Alan Moore's thoughts on Heroes

[Superman2007]

"I saw the last episode of Season One where the flying superhero [Peter Petrelli] and his brother, the exploding superhero [Nathan Petrelli], have a little moment and a bit of a hug and then the flying guy takes the exploding guy up into the atmosphere above New York where he undergoes a nuclear explosion to the great relief of all the spectators. You know, again, it wouldn't have taken much. All you'd have had to do, as I understand it, and I speak as somebody who doesn't actually have an Internet connection and has very little idea what an Internet connection is, but I understand there is this thing called 'Google' and that apparently you just have to put a couple of words into it and magically it will provide all your reference for you. You don't even have to get up out of your seat. If you'd have just put, 'nuclear explosion,' say, into Google then I'm sure that somewhere in that it would have explained that an air burst is much, much, much, much, much, much worse than a ground burst. I hope that if that unlikely situation should ever come about, I hope that the superpowered beings who will presumably be around to save us from it are perhaps a bit more intelligent, otherwise we're doomed. So no, I'm not a big fan of 'Heroes,' got to say."
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/012809alanmooretv.html

 

[SuperFerret]

Cool! Can we get Alan Moore's thoughts on Burger King now?

 

[Superman2007]

Cool! Can we get Alan Moore's thoughts on Burger King now?

I'm on it. I think I'll have the mods create a Burger King section, so that I can create a new thread, and await your next request.

 

[SuperFerret]

I'm just joking. It seems that Alan Moore's opinion is sought after for any superhero related topic, and it seems that most of the time, it's negative.

 

[Matt]

Alan Moore is a notorious *****e.

 

[Artistsean]

Well,
Steven Spielberg was told during the filming of Jaws that if you shot a oxygen tank in a shark's mouth that it would not explode like he shot it,
he replied with something like, "at that point the audience is so into the story that it doesn't matter."

Same with Heroes. Sure realistically it wouldn't happen that way.
If you can see the explosion in the sky you would still get hurt by the blast.
But, I, didn't care. It was a good ending.

Plus lots of films have done that ending.
Does he also hate the cartoon film Iron Giant? Because it did that.

From a story telling standpoint it doesn't seem to matter. To me anyway, I don't know about anyone else.

 

[The Question]

Plus lots of films have done that ending.
Does he also hate the cartoon film Iron Giant? Because it did that.

[Devil's Advocate]That was in space, though, not within the atmosphere.[/Devil's Advocate]


Anyway, I really don't see what the hubbub with this is one way or the other. Someone from Wizard asked Alan Moore's opinion about some American TV shows during an interview, and Alan answered the question. That's...actually really common with respected members of creative mediums. It's not meant to be taken very seriously one way or the other.

 

[chaseter]

Alan Moore has no room to talk about realism when his most famous creation is a naked blue man that had god like powers from a botched science experiment who can somehow breathe in space and teleport.

 

[Sawyer]

Alan Moore is a notorious *****e.

Yeah, well, he happens to be spot on with Heroes. Lost, however, not so much. He didnt even give any details which leads me to believe that he watched one episode, probably not even from the first season, and gave up on it. In which case, to you Alan Moore.

 

[chaseter]

Hey Alan...Lost didn't know where it was going the first Season and most shows don't because they don't know if they will be successful and be picked up for more seasons. Writing a book =/= writing a television series. Plus the writers knew where it is was going by Season 3...I wish Heroes did too

 

[Sawyer]

Hey Alan...Lost didn't know where it was going the first Season and most shows don't because they don't know if they will be successful and be picked up for more seasons. Writing a book =/= writing a television series. Plus the writers knew where it is was going by Season 3...I wish Heroes did too

And plus, if he watched from the beginning, what possible inconsistencies could he possibly be talking about? For God sake, its the first episodes.

 

[Gilpesh]

And plus, if he watched from the beginning, what possible inconsistencies could he possibly be talking about? For God sake, its the first episodes.

There's probably some if you look hard enough. Good shows are more about not having glaring inconsistencies or convincing you not to care about the little ones.

 

[Sawyer]

There's probably some if you look hard enough. Good shows are more about not having glaring inconsistencies or convincing you not to care about the little ones.

Then in that case, Alan Moore is a meticulous old *****, isnt he?

 

[Gilpesh]

Then in that case, Alan Moore is a meticulous old *****, isnt he?

That's how he makes those wonderful comics.... although, at least he isn't a complete old bastard. He said he loved the Wire because like the creators said, "Everything we brought up, we've dealt with." So at least there is hope.




Oh and he loves Burn Notice. That's a good sign.

 

[chaseter]

A nuclear explosion in the air is apparently more dangerous and less realistic than a giant squid infused with a psychic's brain that when transported across time and space it explodes, killing half of NYC.

 

[Neptune]

He doesn't like Heroes because of 1 scene in the last episode of season 1? Did he even watch that whole season? Who cares what Alan Moore thinks anyway?

 

[Artistsean]

Whats weird is that he mentions liking Family Guy and South Park (right?) and he doesn't mention a thing about the Simpsons, although he was a guest voice on it and I think wrote an episode or something.

the only show he has appeared on in years and it wasn't brought up.




Do you think Wizard thought it would be cool to bring up all these shows that fans like and see what Moore thought, but it turned out he disliked most of them. And wasn't really the response they had hoped for?

 

[Sawyer]

The fact that he likes Family Guy and basically **** all over Lost makes Alan Moore lose all credibility in my eyes.

 

[chaseter]

I bet Fuller, Kring, Damon, Carlton and everyone else writing for Lost and Heroes want to punch that man

 

[Doctor Jones]

That's how he makes those wonderful comics.... although, at least he isn't a complete old bastard. He said he loved the Wire because like the creators said, "Everything we brought up, we've dealt with." So at least there is hope.




Oh and he loves Burn Notice. That's a good sign.

Well who can blame him? It has Bruce Campell in it. t:

 

[Jack O Lantern]

Can't a guy give an opinion without getting crap?

He deoesn't like the same shows as you, boo fricken hoo.

As for the realism thing, there's a difference when you're writing about something like a neuclear explosion, because we know the parameters of it. The experiment in Watchmen we don't know a thing about. And for all you know he hates Jaws anyway.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Mother of God.

He might as well hate his own work. Or life itself.

 

[chaseter]

Can't a guy give an opinion without getting crap?

He deoesn't like the same shows as you, boo fricken hoo.

As for the realism thing, there's a difference when you're writing about something like a neuclear explosion, because we know the parameters of it. The experiment in Watchmen we don't know a thing about. And for all you know he hates Jaws anyway.

Then you be the first to get into a de-atomizer and see if you can turn yourself into Dr. Manhattan

If you are going to knock a show on realism...you better be writing non-fiction

 

[Jack O Lantern]

No you don't.
You create your own world in fiction, in the Watchmen world Dr. Manhattan can happen. Heroes is set in "our" world, where powered people are popping up, so with the exception of those people the rules of their world has to follow ours.

 

[chaseter]

No you don't.
You create your own world in fiction, in the Watchmen world Dr. Manhattan can happen. Heroes is set in "our" world, where powered people are popping up, so with the exception of those people the rules of their world has to follow ours.

Heroes is set in a world where people have powers. Last time I checked..."our world" didn't have men flying or guys that would explode. Peter/Ted's power may not be exactly like an atomic bomb so to say it would react the same way is asanine when relating it to actual circumstances and critiquing it when your work is fiction as well. If they launched an atomic bomb into the air then I would see his point but they didn't so he has no right to bash it when his **** is crazier.