NBC Cancels Heroes - She was a fine ship with a fine crew

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Rubicon

Yep, NBC gave them the axe :( http://www.ugo.com/tv/times-up-for-heroes

Wish we had just a bit more time...We don't learn Hiro's fate after being super-charged by Ando. Samuel's fate is discussed in a few lines of dialogue with HRG but what about the entire carnival of super powered people? Some resolution there would be nice.

And of course, the stuff with Sylar/Peter was starting to become awesome after Season 3's "Oh I'm bad, no wait I'm good, no on second thought I'm bad again" Sylar (which SUCKED cause he was awesome in S1 and S2).

And the big ordeal with Claire at the ending? Ok so she does that, but then what? We've several alternate timelines of the future, which one comes true based on what she does?

I really had hoped they'd give us a movie or two to just tie it up together. I mean yea, the ship itself sank in Season 3 before mid-season even happened but at least wrap it up enough for the fans who stuck through Seasons 3 and 4 (though again I believe Season 4 was slowly & surely making up for Season 3).

Oh well. I own s1 and s2 on dvd, i'll pick up s3 and s4 at some point, just to have the complete collection. Nothing will top those s1 episodes though.. "Company Man", "Five Years Gone", etc were some of the best written television I've ever seen.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

I was shocked to hear it was still on. I thought they cancelled it like two years ago.

This show had one good season and then it turned awful.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

That's a mercy killing about 3 years too late. First season was mind blowingly awesome. Second season had its moments, but overall stunk. And it all went downhill from there.

RIP Heroes and good fucking riddance.
 
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kaykordeath

I was still watching. I wasn't enjoying near as much as I used to, nor as much as Mav, but I wasn't hating it.

That being said, I'm very much ok with where things will be left off. I can walk away with enough belief that Sylar's reformation will take hold this time...especially after his "years" in exile. Claire's actions really did turn the page to a whole new world for powereds. It may not be smooth sailing from here, but Noah/Angela/The Company's role is shattered. Sure, there is POTENTIAL for more stories, and they could have been good ones...but the world that the characters inhabited within the series' tv run had, by the finale, truly reached its limit.
 
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Rubicon

I pretend Season 3 doesn't exist, basically. That makes it more tolerable. lol
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

It kinda ended the same way the 4400 did. Everything being brought out into the open. It's really not a bad place to end the series. Especially with Claire bookending it.

I really liked the last season. I thought it was picking up speed again, but I'm glad they're ending it where it's at. Especially with the Syler being bad, then good, then bad again, then good again.
 
Troll

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Mav said:
I pretend Season 3 doesn't exist, basically. That makes it more tolerable. lol
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I do this with everything after Season 1. The writers should apologize to everyone who ever owned a televsion for the shit they spewed forth in Seasons 2-4.
 
David

David

I lost track of what was going on around the time the dude got separated from his girlfriend in a future timeline than just kind of forgot she existed.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

David said:
I lost track of what was going on around the time the dude got separated from his girlfriend in a future timeline than just kind of forgot she existed.
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This bugged me a lot. When Peter was like NO IRISH GIRL I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVEoh wait more plot bye lady. I think this was really where I started to tune out.
 
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ThatNickGuy said:
That's a mercy killing about 3 years too late. First season was mind blowingly awesome. Second season had its moments, but overall stunk. And it all went downhill from there.

RIP Heroes and good fucking riddance.
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My thoughts exactly.
 
Covar

Covar

So what comic did they [Strike]ripoff[/Strike]homage for season 4?

Also good riddance, the show sucked donkey balls after season 1. By season 3 it had started to make the full loop towards so bad it's good, but then fell right back into so bad.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Are they stopping the comic as well? Or is that going to be the last vestiges of the show?

Still, maybe now they'll stop running Chuck up against House in an attempt to kill it. Put it on at 9 and it'll find the audience it deserves.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

AshburnerX said:
Are they stopping the comic as well? Or is that going to be the last vestiges of the show?

Still, maybe now they'll stop running Chuck up against House in an attempt to kill it. Put it on at 9 and it'll find the audience it deserves.
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I stipped watching Chuck as soon as the intersect gave him kung fu powers.
 
ElJuski

ElJuski

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Oh Heroes, the show I was gonna get into before everyone told me to just...no, don't. I hear it might be getting a tv movie / event to wrap shit up. But at this point, is it worth it? Dubious.
 
MindDetective

MindDetective

Bowielee;386258][QUOTE=AshburnerX said:
Are they stopping the comic as well? Or is that going to be the last vestiges of the show?

Still, maybe now they'll stop running Chuck up against House in an attempt to kill it. Put it on at 9 and it'll find the audience it deserves.
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I stipped watching Chuck as soon as the intersect gave him kung fu powers.[/QUOTE]

Chuck has gotten so great since then! They are genuinely allowing their characters to change (gradually) and it isn't just "spy mission of the week". I've been impressed with the chances they are taking by not maintaining the status quo.
 
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Oddbot

Mav said:
Yep, NBC gave them the axe :( http://www.ugo.com/tv/times-up-for-heroes

Wish we had just a bit more time...We don't learn Hiro's fate after being super-charged by Ando. Samuel's fate is discussed in a few lines of dialogue with HRG but what about the entire carnival of super powered people? Some resolution there would be nice.

And of course, the stuff with Sylar/Peter was starting to become awesome after Season 3's "Oh I'm bad, no wait I'm good, no on second thought I'm bad again" Sylar (which SUCKED cause he was awesome in S1 and S2).

And the big ordeal with Claire at the ending? Ok so she does that, but then what? We've several alternate timelines of the future, which one comes true based on what she does?

I really had hoped they'd give us a movie or two to just tie it up together. I mean yea, the ship itself sank in Season 3 before mid-season even happened but at least wrap it up enough for the fans who stuck through Seasons 3 and 4 (though again I believe Season 4 was slowly & surely making up for Season 3).

Oh well. I own s1 and s2 on dvd, i'll pick up s3 and s4 at some point, just to have the complete collection. Nothing will top those s1 episodes though.. "Company Man", "Five Years Gone", etc were some of the best written television I've ever seen.
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According to IGN, NBC is considering a 2-4 hour movie to wrap up the series.

Like most people I lost faith in the show about midway through season 2.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Bowielee;386258][QUOTE=AshburnerX said:
Are they stopping the comic as well? Or is that going to be the last vestiges of the show?

Still, maybe now they'll stop running Chuck up against House in an attempt to kill it. Put it on at 9 and it'll find the audience it deserves.
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I stipped watching Chuck as soon as the intersect gave him kung fu powers.[/QUOTE]

He barely uses them and when he does, it's usually reacting to something he shouldn't be reacting to (like flipping his co-worker after he grabs his wrist). However, Chuck has grown greatly since then and his relationship with Sarah actually makes sense now. Even his co-workers are growing.
 
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Matt²

Thank GOD it's been cancelled! It was produced HORRIBLY! I kept wanting it to do SOO well, and they kept building up to these awesome standoffs... to have all the action show behind a door we can't see and it end in 5 seconds. So FUCK Heroes. Maybe we can get JJ Abrams to do a version of Heroes that doesn't SUCK?
 
Rob King

Rob King

They should have put this dog down mid-second season. At the time I thought that the problem was the writer's strike. In hindsight I now realize that after the first season's success the writers' heads got too big and they started throwing shit and calling it plot.
 
Troll

Troll

Rob King said:
They should have put this dog down mid-second season. At the time I thought that the problem was the writer's strike. In hindsight I now realize that after the first season's success the writers' heads got too big and they started throwing shit and calling it plot.
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In their defense some of the key members of the writing staff either left or changed jobs on the show, leaving the writing to a much less talented pack of idiots.
 
Rob King

Rob King

So damn tragic, it is. The first season was gold. I remember reading an interview with the head writers partway through the first season, and they indicated that the second season would follow a 90% different cast of heroes on a seemingly unrelated but secretly connected adventure.

Then it got successful. I liked Peter, and Hiro, and most of them, actually. But I'd have rathered have the original second season than this 'we r so poopular, lets trie to ride tihs wavee!' crap.
 
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Wyrminarrd

I was still watching the show but more due to inertia then anything else. The show really suffered from a lack of vision regarding where it wanted to go. The writers should have fleshed out a internally consistent plot for several seasons after the first season, that way they wouldn't have gotten caught up in all the flip-flopping and retconning which plagued the series.
 
drawn_inward

drawn_inward

This show could have been epic, but it was terrible. I watched every stinking episode. I kept hoping it would improve, but it just kept getting worse.
 
Covar

Covar

dr_awkward said:
This show could have been epic, but it was terrible. I watched every stinking episode. I kept hoping it would improve, but it just kept getting worse.
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The show was only popular because people kept expecting it to become a super-hero type show, which was never the intent. Heroes premise was never going to make the audience that initially tuned in, and built the hype happy.

Didn't help that the show didn't have a single hero in it.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

I'll admit it, I loved the new storyline with the carnival. If the last season had been the second season, the show would be still on the air. It wasn't as good as the first season, but honestly it was pretty good.
 
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Soliloquy

I watched one third of the first episode of Heroes. It was all right.
 
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