Customer Reviews
A Heroic Venture - By: Mr. A. Condron, 12 Jun 2008 
Heroes is brilliant. Mythology & good comics have always been used larger than life characters to juxtapose courage & talent against doubt, vulnerability & personal struggle. Heroes nearly always alwats gets this balance right. The characters, like the beautiful cheerleader whose talent exposes her to predators, are perfectly pitched to develop these themes. Like real life & its inspiring moments, its a bit cheesy now & then. Nonetheless its heroic message of hope admid a sea of darkness is strongly conveyed. This is great popular art.
VOL 1-GENESIS=AMAZING!! - By: S. J. Pinder, 31 May 2008 what i want to say has already been said so I'm going to keep this quite basic by saying this show has to be one of the greatest shows ever made & is definitely in my top ten list along with-BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER,SOUTH PARK,PUSHING DAISIES,DOCTOR WHO,ALIAS,DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES,THE SIMPSONS,TORCHWOOD,and THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
alll episodes are fantastic & it never ever drags like LOST or 24,and never resorts to immature silliness like ChArMed(seasons 1-3 & 7-8)and is always engaging with its intended audience...i hope the show continues for quite a few years & i hope to purchase this in the near future along with the steady going second season:).
the episode five years gone is a classic episode & the finale is explosive:):)i love it sooooooooooo much.
buy now
Fantastic - By: O. Doyle, 22 Apr 2008 I'd heard rave reviews about Heroes but couldn't quite fathom how it was going to work into a whole season & possibly beyond. I had the same misgivings about Prison Break & have had to eat my words as not only did it work for one season, it worked for 2 & I can't wait to get my hands on season 3. Heroes fallls into the same slot as Prison Break - I didn't think it would work but it not only works, it knocks spots off the competition.
The show focuses on eight characters, each of whom has a different power. Claire Bennett is a high school cheerleader with the power to regenerate when injured, DL Hawkins can phase through matter, Niki Sanders has super-strength, Isaac Mendez is an artist who paints the future, Hiro Nakamura is an office worker who can travel through time, LAPD Officer Matt Parkman has the power of telepathy, Nathan Petrelli is the ambitious politician who can fly, while his brother Peter is an in-home nurse with the ability to absorb others' powers when he is near them. For me, what separates Heores from other super-hero shows & movies is that each of our heroes has a flaw. We've got a drug addict, a depressive, an internet stripper & a politician to name but a few. How could Heroes not be a winner.
The cast in Heroes fit their characters perfectly & where other shows focus on the characters super-powers, Heroes steps out of the shadows & focuses on the characters & their links to each other. It makes for a fantastic first season & I'm currently waiting with baited breath for season 2 to wow me!
sylar will not steal your brain - By: Mr. P. J. Newman, 07 Apr 2008 If you do not buy this sylar will not steal your brain because you are most definitly not special, Best thing i have seen since Fire fly or Battlestar worth the money bring on season 2
A completely insulting show (with about 20 seconds of great material) - By: Mr. D. Nicholls, 02 Apr 2008 
I've never felt so insulted by a show in my life. Heroes is a empty & predictable pit that vows to swalllow alll who lay eyes on it.
How it gets you? Every episode has a cliff hanger at the end, many of which are rather good & make you crave the next episode. However, the beginning of each episode has the most contrived, awful & unsatisfying cliff hanger resolution known to man.
Predictable: Watch the first 5 episodes & write down what you think will happen, but be sure to make it as bland as possible - you'll probably be right.
This show has a great potential, but the writers/creators are just not talented enough to make it work like it should. It could be GREAT. instead it's a mediocre TV show which treats it's viewers like 5 year olds.
Aside from CSI, this show has the worst writing in TV I've seen in a long time.
I'd recommend against buying very much. You'll never watch it more than once, & could hurt someone in your acts of unsatisfied destruction against the box set.
p.s: Google the creator. He apologised about the quality of the show. That says it alll.
