"Heroes" is in trouble.
It's not just you guys who think so -- it's my friends, my parents, my wife and even Entertainment Weekly who agree.
The results from the poll I presented last week indicate that 33 percent of you think "Heroes" is only doing "OK." The bad news is that "Good" respondents are tied at 22 percent with the "Less than OK" choice.
"Bad" and the "Forster" option round it out with 11 percent.
Let's be honest, choosing "Less than Good" is a nice way of saying the show is something you may come back and download or watch on DVR later. And that means lower ratings upfront -- the barometer of a television program's worth to television studios. "Heroes" is averaging 9.4 million viewers and is down two million from last season.
EW provides a list of things the show could do to improve itself. This is nothing new to me or the fewer-of-you who are watching. This season "Heroes" has a habit of doing something well while everything else drops out around it. The Russian roulette scenes with the "puppet master" villain were solid last week. Then what happens is we get more Spider-Suresh/Dr. Jekyll, Sylar-knows-best and the comedy stylings of Hiro and Ando.
It's not the super powers... what really stretches credibility is having us believe that everyone else besides PETER PETRELLI is inept -- and it just aint true!
Expect some origin stories in the coming weeks and if you are still a devoted viewer to "Heroes" try not to worry too much about 'Weekly' and its assessment of the show. They selected "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" as one of the shows that also needs fixing and suggested it just get back to having simple stories like a metal robot coming to kill John Connor every week.
You and I both know that would make the show progressively boring and silly as they miraculously escape a killing machine each and every week. In my opinion 'Sarah Connor' can give "Heroes" a lesson on how to balance multiple storylines and not play hopscotch over sharky waters.
Until next time.
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It's not just you guys who think so -- it's my friends, my parents, my wife and even Entertainment Weekly who agree.
The results from the poll I presented last week indicate that 33 percent of you think "Heroes" is only doing "OK." The bad news is that "Good" respondents are tied at 22 percent with the "Less than OK" choice.
"Bad" and the "Forster" option round it out with 11 percent.
Let's be honest, choosing "Less than Good" is a nice way of saying the show is something you may come back and download or watch on DVR later. And that means lower ratings upfront -- the barometer of a television program's worth to television studios. "Heroes" is averaging 9.4 million viewers and is down two million from last season.EW provides a list of things the show could do to improve itself. This is nothing new to me or the fewer-of-you who are watching. This season "Heroes" has a habit of doing something well while everything else drops out around it. The Russian roulette scenes with the "puppet master" villain were solid last week. Then what happens is we get more Spider-Suresh/Dr. Jekyll, Sylar-knows-best and the comedy stylings of Hiro and Ando.
It's not the super powers... what really stretches credibility is having us believe that everyone else besides PETER PETRELLI is inept -- and it just aint true!
Expect some origin stories in the coming weeks and if you are still a devoted viewer to "Heroes" try not to worry too much about 'Weekly' and its assessment of the show. They selected "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" as one of the shows that also needs fixing and suggested it just get back to having simple stories like a metal robot coming to kill John Connor every week.
You and I both know that would make the show progressively boring and silly as they miraculously escape a killing machine each and every week. In my opinion 'Sarah Connor' can give "Heroes" a lesson on how to balance multiple storylines and not play hopscotch over sharky waters.
Until next time.
Related: The villain revealed
Confused and shocked
Lots of action and more revelations
Keeping the story on track
The Heroes return tonight
Heroes Watch: Looks like a fun season
Heroes sucks...Good Sylar is pretty entertaining, though. Why make him bad again already? They rewind every decision they make either in the same episode or the next.