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Title: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Skarlet on 6 February 2007, 04:00:31 pm
This:

http://www.scifiuk.com/heroes/

I'm surprised noone else has mentioned it yet!
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 6 February 2007, 06:35:41 pm
Maybe. I've found that superhero stuff doesn't translate well to TV though so I'll wait and see
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 6 February 2007, 06:36:18 pm

Friend at work gave me a few episodes on naughty american download. Seems pretty good. It has a nice slow start and intro to each of the characters rather than the zero-to-lycra-clad-hero in 5 mins approach of the movies. I am planning on watching it.


Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 13 February 2007, 07:02:30 pm
when's it on?
Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Skarlet on 17 February 2007, 07:20:49 pm
when's it on?

The website tells you when it's on - you can watch the first episode on broadband now! I enjoyed it :)

Monday night SciFi is showing both the first two episodes, from 10.
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 17 February 2007, 10:18:45 pm
when's it on?

The website tells you when it's on - you can watch the first episode on broadband now! I enjoyed it :)

Monday night SciFi is showing both the first two episodes, from 10.

Just finished watching the first 3. (friend at work showed my how to DL it)

Absolutely fantastic. I highly recommend watching this guys

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Kheldár on 18 February 2007, 11:04:25 pm
I DL every episode.

It´s kind of slow but it´s enigmatic :D
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 19 February 2007, 12:36:59 am
I DL every episode.

It´s kind of slow but it´s enigmatic :D


My US sources tell me it starts slow but gets more action later on :)

*geek points*Also they get George Takei at the end of season 1 and his cars' lisence plate is NCC 1701 ;) */geek points*
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 19 February 2007, 11:58:19 pm
I DL every episode.

It´s kind of slow but it´s enigmatic :D


My US sources tell me it starts slow but gets more action later on :)

*geek points*Also they get George Takei at the end of season 1 and his cars' lisence plate is NCC 1701 ;) */geek points*


US sorces are slightly wrong.

It is awesome from the start. Currently just finished watching episode 12 and now fully addicted.

I cannot recomend this show enough guys n gals


Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 24 February 2007, 07:35:40 am
Bwa hah ha ha ha

me wanna watch!!

anyone gotta a copy - will be nice?

Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 26 February 2007, 11:59:18 pm
Bwa hah ha ha ha

me wanna watch!!

anyone gotta a copy - will be nice?

Mark


I have episodes 1-16. but it is about 8gig so can't really email it. I will see about maybe putting it onto disc and posting if you want?



Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 27 February 2007, 09:44:34 am
Bwa hah ha ha ha

me wanna watch!!

anyone gotta a copy - will be nice?

Mark


I have episodes 1-16. but it is about 8gig so can't really email it. I will see about maybe putting it onto disc and posting if you want?





You going to be around Ash's some point soon? I'm sure he could dig up a coouple of spare blank DVDs ;)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 27 February 2007, 04:12:41 pm
I'll pick em up no probs & many thanks

Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 27 February 2007, 06:28:24 pm
Bwa hah ha ha ha

me wanna watch!!

anyone gotta a copy - will be nice?

Mark


I have episodes 1-16. but it is about 8gig so can't really email it. I will see about maybe putting it onto disc and posting if you want?





You going to be around Ash's some point soon? I'm sure he could dig up a coouple of spare blank DVDs ;)


gonna be in Redhill this W/E and it is all on the portable HDD.  could just transfer it straight to your system if you want

Oh and episode 17 is on DL now....


*shakes with excitement*

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 27 February 2007, 08:03:18 pm
Bwa hah ha ha ha

me wanna watch!!

anyone gotta a copy - will be nice?

Mark


I have episodes 1-16. but it is about 8gig so can't really email it. I will see about maybe putting it onto disc and posting if you want?





You going to be around Ash's some point soon? I'm sure he could dig up a coouple of spare blank DVDs ;)


gonna be in Redhill this W/E and it is all on the portable HDD.  could just transfer it straight to your system if you want

Oh and episode 17 is on DL now....


*shakes with excitement*



If you're OK with popping over, that's cool :)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Zombieman on 4 March 2007, 02:16:41 pm
I DL every episode.

It´s kind of slow but it´s enigmatic :D


My US sources tell me it starts slow but gets more action later on :)

*geek points*Also they get George Takei at the end of season 1 and his cars' lisence plate is NCC 1701 ;) */geek points*

Also at one point someone says "Thanks for the help Sulu" to his character's son.... ;D
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Skarlet on 4 March 2007, 03:04:37 pm
So where are people downloading it from?

Also, now that we've lost Sky1, where can we download Battlestar Galactica from?
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Zombieman on 4 March 2007, 08:15:14 pm
So where are people downloading it from?

Also, now that we've lost Sky1, where can we download Battlestar Galactica from?

Well short of "doing a Hiro" jumping forward to June and record from BBC 2 (apparently) you could try.....

Newsgroups (a.k.a. USENET) (http://www.slyck.com/ng.php)

...and ditto...
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 5 March 2007, 01:15:03 pm
If you don't mind torrents http://thesprawl.se/ is a good place to check for American shows :)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 17 April 2007, 11:15:25 pm
For those who are grabbing it from the Yanks the series starts again on the 23rd ;)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Zombieman on 18 April 2007, 01:47:14 pm
*rubs hands with glee* ;D had this noted down, darn silly Americans TV companies with their mid-season breaks
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 18 April 2007, 08:31:44 pm


Wait is nearly over.....


get to find out what happens....



*uncontrolable shaking returns*

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: judgejoolz on 26 April 2007, 05:05:47 pm
Heroes??  Haven't seen it.  Is it like Time Team meets Doctor Who, with a sort of mutant time travelling Tony Robinson?
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 26 April 2007, 07:31:45 pm


Wait is nearly over.....


get to find out what happens....



*uncontrolable shaking returns*



Frickin' awesome episode dude :)

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 2 May 2007, 09:01:09 pm


Wait is nearly over.....


get to find out what happens....



*uncontrolable shaking returns*



Frickin' awesome episode dude :)



Seen it now. Dear god it is getting even better. Eagerly awaiting more. The director says he will round up the story in season1 so he can tell a new story with a (mostly) new cast next season. We are up to e19 so based on american averages that makes 3-5 more epis to go.

It is gonna get action packed

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 10 September 2007, 11:49:45 am
Season 2 starts to air on September 24th  in the States  ;D

http://www.heroestheseries.com/  - here for more info
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 11 September 2007, 12:35:31 am
Season 2 starts to air on September 24th  in the States  ;D

http://www.heroestheseries.com/  - here for more info


Already waiting and saved up the credits to DL from a new site. Friend of mine says she can get an episode in 9 mins from it.



*Sooooooooooooooooo Excited*


Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 11 September 2007, 12:37:38 am



Oh and another point...


During the hiatus this season the will be showing 'Heroes origins' the stories willl show a totally seperate character and then we get to vote for the one who will appear in S3.

Rumors are Kevin Smith (Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks, etc) is to direct.


Wonder what powers Jay & silent bob will have...

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 11 September 2007, 10:45:18 am
Wonder what powers Jay & silent bob will have...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluntman_and_Chronic

What sort of fanboi are you?  :P
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: fredbobjimmy on 28 September 2007, 12:54:14 pm
Just to remind everyone that series 2 of heroes has now started. First episode was good and it looks like its going to get alot better too.
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 28 September 2007, 02:21:03 pm
what side what time?
Ta
Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 28 September 2007, 11:39:10 pm
what side what time?
Ta
Mark

It's airing in the States at the moment so we probably won't see it for a couple of months. If you're impatient you can get it on Torrent ( http://thesprawl.se/frontpage.php is where I go) or newsgroups - alt.binaries.tv and alt.binaries.multimedia both have it.....

Failing that pop on over with a USB key ;)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 29 September 2007, 07:07:40 pm


season 2 shows at 9pm EST. (so about 2am on tuesdayt mornings. Various sites have it up by tuesmornings. (means I can DL while at work.)


Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 1 October 2007, 09:23:25 am
I've just bought the first series Region 1 (heroes)  - I can share if anybody wants it in about 6 weeks

Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Magorian on 1 October 2007, 02:58:35 pm
Just out on interest, how is everyone getting this and where from? I tend to get it torrented from thesprawl but it's realy slow, has anyone found anything a little quicker like a site hosting it or something? Seriously prison break and heroes took me like 16 hours and i'm running a pretty good connection
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 1 October 2007, 04:13:32 pm
Unfortunately it all seems to be a bit random. Trying to download 90Mb files on Saturday, 6 completed in 10 minutes each and one took 45 :( If you have a firewall (and you really, really should) check your torrent client docs and make sure the ports are open for it.

I use Bitlord  (http://www.bitlord.com/)as a torrent client and that has a good built in search engine, you could also try Pirate Bay thepiratebay.org/  if moon's in the right phase and they're up this week ;)
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Magorian on 1 October 2007, 09:50:35 pm
Well I use bitlord too and have AVG but the sources I find are usually pretty slow, so I figured someone may know a website somewhere that gets better/faster sources. I usually hit about 17kb/s at most
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 2 October 2007, 11:50:35 am
Don't think so - that's why P2P is my second option for downloading watchable stuff :(

First choice is to pay a small monthly sub and sign up for a newsgroup service like Giganews (http://www.giganews.com/?gclid=CN-EvqGE8I4CFSR6EAod9xI-LA) and use it in conjunction with Newzbin (http://www.newzbin.com/) indexing service
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: fredbobjimmy on 2 October 2007, 02:19:26 pm
My mate swears by revolutionTT for getting the episodes fast. So that may be worth checking out.
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 2 October 2007, 06:56:04 pm


Currently using uTorrent (one of the sites I use doesn't like bittorrent) and from http://www.tvtorrents.com/ (http://www.tvtorrents.com/) (this one is currently having hardware issues and althought the torrents are fine getting on the sites can be a bit diff. You will need to get some credits to start using it) and http://www.xtvi.com/ (http://www.xtvi.com/)

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Twylyte on 4 October 2007, 12:30:11 pm
Mags
I am happy to lend u my heroes in a few weeks if u like.
Mark
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Magorian on 4 October 2007, 01:29:54 pm
We're talking about brand new ones matey, I already have all of season 1 and (eventually) the first 2 episodes of season 2 but I was looking for a faster way to get them (since the heroes second episode of season 2 took 36 hours to come down). It's ok though, because apparently the problem is that they are digging up wires locally and they are upgrading my connection which both mean I have bugger all DL speeds
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Naaman on 4 October 2007, 02:19:40 pm
Ewwww - roadworks suck  :(
Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Swifty on 4 October 2007, 11:59:45 pm


Currently using tvtorrents i get an epi in about 2hrs. My friend has a record of 4mins using it. Damn her and her silly high meg line!

Title: Re: Who's going to watch...
Post by: Magorian on 5 October 2007, 01:34:26 am
Ok I will give Swifty's site a go though I need to know what hell credits are, how I earn them (since you cant get to the FaQ unless your a member) and if you can give me a invitation code so you get some credits or something.