Personally I think the first season was great. Everything since then has been downhill.
I still watch it, but I don't really enojoy it anymore. It usually leaves me annoyed.
Loved the first series. Got rapidly annoyed with the second, and dropped it. Apparently it's gotten worse since. So yes, grab the first series by all means... but don't be tempted to go further :)
Personally I think the first season was great. Everything since then has been downhill.
Couldn't agree more. First series was surprsingly good, then it quickly became garbage when they fiddled about with what type of show it was about. Where I differ with Sokurak is that I stopped watching..couldn't stand it eventually.
Not really - Heroe's strength is with the style, rather than the plot. If you're familiar with the style already, then it won't impress you at all.
And to think the sharp, stylish and intelligent "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" got cancelled midway through its first series, and yet this pap got a third (fourth?) series says everything you need to know about American culture these days.
I think I can see what NickH was getting at. As a comic book reader, watching all the TV reviewers and pundits go nuts over Heroes season 1 made me feel like a super-evolved alien watching a bunch of monkeys oook and honk at the black monolith. "OMG it has so many characters! And flashbacks!" Yes, you dumb shits, when you've finished gurning you will find us waiting for you on a higher evolutionary plane, where we've had stories this complex for decades. :)
And to keep up the comic-book metaphor, after the initial rush of excitement it's gotten bogged down in stupidly over-convoluted continuity, new writers not understanding what's gone before, story arcs ruined in the quest to keep things rolling, and pointless resurrections :D
And to keep up the comic-book metaphor, after the initial rush of excitement it's gotten bogged down in stupidly over-convoluted continuity, new writers not understanding what's gone before, story arcs ruined in the quest to keep things rolling, and pointless resurrections :D
Sing it, bro.
I stopped getting the compilation graphic novels for Batman when it turned into Buffy. I'd kill Robin again if I could because the independent Batman was the best. The other franchises don't really interest me, but the movies based on Alan Moore's(?) work (V for Vendetta, Sin City, etc) really work for me.
I stopped getting the compilation graphic novels for Batman when it turned into Buffy. I'd kill Robin again if I could because the independent Batman was the best. The other franchises don't really interest me, but the movies based on Alan Moore's(?) work (V for Vendetta, Sin City, etc) really work for me.
Yeah, but they don't work for him. He hates the lot of them.
Sin City was Frank Miller by the way. The other Alan Moore films are Watchmen, From Hell and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Not really - Heroe's strength is with the style, rather than the plot. If you're familiar with the style already, then it won't impress you at all.
i wouldn't of said that, it was the characters that captured the imagination imo. at the end of the day spiderman, superman etc are for children. but these characters had more adult problems so people could connect to them more.
not saying all comics are for kids, some are done for adults, but there not as accesable as a tv show.
what i think happened is they tried to make it more like xmen or something like that and ended up making it shit. they shoud have kept all the powers low key, and not have them saving the world every series.
i wouldn't of said that, it was the characters that captured the imagination imo. at the end of the day spiderman, superman etc are for children.
Some of them are. Some of them definitely aren't - especially some of the bloodier stories. People get killed, tortured, maimed, and quite graphically, too. You'd have to be a pretty shocking parent to put one of the graphic novels which had a gang rape in to one of your children. The children's versions are the exception rather than the rule, I'd say.
Some of them are. Some of them definitely aren't - especially some of the bloodier stories. People get killed, tortured, maimed, and quite graphically, too. You'd have to be a pretty shocking parent to put one of the graphic novels which had a gang rape in to one of your children.
Pretty much agree with everyone else. First series superb. Second lost the plot. Third regained it for a bit then lost it again. Fourth looked like it might regain it but succumbed to stupid plot lines. I never got the Ali Larter role in S3 and 4.
Just trying to come up with a good series to watch after catching up on Lost.
House is superb.
24 no idea.
Prison Break S1 is superb (watched about 1/2 of it so far), but I hear past S1 are soso)
Flash Forward. Struggled to stay awake through episode 1.
Moore's dissatisfaction with the films based on his work is probably far more because he's a control freak than because of any flaws in how they were adapted.
I've mentioned it a couple of times in the past, but Fringe (same creator as Lost, JJ Abrams) is good and at times absolutely bloody brilliant. The latest episode is one of the best episodes of a tv program I've ever seen.
The Wire IMO is an absolute must for anyone. By a mile the greatest TV program I've ever seen.
Dexter has been consistently excellent. Season 3 was a belter.
Breaking Bad is supremely well written and stars the fantastic Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle's dad - another recommendation - my favourite ever american comedy).
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the second series is shit, and it goes down hill from there. the problem is they kept trying to reinvent the same characters every series.
worth a watch but don't expect it to get better as it goes on.
I still watch it, but I don't really enojoy it anymore. It usually leaves me annoyed.
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Couldn't agree more. First series was surprsingly good, then it quickly became garbage when they fiddled about with what type of show it was about. Where I differ with Sokurak is that I stopped watching..couldn't stand it eventually.
The first series' finale was a damp squib.
The second series was crap.
Didn't bother after that, but crap reviews all round.
If you've read many graphic novels before, avoid, but if you haven't then it might be worth a look.
what a wierd review. :-P
what other show should comic fans avoid?
Not really - Heroe's strength is with the style, rather than the plot. If you're familiar with the style already, then it won't impress you at all.
And to think the sharp, stylish and intelligent "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip" got cancelled midway through its first series, and yet this pap got a third (fourth?) series says everything you need to know about American culture these days.
I think I can see what NickH was getting at. As a comic book reader, watching all the TV reviewers and pundits go nuts over Heroes season 1 made me feel like a super-evolved alien watching a bunch of monkeys oook and honk at the black monolith. "OMG it has so many characters! And flashbacks!" Yes, you dumb shits, when you've finished gurning you will find us waiting for you on a higher evolutionary plane, where we've had stories this complex for decades. :)
And to keep up the comic-book metaphor, after the initial rush of excitement it's gotten bogged down in stupidly over-convoluted continuity, new writers not understanding what's gone before, story arcs ruined in the quest to keep things rolling, and pointless resurrections :D
Sing it, bro.
I stopped getting the compilation graphic novels for Batman when it turned into Buffy. I'd kill Robin again if I could because the independent Batman was the best. The other franchises don't really interest me, but the movies based on Alan Moore's(?) work (V for Vendetta, Sin City, etc) really work for me.
Yeah, but they don't work for him. He hates the lot of them.
Sin City was Frank Miller by the way. The other Alan Moore films are Watchmen, From Hell and The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
i wouldn't of said that, it was the characters that captured the imagination imo. at the end of the day spiderman, superman etc are for children. but these characters had more adult problems so people could connect to them more.
not saying all comics are for kids, some are done for adults, but there not as accesable as a tv show.
what i think happened is they tried to make it more like xmen or something like that and ended up making it shit. they shoud have kept all the powers low key, and not have them saving the world every series.
Aha... TLoEG was *very* cool.
Some of them are. Some of them definitely aren't - especially some of the bloodier stories. People get killed, tortured, maimed, and quite graphically, too. You'd have to be a pretty shocking parent to put one of the graphic novels which had a gang rape in to one of your children. The children's versions are the exception rather than the rule, I'd say.
and that just the bash street kids. :lol:
At the moment I'm considering:
House
24
Prison Break
Flash Forward
Just trying to come up with a good series to watch after catching up on Lost.
House is superb.
24 no idea.
Prison Break S1 is superb (watched about 1/2 of it so far), but I hear past S1 are soso)
Flash Forward. Struggled to stay awake through episode 1.
ymmv.
I wouldn't disagree.
Moore's dissatisfaction with the films based on his work is probably far more because he's a control freak than because of any flaws in how they were adapted.
Prison break is better though if you didn't see it and that had a proper ending.
I've mentioned it a couple of times in the past, but Fringe (same creator as Lost, JJ Abrams) is good and at times absolutely bloody brilliant. The latest episode is one of the best episodes of a tv program I've ever seen.
The Wire IMO is an absolute must for anyone. By a mile the greatest TV program I've ever seen.
Dexter has been consistently excellent. Season 3 was a belter.
Breaking Bad is supremely well written and stars the fantastic Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle's dad - another recommendation - my favourite ever american comedy).