I watched the third episode of Heroes, the new NBC show, last night. Like Battlestar Galactica, I have to watch this one over iTunes. Ironically, this is the perfect TV delivery system. I'm not interested in any more than two or three shows at a time, and at $2 per episode, it's still a lot cheaper than cable.
I really like Heroes so far. I'm a sucker for that sort of thing, though. I hope they've learned from such pioneers as Babylon 5 and Earth: Final Conflict. What do I mean? Well, these were two of the first U.S. shows to actually plan out a storyline ahead of time and let it unfold over the course of the series. Of course, I will admit that Earth: Final Conflict sort of imploded lass than halfway through. That was poor implementation, though.
What I'm seeing in today's TV realm is a little more of that serial drama. I hear that Lost is along the same lines, though I'm waiting for seasons one and two to work their way up my Netflix Queue, then I may get the season three episodes on iTunes. We'll see how I like it.
Anyway, it's a good trend. I think it brings the public back to true storytelling, about conflict and relationships, and all that Homerian epic sort of stuff.
Also, since I'm on the subject,the first episode ofBattlestar Galactica finally showed up this morning. I bought the Season Pass, which means I get all the episodes and only pay once. Sadly, there's no discount, but at least I get the episodes as they come in. Of course, in this case, I had acquired the episodes through other means, but I still want to buy them and support this delivery method.
Now let us hope this 4-5 day time lapse is not the norm.
