After the fourth season of Heroes, I started thinking about the first season, reminiscing about how good it was. One of the things that struck me was that in season one there was direction. There were goals (“save the cheerleader, save the world”), there were definite, clear cut villains (Sylar), and there was promise of interesting things to come (dark Hiro).
In fact, one of my favorite episodes from season one was “Five Years Gone” when Hiro and Ando traveled into the future where the exploding man had gone off, destroying New York City. It featured a dark vision of the future, with lots of the familiar characters in unfamiliar situations.
Now, about two years later, I’m wondering if the future that we caught a glimpse of in that episode would be a whole lot more entertaining to watch than the past couple seasons of Heroes.
The more I think of it, the more upset I am that all the heroes saved the day at the end of the first season. It would have been a really bold artistic choice to let the destruction of New York occur, and I think it would have allowed the characters to evolve and become a lot more interesting. I would like to think that Hiro would be doing something a little more compelling than using his powers to stop a coworker from photocopying his ass. Who knows, maybe he would even be fighting crime, kicking some butt with his big sword.
I could get behind a show with an angry, overpowered Peter, a scheming Sylar, a shady government, and general mayhem. Think back to that great episode. Even Nikki was interesting. Nikki! How great would it be if we got to watch Noah running around bagging and tagging supers, Mohinder working with Nathan/Sylar in the white house, trying to find a cure for the superpowers, or Matt actually doing something with his life?
Alas, it just wasn’t meant to be. The makers of Heroes chose a … different path. What do you think, would Heroes be a better show today if the bomb had blown in season one?
In fact, one of my favorite episodes from season one was “Five Years Gone” when Hiro and Ando traveled into the future where the exploding man had gone off, destroying New York City. It featured a dark vision of the future, with lots of the familiar characters in unfamiliar situations.
Now, about two years later, I’m wondering if the future that we caught a glimpse of in that episode would be a whole lot more entertaining to watch than the past couple seasons of Heroes.
The more I think of it, the more upset I am that all the heroes saved the day at the end of the first season. It would have been a really bold artistic choice to let the destruction of New York occur, and I think it would have allowed the characters to evolve and become a lot more interesting. I would like to think that Hiro would be doing something a little more compelling than using his powers to stop a coworker from photocopying his ass. Who knows, maybe he would even be fighting crime, kicking some butt with his big sword.
I could get behind a show with an angry, overpowered Peter, a scheming Sylar, a shady government, and general mayhem. Think back to that great episode. Even Nikki was interesting. Nikki! How great would it be if we got to watch Noah running around bagging and tagging supers, Mohinder working with Nathan/Sylar in the white house, trying to find a cure for the superpowers, or Matt actually doing something with his life?
Alas, it just wasn’t meant to be. The makers of Heroes chose a … different path. What do you think, would Heroes be a better show today if the bomb had blown in season one?
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