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(2016)

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9/10
Thrilling end of chapter - well done
kaptinparv-232-37148725 January 2016
Well done - thrilling conclusion ending this chapter of Heroes Reborn.

I wasn't expecting much from this series following a viewing of the "Dark matters" mini series. Which I felt was to under developed and suffered from poor production values. In contrast Heroes Reborn is well produced and looks good with a cast all delivering satisfying performance's. The story line follows a similar arc to the original 1st series in as much as the world will end if not for the intervention of the heroes. While a clutch of "Evos" lead by an ill fated savior use their abilities to help navigate a future where they survive an extinction level event. Very exciting stuff. I was expecting to be disappointed with a meandering story and poor special effects and character development. Thankfully I was intrigued and captivated every week, much like the original series, it kept me eager for what would happen next. Many of my peers seem to be burdened with an inability to let go of the past and, just enjoy whats new, be it the updated story arc of an ever growing sci-fi franchise or new musical trends. When something is new and is to be enjoyed as such, why diminish its value by critically assuming it isn't like the old ones enough or is too different to be good. Heroes reborn has its flaws and weaknesses but non are apparent enough to sink this ever enjoyable series. Thankfully the boring lack of cadence tarnishing the last of the original series is nothing but a memory now. I hope this series has the popular appeal of the original series and can bring a thrilling involvement to many fans new and old all over the world. I believe the dexterity of potential in Heroes Reborn will be a fantastic platform for new story arc's and character development, after all every generation needs a Hero to reflect against. How else is the zeitgeist to dream of future untold!
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1/10
Special Awards Review
A_Different_Drummer9 February 2016
Since it is unlikely the words "special award" and "Heroes Reborn" will ever appear in the same sentence, in this universe or any other, I wanted to take this opportunity to give out these special awards while the episode was fresh in my mind:

Smartest Career Move (ie, Avoiding the Reboot entirely) -- Hayden Panettiere.

Worst Reboot in the history of TV (Duh, a slam dunk).

Worst SFX in the finale of any TV series. ever (Double Duh).

Worst script writing (pick any episode at random).

Most ironic removal of key characters (in 3 instances, characters were killed by their loved ones -- someone call Guiness!).

Least empathetic characters in any series, ever (pick any character at random).

Most Motivational Series for Fans (motivated them to ask to have the show cancelled).

Most ironic use of animation (ie, the animation is better than the live action).

Most needless reboot (the original was great, Amazon has the DVDs).

Most Visible Career Fail (Tim Kring, for associating with this -- makes the film version of Last Airbender look like Oscar material, in comparison).

Worst use of the Time Paradox (makes Star Trek Voyager look like it was written by Stephen Hawking.)

Greatest Fan Abuse -- feel sorry for the fans kept trying to love the series, in spite of it all.

Most ironic ending -- because finally and irrevocably, it is OVER! Yea!

Most Circumspect Award Nominations -- to the various associations, who could not find even one category to nominate this series in.

Fan Most in Need of Re-Education -- the fellow who wrote me on the IMDb to reprimand my early reviews suggesting something had gone horribly wrong with this series.

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ADDENDUM: April 2/16. There is a saying that you should not give advice you would not take yourself. In my reviews of this horrific reboot I have time and again suggested to viewers -- especially younger ones -- that they watch the original. So, I decided to bite the bullet and get the whole series (original) from Amazon myself. Halfway through the first season as we speak. Happy happy joy joy. Hard to believe the same person behind both. From the first few minutes of ep. 01, the original engages the viewer with great writing and empathetic characters. Seriously, give it a try.
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4/10
Aha , never imagined i'd be ever saying i'm happy that Heroes is over, but i think this failed try made us realize how amazing the Original was.
Aktham_Tashtush22 January 2016
So Heroes is over Again .. I do believe making this series was a good idea, just to make us see How low heroes the original would have sunk if they had renewed it to a fifth season.. so now we know for sure that Heroes ended on 8 Feb. 2010.

Now as a whole series, the plot wasn't that clear even if you tried to link it to the original story it would look so weak and not really thrilling !! like Clair is a mother to twins !! why !! how !! no bases to make the story appealing, and some one enters a video game , showing some cartoons fighting ! .. it sounded a bit cheap,, nothing beats the story of saving the cheerleader even if it was saving the world ..but didn't see any cheerleader "so to speak" and Noah Bennet wasn't a good cheerleader in here :P ..yet sacrificing himself was cool and emotional but i think a remake for the show would have looked even better than this.

The script was okay, maybe!! not so tight or to be more clearly not easily followable and i kinda "more than few times" fast-forwarded on the show because the script didn't really make me so intrigued. i mean you can manage making a series with that script but the ratings would be as you've seen and finally the show would be canceled.

As for the cast, at first i thought bringing Jack Coleman "Noah Bennet", the Haitian, Hiro and the other characters from the original would be a good idea reviving our old memories from the original, but it totally was not !! like now for me the special character of Noah, the mystery of the Haitian and the witty funny Hiro Nakamura all have been wiped out of my brain because of this. The other characters were Meh, fine .. but they were just doing what they've been asked to do .. i still think Robbie Kay has a huge future ahead of him, i also wished to see more Evil from "Erica" .. like i don't know they were trying to make a new Sylar or something but cry for the moon 😀

Though i gotta give them that the action and explosions and that all cinematography thingy was good well i mean you can't compare the 2006 show to this but still , lacking a good plot made me fell in wounder like "An explosion .. Kaboom, yeah good then what !!".

finally, again i'm both happy and sad/disappointed by this show .. fist i'm happy cause again.. i know there would be no Heroes better than the original .. like not even a remake, and sad/disappointed because seeing some of the original characters here made me really miss the Original show more, and that is why i'm going to Binge-watch it again ;)
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2/10
The One That Made Me Lose Faith...
taylorkingston6 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Okay. I'm going to try and get through this without screaming. I was disappointed with this entire show, but the finale ruined it for me even more. I didn't think that was possible. But it turns out that it was. It's an awful end to an awful show.

In this episode, Erica, once again, is an awful human being trying to mascaraed as a good person. But we all see through it. Luke and Quentin help Malina while she tries to fulfill her great- grandmother's prophecy. Even Angela saw that this was going to be horrible.

That is literally all I can type about this episode.

Best part of this episode: Nothing.

Worst part of this episode: Everything.

Overall, I give this episode a 2 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Terrible.
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