The problem with "Heroes"

I was going to take the weekend off from posting, but I got to thinking about why HEROES went from being really liked to seemingly reviled in a space of a few months. I still like the show. It has had it's good and bad moments. But I think I may have stumbled upon a couple of things that are causing people to flip on it.
First off, they have kept the core cast while adding new members. This is often a tricky proposition. People loved the characters and want to see them grow more, but not adding new people to the mix can make the show get stale fast. There was a real organic sense of things coming together, the lives of the good and bad guys crisscrossing and intersecting. It built up to something, and it felt like it was leading to that, for the most part. While some of the new characters have been decent, it takes away from the characters that made the show good.
Next, we have the pop culture factor. Any show that becomes big and has people parodying it will always have backlash. It's inevitable. I defy you to name me a show that was big that didn't take some sort of hit. Especially in this day and age, things are chewed up and spit out so fast we never get a time to enjoy it.
Finally, we have the tired factor. LOST went through this as well. I don't know if they still are, I have never watched the show. The first season there were so many surprises (George Takei and Stan Lee cameos among them) and plot threads left that you had to watch to see where things were going next. This season, the plot has been all over the place. There is no real connection to each other and what is happening. The shocks seem almost for shocks sake and have no real effect on what is happening. I think the writer's are mostly to blame for this. I understand the producers had them cranking out scripts so that when they went on strike, the show could continue. Obviously, they didn't really put their heart and soul into from the looks of it. I also single out Tim Kring, the creator. It looks like he has been spending more time taking congratulatory bows and prepping the DVD sales then working on the show. He could take a lesson from Joss Whedon. You can tell with Joss's shows when he was involved and when he was just a cursory presence. The shows (Angel and Buffy) soared and were terrific when he was active. When he wasn't, they suffered. They weren't awful, but the quality suffered.

So there you have it. A dissection for you guys. You have rode me for a while about how bad this show is, and now I have explained to you as to why I think it's not as good. I still would take this over most of the other things out there. I mean, have you watched that new Bionic Woman? Sheesh. Oh, yeah one more things. SHAWN!!! Go get the newest issue of Wizard. I PROMISE you won't be disappointed. Your girl is in there and smoking hot!