Because the creator was weak and let fan response dictate his writing. For christ sake they couldn't even kill off Ali Larter and had to bring her back with clones.
The show had high stakes and literally nobody died.
NBC meddled with Heroes so fricking hard. Tim Kring's original pilot was a lot darker and went much harder with the religion vs science themes (Sylar was explicitly Catholic, the nuke guy was an Islamic suicide bomber), it made the radiation/nuke power actually uncontrollable and harm the user (the dude had to wear lead gloves to keep from giving everyone cancer and his hands were fricked from 24/7 radiation exposure), and the original concept was for every season to be a brand new cast of characters comic book-style with recurring background things like The Company or occasional reappearances of old characters.
It's a whole internal struggle he's set up with regarding whether the powers are a gift or a curse and whether it's God's plan for him to kill people and that sort of thing.
Because a huge writer strike happened early to mid season 2, and the original writer who did season one and helped create the show joined them in striking. So they scrambled a whole bunch of hack D list scab writers who butchered the plot beyond recovery no matter how hard the original show runners tried.
That literally didn't happen. The 2nd season ended after 11 episodes due to the writers strike but all 11 episodes were written by Tim Kring and his writing room.
>world famous for being a petite cheerleader >hollowed out entirely into a husk of a person by that brute Klitschko >made pregnant to bear his ogre offspring >mindbroken entirely by monstrous wiener to the point she was addicted to painkillers 24/7 >now a druggie zombie
People need to stop blaming the strike. S2 was in production before the strike happened and it was bad from the beginning. They simply had no idea where to take the story.
I liked the idea that every season would follow different "heroes" around and basically be a brand new storyline
but they kept all the actors around I guess because fans liked them.
The writers basically chickened out. same problem with Battlestar Galactica
Feel like this show is built on coincidences. Everyone is coincidentally connected through Linderman or just happens to be a long lost daughter or whatever else
And why the FRICK is that guy so invested in an adopted dauthter?
because she's hot as frick
You think he was tapping that, woody allen style?
Because the creator was weak and let fan response dictate his writing. For christ sake they couldn't even kill off Ali Larter and had to bring her back with clones.
The show had high stakes and literally nobody died.
Her character sucks. Cant believe the fan base liked her
NBC demanded it for fan service not the creator
This:
NBC meddled with Heroes so fricking hard. Tim Kring's original pilot was a lot darker and went much harder with the religion vs science themes (Sylar was explicitly Catholic, the nuke guy was an Islamic suicide bomber), it made the radiation/nuke power actually uncontrollable and harm the user (the dude had to wear lead gloves to keep from giving everyone cancer and his hands were fricked from 24/7 radiation exposure), and the original concept was for every season to be a brand new cast of characters comic book-style with recurring background things like The Company or occasional reappearances of old characters.
Damn woulda been way better
How the fhck would sylar reconcile being catholic with also killing people
Repent Black person. God forgave paul, and he killed a bunch of disciples.
It's a whole internal struggle he's set up with regarding whether the powers are a gift or a curse and whether it's God's plan for him to kill people and that sort of thing.
Damn thats better than the actual plot
>Sylar was explicitly Catholic
That whole angle with Sylar's hidden room and "Please forgive me" was dropped so hard. But I love season 1 nonetheless.
Oh yeah thats right. Rewatching the first season after over a decade and realizing just how much a mess the plot is
more like Ali Farter
I NEED A HIRO
Because a huge writer strike happened early to mid season 2, and the original writer who did season one and helped create the show joined them in striking. So they scrambled a whole bunch of hack D list scab writers who butchered the plot beyond recovery no matter how hard the original show runners tried.
Sad, it had so much potential.
That literally didn't happen. The 2nd season ended after 11 episodes due to the writers strike but all 11 episodes were written by Tim Kring and his writing room.
Wasnt the strike only a couppe months long
Yes and it began on the day episode 7 of season 2 aired aka when the season was already written and filmed.
Damn I'd mount her like a dog
>world famous for being a petite cheerleader
>hollowed out entirely into a husk of a person by that brute Klitschko
>made pregnant to bear his ogre offspring
>mindbroken entirely by monstrous wiener to the point she was addicted to painkillers 24/7
>now a druggie zombie
doujin tier
People need to stop blaming the strike. S2 was in production before the strike happened and it was bad from the beginning. They simply had no idea where to take the story.
I liked the idea that every season would follow different "heroes" around and basically be a brand new storyline
but they kept all the actors around I guess because fans liked them.
The writers basically chickened out. same problem with Battlestar Galactica
Wtf is up with that linderman guy
Watching the episode where claire is wearing that green vest. So weird looking wtf were the wardrobe people thinking
They had scrupels
What the frick is a scruple
Feel like this show is built on coincidences. Everyone is coincidentally connected through Linderman or just happens to be a long lost daughter or whatever else
>That season where they try to make sylar a good boy
Because I would be tapping that woody allen style