Thank you, farewell, and keep pinging those Dumb As Awards!

The production quality was always one of the best things about Heroes. And Otto, you never failed to point out some tiny little detail that enriched the experience. How you ever noticed some of them without watching each episode scene by scene, I’ll never know. Although, it’s really a testament to the talent and dedication of the amazing crew.

At this point, I’m not ready to find a new … obsession is probably the best way to put it. After the roller-coaster ride that was Heroes and the unbelievable/amazing finish to LOST, I’m not really needing another one … at the moment. Add to that an severe aversion to NBC, and it’s highly unlikely I’ll take on any new shows. Although, if you happen to come across a show that has the potential either Heroes or LOST had, please share it. I would welcome the opportunity to read more reviews from you, Otto.

Lastly, I’m so glad to have found this site that offered reviews and discussion that avoided fannish blind love or hate. Even the people who left comments were very respectful. It’s sad how hard it is to find, so thank you for this oasis.

It’s been quite a ride.

I have always refrained from chiming in while still associated with the show, but I too wanted to thank you for your very detailed and perceptive analyses of the episodes. I often agreed with you, and applauded your ability to see the things we were trying to do visually. I constantly was appreciative that our intentions in lighting and composition were noticed and appreciated, even when they might have fallen short. The same goes for the readers of your column. I have worked in film and television for much longer at this point than I care to acknowledge, and I have to say I have never, and never will again, work on a project like Heroes. I was super-fortunate to have been involved since the very beginning and to have been able to officially become a Director-of-Photography and Director on this show. We were able to challenge a lot of the conventions of traditional television and all went into the series with the understanding that our audience, in fact, the contemporary television audience, is used to watching DVDs, movies designed for the big screen, on television, with that cinematic language. We always approached the show visually, in camera and production design, as if we were filming for Grauman’s Chinese Theater and not some 20″ TV box still watched by some grandmother in some small town. The promise of the show in the first year was difficult to sustain, but, I think, as you mentioned in your farewell, as people revisit the series on DVD, without commercials, without week-long breaks, they will come to re-appreciate the work that went into the series and how groundbreaking it truly was. It will, I believe, also be seen as the first show of the new television age, as Tim mentioned in his own farewell. If only the “business” of television was able to adapt as easily as the viewers of the show.

Thanks again to you and all the loyal viewers around the world for their support - and criticism. No one knew the show better than all of you.

All the best,

Nate

Just wanted to throw out my own thanks! Like others said a big part of my Heroes experience was coming here after the episodes and reading your reviews. Best of luck in your future reviews and here’s to hoping for a 2-hour finale review!!

I agree that the last two chapters with Danko and Samuel were an upward turn for the show, but even so they still had their horrific moments. Particularly the season finales, but that was a problem throughout the show’s whole life. The Show was comprised of several spectacular moments, but the Show wasn’t able to bind these elements together as it did in Season 1. The whole was not greater than the sum of it’s parts, alas.

What will I miss the most? The characters and the actors that portrayed them. This Show had some truly amazing actors that brought real life and depth to these characters. Peter, Nathan, Noah, Claire, Sylar and on and on. The greatest moments of Heroes are summed up in it’s characters and their interactions, not in the super powers. The powers were awesome, but it was the characters and their actors (and the directors) that breathed real life into the show and were the true power behind the epic. Because of this, I would discourage a graphic novel follow-up. The graphic novels simply cannot capture the power that these people brought to the Heroes universe.

To the Heroes clan (who will likely never read this), thank you. I loved being a part of this saga, even when it was terrible. Thank you for all your hard work and the countless hours you poured into this show. It was worth it to me.

And to Otto, thank you again. Your reviews were a delight to read and enhance my enjoyment of the Show. Best of luck in whatever you do next!

To all the rest of you, thanks for being a fan of Heroes. It’s been a great trip.

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Take care Otto! Have great moments!!!

Heroes was a saga of pure genius. Nothing was wrong with it. Only thing that could have been fixed were strylines that were started and never finished. Examples of this are V2’s camera that was watching Nathan, peter and Matt talking inside the vault in “Powerless”, V4’s backstory on Danko that Angela described in “Shades of Gray” and the Alice stroyline in “1961″, which by the way would have been a terrible episode if it weren’t for the fact that it explained a lot fo where the company came from, and V5’s and the Nathan’s girlfriend with Millie thing after her trying to kill Sylathan in “Acceptance”. Summed up, what I mean is that Heroes could have used some closure for these stroylines. Anyway, I’m a Sylar fan so my favorite episode was obviously “I Am Sylar” because it captured the esence of his humanity under the tough psycopathic exterior of his majestic self. Sylar will forever be my reason for watching Heroes and I can’t imagine any of it’s 5 volumes without him. I found this page and Otto’s reviews shortly into Volume 5 but I read almost every one of them. I will miss the laughs I had with the DAAs and the disagreements I had with Otto, but I will always remember what Otto told me, discussion is what it’s all about. When Heroes was recommended to me by a family member and i saw it for the first time I knew I would love it. Now that it’s gone I feel like I’ve lost the door to a world where I was happy and I could lose myself and have not a care in the world but… maybe that’s why the finale was titled “Brave New World”. Maybe because the viewers of the show are faced with a new world we have to endure now that the world we felt most comfortable in is gone. If anyone ever wants to discuss Heroes and/or Sylar, message me at mem369@lve.com, you will be missed Otto, almost as much as Heroes will be missed. Thanks for all the amazing reviews and hopefully wherever you review next you’ll be just (if not more) successful as you were here in HeroSite. Take Care and never forget, this is for everyone… Sylar is watching and he knows if you’re lying!!

People are mad at NBC right now, but I don’t see why. It’s no one’s fault but the Writers’. I mean, really, following up something as genius as season 1 with that Virus storyline? Really? If thay had kept going with what worked, viewership wouldn’t have fallen, and NBC would’ve had no reason to cancel the show. It’s their fault and they seem to be getting pity instead of the blame they deserve.

Goodbye, Otto. I’m feeling so sentimental right now that I can almost forgive your being hard on 1961. (Almost.) Good luck with whatever you do next, but just promise me that whether you’re reviewing The Gates or The Cape or The Event of The Whatever, keep the *PING* Dumb As awards. They work for you.

Goodbye, Heroes.

You suck Writers.