To the extreme. He had me at the numerous geek references, then he demonstrated the ability to manipulate time and space as well as teleport. Love. Pure, pure, love. <3
~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Wow. Awesome with awesomesauce. That is love there. > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Adrianne Brennan < > adrianne.bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I only just started watching the show and am heading towards the end of >> the first season. My fav char is Hiro and quite frankly, I would continue >> watching the show just for him. He is awesome with awesomesauce. :D >> >> >> ~ "Where love and magic meet" ~ >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com >> Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon >> Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath >> The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): >> http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 11:32 AM, angelababycat < >> asrobin...@mindspring.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> The last 5 eps are hogging space in my DVR, yet I can't bring myself to >>> watch even when desperately surfing channels for something other than skiing >>> or ghost hunting to watch. As I think someone else mentioned in a previous >>> discussion, the carnival stuff killed it for me. I really do want to see >>> the part about Clair outing herself, but how much more torture must I endure >>> just to see that!?! >>> >>> Why does this keep happening to our shows? >>> >>> Angela >>> >>> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@...> wrote: >>> > >>> > I think that they just ran out of steam and didn't have a well thought >>> out >>> > story line that would last this long. They stopped doing all of the >>> cool >>> > things that attracted people to the show. It was as if they changed the >>> > format of the show without really changing anything and it broke the >>> show. >>> > >>> > Its like turning a comedy show into a drama. >>> > >>> > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Tracey de Morsella < >>> > tdli...@... wrote: >>> > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > CANCEL â€" They destroyed the magic long ago. I do believe that the >>> change >>> >>> > > in tone started in the middle of the first season, but I did like the >>> whole >>> > > first season. Thereafter with all the new characters introduced who >>> were >>> > > never developed by disappeared and all the story twists, I hung >>> around out >>> > > of loyalty from the first season for a while, hoping that the past >>> glory >>> > > would return, this season, I couldn’t muster up the energy to turn >>> the >>> >>> > > channel or to watch it on Hulu. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > It jumped the shark long ago…. A fate worse than the series finale >>> of >>> >>> > > Battlestar Gallactica. Who would have thought it possible. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto: >>> scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On >>> > > Behalf Of *Mr. Worf >>> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:46 AM >>> > > *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com >>> > > *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] 'Heroes' Never Recovered From Its First >>> Break >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > At this point I think that the series has too many issues. They have >>> turned >>> > > Sylar into a repented "hero" with a dark past. Claire has outed >>> herself to >>> > > the world and now they run the risk of falling into that strange void >>> of no >>> > > where to go from here. >>> > > >>> > > They left a few holes in the plot that they never really explained. >>> Its >>> > > just a mess. Do they deserve a renewal? I dunno. >>> > > >>> > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Tracey de Morsella < >>> > > tdli...@... wrote: >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > 'Heroes' Never Recovered From Its First Break Series creator outlines >>> his >>> > > feelings on the evolution of NBC show on the bubble >>> > > http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129 >>> > > >>> > > When you think of NBC's[image: >>> > > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]< >>> http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129>"Heroes," you can't help but think >>> of a younger, less emotionally certain Peter >>> > > Petrelli[image: http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif >>> ]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129>standing on the roof of a >>> building with Mohinder's enigmatic narration on >>> >>> > > the nature of life's mysteries. >>> > > >>> > > Those were the good days. >>> > > >>> > > Now, the series has evolved to a point where it is barely >>> recognizable from >>> > > its debut season (both in terms of characters and pace), and the >>> ratings >>> > > have plummeted. Where did the series go wrong, if it indeed went >>> wrong in >>> > > the first place? >>> > > >>> > > Fans have their opinions and series creator Tim Kring has his own. >>> > > >>> > > However, to Kring, the series never fully recovered after its first >>> break >>> > > following the initial 11 episodes. "Fallout," the 11th episode of the >>> > > series, originally premiered on Dec. 4, 2006, after which the series >>> went on >>> > > a festive vacation before returning to the screens on Jan. 22, 2007. >>> > > >>> > > "We took about four days off between Season 1 and 2 -- we never >>> stopped >>> > > writing," Kring told The AV Club. "Same directors, same actors, same >>> > > everything. So when someone says they don’t like Season 2, it’s >>> like, 'Well, >>> > > that was yesterday.' We don’t have a sense that the seasons are >>> divided by >>> > > ideas or timeframes; it’s just this big long continuum." >>> >>> > > >>> > > Kring said the first season can be divided into two places. Then >>> "Heroes" >>> > > took a seven-wrrk break, and the audience simply never came back. >>> > > >>> > > "The first 16 episodes was the part everybody talks about," he said. >>> > > >>> > > After that 16th episode, "Heroes" delved deeply into the mythology of >>> the >>> > > mysterious Company, and eventually built toward an explosion-filled >>> season >>> > > finale ... and that became a problem for the show. >>> > > >>> > > "The other thing is, you can only be shiny and new one time," Kring >>> said. >>> > > "Also in that first season, we probably should have done two volumes >>> or >>> > > three volumes, smaller stories. I think people would have gotten used >>> to the >>> > > fact that we tell a story in volumes that have a beginning, a middle, >>> and an >>> > > end. Because we didn’t, and we ended with sort of a finale, it felt >>> like, >>> > > 'Well, I guess that’s over.' >>> >>> > > >>> > > "So how do you go back to saving the world again? In reality, that >>> was an >>> > > issue for me. I was very interested in the origin story of where >>> these >>> > > characters came from â€" that first blush of discovery. It’s the >>> most fun to >>> > > write, and ultimately it’s the most interesting for the audience." >>> >>> > > >>> > > But Kring previously apologized for the direction that "Heroes" took >>> in its >>> > > second season, right? Wrong. According to Kring, his comments were >>> taken out >>> > > of context and although he may wish to do some things differently he >>> claims >>> > > he did not apologize for any creative decision the series has made. >>> > > >>> > > "No, I was standing on the picket line when Jeff Jensen [from >>> *Entertainment >>> > > Weekly* called me," he said. "And he said, 'Would you have done >>> anything >>> > > different?' Nobody had ever asked me that before. So I answered >>> really >>> > > honestly, 'There isn’t a day that goes by where I wouldn’t do >>> 10,000 things >>> > > differently.' People think you’re making some precise widget, some >>> > > scientific little thing, but instead it’s filled with human error >>> and >>> >>> > > guesswork. So I mentioned a few things, but they published it as I >>> > > 'apologized to my audience.' I got sandbagged." >>> > > >>> > > Kring was also keen to discuss the change of pace in the fourth >>> season of >>> > > the series, specifically the elongation of character arcs. There have >>> been >>> > > instances this year where a pivotal piece in a character's back story >>> is >>> > > revealed only to be discarded for weeks until there is a time to >>> revisit >>> > > it.. This change hasn't been an accident, but instead an act of >>> necessity >>> > > due to the high number of characters that make up the series. >>> > > >>> > > "That’s a product of a few things," Kring said. "First of all, >>> there are >>> >>> > > only so many storylines you can actually do. The first season, there >>> were >>> > > six or seven â€" little bit of this, little bit of that. The haiku >>> type of >>> >>> > > storytelling was effective when characters had very separate >>> storylines. My >>> > > idea was for them to stay apart for as long as possible. The network >>> wanted >>> > > them to be together on the second episode, and we really fought that. >>> Once >>> > > characters start crossing, you can do fewer stories." >>> > > >>> > > The trick to making a show more cost-efficient is by telling fewer >>> stories >>> > > per episode, he said. "When you have a certain number of characters, >>> you're >>> > > facing a mathematical reality that not every character can be in >>> every >>> > > episode. So some have to sit out." >>> > > >>> > > There is still no word on whether or not "Heroes" will receive a >>> pickup for >>> > > another season -â€" or in any other format for that matter -â€" which >>> means that >>> >>> > > if Season 4 is the last page-defying adventure, the show has ended >>> without a >>> > > proper conclusion. >>> > > >>> > > Krings's full interview can be found at The AV Club by clicking here< >>> http://www.avclub.com/articles/tim-kring,37975/> >>> > > . >>> >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) >>> > > Database version: 6.14380 >>> > > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/< >>> http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> >>> >>> > > >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> > > Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) >>> > > Database version: 6.14380 >>> > > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/< >>> http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> >>> >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) >>> > > Database version: 6.14380 >>> > > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/< >>> http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> >>> >>> > > * >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> > Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > >
