi, so it will not measure up if that's the yardstick you are using. If you want serious Sci-Fi then I would direct you to the recent incarnation of Battlestar Gallactica. Now THAT has to be one of the darkest Sci-Fi series in ages. Really well written and not afraid to kill off main characters (always a good sign if you ask me!).
  
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  1. clemmati ~ 16 months ago
    
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    Battlestar Galactica's on a channel I can't get -- unfortunately.
    
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earsz ~ 17 months ago

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Well, me, I love "Heroes." For one thing, I like the humor. After all, it's "comic book" not sci-fi. It's a fun-type modern fantasy _ and for once, it's one that isn't set in pseudo-medieval druid-enrobed myth and magic or in elf-and-dragon Neverendinglyland. Awwww, geee, y'all prolly didun like Batman, either, too!

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earsz ~ 17 months ago

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*bumps scrawny chests with veddam*

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1. veddam ~ 17 months ago
  
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  Oh the power of the scrawny chest bump, is there any higher form of semi-manliness?
  
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  1. clemmati ~ 17 months ago
    
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    lol
    
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japaneseboats ~ 17 months ago

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What do you mean, " and for once, it's one that isn't set in pseudo-medieval druid-enrobed myth and magic or in elf-and-dragon Neverendinglyland" what the hell is that crap? I'm talking grown up science fiction not fantasy or sword and scorcery. If that is your bench mark then I won't be bothering watching any further episodes of Heroes. Though veddam had almost persuaded me to give it another chance...

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1. earsz ~ 17 months ago
  
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  Not a benchmark. I prefer my science-fiction to include science, as apparently do you. "Heroes" is sci-fi only in a very loose way, if at all. I must say, though, that I once defeated a wraith, an ghoul and a third force from the dark side all in one day IRL. I learned of my triumph only afterward from a expert who was my roomie at the time; else I'd never have set out on such a quest ....
  
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Loves Bloc Party ~ 17 months ago

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i just started watching "green wing" anyone else see that?

love the brit shows, im pretty bored of american tv

(though i like my name is earl - not bad!)

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1. veddam ~ 17 months ago
  
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  I haven't seen green wing but one bbc show i am really enjoying is Jekyll. I highly recomend that to anyone.
  
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2. Big Al ~ 16 months ago
  
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  The Green Wing is up there with the best British comedies (of recent years). I loved it! But probably not to everyone's tastes.
  
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3. Gruntfutuck ~ 16 months ago
  
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  Green Wing. Just awesome.
  
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prettyfly ~ 17 months ago

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Jekyll is excellent - James Nesbitt is shamelessly hamming up the role but it makes for some great Sat night TV

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vadagh ~ 17 months ago

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Hmm, I have acquired some of the later shows of heroes, it does get better folks. It is not sci-fi though, so sci fans don't watch if you want space ships and hammed up acting like Blakes 7 or the equally bad Star Trek . There are no rubber monsters, crappy fight scenes or the man in the red shirt that you know is just going to die. This is definately more down to earth, with more human emotion coming to the fore, characters confused by what is happening to them, a sociopath hunting them down and a mysterious government agency coming to get them all. It's more X-files than Star Wars folks, get over it.

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1. clemmati ~ 17 months ago
  
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  Thanks vadagh, I'll tough out the early episodes :) -- after all, I liked X-Files. (I'm not a Star Trek fan.)
  
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2. clemmati ~ 16 months ago
  
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  Vadagh, sci fi isn't (only) space ships and hammed up acting, it's also Quatermass, X-Files, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, etc.. (And Heroes.) I suppose people simply like different kinds of sci fi.
  
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Mark ~ 17 months ago

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i love heroes...it started off slow...by that i mean the first 3 episodes were a bit slow because they had to really introduce people...but from episode 4 it really took off...its one of my favourite shows on tv now

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capeje ~ 17 months ago

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Heroes is the second best tv-show ever (lost is for eternity no 1). Can't believe there are people who doesn't enjoy it...

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Mark ~ 17 months ago

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neither can i...and i gotta agree with ya about lost...i am addicted to it...heroes would be joint second with prison break

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Tequila Rose ~ 16 months ago

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Heroes is awesome! Taking normal people and putting them into extraordinary circumstances with these "powers" that they inherit through a genetic mutation- but not like the Xmen- Its got a great series of sub plots and stories and keeps you guessing as to who is going to meet up with whom and what will happen when they do. Very twisty and highly entertaining- for my 2 Kc (still in Prague)

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vadagh ~ 16 months ago

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Clemmati- I know I just said that to get a raise from folks who are a little narrow minded in their sci - fi (purists(sad wierdo's) in rubber suits going to conventions speaking languages that don't exist for example). I like most comic book style stuff aswell, Sin City was an awesome peice of filmwork but was it sci-fi or comic book? (both I think)
Lost is underpants(miss a couple of episodes and your knackered), Prison break is great. Have any of the yanks seen the new Doctor Who series or Torchwood(new spin off), pure sci fi from my childhood is Doctor Who complete with rubber monsters and angry sea weed- classic hammed up acting but terrifying to a 5 year old hiding behind the sofa cushions and yelling for his dad.

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1. clemmati ~ 16 months ago
  
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  I just said that to get a raise from folks who are a little narrow minded in their sci - fi
  
  sorry vadagh -- you were very convincing :) -- thanks for replying pleasantly.
  
  I think a comic book can be sci-fi (I used to read my brother's Dan Dare comics!) and I thought what Veddam said about comic book/superhero and Heroes was really interesting -- I'll see how it goes...
  
  Yes, Lost is underpants, I think one episode knackered me. Doctor Who is on TV in the US now and Torchwood will be soon. I watched the old Doctor Who but as I'm older, it was Quatermass that had me hiding, it was terrifying. I do still watch Doctor Who but I don't always like it -- Family of Blood was great.
  
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Loves Bloc Party ~ 16 months ago

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ive heard doctor who is really quite sci-fi cool!

perhaps i will check it out in the future - for now im into green wing and watching out for season 2 of the IT Crowd *S*

Spaced - will always be one of my favorites of all time :)

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1. Gruntfutuck ~ 16 months ago
  
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  I'm prepared to give this Heroes thing a go. It's not like we have too many sci-fi shows to choose from is it?
  Now if only they'd bring back Firefly.
  
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japaneseboats ~ 16 months ago

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OK, OK! I shall bide my time and watch the next episodes of Heroes! I have only terrestrial TV so have to wait for the BBC broadcasts. But I was brought up on Super Heroes in comic strips - so don't diss my comments too soon!

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Tequila Rose ~ 16 months ago

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you might still be able to access the episodes on NBC.Com

I don't have TV but that is how I watch the shows that I enjoy- online :) fewer commercials

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1. veddam ~ 16 months ago
  
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  I think you can only watch the nbc.com episodes if you live in the states. I'm in Canada and it wouldn't let me watch.
  
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Mark ~ 16 months ago

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or you could use torrents...

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AdGuy

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This is my two cents...

Hey you know AdGuy always gets the last word! ;)

Heroes - what heroes?Such a let down...

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