Will 'Heroes' Deliver More Action in Season Two?

docarzt · 07-04-2007, 11:14 AM

Heroes’ grand finale was, by most fans accounts, underwhelming. Loyal fans had waited out the entire season for the forces of good to be drawn together in an epic battle against the forces of evil. Instead, the epic confrontation played more for emotional tugs than cgi enhanced displays of super abilities. There is a very good reason for this.

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Guest · 07-04-2007, 07:58 PM

This is a great point to bring up. The fight scenes. They should be putting more CGI into the show. Its about superheros. If I wanted a show with mystery and suspense with a few CGI moments, I'd watch LOST. (Which I prefer anyways)
If its a show for comicbook fans, then give us what comic books do. 10 page fight scenes. Epic battles. This is why we read comic books instead of Dylan Thomas (Who I prefer anyways)The whole point is the suspension of disbelief. We want to see someone thrown through an entire building only to get up and engulf his counterpart in a blaze of green fire.
Im not saying the show should be nothing but action scenes, but when you have an action scene, a fight between to super-powered heros, it should be something epic. How many times do you see a comic book fight last 1 mintue? Never. Its always 10 pages, an unwritten rule if you will. "Thou must kickth ass! Kickth ass long and kickth ass hard!!"
I hope your reading Kring..

SonyaLynn · 07-05-2007, 07:29 PM

BAH, I say! If Joss Whedon could give us all manner of supernatural action as he did on Buffy and Angel with WB Network budgets, incorporating more traditional FX with CGI quite deftly. The fact that the kendo sparring between Hiro and his father provided us with the best action sequence of the show should be telling.

Guest · 07-05-2007, 07:32 PM

The shows premise is about ordinary people learning how to use their powers, and coping with the changes in their lives caused by having said powers. It is not about thrilling fight scenes. If there were more fight scenes, or more CGI, it wouldn't fit the shows premise, or any of the charectors on the show. I love Heroes just the way it is.

Guest · 07-07-2007, 04:46 PM

Can Some one please give Tom Kring and the Cast of Heroes money for better fight Scenes! I was gutted by the Finale, I expected something explosive. The show is aimed at us comic book fans but also has something to offer everybody. We get quite equal drama and suspence and everything, so why don't we put up the fighting up a notch and the drama up a notch as well, that way everybody is happy.

Can't Heroes get sponsored or something, and I really do want something Smallville-ish or Buffy-like. They had great effects with around the same budgets like ryan said.

MerlboroMan · 07-12-2007, 04:01 PM

There is a big difference between a premise/theme/spine and the climax/showdown/finale of a story. The first is what is this show about, which Becky nailed on the head. It's about ordinary people suddenly discovering that they are special. However, once that happens you have the inevitable "so what"? In this case, the "so what" for Heroes is, "They've discovered they'r special, so what." Kring loves this idea and has decided to create a new show, a younger sibling to Heroes if you will, called Heroes: Origins. This show follows that premise, but is more episodical in the fact that each of the six episodes will individualized, stand alone stories. The do not form together, as a serial, to create on ongoing story, but instead enhance the current mythology. The problem arises when you have to answer that "so what" question. Heroes no has the unenviable task of meeting the bar that they themselves have raised. If you have incredible, three-dimensional characters with super abilities that a

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07-04-2007, 11:14 AM	#1
docarzt Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: , , . Posts: 1,594,967	Heroes’ grand finale was, by most fans accounts, underwhelming. Loyal fans had waited out the entire season for the forces of good to be drawn together in an epic battle against the forces of evil. Instead, the epic confrontation played more for emotional tugs than cgi enhanced displays of super abilities. There is a very good reason for this. To read the rest, click here.

07-04-2007, 07:58 PM	#2
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	This is a great point to bring up. The fight scenes. They should be putting more CGI into the show. Its about superheros. If I wanted a show with mystery and suspense with a few CGI moments, I'd watch LOST. (Which I prefer anyways) If its a show for comicbook fans, then give us what comic books do. 10 page fight scenes. Epic battles. This is why we read comic books instead of Dylan Thomas (Who I prefer anyways)The whole point is the suspension of disbelief. We want to see someone thrown through an entire building only to get up and engulf his counterpart in a blaze of green fire. Im not saying the show should be nothing but action scenes, but when you have an action scene, a fight between to super-powered heros, it should be something epic. How many times do you see a comic book fight last 1 mintue? Never. Its always 10 pages, an unwritten rule if you will. "Thou must kickth ass! Kickth ass long and kickth ass hard!!" I hope your reading Kring..

07-05-2007, 07:29 PM	#3
SonyaLynn Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3	BAH, I say! If Joss Whedon could give us all manner of supernatural action as he did on Buffy and Angel with WB Network budgets, incorporating more traditional FX with CGI quite deftly. The fact that the kendo sparring between Hiro and his father provided us with the best action sequence of the show should be telling.

07-05-2007, 07:32 PM	#4
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	The shows premise is about ordinary people learning how to use their powers, and coping with the changes in their lives caused by having said powers. It is not about thrilling fight scenes. If there were more fight scenes, or more CGI, it wouldn't fit the shows premise, or any of the charectors on the show. I love Heroes just the way it is.

07-07-2007, 04:46 PM	#5
Guest Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 0	Can Some one please give Tom Kring and the Cast of Heroes money for better fight Scenes! I was gutted by the Finale, I expected something explosive. The show is aimed at us comic book fans but also has something to offer everybody. We get quite equal drama and suspence and everything, so why don't we put up the fighting up a notch and the drama up a notch as well, that way everybody is happy. Can't Heroes get sponsored or something, and I really do want something Smallville-ish or Buffy-like. They had great effects with around the same budgets like ryan said.

07-12-2007, 04:01 PM	#6
MerlboroMan Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 57	There is a big difference between a premise/theme/spine and the climax/showdown/finale of a story. The first is what is this show about, which Becky nailed on the head. It's about ordinary people suddenly discovering that they are special. However, once that happens you have the inevitable "so what"? In this case, the "so what" for Heroes is, "They've discovered they'r special, so what." Kring loves this idea and has decided to create a new show, a younger sibling to Heroes if you will, called Heroes: Origins. This show follows that premise, but is more episodical in the fact that each of the six episodes will individualized, stand alone stories. The do not form together, as a serial, to create on ongoing story, but instead enhance the current mythology. The problem arises when you have to answer that "so what" question. Heroes no has the unenviable task of meeting the bar that they themselves have raised. If you have incredible, three-dimensional characters with super abilities that a