Again, I can only comment on the pre-release version, not the final published rules, although the mention of four criteria suggests this may not have changed much.
That said, I don't recall, in either of those games the 'illuminating character', 'suspense' and 'entertainment' requirements causing problems at any point. They seem pretty reasonable, although the 'illuminating character' one in particular sounds vague enough in the pre-release draft that I'm not entirely sure what it means, and might be misinterpreting it.
With that last caveat in mind, though, I would say that it's only "freshness" that is a problem to my mind. I would therefore house rule that one away in any game of HQ 1.5 I were to run.
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