Discover the phenomenon that is sweeping audiences everywhere as Heroes: Season 1 comes to DVD! Experience the suspense, mystery, and electrifying twists as this astonishing series follows seemingly unconnected, ordinary people around the globe who discover they have extraordinary powers. As they come to terms with their unique abilities, their risky decisions will affect the futures of everyone around them …and the world. Join their epic journey in this seven-disc set packed with hours of fascinating and revealing bonus features, including the never-before-aired series premiere from show creator Tim Kring.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 28-AUG-2007
Media Type: DVD
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars X-Men for TV has enough advantages to keep us following
There has been a fair bit of hype surrounding this series, and most of it is deserved, so if you have checked out some of the best television has to offer (and the 21st century has some of the finest ever) then you may like to give Heroes a flight on your screen. I am in for season 2 and maybe you will be also.
The show deals with about a dozen characters, each who discovers they have a special ability, their lives cross each other’s and in the backdrop a looming crisis threatens each of them, New York and maybe the entire world. They must learn to come to terms with their abilities before it is too late.
The season starts by explaining the characters and further episodes gradually bring the characters together. This is a bit of a slow burner but stick with it because the second half of this season is a way better than the first which does have some shaky moments and a few off episodes that can make you doubt it. For every low point there genuinely are some very interesting and surprising ones. However one of its major weaknesses is that it cannot escape being labelled an X-Men clone and for all intents and purposes that is exactly what it is. It’s the exact same premise dilemma of humans possibly turning against the new mutant emergences, however instead of focusing on this the series is mainly about Sylar, a mutant who becomes an increasingly dangerous force and tries to kill the other mutants. In this respect it hasn’t fallen victim to being a complete X-Men rip-off but it does come too close for comfort sometimes.
The other problem is that for every interesting character (with the emergence of a new actor in the making) there is one that is boring or whose potential is kept to such a minimal as to barely make them appealing enough to watch when they show up. While this could just be the producers playing some things out for future seasons it is still more than a little tedious and in particular doesn’t suit its style like it would in Lost. This is Heroes. We want heroes. If we want Lost we will watch Lost. One other negative is that the story often doesn’t make sense and some characters do some very silly things but this is all about the suspension of disbelief, they just ask us to buy into some things that make everyone concerned look very dim. There is a bit of an anti-climax too given such a build up.
So apart from its failing why recommend it? Well it should be highly suggested for your TV series collection because its production values are consistent with the best of TV along with some nifty plots and some truly exciting story arcs. For example Hero’s very tough version of himself, Sylar’s method of killing people, Claire taking her date for a drive, Peter discovering how his powers actually work or Matt’s family dilemmas. Some heroes live and some die so that keeps you on your toes.
5 Stars Really Good Sci-Fi Entertainment!
The “Heroes Season 1″ DVD set was a huge pleasant surprise for me and my wife. We enjoy good series Sci-Fi, but seldom get a chance to watch network TV due to our schedules. The shear volume of hype around Heroes convinced us to give this try without ever seeing a single episode of the show.
Like all Sci-Fi, Heroes requires some suspension of disbelief to get full enjoyment, but this series hits on so many levels (action, humor, special effects, and solid plot). This first season episodes were so compelling that we seldom watched just one episode per sitting (sometimes four of them back to back, keeping us up into the wee hours of the morning 
Highly Recommended!