HRG-related stories
Posted Oct 29th 2009 4:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Heroes, Reality-Free
Sources are telling Airlock Alpha that
NBC is asking Heroes producers and writers to come up with a finale for the show.
I think we all saw this coming. Ratings for the show have continued to slip since that magical first season, and I think the network (and many fans) have gotten sick of the "this season will be different!" promises.
Actually, I think the show has been good this season. Oh, the first couple of episodes meandered and were rather frustrating (Hiro time traveling again? Sylar wandering around again? Matt seeing visions?), but since they've shown how Samuel is involved in the Claire plotline and in the HRG plotline and Zachary Quinto is back full time, it has come together more.
Continue reading NBC wants to know how Heroes will end
Posted Oct 13th 2009 5:03PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV Squad Polls, Heroes, Reality-Free
Kristin over at E! is reporting that
a "major death" is coming to Heroes, probably to boost ratings (good luck with that). All he'll say is that the character is male and it's a member of the original cast.
That's actually a lot of info. Who do you think it will be? (I'm assuming it's not Nathan, for obvious reasons.)
Posted Apr 1st 2009 4:34PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Heroes, Reality-Free
So...is
Heroes back? Is it as good as it used to be? Beyond repair? Has it always been good and people are just too picky? Seems like fans (and non-fans) of the show all have opinions.
So does Bryan Fuller. He came back to the show after ABC canceled
Pushing Daisies, and while I have always liked the
Heroes, you can tell that the show has turned a corner in the past couple of episodes. The pace isn't break-neck anymore, the time traveling stuff has calmed down, and the storytelling is tighter.
Fuller is interviewed over at SciFiWire, and he talks about how he, as a fan, was frustrated with the way the show was going. He also drops a few spoilers for fans and explains his plans for what's in store for the last episodes of the season.
Continue reading Here are a few Heroes spoilers, courtesy of Bryan Fuller
Posted Mar 10th 2009 6:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Watercooler Talk, Heroes, Reality-Free
Interesting story over at
The Hollywood Reporter:
should NBC give an end date for Heroes like ABC gave an end date for
Lost?
It's an intriguing idea. If they were to say that
Heroes was going to end, let's say, after the 6th season, then the writers and producers could actually start planning the story in a certain way and give it a real ending. I also think that if the show were to have a definite end date, fans and former fans would watch the show, knowing that it is actually going somewhere. James Hibberd makes a good case, saying that scarcity increases demand, that it will probably increase ratings, and the show is, well, a goner anyway.
Of course, this could probably be said about a lot of shows on TV, that giving them an end date would make the stories better and get fans interested. Except for
According To Jim of course. ABC just renewed that the sitcom through the 2021-22 season.
Posted Mar 7th 2009 12:02PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Heroes, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
OK, OK, SPOILER ALERT!
There are still a bunch of episodes left in this third season of
Heroes, but producers and writers are already working on the fourth season (the show was
renewed by NBC for another season earlier this week). There isn't much being disclosed about specific plots or what is going to happen to specific characters or what characters are going to make it out alive from this third season (though I would assume The Hunter will be gone). But there is one big clue as to who won't be the major character that is going to die at the end of this season, and we'll discuss that a bit after the jump.
Continue reading Here's a sneak peek at Heroes season four
Posted Mar 5th 2009 11:55AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Heroes, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
This isn't a real surprise (to me anyway), but
NBC has confirmed that Heroes will indeed return for another season this fall.
There's been endless talk about how the quality of the show has declined since the first season, and viewer numbers have been dropping this past season, but it's still a good show that draws a core audience and NBC understands this. It still has a certain amount of buzz associated with it, and NBC needs to hold on to what loyal fans the network has, especially since we don't know what the hell is going to happen with NBC's schedule when Jay Leno takes over 10pm Monday through Friday.
By the way, the
Day One show mentioned in the article linked above is a new drama from Jesse Alexander, one of the producers of
Heroes who was let go this season. It's about a group of residents from an apartment complex who have to band together after some sort of catastrophe. It could air on Monday nights too.
Posted Feb 24th 2009 2:02AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E17) Well, the three stooges pretty much hogged up the entire episode, didn't they? In the end, it was Moe who had to come along and save the day because Larry and Curly kept bickering with each other to the point they were both captured. But who stayed captured? And what did they find out that was worth all the throwing around and breaking of mirrors? *yawn* Man, it turns out the stooges aren't nearly as fun to watch as I remembered.
The good momentum established in the first three chapters of this volume were completely squashed as the action ground to a screeching halt in this episode. We did learn that HRG is clearly a loyal lapdog to whatever cause he's behind. We know this because his memories as he sees them are in black-and-white and everyone knows dogs see in black-and-white ... yep, that's right. I just totally wasted your time with that lame-ass joke. You'll never get that time back. Hiro's lost his powers. He also lost the ability to appear in an episode, along with Ando, Claire and even Aquaman (who's still hiding in her closet, I guess).
Continue reading Heroes: Cold Wars
Posted Feb 17th 2009 2:21PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E16) Spoiler Warning! The scene to the right happens in this episode. But don't worry, it doesn't really accomplish much ... for Tracy. It looks like the Justice League is forming under the tutelage of "Rebel." But who is he? We've got another
Heroes mystery on our hand. You know, like the mystery of whether or not HRG is a good guy or a bad guy (that one will be addressed next week) and the mystery of who Sylar's father is. And if Claire will whine and bitch this week. Okay that last one isn't much of a mystery.
We went in three major directions tonight with the plot, skipping one group of "heroes" altogether, and surprisingly not missing them. First we had more drama in the Bennett household, complete with Claire rebelling against her father. It's nice to see that fifty episodes into the series, Claire's character has really grown and evolved into a mature young woman. The same goes for Hiro, who's gone from being an immature man-child with delusions of grandeur to an immature man-child with delusions of grandeur. Hmmm, doesn't sound as impressive when you put it like that.
Continue reading Heroes: Building 26
Posted Dec 9th 2008 3:45PM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S03E12) So you think your last office birthday party was bad? Well, you've obviously never invited Sylar to one of your gatherings. That was the main thing I learned this week: if there's an invitation list, it's better to keep Sylar off of it--lest you want your birthday cake covered in blood.
While that was probably the most disturbing part of the episode, it probably wasn't the most important--after all, it was pretty inevitable that Sylar would be back to doing his Sylar thing eventually. The catalyst was actually the driving force behind this episode. Who gives it and who takes it plays a big role in what happens, and ends up ending one of my least favorite storylines from recent weeks.
Continue reading Heroes: Our Father
Posted Nov 20th 2008 3:00PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Heroes, Reality-Free
Everyone seems to have an idea on how
Heroes can be improved. I think it's still good, but ratings are down, fans are fleeing, and it's probably not a show new fans can get into. Now
creator Tim Kring has an idea.
For next season, he'd like to see more self-contained episodes instead of a long continuing storyline over the entire season. He talked about what he intended to do with the show and what the future might hold at the Creative Screenwriting Expo last weekend. He wanted to give NBC a show like
Lost or
24, one with a serialized storyline that would have fans coming back each week. Now he says he's not sure if that was the right decision, describing those shows as "an absolute bear to do." He thinks that the way that people watch TV nowadays is a lot different than just three years ago, because of DVRs and online viewing and all that, and that has changed how viewers watch serialized dramas since they don't watch them live every week.
Continue reading What if Heroes wasn't a serialized show?
Posted Sep 23rd 2008 8:55AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Episode Recaps
(S03E01) If you were a little disappointed with last year's strike-shortened season, not to mention that horrible diversion south of the border and that other lengthy one to feudal Japan,
Heroes is looking to get back on track with its third season. "Volume 3: Villains" begins with tonight's two hour premiere, and continues for the first thirteen episodes before giving way to "Volume 4: Fugitives" for the remainder of the season.
We know that "Villains" will feature a re-powered Sylar and introduce a whole slew of more super powered baddies to the
Heroes universe. I can't say that this was the most accessible place for potential new viewers to jump into the storyline, unless they caught that "red carpet" extravaganza before the episode began, but if you were able to keep up with it, they're certainly looking to turn things on their ears this year.
Continue reading Heroes: The Second Coming (season premiere)
Posted Dec 4th 2007 12:31AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E11) When Kristin offered up the chance to review the Fall (Season?) Finale of Heroes, I couldn't resist stepping in to help. While this episode lived up to a lot of the promises of the season, much like last season's finale, it may have been a little lighter on the action than you'd want. There are a lot of big changes for a lot of the characters and yes, the promised "hero" death. We get resolutions on the virus plot, the Sylar/Mya journey, Hiro's quest to stop Adam, the Bennet situation, and in the end, there's enough to entice us to come back for more. It's all here and let me tell you, if Kristin was yawning and checking her watch through the last episode, there wasn't time this week. This episode is absolutely jam-packed from start to finish. "Volume Two" wraps, and as with last year we get a teaser of Volume Three. But we'll get to all of that after the jump.
Continue reading Heroes: Powerless
Posted Nov 27th 2007 7:05AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(
S02E10) For the second to last episode of the season, I found tonight's show a bit slow. It had it's cool parts--I even have dedicated a section to them at the bottom of the post--but I looked at my watch a lot throughout the episode.
Overall, I think
Heroes has come a long way since the beginning of the season. I think many
Heroes viewers are just spoiled from the novelty and plot twists of the first season so they are critical when stories/characters aren't up to snuff.
But, that said, I am looking forward to the season finale. As the ads keep saying, "It all comes down to this."
Continue reading Heroes: Truth & Consequences
Posted Nov 20th 2007 10:02AM by Kristin Sample
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E09) "You've gone native. Are you kidding me?" Noah Bennet to Mohinder Suresh.
Just when you thought Mohinder couldn't get any stupider, he goes and shoots Noah Bennet in the eye. He is really in too deep with this company. And lately, he is making Matt Parkman look like a genius. (Wait, did Parkman just make me say that? Dumb joke, I know.) More on this after the jump because it basically took up the whole episode.
But before I go through all the storylines for this week, let me just say that I was so relieved that those ridiculous mascara-plague twins were absent from this week's
Heroes. And just so I don't get too excited about it, I put a picture of them in the post to remind me that they are
still on the show. (However, they
are the vehicle to get the devilish Sylar back in the states so I suppose I forgive them on some level.)
Continue reading Heroes: Cautionary Tales
Posted Feb 26th 2007 10:36PM by Michael Canfield
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, NBC, OpEd, Heroes
(S01E17) Damn, this is good TV.
Heroes has raised the bar for itself again. That's my review, thanks for stopping by, I look forward to reading your comments.
Seriously though, I don't know where to start. The show this week focuses on one main story: the life and career of that "company man," Mr. Bennet, the man with a hidden first name, aka HRG. He is, as we knew, mysterious, calculating, and deceptive. He's also intelligent, conflicted, and loving. Jack Coleman, who plays this character teasing out all his layered glory, deserves an Emmy based on this episode alone.
Continue reading Heroes: Company Man
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