Ultimate Geek Fu

 
"Heroes"

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Al's mention of Hayden Pantyline—er, Panattiere—got me thinking, as I am sometimes known to do. Once upon a not that long ago, there was a TV series named "Heroes," and I was thoroughly hooked on it. For the first season I watched it religiously, even going so far as to program my DVD-R to record episodes if I knew I was going to be out on Monday evening, and that is something I never do. But that is how devoted I was to that series.

For the first season.

For the second season; eh, not so much. In fact, I lost interest completely a few episodes in and never bothered to watch it again. I've heard there was a third season, but can't even muster the energy now to go out to Wikipedia and confirm or deny that.

So there are today's questions. "Heroes:" what did they do right? What did they do wrong? When did the series jump the shark? Was is simply a matter of too many geeks, not enough cheerleaders? After all, even "Buffy, The Vampire Slayer" started out as a cheerleader. Or did "Heroes" simply fail to introduce sexy vampires in time?

Me, I'm thinking their biggest mistake was not using the old David Bowie song as their main title theme, but then, I'm a David Bowie fan. Your thoughts?

Let the arguments begin.

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