RobertScorpio
Pariah
Now, some of us might think there is nothing wrong with Heroes, and thats cool...but I now believe I know what went wrong for those of us who think the show got off track..
What made season-1 work, I think, was that it started small and climaxed when they all met in new york, and peter/nathen exploded. (From there on the show, I think, has just been on a gradual decline)...
The first season worked, more specifically, because every hero was connected in someway. It was very ordered. Parkman, Sylar, Clare, the stripper, Hiro, Peter, Nathen, the stripper's boy friend, and their son Miccha. All of them were connected in one way or the other, which was part of the fun of figuring out what was going on. Now? Since that first season, they have introduced so many new "heroes" that its hard to believe, and I think this became Xfile's problem as well with all of its silly stuff, that it could all be contained from the masses.
In the "Heroes" universe, all of the dynamics of what is going on is somehow done in a manner that the rest of the world doesn't really know that there are people among them with powers. And not just a few here and there (like season one) but many many people.
In season-one, because all the characters with powers were in someway inter-connected, it all made sense. Now, with so many people with powers out there, what made the first group so special? And with so many people out there with powers, and I mean really weird and strange powers, where did they come? Was this all some experiment or not? Well, I think the "or not" answer becomes more usable which totally downplays what we watched in season one.
And another thing...Hiro changing the past so that Ando, or Endo, is now with Hiro's sister, and has been for years now, would have changed the dynamics of Hiro's father's motives all these years. Because its quite clear she became 'softer' as a person, which would have definately affected her father's opinions of her for decades...
Where I finally think they went wrong? too many hands in the cookie jar. I still remember the first season when whoever it was who was writing the show, Kring I think, said that it, and he said this, MORE THAN "LOST", would make sense. That they were not just making it up as they went along and that they knew where they were going..blah blah blah...he lied. This show is a wreck, and its not because of the actors. I think, all in all, the acting and production value of Heroes is actually pretty good...Quinto is a damn actor, and shows it every episode.
The writing, and ill thought out paths the story took, is what, I think, has led this show to no longer be the 'cutting scifi/thriller show' it once claimed to be. I was at comic-con and its clear from what I heard from others that Heroes is now a laughing stock...and this season, I believe, will be its last. And not because of the actors/characters, I repeat; but because of poor writing and pacing....
Rob
What made season-1 work, I think, was that it started small and climaxed when they all met in new york, and peter/nathen exploded. (From there on the show, I think, has just been on a gradual decline)...
The first season worked, more specifically, because every hero was connected in someway. It was very ordered. Parkman, Sylar, Clare, the stripper, Hiro, Peter, Nathen, the stripper's boy friend, and their son Miccha. All of them were connected in one way or the other, which was part of the fun of figuring out what was going on. Now? Since that first season, they have introduced so many new "heroes" that its hard to believe, and I think this became Xfile's problem as well with all of its silly stuff, that it could all be contained from the masses.
In the "Heroes" universe, all of the dynamics of what is going on is somehow done in a manner that the rest of the world doesn't really know that there are people among them with powers. And not just a few here and there (like season one) but many many people.
In season-one, because all the characters with powers were in someway inter-connected, it all made sense. Now, with so many people with powers out there, what made the first group so special? And with so many people out there with powers, and I mean really weird and strange powers, where did they come? Was this all some experiment or not? Well, I think the "or not" answer becomes more usable which totally downplays what we watched in season one.
And another thing...Hiro changing the past so that Ando, or Endo, is now with Hiro's sister, and has been for years now, would have changed the dynamics of Hiro's father's motives all these years. Because its quite clear she became 'softer' as a person, which would have definately affected her father's opinions of her for decades...
Where I finally think they went wrong? too many hands in the cookie jar. I still remember the first season when whoever it was who was writing the show, Kring I think, said that it, and he said this, MORE THAN "LOST", would make sense. That they were not just making it up as they went along and that they knew where they were going..blah blah blah...he lied. This show is a wreck, and its not because of the actors. I think, all in all, the acting and production value of Heroes is actually pretty good...Quinto is a damn actor, and shows it every episode.
The writing, and ill thought out paths the story took, is what, I think, has led this show to no longer be the 'cutting scifi/thriller show' it once claimed to be. I was at comic-con and its clear from what I heard from others that Heroes is now a laughing stock...and this season, I believe, will be its last. And not because of the actors/characters, I repeat; but because of poor writing and pacing....
Rob