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List Price: $99.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 10416
Released: August 28, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: HD DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Discover the phenomenon that is sweeping audiences everywhere as Heroes: Season 1 comes to DVD! Experience the suspense, mystery, and electrifying twists as this astonishing series follows seemingly unconnected, ordinary people around the globe who discover they have extraordinary powers. As they come to terms with their unique abilities, their risky decisions will affect the futures of everyone around them …and the world. Join their epic journey in this seven-disc set packed with hours of fascinating and revealing bonus features, including the never-before-aired series premiere from show creator Tim Kring.
Description of Heroes - Season 1 [HD DVD]:
Arguably the most talked-about television show of the 2006-2007 season, the Emmy-nominated fantasy Heroes 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 Panetierre 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 Battlestar Galactica, which it compares too favorably). The seven-disc set of Heroes: Season One offers a wealth of extras for fans, who may be familiar with some of them through the NBC.com website, especially the cast commentaries, which are featured on half of the episodes. Kring is featured on the 73-minute uncut pilot episode, which for some viewers, may be even better than the network version; the main difference is the degree of character development, including an entire storyline for D.L. Hawkins that isn't featured in the broadcast version. Also on deck are some 50 deleted scenes from the episodes, several by-the-books making-of featurettes, including coverage of the special effects and stunt work, and a profile of artist Tim Sale, whose illustrations are used for Isaac Mendez's prophetic artwork. Prospective buyers should note that while all of these supplemental features are included on the HD-DVD version of this set, the special Web-connectivity elements are not available here. -- Paul Gaita
Heroes - Season 1 [HD DVD] Reviews:
Heroes HD DVD 
2009-08-14 - Heroes is a great series and since HD DVDs are cheap now, this product is of exelent price.
Heros the first season 
2009-04-13 - Recieved the DVDs in a prompt time. BUT the DVDs will NOT work in my new DVD. Other DVDs checked at same time did work. Thus leads me too believe the Hero DVDs are defective.
The best Heroes 
2009-02-15 - Heroes season 1 is one of the best single seasons of TV ever to be made. I considered buying it on Blu-ray for tons of money, until I realized that I could get an HD-DVD player for my XBox 360 and then get it for much cheaper on HD-DVD. The formats are exactly the same from my experience, so if you have an HD-DVD player, get it on HD-DVD. I have watched it four or five times since I got it, and that was only a couple of months ago. Highly recommended.
Great series- worth the buy. 
2009-01-27 - A must own title on HD DVD! It's so cheap these days it is basically a mistake to NOT buy it if you own an HD DVD player. What are you waiting for- buy it!
Lousy disks 
2008-10-21 - I tried two of these and both had defective disks 4 and 6. The other 5 disks worked fine on my XBOX360 HD-DVD drive. I had to return both and buy the plain DVDs.