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Post by Lola m on Oct 23, 2007 12:32:14 GMT -5
Okay, two little thoughts - First thought: Pappy Parkman can trap someone in their worst nightmare (wasn't there a Buffy episode along those lines?). So maybe Mollie didn't actually make contact with the bogeyman, Parkman the elder just made her think she did because that's her worst nightmare, certainly, poor baby. Excellent possibility! Or maybe the bogeyman is entirely created by Parkman Sr. Maybe there is no bigger bad out there than what the mind can create? Yup. I think we can't know for sure who was the guy that West mentioned. Or for sure who was the guy in the painting.
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Post by Lola m on Oct 23, 2007 12:32:57 GMT -5
Okay, two little thoughts - First thought: Pappy Parkman can trap someone in their worst nightmare (wasn't there a Buffy episode along those lines?). So maybe Mollie didn't actually make contact with the bogeyman, Parkman the elder just made her think she did because that's her worst nightmare, certainly, poor baby. So the real Big Bad is still out there. I wonder if we're going to get a Sylar vs Bogeyman showdown this season? There'd better be some kind of payoff, or I will be sadly disappointed (to say the least). Second thought: Bob/Midas also wears horn-rimmed glasses. Perhaps it's in the Company dress code. Noah isn't the only one. Just sayin'... I had that same thought about Bob in the last episode when they showed the picture. Especially since they showed him in the very next scene after West's reveal about Horned Rimmed Glasses guy. Seemed like a mislead to me. Very good thought about the real Big Bad still being out there, and that was her worst nightmare that Matt's dad made her see. I was a bit disappointed in Kristen Bell's debut as Elle. I guess we were supposed to be shocked that a young, innocent could act so evil and unrepentant about killing someone. I was not all that shocked. Hee! No, not that shocking. But I do really want to know who her daddy is.
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Post by Queen E on Oct 23, 2007 12:33:19 GMT -5
KB and her bit of "persuasion". "OK, I killed him. What is the big deal?" ;D and at the same time. "What if I promise not to . . . I'll come home now. Daddy." OMG! What if Bob is her dad? Then it'll be the flip version of HRG and Claire from last season!!! Interesting...even more interesting if you consider that HRG is Claire's adoptive father. Apparently some of the heroes are given away to the Company for safe-keeping, or something. My guess? Electrogirl is Bob's adoptive daughter. I'm guessing she's another Petrelli.
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Post by Lola m on Oct 23, 2007 12:36:11 GMT -5
Missed some parts due to family conversations. Random comments: Noah Gray-Cabey (Michah) is a nicely talented piano player. Was Lt. Uharu in the picture of the "First Generation"? (although we now know it went much further back even than that---which raises the additional question of whether all of the heroes can trace their ancestry back in some way to Kensei. Is the human race evolving across the board, or did one guy evolve 300 years ago and now we have 15 generations later his particular genes have spread throughout the world. Seems unlikely, I guess.) From the screen shots I've seen so far of the picture, I didn't see her there. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean she doesn't have a power. Just that she either kept off the Company's radar. Or that she was a more hidden player. **nods** Monica has a power with the same draw as Peter's. The ability to add to what you can do. Only hers is, to some extent, more flexible. She doesn't have to be around someone and the thing she absorbs doesn't have to be a special power.
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Post by Lola m on Oct 23, 2007 12:37:22 GMT -5
KB and her bit of "persuasion". "OK, I killed him. What is the big deal?" ;D and at the same time. "What if I promise not to . . . I'll come home now. Daddy." OMG! What if Bob is her dad? Then it'll be the flip version of HRG and Claire from last season!!! Interesting...even more interesting if you consider that HRG is Claire's adoptive father. Apparently some of the heroes are given away to the Company for safe-keeping, or something. My guess? Electrogirl is Bob's adoptive daughter. I'm guessing she's another Petrelli. Raised by the Company, so to speak. That is an excellent and interesting possibility!
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Post by RAKSHA on Oct 23, 2007 12:45:09 GMT -5
Noah Gray-Cabey is a musical prodigy who has soloed on piano at the Sydney Opera House and played in other venues. He's a nice, natural young actor, too.
What I liked best about this episode, other than the lack of Sylar or the dismal twins, was that interplay between family members - the friendship and support between Micah and Monica, and the twisted dynamic between the Parkmans. How interesting it would be if Baby Parkman was really Matt's child, deserted by him as his own father deserted him.
I've never been a Veronica Mars fan; so Kristen Bell's debut didn't do much for me. It was sort of funny the way she was whining about killing a man, obviously more afraid of having messed up an assignment than actually slaughtering someone. I hope she doesn't become a love interest for anyone of our male heroes, though.
And what are the Haitian and Mr. Bennett up to?
I do wonder whether Grandma Uhura has any powers; it seems like she should, but perhaps they'll be revealed later.
I wonder whether Monica's powers have any sort of limit, either in how much she can absorb or the duration of her usage of copied abilities.
GAIL
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Post by Rachael on Oct 23, 2007 20:06:09 GMT -5
Missed some parts due to family conversations. Random comments: Noah Gray-Cabey (Michah) is a nicely talented piano player. Was Lt. Uharu in the picture of the "First Generation"? (although we now know it went much further back even than that---which raises the additional question of whether all of the heroes can trace their ancestry back in some way to Kensei. Is the human race evolving across the board, or did one guy evolve 300 years ago and now we have 15 generations later his particular genes have spread throughout the world. Seems unlikely, I guess.) Well, actually - that's exactly what probably happened. Individuals don't evolve, and if they've got it right (which, after some of last season's biology blurbs, I have no faith that they do), then one original mutation spreading through the population (due to drift or a selective advantage) is exactly how it ought to happen. Over the course of hundreds or thousands of years.
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Post by Rachael on Oct 23, 2007 20:08:58 GMT -5
So...when do we find out what Mama Petrelli's power is?
I mean, that "us" last week sure implies power.
Also, I like that someone seems to have heard some of the fan bitching about how the powers were so different from parent to child. At least now Micah and Parkman have some similarities with others they're related to. ;D
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Post by Sara on Oct 23, 2007 20:14:07 GMT -5
So...when do we find out what Mama Petrelli's power is? I mean, that "us" last week sure implies power. Also, I like that someone seems to have heard some of the fan bitching about how the powers were so different from parent to child. At least now Micah and Parkman have some similarities with others they're related to. ;D Well, if they're trying to establish parent/child similarities then we just have to figure out where the powers of flight and empathic mimicry (as HeroesWiki calls Peter's ability) might overlap.
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Post by rich on Oct 23, 2007 21:42:50 GMT -5
Somewhat disappointed in Kristen Bell's performance. It sort of felt like she was phoning it in. Looks like Peter may be headed for Montreal, the city of my heart. The painting he did looks like the neighborhood around Ubisoft studios. Ubisoft recently acquired licensing to do a Heroes game for the PC. Hmmm...
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Post by Karen on Oct 23, 2007 22:15:51 GMT -5
Somewhat disappointed in Kristen Bell's performance. It sort of felt like she was phoning it in. Looks like Peter may be headed for Montreal, the city of my heart. The painting he did looks like the neighborhood around Ubisoft studios. Ubisoft recently acquired licensing to do a Heroes game for the PC. Hmmm... My take on KB's portrayal was that she has a bit of a disconnect with the normal human beings, and she was unemotional. Cold and distant, with the only thing hot about her being her power.
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Post by Karen on Oct 23, 2007 22:26:32 GMT -5
Missed some parts due to family conversations. Random comments: Noah Gray-Cabey (Michah) is a nicely talented piano player. Was Lt. Uharu in the picture of the "First Generation"? (although we now know it went much further back even than that---which raises the additional question of whether all of the heroes can trace their ancestry back in some way to Kensei. Is the human race evolving across the board, or did one guy evolve 300 years ago and now we have 15 generations later his particular genes have spread throughout the world. Seems unlikely, I guess.) Well, actually - that's exactly what probably happened. Individuals don't evolve, and if they've got it right (which, after some of last season's biology blurbs, I have no faith that they do), then one original mutation spreading through the population (due to drift or a selective advantage) is exactly how it ought to happen. Over the course of hundreds or thousands of years. That would explain all the blonde heroes.
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Post by Pixi on Oct 24, 2007 14:22:17 GMT -5
Somewhat disappointed in Kristen Bell's performance. It sort of felt like she was phoning it in. Looks like Peter may be headed for Montreal, the city of my heart. The painting he did looks like the neighborhood around Ubisoft studios. Ubisoft recently acquired licensing to do a Heroes game for the PC. Hmmm... I have to agree with you. I felt she was overacting and it was very superficial "I'm bad".
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Post by artemis on Oct 24, 2007 18:03:24 GMT -5
I was a bit disappointed in Kristen Bell's debut as Elle. me, too. so far her character doesn't seem to have much depth. i wasn't even a little bit shocked. i hope her character gets more layers added, and soon. so far the role of elle seems rather a waste of KB's acting talents. i wonder where elle ran into peter prior to this season.
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Post by artemis on Oct 24, 2007 18:14:09 GMT -5
And what are the Haitian and Mr. Bennett up to? i've been wondering the same thing. it hasn't been made explicit in any way yet, has it? i can't remember ever hearing explicit mention of ukraine at all before the episode prior to this one, but i might just be forgetting. another interesting question! peter's ability doesn't seem to have any limits on how long he can mimic a power; would monica's be the same, or would it being physical mimicry make it different somehow?
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