I cought the 1-hour pilot episode of NBC's Heroes on line last night. What a great show! A sort of LOST meets X-Men meets Medium.

You don't have to be into superheroes to enjoy this show. Great mix of drama/sci-fi/mystery. The pilot was very well written and acted. I especially liked the high school girl who suddenly discovers she has powers to heal, and the Japanese Trekkie who develops a way to stop time through sheer will power.

I am watching the premier episode on yahoo.com

Liking it LOTS! Lots of episodes all the channels to watch for free.

Go to http://tv.yahoo.com/ and you can pick many of the season openers without commercials!! OH YEAH~!

Heros speaks to the fantasies I have always had of being special or different........any other gays have similar feelings?

Just watched..............episode is great..........ENDING HAS ME!!!! I am so looking forward to the next episode

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. I read that the Yahoo episode was one hour (less, because no commercials!!), but that the premier on Monday is two-hours. Weeeee, hope that means I get to see more on Monday!

I am highly anticipating more episodes. Also, what did you think of the two brothers? Mmmm.

They had an encore presentation last night of the premier. I'll be very curious to see what the ratings were like.

This show started off really interesting. I'm most interested in Milo Ventimiglia, who is worth watching all the time. I love his work, but I just love him, period.

Then, there is the eye candy for the breeders in Ali Larter and Hayden Panitierre.

Overall, I'd say that it puts the human side to having incredible powers like that. They are people who happen to have extraordinary abilities. I enjoyed the premiere and I think this will be regular viewing for me.

Love the premiere, especially Milo's character and the Supa Hiro from Tokyo. Just wish I could be more optimistic about the future of the series given that it's on broadcast television. Why couldn't it have been on SciFi or one of the other cable networks?

I'm glad someone started a thread about this show. I downloaded the series premiere on BitTorrent. Can I just say woo hoo for the three yummies: Adrian Pasdar, Sendil Rahmamurthy, and Greg Gunberg? And of course, they're all about as queer as George Clinton. Oh well..at least I can still have my fantasies about Maddog . BTW, that IS my pic as my avatar. Feel free to drool.....

Absolutely an amazing show. Superb quality and acting.

Hopefully it will stick around for quite some time.

Agreed. I really like the show. It was my fantasy come true, one day discovering super powers.

So what super power would you like to have? I prefer super speed, or teleportation: maybe mind control. I wouldn't mind some invulnerability either. Well I narrowed it to four.

Personally, I'd rather be able to fly. That would be something worth doing and worth watching.

I always had the fantasy of becoming invisible, I guess it's the 'peeping tom' in me. :-)

It seems like fans of "Lost" would especially appreciate the dozens of small connections between all of the characters...the co-worker in Hiro's office was watching the webcam performance of Niki, Mr. Glasses (the assumed badguy) is Claire's (indestructable) stepfather, etc. etc. I thought all of the subtle connections were a great gimmick.

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There are rumblings that Claire is going to end up as the main villian. This may or may not prove accurate but I did think it was interesting that in the season preview Peter (I believe I can fly) said of the cheerleader "It looks like we're all trying to protect her," lots of fanboys think this is a red-herring and the other heroes are meant to stop her.

Unbelievable she was the little girl in 'Remember the Titans.'

Teleportation. I hate waiting.

I watched it this past week and honestly, I wasn't that impressed with it

I enjoyed the episode tonight, although it was still a lot of set-up. I was very happy to see the politicians brother could fly, I felt really bad when I thought he was once again second to his brother. I know what that feels like.

Actually, I rather enjoy that it's not an episodic show. The serial type of show, where you have to tune in to get the entire series, makes it all so much entertaining and rewarding for me. I am falling in love with this show!

I don't mind it, I just want to get into the meat of the story. I'm impatient like that. I wonder if it was just coincidence that Hiro thought it was October 2nd, which was of course Monday's actual date, or if they planned it that way. Either way that was a nice touch.

that's what I thought-they were using the broadcast date

So many intriguing aspects of the show, but like LOST so many unanswered questions. I'll wait patiently.

The previews for next week looked good, the Heroes start meeting each other!

This is such a great show and I'm glad that NBC picked up the full-season order. I think Claire (indestructible girl) will end up becoming the villain. Just by seeing her in action last night, I saw how she could be the villain.

I'm still in deep lust over Milo Ventimiglia. Sigh!

I am loving he show too. They run the show again each week on the Sci-Fi Channel so if you missed the Monday NBC show you can see it on the Sci-Fi Channel on Friday night. Check your listings.

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Monday night's show proved that it is the brain of the person that controls the powers. The room with all the jars and brains in them. Remember when Hiro went forward in time and found the head of the artist guy open and his brain gone and then the part where the cop found the guy sitting at the table "frozen" with the top of his head off too and the brain gone and last night the cheerleader girl got the stick stuck in her head/brain and it temporarily shut her down until they pulled out the stick during her autopsy. Can you imagine being the guy doing that autopsy. WOW



I was amazed to see Milo Ventimiglia listed on imdb.com with a credit to "Boys Life 2 (1997)". Aren't they gay soft-porn movies? I guess you have to pay the bills somehow.

I was enjoying this show, but the episodes have gotten overly gratuitous for my taste. I think the story could be told without being so gory, but that's just me. Hopefully, they will get over the need to show blood and innards and focus on the story which is the best part about the show.

Yes, Milo was in that movie under another name. Sadly, he didn't even come close to gettin' nekkid. He did, however, get a small on-screen kiss. That was when I first noticed him. It wasn't until he went to "Gilmore Girls" that I finally let my heart skip a beat for him. Am I swooning too much now?

I agree. I really enjoy this show, it's one of my favorites, but the gore is quite a turn off and quite unecessary.

Anthony

Wow, last night's episode was fantastic!! I think I'm anticipating this show more than any other right now.

Anybody know any good spoiler sites, I want to read what happens....I can't wait. lol

Adrian Pasdar is a babe. I had completely overlooked him for my cuteness in Milo. Milk does his body good!

Now as for the series, I enjoyed seeing how they all tie in together and it could almost be called the "Heroes with Less than Six Degrees of Separation". I loved how they're all interconnected to one another through various means.

I just get this suspicion that Claire (cheerleader) is the one who will end up causing more trouble than she does helping everyone. Just a feeling because I can't back that up just yet. This anticipation for each week is getting to me. Hell, I look forward to Monday nights now and it isn't for football!

I just about freaked at the autopsy scene last night

but the show is really growing on my

Hiro's buddy is a hottie as well

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The football player tried to rape her and she ended up "dying". The car wreck was revenge which could lead to the dark side but I'm just not seeing it...yet.

"Save the cheerleader, Save the World."

Do the two go together?

Or are they a choice?

High Tyde, I wondered this myself. I'm getting the impression that it's a choice and they're going to choose poorly, thus necessitating Hiro having to teleport back in time to warn the flying brother, Peter. Could it be so?

In looking at last night's painting, I noticed the finished product had the cheerleader's head bloodied as though her brain were missing. So, perhaps my original assumption was in error and that they do need to save the cheerleader from the mysterious Siler.

Having ignored Adrian Pasdar's character Nathan, I think I've found myself rather smitten with him now. (Particularly after his shirtless scenes last night!)

The visit from Hiro to Peter (the other hotty with a body, Milo Ventimiglia) began to tie it all together. They are going to eventually fight together, but who are they fighting? Siler? Or his backers?

Is the stripper's husband the mystery man who works with Siler? I couldn't quite figure that out there.

This show has me-- hook, line and sinker!

UCLAFan:

Couldn't agree with you more about Adrian Pasdar. I actually find him more attractive than Milo (but then I have always been attracted to men closer to my own age).

Actually, the most amazing thing to me last night was when younger Petrelli completed the painted picture....

My thoughts are not that he has any particular power- but his power is to either enhance or absorb the powers of those around him-

My reasoning is that he is still the only person that was not influenced by the power of time control by Hiro- he demonstrated the power of flight only in the presence of his brother- he draws in the future with the power of Isaac.....

I mean- why did Hiro come to him? Perhaps he is the key needed to control Sylar. Maybe he is the one that can absorb his abilities and use them against him....

My favorite character is still Hiro and he is definitely aptly named.....

...I also think that DL is the one working for Sylar... that would explain Micah's future potential.... and the grandmother a few episodes back seems a little crazy....

After a while, you get used to having them, trust me.

I finally watched this episode again on Sci-Fi and I've come to that same conclusion. Peter has that ability to mimic others' abilities, which is why I think he is the key to bringing all of the heroes together.

I haven't watched any of this series but I desperately want to. I'm going to try to make time over the holidays. But I saw this story and it made me think, "Is this the first of our real life 'heroes'?"

Woman shot in the head 6 times. None pierce her skull.

So the cheerleader's dad ISN'T Siler?

It would seem the cheerleader's dad is in fact NOT Siler...but IS (perhaps) a GOOD guy!!!

I love this show, and I love how we keep meeting new 'Heroes' with special abilities.

Oh good Lord, what if Siler is the future congressman, Nathan? This show is getting more and more interesting by the episode!

The show definetly hooks you- I hope they can keep it up.

Oh, how brilliantly this show is written! It all makes me want to get up and cheer in the streets. I just had to settle for cheering in the apartment. I am in love with this show and seeing Milo Ventimiglia just makes my Mondays!

I was thinking what if Syler is the younger Peter Petrelli from the future? That would explain Syler's enormous powers. He has absorbed all the abilities of any person he comes in contact with. Remember when Hiro came to the younger Peter Petrelli in the train and said he didn't recognize him without the scare. Hmmmmm...does Syler have a badly scared face? We haven't really seen it yet.

So, Syler comes back from the future to kill all the "heroes" because he knows there is going to be a very bad thing happen when all these powers converge. The only way to kill them and be sure they are dead is to remove their brains. So maybe Syler is not the bad guy after all. He is trying to stop the world from being destroyed by these "heroes". Hmmmmm....

Why do many of you think Syler (Siler?) is any of the current "heroes." I happen to believe he's some as yet unknown individual.

I can't believe you are pick one over the other. I'll have both

Did you know that Adrian Pasdar is married to Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks?!? Weird. I just found out.

Yep, almost makes me wish I was Natalie Maines. (well for a moment) They have at least two or three kids too. I wonder who makes who scream in bed.... WOW!!

I sure would love to see some nude photos of Adrain... that shirtless Heroes episode where he flew supersonic speed was H-O-T!!

Me too, gadbearr. I know he would love my WIDE OPEN SPACES.