Hayden & Milo split, cause trouble on Heroes set

[Aragorn]

Rat Boy wrote:

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Tony Romo would be a better analogy, I think.

So if Milo is Tony Romo, should they treat Hayden like T.O.?

[Jen]

Mr. Adventure wrote:

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She ought to hook up with Zachary Quinto now just for humor sake.

Um. I'm kinda new to the Heroes world, but I just assumed that Zachary Quinto was gay.

[Dorian Thompson]

Um. I'm kinda new to the Heroes world, but I just assumed that Zachary Quinto was gay.

He is.

[Jen]

Dorian Thompson wrote:

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He is.

For a moment there, I thought my gaydar had broken.

Carry on.

[Jax]

Kill off claire, making up plots for the sake of giving her something to do is harming the show and if any actor or actress tried to get someone else fired, I would fore them on the spot...SPOILT BITCH

[Hyperspace05]

Norrin Radd wrote:

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12 year gap?

That's just fuckin' creepy.

Oh please. Out in the real world there are lots of relationships between people that have a much greater age differential. Besides, some mature faster than others. Newsflash... Once you get out of College nobody *cares* about your age. Not in the "omigosh he/she is dating a senior" way at least.

Is it eyebrow-raising if one is perhaps less than 20? Sure... But they are both adults. It ain't that "f'n creepy". It's just life.

[Stone_Cold_Sisko]

She sounds like a complete nitwit of a moron.

And yes, regardless of the circumstances of the breakup, she's the nitwit not Milo, since she's trying to get him kicked off the show.

[Guy Gardener]

Sadly, being a dick is making press. Making press puts bums on seats.

They want bums on seats.

The prima donna will save the show easier than the level headed old man trying to keep everything calm and pleasant.

Veronica Mars sleeping with her brother was the most awesome awesome thing ever, Nip Tuck's dip into incest was not exactly grand but the faux wannabe incest raging on in Reaper right now is hilarious.Back peddling on Sylars lineage was pathetically weak of the writing staff that they can't steer the course of their own decisions but if they keep doing that again just so a couple characters can make hay?

Surely, they'd save money if they forced one of them to quit: Every scene together half naked and sweaty.

[Dorian Thompson]

Is it eyebrow-raising if one is perhaps less than 20? Sure... But they are both adults. It ain't that "f'n creepy". It's just life.

She was 17 when he started "dating" her. That is creepy. Dude will be 32 in July. She'll be 20 in August. They've been going out over a year and a half. Do the math.

Teenaged girls get so cranky when you sleep with them and then break up with them. At least don't sleep with a teenager who's also a coworker. Words to the wise. Date one of those wrinkled 21 or 22 year olds.

[Kryton]

I thought this was ancient history like, a couple of weeks ago by the time I'd heard it.

I'm a little surprised it's just getting out around here! Hayden went off the handle at some paparazzi the other day about something to do with her new boyfriend.

Saw the info at work...I'll see if I can find it tomorrow.

[DeadmeatDiggory]

I remember after season one the creator of the show made allusions to season two starring a completly new cast and I (and I'm sure quite a few other people) was like "No way, man, you can't do that!"... but after the season two and three we got, it mightn't have been a bad idea.

Hell, let's face it, shouldn't Hiro be on the path to be the Future-Hiro we saw (even with the timeline changes)?

Hell, Heroes is one of two shows I wouldn't mind being canceled; the other being Smallville (you all know that's the only way we'll see Clark fly). But I digress, how about those smurfs?

[Admiral Buzzkill]

You know, a lot more people know who Hayden is than Milo. She's far better publicity for the show than he is, which is probably their major concern.

And of course many people date across age gaps of a decade or more without any more or less difficulty than folks closer in age.

[Daneel]

Kaijufan wrote:

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I had a high school teacher who's wife was about 10 years younger them him. In fact he actually had her in class before they got married.

Bah, that's nothing. My dad was my mom's teacher... and he's almost 15 years older than her. I imagine quite a few eyebrows were raised at that one.

Anyway, as Kryton said, their split is old news -- I heard about it weeks ago. I wondered if it would affect the show at all. I wonder if anything like what happened with Alias will occur here (Michael Vartan stopped being a regular shortly after breaking up with Jennifer Garner... actually, there was some speculation that Ben Affleck wanted him off the show, IIRC. But that's probably not too relevant to this situation).

And Dennis is right -- Hayden is probably the more recognizable star of the two, at least to the general public. Plus, the target audience is probably males aged 18-35... and which of the two do you think that group is more likely to be interested in, at least on a superficial level?

Who knows? If one of them has to go, it may end up being Milo, even if his character is (marginally) more interesting than Hayden's. I say marginally because neither of them are terribly interesting right now, but that's sadly symptomatic of the show as a whole (although the last episode showed some minor improvement, IMO... and hopefully, with Fuller back on board, there's more of that to come).

[Aragorn]

I don't see why they can't both be on the show. Heroes has already done a really good job of keeping characters apart so they can do nothing in their own separate nothing storylines.

[Gryffindorian]

Actually, I don't see any problem with co-workers dating each other as long as they remain professional. Two of my former co-workers (who retired last year) met on the job, fell in love, and got married. One was formerly divorced, and the other was a widow, and they both had their own kids from previous marriages.

Age difference is a non-issue, too, as long as both parties are mature (physically, emotionally, and mentally).