At this point I think that the series has too many issues. They have turned Sylar into a repented "hero" with a dark past. Claire has outed herself to the world and now they run the risk of falling into that strange void of no where to go from here.
They left a few holes in the plot that they never really explained. Its just a mess. Do they deserve a renewal? I dunno. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:23 AM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: > > > 'Heroes' Never Recovered From Its First Break Series creator outlines his > feelings on the evolution of NBC show on the bubble > http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129 > > When you think of NBC's[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129>"Heroes," > you can't help but think of a younger, less emotionally certain Peter > Petrelli[image: > http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif]<http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/7129>standing > on the roof of a building with Mohinder's enigmatic narration on > the nature of life's mysteries. > > Those were the good days. > > Now, the series has evolved to a point where it is barely recognizable from > its debut season (both in terms of characters and pace), and the ratings > have plummeted. Where did the series go wrong, if it indeed went wrong in > the first place? > > Fans have their opinions and series creator Tim Kring has his own. > > However, to Kring, the series never fully recovered after its first break > following the initial 11 episodes. "Fallout," the 11th episode of the > series, originally premiered on Dec. 4, 2006, after which the series went on > a festive vacation before returning to the screens on Jan. 22, 2007. > > "We took about four days off between Season 1 and 2 -- we never stopped > writing," Kring told The AV Club. "Same directors, same actors, same > everything. So when someone says they don’t like Season 2, it’s like, 'Well, > that was yesterday.' We don’t have a sense that the seasons are divided by > ideas or timeframes; it’s just this big long continuum." > > Kring said the first season can be divided into two places. Then "Heroes" > took a seven-wrrk break, and the audience simply never came back. > > "The first 16 episodes was the part everybody talks about," he said. > > After that 16th episode, "Heroes" delved deeply into the mythology of the > mysterious Company, and eventually built toward an explosion-filled season > finale ... and that became a problem for the show. > > "The other thing is, you can only be shiny and new one time," Kring said. > "Also in that first season, we probably should have done two volumes or > three volumes, smaller stories. I think people would have gotten used to the > fact that we tell a story in volumes that have a beginning, a middle, and an > end. Because we didn’t, and we ended with sort of a finale, it felt like, > 'Well, I guess that’s over.' > > "So how do you go back to saving the world again? In reality, that was an > issue for me. I was very interested in the origin story of where these > characters came from — that first blush of discovery. It’s the most fun to > write, and ultimately it’s the most interesting for the audience." > > But Kring previously apologized for the direction that "Heroes" took in its > second season, right? Wrong. According to Kring, his comments were taken out > of context and although he may wish to do some things differently he claims > he did not apologize for any creative decision the series has made. > > "No, I was standing on the picket line when Jeff Jensen [from *Entertainment > Weekly* called me," he said. "And he said, 'Would you have done anything > different?' Nobody had ever asked me that before. So I answered really > honestly, 'There isn’t a day that goes by where I wouldn’t do 10,000 things > differently.' People think you’re making some precise widget, some > scientific little thing, but instead it’s filled with human error and > guesswork. So I mentioned a few things, but they published it as I > 'apologized to my audience.' I got sandbagged." > > Kring was also keen to discuss the change of pace in the fourth season of > the series, specifically the elongation of character arcs. There have been > instances this year where a pivotal piece in a character's back story is > revealed only to be discarded for weeks until there is a time to revisit it. > This change hasn't been an accident, but instead an act of necessity due to > the high number of characters that make up the series. > > "That’s a product of a few things," Kring said. "First of all, there are > only so many storylines you can actually do. The first season, there were > six or seven — little bit of this, little bit of that. The haiku type of > storytelling was effective when characters had very separate storylines. My > idea was for them to stay apart for as long as possible. The network wanted > them to be together on the second episode, and we really fought that. Once > characters start crossing, you can do fewer stories." > > The trick to making a show more cost-efficient is by telling fewer stories > per episode, he said. "When you have a certain number of characters, you're > facing a mathematical reality that not every character can be in every > episode. So some have to sit out." > > There is still no word on whether or not "Heroes" will receive a pickup for > another season -– or in any other format for that matter -– which means that > if Season 4 is the last page-defying adventure, the show has ended without a > proper conclusion. > > Krings's full interview can be found at The AV Club by clicking > here<http://www.avclub.com/articles/tim-kring,37975/> > . > > > > > * > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.514) > Database version: 6.14380 > http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor-antivirus/<http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/> > * > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! 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