I've recently become addicted to the show,
Heroes.
When it first aired, I couldn't watch it. Not because I didn't like it, but because I didn't catch it from the beginning of the series. I'm funny that way. If I don't catch something from the beginning, I can't watch it because I have no context of what's going on.
Everyone I talked to, especially Bob Hackett said to watch this show. This past Saturday and Sunday
G4 started showing a marathon of all the season one episodes in preparation for the new season (which to the best of my understanding will air on NBC, MOJO,
and G4). I decided to take a look. I must admit. Damn, I'm hooked.
The show itself is so well done. It's fucking fascinating. I couldn't stop watching it. It actually has characters with depth, plotlines you can follow, and an oh-so engaging story.
I won't go too deep into the story because I just watched the entire first season over two days. But I will share some notes and impressions.
First, fan-bloody-tastic show! I will admit, there are one or two scenes stolen directly from X-Men comics, but we can overlook that.
Two, well done
Hayden Panettiere. She's really grown up. She's a great actress, especially for being so young. I remember when she was on Guiding Light playing little Lizzie with leukemia (as we used to call her) like back in 1999. YES, I WATCHED GUIDING LIGHT! Deal with it. I worked nights and there was nothing on but soaps during the day. I knew then that she was a remarkable young actress. She was so sickeningly sweet that I wanted to punch her in the face. Most child actors don't have that depth to play a role so accurately. I find that if I want to punch them in the face, that they are usually quite a talented performer. Other examples are Haley Joel Osment, Dakota Fanning, and that Welch's grape juice bitch. All punchworthy.
Third,
Tawny Cypress...YEAH! Oh, shit. This girl is hot! I first saw her on
K'Ville as Ginger 'Love Tap' Lebeau. A
S.W.A.T. officer that you wouldn't mind having her kick your ass a little. Finally, a reason to support police brutality. With that light mulatto skin, curly hair, sparkling blue/green eyes, and big luscious lips...ooh, dat's my shit! Y'all know I like them bitches of dubious ethnicity. She only shows up every couple of episodes as an ancillary character, but it's reason enough to watch the show. But then I saw her in
Heroes. She plays an art dealer named Simone Deveaux, girlfriend of the tortured, junkie artist, Isaac Mendez (played by
Santiago Cabrera) who paints the future, and love interest of hospice nurse Peter Petrelli (played by
Milo Ventimiglia) who absorbs the powers of those around him. My god! In
K'Ville, she's tough as nails. In
Heroes, she's gorgeous and vulnerable. I'd like to see more from this actress, and not just because she make my penis happy.
Fourth (and final comment). Please please, please don't let Heroes go the way of
Lost, where they took a fantastic and revolutionary idea and turned it into incomprehensible shit in the second season. I couldn't even watch lost halfway through the second season because it jumped the shark so many times.
America, I urge you to watch Heroes. And if you're like me, you can't watch something from the middle, pick up the
first season on DVD today.
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