Yes, yes. There is no gay couple shown in the TV series so far, and no prominent sashaying sluts either. But Heroes deserves to be mentioned simply because of the craze over it since the end of 2007, Sotongball thinks it should be due to the eye candies in the show.
By now everyone should have been able to catch Season One on Channel 5 especially those who do not know how to use bit-torrent, or not resourceful enough for that matter. Heroes reminds us of superheroes TV Series like Spiderman or Superman, multiply the spotlight by 10 or so, we have a myriad of characters with special abilities. Also, instead of wearing funky costumes like underwear outside or over their heads. Heroes features "ordinary people with extraordinary abilities".
The storyline of Season One surely wowed a lot of audiences, initially we see a bunch of ordinary people, going about their ordinary lives, and surely we can identify with at least one of them: geeky office boy, struggling policeman, junkie artist, executive high-flyer, male nurse and etc. Overnight they discovered their special abilities like mind-reading, time manipulating, flight, prophecy and what not. And STB shall not spoil the rest of the story for you.
What makes Heroes so addictive from STB's point of view are the characters in the series. Most of them are not out to abuse their abilities for their own good, but to make a difference to the world. Or as cliched and corny as it sounds, to "save the world". A very bad attempt in trying to make it relevant to us will be the inference that initially some of the character struggled with them being different, or freaks in the society, eventually how they came to accept it and do good to the world at large.
The scriptwriters and director did a good job in delivering the story. Like any good entertainment, nothing is given out blatantly at your face kind of style. The story of Heroes unfolds layer by layer, throw in a few plot twists here and there and voila, you'll be teased to watch the next episode as soon as you have the means to get your hands on it. If only STB can get a man like that...
It's really hard for STB to ramble on and on about the show without showing you guys some substance, here's some sample:
For those who yearn for more, Heroes Season Three will be aired in the US on September 22, 2008. Other than that, you can always fill in the gaps in the plots of the Series, with the side stories in the form of graphic novels over here (I suggest you start from chapter 1). Always good for those of you whose company has blocked out Youtube.
All in all, for those of you who haven't got a chance to catch Heroes. I'm sure you can get the DVDs very easily now off the shelves in HMV, or better still ask around your cliques, there's bound to be someone who has them in his hard disk.
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