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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Feb 15, 2007 9:15:47 GMT -5
Great review, Erin.
Neat little factoid!
Good catch!
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Post by Queen E on Feb 15, 2007 9:48:14 GMT -5
Great review, Erin. Neat little factoid! Good catch! Thanks Liz! Nice of you to comment! This show is so detail oriented, I end up looking up 10 different things, just to see if they're significant. Crazy...
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Post by Lola m on Feb 16, 2007 18:20:36 GMT -5
Excellent thoughts in your review, Erin!
I really liked your questioning about the idea of "distraction". ;D Contrasting Peter and Hiro was a very clever way to look at this, because they would seem to facing the same dilemna, as you point out - family. And yet, there is more there than appears at first - it's not as simple as either doing exactly what your family wants or completely turning your back on them. And both Peter and Hiro each come up with their own specific answer that works for their scenario.
It was very clever of you to note the importance of it being Claire that Peter thinks of:
Empathy is at the heart of Peter's power - to deny his family and other emotional connections would be, I think, to turn his back on his power as well.
Plus, I loved your comparison to Buffy and Kendra - that's exactly what I thought when I watched this. I kept going back to the idea that Buffy was a better slayer because of her connections.
I loved your description of Jessica's "real twin" being Sylar. I hadn't thought of it in that way before, but it really fit with the metronome sound and all!
Finally, two other points you made that really struck me and that I hadn't thought of that way before. First, Isaac representing "place" as family; NY city itself as family. Which is an excellent way to attach an even closer connection for the audience and heighten the tension as the date that the explosion is to take place gets closer. Second, the idea of a lack of communication in the Bennet household. Mrs. Bennet can't reach Claire or her husband and this mirrors the way that Claire and her father are hiding things from each other and from her. And, of course, HRG keeps cutting the line of communication each time he has someone's memory wiped.
Nice job, Erin!
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Post by Sara on Feb 17, 2007 12:26:01 GMT -5
I'm completely and utterly astounded. I was the only one of the S'cubies who noticed the license plate of the car Hiro's father got into as we watched the ep? Good on Erin for pointing it out in her review, though. I'm glad it didn't fall completley by the wayside.
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Post by Queen E on Feb 18, 2007 19:18:46 GMT -5
Excellent thoughts in your review, Erin! I really liked your questioning about the idea of "distraction". ;D Contrasting Peter and Hiro was a very clever way to look at this, because they would seem to facing the same dilemna, as you point out - family. And yet, there is more there than appears at first - it's not as simple as either doing exactly what your family wants or completely turning your back on them. And both Peter and Hiro each come up with their own specific answer that works for their scenario. They strike me as very connected; I have a feeling they are going to be close in the future. (If Kring doesn't pull a Joss and kill one of them off; I fear for the likeable on television.) In fact, I think the show is explicitly pushing that connection...both are the most optimistic and "Yay! I'm a hero; I can do good in the world." My feeling about Claude is that he was pulling what Wes pulled on Faith; push the other to the edge so they understand what they are capable of. Not that I think Claude didn't mean what he said...but maybe not to the degree he expressed. So, yeah...not simple at all. You hit it on the head... Exactly...but again, Claude isn't completely wrong; there is a fine line between being empathetic and letting people walk all over you because you have an understanding of what they are going through. It's not Peter's connection to people or to his family that is the problem; it's his lack of appropriate boundaries and lack of emotional integrity (in the "wholeness" sense). Someone like Nathan, a self-professed "shark," is able to play him like a violin, or a "poodle." Whee! Lola brainshare! I knew that idea came from somewhere; thanks, Lola! Thanks! That definitely took a number of viewings to put together. Thanks! He spoke so passionately about it...and how all his important life events occurred there, it really underscored New York as "home" for the homeless...that once you're there, you are a New Yorker. (Mind you, I don't know if that's actually true of the real New York, but it's definitely true of the TV New York...) And word on the Bennet family. I got total Joyce Summers fear after that episode. Poor Sandra...she's really been violated horribly. It's definitely evil, regardless of intention. There is a giant metaphor being slowly unearthed about corporations, government, and the managing of information that I'm going to comment on once I find out who is behind PrimaTech. When you don't know what's going on, you can't defend yourself...you're completely isolated. I think I'm getting off track a bit. Anyway, thank you for your most awesome comments...you always have such smart things to say!
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