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Heroes - Seasons 1-2 - Complete [DVD] [2006]
enlarge	Directors: Adam Kane, Greg Beeman, Donna Deitch Actors: Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Malcolm McDowell, Masi Oka, Ali Larter Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£69.99~~ Buy New: £31.99 as of 24/11/2009 18:32 GMT details You Save: £38.00 (54%) New (14) Used (4) from £19.00 Seller: alfredo577 Rating: 28 reviews Sales Rank: 3845 Format: Box set, PAL Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 11 Running Time: 1434 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4 Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.9 MPN: 8256708-11 EAN: 5050582567083 ASIN: B0019T7PJ0 Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Release Date: July 28, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Product Description Hayden Panettiere, Greg Grunberg, Malcolm McDowell, Masi Oka, Ali LarterDirectors: Adam Kane, Greg Beeman, Donna Deitch Amazon.co.uk Review bSeason 1/bp Arguably the most talked-about television show of the 2006-2007 season, the Emmy-nominated fantasy iHeroes/i gives viewers blends comic book-style adventure with plotting and characters as rich and layered as any graphic novel or drama series. Creator Tim Kring's premise is deceptively simple - ordinary individuals in locations around the globe discover that they have, for lack of a better term, super powers, and wrestle with this reality while facing challenges both global (the destruction of New York City, for one) and personal (indestructible cheerleader Hayden Panettiere has family issues - serious ones, as the true identity of her adoptive father reveals; Milo Ventimiglia's Peter Petrelli, who absorbs other powers, must overcome his own insecurities). Add to this mix a terrific villain - Zachary Quinto's Sylar, who hunts and kills people with extraordinary powers like our heroes - and viewers have a riveting series that exhibits an almost-perfect balance of cliffhanger thrills (the action and special effects are truly impressive for a network program) and genuine drama that sets the show apart from most speculative fiction (save, perhaps, the revived iBattlestar Galactica/i, which it compares too favourably). --iPaul Gaita/ip bSeason 2/bp Truncated to a slim 11 episodes as a result of the writers' strike that was ongoing in America during its production, iHeroes'/i second season nonetheless packs enough in to keep the momentum rolling on one of the most exciting Stateside shows of the moment. iHeroes/i is, at heart, the comic book tale of a varied group of people, each with special powers that they struggle to come to terms with. With such powers, of course, come troubling foes and situations to face, and that proves to be the case here. So this time, we pick up four months after the events of the first series, and there's the small matter of the Shanti virus to contend with. This provides the main thrust for the series' story arc, and allows room for several interesting sub-plots to develop too. Yet while, in the world of iHeroes/i, you suspect that this second series will never rank with the best, there's easily enough here to justify the asking price, and the show emerges easily with its reputation intact. Even when it's not at the top of its game, iHeroes/i is exciting, interesting and polished entertainment. --iJon Foster/i

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next » Fanastic Series February 27, 2009 Sean Bell (UK) 6 out of 6 found this review helpful I never really got on the Heroes bandwagon when it started purely because I watched an episode half way through the first series, big mistake as it was quite confusing. I thought I would have learnt this lesson form previous experiences: 24, Farscape and Sopranos, all of which I watched so far into the series and was put off. br / br /Anyway like the other series I purchased the first seasons on DVD and watched them from the start and much like 24, Farscape and Sopranos; Heroes belongs right up there. It is a very gripping series with great characters, the inter-relations between characters has been well planned and thought through and subtlety delivered. br / br /I heard people say it was a 'poor mans'' X-Men. I'm sorry but they are idiots. This is much deeper than that and to a degree less tounge in cheek. The US continues to deliver high class tv that the BBC could learn from. br / br /I fully recommend this to anyone who has not thought about watching this and to others umming and arghhing get the money spent and enjoy a world class tv series. Heroes - Saving the Cheerleader, Saving the World October 19, 2008 Martin (Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK) 12 out of 16 found this review helpful I admit first hearing about this i remember thinking that it was an X-Men Rip-off. br / br /I'm So Glad that i finally realised that this isn't anything like X-Men. br /First off - No Silly Easily Noticable Costumes (with a huge H or the Helix Sign splattered on them) so they are ordinary people with extraordinary gifts. br /Also Quite Possibly it has a Villain scarier than Darth Vader: Sylar. br /the Villain remains as a thorn in the Heroes' Side throughout the First and Second Seasons and then takes his place as the lead Villian in Season 3. br / br /I Must Say in closing that put these story's down into several 2-3 Hour Movies and these will be better than the three X-Men Films put together. br / br /I'd Reccomend this for anyone who is a fan of Superhero Comics as well as those who are into stuff like The O.C, and One Tree Hill as there are a lot ofthings that spread out from Real Life and into the show: Teen Angst, Losing a Loved One, And finding out your Hero Can be less than you imagined. br / br /If there is one superhero themed TV Show to watch.... This is It! Brill March 20, 2009 C. Tinkler (Leicester, UK) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful I missed the start of series 1 when it was aired on tv, this has given me the chance to catch up! Love it! Is Great value for money and have spent many hours watching from start to finish! Can't wait for Series 3 to arrive Incredibly Addictive Series July 4, 2009 Dismal Angel (Scotland) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This is such a hard series to watch that in the sense, you start and it becomes very difficult to NOT want to watch the whole season in one go. br / br /This box set was at SUCH a reasonable price compared to high street pricing and came with the two first seasons. The first season was incredibly addictive as we follow a group of normal individuals who suddenly find themselves discovering they have amazing powers just like comic book heroes. br / br /Mohinder Suresh, a brilliant scientist, discovers that his late-father's research points towards a new breed of individuals in the world who possess a certain string of genes that give them special abilities was actually more than just a wild unproven theory. When he finds himself being tracked by a mysterious man in horned-rimmed glasses, he realises that there may be something more to his fathers crazy ramblings. br / br /Claire, a stereotypical blonde cheerleader, finds herself feeling like an outsider after discovering she can heal up through any injury no matter how severe, while Hiro, a Japanese Trekkie who works for a large corporation is only too happy to discover he has the power to affect and change time. Isaac, a talented but heroin addicted comic-book artist, begins to realise he can paint what seems to be a horrible impending future, while the hospice nurse caring for his girlfriend's father, Peter, begins to believe that his dreams of flying are prophetic and that he actually may be able to fly, much to his brother Nathan's distress as Peter's insane claims come as he's trying to run for Mayor. br / br /Niki, a devoted single mother struggles to make ends meet and protect her son from Gangsters she owes money to when she makes a horrifying realization that the black outs she's experiencing are the result of a split personality called Jessica who is a murderous calculating schemer. A dis-enchanted beat cop named Matt discovers he suddenly can read minds, leading him to working with the FBI to help track a maniacal serial killer by the name of Sylar. br / br /Incidentally, it seems that the mysterious Sylar is after the "heroes", although for what, they're not exactly sure. As time goes by, they will begin to come together as Isaac paints their future for them. br / br /The first season was explosively amazing, however, by the second season (and you can feel that this is mainly because of the writers strike that occurred around the time the series was being worked on), that things were being pushed along too quickly. The first season has over twenty hour long episodes while the second season boasts around ten-to-twelve forty-odd minute ones. br / br /But it's worth going for this JUST for season one, and you will be hooked much on the series just as I was. It's gory, it's funny, it's action packed, it's inventive, and well thought out. heroes ---buffy for the next generation April 11, 2009 K. Cartwright (pontefract ,uk) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I love heroes, well mainly i love american shows, aimed at a target group.Could be aimed at me 25-35yrs or to people much younger. But i do feel that its sits in the same category as buffy the vampire and angel smallville, bit of action and make believe, they have spent some time creating a background for the main characters so that the story can keep reverting to future and past tense. Would recommend the box set to anyone who's watched angel, buffy, reaper, worth the purchase price to see hayden in her cheerleader uniform :-) Showing reviews 1-5 of 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »

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