The Company has finally returned and we’ll be doing weekly podcasts again!  This week we start with the Season Premiere of Heroes.  We cover the first two hours of Volume Five “Redemption” titled “Orientation” and “Jump, Push, Fall” respectively.

We hope you enjoy!  Please excuse the disorganization as we get things together on our end.  We are changing location, staff, and format…so please bear with us!

As always send your mp3 voicemails or e-mails to thecompanypodcast@gmail.com

Thanks!

-Demi

In this episode we cover the first two episodes starting after the return of Heroes godsend, Bryan Fuller:

Cold Snap and Into Asylum.

Some things we discuss:

• The Cinematography of Heroes: How has it changed?  Is it better?
• The Writing:  Are characters becoming smarter, or is it just wishful thinking?
• The Story: Where does it go from here?  What do we want to see happen?

Your hosts for this episode are Woo and Demi, Engee will be joining us for further episodes.

We hope you enjoy!  We are glad to be back!

-Demi

What I’d like to post about today is a great thing one of my favorite podcasts is doing.  Jay and Jack from The Lost Podcast with Jay and Jack are doing a 25 hour podcast to benefit Autism Speaks!  It will be live until 6pm tonight, so we encourage you to check it out and donate if you can.  It’s for a great cause, and they are really entertaining…especially if you love Lost (like Woo and I).

Woo and myself have often considered branching off to do a Lost Podcast in the style of The Company, and if we were to do so…we’d definitely have to look to Jack and Jay for some inspiration.  They are widely respected in the Lost fanbase, and they definitely have our support during this process!

To check out the live feed on Ustream:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jay-and-jack%27s-25-hour-podcast-for-autism

To donate or learn more about Jay and Jack or Austim Speaks:
http://www.jayandjack.com/2009/03/20/jay-jacks-25-hour-podcast-for-autism-speaks/

In this long-awaited interview (it was record before the mid-season finale last year, but due to technical difficulties wasn’t recovered until this week) David shares his experiences on the set and with the cast of Heroes, talks about how he got into acting, and discusses some of the other work he does in the industry.

We hope you enjoy the interview.  Be sure to check out davids.com to keep up with everything David is doing.

You can also follow him on twitter here:
http://twitter.com/dhlawrencexvii

Heroes is back, and so is The Company!

Be sure to subscribe to our feed, join the forums (on the top bar of the website), and look out for a brand new episode of The Company podcast, covering the first two episodes of Heroes: Fugitives this weekend!

EDIT: If you are experiencing problems in audio-quality or pitch modulation with the flash stream, please subscribe or download the file directly.

-Demi

This interview has been modified from its original form to enhance quality.

This week we cover the the highly anticipated Volume Three finale entitled, “Dual”.

Some things we cover:

• Engee returns to host an ENTIRE episode!
• Sylar as Jigsaw?
• Ando: Ultimate Sidekick
• Daphne…Supergirl?
• Voicemail: Marshal from Toronto.
• and much more…

Sorry again for the lateness.  Look out for our interview with David H. Lawrence in the coming week.

-Demi

This week we talk about the episode leading up to the Villains’ finale, “Our Father”.

Some things we discuss:

• Arthur’s Death: Sooner than expected?
• Blast from the Past: Our thoughts about the visit to sixteen years ago.
• The Catalyst: Confusing or just stupid?
• Continuity Alert! Hiro’s Mom was dead in 1991…WHAAAAA????
• Sylar: Dexter on Heroes.
• and a surprise appearance by Engee and Socrates!
• Best fast-food restaurant?

We look forward to the Volume Finale this coming Monday! Hope you enjoy the listen.  Join the forums be sure to send us a voicemail at 205-383-4781 or an e-mail at thecompanypodcast@gmail.com.

This episode focuses on the two part episode set ” The Eclipse”.

We also answer a voicemail with an interesting question:
How would we end Villains, and what would we do in Volume 4: Fugitives?

It’s a long one, and it’s not our best…but enjoy anyway (despite its horrible lateness).

However, we are back with our thoughts on episode 309 entitled “It’s Coming” (no pun intended).

Some things covered:

• Status of the show during Thanksgiving
• The return of Heroes Unreal Tournament
• Hiro’s Blast to the Past
• Sylar’s empathetic experience with Elle
• Father and son reunion
• Mohinder…Dr. Frankenstein?
• Did this episode mark the “jumping the shark”?

All this and more (including a special guest host)!

As always, please e-mail us your questions and comments at thecompanypodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a voicemail by either calling 205-383-4781 and following the prompt, or by sending an mp3 file to our e-mail.  Voicemails should be under 60 seconds and be either about The Company or Heroes, but we’ll pretty much take anything.

How has Season 3 up to this point?  We delve into the good, the bad, and the just plain stupid on this week’s episode of The Company.  We even have a special guest host this week!

Some things covered:

• The amazing three hour episode of Deal or No Deal (hint: it doesn’t exist)
• Major Heroes News and Rumors including the recent firings of Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander, who might come on board to replace them?
• What Season 3 is doing right.
• What Season 3 is doing wrong.
• What needs to happen for Heroes to turn it around.
• Community Participation! VOICEMAILS!!!!

As always, feedback is appreciated.  Please subscribe to the podcast using the RSS/iTunes links to the top-right of the website, and be sure to check out the forums on the top navigation bar.

Also, voicemails are awesome and we need more! Send us a voicemail over the phone at 205-383-4781, or send us an mp3 file attachment to our e-mail address: thecompanypodcast@gmail.com (You can also send us text-based stuff there too). Typically voicemails should be questions or comments under 60 seconds in length dealing with either the podcast itself or Heroes the television show.

If you didn’t get to check out the Jimmy-Jean Louis interview we had, you can check it out here:
http://www.thecompanypodcast.net/2008/11/06/special-edition-03-exclusive-interview-with-jimmy-jean-louis/

Or you can see all of our past episodes/interviews by clicking the “Podcast” tab on the top navigation bar of the site.

Hope you enjoy!

Jimmy is awesome and we’ve done an interview with him before, so if you’d like to hear our first interview where we discussed his work on Seasons 1 and 2 as well as how he got the part of The Haitian, check it out here.

We talk with Jimmy about a lot of things including:

• What was it like to come back to Heroes after the Strike?
• How is it to have all the new people on board? Was it nice to finally work with another Haitian?
• Heroes in Haiti, how many episodes and what seemingly out of place characters pop up in Haiti?
• Will we see some of The Haitian’s family, and if so, will there be anything “special” about them?
• Jimmy shares with us his thoughts on Brea Grant, who we interviewed earlier.
• Thoughts on every Haitian’s favorite sport: Football! (Soccer for you Americans :-P)
• We discuss some of Jimmy’s other non-Heroes projects including:
• Jimmy’s new non-profit organization to aide a Haiti in Crisis.
• and much more!

Hope you enjoy! Be sure to check out Jimmy’s website for information on his other projects and his non-profit, “Hollywood Unites for Haiti”.
http://www.jimmyjeanlouis.com

PS:
This is the picture we mention and the one Jimmy says is a good representation of a possible Jimmy Jean-Louis/Black Panther.

This interview was recorded on Thursday, October 30, 2008.

And by that we mean that we dress up…and talk dirty.

Of course, since there was an episode we do discuss it and this podcast covers the events that took place in Eris Quod Sum, Episode 307 of Heroes.

As always voicemails are accepted at 205-383-4781, or you can e-mail us (or send us an mp3 voicemail) at thecompanypodcast@gmail.com.  Join us on the forums at the link at the top of the website!

No vidcast again this week. Give me a week to get the video feed caught up and we’ll start doing them again.

This week we talk about:

• Our Interview with Brea Grant and her website.
• Hiro and Ando learn a new magic trick.
• Matt comes home with some Turtle Power!
• Daphne gets a stalker.
• We see Arthur Petrelli’s Power! And Adam gets a taste of it.
• What does this all mean for Angela’s visions?
• Sylar and Peter’s new relationship/circumstance.
• We all agree on one character Heroes needs to kill off. You won’t believe who it is.
• New Weekly Feature: The Company Assignment. Go to the forums to participate.
• Send us a Voicemail: 205-383-4781. E-mail us: thecompanypodcast@gmail.com

Hope you enjoy it! If you like the podcast, please show your appreciation by donating or reviewing us our iTunes!

Music by cdk from ccMixter.org

Brea is a fantastic actress who really knows where her roots are. She was a delight to interview and I hope you guys enjoy it. It was only supposed to last around fifteen minutes but it got close to a half-hour!

Some things we talk about:

• I ask Brea what its like to join the cast of Heroes as a newcomer, was it scary?
• How does Brea connect with the community through her website.
• Interactions behind the scenes. Who would Brea like to work with that she hasn’t yet?
• Fringe…the new X-Files?
• How do they make Daphne super fast on the show?
• Questions from the Community
• Brea calls The Company out for being mean!
• and much more!

Hope you enjoy! Be sure to check out Brea’s website and follow her on twitter!
http://twitter.com/breagrant
http://www.breagrant.com/

P.S. For the record, Brea is awesome! We were talking crap about Daphne in the future (all in good fun), and not about Brea personally. Geez, that’s embarrassing. Sorry about that, you rock!

P.S.S. I personally don’t find twelve-year-olds to be that attractive. Engee on the other hand…

This week we talk about Episode 305 of Heroes: “Angels and Monsters.”

We discuss:

• Peter feels the hunger, and Sylar feels the love.
• Angela sees the future and isn’t able to move!
• Arthur Petrelli is alive? Well, what is his power???
• Claire sees the lines of good and evil blurred between Level 5 and her father.
• Daphne starts her quest to assemble the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.
• Hiro betrays his best friend…What a hypocrite!

We also talk about our blogs! If you haven’t seen them, check out the main page for links to them!

As always, please leave a voicemail at 205-383-4781 with a question or comment and join the forums at the link on the main site!  We also accept e-mails including mp3 attachments for voicemails at thecompanypodcast@gmail.com!

Enjoy!

Edit: Somehow the audio got switched around.  This should be fixed now If you’ve already downloaded the messed up copy, this is the real episode 11.

Heroes starts to deliver and so do we! Episode 11 is here!

As we look over Episode 304, “I Am Become Death” we discuss:

• The Peters go to the future and get 0wn3d.
• Tracey finds out she had a sister that banged The German.
• Mohinder eats somebody and turns into a cockroach?
• Matt trips out and sees his future life partner who, surprisingly, is no longer a man.
• Present Peter goes on a mission to find Sylar…and does.
• Hiro and Ando discover that the key to stopping the end of the world lies with a white dude with a fake British accent.

We also talk about our blogs! If you haven’t seen them, check out the main page for links to them!

As always, please leave a voicemail at 205-383-4781 with a question or comment and join the forums at the link on the main site!  We also accept e-mails including mp3 attachments for voicemails at thecompanypodcast@gmail.com!

Enjoy!

This week we discuss:

• Noah and Sylar = Greatest Partner Duo Ever?
• Claire and Meredith’s super hot training session.
• Peter helps to rob a bank by telling somebody to “stay down”.
• Hiro and Ando have a need for speed, but the Haitian has a need for comedic relief.
• Matt blesses the rains down in Africa.
• Tracy discovers her true origin, or does she?

We also talk about our blogs! If you haven’t seen them, check out the main page for links to them!

As always, please leave a voicemail at 205-383-4781 with a question or comment and join the forums at the link on the main site!  Hope you enjoy!

What we covered:

Site News

• New Website Coming (Now here)
• Heroes Live Premiere Party is a success!
• Plea for people to join the forums!

The Second Coming

• Who Shot Nathan Petrelli?
• The Return of the Lindergeist
• Hiro meets his Nemesis…but is it the Speedster or Ando?
• We finally see what Sylar does with the brains.  How do we feel about it?
• Mohinder gets all scientific, and Maya gets all mad.
• Hiro goes to the future! Yeta!

The Butterfly Effect

• Bob betrayed by his golden boy.
• Tracey Strauss: True Ice Queen
• An electrifying Level 5 Breakout and Company Takeover
• Mohinder becomes The Lizard! (or not)
• Meredith’s fiery return (kinky!).

What We Wanted To See

• Missing Characters
• Abandoned Storylines

Season 2 Highlights

• Favorite Character
• Favorite Plotline
• Least Favorite Character
• Least Favorite Plotline

Season 2 DVD

• Extra Features
• Deleted Scenes
• Sneak Peak Scenes

Season 3 Speculation

• Who shot Nathan Petrelli?
• Who will turn evil? Who will turn good?
• What will happen to old loose-end characters: Nikki, Adam, Maury, etc
• Other stuff.

Site News

• Voicemail 205-383-4781
• Live Streaming of Premiere, Monday 7:30pm CST

We didn’t really have any show notes for this episode because it was really just our excuse for getting back together and getting our equipment setup and configured correctly again.

Hope you enjoy anyway!

In this episode we ramble about Season One including:

1. Our moment/episode.

2. Angela Petrelli’s transformation from MILF to GILF. 0_0

3. Save the Cheerleader. Save the World. What does it mean?

and much more!

As always, we hope you give us comments and feedback on what you like and dislike. Keep in mind that this is not the format we’ll be in come the Heroes Season 3 premiere, where we will be much more organized with segments and the like.

If you want to be on the show, send us a voicemail at 205-383-4781 or send a text only or an mp3 attachment e-mail to thecompanypodcast@gmail.com

Also, join us for some awesome discussion in our forums! See the link on the left of the website.

We cover things such as:

The quality of the episode
The future for the Heroes
Who shot N.P.?
Maya still alive???
Donations anyone?

And much much more!

Check it out by subscribing to our feed via the iTunes button to the right, or enjoy the Vodcast via Google Video below.

High-quality Divx Stream coming soon!

In the interview we discuss with Jimmy his hobby of Soccer (or futbol), how its like behind the scenes on set, the impact of the Writer’s Guild of America Strike, Angela Petrelli’s power, and more!

The recording of the full interview in its entirety is posted at the top and bottom of this entry. You can also listen to the interview by subscribing to our podcast feed via the menu on the right of the website.

Here is the majority of the interview transcribed:

Engee: Alright. We are going to hop around in questions a lot. I’ve read that you can actually speak five different languages.

Jimmy: Yes, yes. Uh, Correcto!

Engee: Very cool. Okay, I can understand…I believe its English, French, Spanish, and Italian? How often do you…

Jimmy: Yeah, and Creole.

Engee: How often do you get to use Creole, I mean I’ve never really…

Jimmy: Well, Creole…all the time because of my parents and my family. Because I’m Haitian and in Haiti we speak Creole first.

Engee: Oh, okay. See, I was under the impression that they spoke mainly French there but they speak Creole.

Jimmy: No, no. It’s Creole first and then French. But most people don’t speak French. I mean only the people that have the chance to go to school speak French but otherwise, in the streets, we speak Creole.

Demi: Were you aware that your character would be such a central role in this second season? You have a lot of screen time this season.

Jimmy: Yeah…no I didn’t have a clue. You know, those guys don’t tell you nothing at all. I am telling you. I didn’t know if I was returning in the second season. I had a clue because some of the producers, you know, told me, “Oh, yeah…You’ll be back”, but it wasn’t officially. And I was happily surprised to see how they’ve been using The Haitian lately, because the guy is very powerful. Especially from that last show that you guys saw. You know, to be able to not only block Peter but actually take care of him, with or without power…that tells you that its going to take a lot to actually stop The Haitian.

Demi: We have a couple episodes left until the last episode? That’s correct? Until the last episode of this story-arc. You’ve gotten information about the Writer’s Strike, I’m sure. How did that play out, as a far as [Heroes is concerned]?

Jimmy: Uh, well obviously its a huge bummer for the show, because the show was in the middle of shooting when it happened. I believe they finished shooting number ten for this season and, unfortunately, they won’t be able to air those two ones, the last two episodes. So they’re going to stop on number eleven. Eleven will be the finale…for this mid-season..or it could actually become for this season depending how long the strike goes.

Demi: So you had scripts from further episodes than what we are going to be seeing?

Jimmy: Until number thirteen.

Demi: And are they going to totally scrap those do you know?

Jimmy: I believe so. I believe so, just because of the storyline..uhh….

Demi: It’s hard to say, I’m sure…

Jimmy: It’s hard to say because you never know how much you can say in the interviews. But I think that Tim Kring is going to restructure the whole show and he’s going to bring what Heroes was..what was on Heroes, you know…bring back the main characters from the first season and make those characters go against some baddies, you know. And I think he’s restructuring the whole show, so thats why I think we are going to be losing episodes twelve and thirteen and then when we come back it’s going to be a new beginning.

Socrates: Do you have any idea when it (Heroes) would come back?

Jimmy: I don’t have a clue. It’s up to the writers at this point. If the Strike stops now then we can all go back to work. If it doesn’t stop for like three, four, five months…I think we are going to have to say, “See you guys next year.”

Demi: Right, That’s what we’re afraid of, but I’m sure everybody is afraid of that.

Jimmy: Yeah. But we don’t know. We have to wait and see, because obviously its very important to what is happening to the writers because it will affect directly the actors, as well. Because our contract is up next year. So, in June of next year. So what happens to the writers is probably whats going to happen to us.

Demi: With all this Writers Strike, I heard that you (Heroes cast) went back and re-shot [some] scenes. Were you in that re-shooting?

Jimmy: I heard I was supposed to. I was supposed to be, but I’m going to have to tell you that I was not in town. I was not in town, but I heard that they called me for something…but it was very…I mean it was last minute scheduling and I was out of the country. So that means no, I didn’t make it. But obviously they need him, so somehow, I don’t know how they are going to play it, but maybe they’ll find a way to still show him.

Demi: Special Effects.

Jimmy: Yeah, you never know man. You know, get, uh…. *laughs* Put a little bit of make-up on D.L. and get him to play The Haitian!

Demi: Now you originally auditioned for D.L. that’s right?

Jimmy: Yeah, yeah actually I did. I did three auditions for D.L. I saw the casting director first,and then I saw the producers, and then I saw the producers again. I mean…many, many times. But obviously, they didn’t give me the job because apparently I didn’t fit the role, the character and eventually they gave me the part of The Haitian. And that part was not supposed to be Haitian, it was supposed to be from New Zealand.

Demi: I heard that, I’m wondering, because of that…were you ever…of course your character is still alive right now, but I was [wondering if you ever regretted] not getting that part? I mean, they reformatted it for The Haitian so I’m sure thats got to be a very comfortable role.

Jimmy: Its very…for me being Haitian, I’m very proud of that. Because somehow it makes me…not only representing my country, but at they same time..The storyline is very interesting because they were able to play with all the spiritual beliefs, the voodoo things, and everything that goes with The Haitian…with the character of The Haitian.

Socrates: Yeah, and I’m sure you’re able to identify more with a Haitian character than like a New Zealand character.

Jimmy: Hey, hey..I’m an actor, man. I can do whatever…Give me a Swedish guy and I’ll be Swedish if you want me to be Swedish, okay? *laughs*

Demi: Now we actually saw a scene this season in Haiti. Well, they said it was in Haiti. I’m sure that was a set. How accurate do you think they portrayed Haiti in the show?

Jimmy: It wasn’t bad. It wasn’t bad, knowing that that was done at Universal Studios. You know, everything was done on set. They got it right…the people in the street, the little corner stands, and even the music in the background and everything. Yeah, it was believable even though they didn’t show my character in the crowd. But you know, it was a good way to show Haiti. Yeah, I think it worked. Most people think that they went to Haiti for it.

Demi: Did they ask you at all about that? Did they ask you for..to advise or input on that?

Jimmy: Those guys don’t ask for advise, man. *laughs* We have ten amazing writers …They’re the ones that are writing the show. Maybe they get little tips here and there if I’m talking to them, but as far as sitting down and trying to go over the character…No they don’t do that. So they didn’t ask for any advise. They do their own research, and come up with an accurate portrayal of Haiti.

Engee: Alright. Switching gears a little bit. You know, you work… as the Haitian, you work with H.R.G., Noah Bennett, Jack Coleman a lot. Is there anybody on the show that you haven’t gotten to work with as much that you’d like to work more with..that you’d think you would work well with.

Jimmy: Well, I enjoy Jack Coleman very much. He’s a sweet guy as well in real life. I would have loved to have worked more with Claude, Christopher Eccleston…We worked together for a couple of episodes and I really enjoyed it. He’s a great actor. And, uh.. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I’m going to have a chance to do it. Maybe next year. But otherwise, you know, I think the character of The Haitian has a chance to work with pretty much everybody…and Hayden, as well, is a great actress.

Demi: I was wondering…You’ve been under the direction of Tim Sale directly, I mean Tim Kring…sorry Tim Sale did the art. How is he as a person? We never get to see other than interviews…Is he pretty hard on you guys or…?

Jimmy: No, no…He’s very quiet.

Demi: Quiet?