06 March 2007
"HEROES WILL BE TAKING A SHORT BREAK" ...
... Those are seven words I really don't want to be reading right now. Here I am, breathless after episode 18 of NBC's fantastic sci fi show, and - like some sad, sappy fanboy - I log on to the official website to read that now the plot is stoked and white-hot ... it's going on holiday.
Okay. It's sheer petulance on my part, but I remain baffled by US scheduling, where shows come along for a solid run, then stutter through subsequent weeks - sometimes they're on air, sometimes they're not. Who, though, am I to moan? Here's me, following Heroes by stealth, greedily downloading episodes when I can get them. I should learn to be patient.
So, let's talk instead about how brilliant the series currently is. Last week's episode, "Company Man", was as good as anything I've watched. A superbly crafted hour, which brought together about a million plot strands in a million different satisfying ways, while also blowing the bottom out the show in an exhilarating way. This week's effort, "Parasite", could never quite match that, and instead oozed a kind of creeping menace, ending on - yes, another - killer cliff-hanger.
I'm gushing and it's embarrassing. Heroes is, when it comes to it, X-Men in civvies. How can it be any good?
April 23. That's when the show returns. If I was Hiro, I'd squeeze my eyes and get there now.
Okay. It's sheer petulance on my part, but I remain baffled by US scheduling, where shows come along for a solid run, then stutter through subsequent weeks - sometimes they're on air, sometimes they're not. Who, though, am I to moan? Here's me, following Heroes by stealth, greedily downloading episodes when I can get them. I should learn to be patient.
So, let's talk instead about how brilliant the series currently is. Last week's episode, "Company Man", was as good as anything I've watched. A superbly crafted hour, which brought together about a million plot strands in a million different satisfying ways, while also blowing the bottom out the show in an exhilarating way. This week's effort, "Parasite", could never quite match that, and instead oozed a kind of creeping menace, ending on - yes, another - killer cliff-hanger.
I'm gushing and it's embarrassing. Heroes is, when it comes to it, X-Men in civvies. How can it be any good?
April 23. That's when the show returns. If I was Hiro, I'd squeeze my eyes and get there now.
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I've got to agree about Company Man. I had been going right off Heroes in the episodes running up to that as the plot meandered around in any number of different directions, but I stuck with it, and that one epsisode was fantastic television. It brought me right back into the show.
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The last couple of episodes have really got me hooked back into it, and I'm quite annoyed about this break in scheduling.
It seems to happen with all US shows. Like you say there's a solid run up to christmas, then a break, a return to normal and then, bafflingly, another break just as you're getting back into the show. GRRR!
It seems to happen with all US shows. Like you say there's a solid run up to christmas, then a break, a return to normal and then, bafflingly, another break just as you're getting back into the show. GRRR!
Keep downloading :) The story really starts to come together by eps 14, 15 and 16. Also, more George Takei!
I've only seen up to episode 4 and am loving it (I try and stick with 'traditional' ways of viewing). However, the appalling treatment by the SciFi UK channel is tempting me to find another watch it.
Why do you think DVD sets sell so well?
I generally watch via video sites (I won't name them, but you can probably guess). As for the breaks, I'd rather have breaks than more and weaker episodes... would returning to the days of 39-episode seasons be worth it?
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I generally watch via video sites (I won't name them, but you can probably guess). As for the breaks, I'd rather have breaks than more and weaker episodes... would returning to the days of 39-episode seasons be worth it?
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