Heroes TV Episodes and Commentary

Season 3 - Episode One: The Second Coming

2009-12-22T10:32:00.000-08:00

The opener for Heroes Season Three Episode One is bizarre - thank goodness. Way to go Kring and crew.

The first thing we get to see is Claire chasing Peter down. She shoots but he escapes the bullet and ends up in "Present Day."

WTF?? Great opening scenario!

In this episode (in no particular order), we have Sylar playing (mad) doctor on Claire and Dr. Suresh playing mad scientist on Maya!

Nathan gets shot and is immediately rushed to the hospital. Matt gives chase to but loses the shooter. He and Peter wait at the hospital where a doctor finally exits and says "I'm sorry" to Peter...Nathan is dead.

Or he's not?

Soon, Nathan enters a church (bizarre!) and starts talking like a religious fanatic, saying God's plan is for all people to "save the world."

Back in Tokyo, Hiro makes a blunder and loses half the secret (half a secret formula. left to him by his father) that can destroy the world...he loses the secret to a girl who moves really fast - faster than his stopping of time!

Future keeps coming into contact with the present and here, even Hiro's sidekick, Ando has powers - wow! Seriously, Ando's a major badarse in this episode!

Mohinder finds the secret to hero powers in Maya's adrenaline and, late in the episode, injects himself with a solution containing hero powers! (Mad, Mohinder, that's just Mad-Crazy and you know it!).

Peter and Nathan's mom asks Peter, "What have you done with my son?" and tho' she's talking to Peter, she means "Where is Peter, my son?"

The narration near the end of this episode, in Mohinder's voice, is particularly OMINOUS...chilling - perhaps the Dr. Suresh's new power is the supernatural power of OMINOUSNESS...we'll have to get to the next episode to actually find out what Mohinder did to himself!

For those not able to watch this episode on the American NBC television site, don't worry - I managed to watch the full episode at www.theidiotboxtv.com and the video played smoothly, without a catch or any lag whatsoever!

NBC Universal auction sold Claire Bennet for

2007-12-04T11:34:00.000-08:00

A painting of Claire Bennet sold for over $8000.00 last month - yes, that's EIGHT THOUSAND plus dollars!

It was sold through an NBC Universal auction and bidding appears to have started at $100.00.

The winning bid was $8 365.00 by a bidder called "britishcitizen"

At one point, a bidder named 'hrg' bid one thousand dollars, then $3500.00 later on, too, but 'britishcitizen' waited until bidding was up over $6000 and then got into the game!

You can take a look at how the bidding went - and also check out which picture of Claire Bennet sold through the auction:

NBC Universal Auction - Claire Bennet Painting goes to 'britishcitizen'
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That's a lot for a Heroes picture, but I'm sure britishcitizen is happy with his purchase. He's got a one of a kind painting of Claire Bennet now!

Godsend Helix Pendant

2007-12-03T22:54:00.000-08:00

My Pendant came in a couple of weeks ago from NBC Universal.

It's a nice one and I've had several comments on it. A few people have asked me to order one for them, and I'll get right on that

Most people who have commented have also said they can't believe I watch a show like Heroes...because it contains a lot of fantasy...

Whoops - so sorry - I will have to hide my school books on "Plato" better, so that people don't think that I ONLY think about serious topics. Heck - that's schoolwork.

Anyhow, since I finally found the link, I thought I'd mention that the NBC Universal store has great Godsend/Helix pendants and that I've already ordered and received mine.

Greg Grunberg Fun

2007-12-01T19:24:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite Heroes characters is Matt Parkman, played by actor, Greg Grunberg.

I was just browsing around You Tube and found this video with Greg Grunberg splashed liberally all over it.

There are some great pics/still shots put to music, Fergie's "London Bridge," on this video.

I hope you enjoy it!

Grab this Heroes Season 1 DVD package with 2008 Calendar:

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What Are Your Impressions?

2007-11-28T05:22:00.000-08:00

So, after the big debate about 'good show,' 'bad show,' from a few weeks bad, do you think that HEROES storylines are improving?

Do you like what's going on now with Hiro?

Are you satisfied with changes the writers have been making to improve the show?

Episodes 9-11, "Cautionary Tales," "Truth & Consequences," and the most recent, "Powerless," have exibited a LOT of shifts.

Which of these has been your favorite episode?

(Truth and Consequences is supposed to have the appropriate 'ampersand' character in the title, but the blogger format wont' accept the ampersand in the 'keywords' area of the post...just a warning for those doing keyword SEO stuff)

Comments Held Back

2007-11-28T05:03:00.000-08:00

I'm still pondering over what's happening in Season Two...

Though I DO like the changes that I've seen Kring and Crew apply to the show in the past two weeks, I'll reserve judgment on the show, as a whole until later this week.

Truthfully...I missed the first half of the last show *hanging head low* Yes, it's true. The Canadian Heroes FANATIC, Teeray (me) actually MISSED part of a show...

I will catch up on viewing the most recent episode and then comment on it by the weekend.

What I did see...FREAKED ME OUT!

What the freakin' H--- was MAYA doing with SYLAR?

Again, for a SECOND WEEK in a row...I am in denial...

I did NOT see Maya smooching Sylar...

No, no, no...that just did NOT happen...I closed my eyes and that vision went away!

:)

It exists only as a scant remnant of my imagination now...I am going to close my eyes during that portion of the show once I locate the best online viewing source for Heroes this week!

One part that I DO REMEMBER from the show and will verify, along with a 'thumbsup'.....

*cheering* YAY, Claire! Way to tell that freaky, disturbed Elle right off, my fine cheerleader friend! I really LIKED WHAT I SAW.....Claire has really got some 'umph' going for her at this point.

Way to be assertive, Claire!

*thumbsup*

In Denial

2007-11-19T21:53:00.000-08:00

I'm in SERIOUS denial after watching tonight's Heroes episode.

I'm okay with Matt being able to project thoughts to others.

I'm okay with Angela's rant about being OLD...

What I am NOT okay with - and what I'm in serious denial about is...

I DID NOT see a bullet hit the lens on a pair of horn rimmed glasses.

Nope - I'm not going to say I saw that! No Way!
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Comic Art T-Shirt, "I Did It!" - From NBC Universal

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Will Tim and Crew Come Through?

2007-11-12T17:22:00.000-08:00

Well, Heroes Fans, we're about to find out - tonight - if Tim Kring and the Creative Crew can pop the Heroes series out of its 'funk.'

I'm settin' up my place for 1 uninterrupted hour to watch Heroes tonight at 10pm, my time (9pm Pacific, 8pm Easter).

Are you ready?

Fan Concerns About Season Two Heard by Kring and Crew

2007-11-11T06:11:00.000-08:00

Tim Kring admits that he and the crew that produce the Heroes series had taught viewers what to expect. This happened from the way that they organized and delivered Season One.

The current Season Two, so far, has moved away from whatever format that was used for the first season and, frankly, (some) viewers don't like the current format. Viewers have spoken out, SPOKEN LOUDLY, so Tim Kring and his series-making crew have heard the message.

Tim gave some interviews in the first week of November and made promises to fans that the show will change and viewers will get what they want!

Kudos to Tim!

From "TVNews":
"Heroes" Creator Apologizes To Fans

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Things that viewers liked so far:
Kristen Bell - The way Kristen's character, Elle, was introduced right into the "Peter" storyline.

That's it...that's all, according to the TVNEWS article, that fans liked so far in Season Two.

Criticisms:

* New Heroes, Monica (Dana Davis), and Maya (Dania Ramirez) with Alejandro (Shalim Ortiz), were introduced in such separate storylines that they seemed unattached to the show.

* Love...it stinks! Viewers don't like the cheesy 'love' bits and don't buy these for one minute!

* Main "issue" of the series was held off way too long. Viewers wanted to know RIGHT AWAY - what are our Heroes collectively fighting for this season? This issue (Peter's 'vision') wasn't brought forth until episode 7 and viewers thought this was way too long to find out what kind of mission our Heroes needed to organize themselves for.

* Get Hiro OUT OF JAPAN! For a time-bending Hero, it's not plausible for Hiro to just be in Japan for over more than 2 or 3 episodes. In the first season, we see Hiro jump from present-Japan, all over the place, and even into the future! Why does he get stuck in Ancient Japan in season two? Sorry, not a good place for Hiro to be for so long.

Wow Molly is Messed Up

2007-11-05T21:38:00.000-08:00

This is one weird episode!

Matt's dad - is he ever messing the Heroes up!

Everyone is morphing around and flashbacking...I might have to watch this one twice in order to 'get it' all. Once on TV, once online...

Oh cripes - the virus mutated, too - to a strain immune to Mohinder's antibodies..... WTF??? Niki's gonna die now?

And Hiro just managed to time-trip himself home - to find out from Ando that his father was murdered.....whoa - a LOT happening...

Good luck figuring this one out, people...

I'll be back in a couple of hours

Did You Miss The Episode?

2007-10-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

Heroes Season Two Episode Six, called "The Line" Just aired last night. If you missed the episode and you're in the USA, you can catch it at the NBC site:

THE LINE (Episode #6, Heroes, Season Two)
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For some notes about last night's show visit my Heroes First and Second Seasons lens:

Heroes First and Second Seasons
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Check out my Video Showcase clips:

Heroes Season Two - THE LINE - Video Showcase,
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Here's Something We Didn't Need To Hear

2007-10-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Mr. Bennet to Mohinder:

"Sometimes we have to do bad things...
...don't disappoint me, Suresh."
(Even before the first commercial break!)

Whoa - Sylar has already made a rift in between the siblings, Maya and Alejandro! Maya wants Sylar's help still - to find Suresh. Alejandro wants to ditch Sylar as soon as possible because Alejandro KNOWS that Sylar is dangerous...

What does Sylar want?

He said it quite plainly to Alejandro...he wants to kill and take the extraordinary powers from the siblings...

How could Maya miss that?

Fight or Flight Heroes Episode 5

2007-10-23T08:36:00.000-07:00

Claire Bennet not in this episode! This is a first! Claire has been in all the Season One episodes and the previous 4 Heroes Season Two episodes.

New character, Monica, shows off some uncanny abilities in this episode while our sweet little Micah tags along, watching.

Here's the NBC TV site link if you missed the episode:

Heroes Season Two Episode 5, "Fight or Flight"

Check out the synchronized fight scenes with Matt and Nathan. This was really well orchestrated!

New character, Monica, is also using her fists in this episode - watch for the excellent Bruce Lee moves. (There's also a cool movie clip shown of Bruce Lee...Monica is watching it on TV in this episode).

Let me know what you think. (Don't forget - there's chat software on the blog)

Episode #4 Links For Viewing

2007-10-21T16:51:00.000-07:00

If you missed Heroes Season Two, Episode #4 last Monday, it was called "The Kindness Of Strangers."

Here's the NBC Video Rewind link so you can watch it (If in the USA)

View "The Kindness of Strangers, Heroes Episode #4 (NBC site)

And.....uh-oh, I am not having any luck at the usual UK site where I have always been able to view past episodes before.

Don't worry though - I'm still looking around for clips and things for viewers who might not be able to use that USA link!

I Finally Have a Theory

2007-10-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

If you've been watching Heroes on NBC TV for a while and particularly, from the very start of Season One, you'll remember that viewers didn't know the identity of one of the characters.

This continued for a while...there was a character that viewers could only partially see. The visible part of the character - a man, was the side of his face and a distinctly identifiable pair of Horn Rimmed Glasses...

Here's an article I wrote about the character, HRG, Horn Rimmed Glasses.

Horn Rimmed Glasses (HubPage by Teeray)
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I have been thinking about HRG for a whole season - and I came up with a theory about the 'utility' of the Horn Rimmed Glasses character in thr future. I wrote the "Horn Rimmed Glasses" article over at HubPages (link above).

Let me know what you think.

Heroes Season Two Episode 4 Later Tonight

2007-10-15T04:13:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to tune in to NBC TVs fourth episode of the second tonight!

I'm curious as to what Sylar's going to be up to tonight. Is he just gonna start stalking Heroes and killing everyone he thinks has extraordinary abilities - like he did in Season One?

I'm not sure what to think of Maya yet, but maybe after tonight's episode I'll know better.

Heroes Season One Backtracking

2007-10-14T16:53:00.000-07:00

I realize that Season Two is well under way and we're heading into episode #4 tomorrow night already, but many people are just tuning in who missed last season. Some people are a little confused as to the characters (there are so many!).

Here's something that might help. I've created some lenses all about the Heroes characters and many complimentary lenses about the actors/actresses who play Heroes roles on the NBC TV show:

Heroes Character: Actor/Actress:

Hiro Nakamura Played By Masi Oka

Ando (Masahashi) Played By James Kyson Lee

Isaac Mendez Played By Santiago Cabrera

Claire Bennet Played By Hayden Panettiere

Mr. Bennet Played By Under Construction - HRG Horn Rimmed Glasses

Peter Petrelli Played By Milo Ventimiglia

Nathan Petrelli Played By Under Construction Vote Petrelli !!!

Sylar Played By Zachary Quinto

The Haitian Played By Jimmy Jean-Louis

Niki Sanders Played By Ali Larter

Micah Sanders Played By Noah Gray-Cabey

D.L. Hawkins Played By Leonard Roberts

Matt Parkman Played By Greg Grunberg

Mohinder Suresh Played By Sendhil Ramamurthy

Admittedly, this list is incomplete, but I hope it will be helpful. I will continue to update over the next week. I have about 6 more lenses 'almost' finished.

Check back soon - I'll post the lenses as quickly as I am able

Heroes Season Two - Episode 3 Kindred

2007-10-09T17:14:00.000-07:00

For those of you who, for whatever reason, missed the show, here's where you can view it at NBCs Video Rewind:

Heroes KINDRED episode 3 on NBC TVs Video Rewind
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For those who cannot view through the NBC site, try TV-Links (UK)

Heroes KINDRED episode 3 on TV-Links (UK)
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I just linked the TV-Links mainpage this time, so find "Shows" and "H" and Heroes episodes will be there.

Enjoy!

Awesome Fan Art

2007-10-09T14:39:00.000-07:00

I was just browsing around after last night's episode, and I found this awesome Fan Art from "Ratscape"

Heroes Character Fan Art by Ratscape via Heroes The Series
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* Note - scroll down the page a bit to view the artworks by Ratscape. The page sort of looks like there's nothing on it (the left-hand sidebar is really full) - but there is - just scroll.

Currently, there are pieces depicting:

* "Sylar The Craver"

* "Peter The GodSend"

* "Aerodynamic Nathan"

* "Schizo Niki"

* "Timebender Hiro"

and

* "Indestructible Claire"

I'm sure you'll enjoy the art, if you're a Heroes fan!

Heroes - "Lizards" (Season2 Episode2)

2007-10-06T22:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a link for viewing Heroes Episode "Lizards"

Heroes Season Two Episode Two - Lizards
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Heroes Season Two Episode Two - Lizards
(Stage 6 site - requires DivX)

Heroes - Four Months Later (Season2, Episode1)

2007-10-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a link for viewing the Heroes episode, "Four Months Later"

Four Months Later (Heroes at Ouou site)
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Tim Kring Mentions Variations on Abilities

2007-09-25T07:27:00.000-07:00

I just read an interesting interview where Tim Kring speaks out about what's in store for Heroes Season Two.

Basically, he says to face facts:

There are limited numbers of truly COOL 'superpowers' or abilities. The rest are variations upon certain powers.

In season two, Kring focuses on showing viewers that these EXTRAORDINARY abilities are becoming known to people ALL OVER THE WORLD, so naturally, Kring can't INVENT brand new abililties for everyone he brings into the show!

OF COURSE - there will be characters who have similar or same abilities...no rocket science here. There can't be only one person in the HEROES world with the extraordinary ability to fly or be invisible or heal or whatever... particularly if more characters are going to show up and cast/Heroes numbers rise.

So - don't be tuning in looking for more special effects designed to highlight new abilities that you've never seen before...instead look for how the Heroes find new ways to use their abilities!

Besides - the character interaction and what the characters DO with their powers are what will be important in Season Two (Generations).

After all - don't we all want to know how the people USE their powers and cope with the fact that they have extraordinary abilities? This is what is important.

For instance - in Season One (Origins) I thought that Nathan was a jerk for a long time. He never did anything wonderful with his abilities, he never helped anyone out via use of his extraordinary powers, now did he? Not for a lonnnnnng time, he didn't!

While other characters began to use their abilities to help others, Nathan just sat around KNOWING that he could fly!

Even Peter was TRYING TO USE abilities for the good of others during a time when he didn't even KNOW what abilities he possessed. Hiro, of course, is all about helping others...

"Save the cheerleader, save the world" is this not the mantra that both Hiro and Peter use all throughout Season One? And THIS is more important than the special effects or television effects of any abilities...

Back to the Tim Kring info...

Found at this website:

Can Mag .com Interviews Tim Kring
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Kring hints that some of the Heroes characters are going to fall back on old ways, so we're not going to see everything we want to see this season. Obviously, most people want to see Heroes using their abilities to the utmost potential and for the good of all mankind...ultimately, this is what Heroes are supposed to do, right?

Well - it's not going to happen right away in Season Two of the Heroes season.
("he he he" said the HEROES blogger gal)

Tim Kring doesn't actually give out too many facts in this interview, found at the Can Mag .com website, but what he does tell are a few hints that will keep viewers TUNED IN.

I don't want to over-extend comments here about the interview because who could explain this stuff better than creator of Heroes, Tim Kring himself?

I urge to you follow up and read the interview:

Can Mag .com Interviews Tim Kring
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The Interview is Titled "Tim Kring Talks - Heroes Season Two"

The interview is from September 13, which occurred 11 days before the season opener show, so you'll note that Tim drops some hints but keeps a pretty tight lip on scenarios, characters and plot development.

It's a good interview to check out - now that the first Heroes show of Season Two has recenly come to air (last night). You can compare what Tim said on September 13th with what you saw on last night's Heroes episode!

Don't forget to come and post your thoughts and opinions about Heroes Season Two in the Heroes Fan Discussions Club over at Yuwie!

On top of getting a chance to voice your opinions, you get PAID at Yuwie for interaction.

See you there!

Chapter One Four Months Later - Heroes Season 2

2007-09-24T21:03:00.001-07:00

The New Season of Heroes has BEGUN

Something Extraordinary Will Happen Today

2007-09-24T01:36:00.000-07:00

Something Extraordinary is going to happen in less than 20 hours!

Heroes Season Two begins in less than 20 hours!

At 9PM EST on NBC - Hope to see you for chat and discussion later, after the show!

I'll be logged in to the chat at the bottom of this blog...

Come and DISCUSS HEROES Theories

2007-09-22T10:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Are you all hyped up about the fact that SEASON TWO of HEROES starts in about 32 hours?

Woot!

I'm excited. Soooo Excited that I started a club for Heroes Fans.

Come over to Yuwie and join in.

PLUS - Yuwie PAYS for interactions on-site. How great is that? Hang out with friends, chat about HEROES and get paid for this?

DISCUSS HEROES (over at Yuwie)
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If you're not a member over at Yuwie - no problem - it takes about 90 seconds to become a member!

Membership is totally FREE, sign-up is easy, and you'll start earning right from the very first LOG-IN!

You'll even be able to find a cool 'HEROES' layout within the Yuwie site, so that people will be able to tell, without a doubt, that you're a full-fledged HEROES FAN!

The name of the 'Club,' once you're into the Yuwie site is simply:

Discuss Heroes
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It's easy to find.

See you there!

Good Old Fist-i-cuffs

2007-09-17T19:51:00.000-07:00

The Heroes sci-fi, drama re-run tonight was the episode called "How To Stop An Exploding Man."

Apparently, at the end of the season, quite a few people gave this episode some negative votes. Some people thought that this season wrap-up episode was 'disappointing,' and that the wrap-up show could have been more exciting, with more flash'n'flair.

(Some people will always complain, eh?)

In my view, it was an enjoyable episode and I'm glad I have been able to watch it again on re-run. Now, I should be all caught up with the storyline before next week, when Season Two begins.

In the final moments of the eposide, How To Stop An Exploding Man, there is a final confrontation between some of the Heroes against Sylar.

In the end, a good old-fashioned fist fight is what Peter uses to drop Sylar to the ground - even though just moments before, Matt's bullets couldn't even take Sylar down.

*ouch*@Matt - who fell for the old 'frozen bullets-richochet-back' trick, perhaps one of the older tricks in the sci-fi book!

I can't wait 'til next week, when Heroes, Season Two "Generations" begins. I want to see if Matt is okay!

Speaking of 'frozen bullets' - I just remembered an awesome Korn video where the lead singer is able to freeze a runaway bullet before it strikes him - and then he sends the bullet back on a reverse path.

Some great effects

Watch!

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WHOOPS!!

Originally, I had posted the embedded video
here. When I checked the post and video to
see that it was working - DOH! - It hit me
that Korn's lyrics are questionable in parts
of this 'Freak On A Leash' song.

Obviously with the 'F' word in the lyrics,
I can't allow the video on blogger space,
but don't worry...

Instead, here's the link to view the video

Korn - "Freak On A Leash" - You Tube Video
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Sorry for the mix-up there, people.

Enjoy the video - keep an eye on the bullet!

:)

Contact Me At Yuwie

2007-09-09T03:51:00.000-07:00

Contact me through the Yuwie Social Site! Let's talk about HEROES on one of the newest Social Contact Sites on the Net.

Yuwie also pays members for interacting - something that not even MySpace is doing (YET).

I would love to hear some of your Heroes Theories and hear about what you thought of Season One before NBC TV launches Season Two. It would be great to chat with Heroes fans and refresh my memory about Season One so that I can be ready when Season Two is ready to roll.

I'll have my website up and running by September 15 (www.teeray.com), and will dedicate some space to Heroes comments and details, but until the site is ready, I'd still like to hear from you.

Just log in, look for 'teeray' and send me a message. I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Also - if you're keeping a Heroes blog yourself, let me know if you'd like to link up with me. I'd be happy to send some visitors your way if I get a chance to visit your blog. Send me your blog link for review through Yuwie. I will also comment from inside the Yuwie site, so you'll have a couple of links sending viewers your way.

Heroes Interactive Novel

2007-09-03T20:39:00.000-07:00

Have fun at the NBC TV site. Check out the Heroes Interactive Novel. It's awesome.

There are actually two parts, but I'll place the link for the first part separately from the 2nd, and give you time to go test it out and see what you think.

Heroes Interactive Novel Part One
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I like the phrase that is being pushed here, "Heroism Is Found In The Heart"

I think you'll like this Interactive Novel.

I'm messing around with it myself.

:)

Matt Kills Claire

2007-09-03T19:25:00.000-07:00

Oh great - Matt just shot Claire.

Nice thing for a cop to do, eh?

I'm watching the Heroes re-run, which is a good thing because so much happened in the first season, so many details are spun around in flashbacks and just plain flashing, that the re-runs remind me of a lot of things that I had forgotten.

Like - where the Hatian came from - and why he's always around Claire's dad...

I'll be back soon - the episode is about half over and I'm waiting for the Hatian to appear. He's just a little boy in this episode - the flashback is from 14 years before all the Heroes start to notice their extraordinary abilities...

Back soon - hope you're enjoying the re-run!

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Watching Episode
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Okay - I'm back during commercial break - Man, Claire is taking a beating, eh?

I don't want to talk about the show - there are some rockin' TV Commercials on - not really interesting to 'view' but excellent MUSIC!

Oh - and YAY CANADIAN company - a TIM HORTON's commercial - reminds me that I still have some decaf coffee around here to grab while the break is still on....

*dash*

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Watching Episode

Hmmm - Claire's mom is kind of dumb in 'present day' but I know we are going to find out why her mind doesn't work very well...it's from something that happened 14 years back with the Hatian, eh?

*watching*

Gosh - Ted is SO UNSTABLE. What an angry guy - serious anger management issues, huh?

Whoa - in walks the 'present day' Hatian - he's a pretty big guy.
(Claire's Mom grabs the pooch - yay - Claire's MOM IS even a HERO!! She just saved the family dog from Ted!! Wooooooo Hoooooo. She might be a li'l 'off' in the head but she has her priorities set right! Got the kids, grabbed the poosh - left the hubby bad-guy behind lmao).

Wow, Ted's personality kinda lights up the whole house, eh?
haha

NO CLAIRE - don't go back in the house - leave Ted in there!! No NO NOOOO!

Holy PYROMANIA Batman!! What a fire!

Sadly, Ted's anger management is not working....

*BOOM*

Claire has taken a total beating - MAN! She looks AWFUL - (Horror Movie scene of Claire's burnt self walking out of the burning house - GROSS!).

And.......

COMMERCIAL *whew*
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I'm watching on Channel 7, "Global Calgary" Station.

Again - neat tunes - anyone like that Subaru Impressa commercial "The Japanese Car the Germans Wish They'd Made" with the 'Rock Me Amadeus' track on it? Takes ya back to the '80's!

Arby's commercial making me hungry.

The Source! More cool tunes. The Source by Circuit City advertising Bluetooth Phones. Who needs one?

Back to the show...but I can't type and watch at the same time anymore - things are getting interesting (and complicated - a lot of rapid sequences of flashbacks)
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Watching the show
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The ending had me a bit teary-eyed as Claire's dad and Claire were separated necessarily by the Hatian. I'll be back a bit later once I dry my eyes.

Heroes Fans Immobile On Monday Nights

2007-09-03T06:11:00.000-07:00

Are your friends calling you a stick-in-the-mud because you won't go out with them on Monday nights?

What the heck is so special about going out on Monday nights, anyway?

I think that more likely, people are at home most Monday evenings, which is a good thing because then they won't miss episodes of Heroes!

I know the new season hasn't quite started yet, but it's going to be easy to 'follow routine' now that I have been watching the re-runs. Not much will change - just brand new episodes for season two, starting on September 24th!

Oh, hey! Did you order your Heroes DVD's? They were already on sale as of August 28th, so I'll bet that a lot of people are still waiting for their package to arrive. Once they arrive, I can imagine that a lot of Heroes fans will be sitting down to watch marathon-hours of Heroes episodes, one by one.

For those who are still waiting for their Heroes Season One DVD package to arrive, don't worry, you can still watch Heroes tonight - even if your package doesn't get to you by this evening. I know I know, it's a re-run - but what are you going to watch when those DVDs get to your door?

You'll be watching the same thing that I'm going to watch tonight - a Heroes episode!

Has anyone figured out that big Hatian dude yet?

I'm going to have to go over to the NBC website today and check out the 'Theories' threads because none of my closeby friends have been watching the show, and nobody really has any theories to chat about over here among my circle of pals.

I hope Season Two will be different. A few of my pals are going to start watching this season, so we'll be able to bat some theory ideas around over here.

Heroes seems to be a much bigger deal over in America - go figure - it's an American show.

I can't believe the show isn't more popular here - in Canada - land of comic book hero creators.

Superman and Spiderman originated from Canada, for gosh sake! Yeah, that's right. Superman was created by Canadian, Joe Schuster and pal, Jerry Siegel (American). Then Jerry made Superman defect to the United States grrrrr! Steve Ditko and Stan Lee created Superman in the 60's. Far out and Groovy!

Hey wait a minute...Nathan from Heroes has 'Superman' powers. The leaping into the air and the flying look all too familiar, don't they? Maybe Nathan is inherently Canadian, eh? Maybe there are things we still don't know about Nathan. Maybe Nathan was really born in Canada, eh?

This is probably a stupid theory - but ya never know. Maybe Nathan is not really American and that is why he is 'different.' Maybe he got his superpowers from being born in Canada, close to where Peter Parker/Spiderman was created. Maybe Nathan lived by the farm where Superman's parents used to live and Superman taught him some tricks. Hmmm

Things that make you say 'Hmmm'

Okay - so - wishful thinking.

I'm off to go read some Theories now. Maybe some hints will be in the Theories.

Dissociative Identity Disorder and Niki

2007-08-31T10:47:00.001-07:00

Is Niki a great model for those suffering with D.I.D.? Dissociative Identity Disorder? Formerly known as M.P.D./Multiple Personality Disorder?

Here is a myLot disscution where D.I.D. is explained briefly, also in relation to Heroes character, Niki:

Niki - Special Powers or Dissociative Disorder?

I believe that Heroes creators are on to something BIG here! Is there a chance that, by having all the great Heroes charactors mirror Mental Illness symptoms, they could help dispell social constructions and stigma about Mental Illness?

Social Construction (copied from Wikipedia)

"A social construction or social construct is any institutionalized entity or artifact in a social system "invented" or "constructed" by participants in a particular culture or society that exists because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. One example of a social construct is social status."

The NEGATIVE beliefs about Mental Illness exist because SOCIETY ALLOWS the Negative beliefs to exist. Society agrees to behave as if Mental Illness is unnatural, weird, awful, dangerous, sometimes frightening, and not acceptable.

The Truth:

Mental illness is a regular, existing condition in society. It is widespread and 'COMMON' - very, VERY COMMON!

People who suffer from Mental Illness are often treated as if they are unnatural, weird, awful, dangers, frightening, and not acceptable.

The Truth:

People who suffer from Mental Illness are NORMAL PEOPLE who have an extraordinary health condition which requires attention and management.

If we keep treating people with Mental Illnesses as awful, unnatural, dangerous, frightening and not acceptable, we are actually treating REAL PEOPLE badly! If we keep treating real people who have Mental Illnesses badly, how will we ever function better?

Maybe Niki is the answer, in part, to showing society that a 'Disordered Personality' has a great, great many uses and abilities.

Niki has E X T R A O R D I N A R Y A B I L I T I E S !!

Does she not?

Doesn't everyone?

What is YOUR extraordinary ability?

Better yet - do you suffer from Mental Illness? What's your extraordinary health condition?

Would you be a candidate for the NBC TV show, HEROES? Would your Mental Illness transform into an awesome SUPERPOWER?

GO NIKI!

Do you think the creators of Heroes on NBC will try to make Niki 'integrate' Jessica into herself?

Do you think that Niki will further 'fragment' and become more personalities?

Heroes Characters Have Odd Psychological Profiles

2007-08-28T21:54:00.000-07:00

I'm sure that many people have noticed little quirks of the Heroes characters, which, in real life, might indicate odd psychological problems.

* Niki = MPD/Multiple Personality Disorder, Alcoholism
* Sylar = OCD/Obssessive Compulsive Disorder
* Claire = Self-Harming Behaviors
* Isaac = Multiple Addictions
* Peter = Self Esteem issues, leading to Self-Sabotage Syndrome
* Nathan = Fear of Intimacy and Relationships, emotional detachment
* Hiro = General Reality Perception issues
* Matt = Self Esteem issues, Self-Fullfilling (low achievement) behaviors
* Mohinder = Self-Esteem issues (2nd Child Syndrome) and unresolved Childhood Trauma surrounding the loss of his sister.

Most exhibit signs and behaviors related to low self-esteem, narcissism, some anti-social quirks and other behaviors that people with Mental Illness or Mental Disorders display.

Does it make you think, "Hmmm"?

I'm sure I will return to this topic often!

Poor Hiro - Six Months Ago

2007-08-28T21:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, I am about 're-run-ned' out now. I watched a re-run of the Heroes Re-Run!

I can't believe that I wasn't more confused the FIRST TIME I watched that, 'cos BOY, does that episode ever back-track, flashback and jump around.

I found myself still hoping that Hiro would keep time-jumping around to save Charlie. I felt very frustrated for Hiro when he ended up back in Japan in the middle of the field where people were exercising. Poor Hiro - totally stuck, eh? Just seconds after Charlie told him about her limited time left to live.

If Hiro hadn't have gotten stuck, I know he would have kept time-travelling until he found a way to save Charlie, perhaps go back far enough to find out what caused her health problem or something.

Anyway - I think that I HEROED myself out a little bit. That was just a really freaky episode, don't you think? It's the episode, also, where the viewers find out a LOT about Sylar - that dirty, deranged RAT!

Whoops, maybe I'm not HERO-ed out yet. Maybe I will go watch the episode where the Hatian renders Sylar unconscious! That might make me feel better about Sylar, anyway.

That might hold me over until next week's Re-Run.

There should only be a couple more re-run episodes to watch until the next season of Heroes on NBC-TV starts!

I wonder if Claire will have to go to school in season two. I'm not sure how she can go to her old school when people are searching for her, but since the show is about the U.S.A., using American locations, won't the writers have to put Claire in school? I know that America really pushes for teens to finish their high school classes, so I hope that Heroes episodes will continue to promote this American ideal.

Maybe nobody else has worried about this. I have wondered about it, because there are so many American viewers of the Heroes television show that some of the characters are probably role models for teens, right? It wouldn't be a very good idea to have Claire not in school now, would it? Not when the first show of the season is only a week or two after real-time school in the USA starts, right?

I wonder if the writers of Heroes will overlook this completely or not. I guess I will have to wait and see.

Chronic Heroes Fan

2007-08-28T15:51:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this is how bad it is, people:

I am a CHRONIC, chronic Heroes fan now. I already watched the re-run episode of Heroes last night. Unfortunately, I was a little sleepy for the Episode "Six Months Ago," so I taped the show on my clunky li'l VCR and I'm going to watch it AGAIN later tonight.

Yep - you read that right!

I am going to watch a re-run of the re-run, Heroes Episode called, SIX MONTHS AGO, because - frankly - a LOT of stuff happened at the Burnt Toast Diner and at other locations last night. I was getting sleepy, so everything was all the more confusing!

KUDOS to NBC and the writers and cast - I am actually going to view this episode ONE MORE TIME because it is still making questions pop up in my head - even though I have already viewed the entire Season One of the series!

I'm off for supper out with friends and then I'm coming back to watch SIX MONTHS AGO.

I'll be back.

P.S.

Did you catch Hiro's "Great-o-Scott!"

Hiro is so cute!

Heroes - Rewarding on a Monday

2007-08-27T16:31:00.000-07:00

It's Monday!!

Right On!

Like a lot of people, I have never really looked forward to Mondays. This particular day of the week used to be a real 'groaner' for me. Rather, my attitude about Mondays used to be pretty bad, as I crawled out of my relaxing, lowered-stress weekend, and into full-fledged activities for the work/school week.

Now that I've started watching Heroes on Monday nights, my attitude about Mondays has really changed a lot! Now, I look forward to Mondays very much, because I can feel like I am 'rewarded' for getting through the day, completing errands, work, classes, etc.

The reward:

Heroes on Nbc TV, of course!

What a great way to wind down after a full day.

Even a Monday!

Online Viewing Discontinued Temporarily at NBC

2007-08-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Okay, so how much does this suck? You can no longer view Heroes Season One episodes from the NBC TV site!

Now, you have to order the DVD set, available August 28 2007.

You can pre-order right away from Amazon, if you're in a real hurry. There are links on the sidebar here.

Don't worry - the NBC TV website has notifications that Season Two episodes will be available in the same way as Season One previously was, just a short time ago. All we have to do is be patient and wait...

Not so easy to do, eh?

NBC TV will have Season Two episodes online for viewing from their site - at the appropriate time, of course and NBC will be keeping up with their 'interviews' and other on-site attractions, too.

By the way, in case you missed this, Heroes Season Two begins September 24 2007, so we all have about a month to wait.

I'll be watching re-runs on Monday night 'til September 24th. That ought to keep me busy.

Is Ando Co-Dependent?

2007-08-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

Watching Heroes on an actual Television set was pretty cool for a change on Monday night! Heck, I was even able to make some popcorn during one of the LONG commercial breaks and enjoy snacks while watching the show. No worries about getting butter-fingers on the keyboard! LOL

So I noticed something that was said a few times in Heroes Episode #9 (Homecoming), and I'm a little worried about it. I'm worried about Ando, people.

(Yes, I have suspended my reality and am pretending that I have NOT seen all the episodes of the season already. Just trying to take 1 Episode and keep it in its own context here)

Ando says something in kind of a forlorn way, which mirrors exactly something that Peter says about not really being special without others around. Peter says this, and then Ando admits that he isn't really anything special, either, without Hiro.

Hmmmm

With Peter - well, okay, he has acted very nutty in Heroes episodes 1-9, so a 'self-limiting' statement like he made seemed quite natural.

With Ando, however, here we have a guy who is taken from a good job and plunged into the chaos of North America, and he meets up with Peter, only to say basically,

"I am only special with Hiro around." (Not an exact quote, but essentially, this is the statement).

Do you think that Ando is co-dependent and too dependent on Hiro in order to define 'who he is'?

We can already TELL THAT PETER is a little loopy, and we don't wonder why too much. We already know it's the 'little brother in the shadows of high-profile older brother' kind of scenario going on with Peter.

With Ando, however, he seemed like the 'voice of reason,' in clips before he and Hiro got to New York. We, as viewers, mainly got the impression of Ando as a pretty grounded, secure guy who knew his place and who functioned objectively in the world. He seemed to be the stable, reasonable piece of reality standing beside Hiro's excitable, fantasty-obsessed character.

Do you think that 'discomfort' has made Ando co-dependent with Hiro? That is, the discomfort of new perspectives and a new location, has made Ando unable to figure out who he is by Episode #9? No longer can he think of himself as a 'stable,' 'objective,' and reasonably grounded individual, like he was back home.

In America, Ando can only be Hiro's side-kick? In America, Ando relies on what Hiro says, what Hiro does, in order to know his new, America-situated self?

When Peter says something like, "I kind of absorb the powers of other people," then Ando follows with a statement, "I'm not really anyone either." For Peter, he mentions a limit of what he can do or not do, as far as actions. For Ando, his statement is about 'self.'

Just something to think about...

Are You Guilty?

2007-08-20T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm sittin' back tonight, watching a RE-RUN of HEROES!
(HOMECOMING EPISODE #9)

Wow, it's sure nice to see the episode on a real TELEVISION set. I don't even mind the commercial breaks. They give me time to jump up and refresh my drink.

What do you drink while you're watching re-run episodes of Heroes from NBC TV?

I'm kicked back, relaxing, having an iced tea.

Believe it or not, I watched every single one of the episodes so far on the Internet. At mostly the same sites I provided links for on the blog. I had to wait for 'buffering' time for each episode and really 'plan' to watch, because online viewing isn't nearly as smooth as watching TV.

Anyhow - I'm actually on a commercial break and the show just came back on, so I'm gonna jett for a bit, and watch the show.

Are you guilty of watching re-runs of Heroes, too?

Are You A Hero? Want To Find Out?

2007-07-30T01:06:00.000-07:00

Are you wondering if you are HERO material?

You can find out by taking the "Are You A Hero" quiz over at the NBC TV site.

Find Out If YOU Are a Hero - NBC's "Are You A Hero" QUIZ
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OhMY - apparently I'm like Nathan Petrelli...and should be able to fly.

The Comic Book Contest is over and so is the 'Mash Up' contest

Finalists for the Comic Book Contest are:
Andrew Chandler
Cherilyn Nowak
and
Julion Cesar Viveros Correndor

Finalists for the Music Contest:
Time Unlined
Destiny Calls
Heroes Remix

You can still share your Music and Comic book though the most recent contest is over:

NBC's Comic Con Page

I'm sure there will be many more contests!

Congrats to the finalists!

Feed Shark

Heroes - Episode 23 - How To Stop An Exploding Man

2007-07-29T20:50:00.000-07:00

International Viewers, catch the final episode of the season, "How To Stop An Exploding Man" - from the TV Links (UK) Site:

Heroes - Episode 23 - How To Stop An Exploding Man - Final Episode of the Season (TV Links+Ouou)

American viewers, catch the episode from the NBC TV site:

How To Stop An Exploding Man, Episode 23 - Final Episode of the Heroes TV Show Season (NBC TV site)

Heroes - Episode 22 - Landslide

2007-07-29T20:48:00.000-07:00

International Viewers, Watch Heroes - Episode 22 - "Landslide" at the TV Links (UK) site, courtesy TV Links and Ouou:

Heroes - Episode 22 - Landslide (TV Links+Ouou)

American Viewers can catch the episode at the NBC TV site:

Heroes - Episode 22 - "Landslide" (NBC site)

Heroes - Episode 21 - The Hard Part

2007-07-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

American viewers can catch Heroes - Episode 21 - "The Hard Part" at the NBC site:

Heroes - Episode 21 - "The Hard Part"

International viewers, catch the episode at TV Links (UK site):

TV Links
Heroes - Episode 21 - "The Hard Part" (TV Links+Ouou)

Commentary:

* Claire - someone really, REALLY wants you to stay.

* Ted (Mr. Fireball) shows up at the end.

* Hiro meets up with Sylar!

* Sylar and his mother have a li'l spat.

* Ando urges Hiro to kill Sylar - before Sylar kills Ando.

* Hiro and Ando pretty much follow Sylar around, once they get back into 'present day.'

* Suresh has to save a little girl who is 'special,' who had the same sickness that killed his little sister before he was born.

* Oh! For Pete's sake, Hiro was foolin' around and already broke his new sword!

* doh!

Heroes - Episode 20 - Five Years Gone

2007-07-29T20:44:00.000-07:00

American Viewers, here's the NBC website link to watch Heroes - Episode 20 - "Five Years Gone":

Heroes - Episode 20 - Five Years Gone (NBC site)

International viewers, try the TV Links site and Ouou:

Heroes - Episode 20 - "Five Years Gone (TV Links+Ouou)

Commentary:

* Ando hanging out with Future Hiro is not a good idea. Nobody is getting anything done.

* Sylar, Sylar, Sylar.

* Yay! Five Years in the Future, Claire is going to get married! (Sorry guys, it's true - she even asks her boyfriend to ELOPE and NOT have the big, expensive wedding! What a gal!)

* I still DO NOT LIKE SYLAR!

* More good cop, bad cop - mostly very, very bad cop!

* Ando meets up with someone in the future who is very, VERY surprised to see him - because Ando is supposed to be dead 5 years into the future hmm...I saw it right - it's definitely ANDO in the future. What shocking news for him, eh?

* Issac's apartment is STILL THERE, 5 years in the future - but I didn't see Isaac at all. Wow, his apartment is a real mess. What's up with Isaac's apartment - people still insist on visiting there, uninvited. Everyone ends up at Isaac's - what a crappy host - he's nowhere to be seen.

Heroes - Episode 19 - Point 07 Percent

2007-07-29T20:41:00.000-07:00

Watch Heroes Episode 19 - ".07&" (Point 07 Percent) at the NBC TV site:

Heroes - Episode 19 - .07% (NBC link)

International viewers who cannot get the show to play through the NBC TV site can try this alternate link:

TV Links (UK site):

Heroes - Episode 19 - ".07%" (Tv Links+Ouou)

The "Ouou" site plays quite well, however, a warning:
DO NOT click the 'pause' button. Sometimes this will make the video stop and re-start from the beginning of the video.

Usually - if I absolutely have to 'pause' the video, I click on-screen. This usually pauses the video without making the video re-start from the beginning.

Just click again on-screen to let the video finish running when you're ready.

Commentary:

* Hmm .07% of something is expendible...

* Point zero seven percent of something is a good strategy and a fair loss...

* Hiro is now in trouble for going back to the present. Geeze - Hiro cannot WIN!

* Nathan needs to be a good daddy.

* Peter.....
...didn't survive last episode. (Sorry for the spoiler ... )

* The Cop and Mr. Fireball are teamed up again.

* I hate the new character - I hate the new character - I hate the new character. The new character is causing A LOT of troubles - especially for Niki and Micah. Geeze. leave the boy alone! He's just a boy!

* Isaac should lock his darned door - and get a new apartment. All the bad guys know where Isaac lives. How is he ever going to finish painting with people showing up all the time?

* Claire displays some kick-a** common-sense, which EVERYONE ELSE MISSED... Oh, let's see. What is this glass doing here?

DOH!

* Hiro and Ando are in some serious Japanese trouble at the end of this one. I was going to cover my eyes, but suddently the episode was over.....

Heroes - Episode 18 - Parasite

2007-07-29T20:36:00.000-07:00

Here's the NBC link

NBC Video Rewind - Heroes Episode 10 "Parasite"

Here's the TV Links/Ouou link:

Watch Heroes Episode 18 - "Parasite" Through TV Links/Ouou

Commentary
In this episode:

* Whoops! Hiro screws up and transports himself, along with Ando - into a ruined future!

* Thank goodness (for Nathan) Niki gets free for a few minutes.

* There is a new person with a new ability here - I don't think I like this one!

* Look out Suresh! *shaking head* You're in BIG TROUBLE NOW!

* Sylar, Sylar, Sylar. Nobody is safe. Nobody.

* Stop being difficult, Claire.

* Peter is having a really hard time with his powers. He says that nobody is safe around him. He puts everyone who he comes in contact with - in danger. He is right.

* Isaac is still a nut. A deadly one.

* That is NOT your wife, Mr. Company Man.

* ummm - Claire - be careful if you go inside there.

* OMG - Peter! I am sooooooooo worried about Peter - but the show ENDED!

The line I remember most:

"Now I am not going to share my pot-pie with you." (Linderman)

Or - it's a toss up between what Linderman said and Peter's "Ahhhhhhhhhh, Ohhhhhhh."

Needless to day, Peter is in excruciating pain. Or painfully dying.

I don't like Sylar!

Heroes - Episode 17 - Company Man

2007-07-29T20:27:00.000-07:00

DO NOT MISS THIS EPISODE!

Wow - this episode explains a LOT of things that you might have been wondering right from Show #1!
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American viewers can watch from the NBC TV site:

Heroes - Episode 17 - "Company Man" (NBC site)

International viewers, watch through TV Links (UK) + OUOU!

Heroes - Episode 17 - "Company Man" (Tv Links + Ouou)

If you've missed a few episodes, this is the one to catch up on - if you can't get to the others until later. This is an excellent episode. You'll find out A LOT about some of the character motivations.

I daresay, one character that I intensely disliked before this episode...well, I'm a little more lenient about now...

Heroes - Episode 16 - Unexpected

2007-07-29T20:20:00.000-07:00

If you're an American Fan of the NBC TV series "HEROES" - you can watch past episodes over at the NBC TV site. Here's where you can access Heroes - Episode 16 - "Unexpected":
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Heroes - Episode 16 - "Unexpected" (NBC site)

If you cannot access the American viewing site, don't worry - TV Links out of the UK has links for the episodes. It outlinks to "Ouou" which has been a very reliable site.

Heroes - Episode 16 - "Unexpected" (TV Links+Ouou)

This is a great episode!

Heroes - Episode 15 - Run!

2007-07-29T20:14:00.000-07:00

American viewers can access the replay of Heroes TV Episode 15 - "Run!" through the NBC TV website.
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Heroes - Episode 15 - "Run!"

International viewers who would like to see the 15th Episode of Heroes, called "RUN!" can access Episode #15 through the TV Links (UK) site:

Heroes - Episode 15 - "Run!" (via TV Links site and Ouou)

Enjoy!

Heroes - Episode 14 - Distractions

2007-07-29T20:07:00.000-07:00

American viewers can access the Heroes "Distractions" Episode (#14) at the NBC website:
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Heroes - Episode 14 - "Distractions" (NBC site)

International viewers should be able to access Heroes Episode 14 "Distractions" from the TV Links (UK) site, outlinked to Ouou:

"Distractions" Episode #14 - Heroes TV Show (Tv Links sute and "Ouou")

Use firefox browser, let the show buffer about half way - then ENJOY!

Heroes - Episode 13 - The Fix

2007-07-29T20:00:00.000-07:00

American viewers can catch Heroes - Episode 13 - "The Fix" at the NBC site:

Heroes - Episode 13 - "The Fix" (NBC site)

International viewers can access Heroes - Episode 12 - "The Fix" at TV Links (UK). This is out-linked to the "Ouou" site, which works fine. Just let the video buffer a bit.

Heroes - Episode 13 - "The Fix" Tv Links (UK) and "Ouou"

Enjoy (Use firefox).

Heroes - Episode 12 - Godsend

2007-07-29T19:39:00.000-07:00

Here's where you can view Heroes - Episode 12 - "Godsend" at the NBC Site:

Heroes - Episode 12 - "Godsend" (NBC Site)
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And here's where International viewers should be able to catch up on Heroes - Episode 12 - "Godsend" over at TV Links (UK site - combined with "OUOU" site)

Heroes - Episode 12 - "Godsend"
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The TV Links site works okay. Just watched part of this episode earlier today (works best in 'flock' browser or firefox). It's a link through the TV Links (UK) site.

Heroes - Episode 11 - Fallout

2007-07-29T08:01:00.000-07:00

Here's the link for viewing Episode 11 'Fallout' over at the NBC TV website:

Heroes - Episode 11 - "Fallout" (NBC TV)

Remember - only those living in the US are able to view the NBC TV episodes.

The site where I just watched this episode last week - is not displaying the episode 11 link at the moment, so I will check back later and update the blog once the links are working again.

Enter The Simpsons Movie Contest by Fox TV and Opera

2007-07-20T16:56:00.000-07:00

Do You Want To Win The Simpsons Movie Contest? I DO! So I'm entering the official The Simpsons Movie Contest as soon as I finish posting.
More Information - The Simpsons Movie Contest
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Fox TV and Opera launched The Simpsons Movie Contest last week. It started July 13th and runs until July 27th! That means there are 7 more days that Fox and Opera will take entries for this contest.

July 27th is the day that The Simpsons Movie will premier! A winning entry from The Simpsons Movie Contest will be announced on premier day!

I have one more email to send out about this contest, so I'm logging out of the blog now - but I'll be back.

More Information - The Simpsons Movie Contest
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Will be back on track shortly

2007-07-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

My studies have finished and yesterday I just got back to check on the blog. I realize that most of the videos are now not working. Sorry about this. I did some hunting and researching yesterday and have found a site that has full episodes for legal viewing, but I'm still testing it out. I have many errands today but by this evening I will start cleaning up the blog, posting 'commentary' and summaries, finding 'viewing' links to direct readers and viewers to.

Thank you for being so patient.

I'll be back soon.

ON vacation

2007-06-16T15:29:00.000-07:00

Sorry - will get back to work on this blog soon and get it updated wih vids and comments.

Just takin' a holiday from the blog while I finish up some heavy-duty literature classes.

Heroes Six Months Ago Episode 10

2007-05-06T00:40:00.000-07:00

More assorted clips and vids

Episode 10 highlight (Six Months Ago)

Heroes - Sylar - Down With The Sickness - Disturbed

All About Sylar (8 min)

Heroes Homecoming (9)

2007-05-06T00:37:00.000-07:00

These clips are also assorted

Heroes Episode 8 Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-06T00:32:00.000-07:00

Discussion coming soon

Heroes Episode 8 (no luck with finding vids)

2007-05-06T00:27:00.000-07:00

Episode 8 Preview Trailer (very Short)

'moonluck9's' video summary

The Wallflowers Music Video - Heroes

Music Video from Show Clips

Heroes Nothing To Hide Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-06T00:15:00.000-07:00

Discussion coming soon

Heroes Nothing To Hide Episode 7

2007-05-06T00:10:00.000-07:00

Heroes Better Halves (6) Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-06T00:06:00.000-07:00

Discussion soon

Heroes Better Halves Episode 6

2007-05-06T00:05:00.000-07:00

Heroes HIroes (5) Commentary And Discussion

2007-05-06T00:04:00.000-07:00

Discussion Coming Soon

Heroes Hiros Episode 5

2007-05-05T23:44:00.000-07:00

Heroes Collision Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-05T23:17:00.000-07:00

Discussion coming soon

Heroes Collision (4)

2007-05-05T23:09:00.000-07:00

Heroes One Giant Leap Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-05T22:58:00.000-07:00

Discussion to be filled in soon

Heroes One Giant Leap

2007-05-05T22:57:00.000-07:00

Episode 3, "One Giant Leap," Available at NBC for American viewers.

Heroes - Episode 3 - "One Giant Leap" (NBC TV)

Watch This Episode at TV Links (UK Site)

Heroes - Episode 3 - "One Giant Leap"

Heroes Dont Look Back Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

Discussion to be posted soon.

Heroes Episode 2 Don't Look Back

2007-05-05T22:49:00.000-07:00

Episode 2 available for US viewers from the NBC website.

From NBC TV:
Heroes - Episode 2 - "Don't Look Back" (NBC Website)

From "TV Links" (UK Site)
Heroes - Episode 2 - "Don't Look Back"

Try a Peekvid account to watch Heroes at PeekVid:
Peekvid Site

Now, Peekvid hasn't had many episodes submitted by members, but this might change, so it would be a good idea to bookmark the site. You actually do not have to gain memberships to the site in order to watch TV shows at Peekvid, but I'm sure this will change as the site grows.

tr~~

Trailers (Theatre) For Heroes

2007-05-03T19:21:00.000-07:00

All Over The World Ordinary People
Are Discovering Extraordinary Abilities

There Is Something To It

It's Theory

It's Destiny

They're Here

Among Us

Their Time Has Come

Promo For Heroes Episode 2

2007-05-03T19:07:00.000-07:00

We Need More Cops Like This Guy!

*thumbsup*

Heroes TV Show (Spoof)

2007-05-03T19:02:00.000-07:00

Here's a spoofy version clip of the nbc tv show 'Heroes'

This is a pretty good piece!

I think he should audition for the show next season!

It looks like he really does have some extraordinary abilities!!

What do you think??

Please leave comments

Heroes - Genesis Commentary and Discussion

2007-05-03T19:00:00.000-07:00

We start off with a fast-tracked introduction to the Heroes characters in Episode One, that's for sure.

Here's our main cast of characters:

Peter and Nathan Petrelli. Brothers, and respectively, "The Dreamer" and the "--" guy who.....wait 'til the commentary, or your fun will be spoiled!)

Charles Devereaux - Peter's patient and father of our next cast member,

Simone Devereaux - Charles' daughter and the gal with whom Peter has a chronic crush on! Simone, however, is already dating our next character,

Isaac Mendez - "The Artist/The Painter" and everyone's favourite li'l Heroin addict. Isaac paints the future...or, has really excellent atypically busy Herion trips.

Mohinder Suresh is "The Seeker" who is always talking about the 'future world.'

Niki Sanders and Micah Sanders. "The Single Mother" with her son, but that's not all that Niki is...she's also a hmmmm well she makes her living by taking her clothes off, so don't tell Micah - he's too young to be told 'bout all of that! Micah is a 'gifted child' but we don't quite get to see how smart he really is in this first episode. He's a darn cute kid tho'!

Claire Bennet - "The Cheerleader" - and her camera-toting sidekick, Zach "Who doesn't have a cool name to put in quotations." Claire is strangely masochistic and keeps harming herself over and over again while she coaxes Zach to film her escapades. Man, I hope this isn't a love-match - these two are NOT healthy for each other at all!

Hiro Nakamura and Ando Masahashi, "The Clock Puncher" and "also has no cool name to go in quotations."

There are assorted 'other' cast characters, but these above are our HEROES!

Okay - so here's what happened in this opening episode:

Peter Petrelli, a homecare nurse - "The Dreamer" - keeps dreaming of flying. After one such airbourne dream, he wakes up beside patient, Charles Deveaux who is in a coma!

Nathan Petrelli is Peter's older brother. Now, Nathan is running for congress in New York city and doesn't have time for Peter's silly notions about flying! Nathan keeps minimizing Peter's talk about flying...

(insert extra cast character who is not a HERO.) Nathan and Peter have to go collect their mother who was caught shoplifting (socks of all things). She tells Peter, "I wanted to feel alive again."

Peter slips up and lets Simone know he's thinking of her - while they are tending to Charles Devereaux by his bedside.

Simone, however, is going out with Isaac. During a visit with Isaac, he freaks out on her and kicks her out but not before telling her that the picture he painted 3 weeks ago was of the terrible traffic accident that was just broadcast on the news TODAY!

Isaac is a Heroin addict and wants to try to get off the drugs 'cold turkey.' He and Simone argue and he kicks her out of his apartment... He claims that he "Paints the Future" and this really drives him nutty. When Simone returns to Isaac's apartment later with Peter in tow, they find that Isaac has overdosed. Simone and Peter faintly hear him say, "We have to stop it........we have to stop it."

Peter notices a painting in the apartment of himself - Peter - Flying! He sees an horrific picture, as well - of New York in flames, exploding, blowing right up all over the place! (This is where we hear "We have to stop it--")

Mohinder Suresh, "The Seeker" is a very intense guy and is always talking about the future of the world and about evolution. He is informed of his father's sudden death and travels to New York to find out more details about the death. His father was driving taxi in New York and was killed by a thief.

Mohinder comes upon a stranger, an intruder who is, messing around and snooping through his late father's research materials.

(Insert - Other order of events but this is as simple as I can make the account of this episode)

When we see Suresh next, he is in his late father's taxicab and picks Peter up as 'a fare.' He and Peter talk about genetics and evolution. Then Mohinder drives a different man around for a while. This man is hard to determine from his place in the back seat but viewers can see his big glasses. (He's kind of like 'the big glasses guy' in the way that X-Files had the mysterious "smoking man" Muhahaha!)

The Big Glasses man is the same guy who was at Chandra's apartment before....

Whoa - who is Chandra? Heck I dunno - there are so many people in this show...
lol

Ohyeah Chandra Suresh - Mohinder's father.....gone guy! Sorry 'bout that lapse.

The Big Glasses Man asks Mohinder a lot of strange questions about Mohinder's job, life and research until Mohinder finally is creeped out enough to pull the cab to a screeching halt, jump out and RUN!

RUN Mohinder RUN!

Run from that Big Eyeglasses Guy!

We learn in the first episode that Niki Sanders' son, Micah is a really smart child who Niki has been tryin to position into a very snotty, expensive academic program for 'gifted' students. Niki earns her living outside of her clothes, but the money she earns this way is just not enough for her and her son's needs. When she is two weeks short of making good on a tuition payment at her son's school, she is told that her son is out of the program. On top of all this, thugs are hounding her because she took out a huge sum with gangster, Mr. Linderman

Niki keeps seeing herself in mirrors but it's not really herself she keeps catching a glimpse of.

When the thugs finally catch up with her, Niki blacks out completely. When she wakes up, the men are scattered all over in a bloody mess around her website studio/garage. Niki-who-is not Niki (from the mirror) sh-es Niki.

That leaves us with the adventures of Hero-gal, Claire Bennet - and her side-kick, camera-man Zach! Claire instructs Zach to follow her around and to videotape her while she injures herself repeatedly in various ways. She also heals quite magically every time she hurts herself, so self-mutilation is decidedly okay for Claire Bennet, however, don't try this at home yourself, kids!

When Claire comes across an atrocious fire - caused by the accident that Isaac painted - she tells buddy, Zach to roll the camera while she darts into the burning wreckage. She manages to save a man and a fireman pulls Claire and the man further from danger. When the fireman checks her over, Claire has no burns or injuries at all. She runs away before any authorities can speak to her.

I just plain don't want to talk about Claire trying to retrieve her ring - hope that wasn't too graphic for most viewers.

Anyhow - during the 'retrieve the ring' scene, we see some secondary Heroes characters - namely, Claires parents.

Hey - her dad is the guy from the taxicab!!

Hey - her mom is LOOPY!!

Dr Hiro and Ando from Tokyo Japan both have boring jobs with desks at confined cubicles. Ando seems okay with the stationary, cookie-cutter job while Hiro finds his job unbearably uneventful. He creates his own fun at work by staring into clocks, trying to make time stand still. He is definitely our resident 'Clock Watcher' and nobody can do the job quite like our Hiro!!

Time does finally stand still for Hiro, on occasion, but when he tries to explain this to Ando, Hiro is constantly brushed off - while Ando turns his attention quite consistently to Niki Sanders' Internet Web Site.....

Hiro transports himself into a ladies' washroom at one point and Ando is neither impressd nor believing of Hiro's claim. He makes the clock at work go backwards a second and finally - we see Hiro concentrating on a poster of New York in USA. Suddenly - BAM! He's in Times Square New York!

"Hello New York" he shouts, raising his hands in the air!

And that...

Was Episode 1 - the Genesis of Heroes.

Heroes Genesis Episode One

2007-05-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

Okay - I've had to come back and change my whole blog.

Previously, I had videos of the episodes - as many clips as possible to cover whole episodes. Almost all of the videos have become unavailable over the past month or so (Summer 2007), so I have had to find a different place to view HEROES online.

At the end of this post, I will offer a link to where you can watch this episode.

For now - here are some of the highlights and phrases that were interesting from Episode One. The Episode is titled, appropriately, "GENESIS."

Enjoy:

"Man Is A Narcissistic Species By Nature" (Suresh)

I wish they would allow 'Mustang Sally' to finish!! Rockin' Tune! Quit Teasing! (Good sountrack within this first episode). Niki is shown 'working' with Mustang Sally playing in the background. Niki is an online 'escort' or stripper or something. Too bad - her 'viewer' won't cough up more cash, so Niki doesn't have to 'take it all off.' *whew*

Micah is the cutest kid! Micah is Niki's super-smart son.

Claire - get DOWN FROM THERE! Use the stairs darnit!
Claire keeps hurting herself and I'm quite concerned about her. But she keeps healing!

"Tell ya what - you think you can fly why don'tcha jump off the Brooklyn Bridge - see what happens?" (Nathan to Peter)

Hiro for Pete's-sake - STOP straining like that - you're gonna get a hernia!! (Hiro keeps tryin' to make time stop - and his face-scrunch straining looks like it hurts)

LOL@Spock's Death Grip (mentioned by Ando, Hiro's friend and co-worker)

"Your last 3 cheques have bounced" *shaking head* Niki's cheques bounced to the hugely expensive private school that she put Micah in.

Stealing socks? OhMY! A lot is happening in this clip!
.........she just wanted to feel alive again. (Nathan and Peter's mother got caught shoplifting. She stole SOCKS)

(There was a video here prior to summer 2007)

30 Grand?? Holy Shyt! Viewers find out that Niki is behind 30 Grand.

"How Hot Do You Think It Is In There?"

Isaac, sheesh - what the hell is wrong with you?? Geeze Isaac, don't yell at her, ya creep! (Isaac kicks his girlfriend out of his apartment)

"Do You Ever Get The Feeling Like You Were Meant To Do Something Extraordinary?" (Peter).

Niki is in big, BIG trouble again!

(there was a video here prior to summer 2007)

"We have to stop it...we have to stop it"

"They're here - Among us - In the shadows - In the light

Everywhere

Do They Even Know Yet?"

Peter - get down from there right now sheeeeeesh! (Clips of Peter on top of a skyscraper)

Nathan Don't Let GO!!!

(there was a video here prior to summer 2007)

Poor Niki

"A super hero doesn't use his power for personal gain" ...Hiro
Hiro, get the heck outta the bathroom eh?

Runnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Suresh, RUN!!!

Never - N-E-V-E-R - retrieve your ring from the garbeurator!
Claire does such freaky things in this episode. You've gotta cover your eyes for part of it.

*hiding eyes*

That's about it - nice start of the season...a lot happened but, as with all starter episodes, everything was left unanswered.

I don't think we'll have answers to most proposed situations for a very long time.

Here's where you can go to view the entire episode.

Heroes - Episode 1 - "Genesis" (From NBC Site)

Unfortunately, this episode 'replay' is only available to people in the USA, but this is the best I can find at the moment. If I find another location that will allow GENESIS to be viewed, I'll update on the blog. Also - once NBC decides to allow other nations to view the videos, I'll update the blog appropriately.

I do believe that NBC will update to allow UK and Canadian viewers soon because there are a number of complaints and discussions in the works right now about NBC only offering the episodes to US viewers while NBC has millions of viewers in the UK and Canada who are missing out and who are quite ticked at the limitations that NBC is imposing for the time being.

Anyhow - that's all.

tr~~

Heroes - NBC TV's Heroes Pilot Episode.

2007-05-03T18:38:00.000-07:00

"Mondays

In Cities Across The Globe

Ordinary People

Will Discover

EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES"

.....NBC's Heroes Promo

DO YOU ever wonder if you
were meant for
something extraordinary?

Tune In Mondays at 9pm - to NBC TV