Comments on: Heroes discussion, pre-episode, possible spoilers http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: The Doctor http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26082 The Doctor Fri, 04 May 2007 11:43:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26082 Additional Syler power: The ability to make the writers give him the best lines: "This is the part where people usually begin screaming." It's always a bad-guy power... Additional Syler power: The ability to make the writers give him the best lines:

“This is the part where people usually begin screaming.”

It’s always a bad-guy power…

]]> By: Jon http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26077 Jon Fri, 04 May 2007 04:41:15 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26077 Very true. He seems to be quite good at it. From the commercials for next week's episode on NBC right now, looks like he's trying that out again (he's got his hair combed flat and is wearing a sweater). Very true. He seems to be quite good at it. From the commercials for next week’s episode on NBC right now, looks like he’s trying that out again (he’s got his hair combed flat and is wearing a sweater).

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26074 Meryl Yourish Fri, 04 May 2007 03:19:07 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26074 Jon, that ability Sylar has to charm people? It's a sociopath's power. Jon, that ability Sylar has to charm people? It’s a sociopath’s power.

]]> By: Jon http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26071 Jon Fri, 04 May 2007 02:19:26 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26071 I was thinking the same thing about the girl from the beginning of the season - that would give it a nice "we've full come circle" kind of thing. I don't think her mom had any powers because she was not killed in the usual Sylar power-stealing mode (although it was still pretty gruesome), but her dad did. (Unless Sylar thought he had a power and took his brain when it was really only Molly. Then again, we've seen that the powers are passed down from parents to their kids.) Sylar currently has the following powers, to the best of my recollection: freezing ability (source unknown), telekinesis (that guy from "6 Months Ago"), being able to paint the future (Isaac), super memory (Charlie), molecular manipulation (the guy from NC), super hearing (mechanic in Montana), the ability to steal other people's powers by doing something with their brain (his inherent power), and finally, and I'm just guessing, some sort of extreme survival power that he got from a cockroach when he was locked up in the paper factory. He also seems to be able to adapt to a new persona pretty quickly (pretending to be an employee at the paper factory and pretending to be the metal melting guy), though that might not be a real power. I was thinking the same thing about the girl from the beginning of the season – that would give it a nice “we’ve full come circle” kind of thing.

I don’t think her mom had any powers because she was not killed in the usual Sylar power-stealing mode (although it was still pretty gruesome), but her dad did. (Unless Sylar thought he had a power and took his brain when it was really only Molly. Then again, we’ve seen that the powers are passed down from parents to their kids.)

Sylar currently has the following powers, to the best of my recollection: freezing ability (source unknown), telekinesis (that guy from “6 Months Ago”), being able to paint the future (Isaac), super memory (Charlie), molecular manipulation (the guy from NC), super hearing (mechanic in Montana), the ability to steal other people’s powers by doing something with their brain (his inherent power), and finally, and I’m just guessing, some sort of extreme survival power that he got from a cockroach when he was locked up in the paper factory.

He also seems to be able to adapt to a new persona pretty quickly (pretending to be an employee at the paper factory and pretending to be the metal melting guy), though that might not be a real power.

]]> By: The Doctor http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26063 The Doctor Thu, 03 May 2007 22:13:45 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26063 In the first episode where we met Matt, wasn't he and Blond FBI Woman discovering a crime scene where a mom and dad had their brains missing and there was a little girl hiding; Syler later tried to get her... Is this the girl from the coming attractions? And what powers did her parents have that Syler got? In the first episode where we met Matt, wasn’t he and Blond FBI Woman discovering a crime scene where a mom and dad had their brains missing and there was a little girl hiding; Syler later tried to get her…

Is this the girl from the coming attractions?

And what powers did her parents have that Syler got?

]]> By: Mario http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26043 Mario Thu, 03 May 2007 14:46:36 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26043 I don't think Peter's dream was literal. I think what we saw was what was happening in his head, as he cycled through his available powers to figure out which one he should use to save the city. His instinct is to go for Claire, and ensure his own survival, but he ends up choosing Nathan, so that he can save the whole city. My take on Linderman is that he's like Magneto. He's not evil, he's just sick of the whole "let's save humanity" obsession of the good guys and is more interested in the welfare of his own people. I don’t think Peter’s dream was literal. I think what we saw was what was happening in his head, as he cycled through his available powers to figure out which one he should use to save the city. His instinct is to go for Claire, and ensure his own survival, but he ends up choosing Nathan, so that he can save the whole city.

My take on Linderman is that he’s like Magneto. He’s not evil, he’s just sick of the whole “let’s save humanity” obsession of the good guys and is more interested in the welfare of his own people.

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Even if Hiro fails to save New York, but kills Sylar, Nathan is not killed and stays president. Again room for a whole season of plots while Hiro works to fine tune his changes and set up to save New York at the end of season 2. COnditions should be better than “when” Sylar was president.

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26031 Sabba Hillel Wed, 02 May 2007 23:43:58 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26031 The future Hiro lived through those five years, but it appears that it was changed so Peter did save Claire and absorbed her power so future Peter should not have a scar. Apparently (from what Hiro said in the subway car) he had it for a long time, maybe since the bomb went off. Based on the way he regenerated after falling on the car, maybe he could not fully regenerate because he was too busy. The graphic novel shows him with the scar when he breaks Nicki out and Hiro without the beard. The future Hiro lived through those five years, but it appears that it was changed so Peter did save Claire and absorbed her power so future Peter should not have a scar. Apparently (from what Hiro said in the subway car) he had it for a long time, maybe since the bomb went off. Based on the way he regenerated after falling on the car, maybe he could not fully regenerate because he was too busy. The graphic novel shows him with the scar when he breaks Nicki out and Hiro without the beard.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26029 Meryl Yourish Wed, 02 May 2007 22:20:17 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26029 And Soccer Dad, no, I never saw that film. And Soccer Dad, no, I never saw that film.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073/comment-page-1#comment-26027 Meryl Yourish Wed, 02 May 2007 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/04/30/3073#comment-26027 Sylar didn't eat Peter's brain because Mohinder stopped him. I'm assuming he eats the brains. We never do see anything but an empty head after he's done cutting them open. Or absorbs them somehow, which would explain how he gets their powers. Things we know: 1. Nathan is going to pick up Peter, who is about to explode, and fly off with him. I'm of the opinion that he's going to dump Peter high up in the air where he won't destroy New York, then fly like hell to save himself. 2. All the heroes are gathered in NYC at this fateful moment. This includes the ones we've only just found out about--as Peter's dream repeats itself, we see more angles of the dream, and more heroes. The Invisible Man wasn't originally in the dream. Now he is. 3. There's a new Hero in town, and she's a little girl. What are her powers? We don't know. 4. Sylar goes home to Mama. There is going to be blood. Does Mom have powers, too? Is Sylar going to kill his own mother and absorb her powers? (And if so, ew on so many levels.) Things we don't know: 1. Who the hell is running the Hero Factory? Hiro's dad? Linderman? Someone else? The government? 2. What side is Linderman on? Just when you think you have another bad guy to jeer, he seems to have a soul. 3. And what about Naomi? Okay, that was for Electric Company fans. Time to get back to work. Sylar didn’t eat Peter’s brain because Mohinder stopped him.

I’m assuming he eats the brains. We never do see anything but an empty head after he’s done cutting them open. Or absorbs them somehow, which would explain how he gets their powers.

Things we know:

1. Nathan is going to pick up Peter, who is about to explode, and fly off with him. I’m of the opinion that he’s going to dump Peter high up in the air where he won’t destroy New York, then fly like hell to save himself.

2. All the heroes are gathered in NYC at this fateful moment. This includes the ones we’ve only just found out about–as Peter’s dream repeats itself, we see more angles of the dream, and more heroes. The Invisible Man wasn’t originally in the dream. Now he is.

3. There’s a new Hero in town, and she’s a little girl. What are her powers? We don’t know.

4. Sylar goes home to Mama. There is going to be blood. Does Mom have powers, too? Is Sylar going to kill his own mother and absorb her powers? (And if so, ew on so many levels.)

Things we don’t know:

1. Who the hell is running the Hero Factory? Hiro’s dad? Linderman? Someone else? The government?

2. What side is Linderman on? Just when you think you have another bad guy to jeer, he seems to have a soul.

3. And what about Naomi?

Okay, that was for Electric Company fans. Time to get back to work.

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