Heroes breaks the Internet in half?
A quick scan of blog-dom shows that either I’m the only one still watching NBC’s Heroes, or nobody else caught what I thought was a classic comic book reference.
In Monday’s (11/27) episode, Nikki’s father returned to visit her, Micah and D.L. This happened six months before the regular events of the series (it was a flashback show). To make up for being a worthless prick, Nikki’s dad brought a laptop for Micah and promptly sent the boy off, saying, “Go break the Internet in half.”
I nearly coughed up a lung from laughing at what I saw as a pretty direct reference to the much maligned Brian Bendis line.
A great nerdy tip of the cap or random occurrence? With any luck, CBR will answer this question in their regular Q & A with the writers next week.
Interesting. I didn’t watch the episode, but, well, Heroes certainly has broken this website in half, if you think about it. I will concede that last week’s episode, where Peter goes to meet the cheerleader at her high school, had a few moments of genuine dramatic tension, but, otherwise, I still stand in opposition to the show.
You are not alone; the “crack the Internet” comment cracked me up, which earned me strange looks from my non-comic-geek roommate. I started to explain the inside joke nature of the comment, then decided it was going to be more trouble than it was worth and dropped it.
Yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what happened when I tried to explain to my wife.
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I noticed that, but I convinced myself that it was completely random, and in know way a reference to the famed House of M promotional line. The people writing this show don’t seem to know much about comics, or they might try to avoid some of the comic book references that they do put in the show.
I think the main creator doesn’t know anything about comics. But a lot of the writers are involved with comics. So I’d say the major plot movements and characters are supposed to not be obvious rip-offs, but I wouldn’t be surprised by smaller references slipped into the show.
Again, I hope CBR asks.