Creators:
Tim KringCast:
Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Masi Oka, Sendhil Ramamurthy, James Kyson, Ali Larter, Milo Ventimiglia, Adrian Pasdar, Noah Gray-Cabey, Kristen Bell (more)VOD (2)
Seasons(4) / Episodes(78)
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Experience the suspense, mystery, and electrifying twists as this astonishing series follows seemingly unconnected, ordinary people around the globe who discover they have extraordinary powers. As they come to terms with their unique abilities, their risky decisions will affect the futures of everyone around them and the world. (official distributor synopsis)
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First season – excellent; second season – praiseworthy; third season – oh well, I turned it off after three episodes... I wasn't enjoying it that much, I was repulsed, but why? What happened? It's still the same heroes, the same characters, only what had they gotten into? What kind of storyline was that? I just don't get it... That's why I'm only rating up to season 2, but maybe one day I'll take the plunge and watch the rest of season 3 and find out that the maglaz was just for show and it's actually okay again, but what if it's not?
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I was very pleasantly surprised with the pilot. And I’m also pretty curious how things are going to pan out from here. So far the most interesting character seems to be the spacetime Jap (I think his name is Hiro) and the fox played by Ali Larter has two main features (a) she’s a fox, b) an ability to look like really really really weird? :-). Several episodes later... What we saw in the pilot was chicken feed. Season one of Heroes has had an incredibly high tempo from the start and thanks to the generally high quality screenplays, it maintained that tempo to the end. The wonderfully written characters were excellently cast too and the actors do more than just a good job. And Kring managed to think up some really ingenious powers that he equipped the heroes with and he has great fun with them. He also has a good idea of what people want to see and so he gives them that. Most important is how easy it is to identify with the characters. And the problems that they find themselves in. That is Heroes’ trump card. Because you care if Hiro manages to change the future because you care if Peter learns how to fly (or later how to control himself). And the constantly growing mythology. Characters who are not as they originally seemed and events that you hadn’t thought important turn out to be crucial. I just can’t wait for season two and season one has only just finished. Chapter two, due to the screenwriters’ strike, was one eleven episodes long and, you have to admit, it was a lot less powerful than the excellent season one. The beginnings of season two seem to copy the first episodes of season one. But here we no longer have any moment of surprise, no new heroes and not even any suspense. I expected more and I think everybody did. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the preview of chapter three of Heroes. Because the fact “that He is back" is much more significant for me than the entire second season. P:S: I think the only thing that made me happy was the electric Kristen Bell. Chapter three (certainly not season three) literally takes your breath away. Events pick up speed, time travel back and forth and Mr. Petrelli comes onto the scene to add to things. I call this really exploiting potential. The newly arrived characters don’t matter, but don’t stick in the memory at all (apart from the aforementioned daddy) and thanks to the serum, the cards dealt to Ando and Hiro were shuffled very inventively. And if you add the situation between the two main brothers... well, we’re in for some interesting stuff. P:S: I really relished the double episode with the eclipse of the sun, which brought in a unique, uncustomary atmosphere. Chapter four heads off somewhere completely different than was hinted at in the first half of season three. Everything is more down to earth all of a sudden. Even so, the illogical bits are annoying. This could have been a 24 with superheroes. Too bad. It’s disappointing that they put Sylar out on the sidelines, sending him off to find daddy. While his involvement in the main story always produced the best episodes (this is very evident at the end). If it were up to me, I would rename the series “Sylar" and forget about the other heroes. Let’s see what the next season has to offer. Things look very promising so far. Chapter five marked my words about the series focusing more on Sylar and at the beginning we’re even offered two versions of him. Luckily the quality of the other characters’ stories has risen (even Claire’s) and the new villain Robert Knepper is really good, as was the whole idea with the carnival. I’m curious if we’ll get another season, because the short clip got me interested.
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Review of Season 1: Very engaging and worthy of 5 stars. Even though it gets more and more convoluted with each episode, the narrative still makes sense and you can easily find your way around. Unlike Lost, for example, I didn’t notice any filler and it’s a joy to watch such a perfectly thought out story. People who get hives when they hear the terms "fantasy" and "sci-fi" should avoid it. Review of Season 2: Somewhere around 3*. It starts to become an overcomplicated mess with many illogical moments, and script-wise, it's getting stale. Let’s see what will happen on Season 3. Review of Season 3: A bloated screenwriting farce that doesn't know where to go. Absurd, nonsensical and overcomplicated. The only thing that it’s missing is a superhuman that can kill with farts. The interweaving of fates makes absolutely no sense. There’s a nice word to describe this, “shite”. After the 5th episode I gave up and stop being interested in Kring's work. Final assessment: as a whole somewhere near the bottom of the ratings, but I leave 4* for the great first season only, and I will try to forget the rest.
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Volume 1 – Genesis: A new star is shining in the TV skies. Heroes presents ordinary and likeable people coming to terms with their new supernatural abilities. Their stories become gradually intertwined thanks to the smart and well though-out script, while the predicted threat of an atomic bomb explosion and the demonic killer Skylar provide the necessary tension. It’s a joy to watch, though the season finale could have been a little better. 9/10 Volume 2 – Generations: The story is stretched with several utterly pointless diversions with the purpose of introducing new uninteresting and unlikeable characters, and on top of that, the empty script and the insufferable dialogues (repetitive and pathetic bollocks about fate, exceptionality, predetermination, etc.) have turned the older heroes into a shade of what they were in the first season. Due to the screenwriters strike, the season finale was split into several small episodes, which improved the pace, but wasn’t enough to help. 6/10 Volume 3 – Villains: There’s a clear effort to make the story grittier, they even use some horror elements and there are several major twists right away. Unfortunately, however, the characters, who’ve lost most of their personality in the second season, proved incapable of carrying on with their lives. It’s amazing how everything fell apart for the screenwriters. Half the heroes could be basically invincible, so in order to give the others a chance, the “omnipotent” ones must behave like morons. The constant time travel has turned Heroes into a confusing comedy packed with logical and factual errors, where the characters try to do something different in every episode, without being clear what leads them to that. Anyone can die, because they can be miraculously resuscitated in the next episode; anyone who saves anyone from certain death, in the following episode will be the victim of the person they rescued. And believe me, I didn’t exaggerate much in the previous sentence. Can you still take this seriously? Yeah, and before I forget, there’s no worse way to begin or end an episode than with Mohinder’s morsels of wisdom. They are pathetic… 4/10 Volume 4 – Fugitives: I’m beginning to feel hatred and aversion towards all the characters. If in the next episode Bennet repeats another four times that he’s behaving like an asshole because he wants to save his beloved Claire, I’m done with the series.
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After Lost, I needed something to replace it at least a little. There's a chance that Heroes will eventually pull it off... The first season is really engaging and interesting plot-wise. The individual characters are surprisingly detailed. But the second season got off to a rather muddled start, and I'm leaving my initial enthusiasm behind. I have the feeling that they might get carried away in the 3rd season and invent one stupid thing after another. 3.5 stars.Favorite characters: Claire
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