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Should I keep watching Heroes?
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Once an Asshole. Trying to be better.Registered User regular
So, I'm watching the first episode of Season 1 and I have to say I'm liking what I'm watching so far. But, I recall reading about how this show just kind of went down hill into a shitfest.
So, my question is, should I keep watching? Or am I just setting myself up for complete disappointment?
So, my question is, should I keep watching? Or am I just setting myself up for complete disappointment?
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The other seasons all go downhill, but I'd argue it's still fun to watch to kill time.
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Never.
Seriously though, finish the first season and jump ship. You'll remember it as a fun little show that way.
I dunno, sometimes a series will have a bad bit. Stargate is a good example. Some of the episodes are fantastic, but they definitely have bits where it isn't going anywhere, and is kind of boring.
This. This times 1000.
Though, man, if they had continued that series into season 2, it might have been fantastic. Man, so much potential there for an awesome series, but I guess it was just a miniseries. Kind of like 24. One season. That's it. Nothing more.
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First season, there's a string of three that kind of suck. It starts with the Nox, then you have this strange crystal planet, and then there's one more after that that I don't recall off hand. But then Daniel goes to the alternate dimension and all is well again.
Then there's all of season 9 and 10. The ori just bothered me. They were an annoying enemy, they weren't as awesome and powerful as they should have been. The episodes with Ba'al were awesome, and he really was an excellent antagonist. But he was awesome long before season 9. Even Anubis was fun, and Apophis was at least fun as an enemy because he was an annoyance, never as powerful as he should have been, and you got to destroy the crap out of him. THREE times, each more exciting than the last.
But then Cylar, to keep this on topic, in Heroes. He's never as awesome as he should be, just kind of a blatant annoyance that wont go away. I mean, if Cylar got awesome, and stopped moping about himself, he and future Peter could have some epic duals. But, alas, they did not continue the series, so we'll never see those two really go at it.
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Then there were other seasons.
Last season was a nice apology for the others, but not nice enough to suggest that anyone should watch past season 1 and then read the wiki to see how that storyline ended.
The first season was at times good and at other times great. Then the second season came along and....
I wish it could have been a quick death, but no.
But yeah, first season was pretty good. Second season had some awesome characters that immediatly fell victim to what I describe above, and became terrible almost immediatly out of the gate.
I made it 2 episodes in before I decided that running around in WoW was a much better waste of my time.
season 2 has an excellent hiro storyline
but yeah
This is excellent advice. I know you'll probably watch it anyway, but you will regret it.
I mean, hell, I watched half a season of 'Secret life of an American Teenager'. It can't get worst then that.
I stopped watching halfway through season 2, though to be honest that's just because I missed a few episodes. I have season 1 on DVD though and it's incredible. It sort of wraps things up pretty well in the end if you want to pretend that was the entire run of the show.
As someone who watched the rest really hoping it would get better I'd recommend stopping there. The next several seasons will have a few bright moments with hours upon hours of absolute dreck.
Sylar should never have evolved past the role of big bad. The
Personally, I really enjoyed season 1 and was gripped by it until the very end. However, I watched the whole season on Netflix instant streaming and not one episode per week. That may have affected my enjoyment of it. It does go downhill rather badly after that. Each act has its moments, but none are as consistently entertaining as the first. As mentioned, the plot gets really messy and can be difficult to sort out. I think the only way to really enjoy is just watch all of the seasons back to back and not give the plot time to set in between seasons. Just power through it until the end and try to enjoy the ride. I'd only recommend following it past season 1 if you're really, really curious to see what happens to everyone after that season.
I guess I'll parrot everyone else...finish the first season, enjoy it for what it is, and walk away. And then start watching The Wire, or Breaking Bad, or something else that's actually good.
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Don't worry, they retcon the cause of the abilities about 5,000 times.
+1 for Breaking Bad,
It's set up so perfectly, and then oh hey, it's over.
In bed next to her, there's a guy stammering about how "it's been a while" and "this has never happened" but at the same time "it happens to everyone!"
That about sums up the audience/show relationship at the end of the first season.
at least we got more of zachary quinto in something and maybe it lead to him being spock...i don't know.
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Though, honestly, I wished they renamed this show
'The adventure of Hiro: Life of a time rifting high roller'
and screw the whole 'Doomsday' storyline.