Save the cheerlader, save the world!

Heroes


 
Otra genial serie que nadie se la puede perder, actualmente televisada en Universal Channel, yo creo que esta es una serie con la que cualquiera puede engancharse, mas allá de la trama sobrenatural por asi decirlo, no tiene nada que se haya visto, nada que ver con superheroes, son solo simples personas que descubren con el tiempo que desarrollaron algun tipo de poder.
Yo que ustedes no me la pierdo, menos sabiendo que este mes se estrena la segunda temporada de este serión (¿?)

Heroes is an American science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The show tells the story of several people who "thought they were like everyone else... until they realized they have incredible abilities" such as telepathy, time travel, flight and spontaneous regeneration. These people soon realize they have a role in preventing a catastrophe and saving mankind. The series emulates the writing style of American comic books with short, multi-episode story arcs that build upon a larger, more encompassing arc. Kring said "we have talked about where the show goes up to five seasons."

When the series premiered in the United States, it was the night's most-watched program among adults aged 18-49, attracting 14.3 million viewers overall and receiving the highest rating for any NBC drama premiere in five years. On October 6, 2006, NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly announced Heroes had been picked up for a full season, and on January 17, 2007, Reilly announced Heroes had been picked up for a second season. The second season of Heroes will consist of 24 episodes, and the first season of a new spinoff, Heroes: Origins, will include six episodes. The second season is scheduled to premiere on September 24, 2007 with Heroes: Origins airing in April and May of 2008. In the UK, the BBC has bought the rights to air season 2 and will be showing it sometime in 2008.

Plot:

The plot of Heroes is designed to be similar to the stories of comic books. Like comic books, Heroes has large overall arcs and small arcs within the main arc. No matter what characters exist and what events make up a season, all seasons of Heroes will involve ordinary people who discover their abilities and their reactions to their self-discovery.

First season:

Each episode reveals new answers and questions and progresses the story and/or the characters. There is an overall arc of the first season that revolves around stopping an explosion of immense proportions that happens in the future. That arc is initially carried by two characters, Hiro Nakamura and Isaac Mendez, the former having seen the event in the future and the latter having painted it from his visions.

The first four episodes of the first season revolved primarily around characters discovering their powers, dealing with the issues of normal life and coping with the consequences of their discovery.

At the end of the fourth episode, a smaller arc began with the message "Save the cheerleader, save the world", which is tied to the explosion already foreseen. By the end of that arc, the characters slowly discovered their abilities and the existence of others like them, and some of them even began to realize the need to come together to prevent a catastrophe.

As characters progress through the first season learning of others similar to them, the plot turns to the question of how the explosion seen in Hiro's trip to the future and Isaac's paintings will occur and what role the various characters will play to stop it or cause it.

Second season:

The second season will continue from where Volume Two - "Generations" - began, with Hiro Nakamura in feudal Japan while the rest of the Heroes are moving on four months after the events at Kirby Plaza.

Heroes: Origins

On May 14, 2007 NBC announced that during the 2007-2008 season, the network will air a six-episode Heroes spinoff called Heroes: Origins. The show will introduce a new character each week, and viewers will select which one stays for the following season.

Recurring elements:

Three elements appear repeatedly throughout the series: the helix, the scar, and the eclipse. The scar appears to be man-made, but the circumstances surrounding the helix — its meaning and its manifestations — are a slowly-unraveling mystery.

Helix:

The helix is a symbol that appears quite frequently throughout the series. The helix symbol consists of an "S" shape from which three lines extend, with two on the left and one on the right. The "S" shape resembles a strand of RNA during transcription, which would make the lines extending outward the nucleotides during the transcription phase. Writer and co-executive producer Michael Green has stated that the writers know it as "the helix."

In the episode "(Godsend)", the symbol appears on the sword hilt, and Ando Masahashi remarks that it appears to be a combination of two Kanji characters: 才 (Sai) meaning "Great Talent" and 与 (Yo) meaning "Godsend". During an interview at the Wizard World in Los Angeles, writer and co-producer Aron Coleite stated that it literally means "God sending great ability." Other characters have commented on the symbol; in the Heroes comic "It Takes a Village, Part 3", the Haitian's father draws the symbol as a representation of a snake who assimilated a crane's wings after eating the crane whole. The symbol also frequently appears as a pattern formed by mundane objects, but it also recurs on certain plot-significant items and on several characters:
On Peter Petrelli's 'stick drawing' while in hospital.
Horizontally on the computer screen while Mohinder Suresh is running his father's program.
On various paintings by Isaac Mendez.
Written on the side of the pages of Claire's geometry book in "One Giant Leap".
On Jessica's back whenever she surfaces as Niki's alternate personality. When Jessica is repressed, the symbol does not appear on Niki's back. This also appeared on a painting of "Jessica" by Isaac. The symbol was hidden under an extra layer of paint. Later on, Jessica hides the symbol (an apparent tattoo) under a layer of foundation makeup.
On the front of Dr. Chandra Suresh's book, Activating Evolution.
On the hilt of a katana once owned by 17th century samurai Takezo Kensei. This katana is held by Hiro Nakamura.
On the top left corner of the 9th Wonders comic.
As a logo for Primatech Paper, in "Company Man".
On jewelry, most notably the Haitian's necklace and Hana Gitelman's earrings and ring.
On the flag and katana of a samurai in 1671, witnessed by Hiro Nakamura in the episode "How to Stop an Exploding Man" during the preview for Volume Two: Generations.
On D.L.'s right forearm in form of scarification. This is only shown in a deleted scene from "Genesis" featured in the Season 1 DVD.

Scar:

A mark consisting of two black parallel lines has been shown close to the neck of multiple super-powered characters. According to "Wireless, Part 4" and "How Do You Stop an Exploding Man, Part 1", the mark is the scar left by the two-pronged needle of a pneumatic injection device, which, as revealed in a biography of Hana Gitelman in the Heroes 360 experience, injects a radioisotope to allow tracking. All of the marked characters have had encounters with Mr. Bennet and/or the Haitian. The following have displayed it:

-Matt Parkman
-Ted Sprague
-Hana Gitelman
-Claude
-Isaac Mendez

Eclipse:

In addition to being the series logo, a solar eclipse has been a recurring image in the series itself, though a terrestrial eclipse (an eclipse in which the Earth covers the Sun, as viewed from some observation point away from the Earth) is used in the series' title sequence. So far, the solar eclipse has appeared as:

-The background of the title card of the series.
-A painting by Isaac Mendez.
-A "global event" in "Genesis".
-A future event referenced in a newspaper.
-A picture in Mohinder Suresh's apartment.
-The reflection of a light in a hospital waiting room in "Six Months Ago".
-An event during Hiro Nakamura's visit back to 17th century Japan in "How to Stop an Exploding Man".

Music:

The entire first season is composed by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, with vocals provided by Shenkar. The second season sees the addition of Manon Dave to the music team, completing a trio of composers.

The Rogue Wave song "Eyes" from the Just Friends soundtrack is featured in the Season 1 episodes "Genesis" and "Collision".

In France, the theme music of Heroes is composed by Victoria Petrosillo. Her song Le Héros d'un autre is used by television network TF1 to replace the show's original incidental music. Moreover, the network had to create an opening credit sequence in order to play Petrosillo's theme song.

Heroes 360 experience:

Heroes 360 experience is a digital extension of the series released on January 19, 2007 and which explores the Heroes universe. Viewers can investigate clues from the show on the official website.

Video game:

Ubisoft has announced that they have licensed the rights to produce an as yet untitled Heroes video game. The game is expected to be offered for PCs and console gaming platforms.