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Title:
Heroes: Season 1
Region:
A
Media:
Blu-ray Disc
Genre:
Sci-Fi Comic Book/Graphic Novel Action Drama
Episodes Disc One) “Genesis”, “Don’t
Look Back”, “One Giant Leap”
Episodes Disc Two) “Collision”, “Hiros”,
“Better Halves”, “Nothing To Hide”, “Seven Minutes To Midnight”
Episodes Disc Three) “Homecoming”, “Six
Months Ago”, “Fallout”, “Godsend”, “The Fix”
Episodes Disc Four) “Distractions”
“Run!”, “Unexpected”, “Company Man”, “Parasite”
Episodes Disc Five) “.07%”, “Five Years
Alone”, “The Hard Part”, “Landslide”, “How To Stop An Exploding
Man”
Stars:
Sendal Ramamurthy, Santiago Cabrera, Adrian Pasdar, Greg Grunberg, Masi Oka,
Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, Ali Larter, Noah Gray-Cabey, Leonard
Roberts, Tawny Cypress, Jack Coleman, James Kyson Lee, Zachary Quinto, Ashley
Crow, Cristine Rose, and Jimmy Jean-Louis
Guest
Stars: Eric Roberts, Richard Roundtree, Clea Duval, Stan Lee, Malcolm McDowall,
George Takei, and Christopher Eccleston
Created
By: Tim Kring
Feature
length: 16 Hours and 48 Minutes
Blu-ray
Disc Exclusive Extras: (U) Control Interactive Bonus Features That Include
Character Connections, Picture In Picture Video Commentary, Artwork
Presentation, BD Live Ready
Additional
Extra Features: 73-Minute Unaired Premiere Episode With Optional Audio
Commentary By Series Creator Tim Kring, 50 Deleted Scenes, The Making Of Heroes
Featurette, The Special Effects Featurette, The Stunts Featurette, Profile Of
Artist Tim Sale Featurette, The Score Featurette
Languages:
English DTS Digital 5.1 HD High
Definition Master Audio Theatrical Surround Sound
Subtitles:
English Subtitles For The Deaf And Hearing Impaired And French And Spanish
Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Five-Disc Digipack Gatefold Within A Cardboard Slipcase
Sound:
English DTS Digital 5.1 HD High
Definition Master Audio Theatrical Surround Sound
Year
of Blu-ray Disc Release: 2008
Home
Video Distributor: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
Heroes
received a lot of good press in the 2006 – 2007 television season and had
frequent second airings on SCI FI Channel, which is a part of the NBC Universal
family of television networks. Heroes owes a debt to Stan Lee and Marvel
Comics’ X-Men series, but the show from the very beginning honors the
graphic novel/comic book roots and manages to stay clear of the clichés one
expects to discover in shows of this type. Heroes is also completely
different from other superhero TV series that have lasted longer than one season
this decade on American television. It has a larger scope that is epic in nature
and since it is not based on any pre-existing comic book characters or series
like Smallville and Mutant X, Series Creator Tim Kring and the
Writers and Producers behind the show can introduce truly interesting storyline
twists to their TV season story arcs that are not bound by any pre-conceived or
ordained rules established elsewhere. They are creating their world one episode
at a time and the fact that Stan Lee actually makes a cameo in the series to me
says that Kring and company are moving in the right direction. Heroes was
the best new television show of the 2006 – 2007 television season I never
watched until it came on home video.
Each
episode of the 23 installments spread out across the five Blu-ray Discs and
features the (U) Control interactivity. Depending upon the episode, viewers can
get interactive access without interrupting the program to character
connections, a guide to the mysterious Helix symbol that appears throughout the
show, stunning artwork presentations of Tim Sale’s work that is as much a
character in the series as any of the shows recurring or regular cast members.
There are also exclusive picture-in-picture cast and crew video commentaries to
eight episodes that even include guest stars like George Takei, whose
performance on the show is so different from anything I have seen him in before
that I am at the same time upset that Star Trek to some extent typecast
him as “Sulu” and yet I am thankful that at least this series has given me
the opportunity to appreciate Mr. Takei’s acting ability beyond what I already
knew from some of his pre-Star Trek work in feature films like Hell To
Eternity. Other noteworthy guest stars to appear in the first season of Heroes
include Eric Roberts, Richard Roundtree, Clea Duval, Malcolm McDowall, and
Christopher Eccleston. The Blu-ray Disc set is also BD Live Ready for those with
a BD player that is compliant with the requirements of BD interactivity that
include an Ethernet port. A booklet containing easy set up instructions for
using interactive features is included within the BD set. Additional
non-exclusive features found within the set include the never aired 73-minute
premiere episode with audio commentary by Tim Kring. Personally I prefer the 23
series episodes that did air on NBC and with the vast amount of characters in
the series, it is easier to follow what is going on when the storylines for the
various characters are divided up. There is also fifty deleted scenes spread out
across the five discs as well as featurettes that cover the making of the
series, the special effects, stunts, musical score and a profile of Artist Time
Sale.
All
of the 23 series episodes as well as the unaired 73-minute premiere episode are
presented beautifully in high definition resolution up to 1080p where available
and feature English DTS Digital
5.1 HD High Definition Master Audio Theatrical Surround Sound
and English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired as well as French and
Spanish Language Subtitles encoded as options. The seamless interactive menus
work flawlessly and are easy to navigate.
Heroes:
Season 1 is available now at
retailers on and offline courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2008 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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