I tried watching the show at the behest of my girlfriend, and also for the acclaim it's garnered thus far. Not to mention I'm a fan of the "superhero" genre (as the show was promised to be part of). Unfortunately it's far from it. Really bad plot lines, dumb twists, horrible writing and dialogue, just... bad. Hiro came back to the present after doing so much in the past, to find that nothing in the present timeline was altered? Come on! Geeks everywhere should have collectively flinched when that happened. Even my girlfriend riffs on it now, and she was a fan from the beginning!
Which is unfortunate, because it had some great potential and I'm actually kind of disappointed to have such a promising concept for a show get dumped so soon.
See? Erik gets it. I mean if the show has good story lines and keeps you on your seat without being over the top stupid, then it's cool. That's why I have enjoyed watching Jericho (its like Red Dawn 2, but this time with Nuclear bombs) and Prison Break(which I know many people will criticize, but it does have a very interesting unraveling story that keeps my attention each week).
It doesn't even necessarily have to be a network show to be bad.
FX, which is reputable for having the best shows on tv, really disappointed me with Over There for one reason: the writing sucked. I wanted to like it, especially coming from Steven Bochko, but I clicked off after the third episode.
That is how I feel about Heroes. And what is this I hear that Sulu is joining the cast?
Here, I'll set up the joke and you guys can deliver the punchline:
"So what's Takei's superpower gonna be?"