‘Heroes’ is Back
“Save the cheerleader, save the world.”
If you watched any major broadcast network TV during the mid-2000s, chances are you’ve seen the NBC show Heroes. In case you have it, here’s a brief overview of the show:
Heroes is the story of a group of individuals that gain powers after a solar eclipse. The powers range from invisibility to telekinesis and everything in between. The story follows these characters and their loved ones as they attempt to adjust to their newly found abilities and choose whether to use them for good or evil.
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The first season and a half of Heroes had it on a trajectory of being one of the greatest non-cable television shows produced in years. It was well cast, had an intertwining storyline (despite the fact that nearly every character was written by a different writer[s]), and the production value was extremely high.
Unfortunately, the show was devastatingly impacted by the 2007-2008 Writer’s Guild of America strike during the middle of it’s second season. They were only able to produce 11 of their 24 scheduled episodes.
When Heroes finally came back to television, it was a shell of itself. Several times the show jumped the shark in an attempt to bolster ratings but they were unable to regain the momentum Heroes had during the first and second season.
I almost gave up on Heroes, but the fourth (and final) season was actually good. The protagonist was well developed and likeable (in a love to hate kind of way) and different from seasons past. The show also finally delved deeper into some characters who, up to that point, remained a complete mystery. The worst part of season four was that it ended on probably the show’s biggest cliffhangers.
I’m ready for that to play out.
But thanks be to the power of the internet, Netflix (where you can watch all of the seasons of Heroes),and the current obsession with superheroes in movies in television (see: Avengers, Green Arrow) a new life has breathed into this almost forgotten show. Earlier today, NBC teased a clip of the new series(mini?) Heroes Reborn.
I don’t know what it will be, or who will be in it, but this is something I’m going to be watching.
Here’s the vid (if it’s not working click here)
UPDATE 2/22/2014: According to TVline.com, this will be a 13 episode mini-series.
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