Heroes - Season 3 (US Timeline)
 

This will soon be with us, it starts again in the US in about four weeks time and Season 3 is going to be 25 episodes, split into two "volumes".

We already know volume 3 is called "Villians", and this will be the first 13 episodes. The final 12 episodes will be volume 4, called "Fugitives".

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Just so long as it makes a bit more sense than season 2 which unfortunately turned into a messy ending of no consequence due to the writers strike.

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4 weeks? Damn they have put it back again, was set for the 5th of september last time I looked.
Really looking forward to this though.

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The two episode season start is due on Sept 22nd. See http://epguides.com/Heroes/

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long as it's better than the messy stuff that wasseason 2

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thanks Paul :tu:

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It's also due to hit the BBC within a matter of days after the US broadcast...

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Great news

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http://netgem21.vox.com/library/post...-with-usa.html

Starts on the 25th September on BBC2 / BBC HD - three days behind the US :)

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Wow, even the Beeb has learned the lesson about making sure all the warez monkeys decide it's worth their while to wait for the broadcast rather than scrambling to acquire a low-quality download ...

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Actually, some downloads are very good quality ;)

Erm, not that I've ever been a TV downloading warez monkey or anything though :angel:


But, yep. very good news :)

It should certainly IMO cut down on the number of people downloading it (well, you'd hope so, anyway).

Sky have been showing things v. closely behind the US for a while now (tonight's Prison Break season premiere is only 1 day behind the US, while the last seasons of PB & 24 etc. were only a week or so behind IIRC), so it's very good that the BBC have realised that showing such big (& expensive!) shows several months late is a tad silly.

BBC HD for me on the 25th :)

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can't wait for the podcast good stuff that :)

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Hmm.

Not quite as early as initially said, but still a lot earlier than when the Beeb showed seasons 1 & 2:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/heroes/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlljJ-PQTUU :D

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Considering how amazingly crap season 2 was i wont be bothering with this at all.

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Considering Tim Kring himself admitted that Season 2 wasn't great and has promised that 3 will be a lot better. At least give it a chance!

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Meh, but season 2 left a sour taste...

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Season 2 did give us Kristen Bell though :drool:

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to right from that i know about it she will be in S3 too :)

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Thread re-named to cover the US airings.

There's now a separate thread for the BBC airings:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/23...l#post34640808


US start date:

Monday 22nd September.


UK start date:

Wednesday 1st October.

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Well, I see absolutely no point 'acquiring' copies of S3 when they'll be broadcast on the Beeb barely a week behind the US ... unsubscribing from this thread ...

:)

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One reason - without wanting to seem to condone the practice, is that the 'acquired' copies are available in HD formats - which may be tempting to people who otherwise lack the appropriate receiving equipment ???

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Some people also keep the copies, and dont have the patience to wait a week either ;)

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I'm going to try and wait, I can't see it working though... :erm:

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I'm just hoping they don't try and rip off The 4400 with this story line

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You dont need spoilers, this is the US timeline thread.

---------- Post added at 08:52 ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 ----------

Unless you watch the BBC3 eps, you will be two weeks behaind. :)

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Thanks for the insight.:)

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Oooh... what was that?

Hmm. I think it was Heroes jumping the shark!


Oh, Mr Kring, what have you done...


:(

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Which bit do you mean?

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Loves the series but finds it hard to follow, the series is getting like the other show ''Lost'' :confused:

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Ha ha, actually, I take it back - if you hadn't replied to my post I probably would have deleted it :erm:


I do still think this season has been a bit messy so far, perhaps because of the pace (still, at least it's not as sloooow as the start of season 2).

But my main gripes with ep 4 turned out to not have any real justification - I was just being a muppet :o:


I was extremely confused as to just how the hell Future Peter had been killed by Evil Claire.

... all because I somehow failed to register that The Haitian was present when Evil Claire shot him.


Was also confused as to why Present Peter had to go visit Sylar - surely he would already have Sylar's power, from a past encounter?

But someone pointed out on another forum that although Peter may well have had Sylar's power, he probably wouldn't have realised, & certainly wouldn't have known how it worked or how to use it. Hence the need to visit Sylar & find out. As although sometimes when Peter acquires a power he can use it straight away, other times he has had to learn how to use it (e.g. the training with Claude way back in season 1 which I forgot about).


Although I still have an issue with the show down in Costa Verde... why didn't Peter & Sylar let rip on Evil Claire, Daphne, & the fear-powered guy? OK, maybe they were restraining themselves because of the little boy... but even so, Peter could simply have stopped time...

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So what is the general feeling on season 3? should i really give it another go after the fiasco that was season 2?

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Yeah, I see what you mean. I don't understand why fixing a watch would show you how to take a power though.

@ Trax. I think it's pretty good so far, I reckon the pace is pretty good and should improve. I think you should give it a try.

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Okie dokie, will download a few eps and see how it goes, thanks!

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Hmm.

I have some reservations, a couple of which were actually wrong on my part (as in prev. post).

I think that, so far, it's better than season 2 at this point.


It's got a much faster pace than season 2 - hits the ground running, or whatever you want to call it - rather than being extremely long & drawn out for several weeks with sod all really happening.




Sylar's power isn't actually simply the ability to take someone else's power though - his actual power is "intuitive aptitude", the ability to know how things work & see how things fit together.

That's what made him such a good watch repairer, & it's why he used the watch as a demo for Peter - Peter used the power he acquired from Sylar to see how the watch worked & how to fix it.

Sylar, obviously, uses his power to take other people's powers. He studies their brains & somehow sees how their power works so he can duplicate it himself.


Future Peter, on the other hand, wanted Present Peter to use Sylar's power so he can see how the timeline works, see what changes have happened & what needs to be done to fix everything.

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No, it's much worse, and it's dying badly in the ratings. This week was the lowest rating ever for a new episode. For those who believe in sharks, it's quite clear that Heroes has jumped it.

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But also with the downside of the hunger for knowledge craving more input and only by seeing the brains can he collect that knowledge.

We sneak the US time line because daughter like this and cannot stay up late enough for BBC3 ;)

Seems much better than the last series with all the threads slowly drawing together (may be why for the now fed viewers it is not so popular). :erm:

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Well...that was unexpected.

Starts with Arthur turning Adam turning to dust (after stealing his power), & then ends with Arthur stealing all of Peter's powers.


- Pity they killed off Adam. Although it seems Arthur will make a better villain than Adam did. Poor Adam, should have just offered Arthur a blood transfusion!

- Kind of glad they've drained Peter... he was too powerful, even the writers have admitted this before. Bet he's still a muppet though of course.

- Surprised that Maury turned on Adam like that, given that he was Adam's main man in the last season.

- Bored of Mohinder.

- Liked the Claire/Sandra/Meredith stuff.

- Actually quite like the "Sylar's redemption" arc.



Going back a couple of weeks...


It's still really bugging me as to how Peter & Future Claire survived when Future Sylar nuked Costa Verde & reduced it to nothing but a smouldering crater.

Regenerate from injuries etc... yes.

Regenerate from being INCINERATED BY A NUCLEAR BOMB... I think not.

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anyone else lost interest in this show?

everytime i watch it someone else dies then dosnt die - or someone is someone elses father/brother/mother -

any show that spends half its time "in a possible future" or has a guy that can travel to any time can afford to do what it likes but i think its just silly now..cant remember the last time we focussed on the characters its all about trying to surpise the viewer with another pointless revalation about the past

:)

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I have a bit, I think it needs a proper storyline. I mean, look at it - it has the same as season 1. I also think that they should plan for an end in the show, so that the quality of each episode will increase and it will be easier on the writers. So far, I think there's too many storylines going on that it gets confusing.

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Totally confused. Can't wait to see how peter gets his powers back. Could Syler take Arthurs powers?

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looks like the writers of heroes saw my post and followed the instructions for the last few episodes..

:(

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Will be even more confusing after this week but also more clear ;)

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Really?

It makes me now wonder why Silar didn't recognise Elle when he was in Level 5, and if he did, how come he tried to take her power, when before he let her go.

Also, why "African Isaac" as Hiro called him, didin't see Arthur coming like he did when Hiro and Ando were after him

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I guess he let her go before as he didn't know who she was working for, & as he was only just getting started on being bad... early days of his "hunger".

By the time he tried (& failed) to take her power, he'd have known full well who she really was & worked for, plus he'd been killing people for quite some time so his "hunger" was probably stronger.

Mr African Isaac... dunno, guess he doesn't paint everything. We also don't know the extent of Arthur's powers.

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I want to know what Arthur used to slice African Issac up. His head went flying, and yet when he grabbed Hiro there was no weapon in site.

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Probably either telekinesis (like the ability sylar uses to pop open skulls) or super strength if he has absorbed all of Peters abilities (wich i'm starting to have my doubts about).

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Especially as Peter's ability is to instantly "learn" someone else's talent so that would be all his father could take from him.

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I'd guess it was TK, as already mentioned.

Although, over on DS, someone has speculated that maybe Arthur was not there at all, & was actually in Hiro's head somehow... [as we know he has the same/similar power as Matt & Maury].


Although IIRC we did see Arthur using at least one of Peter's acquired powers.

I'm sure he stole them all - not just Peter's original power.

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Is it just me or is everyone starting to be related to the Petrellis (sp?) in one way or another?

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The Heroes is awesome show.I have seen all the Seasons of this show.The Last episode was so Boring.I am waiting to watch the Episode "our Father".I am looking Forward to this Show.

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Oh no they didn't. Did the just kill off Silar when Merideth went out of control and burned down Primatec HQ? We didn't see anyone drag his lifeless body out

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Something probably knocked the glass out of his head. I'm a bit confused how nathan's religious streak and Peter assimilating Sylar's power fit into all of this.

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Nope, apparently (from E! Online's Watch With Kristen) Sylar doesn't die, but he doesn't have Claire's power anymore.

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How could he lose that ability and still survive? I know he is still in it so the survival part must be true but to lose Claires ability just doesn't make sense to me.

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http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watc...gn=rss_kristin

That's where I got it from.

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Oh he survives, because apparently Lex Luthors father (Smallville) is his Dad
http://buzzsugar.com/2596319

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Heroes has lost the plot I'm afraid.

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It was all explained on the episode on BBC HD last week.

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You misunderstood the article ;) Sylars healing ability was deactivated by Claire when she stabbed him in the back of the head with the glass, that doesn't mean he lost the healing ability, it just meant that until that glass was removed he was essentially dead.

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Just realised where I'd seen the marine guinea pig before. It' was Kyle Baldwin from The 4400
How wierd is it that his character in The 4400 was the first one to take the shot, and also in Heroes

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Indeed, she said shoving something into the back of her head shuts her down, not kills her.

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Well, this has been back for a couple of weeks now and I think it's definitely showing signs of improving.

This week's ep was definitely better than many we had in the first half of season 3 IMO.


Also, some trivia as to why I think "Volume 4" (this second half of season 3) will get better:

This week's episode was written by Mark Verheiden, who joined the team as a consulting producer & writer for "Volume 4".

As well as having previously written some excellent comics (the Aliens & Predator comics for Dark Horse Comics spring to mind), he has also written a lot of good TV... including episodes for the supremely awesome BSG (which he's been a writer & producer on since season 2), such as last week's "The Oath" (the amazing first part of the 2 part mutiny story).


In addition to Verheiden, Volume 4 will also see the return to the Heroes writing team of Bryan Fuller, who worked on season 1 and was brought back after Pushing Daisies was cancelled.

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I thought completely the opposite to you Matt.
The last 2 episodes have been very boring and well, very dull.
If things continue to decline this way, then the show will shrivel and die.

I hope next week something happens that makes me go OMG!! or I might stop watching.