Heroes in Singapore!

The gang arrives - mobile phone cameras on full blast. (click on any pictures to enlarge)

The Heroes hit the stage.
Star starved Singaporeans go gaga.

The Heroes are inmpresses with the big weekday turnout.

First let me say that we don't always get the best in TV show selection here Singapore.

Sure we have ESPN - but it's all football (and NOT the American version) all the time and HBO - but HBO Asia, which must mean only shows and movies from prior to 1995. We have 3 all crime all the time stations - Fox, Discovery and the Crime Network. There are also have a few stations that show US shows. One can see any of the CSIs (but I hate them all), all the bad reality shows (last season mainly), Seinfeld on occasion and some other odds and ends. There are also nice stations in Malay, Mandarin and a few in Hindi and Tamal. Sadly I can't understand much (ok - anything) they say.

So, you ask, what do we watch? The good news is we don't watch much and that frees up a lot of time for other things. Usually we watch DVDs of shows. It is so nice to watch an entire season at your own pace with no commercials. Last year we watched season two of Rescue Me and we are currently watching season three. Great stuff. I have several Simpson's seasons and various other shows.

Our recent favorite has been Heroes. We watched a few episodes on broadcast TV and then switched to pirated DVD. Sadly the first pirate ended about half way through the season. Our friend Ronak had been taping the shows on his Tivo like thing and gave us the rest of the season on DVD. Sadly, he missed a few episodes and that can't work with this show. Luckily last time I was in China I was able to procure the entire season on DVD at an extremely reasonable price. We finally saw the last episodes.

So when we heard that several of the cast were going to be in Singapore and appearing at the mall that is virtually attached to my office building http://www.vivocity.com.sg/home1.html, I couldn't pass it up.

Last Friday I wandered over and to my surprise there must have been over 1000 people there.http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/heroesworldtour/ I was able to get a viewing post from the balcony behind 4 school girls. The girls were holding up signs that spelled out Heroes. Other were holding banners and signs like "Hiro - Marry Me" (in Japanese) and "I love Mohinder". And for sure each of the 1000 plus had their cameras and or mobile phone cameras on and ready. When the 4 actors worked their way in they were mobbed. The guys who play Mohinder, Hiro, Parkman and the split personality Jessica/Nikki seemed to be happy to be honored by such a large and boisterous crowd. They said a few words - touted season 2 and then took a few questions.

I slipped back over to my office and made the quick transition form star struck fan to conservative business guy....