Last night’s episode of the formerly excellent series Heroes was so inept, dreary, slow and inane that I almost decided to turn on Gossip Girl in its place. At least that show KNOWS how ridiculous it is and I’d get to see Chuck Bass sneer and sleep with lots of girls. Lets face it, Heroes hasn’t been good since season 1. Season 2 was a debacle and this season wasn’t much better. I used to hold out hope that the show could be saved but last night’s season finale was just about unwatchable. I have come up with a short list of major problems with the show.
Major Problems with the series:
1. No fight scenes – Last night had a chance for at least one good fight scene but we didn’t even get to see it. Where does the 4 million dollar an episode budget go to? I’m guessing bloated salaries for the whale-saving diva and the rest of the cast and crew.
2. Awful CGI- What little CGI on the show has gotten so bad you actually start giggling. The flying scenes are terrible, Smallville’s are much better, and done for around half the budget of a typical episode of Heroes.
3. Too much Sylar – The once-cool boogeyman Sylar is in every other scene these days. Zachary Quinto merely sneers and hams it up, I wonder if he’s started to get as bored as viewers are with his characters.
4. No one actually dies – How about killing off some of the dead weight Mr Kring?
5. Pacing issues – The storytelling is bland and the pacing is so slow the show must believe it’s an indie film or something. There’s no pow or pizazz for this once great show.
This frustrated imdb.com viewer says it all after hi post “wow, what a weak season finale.”
“Build up for a fight and all they do is shut the door!!! Nathan dies and now Sylar is Nathan? And will they ever get rid of the Nikki character enough already. I guess she will be the new major villian in the next season.”
I am calling on NBC to cancel Heroes. I’ve decided to stop watching and I need others to join me. NERDSociety.com’s open letter/petition to Heroes has begun.
Who will join us ??????????
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Malik M
Apr 28, 2009 -
I agree completely!! Season 1 was amazing but the show has obviously run its course. It’s for the best that this show gets canned.
Magnus782
Apr 28, 2009 -
Like everyone else, I felt really duped with the Nathan/Peter vs. Sylar fight. I expected a good fight scene, and we didn’t get nothing!
Ithiel
Apr 28, 2009 -
Maybe there was just a gap in communication between the writer and the director.
How it happened:
The writer, trying to describe the fight scene, used words like ‘buzz’, ‘zap’, and ‘flash’. The director came along, glanced over it and said “buzz, zap, flash. yeah..
..I can do that.”
Circus80
Apr 29, 2009 -
I must admit that this new season wasn’t as good as the first, but I still enjoy the show either way. I’m definitely
looking forward to Volume 5. They’ll have to improve on
the show just to make up for this season and try to make
all the naysayers and bandwagon fans happy again.
Angel
Apr 29, 2009 -
The show is such a tease. You go through all these pointless journeys and guess what, they kill off the characters with no payload. I mean, what is up with the Maya and Alejandro storyline? They kill all the cute Heroes like Elle and Daphne, while they keep annoying heroes like Tracy/Niki Sanders and sadly, Claire. Sylar’s the same as he was in season 1. He just becomes more powerful and one dimensional. Booo!!!
Masked Man
Apr 29, 2009 -
Who cares. Only idiots watched the show in the beginning.
Paladin
Apr 29, 2009 -
I watched the 2 episodes with Christopher Eccleston (the invisible bum) and then let it go when he disappeared forever. I’m never into a soap about so-called super hero people where I would watch it week for week–maybe an episode here or there.
Why I want it to be canceled is because I am so tired of hearing people watch it and say it sucked–it sucked–STOP WATCHING IT IF IT SUCKS!!! It’ll NEVER get better!
…and what do I do with Knight Rider, I watch it hoping that it will get better and it did, but at the same time if I missed an episode I didn’t try to catch it again…
Let Heroes die, they killed it on the first episode of season 2.
CCFMDS
Apr 30, 2009 -
Paladin nailed it. I should have let it go early into season 2, if not after the embarassing season premiere that went nowhere slowly with the bleeding eyes twins :(.
RIP Heroes
Lito?
May 30, 2009 -
1. Well, maybe nerds don’t understand this, but Heroes is not freaking Dragonball. It doesn’t need to be loaded with CGI and fights every 5 seconds (like Volume 3, Villains). Instead, Heroes is (or at least attempts to be) a character driven sci-fi drama.
2. The CGI doesn’t affect the plot, does it? You’re just being whiny here.
3. I would’ve agreed with you had I not seen “I Am Sylar”. You should watch it and then think again of what you just said.
4. Nathan got his throat slit and actually bled to death. Daphne never healed from her wounds. Elle and Bob were killed by Sylar. Arthur did die. Knox was frozen to death. Should I keep going?
5. Riiiiiight. I guess you never watched Season 1, then. And maybe you LOVED Volume 3, since it was loaded with decent CGI, fights and zomglazerspewpew.
Angel:
The virus was meant to be released and Maya was meant to absorb the virus and die, and saving the world. Do some research before complaining.
KEN
May 31, 2009 -
NO DO NOT
Ryan
May 31, 2009 -
Hey instead of whining to the whole world about how you think Heroes should be canceled because you dont think it’s good anymore maybe you should just stop watching it and let who still appreciate the show watch it in peace. newsflash no one on the internet cares that you don’t like a show. so if it comes on and you’re sitting near a TV instead of trying to pick out it’s flaws maybe you should watch something else
Angel
Jun 1, 2009 -
Lito,
Maybe you should be doing the research.
The point is Maya didn’t die and she didn’t save the world. All she did was show up at Mohinder’s place and then after finding out about his plans, she decides to leave him and make amends for her past life.
Myself
Jun 21, 2009 -
Don’t like it then fuck off and let people who do like it, keep watching. You’re such a fucking prick. You have no idea the work that goes behind the show and how pathetic you seem for trying to put these people out of jobs. If the show isn’t for you, don’t watch it. Simple, or are you a retard?
JorgenShpier
Aug 21, 2009 -
Never watched, never wanted to watch, looked like shit, looks like shit, will look like shit (future tense, in case it’s continued) please cancel and make good tv instead. Example of good tv: not heroes.
Metall3007
Oct 7, 2009 -
What??Really? so your Majesty don’t find Heroes interesting anymore.. I have an idea… DON’T WATCH IT then.
How selfish is that?!! just me not enjoying a darn show, i ask for it to be cancelled, there are other channels you know !
P.S. I’m talking logic, other than the fact that i’m not a fan of Heroes (never seen any episode yet) besides I don’t really like sci-fi shows.. but i won’t ask for it to be cancelled, cuz if it’s just up to me to decide what is cancelled and what is not, (Lost) wouldn’t have existed, NCIS would have only 3 seasons and thats it, (the sheild, my name is earl, 24, traveller, lucky louie) would have continued for a couple more seasons… etc
Agt. Pendergast
Oct 7, 2009 -
I hope they cancel American Idol. Then take all the recordings of the show and burn them. And then take the ashes and bury them in some remote desert. And then nuke the desert. Haven’t actually watched that show either, I just see it as everything that’s wrong with TV, and perhaps the country.
me
Nov 11, 2009 -
ok so here’s the thing heroes has been evolving so that its not just simple suspense but something beyond. yes there are episodes that are not as eventful as others but its all for the sake of building something from it so you jump up and down on your couch going “oh shit so that’s what that was all about”. it takes talent to make such things. now if you really still believe the show is bad heres what you do. put down the bag of cheetos, put your orange cheetos stained dick back in your pants, pry your ass off the couch using a fork lift or engine mount or whatever machinery is readily available and change the channel to another show your ashamed to tell your friends (aka your mom) you watch and stop trying to fuck up the one show i really do enjoy. now im never gonna be comming back to this site at any point in time and will forget about this moments later so feel free to hate on the comment cause i too enjoy yelling at brick walls. good day
your friend Sylar
TJayOO7
Jan 17, 2010 -
Cancel Heroes immediately Why ?
No real heroes, everyone oscillates between good and bad and usually for unrealistic and irraltional reasons.
A bad Guy (Sylar) has killed half the cast in the show and after 5 seasons is still going strong. HOW does that make sense no one is going after him and to make it worse it looks like a happy ending is in store for him by hooking up with Claire.
Please HE IS A MURDERER AND SERIAL KILLER OF GOOD AND BAD GUYS WHAT MORALS ARE THE PRODUCERS TRYING TO PASS ALONG.
Claire very silly no strong personality and very irrational. Why is she still on ?
NO REAL ACTION FOR A SHOW WITH SUPER POWERED CHARACTERS.
pLEASE CANCEL IT NOW AND LET US REMEMBER THE FIRST SEASON WITH NOSTALGIA
Tardoz
Feb 4, 2010 -
I am so down with cancelling (or not renewing) Heroes. Like everyone else, I started watching from the beginning, and like everyone else, I have watched it’s steady decline.
Has anyone ever heard of anyone getting into Heroes during seasons 2, 3, or 4?
This show is so pooly written. I really think the writers have no idea what will happen next, or even what just happened.
I feel like they are stringing the viewer along, without actually knowing to where.
I’ll definately watch the finale Monday, but that might be it for me.
Pull the plug.
Jesse N
Feb 7, 2010 -
Oh god cancel the show please, I have watched all the episodes but someone put me out of my misery. The storytelling is predictable and slow , the worst combination possible.
Heroes!
Feb 9, 2010 -
I just don’t get why people who have supposedly hated the show since second season continue to watch the show. It doesn’t make sense to me…
Joe
Feb 16, 2010 -
We are all very disappointed in this show. Not that we don’t like it, we just hope for much more than the writers/directors are giving. Slow moving: Although some story arcs are necessary for the show to move forward, keep on track. The show HAS improved, however. Every scene doesnt include 30 seconds of the scene from last week.
Keep us interested, not bored but interested. The show is in jeopardy because of those people who got too bored.
Vikky
Mar 6, 2010 -
I don’t care what u people say i still luv heroes, i hve a poster of it in my room ( lol )
Anyway, i get what this guy is saying, that there is no action or nothing, and i agree that there needs to be, but why can’t the guy who wrote this thing just write a persuasive letter to ADD AWESOMENESS instead of just taking the whole show away. If the guy who wrote this has enough time to write this cancellation letter, im sure he has enough time to write a “plz add fighting, we are getting bored” letter.
heroes
Jun 6, 2010 -
I will miss heroes. Though some points are valid that they need to spice it up, its no where as bad as people make it out to be and still has alot of potential. Sadly it has been killed prematurely. I dont think people realize, there are no other shows like it right now. Sanctuary is so weak and sporatic. There are no more Startrek or Stargate shows. This and Fringe were the last two remotely interesting things to watch (since Xfiles is gone). You ppl b!tch and complain w/o realizing the consequences of the alternative, which is nothing, or something even worse in quality and cast.
Aestival
Jun 6, 2010 -
Sorry sir, but I rather settle for nothing that mediocre and use that time to enjoy things I love in other mediums.
Jonathan
Nov 21, 2012 -
Why the fuck am I stumbling on this? Its fuckin 20012 now. Delete this stupid post. Hero’s needs to come back so that it can at least have a finish