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Heroes. any good?
Robertfitz
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Is it worth a watch? How many seasons are their? Never watched it when it first came out but my brother just got the whole box set apparently so I'm guna check it ous
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Whattttt!? That's one of my all time pet hates when you invest in a show then you don't get a proper conclusion. How do you mean exactly? Without spoilers obviously
The first season was fantastic - the rest were just 'ok'.
By the end of the series, practically every character had a ridiculous origin story connected to every other character.
second & third series weren't tha good but i still watched can't remember the fourth though, maybe i didn't watch
I finally gave up during the 3rd season and wasn't really surprised to hear it had been cancelled. What surprised me was that it had actually managed to get to Season 4.
As another poster said, it's best to pretend that it ends with Season 1.
It was never the best show in the world but there's usually at least one character to enjoy at any one time at least. All four seasons had their problems, but I think a lot of people are unduly unfair towards it now. Zachary Quinto offered up possibly my favourite character, though there was plenty of competition
In regards to the ending, it was definitely cancelled before its time but you feel the writers did their best with the knowledge that the show might not come back. It works as an ending, and makes a lot of interesting parallels back to the opening episodes of the first season, but there is an unresolved and very interesting plot that unfolds in that final episode that will make or break your opinion
If you do watch it, be prepared to fall out of love with it after the first season as many did. Maybe you will like what it has to offer after that (I liked a lot of what they tried in Seasons 2-4...not all, but then I didn't like all of Season 1 either) but I'd say it's worth a go at least. It didn't ever feel like a show that wasn't good because the writers or actors didn't try.
Without spoilers.. It doesn't get a proper ending because the writers didn't know until after that season 4 was going to be the last season. Although it doesn't get a proper ending, it doesn't end on a major cliffhanger, things do get wrapped up.. Kinda.
bib sounds very much like the current season of Revenge :eek::p
Heroes. A show that started out promisingly, then crashed
to pieces in its second season. I thought things would pick
up in season 3 but they didn't.
Someone should really write a book about how
"Heroes" went from critical and commerical success
in season one to a TV pariah by season four-it'd be
far more interesting than anything that happened
onscreen.
I don't know... It did leave the door open for a potential fifth season but it wasn't like it just abruptly ends either. At least in my opinion, it sort of worked as a series finale.
It's a weird coincidence that this thread popped up because I just started rewatchig the first season yesterday. I'm certainly remembering how much I loved this show when it was first on, but that being said, I'm planning on just watching S1 and not bothering with the rest.
I'd definitely give it a go, OP
seasons 2,3 & 4 are good but nowhere near as good as the first.
very overated, good in places
s1-good(nowhere near as great as some people make out imo)
s2-good
s3-bad
s4-bad
I think I gave up somewhere in season 3.
Too many characters, poor writing, I won't go into more detail than that or it'll be classed as spoiling.
Season 1 is a must see, but if you possibly can, pretend the rest of it didn't happen and don't bother with the other seasons.
Funnily enough, Season 2 of Revenge has been reminding me of later Heroes in some respects, in that it has branched off in a similar way, but the drop in quality isn't that bad yet. I'm sticking with Revenge till end of Season 2 at least.
The season finale of "Homeland" S2 reminded me of
Heroes, in that both skidded away from plausibility*
into an unbelievable OTT mode.
* Yes, Heroes was about Superheroes, but it made
sense in S1
I can't quite remember when i gave up on it...........maybe half a dozen episodes into series 3