HEROES Changes in Season 2

[Ranger REG]

Source: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=40354

So it seems like every season there will be [almost] whole new cast of heroes with its own storyline. Sounds like a good idea, unless you already have a few favorites from this season. At least there won't be a lot of contract negotiations for the actors and actresses like most TV series who tries to keep their main characters on the air for longer than 5 years.

 

[DonTadow]

I like this idea a heck of a lot. I"m sure they will bring a few people from the cast back, but making each season fresh will "hopefully" prevent staleness.

 

[Kaodi]

That's awesome. Now we know how Peter can be uber AND survive, hehehe... Just six episodes to go...

I wonder where the next story will be set, though? Will it be the US, another English-speaking country ( I'm all for Canada, .) or somewhere else entirely?

 

[Brown Jenkin]

That is one way to keep Peter from being overpowering.

They have to keep Hiro though. He is what makes the audience connect to the show. Finding another actor that can do that will be very hard. It is not just they way his character was written, but also facial expresions and acting choices that very much make the difference.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

It could also let Sylar get away.

More interestingly, it may deal with New Yorks destruction. So far nothing seen in the future of Isaac's paintings has really been altered or avoided, thus suggesting that future is as immutable as the past. If this is true, then New York will be destroyed.

Kring talked about it being more like 24 than LOST, so some characters and situations will be back, in the same way Jack is back every year. Hiro could pop in and pop out, literally. Suresh could wander around, looking for supers.

Maybe next year will be set in LA.

 

[Taelorn76]

I am on the fence about this. I like the idea of fresh faces and stories, but I have already gotten to know these Heroes.

Also will each season be about a new group of Heroes getting to understand their powers and running around [x] country.

 

[Steel_Wind]

The only reason to do this with a hit series is because their option on pick-ups for subsquent years was not at a fixed rate for all of those actors.

In other words - they can't AFFORD to bring some of these people back.

Or, this is an announcement designed to intimidate actors during contract negotiations (my bet).

You don't create new hit series and then throw the conneciton with the viewer to their fave characters on the garbage pile. That is ratings suicide.

Many of these characters will be back. Don't doubt that for a moment.

At the same time, there is SOME utility in introducing new characters who are discovering their powers, as the discovery stage seems to be the stage most entertaining to viewers.

It's pretty hard to connect with a Peter Petrelli who can do a bazillion things. He's soon ... no longer quite human - or certainly out of the range of the viewer's experience.

But it's easier to identify with any hero discovering their powers and reacting with astonishment.

Anyways - let me officially DOUBT the ultimate veractity of this article. I think it is as much to do with money and contrct negotiations as it is with any real solid plans to restart the show. That Volume 1, Volume 2 crap is just sophistry.

This is NBC and this is about $$$$ and ratings. Those lines can be charted and appear on a graph. Where they intersect to create the most profit is a better indication of wht we will see see in season 2 come September of 2007 - never mind what Tim Kring says now.

A new main plt which includes some new characters and villains? Sure thing.

But a restart with a complete new set of characters? Nope. No way. Won't happen.

 

[Ranger REG]

But a restart with a complete new set of characters? Nope. No way. Won't happen.

Well, I did say almost. I'm sure they will use one or two heroes from the previous season (in this case, the existing first season) to help start up a new storyline and introduce new heroes for the second season. Mohinder will probably be the mainstay character, since he's the guy that goes searching for them because of his father.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

The only reason to do this with a hit series is because their option on pick-ups for subsquent years was not at a fixed rate for all of those actors.

In other words - they can't AFFORD to bring some of these people back.

Or, this is an announcement designed to intimidate actors during contract negotiations (my bet).

You don't create new hit series and then throw the conneciton with the viewer to their fave characters on the garbage pile. That is ratings suicide.

Many of these characters will be back. Don't doubt that for a moment.

At the same time, there is SOME utility in introducing new characters who are discovering their powers, as the discovery stage seems to be the stage most entertaining to viewers.

It's pretty hard to connect with a Peter Petrelli who can do a bazillion things. He's soon ... no longer quite human - or certainly out of the range of the viewer's experience.

But it's easier to identify with any hero discovering their powers and reacting with astonishment.

Anyways - let me officially DOUBT the ultimate veractity of this article. I think it is as much to do with money and contrct negotiations as it is with any real solid plans to restart the show. That Volume 1, Volume 2 crap is just sophistry.

This is NBC and this is about $$$$ and ratings. Those lines can be charted and appear on a graph. Where they intersect to create the most profit is a better indication of wht we will see see in season 2 come September of 2007 - never mind what Tim Kring says now.

A new main plt which includes some new characters and villains? Sure thing.

But a restart with a complete new set of characters? Nope. No way. Won't happen.

I agree.

 

[Krug]

Yeah. Somehow I don't see this happening. It could work for two seasons, but I wouldn't wanna try to catch a third season with new heroes. Furthermore, I think some of the powers would definitely start to repeat as well...