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A new poster for Heroes season four offers you two reasons to give the show one more chance. Just follow Masi Oka's stare. Yatta! More »
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Think you know what to expect from Heroes? Three exclusive new videos from NBC show you the different sides of the show - Romance, teen angst and the weirdest serial killer comedy you'll wish was on television every week. More »
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We can all agree that NBC's Heroes has floundered pretty badly for awhile. But as the third season ends this week, here're some reasons why you should tune in again when it returns this fall. More »
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If there's one thing that Heroes is good at, it's apparently not family drama if last night's episode is anything to go by. Daddy issues for cheerleaders and psychopaths abound, and spoilers await. More »
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Blogger Scott King has an unusual idea how NBC can save Heroes - Cancel the series and replace it with spin-offs. But not necessarily the spin-offs that you'd expect. More »
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Last night's intriguing episode of Heroes, called "It's Coming," brought us deep into the crises suffered by central characters Hiro and Sylar. As one man regresses and the other moves forward in his self-transformation, it's becoming obvious that Heroes cannot deal with the idea of making Hiro into a true hero. Why does Sylar get to be the new force of great justice in this show, while Hiro is consigned to the role of cutey clown? Spoilers ahead. More »
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I'm sure you all remember the heart-wrenching first season of episode of Heroes where Hiro realized that, even though he could travel back in time, he still couldn't prevent the death of his girlfriend Charlie, because somethings are just destined to happen. You cried, I cried and we all missed the real lesson of the episode: Hiro is a moron. After all, if there's one thing that Heroes is actually about, it's messing about in time to fix whatever problem is affecting future New York that particular week. Join us as we look at what's to come - and what was to come, before other things started to come instead - in NBC's superhero soap opera, thanks to those meddling kids. More »
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With every passing election year, the statistical likelihood increases that we'll elect a U.S. president who's really a robot, or an alien. Or maybe a charismatic plant, grown in some kind of tank. How will you recognize a non-human candidate for president when one comes along? And more importantly, which non-human would be the best pres? Maybe our handy guide can help. Plus, vote for your inhuman presidential leader-tron in our awesome poll. More »
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One of the things to expect from the third season of Heroes may be exactly what we've all been worrying about: Sylar to turn towards the light. But would the powers that be really be stupid enough to defang their one successful bad guy? According to a recent conference call promoting the new season of NBC's superpowered hit, the answer may be "maybe"... More »
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It's taken them three seasons, but Heroes is finally embracing its heritage with the announcement that Seth Green and Breckin Meyer are to join the cast of NBC's superhuman drama, playing two massive comic book nerds. Does this mean that we're going to see more of 9th Wonders, the show's deus ex comic book plot device? More »
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Hayden Panettiere let it leak that Heroes won't be back for the rest of the season, even though the strike is coming to an end. Maybe this will allow the writers to focus on Season Three (Season 2.0 Redux?) and come out of the gate with a bang instead of a whimper. After all, we know they've filmed part of Volume Three: Villains and that it's all about the bad guys, so how can they screw that up? Plus Zachary Quinto will be done with Spock duty, so they can cram more Sylar in there for extra brain-munching action. [Ain't It Cool News] More »
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We told you yesterday about the upcoming line of Heroes figures, and now we've tracked down more images of the first wave of toys based on the hit NBC show. These are apparently all prototype figures — the real ones will be out later this year. Based on what we've seen, maybe that means there's still a chance to go back and fix things like making Claire actually look like her character, and having Sylar not look like a neanderthal. Check out more mind-bogglingly awful details and pictures inside, like Sylar with his awesome brain accessory. More »
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The most recent issue of Toyfare magazine came out yesterday, and it has a spread on all the new Heroes action figures that'll be out later this year. Since it's looking less and less likely that you'll be seeing new episodes anytime soon, it might be time to pick up some of these and bust out that video camera. Unfortunately, the Sylar figure does not have brain-eating action, so you might want to add your own visual effects. Maybe even ones that make these figures look a bit better because... yow. More »
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At the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival last month during the Heroes event, we noticed that Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere were canoodling with each other the whole time, whispering back and forth like giddy schoolkids. But, we chalked it up to nerves and confusion about what was going on during the Q&A. For instance, Milo's answer to "How has Heroes changed your life?" was "I don't really know what to say." Nice. Our tabloid-papparazzo circuit wasn't working properly that day and anyhow, now it's official. The brother/sister set of Peter Petrelli and Claire Bennet are Hollywood's newest incestuous power couple. At least until Sylar swoops in and eats their brains, hoping to gain some of their couple-of-the-moment pheromones. More »
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Heroes won't be back on the air for months, but we were able to see some sneak peeks from the few scenes they've filmed for episodes 12 and 13. If you've wanted a lot more evil in Heroes, you're about to get your wish in a big way. Read all about Heroes Volume Three: Villains after the jump. More »
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Heroes has borrowed liberally from the universe of Marvel's comic book X-Men. Both TV show and comic book are about super-heroes who gain powers through genetic mutations. And both have their bad guys. Heroes' Sylar is a mommy-obsessed nerd who wants to be the most powerful mutant in the world. X-Men's Magneto is a mutant-supremacist who thinks humans should be the slaves of his master race. Who would win in a fight? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=326933&view=rss&microfeed=true Sylar has always been a lame character on Heroes, but he almost had a chance to get interesting last night when his special friend the illusionist offered to let him have sex with her in any body he chose. Pretty nice offer, actually, especially when Sylar is being such a whiny bitch about losing his powers. Still, the sex fantasies she offers him are pretty cringe-worthy, especially when she turns into a Geisha and asks if he wants "something exotic." Hm, maybe she should have pretended to be the "exotic" Hiro instead? Anyway, the best bit is when she actually offers him a chance to have sex with himself while dressed in some kind of pseudo-Trent Reznor getup. Too bad Sylar ate her brain before doing the double nasty. More »
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