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sgb1975
Registered: 06/19/06
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| [Quote by: DarthSkeptical] I'm gonna make, as the MMM boys put it, a "very big call". "Five Years Gone" was the finest single hour of television I've ever seen. |
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As big a statement as that is, it'd actually be pretty hard to make a case otherwise. For most of the last few episodes, I felt that each was better than the one before, and this week was definitely no exception. I already feel bad for next week's episode, because it's gonna be tough to top "FYG". But if any TV show can do it, this one can. |
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Doctor Whoovie
Registered: 04/26/06
Posts: 794
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| Wednesday, May 02 2007 @ 02:50 PM EDT |
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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed are Kings
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Linquel
Registered: 03/22/06
Posts: 729
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| Monday, May 28 2007 @ 06:42 PM EDT |
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I'm finally getting caught up on all of my backlogged Heroes. I just finished watching Five Years Gone. Fricking awesome. This show rocks. I couldn't believe what a dick Nathan was being, then (don't know why I didn't see it coming) the big reveal it's Sylar after absorbing the shapeshifter's power. When he reached through the wall, I was like "Crap, he killed DL sometime in the past, too." I'm a little suprised that no one has been posting about the finale. I guess that's good for me, since I haven't seen it yet. I was just peeking here against my better judgement when I saw the last show talked about was FYG. I've been trying to avoid anyone who has seen the finale so I don't get spoiled at all. We'll be watching the final three eps tonight.  |
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I'm going "Full Circle" and putting my avatar back to what it was when I first joined. :)
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DarthSkeptical
Registered: 03/11/06
Posts: 1129
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| Tuesday, May 29 2007 @ 12:30 AM EDT |
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| Yeah, I haven't posted here in the past few weeks cause I really didn't want to risk spoiling anything for anyone. But I did find the payoff of the finale satisfying and to be honest quite surprising. I was sorta shocked what they chose to resolve, and what they chose to leave dangling for the future. It's such a long story arc, it's gonna take at least until the end of next season I think to fully appreciate all the nuances and threads. It's the most satisfying, unpredictable ride I've had on network television in, well, ever. |
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"I think of myself as ambitious in casting terms, and I know that Bonnie [Langford] has the potential to make the part totally unirritating . . ." — JNT, 1986
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merlin_mccarley
Registered: 07/30/06
Posts: 733
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| Tuesday, May 29 2007 @ 12:38 AM EDT |
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Must say that even though the final reslove was not really satifying to me, I really did enjoy the ride.
I hope for better realization of Hiro in the future.
Cheers,
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I'm a Time Traveler, I point and laugh at archaeologist.
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mad4plaid
Registered: 02/02/06
Posts: 880
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| Tuesday, May 29 2007 @ 10:17 AM EDT |
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| after FYG I found the finale a bit anti-climatic. I am kind of sad that less people seemed to die than I thought would (DL, for example). And of course, the trail of blood into the sewer was not a shock at all.... any comic fanboy (or fangirl) saw that coming a mile away. |
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supremacy is relative
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daveac
Registered: 04/12/06
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| Wednesday, July 25 2007 @ 05:53 PM EDT |
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Heroes has just premiered in the UK tonight.
The first two episodes back-to-back - each (without adverts) 40mins long.
Luckly as it was aired on BBC 1 it was also shown on the BBC HD Preview channel - which I watched.
After the two episodes they had a short 'Making of' programme - and guess what? Anthony Head was the narrator again.
Cheers, daveac
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Tardis-Knight
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 618
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| Wednesday, July 25 2007 @ 05:59 PM EDT |
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| Yes, I watched it too - it's the first time I've ever seen it. I liked it. It wasn't what I expected, but I did enjoy it. |
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Nothing dies of old age on Skaro!
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daveac
Registered: 04/12/06
Posts: 2636
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| Wednesday, July 25 2007 @ 06:03 PM EDT |
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| [Quote by: Tardis-Knight] Yes, I watched it too - it's the first time I've ever seen it. I liked it. It wasn't what I expected, but I did enjoy it. |
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Yes - I should have said I loved it.
But how anyone could make sence of it if watched with breaks every 5 minutes I don't know.
Cheers, daveac |
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Tardis-Knight
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 618
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| Wednesday, July 25 2007 @ 06:30 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: daveac]
Yes - I should have said I loved it.
But how anyone could make sence of it if watched with breaks every 5 minutes I don't know.
Cheers, daveac |
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I know - whenever anything like that is on Sky (mainly Deadwood or 24) I wouldnt watch it at the time. I'd record it so I could skip the ads. Or when the Sopranos is shown on E4, the ads put 20 minutes on the program time!
My first time in the States as a child, I remember Diff'rent Strokes was on every morning at 10.00am (this was 1980 - and I still remember it!). I couldnt believe that after the opening credits, there were adverts!! |
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Nothing dies of old age on Skaro!
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Linquel
Registered: 03/22/06
Posts: 729
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| Wednesday, July 25 2007 @ 10:35 PM EDT |
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| [Quote by: daveac]After the two episodes they had a short 'Making of' programme - and guess what? Anthony Head was the narrator again. |
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I'm so jealous. Is that something they're going to have every week or was it just on for the premiere? I'll have to look online to see if it's available anywhere. I hope you enjoy the show half as much as I did. It really hooked me like no recent show has, since maybe the premiere of Battlestar Galactica. |
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I'm going "Full Circle" and putting my avatar back to what it was when I first joined. :)
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Justice
Registered: 02/14/07
Posts: 520
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| Thursday, July 26 2007 @ 02:12 AM EDT |
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the other day i was thinking...........
is heroes a rip-off of X-Men?
makes sense when you think about it. |
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"Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth."
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Tardis-Knight
Registered: 02/11/07
Posts: 618
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| Thursday, July 26 2007 @ 02:45 AM EDT |
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[Quote by: Justice] the other day i was thinking...........
is heroes a rip-off of X-Men?
makes sense when you think about it. |
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That's exactly what struck me when I was watching it!!! |
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Nothing dies of old age on Skaro!
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shockeye07
Registered: 02/14/07
Posts: 215
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| Thursday, July 26 2007 @ 05:56 AM EDT |
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| I have just seen it for the first time on BBC 2. I loved it. I thought the characthers were really intresting & you cared about them. It fills a big Doctor Who hole in my life. |
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DarthSkeptical
Registered: 03/11/06
Posts: 1129
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| Thursday, July 26 2007 @ 12:59 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: Justice] the other day i was thinking...........
is heroes a rip-off of X-Men?
makes sense when you think about it. |
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"I think of myself as ambitious in casting terms, and I know that Bonnie [Langford] has the potential to make the part totally unirritating . . ." — JNT, 1986
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