HEROES!

Yes i am one. I can't wait to see what else happened especially after the last episode.

You could Roseanne through those plot holes, dude.

You know what the most stupidest part of Heroes is though.. The Company. Yes The Company are supposed to be this evil genius doing things behind everyones back type of thing but they are like the dumbest organization.

Hey lets put the most powerful guy in the show next to the super 300 year old guy bent on world destruction or whatever with a vent so they can talk with one another. Still an ok show to watch though.

author=Shadowtext link=topic=2007.msg33041#msg33041 date=1222054628
Who cares about plot holes?

I'm not saying it's not entertaining. I am saying that the plot coherency is about as bad as Superman, and that's saying something. But I suppose it makes sense because comic book Marvel/DC comic writers are the most awful kind of writer, and some of them were supposedly responsible for this show.

Having said that, I don't blame you or anyone else that enjoys watching the show, since I guess it is fun, in a campy sort of way. I just expect...a bit more effort, I guess.

author=Karsuman link=topic=2007.msg33046#msg33046 date=1222055126
But I suppose it makes sense because comic book Marvel/DC comic writers are the most awful kind of writer

Comic book writers have it kind of rough, so I'm not sure that is fair. One, they're writing for an audience that is mostly composed of young males, so they they're not exactly aiming for The Count of Monte Cristo audience. Plus, most of the popular comic books originated thirty years ago, so you have to deal with tons of terrible filler issues and canon and retcons and all the other BS that preceded you. The writers rotate in and out on a regular basis, so it's hard to stay consistent. What one guy thinks is writing gold is awful to the next guy. You're not really in control of where you want the story to go, you don't own the characters, and you don't have as much say as a traditional writer does in what goes down in the end.

Plus, it is a business model that depends on popular characters, so unlike a one shot novel or a trilogy, yes, they have to keep bringing Jean Grey back for the dead to rake in some cash.

I would argue it's easier to write a novel, plop it out and be done with it than try to keep a story going for decades, especially when it's not your story. Is the medium itself prone to terrible writing? Yeah. Are the writers themselves bad? Probably not.

Heroes (and any serialized drama, like 24) are burdened by the same rules.

I just want to let everyone know I take back anything nice I said about comic book writers. Wow. I wasn't expecting this kind of lameness until, like, season six or something.

The writer's strike wasn't what ruined Season 2, though it helped. Season 2 was just a victim of the Sophomore Slump. Season 3 is the make-it-or-break-it season. This is when we see if the thing actually has legs.