Heroes Reborn
Jan. 27th, 2015 08:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathanyI saw some disappointing Heroes Reborn news yesterday. They asked Zachary Quinto to come back and play Sylar. As it happens - the actor has said thank you, but no. He comments that he loved the show, but did not want to reprise the character.
Now, ZQ was a great Sylar. He was one of the things that made season one so good (and I liked the prospect of him turning into a "Power behind the throne" character in season two until it didn't happen). But... whilst Heroes went wrong in all sorts of ways, in my opinion the absolute top lesson that the creators needed to learn was: Put. Sylar. Down. Sadly, they clearly haven't. Which leaves me wondering whether they've spotted any of their other mistakes.
The other news to date is that Jack Coleman is back as Noah Bennet/HRG and Zackary Levi (from Chuck which I haven't seen) is starring. No others of the original cast have been signed up yet. Milo Ventimiglia (Peter) has said he doesn't want to come back as (similar to ZQ) it was a great experience, but he doesn't want to reprise Peter. Ali Larter (Tracy) and Hayden Panetierre (Claire) have other shows (although HP's Nashville is picking up cancellation rumours) and probably a number of the others do too.
As I've said elsewhere, I don't particularly want the original cast to all reappear, although it would be good to hear what had happened to their characters. I think some of them have more potential mileage than others - I felt that Matt Parkman was not played out, for example. However, I'll have to wait and see.
Now, ZQ was a great Sylar. He was one of the things that made season one so good (and I liked the prospect of him turning into a "Power behind the throne" character in season two until it didn't happen). But... whilst Heroes went wrong in all sorts of ways, in my opinion the absolute top lesson that the creators needed to learn was: Put. Sylar. Down. Sadly, they clearly haven't. Which leaves me wondering whether they've spotted any of their other mistakes.
The other news to date is that Jack Coleman is back as Noah Bennet/HRG and Zackary Levi (from Chuck which I haven't seen) is starring. No others of the original cast have been signed up yet. Milo Ventimiglia (Peter) has said he doesn't want to come back as (similar to ZQ) it was a great experience, but he doesn't want to reprise Peter. Ali Larter (Tracy) and Hayden Panetierre (Claire) have other shows (although HP's Nashville is picking up cancellation rumours) and probably a number of the others do too.
As I've said elsewhere, I don't particularly want the original cast to all reappear, although it would be good to hear what had happened to their characters. I think some of them have more potential mileage than others - I felt that Matt Parkman was not played out, for example. However, I'll have to wait and see.
