Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/30/heroes/ NBC's hit series Heroes was the

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born with extraordinary powers drawn from the standard science fiction repertory. The powers include levitating objects, mind reading, flying, miraculous healing, bursting into flames and, as with the painter Isaac Mendez

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 7:09 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would classify as _major_ spoilerage . . . ? ;) And, while Heroes and 24 aired in

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:27 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America.

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
*** Hero Spoilers below *** Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would classify as _major_ spoilerage . . . ? ;) More detail. I pretty

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have been born with extraordinary powers drawn from the standard science fiction repertory. (...) Quoting Him: Above all, I never cared for the whole Nietzchian ubermensch thing... the notion -- pervading

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 06:55 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole compares Heroes and 24 to real world political meme systems in America. Slight Spoilerage Ensues: Makes one wonder what you would

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Robert Seeberger wrote: Heroes posits a world in which a small number of persons have

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: The series _is_ about demigods. They were born with demigod powers, not much unlike the Jedi or Sith that were born with midichlorians :-P Only if Tom Orley is a demi-god. Tom Orley's powers are nowhere near the demigods of Heroes. To aspire to greatness is not

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? At 08:27 AM Monday 6/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 6/4/2007 7:54:10 AM, Ronn

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:34 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? *** Hero Spoilers below *** Robert Seeberger wrote: The always intelligent Juan Cole

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show? Robert Seeberger wrote: The series _is_ about demigods. They were born with demigod

Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
*** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: More detail. I pretty much knew all these spoilers before I saw the episodes and/or figured the course of things out beforehand. It was a surprise to see George Takei as Hiro's father... Even though it seems he's a minor character. I

Re: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:56 PM Monday 6/4/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: *** Heroes - with spoilers *** Which still beats a Hero sandwich with spoiled meat . . . Robert Seeberger wrote: More detail. I pretty much knew all these spoilers before I saw the episodes and/or figured the course of things out

Re: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?]

2007-06-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: Heroes (with spoilers) [was: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?] *** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: More

Re: Dick Cheney's least favorite TV show?

2007-06-04 Thread Max Battcher
On 6/4/07, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAWKSF (as far as we know so far) the genes for the Heroes powers are a natural occurance and must be fairly widespread thoughout the general population in order to have the numbers of meta-humans seen. It seems that those superpowers