The Horse's Mouth

Heroes sucks. That's according to Tim Kring, the show's creator. Funny, since it's one of the few shows I regularly watch.

Kring spoke to Entertainment Weekly about fan complaints, which he apparently agrees with. (I think it was more he looked at his droopy ratings and decided to be proactive.) Here are the problems he notes, with my comments.

1. THE PACE IS TOO SLOW. Hey, what's the rush? The build-up is half the fun. (In fact, last season, it was most of the fun, and it was the finale that failed.)

2. THE WORLD-SAVING STAKES SHOULD HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED SOONER. This is just a corollary to point #1. Once again, what's the rush? You already had a serial murder mystery going on, and a bunch of other stuff. Isn't that enough? To be honest, when Peter went in the future and saw New York will be ravaged if nothing is done, I thought I'd stumbled into a repeat of last season.

3. THE ROOKIES DIDN'T GREET THEMSELVES PROPERLY. In other words, the newbie heroes should have been introduced in storylines with established characters, rather than their own separate plots. I don't know. Maybe it would have been more smooth, but after all, we got a whole bunch of new characters in season 1 and that was no problem.

4. HIRO WAS IN JAPAN WAS TOO LONG. This is probably my biggest complaint of the season so far. I don't even think he should have gone back to feudal Japan at all, but if he had to go, let's have him in and out and back in the main action. Otherwise, you're, in effect, benching your top player.

5. YOUNG LOVE STINKS. So the cheerleader got a hero/boyfriend. I don't object to occasional mushy stuff, as long as there's tension in the story. I agree the present story isn't that great.