Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
At ComicCon I saw the first episode of the upcoming show Heros, premiering September 25, 2006 on NBC. Actually, I saw more than the first show, as apparently this was the full cut (72 minutes) of the show that will someday likely show up on DVD, rather than the TV-length version. The entire cast, writing staff, produces, etc.. were there to talk about the show and answer questions.
This was the first of two panels I saw that were "network responses" to the success of the show Lost. The second was Jericho (from CBS). Both panels quite often compared and contrasted themselves to Lost. Heros compared themselves to Lost in that all the characters are secretly connected to each other, and something strange is going on with that connection and the people who know about it. Jericho played more on the idea of being stranded without contact from the rest of mankind. But both were explicitly "Lost-like", or at least that is how the networks were spinning it.
Jeph Loeb (previously wrote for Smallville and Lost) is the lead writer on this show. This is the website summary:
My first impression of this show was that it moved too slow. That was my wife's impression as well. Now that may well be because this was a 72-minute version instead of the edited TV version. Hopefully the TV version will move faster. But for me, there were too many characters, they tried to develop every one of them a little rather than focusing on a few a lot and leaving the rest for future episodes, and things dragged a bit here and there.
That said, I still thought it was good enough to wacth, and I want to see what happens next. In particular, this first episode has QUITE a surprise ending, which despite this thread being "with spoilers" I think it should remain unspoiled for the ending. But, it did make me want to see more and know what the heck is going on.
I did like that these characters all seem somehow inter-related to each other in a way beyond just all having super powers. There a little hints dropped here and there about their connectiveness, such as the best friend of the Japanese character watching the Vegas Show Girl on the internet right before he talks to the Japenese character. Masi Oka (Hiro) is in fact the best and most compelling character on the show for me, as he is both funny and very relatable.
The show is not afraid of controversey, as one of the main characters is an Islamic terrorist who was supposed to be the 20th hijacker on 9-11 until he got super powers to radiate from his hands, accidentally killing the woman he had fallen in love with. He now plots to activate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, while the "Flying" character and the "Future Predicting Drug-addicted Painter" Character and the "Mind-Reading Cop" characters try to stop him.
I will watch this show, though it did not give me the same level of "Wow that was good" feeling I got when I first saw the Lost pilot 2 years ago at the show.
This was the first of two panels I saw that were "network responses" to the success of the show Lost. The second was Jericho (from CBS). Both panels quite often compared and contrasted themselves to Lost. Heros compared themselves to Lost in that all the characters are secretly connected to each other, and something strange is going on with that connection and the people who know about it. Jericho played more on the idea of being stranded without contact from the rest of mankind. But both were explicitly "Lost-like", or at least that is how the networks were spinning it.
Jeph Loeb (previously wrote for Smallville and Lost) is the lead writer on this show. This is the website summary:
My first impression of this show was that it moved too slow. That was my wife's impression as well. Now that may well be because this was a 72-minute version instead of the edited TV version. Hopefully the TV version will move faster. But for me, there were too many characters, they tried to develop every one of them a little rather than focusing on a few a lot and leaving the rest for future episodes, and things dragged a bit here and there.
That said, I still thought it was good enough to wacth, and I want to see what happens next. In particular, this first episode has QUITE a surprise ending, which despite this thread being "with spoilers" I think it should remain unspoiled for the ending. But, it did make me want to see more and know what the heck is going on.
I did like that these characters all seem somehow inter-related to each other in a way beyond just all having super powers. There a little hints dropped here and there about their connectiveness, such as the best friend of the Japanese character watching the Vegas Show Girl on the internet right before he talks to the Japenese character. Masi Oka (Hiro) is in fact the best and most compelling character on the show for me, as he is both funny and very relatable.
The show is not afraid of controversey, as one of the main characters is an Islamic terrorist who was supposed to be the 20th hijacker on 9-11 until he got super powers to radiate from his hands, accidentally killing the woman he had fallen in love with. He now plots to activate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles, while the "Flying" character and the "Future Predicting Drug-addicted Painter" Character and the "Mind-Reading Cop" characters try to stop him.
I will watch this show, though it did not give me the same level of "Wow that was good" feeling I got when I first saw the Lost pilot 2 years ago at the show.
