Heroes ‘Postal’ webisodes have got Office’s Malone’s Cones beat
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This is going to be a video-packed, catch-up post on the Heroes Webisodes, which launched July 14. A new one is going up every Monday, so parts 1 and 2 are up right here.
I’m posting them along with NBC’s behind-the-scenes video and a pretty cool trailer video.
The first thing that struck me is that unlike The Office Webisodes, these are a lot like the real show. Yes, they suffer from the same time constraint that makes any kind of plot development or subtlety out of the question.
That said, you get all the elements of a new hero introduction that you would expect from the primetime series. They’re intense, a little suspenseful and right off the bat you identify with and feel for Echo, the mailman whose bark is worse than any dog’s bite.
And while the first installment opens with a seemingly cliched dog-chases-mailman opening, you do get the sense that Echo is decent. He doesn’t want to hurt the dog, even though it’s his cliched mortal enemy. But when The Company comes calling, he’s happy to unleash his pipes.
Does anyone else think the Constrictor looks like the lead singer from Midnight Oil? No? OK then.
Check out the videos and a plot breakdown after the jump. (And no Kristen Bell isn’t in the Webisodes, I just like that photo, courtesy of NBC Universal.)
Apparently the guy is a little more soundproof than the average human. He’s not above a little product integration though. Smooth the way he whips out that iPhone, calls in and puts a bullet into his dying partner all in one motion.
You’d think these Company teams would have learned a better way to approach the people they intend to abduct.
Anyway, by the second installment, Echo (Kiko Ellsworth) arrives home to warn his girl Gina (Rebeka Montoya). But Constrictor (Mark Steger) interrupts her romantic intentions.
In a standoff, Echo takes a chance and blows away Constrictor, and Gina is expectedly freaked out.
All in all, a pretty interesting—if not entirely Heroes-esque—little series they’ve got going here. If nothing else it reminds me amid this 10-month layoff, that the show even exists.
The idea is for the Webisodes to set things up to lead right into the third season premiere.
Up next on July 28 is “Let’s Talk.” Echo sends Gina off to safety while he confronts his enemies, but the tables turn with an unexpected twist.
Trailer: “Going Postal”
Episode 1: “A Nifty Trick”
Episode 2: “The House Guest”
Behind the scenes
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