Heroes: Reborn

[Aikouka]

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/nbc-to-revive-heroes-franchise-as-miniseries-in-2015-1201116954/

It looks like NBC is planning on bringing back Heroes for a 13-episode mini-series (not sure that's really a "mini-series") in 2015. They say that the story should be standalone, so it probably won't have a heavy focus (if any) on any of the characters that we know.

This might not be a bad thing. Honestly, given how old it got with the original characters for four seasons, they probably should've done something like this with the original show.

 

[TeeJay1952]

I liked Heros, i liked it when it started and still liked when everybody said it sucked.
Each to his peach!

Tee Jay

 

[Ricochet]

I really liked the characters so it was so sad when season 3 came around when it jumped the shark.

 

[Dedpuhl]

Heroes suffered the same fate as Lost. The writers clearly didn't have a plan after the first season.

I'll watch as I really enjoyed the series, but I'm more interested in the return of 24.

 

[SunnyD]

Heroes would have worked as a seasonal show where every season they basically dumped the cast, started with a fresh cast, and rewrote the show from a different angle with the new cast bringing in one or two from the previous seasons for cameos here and there.

 

[Krazy4Real]

I won't be watching. I honestly wish I didn't spend the time watching the third and fourth seasons.

 

[TheSiege]

Heroes suffered the same fate as Lost. The writers clearly didn't have a plan after the first season.

I'll watch as I really enjoyed the series, but I'm more interested in the return of 24.

Actually they did, they didn't plan on using the same characters throughout the run of the show, they planned on using new characters and ending the storyline after each season. But people liked the characters they pretty much had to continue on. That why the end of season 1 seemed like such a definitive ending. Save the cheerleader, save the world.

 

[CountZero]

Actually they did, they didn't plan on using the same characters throughout the run of the show, they planned on using new characters and ending the storyline after each season. But people liked the characters they pretty much had to continue on. That why the end of season 1 seemed like such a definitive ending. Save the cheerleader, save the world.

At the time it was an interesting idea that they chickened out on actually doing. Now that American Horror Story has done it maybe another series won't be afraid to do it as well.

 

[Paul98]

Sounds like a good format to bring it back. A mini-series will have a known beginning, middle, and end and won't have a bunch of filler.

 

[Exophase]

At the time it was an interesting idea that they chickened out on actually doing. Now that American Horror Story has done it maybe another series won't be afraid to do it as well.

Maybe they'll be trying it with this new season too. I doubt they'd get a significant portion of the original cast back on board anyway.

I didn't think the seasons after the first one were as awful as many do, but definitely significantly worse than the first one. I still never felt so put off as to drop the show, although the third season in particular felt like a mess with a lot of pretty obvious problems and bad ideas. I actually thought the fourth season was quite a bit better than the third.

 

[Red Storm]

I've noticed that any show that resorts to time travel tends to suck. I say this as someone who originally loved both Lost and Heroes.

 

[smackababy]

Actually they did, they didn't plan on using the same characters throughout the run of the show, they planned on using new characters and ending the storyline after each season. But people liked the characters they pretty much had to continue on. That why the end of season 1 seemed like such a definitive ending. Save the cheerleader, save the world.

Which is the reason they are terrible writers. Who cares what the people like. They don't know what they want, until they've been shown it. They didn't have to do shit. They could have easily made Season 2 with a different cast, and if they kept the quality up, people wouldn't care and continue to like it. They even changed the story based on what people responded to, which shows they were just making it up as they went along.

 

[Exophase]

I've noticed that any show that resorts to time travel tends to suck. I say this as someone who originally loved both Lost and Heroes.

I generally agree. I'm tired of time travel plots. They almost always end up logically incoherent and inconsistent, and can't seem to resist actually wanting paradoxes. Misfits is another show that I felt suffered from time travel, fortunately they moved on from those plots..

I do think Dr Who is good enough (only saw the 2005 series). For a lot of it (especially the first season) the time travel is just a device to allow interesting settings. But I do groan when they start bringing in the cute little causality chains there too, especially when they try hand waving away all the problems.

 

[Kadarin]

I think a miniseries would work well even with all new characters, particularly if the writing is up to first season quality.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I have no idea what happens after season 2. First season was awesome though.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Is heroes that stupid show about saving the cheerleader?

 

[SlitheryDee]

Sounds like a good format to bring it back. A mini-series will have a known beginning, middle, and end and won't have a bunch of filler.

Yeah. After watching a lot of anime series that were clearly written to have a definite end point regardless of how popular they got, I think that's the only sensible way to do a good series. Every episode progresses the story. Nothing is filler. Any character can die at the time the writer decides it would have the most impact. Any loose ends there are at the end are intentional. Instead of taking a good show and dragging it out until it's no good anymore you get something that has a chance of being a complete masterpiece from start to finish. When they try to milk a series for all it can be milked it usually just peters out one season with a hastily cobbled together "finale" that is never satisfying.

I really wish we could just get rid of open ended series completely.

 

[trmiv]

I think this will work well in this format. Looking forward to it.

 

[akugami]

Heroes season 1 was great. Went downhill after that.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

Zachary Quinto as Sylar was such an amazing villain. So damn creepy.

 

[Bateluer]

Guys, remember that Heroes fell victim to the writer's strike. Any and all plans for it were derailed after the first season wrapped up.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Heroes suffered the same fate as Lost. The writers clearly didn't have a plan after the first season.

I'll watch as I really enjoyed the series, but I'm more interested in the return of 24.

No, Heroes was a victim of the writer's strike during its second season, there was no coming back from the mess that made

 

[lupi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHClJhC8Wfs

 

[Markbnj]

I enjoyed the show, and would check this out.

 

[lupi]

New trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FLHB2zB_cA