Heroes Season 1(#17)---2/26/07-'Company Man'

[Fast Learner]

Much weirder for me (though you have to be and older dude to remember this) is realizing that he played Steven Carrington on Dynasty, the gay son (a huge breakthrough role at the time). I had a major disconnect between that character and HRG.

 

[Truth Seeker]

What, where, who...did you snuffed to get this?

There is a post on the Heroes Wiki which was rather insightful.

The theory is that someone out there, Linderman it appears, is trying to breed the mutants, deliberately.

It is no accident that Nathan Petrelli conceives a child with Claire's mother. It is no accident that DL and Jessica are together either.

And it was no accident that Nikki was asked to sleep with Nathan Petrelli. The motive was not to make a blackmail tape - it was an attempt to get Jessica pregnant.

What they're looking for - the breeding program - was alluded to by Claude when he discussed the pigeons with Peter. They've been trying to breed a super mutant. And they have succeeded.

The success - their Kwisatz Haderach as it were, is Peter Petrelli. He's the superman.

Taking the theory a step further...

The truly scary incarnation of Peter is one that has come into contact with both Hannah "Wireless" and Micah (DL and Nikki's son).

If Peter absorbs the powers of both of them, there is no computer on the planet he cannot reach or control - from anywhere. Encryption cannot stop him. Physical barriers and distance cannot stop him. He becomes Lawnmower Man. (Or, if you prefer him in the flying & super-healing version, Neo).

The unlooked for wild card in all of this and the one they didn't see coming - the Mule - is Sylar.

 

[Truth Seeker]

And before anyone get freak out, by my request. Please let me make it clear...since I have been doing this threads, from the start.

This is the first time, anyone, outside the Monday night viewing...has ever put up, an earlier spoilers before the official Monday night showing.

I was never been aware of it, being broadcasted early, one day before, in Canada. This is the first time, I have heard of it.

It has been always been done for the Monday night, because, that is what NBC states the timeslot for the American broadcast. I have no further knowledge of other Countries' TV schedules for this show.

Just for here...in the USA.

My request is simple, I am not bending or breaking, or swearing, on the little slight of eagerness, shown by a individual, who loves the show as much as we do.

All that is asked...is to show, a little restrain.

Thank You.

Seriously guys, thats been a spoken rule on these forums. Don't post reviews until after the official airing begins. Truth's been setting these up for some time, lets show some gratitude.

 

[Truth Seeker]

LP, I respect your words... But I made it clear now, on why.

And when I do make this(a majoirty, that is) threads...they have to be done early, cause I work the late shift (4 to midnight), hences the early day posting of it.

I really don't see the issue of people who have seen the episode early posting in the thread. The Canadian broadcast is just as "official" as the US one. Personally I find this whole thing rather silly. I'm tempted to just put every comment in spoilers, just to be petty, because the show hasn't started airing for the US military until the 7th of January. Obviously they're not to this episode yet, and I know we get some military folks on the boards. This is an international board, after all, and the owner is from the UK... and it just started airing there on the 19th of February... so shouldn't we not be posting until they see it there?

My rampant puerility aside, I see three somewhat obvious compromises here.

1) Where ever the show is shown first starts the thread. After all, there's no real reason for the discussion thread to be up before the day it airs. Once started, the episode thread is considered good for spoilers.

2) Put the Canadian air date in the first post, with the tacit understanding that the Canadians on the boards will discuss it after it airs there. That way, anyone who sees it later knows when to stop reading.

3) All posts on the episode are in spoilers until a certain time. My preference would be after the West Coast feed ends, which would be 10pm PST, or 1am EST. That way it's fair for all. After that time, no more spoiler tags are needed, and people should assume there will be free talk about the episode.

I'm a fan of option two. To my knowledge, there has never been any significant discussion or much discussion at all, on any of these threads before the episode has aired. They are, in effect, reaction threads. Therefore, I don't really see any reason why people would be reading the thread before the episode aired.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Grrrr...move to the East

Why? I don't follow. Several million people had it broadcast to them on Sunday.

I live in the West and normally can't see the show until after there have been a bunch of posts here by east-coasters. Is it reasonable for me to ask them not to post until it's been broadcast here? I also generally can't watch it Monday night, usually don't see it until Tuesday morning. Surely it's not reasonable for me to ask for a delay of posting until then.

Me, I really wanted to read people's thoughts about the episode once I saw it, which happened to be Sunday this time, and was thrilled that someone else had already posted their thoughts, and was happy to be able to post mine. Should we have started a separate, overlapping thread?

 

[Truth Seeker]

Thank you for the kind words...but the fault lies where I live.

EAST COAST, baby!!!

I understand that, but what's the official airing? It's not like it was a sneak peak, it was broadcast to several million people via satellite. It has to be the NBC feed?

I very much appreciate Truth setting these up. I just don't understand why it's a big deal to have people discussing it before you see it. Happens to nearly every show for me, and for everyone who doesn't live in the Eastern US time zone.

 

[LightPhoenix]

deleted because I got hit in the face six times... no joke... and in no mood to talk about this. Nonetheless, I think that your position is unreasonable, and we'll leave it at that.

 

[Truth Seeker]

I am very sorry, that this situation has brought around mixed feelings.

But in defense...I just check the other Heroes Threads that have been posted, from before.

1.Credit goes to Taelorn76, and WayneLigon, who have posted up previous eps. when it seems I wasn't doing it on time. And wait, LP, for the early review, in July of 2006.

2.The majority that has answered those threads, has always done so, after the show aired. I am going by, the majority mindset. Therefore...'protecting the intergity' seems to fit the bill.

Again, I am very sorry, that this has rubbed anyone the wrong way.

(ps, this was suppose to be a private response, but your account does not accept PMs, or emails)

deleted because I got hit in the face six times... no joke... and in no mood to talk about this. Nonetheless, I think that your position is unreasonable, and we'll leave it at that.

 

[Truth Seeker]

Advanced SPOILTERS!!!

And to lighten the mood.

Here is a 6 Frakkin' minutes of next week's show...Courtesy of Heroes Revealed.com

Like any Parasite​

 

[Steel_Wind]

I was never been aware of it, being broadcasted early, one day before, in Canada. This is the first time, I have heard of it.

I'm in Toronto and it's the first time I heard of it too. The change hit a few weeks ago when Global moved 24 into Heroes' time slot.

Note: for those who don't know how Canadian Cable works, when a show is broadcast in the USA and Canada at the same time, the NBC/ABC/CBS/Fox feed switches over to the domestic Canadian broadcast channel for the length of the show. We don't see American advertising as a result - only those shown by the Canadian station. Even if you were watching NBC - you get Global (or CTV, CBC or whatever) for the length of the show on that channel.

Further note: American ads are way better than most Canadian ads!

So a few weeks ago, we turned on Global on Monday night at 9:00 and they started to show 24. We wondered what the hell was happening and switched over to NBC - where Heroes still was.

We didn't know what time and date Global moved Heroes to though, so we just continued to watch it on NBC on Monday for the past few weeks.

Now that we do know, that's just fine by me! Now it's on Sunday at 9:00. Which is pretty cool as that means Heroes at 9:00 and BSG at 10:00. These are the only shows we watch on TV, so it makes for a nice evening on the big screen.