Do You Watch Heroes?

If you watch the hit television show Heroes,(now in it’s 3rd Season) then I want to hear from you!  What is it about the show that draws you and keeps your interest?  How far does your fandom go?  Just leave your comments below.  I hope to write a series of posts about the show, people’s responses and comic book ideology - relating it to our everyday lives - so you don’t want to miss it.

Let me say a few things to start things off:

Did you know that seeing is reality?  Simply put, what you and I are able to see affects our perspective on life.  And how we act is based on how we perceive. How do you see your life?

Getting off the Train

Yesterday, I took the train into Grand Central Station and proceeded on my usual walk to catch the subway.  There’s a long tunnel that everyone has to walk through to get to the shuttle to Times Square/42nd St.  There’s usually various advertisements for different television shows on the wall.  But, this time there were only different versions of advertisements for the same show:  HEROES. 

(Picture from Wikipedia article on the Justice League)

What would the world be like without comic books?

Does the world need comic book superheroes? I know what you are thinking… “Superheroes? You mean like the men and women in tights and capes?” Yes, but not all wear capes. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, X-Men, Icon & Rocket, Spiderman, Static, Captain America, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Hardware, The Hulk and all the hundreds and thousands of others. Does the world need comic book superheroes? You may be thinking that “comics are for kids.” Maybe on some level comics are for kids, but they are written by adults and often deal with very serious issues that pertain to the totality of society. Major Blockbuster movies are now based on comic book superheroes - Spiderman (1,2,3), X-Men (1,2,3), Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Fantastic Four (1,2)… and the list continues to some movies that didn’t do too well (Daredevil, Elecktra, The Punisher, Ghost Rider…)