OT: New Fall Series

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:44 pm

I like the way they introduced Roberts. Throughout the show we've known that HRG was a soldier, and was reacting to someone else's orders. The flashbacks were nicely executed and the rooftop meeting was awesome! It was clear that "they" were keeping close tabs on Claire, so I didn't find it unreasonable to have the Eric Roberts character pop in the way he did.

I am curious to find out how invisible guy survived, as he does seem tough and invisible, but he was plugged by HRG pretty good a couple times on that bridge.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:51 pm

I loved how they introduced him, but i didn't like him showing up at the house the way he did. Really, it was just to let the truth about Claire be revealed to him, and I'm not sure I see any other reason for him to have been there at all (just to admonish glasses for not having killed nuclear-guy?) Whatever, it's a TV show. The messiness of the relationships is great, like I loved how nuclear guy and the cop were at odds and the situ kept getting worse because of it. And I really loved how the beans were spilled by the cop, unknowingly trampling all over carefully concealed deceptions.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:03 pm

Zeppo wrote:I loved how they introduced him, but i didn't like him showing up at the house the way he did. Really, it was just to let the truth about Claire be revealed to him, and I'm not sure I see any other reason for him to have been there at all (just to admonish glasses for not having killed nuclear-guy?) Whatever, it's a TV show. The messiness of the relationships is great, like I loved how nuclear guy and the cop were at odds and the situ kept getting worse because of it. And I really loved how the beans were spilled by the cop, unknowingly trampling all over carefully concealed deceptions.

Umm maybe I heard something and misunderstood. But didn't HRG call him to come to the house, thats what they eluded too when the two were together later.

What I thought was HRG knew his cover was blown, the other guy was going to find out, hell the whole neighborhood was out watching. So he calls mind eraser and devises a plan with him to take the fall. Then he calls his boss and tells him to come over, he just found out about Claire etc. etc.

To me the whole thing made perfect sense and it was the only way to cover his tracks.

Perhaps I misread too much into what I thought I heard though.

EDIT: Here is what I didn't get. What happened to the girl who got in touch with Nucleo? You know IM girl? Was that her at the end there in the lab? If so, then it is possible she was instructed to make this whole thing happen. I just found it odd she disappeared from the whole scenario.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:08 pm

Zeppo wrote:I loved how they introduced him, but i didn't like him showing up at the house the way he did. Really, it was just to let the truth about Claire be revealed to him, and I'm not sure I see any other reason for him to have been there at all (just to admonish glasses for not having killed nuclear-guy?) Whatever, it's a TV show. The messiness of the relationships is great, like I loved how nuclear guy and the cop were at odds and the situ kept getting worse because of it. And I really loved how the beans were spilled by the cop, unknowingly trampling all over carefully concealed deceptions.

I need to re-watch, but I thought I recall Roberts saying that he was called by someone.

And how cool/weird was it that the meeting took place on top of that same building in NYC? I guess that makes more sense now that you see Simone and her dad were involved in a more than tangential manner.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:12 pm

Danimal wrote:
EDIT: Here is what I didn't get. What happened to the girl who got in touch with Nucleo? You know IM girl? Was that her at the end there in the lab? If so, then it is possible she was instructed to make this whole thing happen. I just found it odd she disappeared from the whole scenario.

Yeah, they call her "Wireless" and her origin is one of the coolest comics on the NBC page. I was surprised that she wasn't there with the other two, but she may have been too shrewd to get caught up in that mess

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:21 pm

I thought the back of 'Linderman's' head from the previews looked like Donald Sutherland's!

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:58 pm

webdanzer wrote:I thought the back of 'Linderman's' head from the previews looked like Donald Sutherland's!

I wish. The casting's been announced, though and it's not him. I don't want to post a spoiler in here, but if anyone's interested PM me.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:03 pm

I am a huge fan of the "new girl" that takes the shape of others

. Her name is Missy Peregrym.

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:09 pm

So am I diablo, so much that I watched Stick It twice, let me tell you to sit through that twice, well she should have been servicing me the second time.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:30 pm

That schoolgirl skirt was...excellent.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:00 am

Danimal wrote:So am I diablo, so much that I watched Stick It twice, let me tell you to sit through that twice, well she should have been servicing me the second time.

I watched it also

I remembered seeing her on an ABC show a year or two ago called Life As We Know It. She has "that look" that I love. I really really like Heroes now

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:44 am

Diablo25 wrote:I am a huge fan of the "new girl" that takes the shape of others . Her name is Missy Peregrym.

She could pass as Hilary Swank's little sister. Tasty!

Take care,
PK

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:32 am

I hate to be the thread Eunuch, but get her off of the screen. Her acting summoned up a giant vortex of suck, and that's saying something in a show that already has very uneven performances.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:42 am

webdanzer wrote:I hate to be the thread Eunuch, but get her off of the screen. Her acting summoned up a giant vortex of suck, and that's saying something in a show that already has very uneven performances.

Acting? Who cares if she can act? She looks like she can suck a tennis ball through a garden hose, and isn't that all that matters?

Take care,
PK

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:43 pm

webdanzer wrote:I hate to be the thread Eunuch, but get her off of the screen. Her acting summoned up a giant vortex of suck, and that's saying something in a show that already has very uneven performances.

She had like a scene and a half. Why would you consider that "sucking"? Just wondering. I realize she's not going to win an emmy but she is damn attractive...and sometimes that is enough.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:42 pm

I'm with Web on this one. Cute girls are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, and while she's not horrendous, she wasn't very good at all. Part of it for me is that I think I'm more disappointed in the character itself. Shape-shifter is a really cheap trick, and opens up way too many easy ways out of painted-into corners. It's just too much to me. I mean sure, they've demonstrated no limits on their distribution of powers, but this one seems a little too much, and too easy a crutch to use to get out of jams.

Still, crazy stuff in that episode. I'm very angry at Claire for ditching the Haitian. Silly girl! Great twists with the Sylar/ Mohinder situation. They just can't kikl Mohinder, though, we need a good Hindi actor on TV; better yet, he should do a big song and dance number, Bollywood style! I love how it's still up in the air as to who is a 'good guy' and who is a 'bad guy.' We just don't know enough about the bigger schemes and organizations to really know what any of them is up to. Like Linderman, for example. He could be Mr. Evil, or maybe he's fighting the 'Company' which could mean he's actually on the side of the good guys. I can't wait until we get McDowell, Roberts, and Sulu in the same room.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:25 pm

Zeppo wrote:I'm with Web on this one. Cute girls are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, and while she's not horrendous, she wasn't very good at all. Part of it for me is that I think I'm more disappointed in the character itself. Shape-shifter is a really cheap trick, and opens up way too many easy ways out of painted-into corners. It's just too much to me. I mean sure, they've demonstrated no limits on their distribution of powers, but this one seems a little too much, and too easy a crutch to use to get out of jams.

I told a friend of mine the exact same thing. She "imbalances the game" to use a videogame analogy. I suspect she may not be long for the world for that very reason, though.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:36 am

I'm a little surprised that no one mentioned that Jessica and her son were playing a PS3 (i think it was Lair too) in the scene in their bedroom. Nothing earth shattering, just something i noticed.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:58 am

RallyMonkey wrote:I'm a little surprised that no one mentioned that Jessica and her son were playing a PS3 (i think it was Lair too) in the scene in their bedroom. Nothing earth shattering, just something i noticed.

Yeah, I'm sure it was part of the deal to get the Spiderman 3 trailer and the exclusive web trailer on NBC.com. If you want this you have to show someone playing a PS3.

I didn't like the shape-shifter character either (though the actress was definitely hot). I hope they don't start messing with things that have already happened under the guise of the shape-shifter being there.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:04 am

ScoopBrady wrote:
RallyMonkey wrote:I'm a little surprised that no one mentioned that Jessica and her son were playing a PS3 (i think it was Lair too) in the scene in their bedroom. Nothing earth shattering, just something i noticed.
Yeah, I'm sure it was part of the deal to get the Spiderman 3 trailer and the exclusive web trailer on NBC.com. If you want this you have to show someone playing a PS3.

I didn't like the shape-shifter character either (though the actress was definitely hot). I hope they don't start messing with things that have already happened under the guise of the shape-shifter being there.

I agree about the PS3. It was such a blatant product placement (even the set-up of the machine) it made me groan. I at least chuckled at the Versa stuff.

I'm going to guess that the temptation to mess with previous events will be too great not to touch at *all*, scoop, but if they do go there I don't think they'll do too much. After all, she was introduced as a 'new' member with promise.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 12:54 pm

The game they actually played was some new levels from Heavenly Sword.

There's been some discussion by people who've been tracking this game.

Of course most of the TV audience don't know anything about the game and it's a new IP so people wouldn't recognize the characters.

So they may not get the boost they might expect for the game when it releases, months from now.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:14 pm

So the Heroes season 1 finale was very good in my opinion, had a bit of a surprise ending with Nathan coming in at the end to help save the world and we also got a glimpse of next season starting off with Hiro in the middle of a battle just as the sky darkens. Also a possible bad guy that could be worse than Sylar with the guy that Molly is afraid to look for being that he can see her also.

Might be tempted to rebuy the Xbox HD DVD player and pick this series up for it when it comes out in the fall.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:46 pm

Anyone see the promo for "The Bionic Woman" series that was advertised for next fall? I loved the original Six Million Dollar Man. I wish they would release those on DVD. I'd get them in a heart beat.

BTW, the Heroes finale was super.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:50 pm

If anyone cares, the final episodes of Studio 60 are set to start airing this Thursday night.

vader29 · Post by **vader29** » Tue May 22, 2007 8:22 pm

Diablo25 wrote:Anyone see the promo for "The Bionic Woman" series that was advertised for next fall? I loved the original Six Million Dollar Man. I wish they would release those on DVD. I'd get them in a heart beat.

I loved the originals also and rewatched all of the Six Million Dollar Man episodes when they were on the Sci Fi channel a few years ago. I would definitely pick up that dvd set if it ever comes about. That was one of my favorite shows as a kid and I even had the Steve Austin 12 inch figure with the bionic hand and eye and also the Oscar Goldman with the exploding suitcase.