# NBC's Heroes (Sept. 25th) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807 "2006-09-07T18:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/1 "2006-09-07T18:00:41Z")
I’m really excited for this show. I’m hoping it is gritty and rough and harsh. I just heard that SciFi has nabbed the rights to broadcast reruns of the show, so it will first be on Mondays on NBC and then on Fridays on SciFi. What do you guys think? Is it going to be awesome? Is it going to flop? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/2 "2006-09-07T18:09:54Z")
That’s good news about the Friday reruns, because I hated the idea of liking _Heroes_ but having to abandon it once _24_ started. At this point, what with _Prison Break_ at 8 and _Studio 60_ at 10, I figured I might try the show simply because that’ll be one of the few nights I’ll be watching TV that much. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/3 "2006-09-07T18:14:51Z")
If Trion = interested then show=suck else show=flop end if ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/4 "2006-09-07T18:39:36Z")
We plan to watch it. It’s practically a requirement for my husband, who manages a comic book shop, but it actually looks like it’s good. SciFi is already going to run _Doctor Who_ and _Battlestar Galactica_ on Fridays. Is \*Heroes \* running after those? I can’t imagine a stronger lead-in to find the show’s target audience. Whether that’s a network-sized audience remains to be seen, but I’ve been shocked at how popular \*Lost \* is given that it’s basically a genre show. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/5 "2006-09-07T18:46:55Z")
I think I like the idea, but their commercials have already pissed me off. Whoever is doing NBC’s ads for their new shows has done a really bad job. I realize, I’m not the target audience for network TV (not an 18-34 year old man), but still… it’s been awful this year. Even the shows that I know I’ll watch look bad - much less the ones that might appeal to me. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/6 "2006-09-07T19:05:28Z")
I just read the description on NBC’s website… Pretty much sounds like a 4400 knockoff without the alien (or futureist) abductions. I’ll watch a few episodes though… could be good. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/7 "2006-09-07T19:18:19Z")
If we like it, and attempt to watch it, it will be canceled… Surface, Invasion, Brisco County and Serenity all fell to our attempts to watch them. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/8 "2006-09-07T19:19:07Z")
I’m certainly going to give it a few shows and see what I think. But it honestly sounds like X-men. One has super healing abilities? One can fly? One can stop time? Where’s the guy in the wheelchair who can read minds? But I must say, if Courtney Cox ever shows up with telekenetic powers, you’re going to end up with nerd jizz over tv screens across the land. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/9 "2006-09-07T19:59:47Z")
**Trion** and \*\*simster summed it up for me. Any time I admit liking a show, it’s promptly cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![t-mobileguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@t-mobileguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-mobileguy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/10 "2006-09-07T20:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=Enderw24] if Courtney Cox ever shows up with telekenetic powers, you’re going to end up with nerd jizz over tv screens across the land. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the great laugh on a realy rotten day!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/11 "2006-09-07T20:08:12Z")
[QUOTE=Enderw24] But I must say, if Courtney Cox ever shows up with telekenetic powers, you’re going to end up with nerd jizz over tv screens across the land. [/QUOTE] Uh Ali Larter and Hayden Panettiere will do fine for me. Although in the interest of full disclosure, I think the pilot was filmed before Lil’ Hayden turned 18, so any interest in her will have to wait until the second episode. (But, will that **really** make it ok?) ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/12 "2006-09-07T20:22:18Z")
The idea is great. It has that superheroes dealing with average problems theme going. This is why I liked the two Spiderman movies so much, because they have the most human superhero out of all the superhero movies. The first half of X-men II managed to do the same thing. With such a nice plot it would take some really poor writing/acting to mess this one up. We’ll have to wait and see. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/13 "2006-09-07T20:40:20Z")
I don’t know. It seems like their piecing together a lot of things I’ve already seen before. Girl doesn’t get burned or injured. I’ve already seen that with Bruce Willis in **Unbreakable**. Guy can freeze time. I’ve already seen that several times on **The Twilight Zone**. People with weird powers around the world become heroes? Like somebody mentioned, wasn’t that the premise of **X-men**? The commercials are entertaining enough but that about as far as it goes. I think the rest will be filler. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/14 "2006-09-07T20:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=simster] If we like it, and attempt to watch it, it will be canceled… Surface, Invasion, Brisco County and Serenity all fell to our attempts to watch them. [/QUOTE] That’s exactly why I’m afraid to watch it. If I watch it, I might like it… and then it’s doomed to be Foxed. I still mist up a bit when I watch the last episode of Firefly, at the loss of what the series could have been if it had been allowed to have a second season. Surface took a while to warm up… but the last episode was pretty damned cool. I just finished watching the Brisco County Jr. DVD set, and it hit me pretty hard, as well- especially when Lord Bowler said they’d be back “after a brief hiatus.” ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/15 "2006-09-07T23:40:55Z")
I watched the pilot and was unimpressed, especially by the dialogue. It came across to me as cartoon-ish, almost - not the dialogue of ordinary people struggling to come to terms with their powers. But I’ll be watching it anyway, because I’m just a big geek. Hopefully the pilot episode was the worst of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-heroes-sept-25th/371807/16 "2006-09-08T16:10:41Z")
I’ve seen the pilot too and I have hope for it but it is taking the Lost route by having a rather large cast and I worry that since these all take place in the world and not in a limited interaction we’re going to get lost amidst the stories. The dialog is cartoony but the pilot was obviously focused on introducing the characters and their abilities. We have to give it time to get into the meet of the story. Here’s hoping. - IG