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Post by Lola m on Oct 10, 2006 7:42:42 GMT -5
Ok, black guy who knocked out Officer Matt isn't Sylar. Sylar is a "rogue" with at least a couple of special abilities. Also, clearly psychotic...though I find it interesting that he didn't kill Agent What-Her-Face (Clea Duvall) right away. He only resorted to that when cornered. Also, he surely could have killed Matt, but didn't. Is there a purpose for that behavior, or does Kring just want to keep Grunberg's character alive? Hopefully there really IS a purpose; it bugs me when bad guys have a chance to kill heroes, but don't. Sure, SPECTRE always got far too elaborate when attempting to kill James Bond, but...the intent was always there. Another thing: what of the little girl? Why did Sylar feel the need to get to her so badly? Was she always the primary target? Adrian Pasdar plays "oily bastard" SO well. If you ask me, he's been underutilized in recent years. Agent Marcie. It's what she started doing after the CIA made her feel all useful again, and she accidently re-appared. And what's wrong with sharks with frickin' laser beams, after all? I mean, everyone loves a good Rube Goldberg device: this is the only reason I can thus far understand that Saw is so wildly popular.... Heh! Sharks with laser beams . . . . And agent Marcie . . . . Wait a minute, where'd she go?
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Post by Lola m on Oct 10, 2006 7:47:23 GMT -5
Have only read some of the comments, mostly, so I'm just going to throw things out at random: The episode title: Neil Armstrong's first-step-on-the-moon speech (which, by the way, turns out he did say "one small step for a man", but there was static on the transmission). Sylar: He eats brains and somehow absorbs powers, okay. I suspected as much last week. He can apparently control others' bodies - he almost got Agent Marci to shoot herself. He can either change shape or move really, really fast. Maybe both. Paul remarked that the show had just turned into "X-men". I wonder if he controled her or did he just control where the gun was? In other words, was he moving her or moving the object? I wondered if she knew more about all this than she's letting on at first. Maybe he's a telepath that's learned how to control it, and he can teach cop to do the same, thus preventing any Earshotlike melt-down? Flying Political Brothers. Heeeeeeeeeeeeee!! #rofl1# Burrito, anyone? ;D Do what I do, just ignore or mute him.
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Post by Sue on Oct 10, 2006 8:12:02 GMT -5
The NBC announcer?
Or the guy doing commentary withing the story? (Mohinder's character, I think maybe?)
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Post by Sara on Oct 10, 2006 8:21:37 GMT -5
Whoa! So is Claire immortal? How far gone does she have to be before she can't come back? I've been wondering that myself. Right now, it looks like she'd have stayed dead until that piece of wood was removed from her neck--suggesting that if there's something impeding its progress her flesh won't heal itself. But how far gone can she be and still have her flesh regenerate? A few hours? A few days? And does she feel any pain at all when she's wounded? 'Cause so far the evidence indicates she doesn't--particularly given that her first reaction upon waking to find her chest laid open was not to scream in agony.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Oct 10, 2006 8:22:23 GMT -5
The NBC announcer? Or the guy doing commentary withing the story? (Mohinder's character, I think maybe?) NBC announcer. Grr. Arggh. Mohinder can read the telephone book and that would be peachy with me.
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Post by Sara on Oct 10, 2006 8:26:45 GMT -5
Have only read some of the comments, mostly, so I'm just going to throw things out at random: The episode title: Neil Armstrong's first-step-on-the-moon speech (which, by the way, turns out he did say "one small step for a man", but there was static on the transmission). Sylar: He eats brains and somehow absorbs powers, okay. I suspected as much last week. He can apparently control others' bodies - he almost got Agent Marci to shoot herself. He can either change shape or move really, really fast. Maybe both. Paul remarked that the show had just turned into "X-men". I wonder if he controled her or did he just control where the gun was? In other words, was he moving her or moving the object? I think he was moving both the gun and NotMarcie as objects, not that he had control over her body; if he did have complete control over her actions, then she wouldn't have been able to resist his attempt to make her pull the trigger. That she could resist tells me he was either trying to force her finger to move in the same way he would if he had his hand physically there or his control over her body was at best incomplete.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Oct 10, 2006 8:26:51 GMT -5
Whoa! So is Claire immortal? How far gone does she have to be before she can't come back? I've been wondering that myself. Right now, it looks like she'd have stayed dead until that piece of wood was removed from her neck--suggesting that if there's something impeding its progress her flesh won't heal itself. But how far gone can she be and still have her flesh regenerate? A few hours? A few days? And does she feel any pain at all when she's wounded? 'Cause so far the evidence indicates she doesn't--particularly given that her first reaction upon waking to find her chest laid open was not to scream in agony. If I remember right, the first time we saw her, she jumped off something tall and had a chunk of wood stuck through her. She had to pull it out before she could regenerate, I think. So I guess you could kill her, sort of.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Oct 10, 2006 8:29:34 GMT -5
The NBC announcer? Or the guy doing commentary withing the story? (Mohinder's character, I think maybe?) NBC announcer. Grr. Arggh. Mohinder can read the telephone book and that would be peachy with me. Also grrr argh with the really unsubtle product placement. The make and model of car Hiro insisted they had to rent because it was in the comic had been heavily advertised in several previous commercial breaks. Now, if he'd just kept saying "this car, this car" and pointing at the picture, that'd be one thing, but he actually specified make and model several times. That was tacky. Nissan whatsis, the car of Super-Hiros.
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Post by Pixi on Oct 10, 2006 8:37:19 GMT -5
I've been wondering that myself. Right now, it looks like she'd have stayed dead until that piece of wood was removed from her neck--suggesting that if there's something impeding its progress her flesh won't heal itself. But how far gone can she be and still have her flesh regenerate? A few hours? A few days? And does she feel any pain at all when she's wounded? 'Cause so far the evidence indicates she doesn't--particularly given that her first reaction upon waking to find her chest laid open was not to scream in agony. If I remember right, the first time we saw her, she jumped off something tall and had a chunk of wood stuck through her. She had to pull it out before she could regenerate, I think. So I guess you could kill her, sort of. Interesting wasn't it? I don't know if she can be killed but at least we know she can be stopped if something is inserted in her brain. Quite an ending.
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Post by Pixi on Oct 10, 2006 8:46:28 GMT -5
Before I read anything else - my reaction to last night's episode:
This show seriously owns the whacked out, my eyes didn't just see that endings. The autopsy scene - okay then. That was seriously gross. I assumed Claire was just playing dead but to come to while you are being autopsied? A perfect Stephen King horror moment. So I guess we discovered that Claire can be stopped, maybe not killed, but neutralized if you stick something in her brain stem.
And that rape scene sure came out of nowhere. I loved the scenes with Peter trying to fly. Hee, hee. I think I am now on the train that Peter absorbs other people's powers rather than having one of his own. This fits with the only being able to float, Nathan sweating,etc. And could Nathan have been any more of a dick last night? I'm glad Peter punched him out but also a little sad because I liked Nathan.
The scene where Hiro stopped time to save the schoolgirl - all kinds of awesome. And I love that his friend is now in it with him. I like him. Niki's storyline seemed a bit negligible last night and Simone, for my money, is the weak link in the cast. I dislike all the scenes she is in. Could Sylar take her out next? (Oh I didn't mean it)
And speaking of Sylar, loved all the scenes with Matt and Clea Duvall's character. Why does Sylar want this little girl so much anyway? And so Sylar is telekinetic and did he just disappear or fly there? I need to rewatch that scene again.
Great episode.
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Post by Karen on Oct 10, 2006 9:17:40 GMT -5
I wonder if he controled her or did he just control where the gun was? In other words, was he moving her or moving the object? I think he was moving both the gun and NotMarcie as objects, not that he had control over her body; if he did have complete control over her actions, then she wouldn't have been able to resist his attempt to make her pull the trigger. That she could resist tells me he was either trying to force her finger to move in the same way he would if he had his hand physically there or his control over her body was at best incomplete. Invisitext theory below>>> NOT a spoiler, but hidden for those who don't like theories. So, if Syler's power is that he absorbs the power of the heroes by eating their brains, and Peter's power might be that he absorbs the powers in a limited manner by being in contact with a hero, then could Syler be Peter and Nathan's father, who really didn't commit suicide and Nathan knows this and is trying to protect Peter?Hmm...
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Post by Pixi on Oct 10, 2006 9:20:20 GMT -5
My patience is really wearing thin regarding this announcer guy. OK, they keep doing this starting the action a little bit before where they left off last time. Interesting. An effort to keep the action feeling continuous. I wonder how they're going o format it when it goes to DVD. Why didn't Ali's evil double do the digging? She did everything else unpleasant.Carrying the mascot. Hee. But why is it green when the colors are red and white? He's still watching Ali. She must be good. 2 days Hiro's been gone, instead of 2 weeks. Bo-ka is ka-boom? I agree. If you have to have a superstrong, scary doppelganger - at least it could bury the bodies. Geesh.
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Post by Pixi on Oct 10, 2006 9:23:46 GMT -5
Dude. How many powers does Sylar have? Or is he just a really skilled telekinetic, and thus was able to stop the bullets before they hit him? Hmm - I think he's eating the brains of these other heroes and then getting their powers. Or he started as Patient zero with all the powers - or he has Peter's ability to absorb other's powers. One of the above but there has to be a reason for all the missing brains. He has to be doing something with them and Claire's brain factored into last night's episode, as in she couldn't use her powers with something in her brain. So is Claire going to die every week?
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Post by Pixi on Oct 10, 2006 9:25:30 GMT -5
Hmmmmm. So, the skull ring - important somehow, eh? Cheerleader dad now feels creepy to me no matter what he says or does. "Be careful." Was Hiro's buddy watching stripper!mirror!woman on the net at work? 'Cuz if he was, then we know her timeline is a little past the things we're seeing with Hiro in Japan . . . Yeah, dad creeped me out when he kissed Claire good bye and told her to be careful. Maybe he's sincere. Ando is Hiro's sidekick. Well, I hope he'll say yes to coming along. Those two crack me up. Bad Glasses Daddy gives off a strong creepy pedophile air whether the actor is trying to do that or not. The kiss and last week's little moment was just all kinds of creepy to me. I don't actually think he is a pedophile - he just gives off that air. I have clearly seen too many reruns of L&O - Special victim's unit.
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Post by Sara on Oct 10, 2006 9:30:23 GMT -5
I think he was moving both the gun and NotMarcie as objects, not that he had control over her body; if he did have complete control over her actions, then she wouldn't have been able to resist his attempt to make her pull the trigger. That she could resist tells me he was either trying to force her finger to move in the same way he would if he had his hand physically there or his control over her body was at best incomplete. So, if Syler's power is that he absorbs the power of the heroes by eating their brains, and Peter's power might be that he absorbs the powers in a limited manner by being in contact with a hero, then could Syler be Peter and Nathan's father, who really didn't commit suicide and Nathan knows this and is trying to protect Peter? Hmm... A very interesting theory you've got yourself there. And it would definitely be one helluva twist. Myself, I wonder if the brothers can only fly when they're in proximity to each other--like the Wondertwins, but without the need for actual physical contact.
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