Heroes: Too Many Characters

As I feel like a pile of poo and I am so tired of bailouts, politics and mass hysteria regarding Nov. 4, I’m going to write about Heroes.

The first season was fun. We were allowed to get to know some of the characters. The series has a sophomore slump and I blamed a lot of that on the writer’s strike.

But, dudes, seriously too many characters this season. Unlikeable characters, I might add. One of the best episodes of the first season is when Claire’s dad, HRG guy was given his own episode, as was the episode of how Gabriel Gray turned into Sylar with his need to be “special.”

As for the rest, meh. And relying so heavily on Hayden Panettiere for some of the heavy lifting in the series isn’t working. Kristen Bell would have been a better choice as she is quite compelling.

One thing that serial dramas have to do is make us root for someone. Although it’s quite bold to turn Peter and Mohinder into villains and Sylar into something more respectable than a crazy murderer, I’m finding that this just jumps around too much. There are too many characters that are getting time while the one’s that we know are being abandoned.

Joss Whedon was smart with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike evolved. Buffy evolved, Willow evolved. Lost even knows to stick to a few and not make everyone the main character. We need a point of view.

That’s one reason I do root for Sylar and Noah is we see a bit of depth. I know those characters better than the other ones. Hiro is still the comic book, one dimensional character that is there for comic relief.

I’m going to continue to give you a shot, if only to see Zachary Quinto, whom I think is pretty cool.

I’m done.

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Posted by newscoma on Oct 21st, 2008 and is filed under Television, Tennessee.

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2 Responses to “Heroes: Too Many Characters”

  1. sadcox says:
    October 21st, 2008 at 6:47 pm

    I agree with too many characters, but I like seeing “Marlo” and “Bubbles” from The Wire getting work. Having said that, their performances on Heroes go a long way in proving how great the writing and direction were on The Wire.

  2. gavin says:
    October 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 am

    i am with you. i like the growing plot line, but i don’t want to spend a whole episode to see one character get 7minutes and have nothing come of it but a conversation or some music induced tension.

    i’d say bring certain people as features during each episode and let one maybe two swirl around that line.