The season 1 finale sucked and proved the writers didn't have a clue. That's when the show died for me.
They really should have had NYC blow up, and half the cast dead, that way season 2 had to feel like a new show.
Nothing went wrong with Heroes. It is just fine.
Until the 3rd season it was![]()
Hire Kurtzman and Orci.
People keep saying Season 1 was the best and it was downhill from there. That appears to be the case anyway with most shows (and movies, for that matter). The subsequent seasons (e.g., X-Files) or sequels (e.g., Jurassic Park 2 and 3) eventually lose the magic, mystery, or appeal. Heroes has seen its ups and downs, but I don't think it's a terrible show. It could be better.
Hire Kurtzman and Orci.
People keep saying Season 1 was the best and it was downhill from there. That appears to be the case anyway with most shows (and movies, for that matter). The subsequent seasons (e.g., X-Files) or sequels (e.g., Jurassic Park 2 and 3) eventually lose the magic, mystery, or appeal. Heroes has seen its ups and downs, but I don't think it's a terrible show. It could be better.
Actually with a good genre show the later seasons tend to be better since they are still figuring out the formula during the first season. Star Trek, Star Trek TNG, DS9, Babylon 5, I could go on and on ...
I will agree a lot of dramas tend to peak in their first or second season.
Well I haven't watched Heroes since the second season, but I still mean to catch up on it. I think what made the second season so poor was the lack of focus and development as to who the bad guys were. For example the whole Adam/Kenzo story. We spent about 75% of the time in ancient Japan with this love triangle. Next thing you know were 400 years in the future and Adam is supposed to be like a guru. Were we supposed to buy Adam as the new major threat when we got almost no insight into him as Adam?
Also Parkman's father. When season 1 finished he was presented as this mysterious, terrifying spectre. When we finally caught up to him he was this schlubby, middle-aged guy guy working as a lackey for Adam. Then about an episode later Parkman out-duels him and that's the end of him.
I also think no doubt they wanted to capitalize on Hayden Panettiere's growing popularity and she became much of the focus of the second season.
The season 1 finale sucked and proved the writers didn't have a clue. That's when the show died for me.
They really should have had NYC blow up, and half the cast dead, that way season 2 had to feel like a new show.
The season 1 finale sucked and proved the writers didn't have a clue. That's when the show died for me.
I would have liked to have seen Nathan doing more political stuff while hiding his power. Then when the Heroes where exposed he would have reluctantly had to become their advocate...
Also Parkman's father. When season 1 finished he was presented as this mysterious, terrifying spectre. When we finally caught up to him he was this schlubby, middle-aged guy guy working as a lackey for Adam. Then about an episode later Parkman out-duels him and that's the end of him.
The problem is that after the first season, they acted like nothing happened. Each season is almost a giant reset button and all but a rehash of last season's story.
Heroes had one problem only and that problem doomed it. The writers had NO. CLUE. how to develop these characters. It's stunning their lack of imagination. They deemed Nathan most expendable when his political connections should have made him a major player. Claire never learned anything. Hiro never learned anything. Sylar lived. Peter shot Nathan but they never talked about it; that act should have had major ramifications for the brothers, but they never talked about it.I don't care if Peter was from the future. Future or not, Nathan's brother shot him and Nathan suddenly got religion (for 15 minutes) instead of being scared and pissed off. Peter kept doing stupid things. No character development of significance.
Heroes had one problem only and that problem doomed it. The writers had NO. CLUE. how to develop these characters. It's stunning their lack of imagination. They deemed Nathan most expendable when his political connections should have made him a major player. Claire never learned anything. Hiro never learned anything. Sylar lived. Peter shot Nathan but they never talked about it; that act should have had major ramifications for the brothers, but they never talked about it.I don't care if Peter was from the future. Future or not, Nathan's brother shot him and Nathan suddenly got religion (for 15 minutes) instead of being scared and pissed off. Peter kept doing stupid things. No character development of significance.
I forgot most of that stuff, which is an indication as to how inconsistant, at best, this writing is..
Rob
Heroes had one problem only and that problem doomed it. The writers had NO. CLUE. how to develop these characters. It's stunning their lack of imagination. They deemed Nathan most expendable when his political connections should have made him a major player. Claire never learned anything. Hiro never learned anything. Sylar lived. Peter shot Nathan but they never talked about it; that act should have had major ramifications for the brothers, but they never talked about it.I don't care if Peter was from the future. Future or not, Nathan's brother shot him and Nathan suddenly got religion (for 15 minutes) instead of being scared and pissed off. Peter kept doing stupid things. No character development of significance.
I forgot most of that stuff, which is an indication as to how inconsistant, at best, this writing is..
Rob
That's just the tip of the iceberg. You could write a novella just describing all the ways in which Heroes writing sucks.
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