** OFFICIAL "Heroes" 10/27/06 Thread **

[grinin]

Preview from memory:
DL pulling Nicki who is carrying Micah quickly away from something, background busy city street, yellow cab.
Claire standing in busy city street looking lost.
Peter standing in city street with camera doing a 120 with him as center(statue of liberty poster in background).
Sylar imprisoned in glass faced cell (ala silence of the lambs) narrate states "while evil gets stronger" or some such.
Hand with large semiauto pistol in slow mo right after "hero is lost" and then sound of gunshot.
Hiro and Ando welcome Isaac stepping off a bus.
Isaac or someone with similar long hair violently pulling Simone away from something (hot dog cart and city in background).
Hiro and Ando with questioning looks on faces in front of same hot dog cart.

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Even if Superman used the phrase, the time travel circumstances argue strongly for it being a reference to Doc Brown in Back to the Future.

[TheDudeAbides]

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Preview from memory:
DL pulling Nicki who is carrying Micah quickly away from something, background busy city street, yellow cab.
Claire standing in busy city street looking lost.
Peter standing in city street with camera doing a 120 with him as center(statue of liberty poster in background).
Sylar imprisoned in glass faced cell (ala silence of the lambs) narrate states "while evil gets stronger" or some such.
Hand with large semiauto pistol in slow mo right after "hero is lost" and then sound of gunshot.
Hiro and Ando welcome Isaac stepping off a bus.
Isaac or someone with similar long hair violently pulling Simone away from something (hot dog cart and city in background).
Hiro and Ando with questioning looks on faces in front of same hot dog cart.

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Thanks!

[econophile]

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Best part of this epsiode was the Back to the Future reference. Great-o Scott-o

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I thought this was a Superman reference?

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I did too at the time, but Clark Kent's boss says "Great Caesar's Ghost."

[EricW]

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Best part of this epsiode was the Back to the Future reference. Great-o Scott-o

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I thought this was a Superman reference?

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I did too at the time, but Clark Kent's boss says "Great Caesar's Ghost."

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Silver age Superman said: "Great Scott!"

[samjjones]

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Even if Superman used the phrase, the time travel circumstances argue strongly for it being a reference to Doc Brown in Back to the Future.

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As opposed to its use by the greatest superhero of all-time?

Note that Superman was using the phrase "Great Scott" at least 20-30 years before BTTF.

[El Diablo]

All,

Are you as excited as I am about the super surprise twist cliffhanger that is going to blow us away, even in a show known for cliffhangers!?!!?!

[lippy]

I really need to quit thinking about the time travel aspect of this show. I guess my ideas about space/time are different than a fictional writer's.

[claudenm]

I think it's pretty clear that DL just uses his power to move through solid objects to move through the bullet or let it move through him.

[Cry Me A River]

"Great Scott" is a double reference.

Heroes is a show about super-heroes. Hiro is a super-hero. A time travelling super-hero. Hiro is a comic fan, he was using it as a Superman reference. The show is also using it as a Back To The Future reference. It's actually pretty clever.

It's FAR more likely Hiro read Superman comics in the original English than watched Back To The Future in the original English. However, it's certainly possible he's aware of both usages.

In the online comic adaptation of Heroes, Hiro owns a copy of Action Comics #1.