Comments on: Heroes without hope?

By: Rob Buckley

Rob Buckley — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:41:55 +0000

Which would be a shame. I could never work out why they simply didn't give her something to do, rather than spending every week working out new ways to victimise Clare.

By: Cindylover1969

Cindylover1969 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:56:53 +0000

E! columnist and one-time “Heroes” guest actress Kristin Dos Santos (she was the croupier Hiro and Ando talked to in Vegas, back when she was Kristin Veitch) writes that one of the cast has asked to be released from his/her contract.

http://tinyurl.com/728wo7

Like a lot of the people guessing, based on the clues my (admittedly biased because I never liked her on the show) money’s on Ali Larter – reasonably known before the show started, little screen time this season, an excuse to come back in her clones… too bad about NBC not being keen on letting her go.

By: Cindylover1969

Cindylover1969 — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:33:01 +0000

One problem; if you make an entire 22-episode set (or 12 to 13 episode set) and it haemorrhages viewers DURING that lot – though ratings have at least levelled out now in this case – you can’t do anything about it. That ain’t no way to run a railroad.

By: Jonathan Haw

Jonathan Haw — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:27:29 +0000

This is a slightly oblique suggestion, but I wish they could just make an entire series BEFORE transmission. As Graham suggests, a lot of the problem seems to be a lack of confidence in new ideas – and I’m sure this is linked to the fact that, like all US network shows, it is in production at the same time as transmission. This means that if the ratings are a bit wobbly, as they have been for the last couple of series, there is enormous pressure on the producers to make changes, deviating from their plans, and perhaps fall back on tried and tested characters and situations. How many times have we seen the series set off on an interesting path in its early episodes, only for us to end up at the same places? That’ll be the men from the network putting their oar in. That pressure must be even higher given how exceptionally expensive this series is.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:04:00 +0000

I’ve developed a superpower myself while watching the show, namely holding back the gag reflex at each use of the epithet “Claire Bear”.

By: Nick R

Nick R — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:11:29 +0000

There’s a pervasive fear in really moving the characters on (Claire and Noah always end up back home, hiding from The Company, for example)

Yep. How many times has Noah said “I need to know that I can trust you!” or “I was only trying to keep you safe!” or “I only wanted to do what was best for my family!”

Best bit of the season:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7pfdjyfb1cQ

By: Cindylover1969

Cindylover1969 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:51:57 +0000

Ljones – Anything constructive to add? No? Thought so.

Anyway… There have been rough and fat heroes (like the one with super hearing and the real looks of the illusion-causing one), but most of them get killed off (probably for the same reason there has yet to be a rough, fat, non conventional James Bond or Doctor Who)… and as for non-American heroes, what would that make Hiro, Hana and the Haitian?

Maybe a new showrunner might help (it wouldn’t be the first time such action’s been taken). It’s encouraging that Bryan Fuller’s come back…

By: Rob Williams

Rob Williams — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:07:43 +0000

Build something up for once! The Linderman storyline was good in Season One, but the past two seasons have just gone through the motions and a bit more real life drama please i.e. romance, death and other stuff like that…. Plus bring back Claude! Let’s not have all the heroes to be apple-pied Americans. Yes, Claire is nice enough but surely if there were a whole mixture out there let’s have slightly rough, fat, non conventional as well…

By: Ljones

Ljones — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:46:11 +0000

I can think of the best thing to do …. get rid of it completely! I must admit I can’t stand this series. I wish BBC2 would put something better on rather than this one-trick pony. I must admit I never really got all the hype over this series either.

Heros? Bah….zeros!

Ljones

By: Nigel Fishwick

Nigel Fishwick — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:07:34 +0000

I’ve actually quite enjoyed this series. Fair enough, it could be improved in many ways, but in nontheless makes for pleasantly enjoyable telly. Then again, I enjoyed the much derided second season too.

Anyway, as for suggestions…

I think a major issue with the series is the way that those with abilities seem to be seperated from the everyday reality of everyone else. I’d like to see their actions impacting on the world in a more visible way: A team of FBI agents tracking the serial killer who removes the top of their victim’s skulls; An Airforce investigator looking into numerous reports of a flying man; Press reports on strange fires and electrical events. At the moment, the general populace seems to be almost totally ignorant of the extraordinary events taking place around them.