As we all know TV shows have changed over the past few years. Episodes used to have a full plot line but that has now changed. Today most of the popular TV shows follow a different approach. Instead of having a full plot line in one episode they are spreading it out into the season, or even the entire series. This new way of TV makes it very interesting for the viewer but also makes it hard. If you even miss a single episode you are behind in the plot and may not be able to understand major events. It’s like going to the bathroom during a movie.
Some of the latest TV shows are amazing. I am addicted to Prison Break, LOST, and The OC, just to name a few. There are so many great shows that I have not even watched, but I know I would like them. A few weeks ago I saw an advertisement about a new series called “Hereos”. When I first was the commercial, I saw the Japanese guy in a Subway. Since I was in Japan only a few months ago, and maybe on that very subway, I thought that the show was so cool. Shortly after that scene they showed another character. I can’t remember exactly what they were doing, or who it was, but I then decided that the show was lame.
A few days later I was sitting in Physics class when my teacher began talking about relativity. For those of you who don’t know about relativity:
General relativity (GR) is the geometrical theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915. It unifies special relativity and Sir Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation with the insight that gravitation is not due to a force but rather is a manifestation of curved space and time, this curvature being produced by the mass-energy and momentum content of the spacetime. General relativity is distinguished from other metric theories of gravitation by its use of the Einstein field equations to relate spacetime content and spacetime curvature.
Adapted from Wikipedia. Learn more here; unless somebody changed it.
I don’t want to ruin the show but I guess you could call the above, a “teaser”. Anyway, my teacher then brought up Heroes, saying that it deals with relativity. Enough with the scientific aspect.
The series tells the story of people who “thought they were like everyone else … until they woke with incredible abilities”. A Japanese salaryman discovers that he can manipulate time and space, a struggling New York artist can paint the future, a high school cheerleader discovers she can recover from any injury, a single mom realizes she has “a powerful alter ego”, and a police officer can read minds. The premise is that these people have a role in saving humankind.
According to the official NBC website, not only do the characters discover what having superpowers means to them, but also uncover a larger picture concerning the origin of their superpowers. The characters eventually become involved in each other’s lives as they attempt to evade the series antagonist, who wishes to harness their “super DNA” for his own ends.
It kind of sounds like a nerdy science show but you can look at it from two aspects. If you want to you can watch the show with a scientific eye and analyze everything or you can simply sit back and enjoy the show. The series can be enjoyed with either perspective but it will always leave you wondering, and also having the urge to look things up on Wikipedia.
Sean | 
10 19th, 2006| 
Rockstar Games is well known to create innovative, high quality, but controversial games. Rockstar Games is the company that made the Grand Theft Auto series. The GTA games have gone under the microscope before and it was decided that they could be sold but only if they included a “Mature” rating. If a video game has a mature rating, the purchaser must be at least 17 years old (in Canada).
