Just stole this from digg.com



Superman had Jor-El. Batman has Wayne Manor. And now Hiro Nakamura has Captain Sulu.

Figuring all great Heroes need to have come from somewhere, the hit NBC series has tapped Star Trek icon George Takei to play the father of Hiro Nakamura, the plucky Japanese office worker who happens to be able to bend the space-time continuum.

E! Online's Kristin Veitch reported Monday that a new character "who has been around a lot longer" was joining the serialized drama, which has become one of the few solid new hits of the 2006 television season, attracting more than 14.4 million viewers a week. (For more Heroes scoop, including more about the show's mysterious killer Sylar, check out E! Online TV columnist Kristin Veitch's blog.)

"This is absolutely brilliant," Masi Oka, who plays Hiro, told TV Guide. "Hiro's father is this big honcho who shows up in America with his bodyguard. He has this whole elaborate scheme to kidnap his son and take him back to Japan."

Which probably won't go over too well with Hiro, who, after traveling five weeks into the future just in time to see New York go boom, has journeyed to the States to save the world.

"I just hope I get to say, 'Dad! Sulu is my hero, not you!' The sci-fi fans would love it!" Oka said.

Takei, 69, a cult figure among Trekkies and currently the unlikely official voice of The Howard Stern Show, will show up on Heroes in a Jan. 29 cliffhanger episode.

"It was just one of those lightning-bolt ideas," series creator Tim Kring told TV Guide.

After his steady gig piloting the starship Enterprise came to an end after 1991's Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Takei busied himself with a host of voiceover work in TV, films and videogames and guest spots on shows ranging from The Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle to Scrubs and Will & Grace.

In fact, it was Takei's trademark deep voice and flair for enunciation that made him a favorite on The Howard Stern Show back when the morning shock-jock was still on terrestrial radio. After a few engaging interviews that proved just how open-minded Takei's sense of humor is, he was tapped to be the show's announcer when it made the jump to Sirius Satellite Radio.

 

omg i missed it tonight, what happened with the cheerleader?!?!?!?

 

OK....... I am dying for more answers but I guess we'll get that next week.



SAVED THE CHEERLEADER!!!!!!!!


And what is going on with Hero??...

 

Go to the show's home page, you can watch it there.

 

WOOOT! Great episode!

 

now. great episode today. next week looks great also. i got the whole "save the cheerleader" thing, but i still don't get the "save the world" thing from this episode as advertised. i got mad respect for peter but not for his punkass brother. I LOVE Nora Zehetner(Eden), i think she has the ultimate power. hell if i saw her in real life, i would still do anything she says.

couple of things i could do without firstoff. the stripper girl is worthless to me and her entire side of the story so far has been a bore. she is only cool when she kills people in a horrid fashion other than that she is useless. her little son is a chump and so is the husband. there had better be a good plan of re-working them into the story.

 

Last night was GREAT!!! I'm still questioning the whole "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World" thing.. i thought we were suppose to know by last night!?

Anyway good show, interested to see what else happens with Hiro, and i agree about Niki's character so far we are still left going.... OK what else? Because the only time we've seen her interact with either Sylar or another Hero is in Las Vegas or something. Hmm...

 

Ohhh one thing... Claire was no where close to Peter just before the cops showed up and he "fixed" his twisted broken leg. How'd that happen? Now i know that it's ok for it to happen around Claire but without her?


Another thing i was just thinking... Eden seems to have the Jedi Mind Trick thing going.

 

if i were a hero, I'D save that cheerleader she's friggin hot.

i cant wait for next week

 

the "save the world" part probably has to do with the fact that claire will play some major role, or will be responsible for a link in the chain of events that will deter or prevent the nuclear explosion from anhilating NY and any other catastrophic repurcussions as a result of it. saving claire is probably pertinent because without her the chain of events cannot occur.

i personally look forward to seeing nikki/jessica's character on the show. she's is very nice eye candy...especailly in those tight outfits...