TOP 12 REASONS I HEART ‘HEROES’
Here are the Top 12 Reasons I Heart Heroes, in no particular order:
1. The catchphrases. “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World” and “Are You On the List?” are not cheesy to me; then again, I am a network executive’s dream demographic and am sucked in by that kind of promotion.
2. The ‘wow’ moments. This inaugural season reminds me of Lost’s freshman year.
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4. Peter Petrelli’s hair. It has never distracted me, unlike most devotees.
5. Claire’s indestructibility. Last week when she emerged from her house as a veritable charcoal briquette and then morphed back into Cheerleader Claire before our very eyes, my jaw was on the floor.
6. Sylar and those eyebrows. Creepy good. An awesome TeleVillain.
7. Greg Grunberg (a.k.a. Matt Parkman). From Felicity to Alias to this. The man is golden, and I will continue to follow his yellow brick road of a career.
8. Beaming Beeman, the official Blog of Director/Producer Greg Beeman.
9. Jack Coleman (a.k.a. Mr. Bennet/HRG). When I was younger I used to watch him as the very blonde Steven Carrington on Dynasty…which ended 19 years ago. What a triumphant, welcome return to the small screen.
10. The mythology and the mystery. This show is as strong as The X-Files and Lost when it comes to those two categories; each episode is ripe for conspiracy theories and rampant speculation. There are clues, answers and Easter Eggs throughout. I love it.
11. Suresh. He’s pretty, he’s smart, and he’s a scientist. Ergo, I like him.
12. The symbol. Much like the Dharma logo that appears in almost every episode of Lost, the Heroes symbol (which is one half of a double DNA helix) shows up on Isaac’s paintings, on Jessica’s back, on Hiro’s sword, on The Haitian’s necklace, etc.
FYI: Did you know that Radioactive Man Ted Sprague (Matthew John Armstrong) is married to Mrs. Bennet (Ashley Crow) in real life?! And, both actors also appeared on the now defunct series American Dreams…as did
