Heroes Phils Bowling

Start:	Dec 1, '07 6:30p
Location:	Paeng's Skybowl, Robinson's Galleria

Our first bowling activity!

We encourage the participants to come in Heroes costume :)

NBC's Heroes Calendar & Helix Necklace

Sharing the awesome goodies I got from my boyfriend's sister.

*Woot*

HEROES Season 2, Episode 8

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=preddy2k8&p=r

"Four Months Ago"

5 parts yan so tiyaga na lang hehe. Better than nothing! :)

Part 1 - 08:59
Part 2 - 09:04
Part 3 - 09:02
Part 4 - 09:01
Part 5 - 05:55

I hate Elle. Sorry to the Elle fans out there. I really don't like her.

Poor DL! :'(

And finally, Peter gets his memory back! :)

Jojo was a man.....

Btw, I've been an avid follower of Heroes from the day the first episode aired on RPN-9...for the second season, I was only able to catch the first episode (sad to say ) but I could find the opportunity to catch up (or maybe skip it if what I've been hearing is correct). 

However, the planned foreshortening of the season should prove beneficial if only for creative recharging.

OT (but not necessarily OT)...finally got hold of a copy of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, the anime adaptation of Hirohiko Araki's Shonen Jump manga.  As the Season 1 pilot posits, Hiro Nakamura is a big fan of that manga series (he even posted in his blog under the name Kujo Jotaro)  

As I am going through the series (currently on the 8th "adventure"), I was struck by the canny similarities between Heroes and Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.   There's the multicultural mix of protagonists (the father-son team of Joseph Joestar and Kujo Jotaro from Japan, Polnareff from France and Abdul from Egypt to name a few), a Sylar-esque figure in the form of Dio Brando, a shadowy organization overseeing the existence of super-powered beings (Speedwagon Foundation=Primatech Paper???), and - yes - the superpowers themselves (hereby named "Stands", one of a number of Stephen King references in JBA).  Some of the specific stands even have Heroes parallels - Hiro's time manipulation ability owes as much to Kujo and Dio, while J. Geil's ability to manifest its stand through mirrors is oh sooo Niki/Jessica.

It also helps that Araki-san must be a big VH1 fan, since the majority of the characters of JBA (particularly the Stand users) have names borrowed from '80s and '90s musical acts (Paula Abdul, REO Speedwagon, Dio, Iggy Pop, Vanilla Ice - there is much more if one gets hold of the manga); by Part 6 of the manga, the Stand users are also named after fashion designers/labels (Guess, Alexander McQueen, Kenzo).  The names of the Stands themselves are derived from the Tarot deck as well as the Egyptian pantheon; by Part 4 of the manga, the Stands get to be named after musicians/bands/albums (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers).  

Just the same, both anime and manga are worth checking out (I first learned about the manga when I used to hang around the old Honya convenience store in Makati - they had a near-complete run of the series, which gave me the opportunity to savor Araki-san's quite OTT visual style).  The characters' over-exaggerated musculature is reminiscent somewhat of Fist of the North Star and Baki the Grappler; Araki's eye for precision is evident in the way he gets to evoke settings like India and Eqypt as well as - in the manga - Regency England and  1930's Italy.

Btw...you could get a copy of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure from cscentrl.com  

HEROES Season 2, Episode 7

http://www.wow-tv.co.uk/1/H/H207.html
"Out of Time"

*edited link*

kamusta naman, nagspread ung virus ng March 20 - birthday ko! :D

Shucks...ang bittersweet nung kay Hiro and the Japanese girl! ^-^

Heroes Philippines activities for November

After the biggest activity of the year that is called “New Worlds 5”, your moderators are planning to have two small activities for the group this month. (Or 1 this month and the other next month.)

One: the Heroes season 2 thon! I think we should do the thon on a monthly basis. I prefer the last weekend (November 24 or 25). Please reply with the date you want the thon to be held so that I can reserve our tambayan (read: Fandom Café).

Two: the mini-EB and Casting Call! We will meet in a place where we can discuss future activities of the group and convince other members to cosplay a character from Heroes just like we did at the con. We will let you decide on what we will do and when we will do it

1. play bowling
2. just have coffee in a café
3. go to star city
4. dine out

Please take note, attend in costume. If you don’t have a costume… just be Sylar’s random victim. Please reply with the date and the activity you want.

So… what do you think, guys! We need to decide on this guys so that we can make the arrangement and the "official" announcement.

'Heroes' Season 2 Finale Coming in December?

Friday, November 02, 2007

In the past few weeks, you may have read something about a possible writers' strike in Hollywood and thought it was some meaningless threat that would have no real impact the TV you love. Oh, how wrong you are.

One day after NBC announced it was doing away with the Heroes: Origins spin-off miniseries, now comes word that, in preparation for the now inevitable strike, the Heroes team is retooling the end of its December 3 episode so that it works not just as the end to the second chapter, titled “Generations,” but also as an end to the second season.
That's right, if the strike moves forward and doesn't end quickly, the second season of Heroes may be over a whole lot faster than you expected. Scheduled to be episode 11, if the December 3 episode does in fact serve as the season finale, it would mean the Heroes year is more than halfway over. This presents several scenarios and should elicit different reactions.

On the one hand, Heroes season 2 has been largely panned by fans, and perhaps a quick conclusion followed by plenty of downtime would allow the writers to reflect on exactly why viewers aren't as excited this time around and adjust accordingly. On the other hand, the Heroes team may have been building to an exciting couple episodes, and that momentum may be broken by a shortened season.

However, Heroes fans needn't be too disturbed by the news. The writers had already mapped out two shortened arcs, or chapters, both to air this season. So in a way, this episode was supposed to be the end of a chapter anyway, so there will be some closure. Unfortunately, it's rather clear that “Generations” was about the Group of 12, the series of eight paintings and the impending battle with the Nightmare Man, while it's likely that chapter 3 would deal with the Big Bad Biohazard Peter sees in the future. Setting that date of June 14, 2008 may have been a bit premature if the writers' strike sticks and that story isn't actually told until next fall.

I will choose to be an optimist. Heck, look at Lost. It's been away for so long, and yet the ABC drama is proving the old adage that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Maybe, with a nine month wait until season 3, the same thing will happen with Heroes. All we'll need to get us through that time is a huge, game-changing cliffhanger a la the flash forwards.


-John Kubicek, BuddyTV Senior Writer
Source: TV Guide

Reach Out Otaku's Second Habitat for Humanity Activity for 2007

Start:	Nov 10, '07 07:30a
End:	Nov 10, '07 5:00p
Location:	Rotaryville Family Townhomes, FTI, Taguig (meeting place at 7-11 behind ABC Mall, Guadalupe, Makati City)

If you guys are interested to be heroes for a day lang...

http://ligayadiwata.multiply.com/calendar/item/10009/Reach_Out_Otakus_Second_Habitat_for_Humanity_Activity_for_2007

v^_^v

Heroes' second season to END in December!

Heroes' second season may be coming to a close a lot sooner than expected due to the forthcoming apocalypse, also known in some circles as the damn writers' strike.

Sources confirm that the show is going back and shooting an alternate ending to the Dec. 3 episode that, if used, would allow the episode to function as a season finale in the event of a strike. Originally, the episode was only supposed to serve as the conclusion of the current "Generations" arc. Should an 11th-hour agreement be reached and a strike averted (fingers crossed!), the alt ending would likely be scrapped.

In related news, the reality of this whole thing is only now hitting me. And I'm not happy.


Source: TVGuide.com

HEROES Season 2, Episode 6

http://www.wow-tv.co.uk/1/H/H206.html
"The Line"

Die, Kenzei, die! >.< Poor Hiro! :(

Sad news for Heroes: Origins

I got this news via Heroes TV LJ community:

False start for NBC's 'Heroes: Origins'
by Andrew Wallenstein

Nov 1, 2007
Fears of a writers strike may have already contributed to a decision NBC made Wednesday to pull the highly anticipated spinoff miniseries of its hit "Heroes" from a midseason launch.

NBC declined comment, but "Heroes: Origins" is not going to get its six-episode run, which was expected to start as early as late April. While the network hasn't officially canceled the spinoff, producers of the series have been given no indication of when it might get a spot on the schedule.

Read more of this news from The Hollywood Reporter.