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Leave it up to Heroes to bring Ziggy and me together.

[Stu]

Nov 2, 2009 12:48:52 GMT -5 OpTard said:

stu, i have no concrete info to base this on, maybe it's the pacing, but i feel like they're not going to be doing 2 volumes this season, in which case the season would in fact NOT be half over. i think they're trying to recapture season 1 in every way they can. not saying their succeeding (though i am really enjoying this season, and while it seems to be a lowlight for everyone else, the parkman/sylar stuff is my favorite part), but one major, and easy to accomplish, step to do that would be going back to the full season volume.

No, the season is literally half over, because it's only 13 episodes long(the amount NBC ordered), and we're 6 episodes in.
Edit: Or maybe not. I read the 13-episodes thing in a magazine, but what I'm finding only contradicts that.

[OpTard]

i never heard they only ordered a half season, but you seem to be saying you're finding now that maybe they didn't. so who knows.

[DevSop]

Most new shows only get a 13 episode order. If they're successful, they get an order for the back 9. Some questionably returning shows also get that. Chuck had it, but it's already gotten a back 6 order and will be doing at least 19 episodes. I hadn't heard Heroes was getting a short order though. Because as bad as it has been, both creatively and ratings-wise, it's still one of NBC's best shows.

[Stu]

The stuff I'm finding says it's been renewed for 18-20 episodes, but that was from months ago, so it would be a weird error for the very recent magazine I read to make. Anyway, watched the new episode. No, Hiro! Don't do it!

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Thought it was another great ep of Heroes. Then again, I'm always a sucker for time travel stories.

The only part that's bugging me is WHY the carnival has a "need" for these people. I'm hoping we get to that sooner rather than later. (Yes, we found out Hiro's "use" to Samuel, but I'm talking about the clan as a whole.)

And I'm probably in the extreme minority here, but I'm not dreading Mohinder's return.

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Consider me very very impressed with the first ep of V from last week. That show is right up my alley, and I love the casting.

[OpTard]

i love that steve the pirate is in it, but let's face it, he's a terrible actor. at least for a dramatic role.

[The Canadian Content]

Nov 9, 2009 14:10:18 GMT -5 OpTard said:

i love that steve the pirate is in it, but let's face it, he's a terrible actor. at least for a dramatic role.

Is he going to be recurring? He looked pretty dead to me.

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Yeah, I thought the same things. And I kept thinking of him AS Steve The Pirate and the guy from A Knight's Tale ("It's called a lance!"). So that was slightly awkward.

And I don't think he's a BAD actor. I think he's a very BAD FBI agent, though. I think they said the visitors were using human skin as a cover, though (like we saw), so he could come back with a different host inside. Subversive alien terrorist? That's a role I can see him in.

[OpTard]

well they had in in the preview after the show, so it looks like they're not done with steve the pirate. and yes, i would say he's a BAD actor.

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He's better than Ashlee Simpson.

[DevSop]

He was perfect as Wash in Firefly. And he made a damn good Alpha in Dollhouse.

[OpTard]

don't know where ashlee simpson is relevant to the conversation. was there a chance of ashlee simpson getting the part of juliette's male partner?

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And I had zero problems with him in A Knight's Tale. Could be because that's one of my guilty pleasure movies, though.

[OpTard]

you also like dancing with the stars. a lot. your opinion is forever tainted.

[creepy]

Don't forget the whole "Godfather sucks" thing.

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Nov 9, 2009 15:25:30 GMT -5 OpTard said:

don't know where ashlee simpson is relevant to the conversation. was there a chance of ashlee simpson getting the part of juliette's male partner?

Ah, sorry. Thought the "news" had made it around already.

She was going to be a recurring character on the new Melrose Place, but her acting was so fucking shitty on the first scene of shooting that she got the boot immediately.

Yes, I still enjoy DWTS. I do watch the new 90210 and enjoy it. I'm looking forward to enjoying the new Twilight movie.I also enjoy watching HGTV once in awhile.

And yes, The Godfather still sucks.

[OpTard]

having caught up, i thought the last 2 episodes of heroes were both very good.

[Lucky]

Gator watches Dancing With the Stars, 90210, and Melrose Place? He hasn't gotten the Dev/BC/SG label yet or did I miss the memo?

An internet conversation where Alan Tudyck is references as Steve the Pirate and some 3rd string character from Knight's Tale before a Whedon show is named? Wow. That was unexpected.

I have nothing worthwhile to add. V is collecting dust on my DVR and I'm not even tempted to give Heroes a 4th or 5th chance.

[Sportsguy]

not to mention also watching Twilight, HGTV and thinking the Godfather sucks.

[BTR]

I can't believe the V's have otherworldly powered spinning death sentry drones with cameras worse than my cell phone.

[ALL CAPS]

Ziggy saying that Heroes is good and that Alan Tudyk is bad solidifies my theory that he is from the Bizarro World. And that he is gay and dumb, but those are really just data points in the overall theory.

[OpTard]

sorry, brad. i know you're a big firefly fan but steve the pirate is simply not a good actor. at least not in a dramatic role.

as steve the pirate? great. as the TV exec in knocked up? perfect. as an FBI agent alien guy? sorry, almost laughable.

[Stu]

What about in 3:10 To Yuma (assuming you've seen that)?