Fans saw some familiar faces and were introduced to some new superhumans, but the mission remains the same – save the world.
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And the universe surrounding “Heroes” would’ve been flawless, if the series had ended right before the first season finale. If “Heroes Reborn” can’t recover, what can these other pending reboots learn from its stumbles? And it’s not going to get any easier when the Evos can’t tell who the bad guys are.
Luckily, this show has a saving grace: The return of Noah Bennet. He is on a journey of discovery and we go along on it with him.
But his role in the miniseries Heroes Reborn could redefine him. The stories are all new, but there definitely was some refreshing of some things that were long-gone from my memory. He was a character from which many other characters stemmed. Here name is Miko and she’s frankly the most ridiculous and childish television character – ever.
While Ted has his own problems of being stalked by an annoying conspiracy theorist who he teams up with to uncover his past identity, we’re taken to a few other places to meet a couple more evos who come and go. For one thing, there had never been a compelling superhero series realized on the small screen. It introduced the world to a gaggle of “ordinary” people with extraordinary powers. This is a constant balancing act in the writers’ room. This could be an interesting premise in seeing how loss completely destroys a loving family and the need for revenge becomes all consuming, but the clunky dialogue and lukewarm plot doesn’t do enough to make us care about these characters.
When the series picks up, the world has changed. “Causing havoc to people with special powers”. It’s interesting because that “fake present” seems entirely real if people with powers existed. “The contract that we are making with people who tune in is that it has a beginning, a middle, and an end”. But could this ultimately be the springboard for a full-on revival of the franchise in series form?
Opening Shot: The opening of a pilot can set a mood for the entire show (think Six Feet Under); thus, we examine the first shot of each pilot. His brother who he had something of a strained relationship with, turns out to have been a masked vigilante (honestly I’m surprised it took this long for us to get one from this series) and when he ends up the victim of a gunshot, asks Carlos to take up his mantle. With Miko (Kiki Sukezane), for instance, we’re reminded of Hiro from the first series and his life as a salaryman dealing with having the ability to manipulate time. We can tell by the helix glyph on its hilt. “So it was always meant to be about the characters themselves”, Kring said. “I don’t want to rob people from the experience of the many revelations that happen along the way”. Now these shows are everywhere.
I grew to despise how intentionally vague Heroes was and Heroes Reborn starts off the exact same way.
But it seemed NBC had learned its lessons, and would just give Kring the freedom to do “Heroes” the way he wanted to do “Heroes”, and thus “Heroes Reborn” was, er, born. These work within the narrative for all of the new viewers, While providing context and Easter eggs, and hopefully some answers, or new dimensions for any of the fans of the former series.
Throughout the show, we get to see two gamers looking for a place called Evermore, which was hidden inside a video game. Close, it was five years ago. Now they have to hide their powers or they will be persecuted.
This is the recap of Heroes Reborn’s pilot episode. Fingers crossed that we’re right.
The comic book style storytelling was the novel strength of the original. [Her Hero ability of cell regeneration] factors in prominently. They’re simply not featured in this particular story. Every story, even one that brings back beloved characters, needs a moment or two to get the audience invested.
The biggest mystery is a new technology that a group called Renautus is creating. She was the best part of the original series. Can it recapture the creativity of the original show’s early run? But if your viewer is not tethered to any sort of meaningful characters, there’s no reason for them to come back.
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Going in Thursday night’s new lineup, there was really one question that everyone had more than anything else: How was “Heroes: Reborn” going to actually fare? So the ending has not been conceived yet. While it’s still uncertain how all of these various characters will converge, Kring promises this story will reach a definitive conclusion.
