Posts with tag ando
Posted Feb 27th 2008 3:04PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Heroes
Cool news for fans of NBC's Heroes: it looks like the show is going to start filming a lot earlier than it usually does.
Shows usually start filming in July/August for the fall season, but according to Heroes star James Kyson Lee (Ando), the writers strike means that the show will start filming in June, and maybe as early as May. He says that NBC plans to really push the show this year, using the Olympics to hype the show.
That's the good news. The (possible) bad news is that TV Guide's Michael Ausiello is reporting that Kristen Bell isn't signed for the new season yet.
Continue reading Heroes to start shooting in June ... without Kristen Bell?
Posted Sep 24th 2007 8:45PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S02E01) In honor of the season two premiere of
Heroes, we've got a live chat scheduled to coincide with the show. Come on in and make your thoughts about the show be known in real-time.
Click here to join the chat.The full review will be posted in this space later on this evening. The full reviewcap is now posted and can be seen after the jump.
Continue reading Heroes: Four Months Later (season premiere)
Posted May 27th 2007 10:31AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Lost, Web, Celebrities, Heroes
Posted May 21st 2007 8:40PM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S01E23) In honor of the
Heroes season finale, tonight we're mixing things up a bit.
There's going to be a live chat during the show so you can post your "I hate the reviewer" comments in real-time! The full review will be posted in this space later this evening (the review is below).
22 episodes ago the season began with a bang. Will we be seeing one tonight?
Click here to join the chat.Continue reading Heroes: How to Stop an Exploding Man (season finale)
Posted May 18th 2007 9:22PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Programming, Heroes
So, you've heard so much about this Heroes show, but you didn't watch the early episodes and you're afraid to jump in because you're afraid you'll be lost? No fear, the Sci-Fi Channel is here to help you.
The network is going to run an all-day marathon of the show starting at 9am tomorrow. The only problem I see is that it seems like they're not running the shows in order, which seems like an odd decision. For example, the first episode at 9am is "Homecoming," followed by "Six Months Ago" and "Fallout." Huh? I think watching the shows out of order like that might be more confusing than jumping into the show sight unseen in episode 20. Not to mention the fact that all of the reveals and cliffhangers will be ruined.
If you're interested in seeing the pilot, it airs tomorrow night at 11pm. The season finale airs Monday at 9 on NBC.
Posted May 15th 2007 12:15AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S01E22) This episode got off to a quick start picking up right where we left off last week with Peter Petrelli on the verge of combustion. Peter nearly had Claire shoot him as they had previously discussed, but fortunately, he seemed to gain control of his newly absorbed power.
Which brings me to this question: Why is it Peter can absorb powers by standing next to someone, but Sylar has to "rip your head open" to quote Claire? I'm sure someone will let me know in the comments. I'm guessing it's not just a personal preference.
Peter's involvement from this point forward was fairly limited, but we can see from the previews that all hell is going to break loose next week, and Peter and Sylar will have their much anticipated standoff.
Continue reading Heroes: Landslide
Posted May 8th 2007 12:13AM by JJ Hawkins
Filed under: OpEd, Heroes, Episode Reviews
(S01E21) Every week I walk away with a bit of a headache after watching
Heroes. It's not a bad headache by any means. It's more of a sensory/information overload kind of a thing since each episode is filled to the brim with so many details.
That being said, the show is so entertaining, I find the discomfort completely worth it.
Continue reading Heroes: The Hard Part
Posted May 3rd 2007 11:56AM by Kevin Kelly
Filed under: Interviews, Heroes
James Kyson Lee has a job plenty of people would love to claim: starring on NBC's
Heroes, one of the best shows of this season, and currently riding a wave of both critical and fan-based praise. However, if you'd asked him a few months ago if he thought he'd be where he is now, he wouldn't have been able to tell you. Unless he'd been able to peek at a painting or two by Isaac Mendez.
Although Lee started out playing sidekick Ando to Masi Oka's Hiro, he's definitely come a long way since then. He's gone from cubicle neighbor, to reluctant participant, to butt-kicking undercover security guard guy, all in the space of one season. He's also get even tougher before this season is over. It could be argued that of all the characters on the show, Lee has undergone the biggest change, that is if you don't count Future Hiro.
A group of us caught up with Lee during our visit to the set of
Heroes, and they let us interview him in Isaac's New York artist's loft. Surrounded by piles of comic books and Isaac's paintings, he filled us in on what's been happening with Ando, what will happen in the future, and where his own career is going.
Continue reading TV Squad interviews James Kyson Lee of Heroes
Posted Apr 24th 2007 2:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Celebrities, Heroes
In an interview with Popgurls.com, Heroes producer Bryan Fuller discloses that, yes, the character of Zach on the show was indeed gay and they were going to follow the story through, but then negotiations with the actor's (Thomas Dekker) management got "ugly."
Fuller says that Zach was going to come out on the show and actually help Claire "come out" about her superpower, but then reps for Dekker said that they didn't want to make the character gay because it might hurt his chances of getting the role of John Connor in the new series The Sarah Connor Chronicles. So they took out a line that would have said that Zach was gay and never really got into it again, though in everyone's mind the character was still gay. Fuller, gay himself, says that he was hurt and insulted by the entire "debacle."
They had whole episodes revolving around Zach planned, but then his reps pulled him from the show completely.
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