“My name is Hiro Nakamura, I’m from the future…. and I have a message for you”

The Heroes episode “Collision” changed me from a casual observer of the show who had a detached intrigue ‘cos-everyone-said-it-was-good into gibbering fanboy of this unmissable, appointment TV. I have been largely oblivious to spoilers due to the lack of real interest on my part up to this point (other than hearing something about Christopher Eccleston’s future involvement on the Doctor Who forums… or is that “fora”?) but the internet is awash with talk and now

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Tags: Christopher-Eccleston, Collision, Comic-Book, DOGS, Hiro, On-Screen-Graphics, Sci Fi, SciFi-Channel

Holding Out For A Hero

After the internet buzz surrounding TV’s “Next Big Thing”, UK viewers got their first (legitimate) opportunity to see Heroes last night as the first two episodes debuted on the Sci-Fi Channel. The comic book nature of the subject matter might have led one to think that we were in store for a Mutant X style slice of nonsense but what we saw was all together different. A number of different strands ran through the hour as we were introduced to the extended cast of characters

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Tags: Claire-Bennet, Heroes, Hiro, Lost, Mutant-X, Sci Fi, SciFi-Channel, X-Men