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Us Magazine Reviews Monday’s First HEROES OF 2009!!

I am – Hercules!!


Us Magazine has a short look at the first episode of “Heroes’” “Fugitives” arc, written before NBC ordered the firings of senior writers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander.

An excerpt:

… what’s clear is that the show’s complex plots have been severely dumbed down — leading to corny dialogue (sample: “We have to stop them!”) and oh-brother twists that will make viewers yearn for Heroes’ glory days. That said, an intriguing story line involving brain-sucking Sylar (Zachary Quinto)’s quest to find his dad and the Petrelli brothers’ tense dynamic are worthy reasons to hang in there. For now.

The episode airing Monday is 3.14. Star first-season writer Bryan Fuller (“Company Man”) rejoined the show with episode 3.19. There are 25 hours in all this season.

Read all of Us’ review here.




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Yep, that confirms it...
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 29th, 2009
12:14:36 AM
Gonna gstick with it.
by Virtual Satyr
Jan 29th, 2009
12:14:57 AM
"Heroes glory days"
by MattmanReturns
Jan 29th, 2009
12:15:11 AM
Sigh
by Mortegro
Jan 29th, 2009
12:20:47 AM
"glory days"
by Coenbro
Jan 29th, 2009
12:21:18 AM
Gsticking with it too.
by gotilk
Jan 29th, 2009
12:21:42 AM
I'm done.
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 29th, 2009
12:28:34 AM
So is gsticking a word now?
by T-RACE
Jan 29th, 2009
12:29:46 AM
Gsticking?
by L.H.Puttgrass
Jan 29th, 2009
12:45:09 AM
I Plan On Gsticking With It.
by rikazodrac
Jan 29th, 2009
12:53:29 AM
Sylar is still the villain??
by Boomers_Lips
Jan 29th, 2009
01:42:05 AM
BSG's Mark Verheiden wrote the Feb. 9th episode!!!
by Boomers_Lips
Jan 29th, 2009
01:45:21 AM
is this the US mag. that has MTV...
by Boomers_Lips
Jan 29th, 2009
01:55:20 AM
This show is still on?
by Xiphos_2
Jan 29th, 2009
01:58:18 AM
hold on they've dumbed DOWN the plots?
by Xiphos_2
Jan 29th, 2009
02:02:29 AM
I'm a huge heroes fan...
by OfficerJunior
Jan 29th, 2009
02:38:19 AM
This shit show still gets a talkback but no CHUCK???
by Razorback
Jan 29th, 2009
02:54:50 AM
How can you possibly dumb it DOWN any further?
by V'Shael
Jan 29th, 2009
03:03:11 AM
Heroes = Cabbages With Superpowers
by Kubla_Khan
Jan 29th, 2009
03:43:37 AM
If a rag that's suitable only for
by The McPoyle Clan
Jan 29th, 2009
04:47:36 AM
deleted past epsiodes
by Mr_X
Jan 29th, 2009
05:18:40 AM
Seriously, AICN... CHUCK is more geek relevant than Heroes
by Razorback
Jan 29th, 2009
06:37:59 AM
Suggestion to Fuller.
by cookylamoo
Jan 29th, 2009
07:10:08 AM
Chuck has never out-NIelsened Heroes...
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
07:26:25 AM
Everyone has their threshold, their breaking point
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
07:29:28 AM
I Wanna Stick With This Burning, Out of Control Car
by Aquatarkusman
Jan 29th, 2009
07:44:47 AM
Yep bring on the Chuck talkback
by ThrowMeTheIdol
Jan 29th, 2009
07:48:44 AM
Mahachinda hachinda!
by MrSentinel
Jan 29th, 2009
07:54:53 AM
Me=Gsticking also.
by Bob Cryptonight
Jan 29th, 2009
08:07:47 AM
Knight Rider
by Philvis
Jan 29th, 2009
08:23:34 AM
Chuck and Medium
by Himbo
Jan 29th, 2009
08:29:58 AM
Chuck should get a TB just for the recent Die Hard reference.
by HoboCode
Jan 29th, 2009
08:48:16 AM
Heroes has sucked
by kwisatzhaderach
Jan 29th, 2009
08:53:18 AM
TRANSLATION: "Come back for episode 3.19"
by SpyGuy
Jan 29th, 2009
08:59:04 AM
25 episodes? Wow...
by turketron
Jan 29th, 2009
09:13:09 AM
Two word review:
by Eats_sandwich_gets_laid.
Jan 29th, 2009
09:24:15 AM
I'll keep watching but it isn't a priority
by zerogundamx
Jan 29th, 2009
09:37:13 AM
24 for me, too. Also, Hayden Panettiere and/or Ali Larter
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
09:37:32 AM
Yeah, I reckon it's Hayden (and Fuller)
by chrth
Jan 29th, 2009
09:57:21 AM
FWIW, E!Online.com visitors voted Elle's death the absolute
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
10:20:02 AM
"… what’s clear is that the show’s complex plots
by Big Jim
Jan 29th, 2009
10:40:35 AM
If NBC decided to send Heroes folks to NY Comic Con
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
11:07:44 AM
Heroes "jumped the shark" ...
by TheCap
Jan 29th, 2009
11:12:42 AM
HEROES makes me feel sad
by Mullah Omar
Jan 29th, 2009
11:17:26 AM
No CHUCK talkback is NOT random
by Razorback
Jan 29th, 2009
12:13:10 PM
This shit is still on the air?
by tristeele
Jan 29th, 2009
12:35:00 PM
IF IF IF there is a Season 4....
by chromedome
Jan 29th, 2009
12:42:18 PM
Chuck: EXCELLENCE! Found their Groove and Movin In It
by chromedome
Jan 29th, 2009
12:46:16 PM
Where are my HOUSE and LIFE ON MARS talkbacks?
by SpyGuy
Jan 29th, 2009
12:46:57 PM
Being a Heroes fan in 2009 is like being gay in 1949
by IAmMrMonkey!
Jan 29th, 2009
12:52:28 PM
I'm glad to see all the CHUCK love
by chewyou812
Jan 29th, 2009
01:01:17 PM
Has Heroes ever had to go up against 24?
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 29th, 2009
01:07:49 PM
Mr. Monkey
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 29th, 2009
01:12:25 PM
TheMarineBiologist
by Whatcokes982
Jan 29th, 2009
01:19:10 PM
Hang it up. It's over.
by jimmy_009
Jan 29th, 2009
01:35:53 PM
Let me know how it all comes out.
by cookylamoo
Jan 29th, 2009
01:45:45 PM
I laugh at the days Heroes fans used to come in Lost talkbacls a
by exie
Jan 29th, 2009
01:57:11 PM
Heroes Lost the battle
by Wrecks
Jan 29th, 2009
02:10:56 PM
Whatcokes
by TheMarineBiologist
Jan 29th, 2009
02:27:11 PM
Glad to see the love for CHUCK
by 18to88
Jan 29th, 2009
02:35:53 PM
Chuck isn't to bad
by Xiphos_2
Jan 29th, 2009
02:45:59 PM
I get all my entertainment reviews from US magazine!!
by skimn
Jan 29th, 2009
03:46:56 PM
Chuck co-stars Adam Baldwin
by skimn
Jan 29th, 2009
03:58:01 PM
Heroes = Lost light
by billypilgrimisunstuck
Jan 29th, 2009
04:55:41 PM
Skimm
by Xiphos_2
Jan 29th, 2009
05:27:33 PM
How does DUMB plotting get "dumbed down"?
by Drath
Jan 29th, 2009
05:36:13 PM
I got through about 4 episodes of Season 3...
by Bob Loblaw Law Blog
Jan 29th, 2009
05:47:28 PM
speaking as someone who hated on HEROES without having seen it..
by oceanic86
Jan 29th, 2009
06:06:41 PM
oceanic86
by Bob Loblaw Law Blog
Jan 29th, 2009
06:39:41 PM
K-Bell will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Friday...
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
07:32:39 PM
Chuck...
by Toonol
Jan 29th, 2009
07:33:50 PM
Fuck this shit. Give us a show about crimefighting farmers.
by Uncle Stan
Jan 29th, 2009
07:45:53 PM
would love to see a post-Watchmen based show
by br1947
Jan 29th, 2009
07:59:19 PM
Chuck
by veritasses
Jan 29th, 2009
08:33:49 PM
US MAGAZINE???
by alice 13
Jan 29th, 2009
08:37:07 PM
i just made that up
by alice 13
Jan 29th, 2009
08:40:41 PM
br1947
by Philo
Jan 29th, 2009
08:42:36 PM
Yeah, is there anyone who still doubts Lost is superior?
by JerseyJedi08
Jan 29th, 2009
08:44:20 PM
unfortunately true
by br1947
Jan 29th, 2009
08:49:55 PM
heroes/supernatural
by wixmmm
Jan 29th, 2009
08:57:08 PM

by wixmmm
Jan 29th, 2009
09:00:16 PM
Look at BSG; last week's episode to me was more
by Pennsy
Jan 29th, 2009
09:32:26 PM
herc/smallville/supernatural
by wixmmm
Jan 29th, 2009
10:03:18 PM
Smallville Blows hard
by Lane_myers111
Jan 29th, 2009
11:05:16 PM
US Magazine calling out a show for "dumbing-down"
by Mullah Omar
Jan 30th, 2009
12:19:55 AM
Where the Doctor
by smeagol2
Jan 30th, 2009
12:27:13 AM
The only thing superior to lost is more lost
by Stormwatcher
Jan 30th, 2009
12:53:40 AM
necgray
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
01:56:04 AM
Heroes/Smallville
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
02:03:34 AM
Fuller can save this show..
by billypilgrimisunstuck
Jan 30th, 2009
02:32:30 AM
Is this still on?
by Bumpasses Dawg
Jan 30th, 2009
03:40:39 AM
I Like Smallville
by Bumpasses Dawg
Jan 30th, 2009
03:46:38 AM
Heroes never was complex.
by MrFloppy
Jan 30th, 2009
05:03:22 AM
IGN: "Not entirely terrible."
by Pennsy
Jan 30th, 2009
05:53:53 AM
Hayden looks like a Hot Midget Woman
by Nivek666
Jan 30th, 2009
05:53:57 AM
I just got bored watching Sylar kill people.
by Smerdyakov
Jan 30th, 2009
07:47:10 AM
dead in the water
by fivezero
Jan 30th, 2009
08:26:03 AM
Bumpasses Dawg.
by Big Jim
Jan 30th, 2009
10:23:50 AM
Bumpasses Dawg. "Save the cheerleader, save the world"
by Big Jim
Jan 30th, 2009
10:26:31 AM
The ONLY way to save Heroes...
by Orbots Commander
Jan 30th, 2009
10:56:02 AM
Ugghh
by Audio_of_Being
Jan 30th, 2009
11:10:27 AM
LOL!!
by Audio_of_Being
Jan 30th, 2009
11:14:00 AM
Very simply
by The McPoyle Clan
Jan 30th, 2009
12:01:25 PM
Gift for Pennsy
by chromedome
Jan 30th, 2009
12:59:58 PM
Saw those, Chromedome, And the outtakes...
by Pennsy
Jan 30th, 2009
01:36:38 PM
Outtakes? Linkify!!
by chromedome
Jan 30th, 2009
01:41:20 PM
Your wish, Chromedome...
by Pennsy
Jan 30th, 2009
02:27:45 PM
lane_myers111
by wixmmm
Jan 30th, 2009
04:10:55 PM
ooooh, NICE! Thanks, Pennsy
by chromedome
Jan 30th, 2009
05:19:26 PM
Has this show even been renewed ?
by Itchy
Jan 30th, 2009
08:53:56 PM
wixmmm
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
09:57:20 PM

by wixmmm
Jan 30th, 2009
10:58:22 PM

by wixmmm
Jan 30th, 2009
11:13:45 PM
ok, the honest to god truth
by wixmmm
Jan 30th, 2009
11:25:49 PM
wixmmm
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
11:44:42 PM
Bad spelling
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
11:46:57 PM
wixmmm
by Lane_myers111
Jan 30th, 2009
11:52:08 PM

by wixmmm
Jan 30th, 2009
11:59:03 PM

by wixmmm
Jan 31st, 2009
12:07:56 AM
wixmmm
by Lane_myers111
Jan 31st, 2009
12:41:16 AM

by wixmmm
Jan 31st, 2009
12:54:57 AM
how many times
by imascooby1985
Jan 31st, 2009
01:53:40 PM
Man, we must all really hate HEROES...
by Bob Loblaw Law Blog
Feb 1st, 2009
04:22:12 AM
Gsticking on Monday
by Napoleon Park
Feb 2nd, 2009
09:53:56 AM
do the Real D glasses work?
by turketron
Feb 2nd, 2009
01:23:56 PM
Re: 3D glasses
by STLost
Feb 2nd, 2009
02:55:47 PM

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