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Heroes on DVD

Justice League meets Melrose Place.

Heroes

The DVD Release

Released on Nov 30, -0001

I refused to watch Heroes the first time I saw a commercial for it. I didn’t think it would be a bad show by any means; I knew I would love it – and that’s why I refused to watch it. Heroes is the type of show that gets made strictly for DVD sales. They suckered me in. I knew I wouldn’t be able to catch weekly episodes on a consistent basis, so I avoided all websites that pertain to anything about the show – and I waited. It’s reasons like me that shows like Arrested Development no longer exist. I don’t commit to the show when they really need me.

At this point, a ludicrous amount of special features is a necessity for DVDs. Heroes saves the day on this one; as they deliver over three hours of bonus material, including fifty deleted scenes and an extended pilot. The pilot that originally aired was roughly forty-two minutes – the extended version clocks in at a whopping seventy-three minutes. While this is a great feature on the DVD; it doesn’t really “give? the viewer anything more. The extra time lets you find out a little more about the characters, but it’s nothing especially important. Honestly, if any of the plot points were that crucial – they would have included them in the regular episodes somewhere.

The show overall is fairly well done, albeit frustrating at points. I originally thought the show was going to be like Xmen, but put a more “emotional? aspect into how people deal with having extraordinary abilities. It deals with that sometimes – but other times, when it should, it doesn’t. The character intertwining can get very confusing at times as well. You have all of these people who sort of know each other with motives that seem to jump from episode to episode. The writing can be laughable at some points, too – but it’s still light years ahead of most comic book movies.

I’d check it out if you are anything like me (which means you’d be a nerd). It shows flashes of brilliance at points, but prepare yourself to be frustrated almost always. I guess it hooked me enough to not watch the second season on TV and opt for the DVD release instead.

Posted by Wes Soltis on Sep 20, 2007 @ 12:00 am