Heroes - Season Four News (spoilers)

sheldor · December 01, 2009, 06:47:26 AM

So - what did everyone think about last nights episode?

alanp · December 02, 2009, 10:11:29 AM

I want to see more episodes like Shadowboxing. Lots of conflict and a feeling of imminent peril and suspense. To where you are on the edge of your seat and aggravated at the moment it cuts to commercial; packed with twists turns and surprises, To me, that's not only the best kind of scifi TV, but the best kind of TV period.

This one had a pretty grim and gothic feel to it, a few good moments here and there like the guy who multiplied, seeing puppet man again, and seeing Peter with the Haitian's powers. But I was bothered by the idea that Peter with memory erasing power couldn't erase Sylar's continuousness at least temporarily.

The transplanted Nathan giving up or Claire wanting to join the super carnies aren't the kinds of situations I'd like to see these characters in. By contrast, I like the Matt Parkman and Hiro story threads quite a bit. As a contrast to the dark story of the Petrellis, I would have rather see the B story to be Matt hiding from the law and trying to sneak back home.

The way they are using Claire these days has me wondering if there is trouble on the set with Hayden Panettiere and maybe they are trying to Wesley Crusher her. (When Wil Wheaton annoyed the TNG producers wanting to do more side projects and they stopped using him like they had.)

alanp · January 11, 2010, 07:29:45 PM

I think the show is getting better, and it was nice to see Parkman and Suresh back on the show.

I've been thinking that Parkman, being the everyman with an ability should have been the spotlight character this season but has been put on the back burner for reasons I didn't get. I hope I'm wrong; but I suspect Greg Grunberg's weight gain may have been something to do with it. He did seem heavier tonight than in previous shows. Greg Grunberg even made a comment on twitter: "TONIGHT #Heroes is Parkman-Heavy. Not a "heavy" Parkman. But I do have a lot to do, bitches!! Heroes 2NITE NBC 9pm!! RT"

Also, according to this story, Greg doesn't have any doubt that the show will be back because of the DVD sales as well as international success.

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/heroes/greg-grunberg-heroes-will-be-b-33586.aspx

However, I have been worried all season that we would lose the show; this chart shows why.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fc/Heroes_US_Ratings_01.jpg

Feathers · January 14, 2010, 04:25:42 AM

Finally starting to air this over here. I watched the first two last night (shown as a double episode here) and the third is on the DVR already.

I like the fact that they don't seem to have the same sort of reset this time around that we've seen between seasons in the past. Carrying the story on from where it left off is what I want to see.

The introduction of a mass of new folks with powers is also interesting and as long as they don't try to make them all main characters I think will only work to the benefit of the whole.

Hiro/Ando is OK but the whole 'Hero' bit is a little off-putting.

Of course I could be way off-base here but if you've already seen it all in the US...don't tell me, I'll find out on my own :)

Rico · January 14, 2010, 05:21:51 AM

I liked the most recent episode too. The best thing about this show is the characters. But I do want to see the overall story pick things up a bit. Looking forward to that.

Scott · January 14, 2010, 07:22:55 AM

[spoiler]I'm just glad Hiro is back to normal. It was cool for all the comic/trek/scifi references for a while, but they did get old.[/spoiler]

Feathers · January 15, 2010, 05:30:00 AM

Caught up with the third one now.

What's the deal with Parkman and the AA group? That just confuses me.

Bryancd · January 15, 2010, 06:13:11 AM

Quote from: Feathers on January 15, 2010, 05:30:00 AM
Caught up with the third one now.

What's the deal with Parkman and the AA group? That just confuses me.

He was hitting the bottle pretty hard a few seasons ago, as I recall.

Feathers · January 15, 2010, 07:45:18 AM

Is it really an AA group then? I was looking at it and thinking everyone must have known about his powers. I was just looking too deep if it really was AA.

Scott · January 15, 2010, 08:49:06 AM

I thought he was drinking because of what he did to Sylar.

alanp · February 01, 2010, 07:35:04 PM

I've really enjoyed the last two episodes. Matt had a lot to do, the plots are in place and even Claire's story is interesting.

sheldor · February 09, 2010, 12:04:45 PM

Was last night the mid-season break or will there be more after the olympics?

If not - WHOA !!

Scott · February 09, 2010, 06:21:08 PM

I think that's it for this season.

I think it's safe to say Heroes is starting to get it's season 1 steam back. Too bad it happened at the end of the season. :P

moyer777 · February 10, 2010, 10:05:54 AM

I liked the last episode. It's better in HD. I wonder if we will get another season?

alanp · February 10, 2010, 03:23:16 PM

To me it felt like now that it was getting good again, we ran out of season. Hopefully, Greg Grunberg is correct and the international and the DVD sales will be strong enough for one more season. I'd hate to see it end that way.