10th Wonder - Chapter 72 - “Dual” MP3

21. December 2008 sylar

Dual, the end of Volume 3: Villains, was an intense episode full of twists and turns, worthy of being a mid-season finale. Derek and I practically lost track of time while going over Dual and this podcast has become our longest one ever. This week we discuss the implications of what happened in Dual and how it set up the next volume of Heroes: Fugitives. This is our final podcast for 2008, we hope you all have a very safe and happy holiday season! See you in 2009!

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Podcast Record Date: Dec. 16, 2008

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Two More Heroes Deaths Scheduled for Fugitives

19. December 2008 Sam Since there isn’t a new Heroes episode to hold us over until the show returns in February of 2009, Heroes news has been a tad dry lately. Or at least, anything worth posting. Finally, Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly has given us something worth talking about: namely that show insiders have confirmed that the [...] Heroes Season 3 Spoilers/News | 0 Kommentare »

Heroes Caption Contest LII

18. December 2008 sylar pGreetings, emHeroes Fanatic/em readers. Thanks so much for taking part in the latest caption contest./p pThe photo below provided ample material for fans. We deemed user "Matt Larson" the winner, as his reference to Facebook was the funniest of many that cited this Internet phenomenon./p pCheck out the winning entry below and then scroll down to read the other options. Thanks again for playing; remember to do so every week!/p p style="text-align: center;"img src="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/files/computer-pic.jpg" alt="Computer pic" //p p style="text-align: center;"emFacebook status: Claire is upset the only ability she has is to be killed over and over and over and ... /em/p Caption Contest | 0 Kommentare »

The First Promo for “Fugivites”

17. December 2008 sylar pemHeroes/em fans have six weeks to wait until the fourth volume of the show airs./p pOn February 2, "a href="http://heroesfanatic.com/2008/12/heroes-spoilers-for-fugitives-volume/"Fugitives/a" premieres and, as the promo below depicts, Nathan will be making good on his vow to track down his former friends./p pWatch the opening to this volume below, along with a brief preview of what's to come.../p p style="text-align: center;" object width="425" height="350" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/g_v0V_zzWY8" param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g_v0V_zzWY8" / /object br /a href="/videos/promo-for-fugitives/"Promo for Fugitives/a/p Heroes Spoilers | 0 Kommentare »

A Recap of Volume Three

17. December 2008 sylar pThe third volume of emHeroes/em came to an end this week./p pAnd while we've been openly critical of most story lines this season, the a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/episodes/season_3/dual/"concluding episode/a did leave our staff with a few reasons to hope for an improved fourth volume./p pTherefore, as viewers wait until February 2 for new installments of emHeroes/em, here's our take on what was promising and what was problematic about the conclusion to volume three.../p pstrongPROMISING/strong: Nathan's evil turn. Arthur was never a believable villain. He was too sarcastic, we had no background for his motives and his powers were never fully explained (or logical; he just showed up in the past and took the catalyst from Hiro? That was easy!)./p pBut we bore witness to Nathan's conversion, as he saw the possibilities of powers first-hand during he and Peter's trip to Haiti. Sure, he turned to the full dark side rather quickly, but we can accept such an immediate conversion in exchange for a morally complex villain going up against his brother and former friends. Juicy stuff, indeed./p p style="text-align: center;"a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/gallery/nathan-in-black-and-white/"img src="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/images/gallery/nathan-in-black-and-white.jpg" alt="Nathan, in Black and White" //a/p p style="text-align: center;"emFans are seeing a new side to Nathan Petrelli./em/p pstrongPROBLEMATIC/strong: The lack of build-up for the third volume finale. It's Television 101: events throughout the season of a show are slowly built up, with momentum and suspense leading to an emotional and/or action-packed climax in the finale. Perhaps no show in history did this better than the first season of emHeroes/em, as story lines converged for a world-altering a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/episodes/season_1/how-to-stop-an-exploding-man/"battle in Kirby Plaza/a, remember?/p pFor weeks, viewers were enthralled by the mantra of "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World," as well as by the deadline of an exploding NYC./p pBut what did we have in "Dual," the finale to emHeroes/em' volume three? The main focus was on Sylar trapping HRG, Meredith, Angela and Claire inside Primatech. This came totally out of nowhere; heck, Meredith had literally not been seen for four episodes and now she was being thrust into the finale of the volume./p pa name="more"/aRemember a few weeks ago, when the show seemed to set the sides of Team Primatech vs. Team Pineheart? We were excited for a showdown between good and evil, but one never came about. The entire chapter was titled "Villains," yet new characters such as Knox and Flint were scarcely used. It all reeked of lazy, constantly-changing writing./p pstrongPROBLEMATIC/strong:strong /strongAnything involving Knox. First off, this character was played by Jamie Hector, well-known for his portrayal of Marlo on HBO's emThe Wire/em. Yet Knox/Hector was barely utilized.strong /strongSecondly, wasn't Knox working for Arthur this entire time? Why would he have done so if he was against the use of the formula?/p pLastly, the second-to-last episode of volume three ended - supposedly ominously - with a super-powerful Marine... who then had his neck snapped by Knox in about half a second in the finale. Weren't we supposed to be afraid of how the formula would affect those it was injected into?/p pstrongPROMISING/strong: The initial set up for "a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/2008/10/greg-grunberg-spills-spoilers-for-fugitives/"Fugivites/a." We have an established villain, Nathan. We have a simple story line: capture everyone with abilities. And we hopefully have a straightforward set up that won't require jumping from the past, to the present, to the future. Keep it contained. Keep it exciting./p pstrongPROBLEMATIC/strong: Mohinder and Tracy are still alive. We don't wish unemployment on anyone, especially in this economy, but come on. What purposes do Mohinder and/or Tracy serve at this point? What connection do they have to anyone else on the show? Many of emHeroes/em' problems are due to its ever-growing number of characters./p pNo offense, Sendhil Ramamurthy and a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/stars/ali-larter/"Ali Larter/a, but we'll be happy if the car you're now sharing drives off a cliff./p Commentary | 0 Kommentare »

“Dual” Live Reactions Replay

16. December 2008 sylar

A replay of our last live show of 2008 featuring Graham, Derek and our former co-host Tucker!

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Is Nathan Right?

16. December 2008 sylar pThe fourth volume of emHeroes/em, titled "Fugitives," was set up nicely last night:/p pNathan has received permission from the President of the United States to round up everyone with abilities. We haven't been given Nathan's full set of motives yet, but he made it clear that the goal is to lock up all powerful characters./p pThe elder Petrelli brother is being set up as the main bad guy, of course, but this raises a vital question: strongDoes he have the right idea?/strong/p p style="text-align: center;"stronga href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/gallery/two-hiros/"img src="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/images/gallery/two-hiros_458x279.jpg" width="458" alt="Two Hiros" height="279" //a/strong/p p style="text-align: center;"emHiro can time travel. In volume three, he used that ability solely to solve a problem he created in the first place!/emstrongbr //strong/p pThroughout two and a half seasons, have the emHeroes/em actually helped anyone outside of their own sub-culture? Let's review the ways in which the emHeroes/em have used their powers so far:/p ul liIn season one, the goal was to stop New York City from blowing up, a plan concocted by those with abilities;/li liSeason two was focused on the outbreak of a virus, one that was created by The Company;/li liAs we all just witnessed, the third volume of the show centered on a formula that, again, was created by those with abilities and would have a detrimental effect on everyone if ever released./li /ul pTherefore, with what we've seen to this point, it's impossible not to wonder: Wouldn't the world be a better place if there were no emHeroes/em? What has Peter ever done, for example, that's focused on anything or anyone not associated within the universe of extraordinary abilities?/p pHis goals may have always been to save mankind... but wouldn't mankind be better off if no one with abilities ever existed? Consequently, wouldn't this mean that Nathan is absolutely correct that all emHeroes/em should be locked up?/p pWhile we're excited for volume four, and look forward to a contained/simple story line that hopefully doesn't involve the use of time travel, a problem is raised when the supposed arch villain (Nathan) appears to have the right idea:/p pemRid the world of Heroes and let everyone else live in peace/em./p pUntil the show gives viewers a reason to think that Claire regenerating, or Parkman reading minds, will have positive consequences for anyone outside the ability-laden universe, then why should we root for these characters to remain in the real world?/p pstrongWrite in. Let us know your thoughts!/strong/p Commentary | 0 Kommentare »

Heroes: The Recruit Webisode Part 1 Private Mills

16. December 2008 Sam NBC wants to tie you over while Heroes is on Winter break, which means we get a new webisode series from fired writer Jesse Alexander. “The Recruit” stars Taylor Cole as a U.S. Marine, one of the 50 or so that were brought to Pinehearst by Nathan and Arthur Petrelli to be injected with the [...] Heroes Webisodes | 0 Kommentare »

Heroes Spoilers for “Fugitives” Volume

16. December 2008 sylar pLast night's conclusion to the third volume of emHeroes/em left numeroues questions unanswered./p pIs Sylar dead? Will Hiro regain hisi abilities? Fortunately, we needn't wait until new episodes return on February 2 for a href="http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b73506_heroes_redux_sylar_really_dead.html" target="_blank"the answers/a, thanks to Kristin from E! Online.../p pstrongSylar's Not Dead/strong: True, Sylar's healing power was deactivated - and, yes, he was inside Pineheart when Meredith went blew up. But, come on, of course he isn't dead. Sylar will emerge from the rubble and set off on a quest to find his powers.. along with his parents./p pstrongHiro on Hold/strong: Even though Arthur took his native abilities, Peter can now fly, due to a timely injection of the formula. (See, a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/2008/12/wait-arent-abilities-a-good-thing/"we told you/a it wasn't all bad!) Hiro's powers, however, will remain turned off for the time being.nbsp;/p p style="text-align: center;"a href="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/gallery/a-true-monster/"img src="http://www.heroesfanatic.com/images/gallery/a-true-monster.jpg" alt="A True Monster" //a/p Heroes Spoilers | 0 Kommentare »

Preview of Heroes Season 3 Volume 4 Fugitives: So it Begins…

16. December 2008 Sam Heroes doesn’t return until February 2, 2009 with the start of Volume 4, titled “Fugitives”. But why wait that long? Tim Kring and company was nice enough to give us a one-minute preview of “Fugitives” after last night’s final Fall episode. In it, we pick up with a determined Nathan Petrelli 3 weeks after his [...] Heroes Season 3 Spoilers/News | 0 Kommentare »