Movies | July 01, 2009 | 8 comments

Kill The Cheerleader, Save The Show

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An open letter to the creators of Heroes.

"In season three, Heroes seemingly went from bad to worse. Now, with Bryan Fuller deserting NBC's sinking flagship, we're left wondering: Can Heroes really can find Redemption in its fourth season?

Dear Heroes,

What happened? Villains marked an all time low in your ratings, and lost you a significant portion of your core audience (myself included). You broke my heart, Heroes. Fugitives won me back in much the same way your ex does when he or she promises to reform, to be better and try harder. But the make-up sex just wasn't that great; the second half of the third season was just too little too late, with the writers and network executives over-compensating furiously with its Con Air plot line and conspiracy theories pieced together with duct tape and hurried exposition. Heroes, if you really want to win me back, here's what you have to do.

"You know how this works; one of us, one of them." Heroes is at its best when pairing up a hero with a human. For the first two seasons, and well into the third, Hiro and Ando formed the beating heart of the show for just this reason... and then you had to go and give Ando super powers. Why? The show is at its peak when specials and non-specials are grappling to understand one another and find common ground (Yes, I would even use Claire and her relationship with the Bennetts, overplayed as it is, as an example here). Continuing to team up specials and non-specials is a sure fire win.

Kill the cheerleader, Save the show. Hayden Panettiere has a film career now, and it's time to let her go. Between her bad acting and on-set temper tantrums, she is completely destroying the show. Besides, killing Claire off would give many of the characters, HRG especially, some great motivation..."
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8 comments // Kill The Cheerleader, Save The Show

  • Gregsalter
  • MissAmanda
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      MissAmanda  

    • I was so happy for so long with this show, and then it just got terrible. terrible. terrible.

      it was cheesy and too dramatic and there is no line of good/evil, which is cool for movies, but not for an ongoing show...

      and if I see Daphne one more time, i'm going to die inside. she is the worst character and actress and she needs to brush her hair.

      please fix Heroes.

    • 2 years ago
  • twitterbot
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      twitterbot  

    • @Glorificously on twitter says "How to save Heroes: Totally agree with this this! Random sidebar: got new iPod software. Now have Bluetooth on iPod! (:"

    • 2 years ago
  • migold
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      migold  

    • Here's an even better idea. Give Peter back his powers and dedicate a show just to his character. Hiro can make a few cameos here and there, but everyone else needs to go. Or, jump to the future where the Heroes had their final showdown -- essentially the only memorable episode of whatever season I can't remember that happened in.

    • 2 years ago
  • MissAmanda
  • boywhocould
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      boywhocould  

    • strange how I searched for "Hayden Panettiere Temper tantrum" and found nothing, couple that with the music videos in a seeming attempt to turn her into a pop diva (vomits in mouth) tells me there is a lot of money invested into this girl, so I doubt they'd abandon a media vehicle like heroes anytime soon

    • 2 years ago
  • Maeveeo
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