Cut List – Heroes

1. Knight Rider
2. Sanctuary
3. Heroes

After a brilliant first season, this series has been a steaming pile of convoluted suckage. This alone is reason enough to stop watching, and I have been on the brink of canceling the scheduled recording after each new episode. But then the producers got axed a couple wees back, so I thought I’d hang in there and see if, miracle of miracle, they somehow managed to do something interesting with the change. And then I stumble across an IGN interview with Tim Kring, the series creator, where he says:

“What was I thinking?” noting that a serialized show is “an absolute bear to do.” Kring said he’s also finding, “It’s a very flawed way of telling stories on network television right now, because of the advent of the DVR and online streaming. The engine that drove [serialized TV] was you had to be in front of the TV [when it aired]. Now you can watch it when you want, where you want, how you want to watch it, and almost all of those ways are superior to watching it on air. So [watching it] on air is related to the saps and the dips**s who can’t figure out how to watch it in a superior way.”

Ermmm… did you just call your loyal viewers dipshits and saps? You did, didn’t you? Even though I am one of the viewers who watches on DVR, I find myself rather offended at this. Well, Mr. Kring, let me tell you why I am one of the viewers who watches via DVR… Your show has sucked for 2 years! If it was any good, I wouldn’t mind giving you an hour of my time once a week, but, quite frankly, you haven’t earned it. You have been more focused on turning Heroes into a branding opportunity with merchandising and comic book spinoffs and an active online presence than creating quality entertainment.

I knew the story was in trouble when the audience was tasked with creating the next big hero. What I didn’t know was that, really, there is no story:

Kring said no final ending for Heroes has been conceived, noting, “We didn’t have an island to get off of.” On top of that, Kring noted that “My original idea was more of an anthological vibe to it, where you regenerate the characters.”

Kring explained he had thought they could almost completely replace the characters each season, remarking, “I was primarily fascinated by the origin story. Once the original story is over, and the character has no more questions about what’s happening or existential drama, then the questions become just about plot, and then it becomes harder for me personally to connect to.”

Someone pass poor Mr. Kring a hanky. He has a hard job. Not like those schmucks over at Lost. Their job is easy! They don’t have dipshits and saps watching their show! They actually have a story behind their story!

No wonder your show sucks, Kring. Grow up a little and take some responsibility for what you created, or get out of the driver’s seat and let someone who is actually interested in telling a story steer for a while.