HEROES MAGAZINE
ISSUE 1
TIM KRING - PAGE 3
Heroes has been an incredible journey for the likes of Peter Petrelli and Hiro Nakamura - but also for its creator Tim Kring! Here, Kring talks about the past, present and future of the show...
THE FUTURE
What are the differences in themes between season one and season two? "The theme of season one was just this idea of interconnectivity," Kring replies, "that somehow these disparate characters were all interconnected and this idea of ordinary people coming together to do something great. And there were the themes of hope and regeneration of the world that I think connect with people. Again, the themes of the second season are still some of those things, because they're inherent in the premise of the show. But in a more specific way, the theme of the second season is about the idea of having to clean up the mess that was left behind, which I think is a very important theme right now. There are some environmental themes that we're going to deal with. We will not be blowing up any cities or attempting to blow up any cities."
Heroes has been an incredible journey for the likes of Peter Petrelli and Hiro Nakamura - but also for its creator Tim Kring! Here, Kring talks about the past, present and future of the show...
THE FUTURE
What are the differences in themes between season one and season two? "The theme of season one was just this idea of interconnectivity," Kring replies, "that somehow these disparate characters were all interconnected and this idea of ordinary people coming together to do something great. And there were the themes of hope and regeneration of the world that I think connect with people. Again, the themes of the second season are still some of those things, because they're inherent in the premise of the show. But in a more specific way, the theme of the second season is about the idea of having to clean up the mess that was left behind, which I think is a very important theme right now. There are some environmental themes that we're going to deal with. We will not be blowing up any cities or attempting to blow up any cities."
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To this end, season two, unlike season one, will not build to one enormous climax. "The idea is actually to do smaller finales, so that we don't have to carry the burden of having every single character come together to do this great thing. We'll build to certain mysteries that feel like they need to be solved, and those will be solved, and others will string along, as with many volumes of books and comic books. We called season one 'volume one,' and it was entitled Genesis. And it just happened to be 23 episodes long. Volume two is entitled Generations. We're looking for volume two to end in the middle of the season, which allows us to wrap up certain stories, which allows us to have new stories begin. So you don't get a sense that if you jump on the train, you aggressively are being pushed off the train, because you don't know what's going on. We've committed ourselves to the idea of answering questions along the way, so that we don't build up a frustration level of, 'Why aren't they telling us? What's going on and why aren't they telling us these answers?'"
• For more from Tim Kring, including his views on the Heroes characters, check out Heroes Magazine Issue #1.
