Is "heroes" A Good Name For This Show?

[Memphis Slim]

I can hear the barbs coming already........

But hear me out.

Is there a real "Hero" in this batch of characters? I looked up a definition of the term :


a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem


I don't see anyone in this bunch with that kind of aura except maybe Hiro the Japanese guy. Everybody else so flawed, so selfish, so scheming, so manipulative that I don't see a "hero" in any of them. I don't want my heroes wallowing in the mud with me. I want them better than me....to inspire me....to be people you want to aspire to.

Sure no one is perfect......I know all heroes make mistakes. But crazy blonde, the guy that wants to be President......they all have no "noble" traits.

Maybe this show should have been called "POWERS" instead.


Thoughts?

 

[Upset Spideyfan]

Peter Petrelli's been pretty heroic.

 

[Mr.Webs]

Agreed. But honestly, probably only Peter and Hiro fit the description. I must say though, Mohinder and Ando are starting to come into their own.

 

[Memphis Slim]

So you guys kinda see what I'm talking about?

 

[The Question]

Heroes is simply a reference to the superhero comics that the show emulates. It seems reasonable to me. Besides, Hiro isn't the only character who I'd call a hero. Peter, D.L., Mohinder, Matt, and Ando have all exhibited fairly heroic qualities. And Mr. Bennett, while hardly a nice fellow, is doing what he's doing for selfless reasons, making him something of an anti-hero.

 

[Katsuro]

Personally I think it's a great title. When you think about it, Sylar is the only single character who's completely villanous, and even he had a moment where you thought he would do what's right. Until his mom died and Hiro tried to kill him, Sylar was repenting.

 

[GL1]

Heroes is a perfect name for the show, even though it isn't because of the obvious: "Oh, it must be a show about a bunch of heroes." The very first episode made it CRYSTAL CLEAR that the show was not about superheroes, or a bunch of heroes, etc.

1) It's a reference to the word 'superheroes' who are typically known for things like... superpowers. It's a perfect reference because it takes out the word 'super,' since the people in the show are highly normal and there is nothing 'super' about them beyond their powers. They don't think/act/react like superheroes or anything.

2) All these characters seem to die as Heroes. Eden died heroically, despite being a villain before hand. Isaac died heroically, despite being a druggie Simone-obsessed average guy. Even Simone was in the process of trying to do something heroic when she died. If everyone dies a hero, then TECHNICALLY it IS a show about heroes, although some journeys (ie Sylar and Jessica's) may not seem heroic at all at first.

3) Because this series dances in several gray areas (while some viewers don't understand the dialogue and think it's all black and white). And in our world, just like in the Heroes world, EVERYONE is a hero to SOMEONE.

4) The reason "Heroes" is a great title because, like the show, it's deep, not obvious and not suface. It's a clue, just like the Godsend symbol and so on and so forth. Think deeper.

 

[-Æ-]

Sylar is my hero (*_*)

 

[hulkamania85]

Agreed. But honestly, probably only Peter and Hiro fit the description.

So then we have more than one character. Therefore, the name "Heroes" still makes sense, as long as there is more than one hero.

Mr. Bennet was a hero to his adopted daughter. Sure he didn't go into the father role expecting to have any sort of an attachment, but in the end he tried his best to make sure she was safe so he ended up a hero regardless.

If done well, maybe the finale will justify more of the characters being considered heroes. I think the perceived problem with the name may come from the characters not starting out as heroes from the beginning. But a lot of them ended up that way towards the end, so when you look at the show as a whole it fits.

 

[Lord Follen]

i dont think one can put the meaning of hero behind a definition. i think its anyone who can to cope with the skelitions in the closet to do right. Such as Nathan in the last episode. He sacrificed to redeam himself which i can call him a hero

 

[IAmHe9]

I can hear the barbs coming already........

But hear me out.

Is there a real "Hero" in this batch of characters? I looked up a definition of the term :


a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"
the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem


I don't see anyone in this bunch with that kind of aura except maybe Hiro the Japanese guy. Everybody else so flawed, so selfish, so scheming, so manipulative that I don't see a "hero" in any of them. I don't want my heroes wallowing in the mud with me. I want them better than me....to inspire me....to be people you want to aspire to.

Sure no one is perfect......I know all heroes make mistakes. But crazy blonde, the guy that wants to be President......they all have no "noble" traits.

Maybe this show should have been called "POWERS" instead.


Thoughts?

I was gonna do this thread too, only mine was gonna be an entire rant and assault on Tim Kring's complete dismissal of the idea that someone that develops superpowers would want to put on a mask and go out and save the world.

I realized that Heroes is the word the producers of the show like to use to refer to anyone with powers (except Sylar, who they like to call "The Face Of Evil") so they won't have to say something like 'mutant' or 'metahuman' and draw criticism from the comic fans (Jeph Loeb is on board afterall). In the previews for an episode where a new character is going to be introduced, the NBC voice-over dude usually says something like "prepare to meet an amazing new hero with an incredible new power" even if the character doesn't turn out to be heroic.

At the beginning of the season I kept thinking to myself 'Christ's sakes, are their any ****ing heroes on Heroes?' I realized that there weren't really any self-less, noble, courageous characters on the show, and I kept that mentality for a while (Claire running into the fire half-qualified, as she knew she would regenerate anyway), at least until Homecoming, where Peter proved to be the true Hero of the show.

Peter heads to Texas to "Save the Cheerleader" even though he knows he's powerless on his own. His future is not uncertain: Isaac, who had not failed to paint the future up to that point, had painted him dead in front of the school he was heading to. And he still went, and saved the cheerleader, thereby saving the world.

I still have a problem with Kring trying to convince us that not one among the mutants (yeah, that's what I'll call them, who gives a ****?) actually wants to go out and actively fight crime, but several of the characters, if not all of them, have proven to be heroic.

 

[The Question]

I was gonna do this thread too, only mine was gonna be an entire rant and assault on Tim Kring's complete dismissal of the idea that someone that develops superpowers would want to put on a mask and go out and save the world.

I realized that Heroes is the word the producers of the show like to use to refer to anyone with powers (except Sylar, who they like to call "The Face Of Evil") so they won't have to say something like 'mutant' or 'metahuman' and draw criticism from the comic fans (Jeph Loeb is on board afterall). In the previews for an episode where a new character is going to be introduced, the NBC voice-over dude usually says something like "prepare to meet an amazing new hero with an incredible new power" even if the character doesn't turn out to be heroic.

At the beginning of the season I kept thinking to myself 'Christ's sakes, are their any ****ing heroes on Heroes?' I realized that there weren't really any self-less, noble, courageous characters on the show, and I kept that mentality for a while (Claire running into the fire half-qualified, as she knew she would regenerate anyway), at least until Homecoming, where Peter proved to be the true Hero of the show.

Peter heads to Texas to "Save the Cheerleader" even though he knows he's powerless on his own. His future is not uncertain: Isaac, who had not failed to paint the future up to that point, had painted him dead in front of the school he was heading to. And he still went, and saved the cheerleader, thereby saving the world.

I still have a problem with Kring trying to convince us that not one among the mutants (yeah, that's what I'll call them, who gives a ****?) actually wants to go out and actively fight crime, but several of the characters, if not all of them, have proven to be heroic.

Well, Hiro certainly seems to want to, and Future Hiro seemed to be working along those lines, albiet in a more Robin Hood/V for Vendetta kind of way.

 

[Kanon]

A better name would have been Powers, but that could have been a problem

 

[GL1]

Lol. Yeah, if they wanted to dumb it down, Powers would have been a much more straightforward name.

 

[Sebastos]

I think the name is fine.