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In our poll we asked you:

“Does Season 2 Of Heroes Suck?”.

41 of you have voted so far. 76% of you said yes it does suck, while only 24% don’t think it sucks. That was a bit of a surprise to me. However, even more surprising is that the Creator of Heroes agrees with you and essentially said that Heroes Season 2 sucks.

I just read at Entertainment Weekly a story where Tim Kring (the creator of Heroes) apologized for the slow start to Season 2. He said that the pace is too slow, they should have introduced the viral “end of the world” message in the first episode, the new heroes should have been better introduced in a way that intertwined them with the story, Hiro was in Japan way too long, and the Claire -West romance was a bad idea.

I think the biggest mistake was not having a unifying theme. As much as I hated the “Save the cheerleader, Save the world.” mantra, it really helped the show last year. If they had a unified theme to stop the virus from the very start of the show, I think it would have kept more people watching.

The good news is that Tim Kring is addressing these issues and the show seems to be picking up it’s pace again.

Thanks to JohnD at sfsignal for the heads up on this.

I missed Heroes last night, but saw it this evening on DVR. WOW! It is starting to get much more interesting. Here is my quick recap of Heroes “Out of Time”:

1. Peter and Caitlin learn more about the future. Peter meets his mother in the future and his mother sends him thoughts of the past. Apparently, Mrs. Petrelli has the same power as Mr. Parkman.

2. Matt traps his father in his own nightmare and saves Molly. That was really cool.

3. Niki and Mohinder’s first assignment is to give the virus to Mr. Parkman. It doesn’t exactly go as planned.

4. West sees Mr. Bennet and freaks out.

5. Nathan learns about the past from Bob. I think Bob must have left out some critical pieces. At this point it looks Takezo Kensie (aka. Adam Moreno, aka Julian Sark) is the man behind the killings. Boy did he keep a grudge for a very long time.

6. Hiro saves history, but gains a lifelong enemy. I thought Kensei (Adam Moreno) was the one who killed Hiro’s dad and looks like he did.

7. Suresh tells Bob about Mr. Bennet’s plans to take down the company. What was he thinking???

8. Peter comes back to the present. When he gets back he is greeted by Adam Moreno, the infamous Takezo Kensei. The actor playing Adam Moreno (I am too sleepy to look up his name right now), was a terrific bad guy when he played the role of Julian Sark on Alias. I have a feeling he will make a really good bad guy on Heroes as well.

So that, was my quick recap of the show. Pretty fun and exciting. Next week, looks even better. Here is the US Preview for Heroes 2×08 “Four Months Ago”:

My good friend, John, wrote a post earlier today titled, “Heroes Season 2 Officially Sucks“. Now, I have to admit that I have been enjoying the tv show Chuck a little more than Heroes so far, but seriously does Heroes suck?

My answer is:

“No! The Bionic woman sucks… Heroes does not suck!

In fact, I still think that Heroes is a really good tv show.

I agree with John that it would have been nice for all the Heroes to meet up and join together to fight the bad guys. I also agree that there are a few parts of the story that just don’t make sense, but it’s just a tv show and it’s still a fun show to watch.

They have introduced some interesting new characters (Like Bob and Kensei) and some not so interesting characters (like Maya and Alejandro). However, I think that one of the characters I am not very fond of, Alejandro, is going to become a VERY interesting character. Sure, I don’t like Maya’s whole black plague power, but Alejandro seems to have the ability to reverse her power. What if he can reverse other people’s powers? Wouldn’t it be cool to see Sylar attack Alejandro and instead of cutting open Alejandro’s head, Sylar cuts open his own head? You know that’s got to be coming, right?

I think that Season 2 of Heroes still has a lot of potential and will be VERY entertaining the rest of the season. The end of the last episode with Kensei hitting Hiro, Peter in the future, and Noah discovering the pictures is what I think will mark the starting point of a really awesome Season 2.

So, do you think Heroes sucks or not?

Take the poll below and let us know…

Last night’s episode of Heroes “2×06 The Line” was pretty good.

My favorite part of the show was when Takezo Kensei (David Anders) hit Hiro in the back of the head and turned Hiro, Yakeo and her father into White Beard. It reminded me of David Anders days as Julian Sark on Alias… I thought to myself, “That’s the Sark I used to love to hate.” I kind of hope that his character does turn into a bad guy, because those of us who watched Alias know what a good job he can do playing a bad guy.

As for the rest of the show, here is my really quick Synopsis:

• Peter and Caitlin travel to Cananda and then to New York in the future. Someone named Adam leaves Peter a note about the company.
• Mohinder challenges Bob. Bob gives into Mohinder and assigns Nikki to work with Mohinder.
• Noah Bennet and the Haitian find Isaac’s series of 8 paintings.
• Monica gets help from Bob and the company to harness her muscle mimic ability.
• West helps Claire get back at the head cheerleader, which ultimately helps her join the cheerleading squad. Hopefully this doesn’t mean another “Save the Cheerleader…” slogan is coming.
• Maya, Alejandro and Sylar finally reach the US. I am hoping that REALLY soon the wonder twins (Maya and Alejandro) kill Sylar or vice versa.

Here are some previews of next week’s episode (as usual, the Canadian one gives away more):

Heroes 2×07 “Out of Time” Canadian preview:

Heroes 2×07 “Out of Time” US preview:

I mentioned the other day that I thought Mr. Parkman was behind all the murders of the “12″. Then I found this interesting video on youtube. What do you think?

In this week’s Heroes comic we get to see Molly’s nightmare. Apparently, Molly doesn’t like cockroaches…

You can read the graphic novel by clicking here.

Also, here are the previews for next week’s episode of Heroes 2×6 “The Line”. It looks Sylar wants to kill off Maya and Alejandro. Too bad he can’t kill off the Bionic woman…

US Preview:

Canadian Preview:

Last night’s Heroes had some really cool things happen, but my favorite things all had to do with the Parkmans.

First we find out from Daddy Parkman that Matt will have more powers than just mind reading. After Mr. Parkman tricks his son Matt and Nathan Petrelli into having a nightmare… Matt uses one of those powers. Did you happen to notice Matt’s new power?

He communicated with his mind to Nathan.

Prior to last night’s episode Matt Parkman’s only power was reading people’s minds, but last night he sent Nathan a telepathic message. I guess the next step is controlling people with his mind or causing them to see stuff or something else??? He has the same power as his Dad, pretty cool.

Matt Parkman’s Dad is the Killer!

Wow, I am surprised that Parkman’s dad is the killer. He had a picture of Bob’s face on it, with the red symbol on it. Somehow using his “nightmare/mind-control” powers he caused Nikki to try to kill Bob. I guess he could be using anyone to kill off the other 12 members of the group. No wonder he doesn’t want Molly to find him! That really sucks, eh?

Two more notes on the whole Dad front

Last night we found out that Elle Works For Her Dad… so who is her Dad? Is it Bob? I don’t think it’s Bob, I think it is …

Mr. Petrelli - Nathan and Peter’s dad.

I think Elle is their sister. I could be wrong, but that is my guess.

Last but not least, does anyone else get the feeling that Claire’s dad, HRG (Mr. Bennet), is actually a bad guy after all? It’s always been hard to tell who is good and who is bad, but I am starting to think that Mr. Bennet is really a bad guy. I guess time will tell…

This week’s episode of Heroes - “Kindred” was good, bad, and funny all at once. Heroes is my favorite show on tv, so you should always take that into account when reading what I have to say about the episode. I love SUPER HERO shows, always have, always will.

Peter
This week Peter seems to be getting more control over his powers. Peter seems to be better able to control his powers when they come back. It’s like he knows exactly what he can do with his powers when he uses them. I imagine that they will come back quickly.

I didn’t understand why Peter wouldn’t want to learn his true identity. I guess they need to keep him around, because there is more to the Irish gang than what we know. Or maybe they just needed him around so they could send Peter on a date with Caitlin (see Heroes Comic Chapter 54 - Petrified Lightning). My guess is that the gang works for the company. What do you think?

Sylar
The fact that Sylar had no powers was both good and bad to me. I did have a sense of relief when I found out Sylar was powerless in the middle of the nowhere. However, many people think that Sylar is one of the greatest super-villains of all time. What good is he without his powers?

I was kind of glad that Sylar killed off Michelle (aka Candice (aka Betty)). I didn’t really like her freaky ability of being able to change what other people saw. Hopefully, Sylar doesn’t gain her power.

Claire and West
One of the things I really liked about Heroes last year was the way stories are resolved so quickly. It’s not like LOST where you are always LOST and you never seem to learn anything. I am glad that Claire found out about West’s powers so quickly. I still think West is a bad guy, but the story line is moving along well.

My favorite moment from the show was when West was joking around with Claire about not giving herself a manicure, that was funny!

Maya And Alejandro Please Meet Nikki
One interesting thing that I discovered (via the Heroes wiki) is that the Nissan Rogue that the prisoner is driving to help Maya and Alejandro escape has a bumper sticker with the logo for Costa Verde High School (the school Claire is attending). It also has a California license plate.

My least favorite thing from the show were the scenes with Maya and Alejandro. Maybe Nikki’s assignment is to kill them off. Wouldn’t that be cool? Although, if you watch the Canadian trailer for episode 4 (below), you know their fate looks a little worse than meeting up with Nikki.

Noah Bennet vs. Sylar
The thing that bummed me out the most from the show was that it looks like Mr. Bennet is going to be killed off. I like Mr. Bennet too much for them to kill him off. It would be funny if this played out like Season 1’s bomb scenario. The rest of the season Noah Bennet (HRG) tries to figure out how to save his life. It culminates with a showdown in the Season 2 finale that pits powerless Sylar against HRG in a fist fight. Sylar loses the fight and then when nobody is looking he gets dragged down a manhole again

Final Thoughts
I enjoyed Heroes Kindred. I would have enjoyed it a little more if they had shown the fight that Takezo Kensei had when Hiro left him to face a ton of enemies. While we are on the topic of Takezo, does anyone else think that Takezo is the hooded hero who killed Hiro’s dad?

Anyway, here are the previews for episode four of Heroes, entitled “The Kindness of Strangers” (the Canadian preview shows a lot more):

US preview for Heroes “The Kindness of Strangers”:

Canadian preview for Heroes “The Kindness of Strangers”:

For those of you who missed it.. here is the preview for next week’s episode of Heroes - “Kindred”. At the end of this preview I think that Mr. Bennet is talking on the phone to Claire’s biological mother. Whoever it is, Claire does not look pleased…

Tonight’s episode was much more fun than the first episode of Season two. In fact, I would have titled it:

“Heroes - Everything is gonna be just fine”

or

“Heroes - The calm before the storm”

The reason I would have called it something different was that everything went so well:

1. Peter discovered some of his powers and is really close to learning his identity.
2. Claire cut off her toe and grew a new one.
3. Dr. Suresh healed the Haitian.
4. Hiro saved the legend of Takezo Kensei.
5. Takezo regenerated after being hit by arrows.
6. The Haitian reunited with HRG (Noah Bennet).
7. There was no sign of Sylar anywhere.

Everything went so well this week… too well.

Looks like Sylar will be back next week, I wonder what else is in store for us?

The other night, I watched the Bionic Woman on NBC and in my opinion it sucked. The only thing I enjoyed about the show was the fight scenes. The fight scenes were kind of cool, but the show was NOT good at all.

One of the things I didn’t like about the new Bionic woman is how much darker it is than the original series. The original series was much lighter and more fun. I wouldn’t have minded it being so dark if they could have at least thrown in some comedic relief (like Heroes does). But the season premiere of the Bionic woman lacked any humor whatsoever, and in my opinion was a boring mess. It was kind of like Alias or Heroes except… without humor, without an interesting story line, and without any surprises. If it doesn’t get more entertaining in the coming weeks I won’t be watching it for very long. It’s too bad, because I had such high hopes for it…

On the other hand, there are two new shows that show some real promise:

Life and Chuck on NBC.

Jill or I will have to talk about them some time in the future.

I know several people who don’t read the Heroes Graphic Novels. So I thought I would create this post for people like them.

For those who don’t realize it, NBC releases a new Heroes graphic novel (comic book) every week on their website. In fact, they have been releasing them during the hiatus between Season 1 and Season 2 (that’s a lot of reading). Also, for those who haven’t read them in while, they are now releasing animated versions of the comics.

The graphic novel fills in some of the gaps between each episode of the Heroes TV show and provides extra information about some of the characters. In this post, I will be giving a very brief summary of each graphic novel to date (all 52 of them). If you want to read more you can always head over to the NBC Heroes Graphic Novels library and check out all the comics yourself.

Chapter 1 - MONSTERS
This was a bad way to start off the graphic novels. Chapter 1 was one of the most boring novels of all. It covered a little bit of background on Suresh and his father.

Chapter 2 - HIRO
This might have been the second most boring of the novels. They do get better from here. This one shows a short stop Hiro made in between episode 2 and episode 3 of Heroes. He throws out his employee badge and makes a promise to his deceased grandfather.

Chapter 3 - NATHAN
This one was cool, because up to this point you might be thinking that Nathan is not such a good guy. In this comic Nathan rescues a woman’s daughter from a burning building by using his power of flight. He leaves the daughter a “vote for Petrelli” button, which was pretty funny.

Chapter 4 - AFTERMATH
This was one of the best ones to bridge a gap between shows. It shows what happened between episode 4 and 5 after Claire crashed her car into the wall. The jock finds out about Claire’s ability to regenerate in this comic, but thanks to the Haitian not for long…

Chapter 5 - SNAPSHOT
This comic reveals how DL found about his powers after being arrested for Nikki’s crime. It’s a decent read for DL fans.

Chapter 6 - STOLEN TIME
This comic shows how Nikki stole the money and it reveals the identity of all those dead bodies that she buried in the desert.

Chapter 7 - CONTROL
Chapter 7 is a story about officer Parkman after he learns about his wife’s affair. Parkman uses his super power to catch a bad guy driving around like a maniac. This was another one of the most boring Heroes graphic novels in my opinion.

Chapter 8 - ISAAC’S FIRST TIME
In chapter 8 we get to see the first artwork of Isaac’s that comes true. A lady notices that she is being hit by a bus in one of Isaac’s paintings and gets mad. Moments later she is hit by a bus, just like in the painting.

Chapter 9 - LIFE BEFORE EDEN
This comic tells about the hard childhood Eden endured. Then one day she tells her step mother that she wished her stepmother would just die and her step mother dies. Too bad her super power didn’t work on Sylar

Chapter 10 - TURNING POINT
This one was kind of cool, because it showcased Audrey Hanson, the blond female FBI agent. It takes place 3 months earlier in Chicago at a crime scene with Sylar staring right at Audrey. Audrey chases Sylar on a train and then winds up shooting at an old man that Sylar gave his coat to. Needless to say, Audrey is ticked off at Sylar.

Chapter 11 - FATHER & DAUGHTERS
After Sylar kills Eden, HRG (Noah Bennet) pays a visit to Eden’s dad to tell him the news. Things don’t go so well… for her Dad.

Chapter 12 - SUPER-HEROICS
Peter Petrelli has a bad dream. I think he must have eaten too much dessert the night before or something

Chapter 13, 14, 15 AND 16 - WIRELESS PARTS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series of four comics was our introduction to Hana Gitelman. It was a fun read and great way to introduce a new character before her appearance on the show.

Chapter 17 - HOW DO YOU STOP AN EXPLODING MAN? PART ONE
Part 1 of this series introduces Ted (the exploding man) and shows how Hana and Ted meet.

Chapter 18 - HOW DO YOU STOP AN EXPLODING MAN? PART TWO
Part 2 of this series shows Ted’s capture by the military and his escape. How hard would it be to keep nuclear man in prison anyway?

Chapter 19 - BULLY
This was an ok comic. Micah Sanders uses his power over electronic devices to scare some bullies. Not the best, and also not the worst, of the 52.

Chapter 20 - ROAD KILL
This was a really good segue between episodes that shows Sylar’s adventure between two episodes. It fills in the blanks nicely.

Chapter 21 - THE PATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS
This was interesting because it revealed that Hana was going on a separate mission from Ted and Officer Parkman. However, the comic is very graphic and very adult oriented.

Chapter 22 - HELL’S ANGEL
Chapter 22 is the story of how HRG met/saved Claire. It’s a nice read for Claire and HRG fans.

Chapter 23 - FAMILY MAN
This was a really good one. It told the story of what happened between two of the best episodes and it shows how Noah Bennet (HRG) befriends a former enemy (Hana).

Chapter 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29 - WAR BUDDIES PART ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX
This series was really good and introduced us to Linderman’s powers before they were revealed on the show. It revealed a very interesting connection between Linderman and the Petrelli family. Lastly, we get to see Hana trying to ruin Linderman’s plans and a secret website that lets you join the cause at Hana’s blog http://www.samantha48616e61.com/.

Chapter 31 and 32 - WALLS PART ONE, AND TWO
This was the story of how future Peter and future Nikki hooked up. It was a fun read.

Chapter 33 and 34 - THE DEATH OF HANA GITELMAN PART ONE AND TWO
This series wasn’t so much fun for me. Hopefully Hana isn’t really dead. I would like to see her character show up on the show again.

Chapter 35, 36, 37, and 38 - IT TAKES A VILLAGE PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series was a look into the Haitian’s super powers and about his Dad. It was pretty interesting.

Chapter 39, 40, 41, 42 - BETTY PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series was about Candice (aka Betty), the woman who changes what people see. It was kind of interesting, but definitely not my favorite heroes novels out of the bunch.

Chapter 43, 44, 45,and 46 - GOLDEN HANDSHAKE PART ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR
This series focuses on Claude’s (the invisible man) first partner Haram and a conflict they had with Fusor a person who sucks all the water out people (yikes). It also introduces Claude’s new partner, Mr. Noah Bennet.

Chapter 47, 48 - HEROISM IS FOUND IN THE HEART PART ONE AND TWO
I really enjoyed these two comics. It shows a glimpse at Ando’s life when he returns to take Hiro’s job at the company in Japan where they both used to work. Ando also becomes a hero, himself, for Hiro’s sister Kimiko. This was a good read to help you understand why Ando and Kaito Nakamura (Hiro’s dad) were so close. I recommend reading these two chapters.

Chapter 49, 50 - BLACKOUT PARTS ONE AND TWO
This comic introduces a new person with super powers. I don’t if we will see him on the show, but if previous comics are any indication it is highly likely that he will show up on Season 2 of Heroes. Based on Peter’s new power, I think Peter has come in contact with the new character.

Chapter 51 - MAYA Y ALEJANDRO
Twins Maya and Alejandro carry some sort of super virus inside them and according to this comic they are coming to America to find Dr. Suresh. They made an appearance on Season 2’s first episode, which is what I expected.

Chapter 52 - FLYING BLIND
This comic was just a quick look into West (Claire’s new friend) and his ability to fly. It wasn’t really a big deal, but it did slightly ease my suspicions that West is a bad guy (only slightly).

So that is a quick recap of all the Heroes graphic novels to date. If you haven’t read them all, not to worry it really doesn’t take too long to read 52 Heroes Graphic Novels. Just set aside a few days

and just think… there are more coming every week!

The Season 2 premier of Heroes “Four Months Later” was pretty good. It was mostly an attempt at setting the stage for the rest of the season. I think that next week’s episode (Lizards) will probably give us some insight into what Peter, Sylar, Nikki, and Micah are doing.

My favorite parts of this week’s show were the scene when the Bennet’s were eating dinner and Mrs. Bennet was asking them about their day. That was pretty funny. I also really enjoyed the interactions between Hiro and Takezo Kensei (he’ll always be Julian Sark to me).

My least favorite part of the show was when Hiro’s dad, Sulu, errr… I mean Kaito Nakamura, got pushed off the building by his hooded friend. Even though he was a company man, I was very interested in his character. I am not a big fan of killing off so many of the characters, but that’s way it works.

Anyway, I am really looking forward to next week’s episode of Heroes - “Lizards”. Here is the preview for it:

Here are some season 2 Heroes preview trailers for your viewing enjoyment:

“Heroes” star Zachary Quinto (Sylar) is set to be the next Spock in the next Star Trek movie scheduled for release Christmas of 2008.

Wow, I am really going to find it hard to get past the whole “Sylar” thing. I think that when I go to watch the next Star Trek movie I will be waiting all movie for Spock to turn into a bad guy that cuts people’s heads open to steal their alien powers.

Anyway, you can read more about the next Star Trek on MSN.

PS. Do you see a resemblance between Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy?