Heroes season premiere is tonight (9pm on NBC)…also it’s my brother’s birthday (happy birthday Scott!).

i’m sure i will have many thoughts about the season premiere tomorrow, so feel free to check in and see.

my pre-viewing Heroes thoughts pretty much boil down to excitement and apprehension.  the excitment bit is obvious i suppose, the apprehension comes from a general concern that the show cannot likely live up to the high bar it set for itself in the first season.  in the tradition of shows that start off and kind of blow your mind right off the bat and then can’t live up to the standards they’ve set for themselves (first season of any of the following could apply:  Alias; Lost; CSI; Grey’s Anatomy; and according to my officemates Desperate Housewives and The O.C. – which i have never seen – and would never admit to seeing).  there are a lot of shows out there that just can’t follow up their first act…i hope Heroes will not be one of them.

also, while overall i loved the show and thought they did a good job, there were occasional serious mis-steps.  the kind of dialogue or plot points (or deus ex machina) that i feel are warning signs in a show…of bad things to come.  let’s hope it’s not true here. 

below is a link to a teaser (posted on myspace last week).  Also, if you feel like freshening up on how the season ended you can watch the finale here.  if that’s not enough for you there are literally dozens of bits on you tube if you search for Heroes Premiere…from ads to 7 minute clips.

 http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=18301677

character i most hope will fall on a blade (and not be able to survive):  Ali Larter’s Niki Sanders. i’m so very sick of her and all her whining.

character i most hope will return in a blaze (or no blaze) of glory:  Christopher Eccleston’s Claude and my beloved Nathan Petrelli.