Heroes on NBC : Zzzzzzz

Heroes on NBC has to be the most well thought out marketing plan by NBC. People love X-Men and comic book characters in general, why not make a TV show about them as everyday people? And it looks like it has worked. When the show first came out, Heroes is all people would talk about (when it came to discussing TV shows). The premise of the show is a great idea, but I feel like the episodes I've seen so far could have been summed up in a 2 hour movie.

Unfortunately, it's one of those shows that moves sooo slowly, that I'd rather just hear about it from other people instead of investing a hour each week by watching it myself. And I think others feel the same way. And most of the characters are so corrupt and unethical that I wonder if parents let their kids watch these "superheroes."

A guy who can fly cheats on his crippled wife. A mom / wife with a split personality is an internet stripper, while the other personality frames people for murder. The asian guy who can travel through time decides to cheat at a casino. A dad erases people's memory. A mind-controlling female steals a car and gets out of speeding tickets. One guy chops off heads and eats brains? I think? And the strangest to me... one guy can only tell the future when he's got heroin in his system.

The only characters I really find interesting are the mind-reading cop and the waitress at the restaurant (who, by the way, stars in "Epic Movie"). Peter Petrelli and the cheerleader aren't necessarily unethical either, but their storylines are slow moving and a little boring as a result.

My main fear is that the show will become like Lost on ABC, and I just won't care at all anymore. I just read on NBC that another "hero" will be introduced on the latest episode. I'll probably hear about the character from my friend Jay, but I can't imagine what that character could possibly do that hasn't been covered yet.... I'll take a stab at it and say the new hero has an impenetrable layer to his skin that makes him virtually invincible so he can attack Syler or whoever it is that chops off heads.

Speaking of Jay, I remember when this show first started. We thought the first two episodes were great. But after that, I would get text messages from him during the show that said, "Worst episode ever." Or "This episode is pointless." Or "Another pointless episode."

So, although NBC execs aren't going to be reading any of this, and are going to milk this show for all they can... I hope there's an end in sight and they don't drag it on for 1 season too long.