Comments on: Speak Out: How Would YOU Solve Heroes’ Problems?

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:26:07 +0000

Writers create magic in a series by telling great stories that are resolved at the end. Character development should come naturally with each individual episode. The bigger picture arc unfolds along with the characters, their abilities and their motives (seen and unseen).

Wasn’t Monica amazing? What about Charlie? Why were these characters tossed? They were funny and charming. Every episode has to have some humour in it. Hiro shouldn’t be “token comic relief”. None of the characters should take themselves too seriously.

This show has great potential to entertain while sending a positive message. Why are you losing your way! When you start looking closely at trees, you lose site of the fact that you are in a beautiful, interesting and diverse forest. Pull back and get a handle on the story again.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:23:10 +0000

Oh yeah, another REALLY EFFING STUPID plot point: after getting beat up by HRG Sylar and Elle stop to make naughty as if that were the most logical thing to do in the world! That’s even too stupid for prime time TV! What about the mission Arthur gave them? What about them trying to escape to safety after all that gunplay in a RESIDENTIAL neighborhood? C’MON PEOPLE! It’s called a BRAIN! Use it!

Man this show is too stupid to live…

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:10:37 +0000

First off, why bother digging Adam Monroe up from the grave Hiro trapped him in if he’s only going to be captured and “drained” by Arthur. What was Angela, who is supposed to be able to dream the future, thinking of when she directed Hiro to rescue Adam and what did Hiro and Ando gain from resurrecting him? Nothing at all except some convoluted nonsense whereby Arthur could recover from his disability, that’s all. Stupid and ungainly. All they needed was a vial of Adam’s blood and Hey! Presto! Arthur’s back and good to go. Adam went from being a villain to an inept buffoon in that poorly thought through excuse for a story line. Maybe Tim Kring should try reading his own scripts for a change.

Why doesn’t Arthur use Peter’s abilities to wipe out all his opposition? He traveled to Africa to behead one hero so why stop there? Why try to turn Sylar to his side when it would be more prudent to destroy him? Sylar the unstable ally one moment, enemy the next / psycho is a greater threat to Arthur than all the other heroes combined. Shoddy story telling I think. Side note: if Hiro can transport Adam into a coffin and Elle to the beach without having to be there in person, then why didn’t he send Sylar to the dark side of the moon? There’s no coming back from that one! He’s already attempted to kill Sylar once so why not do it properly and get it over with? Hiro has shown he isn’t above a little good old fashioned murder after all!

I liked season 1 a lot and season 2 a little less so. Season 3 simply blows chunks. A friend told me that Kring had a five year plan for Heroes when he first conceived of it but so far his plan looks more like crap than anything else. Hard to imagine that the show could have dived so badly after it’s initial promise but there it is and now it’s far too late to redeem the characters that made the show so quirky and good in the first place. Suresh a villain and HRG a loving father? Vomit!

Let the thing die it’s miserable and inevitable death.

By: Me

Me — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:55:47 +0000

There should be a big fight in “War”. There hasn’t really been a big congregation of all the main characters since season one, in “How to stop an exploding man”. If you ask me, everyone needs to meet up, and they all need to work together to defeat Pinehearst. Peter needs to regain his abilities and be the leader. And NO, do not kill off Matt. As some people were saying, his ability has the possibility of being so much more, and he could really become a more important character in the future. I’m disappointed he isn’t that big already. Anyways, big army of heroes versus big army of villains

By: Coolperson101

Coolperson101 — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:39:35 +0000

In my opinion, there are only a couple of things that need to be changed. Mohinder’s Funky mutation needs to end, we need to find out what happened to Caitlin, and peter needs to get back his powers. Maybe not even all of his powers, just his ability to absorb other people’s powers, so he would have to start over from scratch. Or something. It’s just kind of weird with him being so weak, he needs to be the hero, he’s kind of the main character for heavens sake!!!!!!!

By: Horn Head rx

Horn Head rx — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:09:19 +0000

I think this season has been the best so far, its only problem at all INMO is that it needs to define the threat and the stakes more. My only suggestion besides that is maybe next season could take place during one of the alternate bleak futures and we could actually live with the characters after one of the disasters and see how they try to fix it from there. That season could end with the future being changed, but we don’t see how then the following season (god i hope there is one) could show what was done in present day to change things. Something else I would love to see is more battles between a hero and villain. Even if its just a brutal fist fight, something besides them throwing each other into stuff or standing several feet from each other using their powers from a distance.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:23:43 +0000

I have been following the show in Iraq and am enjoying season 3. Personally I think season 2’s writers strike was a major factor in season 3’s current slump. I like the fact that Maya is gone along with Micah (kid can’t act) and the annoying Monica storyline. Season 3 was fairly exciting up to episode 8 with the annoying ONE YEAR AGO THIS STUFF NO ONE CARES ABOUT HAPPENED AND LOOK IT TIES IN WITH SEASON 1. That was incredibly lame and I don’t see why they didn’t fire the writer that wrote that episode. My only other complaint is Ali Larter. Honestly she isn’t that big of a deal and to keep her coming back is really REALLY annoying (Hayden and Kristen Bell are hotter + better acting ability). Liked that they killed Adam off, he was a relic and Hiro gave him the same power as David Blane (I’m gonna live in a box and I’m not gonna eat). I think if they kept with the action, added less cheesy plot twist epiodes (looking at you EP 8), and matured the characters a lot more (is Clare honestly still 17?) we could look forward to a more rewarding Season 4.

Summery
- Season 3 great action with some new great characters.
- Less cheesy fillers.
- More character maturity.
- Stop bringing back Ali Larter!

By: OMEGA MAN

OMEGA MAN — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:33 +0000

Season three is great its finally playing more like a comic book series. I say keep it going as is action and drama not one more than the other, just a good balance. I think the only thing that Heroes needs to do is make the season finales more epic and worthy of the build up. Season one just ended, two was a better ending, but still not big enough. Season three should have an explosive and intense finale. Have heroes and villains actually fighting each other not just using telekinesis from a far. Have the characters trading punches and using the powers at close range, maybe even tearing the environment around them apart as they fight. I understand that the show has a certain budget and nothing on the level of a film, but something similar I’m sure can be pulled off. Just have the main heroes and villains in the battle or hey even just Peter and one of the villains.

By: zombieslayer

zombieslayer — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:53:06 +0000

some of the main problems with the show are that the writer’s themselves don’t seem to remember what they did 4 episodes ago … or just don’t care. they spent all of season one creating sylar as a remorseless power-hungry killer. in a few episodes of season 3 they have undone all that work. we now find out that he didn’t need to kill people to get their abilities, thus making all the deaths in season one pointless. what do we get, some half-a@@ed scene in which elle (whose father was killed by sylar) … i guess her forgiveness symbolizes how sylar is no longer the killer he once was, he is enlightened.
and how about the 9th wonders still in publication? you would think someone would have thought to look into that … i mean it was up to date with hiro and ando to the point at the comic book store. arthur is dead set against precogs, you would think issac mendez’s comic books would be on his radar

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:27:40 +0000

it just goes to show exactly how lazy and dumb people are now, all im reading is how the show is “too complex” and it has “too many characters” ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! id rather a show make me think and have to remember somethin that happened 4 episodes ago and make me say “ooo thats what that meant.” the problem isnt the show its the viewers, and how people need thinngs simple and basic. theres nothing wrong with the writing, you have to change things up and focus all around on multiple characters otherwise THEN IT WILL GET OLD. how many people could honestly have of predicted arthur being alive? or sylar becoming somewhat humane?? or knowing elle had at some point had feelings for sylar?? NO ONE! thats what makes the show great…it changes the reality of what you thought was going on or what was going to happen!! are there some open-ends still out there? yes, by why should be they closed up already??? why rush it all…let it develop and just enjoy it. its extremly had to kill off a main character…but i do agree…by the end of season 3…nathan, peter, claire, parkman, HRG, sylar, or hiro need to die off. all in all tho this season has been pretty kick ass, and the ratings dip cud be due to a number of things…not the quality of the show itself.