Comments on: Heroes Characters (and X-Men Counterparts)

By: What to Watch on TV This Season || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

What to Watch on TV This Season || Beyond the Rhetoric || — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:53:37 +0000

[...] up on Heroes as a result, but I’m remaining optimistic. Maybe I just have a soft spot for supernatural superpowers, despite the show’s innumerable characters and their inter-connecting [...]

By: If I Could Have a Superpower || Beyond the Rhetoric ||

If I Could Have a Superpower || Beyond the Rhetoric || — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:19:34 +0000

[...] need to set a few ground rules. You can certainly draw some inspiration from the powers depicted in Heroes and X-Men, as well as other comic book and graphic novel sources. I wouldn’t let the characters [...]

By: slif

slif — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:37:43 +0000

The future that Peter comes from is ripped straight out of every single alternate future universe that the X-Men have gone through, most glaringly the famous Days of Future Past storyline (mutant concentration camps, Sentinels…).

By: dcr

dcr — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:29:52 +0000

No Mohinder at all this week.

At least they somewhat explained the Nikki Sanders / Tracy Strauss connection, even if it did open more questions.

Claire seems to be going down a dark path, as we saw in the future in the first episode.

A little bit better this episode was, but still seems to be going in a lot of different directions. You can see things coming together faster, maybe, so perhaps they learned their lesson in trying to juggle too many storylines.

By: Speed Link Sunday - Reading and Rewarding Wisely | the.[ED]ition

Speed Link Sunday - Reading and Rewarding Wisely | the.[ED]ition — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:08:23 +0000

[...] shortened ‘07 season, began its third season this past Monday and Michael Kwan noticed some similarities between Heroes and the iconic Marvel comic X-Men. The thought had crossed my mind when I saw Dr. Suresh hanging from the ceiling but I didn’t [...]

By: Jon Lee

Jon Lee — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:34:45 +0000

Right after Mohinder got his powers I thought to myself… “smart scientist? agility and strength? he better not be hanging from the ceiling…”

And what do you know, grow some fur and you’ve got yourself a law suit NBC!

By: dcr

dcr — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:22:45 +0000

I haven’t seen much of X-Men or read any of the comics, so I don’t know how any comparisons fit.

As a general comment, there is discussion I’ve seen online over whether Tracy Strauss is really an alternate personality of Nikki, or if she might actually be Jessica, the real Jessica that has been presumed dead.

Other people have picked up on other scenes from the season premiere that have been seen elsewhere. Did you ever see Farscape? There was an episode where Crichton was playing chess with Harvey, who only Crichton could see.

And, what about Mohinder and The Fly with Jeff Goldblum?

And, with future Peter and the strings, they seem to be rehashing season one a bit.