Archive for November, 2007

Who is in the Urn? a.k.a. Someone Dies, but Who? SPOILER!

Okay, this is one of those posts where I warn you again that the following post contains a HUGE SPOILER. Not only that, but it’s pretty darn easy to guess what the spoiler is by the picture shown below. It’s just one still shot from a future episode — Episode 10 in Season 2, to [...]

November 7th, 2007 | Sam | 60 comments | Read More

Tim Kring Apologizes for Season 2 Mistakes

This is interesting. Apparently Heroes creator Tim Kring is apologizing for how he has developed Season 2 over the last seven episodes. In a phone interview with Entertainment Weekly from the picket line (yes, Tim Kring is picketing his own show via the writers strike), Kring talks candidly about everything from poorly introducing the new [...]

November 7th, 2007 | Sam | 30 comments | Read More

How Did D.L. Really Die? And Will Claire Finally Be Relevant Again?

By now anyone who watches Heroes should know that next week’s episode, “Four Months Ago”, will fill in a lot of details about what happened to our heroes at the end of Season 1 and when we rejoined them in Season 2. The biggest question most Heroes fans are asking themselves is: “So how did [...]

November 6th, 2007 | Sam | 16 comments | Read More

TVGuide Special Edition Heroes Covers

Someone from TV Guide has been dangling these special edition Heroes covers that they’re supposed to be doing in front of me for a while now, but they keep finding ways and reasons not to show them to me. Then I head over to Newsarama and lo and behold, the entire selection of Heroes covers [...]

November 6th, 2007 | Sam | 6 comments | Read More

Heroes Preview: Season 2 Episode 8 (2.08) Four Months Ago

Peter has discovered what is destined to happen if he doesn’t stop the Shanti Virus from being unleashed, but how did it get to be that way? Meanwhile, Takezo Kensei’s appearance in the present, under the name of Adam Monroe, brings up more questions than answers. And what exactly happened to D.L. at the end [...]

November 6th, 2007 | Sam | 47 comments | Read More

Heroes Episode Review: Season 2 Episode 7 (2.07) Out of Time

When we last left our heroes, Sylar and the Wonder Twins have made their way to American at last; Hiro’s betrayal of Kensei was returned in kind; HRG and Mohinder continues to go in different directions when it comes to The Company, even as Mohinder gets a new partner in the newly minted Niki. Meanwhile, [...]

November 5th, 2007 | Sam | 24 comments | Read More

Heroes Rumor of the Day: Did Tim Kring Quit Heroes?

First of all, people need to keep in mind that when I make these “Heroes Rumor of the Day” posts, it’s purely based on nothing but wild speculation on the part of the Heroes fandom universe, and there are no set-in-stone evidence for or against it. I.e. It is, in its simplest form, something I [...]

November 5th, 2007 | Sam | 9 comments | Read More

Three-Minute Preview of Out of Time

Here’s your three-minute video preview of next week’s “Out of Time” episode. There are three scenes total: Mohinder calls HRG for help, but finds him lacking (as usual); West and Claire’s “flying man” exploit becomes news that could expose them; and Bob warns Mohinder, Niki, and Matt about Maury, Matt’s father, who is coming for [...]

November 3rd, 2007 | Sam | 3 comments | Read More

Writers Strike May Cut Heroes Season 2 Short

By now you’ve heard or at least become aware of the impending Hollywood writers strike, which if it happens, will mean a lot of trouble for a lot of shows, Heroes included. The strike has already claimed its first victim — the Heroes spin-off, Origins, has been axed by NBC as a result. Now, TV [...]

November 2nd, 2007 | Sam | 81 comments | Read More

Masi Oka to Serve as One Laptop per Child Ambassador

Masi Oka isn’t letting fame go to his head, but he is using his newfound fame to do some good things for his fellow man. Oka has just been named global ambassador for One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization launched in 2005 with a mission of providing a means for learning, self-expression and [...]

November 1st, 2007 | Sam | 1 comment | Read More