January 7, 2009

So lonely

Man, without a weekly installment of this show there really isn't much to talk about, huh?

At this point I would give anything for a whole hour of Milo V. doing his Future Peter scowl, just to have something to comment on.

I wonder - and this is a random thought - if this show were to go off the air which character would be the most compelling to have a spinoff on. I think the writers know Suresh and Tracey only annoy viewers so a full hour based on either of those 2 would flop faster than Rosie O' Donnell's variety show. There's only so much one could take with Claire, I've already mentioned its basically the same thing with her every week, you know, her bark being worse than her bite. The series has pretty much concentrated on Peter and lately moreso Sylar so in a way I don't see a spinoff in their future (spinoffs are normally based on secondary characters). Plus I can foresee those two having movie aspirations and not wanting to be limited to the smallscreen. Heck, Zach Quinto is set to co-star as Spock in the new Star Trek movie (and likely sequels). He's best positioned himself to use Heroes as a launching pad to something bigger.

My guess (I have 2 votes) for who would be a good (and likely) spinoff:

Ando. Secondary character (although now he has a power who knows if he'll spring to the forefront, not likely, but at least he's not sidekick material anymore). Would be nice to see a story arc where he branches out on his own without being in the shadow of Hiro. I like the actor that plays him, also.

You know what'd really work? A spinoff featuring Breckin Meyer and Seth Green. Those 2 characters really worked - who doesn't think a show based on two smarmy comic book store nerds would be awesome? They had brief screentime, but they had great chemistry and really pulled it off. And it's not like Seth Green has any prospects outside of Family Guy voiceovers and Breckin Meyer would say yes as soon as the casting director dialed his line.

Make it happen, Hollywood.