luified:the luiboi experience

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Its all about HEROES.

I think I’ve been stuck in a cave for the longest time, its just now that I got to finish the entire volume one of the hit series, Heroes. I never knew that I missed out a lot but thanks to the dvd I borrowed from a friend I was able to experience what most people have been talking about. I heard from friends that it was good but to me I never thought that it could be this so damn good! I wasn’t the type who got hooked in a TV series, I’m more into animation or cartoons. The last series I remember watching faithfully every week was (I admit this would have to be lame) “Dawson’s Creek” simply because everybody else I knew was watching it, it was the cool thing back then during high school. I’m not saying that the show was bad, I even could relate to it somehow since it was a show about growing up which where I was during at that time. Going forward, Heroes is like a cartoon or may be a comic book translated into live action. Its got all the elements of one interesting book and film combined into one. Heroes has a diverse set of characters, its action packed, with a bit of comedy and also it has drama. I’m no expert but what more can you ask for? This show has got the formula to get you hooked to your television sets waiting for what’s gonna happen next. I only wished I could have watched it sooner so that I wouldn’t have been kept long in the dark when everybody else was into it.

Everyday as I came home from work I make it a point to watch one episode before putting my self to sleep. I was really excited to know what happens next each episode. If it was not only for work I could have finished watching the entire season may be in 3 or 4 days but it took me week, I did a marathon watching during my days off. I guess that only shows how addicted I am to the show. As I am writing this post I just finished the last episode and it literally ended with a bang with Peter and Nathan probably blowing up in space. Another good thing about this show is that it also has values or morals in the story. Heroes has shown the importance of family and of being united despite our differences. I think Heroes has shown that there’s more to comic book than being kid stuff. With Heroes it’s cool to be a geek. I am for one a self confessed comic book geek. Im just really thankful to the people who made Heroes, I got nothing but praises for the show. Now I’m eagerly anticipating what happens next in season two I just hope this time I’d be able to watch if not (because of my work I don’t get the chance to watch primetime TV)I guess there’s always the dvd.

Heroes also inspired me to work on my own comic book. Isaac’s or more properly Tim Sale's painting/artworks has influenced and inspired me a lot to draw. Thanks to that I’ve already done a lot of character sketches and thumbnails as well for my on-going comic book project which for the longest time I’ve kept mentioning on this site. If ever I have time I’ll have some of my work scanned and it show it to all of you in my deviantart site (which also hasn’t had an update for a year I think). Hopefully, I might get done before this year ends. I didn’t give myself a specific deadline because I don’t want the book to look like it was rushed. I just want it done right. I don’t want to set any expectations as to how it would come out because for one I’m not a great artist I just know how to draw and tell stories thru my drawings. Though I’m happy to know that a good friend of mine told me that after he finished reading/editing my script he found it to be interesting. That for me means a lot. If one person could like it then others will. Im still thinking though if I’d publish it or just release it as an online comic but im still far from being finished so I guess its too early to think about it. I guess that’s all for now. Be back next time.

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