Heroes - Season One

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Actor: Adrian Pasdar, Ali Larter, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Milo Ventimiglia
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1035 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-28
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal

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Movie Review: Squid, Superpowers And Squandered Opportunities
Summary: 1 Stars

About four years ago, I suffered a very nasty bout of food poisoning after copping a dodgy squid in a restaurant while on holiday in Athens, Greece. For the better part of a day and a night, my bowels were in a state that can only be described as 'Lovecraftian'. They spent every waking moment excreting a hideous, ichorous, noxious effluvia of the kind one would only generally expect to see following the disturbance of a mass war grave. It is only now, with the benefit of hindsight, that I notice a distinct similarity between the things that I evacuated that day and the final episode of Season One of 'Heroes'.

Seriously, I have never seen a more anti-climatic, self-indulgent, overly-sentimentalised piece of badly written nonsense than 'how to stop an exploding man'. The twee American penchant for attempting to sledgehammer yawnsome, trite, old 'love-conquers-all' and 'with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility' morality into every single frame of the final forty five minutes became so nauseatingly irritating that I found myself checking the DVD player to make sure that I wasn't accidentally watching a 'She-Ra' DVD.

Unfortunately, this pretty much sums up this series as a whole - a promising concept squandered due to pedestrian execution, bland performances and tedious moralising.

Consider my chips cashed and the Casino vacated as far as that series is concerned.

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Summary of Heroes - Season One

Discover the phenomenon that is sweeping audiences everywhere as Heroes: Season 1 comes to DVD! Experience the suspense, mystery, and electrifying twists as this astonishing series follows seemingly unconnected, ordinary people around the globe who discover they have extraordinary powers. As they come to terms with their unique abilities, their risky decisions will affect the futures of everyone around them .and the world. Join their epic journey in this seven-disc set packed with hours of fascinating and revealing bonus features, including the never-before-aired series premiere from show creator Tim Kring.

Arguably the most talked-about television show of the 2006-2007 season, the Emmy-nominated fantasy Heroes gives viewers blends comic book-style adventure with plotting and characters as rich and layered as any graphic novel or drama series. Creator Tim Kring's premise is deceptively simple - ordinary individuals in locations around the globe discover that they have, for lack of a better term, super powers, and wrestle with this reality while facing challenges both global (the destruction of New York City, for one) and personal (indestructible cheerleader Hayden Panetierre has family issues - serious ones, as the true identity of her adoptive father reveals; Milo Ventimiglia's Peter Petrelli, who absorbs other powers, must overcome his own insecurities). Add to this mix a terrific villain - Zachary Quinto's Sylar, who hunts and kills people with extraordinary powers like our heroes - and viewers have a riveting series that exhibits an almost-perfect balance of cliffhanger thrills (the action and special effects are truly impressive for a network program) and genuine drama that sets the show apart from most speculative fiction (save, perhaps, the revived Battlestar Galactica, which it compares too favorably). The seven-disc set of Heroes: Season One offers a wealth of extras for fans, who may be familiar with some of them through the NBC.com website, especially the cast commentaries, which are featured on half of the episodes. Kring is featured on the 73-minute uncut pilot episode, which for some viewers, may be even better than the network version; the main difference is the degree of character development, including an entire storyline for D.L. Hawkins that isn't featured in the broadcast version. Also on deck are some 50 deleted scenes from the episodes, several by-the-books making-of featurettes, including coverage of the special effects and stunt work, and a profile of artist Tim Sale, whose illustrations are used for Isaac Mendez's prophetic artwork. Prospective buyers should note that while all of these supplemental features are included on the HD-DVD version of this set, the special Web-connectivity elements are not available here. -- Paul Gaita

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