It?s unofficial but it seems NBC?s Heroes is about to become a phenomenon. I have to admit, as a comic book/superhero fan since childhood, the show is quite addictive. The characters and cast are likable and the storylines are the most seductive and mysterious since LOST. Every episode seems to play like a movie on its own. It does take some elements from LOST where all the characters have a story that entwines with the story of another character or sometimes they just pass by each other in a scene unknowingly. Their destinies is what will eventually bring them together probably in a plot to save New York from a nuclear explosion. Also, you also have the character of Hiro who speaks only in Japanese like Jin in LOST who speaks only in Korean.

...

Source: black-iris

This fall season, NBC premiered a new science-fiction show called "Heroes," about, you guessed it, superheros. They eventually have to team up and fight fate to save the city of New York. So you're thinking, this is going to be another lame "X-men meets Justice League" type thing. That was undoubtedly, exactly what I thought it'd be like. Guess I was wrong. Even though the theme of "superheroes" may be a bit cheesy at best, the intricate over-lapping storyline are enough to get anybody hooked. In short, if you like Lost, you'll like Heroes. In fact, who knows, Lost and Heroes may be in cahoots.

...

Source: The Euphoria Syndrome

Have you watched the NBC show "Heroes"? Is it just me or am I the only one that sees the fangirl squee-ing cuteness of how "cute" the possibilty of a union between Peter (the empath) and Claire (the cheerleader w/ regeneration powers akin to Wolverine, but minus the ademantiam[sp?] bone structure).

I'm probably the only one... but then again, maybe with the few fanfics I found that feature Peter and Claire... I may not be alone.

Which means, if and when Peter and Claire are sharing the same screen... somewhere in Hawaii, a young Filipina girl is giggling and squee-ing like crazy...

...

Source: Brutal Angel's MySpace

Been watching this new NBC show Heroes with the hot cheerleader who can "swim through a woodchipper" and come out okay on the other side. Actually she does sustain injuries like any normal person but those injuries even when fatal heal almost instantly, though it hasn't yet been explained what are her secrets to pain management. She has walked through raging fires, thrown herself off bridges, broken her neck and gotten a hand mangled in a garbage disposal. That last one left her fingers split like an overcooked chicken wishbone and she just leaked blood onto the floor and watched them reform in seconds. Last week she was accidentally killed while fending off a date-rape. Rather, she seemed dead---knocked down by the larger male, a splintered tree limb went through her skull. Prince Charming dumped her body in a river and the next thing she knew, she was waking up on an autopsy table with her chest peeled away from her ribs. Her completely understandable reaction: "Holy sh---!" Editing courtey of NBC.

...

Source: Chuck's MySpace

On HEROES, Nathan drops in on Hiro?literally.
True. It happens next week, and it is the funniest HEROES scene yet.

I mean, first, the roulette dealer spun the ball. Then she stood there. Then she slapped Hiro's hand and told him to step back. And then, just when you thought there couldn't be any more jaw-dropping drama in a single scene, she froze , unfroze and called out "Winner! Twenty-six black!"

I don't know who she was, but somebody should give that girl an Emmy. And an Oscar. I don?t care that it wasn?t a movie--the performance was that good.

Oh, yeah, and then there was some other stuff that happened in Monday's Heroes --like, well, the entire freaking show was turned upside-down and inside-out , thanks to a series of unbelievably shocking shockers! (Don't read if you haven't yet seen the ep.)

Hey guys, sorry it?s taken a couple of extra days to post this. As we speak, episode 4 aired Monday, Episode 5 airs next Monday and we are in the middle of shooting 2nd unit on episodes 9 (which I?m directing) main unit of episode 10 ? A HUGE new scene we?re adding to episode 7 and Episode 11 starts on Tuesday.

It?s been hectic? but great.

It?s such an amazing feeling to be working on something that you fully believe in, and have it be rewarded by having the fans dig it too. Believe me, myself and everyone else on the show appreciate that you guys are watching and enjoying what we?re up too. It makes all the hard work worth it.

And it has been hard? A show like HEROES, as you hopefully can tell, is a big complicated undertaking? That combined with the fact that the math of the air dates starts to catch up with you means that it gets a little crazy right about now. Think about it, it takes us (an average) of nine or ten shooting days to film every episode. But those are working days, Monday through Friday? So it takes 12 to 14 calendar days to make an episode. But, once we air, there?s a new episode on the air every 7 days?

We started filming in July and everything felt quite leisurely. By the time an episode finishes filming there will only be 5 weeks until it airs. That?s not a lot of time to edit it, do music, sound effects, visual effects and color correction.

So, we?ve been picking up time by filming weekends. I?m doing a couple of 7-day weeks in a row, and so are many others? It?s cool, but you get fried.