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Heroes: Season 2 |  | Actors: Jack Coleman, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Masi Oka, James Kyson Lee, Milo Ventimiglia
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  230 reviews
Sales Rank: 1864
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Discs: 4
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 484 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.1
MPN: 025195015493
UPC: 025195015493
EAN: 0025195015493
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
Ordinary people around the world discover they have super-human abilities.
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Don't believe the hype: though some critics and viewers decried the sophomore season of the hit fantasy series Heroes, the core of the program remained as strong as in its debut network run. To be sure, the 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike hobbled the show, and producers stumbled by stranding two of its most intriguing characters: Super-charged Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia) is taken out of the action after being struck with amnesia, while Hiro (Masi Oka) is sent to feudal Japan, where he encounters his own idol, Takezo Kenzei (David Anders). Both are overcomplicated story arcs, even by Heroes standards, and their connection to the rest of the season occasionally requires some mental gymnastics. But the crux of the season--the Company's development of the power-draining Shanti virus and its potentially devastating effects on both average citizens and superhumans like Niki Sanders (Ali Larter), The Haitian (Jimmy Jean-Louis) and primary villain Sylar (Zachary Quinto)--is solid, gripping material. The introduction of new characters like the lethal Maya (Dania Ramirez) and Kristen Bell as the electrically charged (in both the literal and figurative sense) Elle Bishop also up the dramatic stakes, even if their presence may require a scorecard for some viewers. In short, the few kinks in the armor of Heroes: Season 2 ultimately don't detract from the show's drive and vision. Season two spreads its supplemental features across all four of its discs; chief among these are commentary tracks by the cast and crew on all eleven episodes. The participating talent ranges from creator Tim Kring and stars Ventimiglia, Oka, Quinto and Greg Grunberg to composers Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin, which helps to provide a wide variety of information about almost every aspect of the show's production. Featurettes cover everything from the history of Takezo Kenzei to in-depth looks at scenes from the season, while "Untold Stories" explores storylines that were left unfinished due to the writers' strike. The key extras are, of course, the alternate ending to the season finale (which is unfortunately revealed by the rear cover-art text) and an info-heavy sneak peek at Season 3. --Paul Gaita
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 No longer possible to suspend disbelief August 29, 2010
Three if by Space (Mount Stucco, CA)
With much suspension of disbelief it was possible to enjoy the first season. But now, for example, a character who is "running in fear of her life" enters high school, lives in beautiful house with her family, and doesn't even dress down - it's just too far over the limit. The "revelation" at the end of the last series that there's someone even worse than Skylar is lame and predictable. The plot device where someone who is good turns out to be evil and vice versa has now been so overused, it undercuts the believability of all the main characters, and the writing now seems focused on creating a string dramatic moments, rather a coherent plot.
Good, but short August 22, 2010
Damian P. Gadal (Santa Barbara, CA USA)
I was a little disappointed in the 2nd season of Heroes. Not because of the acting, but because it was so short. Turns out this was filmed during the writers' strike, so they had to cut the season down to eleven episodes.
This meant that the story-lines weren't as fully explored as they could have been, and there was a lot less content.
All of that detracted from an otherwise entertaining show.
Moving on to Season 3....
 To All Heroes Fanatics!! August 15, 2010
JodiesFavs
Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. Just like Season #1, #3 and #4. Anyone who is a fan has to have this on the movie shelf!
A fun ride! July 13, 2010
Andrew Pahel (Crestview, FL)
Everyone give Season two crap and prior to seeing it I too was hesitant but I gave Heroes the benefit of the doubt(as everyone else should) and watched it moving all other comments to the back of my head. I was very suprised at the quality of S2. It was fun! Seriously you have Hiro in 1671 Japan working with his hero who has a ability of regeneration to spice things up(just watch what happens when Hiro gets back!). One of Issac Mendez's last pieces of work before he got Sylar-ized shows HRG getting shot in the eye as Claire is with some boy. To top all this off Peter has amnesia and goes into the future to discover 93% of the worl's population will die form a lethal virus. Seriously look at all these storylines and imagine how they all mesh together, what they weave is a epic story.
Sure it's short, less than half the size of S1, that a shame too, seeing how many storylines they had planned(plans included in the extras). This season was still not even remotely considered bad.The acting is still phenomonal and characters relationships and decisions set up for the insane events of season 3. This season was more action packed than season one but not quite as deep as its predecesor, but by no means is this season an embaressment.
As for the extras its impressively loaded, included an alternate ending of what happened if Peter did not stop the virus, something that would have been interesting to see in season one. Don't feel too bad about the lack of episodes(blame the writers strike if you have to blame anyone), because Kring and his band of merrymen have loaded the set with lots of extras.
This is a must have item for Heroes fans!
Waste of Time and Money June 18, 2010
Anglobotomy (Las Vegas, Nv United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend told me to try Heroes because he thought it was awesome. First season was ok . . . possibly promising, but nothing to get excited about. Second season DVDs might as well be used as coasters. Its abysmal. The writing doesn't make sense. The plot is as much a train wreck as the one Claire walked into in season one. The acting is about a step above SNL acting. A really terrible rendering of something that could have been good.
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