Tuesday morning, following the season finale, “How To Stop An Exploding Man,� Tim Kring and CBR’s Jonah Weiland spent an hour on the phone conducting something of a post-game report.
They discussed the journey he’s taken with this show, the season finale, what effect, if any, “Heroes� had on the cancellation of his other program, “Crossing Jordan,� his newly prominent role in American pop culture and much, much more.
Here’s the portion of part two (of two) where they talk about Heroes:Origins
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Tim Kring about Heroes : Origins..
I guess all we can do is hope for the best. Good luck to you guys. So, how about we move on to some happier subjects?
Let’s talk about “Origins.” When that was announced we got a lot of e-mails for Joe & Aron concern it was a sign that the show was being exploited too much. And yes, we can see where people would get that impression and it is a spin-off, an extension of the original show, but it’s not like it’s another 23 episode series.
Right. Right now it’s six episodes, they are stand alone episodes that have a kind of, for lack of a better way of describing it, a Rod Serling quality to them. A cautionary or morality tale about various people around the globe who are discovering these abilities and it allows us to tell a million different kinds of stories. Some of them will tie-in with “Heroes,” although if you don’t know what “Heroes” is you can enjoy the show without it. If you do watch “Heroes,” then those tie-ins will be really fun to watch. Yes, it’s our concern as well that we are stretching too far and we are very sensitive to that. One of the hallmarks of the people I work with, and I include myself in that group, is we’ve very conscientious about the brand and trying not to harm it and trying not to diminish or take away anything from the mother ship of “Heroes” because everything is sort of begat from there. So, the second this feels like it’s doing any sort of damage, we’ll cut our losses.
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