Heroes Season 5?: From Heroes To Icons
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I was once one of the biggest fans of this show. Pulled in by the characters. The superb writing. And strong sense of direction the series had. After four years the show has now become a great disappointment. The writers have abandoned the mythos of the show. There is little in the way of continuity. And character development is non existent.
Can anyone even remember when Future Hiro first Peter on the subway train, with the message “Save The Cheerleader. Save The World.” Whatever happened to the intrigue of being hunted. The survival of keeping your secrets. “Are You On The List.” Where is the gathering of all these strangers in one place united for one moment with one purpose. “How Do You Stop An Exploding Man?” This is the foundation that Heroes was built on. Many of you didn’t like season 2. I myself loved it. Even though it was cut short by the writer’s strike. Tim Kring and his writer’s were able to bring that season to a very nice close with an awesome cliffhanger. If you bought the DVD or Bluray (Same on you if you didn’t) you know that Tim Kring had a ton of things he wanted to do. But alas that was cut short. Some of those ideas never saw their way on to the show, even though they could have.
Season 3 started in a sprint to the finish line. Villains seem to be just what the doctor ordered to bring Heroes back from the stab in the back that the writers strike gave it. It had just enough of everything to make the show what we always enjoyed in season 1.Villains had been well thought out almost perfectly to the end. The death of the God like Author Petrelli was a mild disappointment. I mean if he really had to die, well ok. Just kill him and be done with it. Now is when you think the show will take another turn. heading in a new direction that is sure to stun all fans. But it seems that not only have the writer’s forgotten to step back into continuity. They also assume that their audience is plain stupid. I mean, Heroes fiction is strongly based on comic books and science. Fictional or other wise. Why would they thing no one saw the light leave Author Petrelli’s body. And what energy transference. Peter got NOTHING from his father after he died. Yet he was standing right over his body. Okay you can hide from that with all the subtly of a Rhino. But I can still see the mistakes. But now after he injects himself with the formula he can only hold one power at a time. Peter gets weaker and even more uncertain of himself. All the while Sylar turns into Thanos with the Infinity Gauntlet. Peter as a character just doesn’t grow. As well as other characters.
Will Heroes end now. Season 4 is over. And thank God for that. This has to be the worst season ever. Nearly everything that has gone on this year was terrible. I just think Tim Kring gave up on the show. My friends and I believe he’s just biding his time until his contract wears off. Heroes could have been another 24 or Lost. Now it will just die off. Hardly a memory in the minds of fans. And I say good riddance, Especially because our idea of A Brave New World was stolen. And not only was it stolen. It was done poorly at best. I knew a guy that always said “You can’t win them all”. But Heroes was a winner. I refuse to let the show go out like that. I will write my own little season 5 right here. Join me as I finish Heroes my way. NBC has done a bad enough job already. And it’ll be fun. These stories will be just little ideas of what I would like to see. And how I would have ended Heroes. The stories will be small. Just enough to get the point across. Look for them every 2 weeks or so. It’ll be one heck of a ride.
Every thing that has a beginning has an end. And this will be my ending. Join me as I dream and write of a Heroes that could have been.