Comments on: Heroes: The Hard Part http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:01:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74270 Duros62 Wed, 09 May 2007 20:15:25 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74270 Jet, you might be on to something there. Perhaps Sylar has Mad Cow. Jet, you might be on to something there. Perhaps Sylar has Mad Cow.

]]> By: Jet http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74269 Jet Wed, 09 May 2007 19:49:22 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74269 <i>...eating that many brains has to have a downside.</i> You mean, like <a href="http://neurology.health-cares.net/kuru.php" rel="nofollow">Kuru</a>? …eating that many brains has to have a downside.

You mean, like Kuru?

]]> By: rjray http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74268 rjray Tue, 08 May 2007 22:15:17 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74268 Peter didn't realize that was Sprague until it was too late-- he was already close-enough to him. As for Sylar, he's completely psychotic. I mean, if he wasn't at the outset, eating that many brains has to have a downside. Swinging from heartless to loving son to painting-in-mom's-blood isn't that much of a stretch. Peter didn’t realize that was Sprague until it was too late– he was already close-enough to him.

As for Sylar, he’s completely psychotic. I mean, if he wasn’t at the outset, eating that many brains has to have a downside. Swinging from heartless to loving son to painting-in-mom’s-blood isn’t that much of a stretch.

]]> By: Duros "Baby Shanks" 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74267 Duros "Baby Shanks" 62 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:31:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74267 kthx kthx

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74266 SpiderJ Tue, 08 May 2007 21:13:45 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74266 <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/novels_library.shtml" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> Enjoy. It will take some time to catch up, but it's well worth it. Here.

Enjoy. It will take some time to catch up, but it’s well worth it.

]]> By: Duros "Baby Shanks" 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74265 Duros "Baby Shanks" 62 Tue, 08 May 2007 20:58:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74265 Spider, could I trouble you for a link? Spider, could I trouble you for a link?

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74264 SpiderJ Tue, 08 May 2007 20:40:13 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74264 Duros - The ex-con is D.L. Hawkins. The online comics have a great six-part story going into the Vietnam War adventures of Linderman and his platoon-mate, a man named Petrelli. Very interesting and insightful stuff. Duros – The ex-con is D.L. Hawkins.

The online comics have a great six-part story going into the Vietnam War adventures of Linderman and his platoon-mate, a man named Petrelli. Very interesting and insightful stuff.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74263 Duros62 Tue, 08 May 2007 19:40:03 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74263 <i>I thought it was weird how all of a sudden Sylar turns from murder machine to pseudo-sympathetic, and how icky was it that he drew the picture with his mothers blood?</i> Showing his humanity is not completely lost. He still feels like an outcast. But, yeah, right back to crazy with the blood. I thought it was weird how all of a sudden Sylar turns from murder machine to pseudo-sympathetic, and how icky was it that he drew the picture with his mothers blood?

Showing his humanity is not completely lost. He still feels like an outcast. But, yeah, right back to crazy with the blood.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74262 Duros62 Tue, 08 May 2007 19:37:43 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74262 <i>How interesting it is that such a sinister being was granted such a benevolent power.</i> That's what I like about all these characters. Their powers are in some way, a direct reflection of themselves. I'm not sure how exactly yet, but some of them definitely. Claire's emotional wounds=regeneration. Nikki's husband (name?), an ex-con's ability to walk through walls, etc. Much more robust than Lost. How interesting it is that such a sinister being was granted such a benevolent power.

That’s what I like about all these characters. Their powers are in some way, a direct reflection of themselves. I’m not sure how exactly yet, but some of them definitely. Claire’s emotional wounds=regeneration. Nikki’s husband (name?), an ex-con’s ability to walk through walls, etc.

Much more robust than Lost.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74261 SpiderJ Tue, 08 May 2007 19:04:06 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74261 Also, all of Isaac's artworks had multiple interpretations...the cheerleader in the painting that Peter finished, for example, wasn't Claire, but Jackie; and even though Peter did end up on the ground in a pool of blood, the painting didn't show him regenerating. Right now the question is less whether or not Hiro will stab Sylar, but whether or not that will actually stop him. Also, all of Isaac’s artworks had multiple interpretations…the cheerleader in the painting that Peter finished, for example, wasn’t Claire, but Jackie; and even though Peter did end up on the ground in a pool of blood, the painting didn’t show him regenerating.

Right now the question is less whether or not Hiro will stab Sylar, but whether or not that will actually stop him.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74260 SaveFarris Tue, 08 May 2007 18:58:00 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74260 Syler won't have Hiro's power, but maybe Peter does (He just absorbs by proximity instead of full-on brain surgery). showshineboy, The whole comic book hasn't been written yet. Maybe they can hook up with Peter and let him "fill in the blanks" like he did with the painting of Syler standing over a dead Claire. Syler won’t have Hiro’s power, but maybe Peter does (He just absorbs by proximity instead of full-on brain surgery).

showshineboy,
The whole comic book hasn’t been written yet. Maybe they can hook up with Peter and let him “fill in the blanks” like he did with the painting of Syler standing over a dead Claire.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74259 SpiderJ Tue, 08 May 2007 18:45:35 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74259 (A) It's possible Linderman doesn't know about Molly Walker...I don't think either party in this relationship--The Company or The Linderman Group--trust the other side completely. (B) It's possible he doesn't have enough control over his power to do his work on such a precise cellular level. How interesting it is that such a sinister being was granted such a benevolent power. (A) It’s possible Linderman doesn’t know about Molly Walker…I don’t think either party in this relationship–The Company or The Linderman Group–trust the other side completely.

(B) It’s possible he doesn’t have enough control over his power to do his work on such a precise cellular level.

How interesting it is that such a sinister being was granted such a benevolent power.

]]> By: iamcoyote http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74258 iamcoyote Tue, 08 May 2007 18:42:08 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74258 If Linderman can heal, why doesn't he heal the little girl? If Linderman can heal, why doesn’t he heal the little girl?

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74257 Duros62 Tue, 08 May 2007 17:49:32 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74257 Sylar takes power by cutting their heads open. Sylar takes power by cutting their heads open.

]]> By: shoeshineboy http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74256 shoeshineboy Tue, 08 May 2007 17:33:20 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74256 One criticism; Why don't Hiro and Ando stop and read the ENTIRE comic book so they aren't surprised when they run into Sylar!!? This happened with the last comic too and frustrates me! Come on! I'd study that thing like the Torah! One criticism; Why don’t Hiro and Ando stop and read the ENTIRE comic book so they aren’t surprised when they run into Sylar!!? This happened with the last comic too and frustrates me! Come on! I’d study that thing like the Torah!

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74255 SpiderJ Tue, 08 May 2007 16:59:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74255 Sylar doesn't work that way--he's not an empath like Peter. My guess is that Hiro lost focus during his time stop due to the extreme nature of his action, which he was unready for. (There's also something to be said for him feeling subconscious shame...there were several ways that his attempt to execute a helpless Sylar violated <i>bushido</i>.) Sylar doesn’t work that way–he’s not an empath like Peter.

My guess is that Hiro lost focus during his time stop due to the extreme nature of his action, which he was unready for. (There’s also something to be said for him feeling subconscious shame…there were several ways that his attempt to execute a helpless Sylar violated bushido.)

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74254 Oliver Willis Tue, 08 May 2007 16:35:38 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74254 Also I was wondering - does Sylar now have some of Hiro's power due to his close contact with him? Also I was wondering – does Sylar now have some of Hiro’s power due to his close contact with him?

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74253 SaveFarris Tue, 08 May 2007 14:42:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74253 Linderman wants Micah because he's going to use the lad's "screw with electronics" power to rig the ballot boxes in Nathan's favor. The company wants the girl because she can track all the Heroes. Linderman wants Micah because he’s going to use the lad’s “screw with electronics” power to rig the ballot boxes in Nathan’s favor.

The company wants the girl because she can track all the Heroes.

]]> By: ike http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74252 ike Tue, 08 May 2007 14:37:57 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74252 Yeah, the Nathan story is very Manchurian Candidate. He doesn't seem to have given himself over to the idea completely, but they do present him as a greedy opportunist. Totally evil illusion woman. And the whole Jessica/Nikki story is a time waster. Why Micah and the little girl? Because the company wants them both for specific missions? Have they ever pointed out what Suresh's sister could do? I'd be interested to see if that degenerative disease is related to a certain power. Yeah, the Nathan story is very Manchurian Candidate. He doesn’t seem to have given himself over to the idea completely, but they do present him as a greedy opportunist.

Totally evil illusion woman. And the whole Jessica/Nikki story is a time waster.

Why Micah and the little girl? Because the company wants them both for specific missions? Have they ever pointed out what Suresh’s sister could do? I’d be interested to see if that degenerative disease is related to a certain power.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/05/08/heroes-the-hard-part/#comment-74251 SaveFarris Tue, 08 May 2007 13:32:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=6282#comment-74251 But in the comic, dead Ando still has his skull intact. That tells me Syler isn't looking to kill him in a search for new powers, it's for some other reason. Anyone else creeped out by the Micah painting? But in the comic, dead Ando still has his skull intact. That tells me Syler isn’t looking to kill him in a search for new powers, it’s for some other reason.

Anyone else creeped out by the Micah painting?

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