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Amazon.com Exclusive: Heroes Franchise Collection (Season 1 | Season 2) | 
 enlarge | Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $99.96
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 345
Format: Ntsc
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 2.5
UPC: 025192005794
EAN: 0025192005794
ASIN: B001HL06CS
Release Date: November 4, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Kept me imterested January 6, 2009
My family and I had not watched the series on TV so we enjoyed the ad free
run on of each episode. We couldn't wait till the next one. Although we found the plot a little confusing at times, we can't wait till next season.
 My 16 year old daughter loved it! January 6, 2009
I have been a Heroes fan since the series premiere. My daughter was too busy with teenage stuff at that time to begin watching the series. Now that her life is more in check she began watching the series this season. She was enjoying the show but was seriously lacking all the background info on the characters (like what a true monster Sylar began as). I gave her Seasons 1 and 2 for Christmas and she was able to watch them during Christmas break. Season 2 was a breeze since it was ridiculously short due to the writers strike. She is now so much more excited about the series. This purchase was well worth the investment.
A Great Show! A Fantastic Deal! January 4, 2009
Heroes Franchise Collection - Season 1 & 2 is the way to go for collectors and fans of this series. Heroes has developed a huge following and it's no wonder as you follow the characters through their amazing journey; from discovering their "powers" to "saving the world". The writer, Tim Kring, is truly amazing. In Heroes he captures the personality of each of the characters and makes you, the viewer, love or hate that character as he delves into their personalities. You cannot help but to like Hiro Nakamura, and you cannot help but to hate Sylar. It is a thoroughly enjoyable experience to watch Season 1 and Season 2 over again. As a customer of Amazon.com, I am as impressed with the great price of this collection as I am with the series itself! Individually these two seasons retail for at least $75.00, but you pay far less here at Amazon.com. It is a great deal for a great collection!
 To everything there's a season and a time to every purpose December 26, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
What if you discovered that you had a superpower -- great strength, flight, teleportation, or amazing healing? And what if you could use it to save the world?
Superheroes are everywhere in entertainment, from comic books to movies. But they suddenly got new attention in "Heroes," which explores the repercussions of "ordinary" people who discover that they have strange -- and sometimes dangerous -- powers. The first season is a a solid comic-book style TV series, although the second season trips over itself.
It opens with Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy) reflecting on the human quest for knowledge -- even knowledge that we shouldn't have -- right before learning that his father has been killed, possibly murdered. Suresh's dad believed that "special" people were cropping up, much like in X-Men.
And we are introduced to the "heroes": stripper Niki (Ali Larter) harbors a secret dark side, cheerleader Claire (Hayden Panettiere) heals from any injury, cubicle worker Hiro (Masi Oka) bends time and space, Senatorial candidate Nathan (Adrian Pasdar) is able to fly, his brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) can copy others' powers, cop Matt (Greg Grunberg) can read minds, and junkie artist Isaac (Santiago Cabrera) sees the future.
Their lives are dramatically changed by their powers -- some explore them, some are haunted by them, and a superpowered serial killer is hunting and murdering the others. Even worse, Hiro witnesses the explosive destruction of New York a mere five weeks into the future -- and a future version of himself says that saving the cheerleader will save the world.
The second season is a much shorter one (because of a writers' strike) and doesn't quite measure up to the epic heights of the first season. The Heroes are struggling to deal with the aftereffects of the past season, especially the now-alcoholic Nathan and amnesiac Peter. Meanwhile, Hiro uses his powers to travel to medieval Japan -- and finds out some shocking facts about his boyhood hero.
Unfortunately while the malevolent Sylar has lost his powers, he's still dangerous -- especially since he's teamed up with a woman who emits poison. The season revs up when a trip into the future reveals that the Shanti virus is going to kill over nine-tenths of the world. With no time to waste -- and a mysterious man who may or may not be an ally -- the Heroes must save humanity once again.
Unlike most shows about people with superpowers, "Heroes" isn't really about the action or flashy battles. It's half epic save-the-world-as-a-team story, and half exploration of how real, ordinary people would react if they suddenly found out that they had superpowers, and how this would change -- or NOT change -- their lives.
And the first season is a brilliant piece of work -- incredibly intricate and complex, since there are a dozen subplots and a lot of time travel, and a lot of exploration of the Heroes' previous lives. These complex storylines are enhanced by lots of suspense and tightly directed action, and the makers always know how to throw in a shocking twist (a sword-carrying future Hiro showing up) and some dark humour (Claire wakes up in mid-autopsy).
The second season is not quite as good -- the forcibly truncated length means that it's a bit oddly paced, and the vision-of-a-disaster-that-must-be-prevented is too similar to the first season. But it's still worth watching with all those creepy moments (such as the poison-woman with black eyeballs), and especially the malevolent Sylar.
The actors are pretty much all good -- Larter gives a great double performance, Zachary Quinto is a wonderfully twisted villain, and Panettiere gives a good performance as a teen whose adolescence has a lot more than hormones in store. Masi Oka is the standout, though -- his Hiro is sweet, endearing, geeky, heroic, sad, kindly, funny and thoroughly lovable, and grows in maturity as he works his way through the series.
The first two seasons of"Heroes" start off brilliantly and continue a bit less brilliantly, but overall it is a solid, unusual sci-fi-drama that's well worth watching.
One of the Best Series Out Right Now! December 21, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Heroes is a great series. Never a dull moment in the show. The writer keeps you interested and the characters play the parts perfect. Like every show it has its flaws but its deffinitely one of my favorites!! Can't wait until season three comes out!
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