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Save the Cheerleader; Save Me From Boredom

Advantages: Very entertaining, good plot and characters
Disadvantages: Don't buy this DVD - buy the whole series.

...find out what happens next! Heroes is a programme that I always heard great things about and always wanted to try, but since until recently all the DVDs were unreasonably expensive, I only got to watch it for the first time last week. I’m not sure how legal it is to watch TV shows online without paying, but since all episodes of Heroes are available to watch on NBC.com if you live in the United States, I don’t feel too bad about watching them elsewhere ...
...down the line anyway! Heroes is a science fiction series, with the premise being that there are some people in the world who have special abilities that us normal people don’t have. Examples include a Japanese man who can bend space and time, a woman in Texas who can remember everything that she reads, and a man in New York City who can paint the future. The prominent geneticist Dr Suresh has been investigating these people and if there is a way ...

charlsayslol 06.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Heroes - Series 1 Vol. 1 (DVD)

Star Trek, maybe it should have been left alone

Advantages: Okay if you don't think too hard about it
Disadvantages: Plot holes and poor acting

...I really enjoyed the later Star Trek films, and wasn’t sure a prequel was a good idea. Synopsis The story follows James Kirk from the events of his birth and his yearly years, but mainly concentrates on his first voyage on the Starship Enterprise. It also follows the life of Spock and how he was an outcast both on Vulcan and Earth due to his mixed parentage. Spock as we all know also ends up on the Enterprise. Early in the film Kirk is accused ...
...distress call is received from Vulcan and Starfleet respond by sending off the fleet to investigate. Despite the fact Kirk is suspended he sneaks on the Enterprise as it heads off. The ship is being run by all new recruits apart from the captain, so it sets off later than the rest of the fleet as Sulu forgets to engage the dampners and basically tries to fly with the handbrake on. The mistake is a lucky escape as the distress call from Vulcan is ...

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Review of Star Trek

Heroes series1

Advantages: Fast action original series
Disadvantages: none

Heroes hit our screens in a shot of fast action and special effects, telling about a group of normal people who have developed special powers its like a modern day marvel comic in real life.With a very scary villan and most o the normal people hating them this colletion of great charecters battle there way through to prevent the city being blown up. The super powers range from flying to being able to heal themselves and some scenes are very graphic ...
...a much longer indepth plot. Heroes 1 is avalible as a complete box set or 2 different part boxsets,in my opinion this commplete box set is better value for money and is avalible on amazon starting around £21.99 its rated as a 15 and there are some gory scenes ,this boxset is well worth the money and i highly recommend it,its a refreshing new series thats truley compelling to watch. ...

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Review of Heroes - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

I CAN BE YOUR HERO, BABY

Advantages: Another show to second and guess
Disadvantages: Not quite as unmissable as others

...begin with the word 'Lost'. Heroes was billed as the Lost-beater, that would finally kill the show off, and by attracting an average audiance of 14.3 million throughout the run of the entire first season, it accomplished the goal of reaching the heights that no sci-fi drama had since the opening of the show it was in direct competition with. Dizzy heights such as these were only inspired by the use of special effects, mystery, and catchy taglines ...
...this all mean? What makes Heroes any different to all the other superheroes you see on the big screen, rather than weekly on television? There is a gulf of differences. HOW TO STOP AN EXPLODING MAN Originally the show opened on our shores on the Sci-Fi television channel, which lead to record breaking ratings for that channel, but with all the hype around it I could not bring myself to tune in. I began to hear that whilst it was good, it ...

nathaninnit 11.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Heroes - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

The Ultimate Revamp

Advantages: Great insight into the past of the characters and how friendships were forged.
Disadvantages: None

Director: J.J. Abrams Writer: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman Genre: Sci-Fi - Action - Adventure Country: USA Certification: 12+ Language: English DVD Release: TBC MAIN CAST: Chris Pine [James T. Kirk] Zachary Quinto [Spock] Leonard Nimoy [Spock - Prime] Karl Urban [Bones] Zoe Saldana [Uhura] Simon Pegg [Montgomery Scott] John Cho [Sulu] Anton Yelchin [Chekov] Eric Bana [Nero] The year is 2233 - USS Kelvin is sent on a mission to investigate a lightning ...
...storm is, in effect, a black hole, and through this black hole appears a strange vessel that immediately begins firing on them. Knowing that they are outmatched, Captain Robau agrees to the demands of the attacking vessel, and boards the Narada via a shuttlecraft... handing command of the USS Kelvin over to George Kirk with orders to evacuate the ship if he does not make contact within fifteen minutes. Monitoring the captain's life signs, George ...

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