Monday, July 16, 2007
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
SYLAR! Heroes, Sci Fi, 10.00pm
We are currently wetting our pants like the pathetic fanboys that we are over the BBC2 trailers for Heroes (due to start 25th July, and you'd better believe we'll be talking about it again then, and watching it all over again because that's just how insanely geeky we are), but before we get too ahead of ourselves, Sci Fi is showing the first season finale for those of you who are no doubt champing at the bit to discover what happens. If you're waiting for the BBC2 airing, you probably don't want to read any further because obviously, here be spoilers.
Actually, in all fairness, we thought this show dropped the ball slightly in the last handful of episodes: not that it was actively bad, just that it felt a bit going-through-the-motions-y with all the characters being put into position ready for the explosive (no pun intended) season finale. We feel confidently able to predict, however, that you'll be significantly more engaged with this episode - it made us yell at the screen on several occasions, and we maybe even got a little bit teary. Overinvested? Us? Surely not.
So: in the last episode, Nathan won the election, there was a little girl who could track Sylar, Hiro finally got some lessons with that damn sword that's been making his plotline so boring lately, DL took out Linderman by squeezing his brain (ew) and Sylar offed Radioactive Ted and stole his power, so he can go all kablooey on New York City's ass. This leaves the non-evil Heroes who haven't yet been dramatically killed to attempt to stop him without getting their own skulls sliced open and the tasty braaaaaiiiins removed (hence Claire's look of "woe!" in the picture above). It's probably safe to say that Peter's super-cool ability to absorb everyone else's powers will probably be involved somewhere here, but will he survive the fallout (again, pun not intended)? We're saying nothing, but you'd be wise to prepare yourselves for the gayest scene of the entire series (which is a fairly hotly-contested field, given all the eyefucking and inappropriate touching that seems to go on amongst the male cast members). You'll know it when you see it, believe us.
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Monday, February 19, 2007
They've gotta be strong and they've gotta be fast and they've gotta be fresh from the fight
EPIC! Heroes, Sci Fi, 10.00pm
It's being billed on posters at this year's Lost but don't be fooled. In this show, the plot actually moves forward. In this show, there aren't endless flashbacks which basically serve to establish that the character has a chequered past and daddy issues (although we'll admit there are daddy issues aplenty in this show: Claire, Niki, Peter, Nathan, Hiro, Mohinder...they've all got 'em). In this show, several characters are actually likeable. And more to the point, in this show we've got faith that the honchos behind it actually have a clear idea where they're going, and aren't just tossing in random cliffhangers in the final minutes to make us all tune in again next week (although, again: there are cliffhangers and some of them are awesome. Episode three's, in particular, is fucking great).
Okay, so that's enough with the gratuitous pot-shots at Lost. It has proved to be good for something, because without it there would have been a greatly reduced chance of this show being commissioned, since it does owe a debt to Lost in terms of clearing the path for shows who like to spin an epic story featuring multiple characters who didn't know each other until the show started but have some kind of interlinked destiny. Oh, and who take their sweet damn time in the process too.
Heroes, however, is totally its own beast, and we've fallen completely in love with it. We're totally hooked. We're not going to spoil everyone's abilities for you because figuring them out is half the fun, but in the opening minutes a hospice nurse attempts to fly and a cheerleader from Texas hurls herself off some kind of scaffolding into an 80ft drop, pick herself up, pop her shoulder back into place and continue otherwise unharmed. Obviously the big mystery is where did they get their powers, why them, and what are they meant to do, but don't expect that to be answered just yet. Perhaps the most important thing we can tell you for this opening two-parter is that the majority of the Heroes are absolutely smokin' hot, and regardless of your orientation, you're bound to want to have sex with at least two of them. (Hands off Nathan Petrelli, by the way; he's ours.)
Save the cheerleader, save the world! (That'll make sense in a couple of episodes' time. Oh, and if you don't have Sci Fi, you don't have to be dependent on the illicit Mistress Bittorrent, because BBC2 will be showing the series over the summer. Hooray!)
And if you really can't wait that long, why not have a look at this preview courtesy of your very own lowculture. Don't say we're not good to you! Just pick your connection speed and media format of choice.
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