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Heroes: Season 1 | 
 enlarge | Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Ali Larter, Milo Ventimiglia
Studio: Universal
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 68.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 78
Format: Ntsc, Digital Sound, Color
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 7
Running Time: 1035 Minutes
UPC: 025195018968
EAN: 0025195018968
ASIN: B000RPBGF6
Release Date: August 28, 2007
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 Heroes Season 1 October 3, 2008
C. Chaffin (Canada)
The first season of Heroes is amazing! I love this show and followed it almost religously the first season. I just bought the second season because I wasn't able to watch it when it was on. Once I watch the second season then I'll put a review up for it, and I hope it continues to be as good as the first.
WOW! Addictive... September 4, 2008
Yapomax (Montreal CAN)
I wasn't sure what the series was about when I purchased it, but now I am completely addicted. It is sooo good. It is entertaining and different from the other shows which is refreshing. Lot's of suspense, twists and plots. Each character has cool powers that I wish I had!
The Thing About Heroes July 27, 2008
Dave and Joe (Toronto, Ontario)
The thing about Heroes, beyond the incredible idea of the show, beyond the performances of the actors, beyond the slick production ... is the writing. This show is just plain clever. There is an effective use of humour and irony, the pacing in brilliant, the dialogue is crisp. Underlying everything that others have said about it is rock solid vision and a respect for the viewer. Television at its very finest.
To everything there's a season and a time to every purpose June 26, 2008
E. A Solinas (MD USA)
What if you discovered that you had a superpower -- great strength, flight, teleportation, or amazing healing? And what if you could use it to save the world?
Superheroes are everywhere in entertainment, from comic books to movies. But few manage to be as intelligent, geeky and well-written as "Heroes," a solid comic-book style TV series that explores the repercussions of several "ordinary" people who discover that they have strange -- and sometimes dangerous -- powers.
It opens with Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) reflecting on the human quest for knowledge -- even knowledge that we shouldn't have -- right before learning that his father has been killed, possibly murdered. Suresh's dad believed that "special" people were cropping up, much like in X-Men.
And we are introduced to the "heroes": stripper Niki (Ali Larter) harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire (Hayden Panettiere) heals from any injury, Japanese Dilbert Hiro (Masi Oka) can bend time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) is able to fly, his brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) can copy others' powers, a cop Matt (Greg Grunberg) can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac (Santiago Cabrera) sees the future. There are plenty of others that show up, but these start the ball rolling.
While Claire and Hiro explore the potential of their new powers, Niki and her son try to elude some hired thugs --and end up overwhelmed by her dark side, and framed. And Suresh searches for the answer to his father's death, only to find that his genetics research is involved with the "special people," and that a superpowered serial killer is targeting them.
Even worse, Hiro takes a trip to New York (five weeks in the future), and sees the city destroyed by a massive blast -- as does Isaac, through his paintings. How to stop it? As a future Hiro tells them, "save the cheerleader, save the world." The Heroes begin slowly coming into contact, in a haze of dreams, visions, murder, swords and death -- and to stop the serial killer and save New York, more sacrifices may be made...
Unlike most shows about people with superpowers, "Heroes" isn't really about the action or flashy battles. It's half epic save-the-world-as-a-team story, and half exploration of how real, ordinary people would react if they suddenly found out that they had superpowers, and how this would change -- or NOT change -- their lives.
The storylines are incredibly intricate and complex, since there are a dozen subplots and a lot of time travel, and plenty of hints at future events. The careful painting of all these storylines even further in two episodes, one of which shows the pre-Heroic lies of the characters (and how Syler became a murderous terror), and another that shows what the future will be like if they don't change it. It's not a pretty picture.
These complex storylines are enhanced by lots of suspense and tightly directed action, and the makers always know how to throw in a shocking twist, such as a sword-carrying future Hiro showing up.. But there is also some poignancy, and very dark humor from time to time (Claire waking up in mid-autopsy, or twisting her broken neck around). Not to mention some great, sometimes geeky dialogue ("Where did you learn all this?" "X-men No. 143 when Kitty Pryde time travels!").
The actors are pretty much all good -- Larter gives a great double performance, Zachary Quinto is a wonderfully twisted villain, and Panettiere gives a good performance as a teen whose adolescence has a lot more than hormones in store. Masi Oka is the standout, though -- his Hiro is sweet, endearing, geeky, heroic, sad, kindly, funny and thoroughly lovable. The scene where he arrives in New York is adorable.
The "Heroes" are only starting their journey, and the first season of this geeky hit is a must-see for fans of intelligent sci-fi drama. And I doubt their journey is over...
 Good Ideas Gone Wrong February 25, 2008
Jon Snow (Canada)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think what irritates me most about this show is that it had the potential to be so very very good. And while a couple of the episodes live up to that potential, 90% of them do not. Terrible dialogue, sloppy and mundane acting (from some of the cast-most do the best they can with the previously mentioned dialogue), and and inability to make the filler in between the main storyline even remotely interesting combine to take down an over-arching plot that really deserves better. The show became more about throwing in that fake twist ending by cutting out midway through a scene than actual character development and plot progression. Those involved should be ashamed.
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