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#1 May 18 2010 at 9:09 AM Rating: Excellent
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http://www.avclub.com/articles/nbc-officially-cancels-heroes,41194/

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Echoing the nation's DVRs approximately three years ago, NBC has canceled Heroes, officially abandoning all plans for a possible fifth season. The comic-book series made by people who apparently hate comic books has spent the years since its breakout first season seeing declining ratings, increasingly irritated fans, approximately 1,012 time travel and death/sudden resurrection subplots that served to completely negate everything that happened before them, and a critical reception that could be charitably characterized as "It buuuurns! It buuuurns!" Taking all this into account—as well as the show's ridiculously high costs, which mostly went toward building elaborate setpieces where it seemed like something cool was finally going to happen to tie the whole plot together but then, ultimately, didn't—NBC has decided it simply isn't worth continuing. However, the network has said it's still considering the possibility of concluding the show with a miniseries special or movie to wrap things up. You know, wrap up all those lingering questions you still have about Heroes.


Took 'em long enough.
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#2 May 18 2010 at 9:20 AM Rating: Good
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I can understand people's feelings on the series, but since I watched pretty much the entire thing from season 1-4 on netflix in a matter of weeks I followed the whole thing easily. It was frustrating seeing important people die, then just come back again. It made every action in the show feel empty. However, I did watch all of it and really hope they follow through with wrapping up the story to give us some closure.

The point of the series was development of the characters, and their powers. I watched the whole thing with the thought that the characters would turn into super heroes and then be epic. And once that finally looks like its going to happen (or at least take a sharp turn in that direction) they pull the plug. :_(
#3 May 18 2010 at 9:34 AM Rating: Good
I'm ok with this.
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#4 May 18 2010 at 10:43 AM Rating: Decent
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This doesn't upset me nearly as much as the cancellation of Firefly, now that series had potential!!! Smiley: motz
#5 May 18 2010 at 4:30 PM Rating: Good
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I saw this coming a long time ago, and I'm wondering why it took them this long to get it over with.
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#6 May 18 2010 at 5:05 PM Rating: Decent
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I didn't see it coming; I thought heroes had a lot of life left in it. Heroes was always bad, but I guess it just wasn't bad in the specific way way that most people like their bad tv, like American Idol or Amazing Race.
#7 May 18 2010 at 5:10 PM Rating: Decent
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The writer's insistence on not finding a way to just get rid of Claire is what really killed the show.
#8 May 18 2010 at 7:20 PM Rating: Decent
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Sad news to hear, I was expecting this season to be the last but I figured it was canceled since nothing new has been said about the series since the airing of the last episode. But it did end okay I suppose. I guess they could have had a whole thing about the entire population now knowing, maybe another big fight between good and evil but eh. A lot of things happened in the last 5 episodes and to me that's good enough. I am happy with their decision to end it. Though would have been interesting to see what another last season could potentially have.

So, did Gretchen have any powers? I believe they tried saying she did but I never caught on I guess to what it was perhaps? It's anyone's guess I suppose whether she did or didn't.
#9 May 19 2010 at 7:48 AM Rating: Good
cool.
Now that it is going to end, maybe I'll pick up where I last stop watching and know that there is an ending.

The whole time travel, people dieing - coming back, Claire/Sylar stuff was getting to be repetitive.
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#10 May 19 2010 at 8:52 AM Rating: Good
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Eh.

I started watching Heroes in college, and I LOVED the first season. It all came together really well; it was like Love, Actually... with super powers. I liked how all the stories were intertwined.

Then season 2 started, and all my friends were eager to watch it. Eagerness turned to disappointment. This is it? They went with the cliche "He got... AMNESIA!!!" route? It has to get better, right? The Writer's Strike happened, and a full season got cut down to half, keeping open a ton of questions. The third season started and I watched some of it... and quickly stopped. Why was Claire still alive? Why does everything just repeat? No one dies, everyone just switches sides. Sylar is good, Sylar is bad. Peter is good, Peter is bad. Matt is good, Matt is bad. Niki dies, Tracey appears. Yawn. The first season was the only really good one; people die and stay dead. Watching Sylvar cutting into the cheerleader was pretty horrifying. Hiro is still badass... sometimes. Nathan was one of my favorite characters.

Sorry, lots of musing to say "I couldn't care less, I only enjoyed the first season."
#11 May 19 2010 at 9:11 AM Rating: Good
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LockeColeMA wrote:
Eh.

I started watching Heroes in college, and I LOVED the first season. It all came together really well; it was like Love, Actually... with super powers. I liked how all the stories were intertwined.

Then season 2 started, and all my friends were eager to watch it. Eagerness turned to disappointment. This is it? They went with the cliche "He got... AMNESIA!!!" route? It has to get better, right? The Writer's Strike happened, and a full season got cut down to half, keeping open a ton of questions. The third season started and I watched some of it... and quickly stopped. Why was Claire still alive? Why does everything just repeat? No one dies, everyone just switches sides. Sylar is good, Sylar is bad. Peter is good, Peter is bad. Matt is good, Matt is bad. Niki dies, Tracey appears. Yawn. The first season was the only really good one; people die and stay dead. Watching Sylvar cutting into the cheerleader was pretty horrifying. Hiro is still badass... sometimes. Nathan was one of my favorite characters.

Sorry, lots of musing to say "I couldn't care less, I only enjoyed the first season."


Agree.
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#12 May 19 2010 at 10:09 AM Rating: Good
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cool.
Now that it is going to end, maybe I'll pick up where I last stop watching and know that there is an ending.


Well, maybe not an "ending." Smiley: lol

#13 May 19 2010 at 10:44 AM Rating: Good
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Heroes was still on?

Like most people, was excited by the first season, only stuck it out through the second season because it was shortened, then somewhere early on in the third season I started asking, "Why am I putting myself through this each week?". Eliminated the series from my DVR and never thought about it again, frankly.
#14 May 20 2010 at 3:35 AM Rating: Good
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I can understand people's feelings on the series, but since I watched pretty much the entire thing from season 1-4 on netflix in a matter of weeks I followed the whole thing easily. It was frustrating seeing important people die, then just come back again. It made every action in the show feel empty. However, I did watch all of it and really hope they follow through with wrapping up the story to give us some closure.

The point of the series was development of the characters, and their powers. I watched the whole thing with the thought that the characters would turn into super heroes and then be epic. And once that finally looks like its going to happen (or at least take a sharp turn in that direction) they pull the plug. :_(


This is pretty much how I feel. I got rather irritated with some of the choices the writers made as well, specifically the Nathan is Sylar crap, but the show was so damn addictive it was like watching a soap opera, but better. I for one was really looking forward to seeing how they were going to explore the world knowing about them and Sylar being a good guy for reals this time. I would definitely appreciate some sort of closure.

And any excuse I can get to see Zachary Quinto doing anything.Smiley: inlove
#15 May 20 2010 at 8:37 AM Rating: Good
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I do like Zachary Quinto, despite the writers of the show being complete crap. But he plays bad guys (and stuck-up vulcans) better than good guys =/.
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#16 May 20 2010 at 12:47 PM Rating: Good
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I do like Zachary Quinto, despite the writers of the show being complete crap. But he plays bad guys (and stuck-up vulcans) better than good guys =/.


I can agree to this.

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Well, maybe not an "ending." Smiley: lol


Well ending as in, there will be no more. Even if it ends on a "wtf happens next!?" ending.
Don't even know what season they are on. 5? 6?
the last episode I watched was when Nathan Died, Matt did something to Sylar's Brain..and somehow his face/body was turned into Nathan.
Was kind of wacky lol.
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#17 May 20 2010 at 2:02 PM Rating: Good
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Sandinmygum wrote:
Vataro wrote:
I do like Zachary Quinto, despite the writers of the show being complete crap. But he plays bad guys (and stuck-up vulcans) better than good guys =/.


I can agree to this.

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Well, maybe not an "ending." Smiley: lol


Well ending as in, there will be no more. Even if it ends on a "wtf happens next!?" ending.
Don't even know what season they are on. 5? 6?
the last episode I watched was when Nathan Died, Matt did something to Sylar's Brain..and somehow his face/body was turned into Nathan.
Was kind of wacky lol.


TBH if they dont add an ending to this via a miniseries/movie, its not worth watching any of it aside from season 1. The only thing good about seasons 2-4 is that they end with a huge change to the entire fundamentals of the show, the secrecy of it all. Paving the way to such great possibilities in the next season.

I didnt like the majority of season 4 at all. Didnt like Samuel or the rest of the carnies.

Edited, May 20th 2010 1:05pm by KTurner
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