Heroes Season 1(#22)---5/14/07-'Landslide'

[papastebu]

Or more likely than any of that is that it is easier for the writers to make the characters archetypes and have their personalities make sense with their powers rather than it being something they actively thought out.

This is interesting. Nathan, to me, has always seemed like someone who was a bit earthbound, as the older sibling, and didn't exactly like it. Part of him, maybe, has always wanted to fly away. I wonder if this was the way Kring & Company decided on some of the abilities? Cool idea.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

I found the training so silly that I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention.

The training was silly. Evil Sulu was telling Hiro to let Ando die. But the training was a poor method of conveying the information to Hiro or to the viewers at home.

...involve a snazzy song and dance number, a la Bollywood.

I think that requires its own separate superpower.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

..."NICE, bet it's really some crappy dollar bin comic she made look like Silver Surfer #1..."

Do her powers work like that? I mean, when the object is not in contact with her and is being closely examined by another person.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Do her powers work like that? I mean, when the object is not in contact with her and is being closely examined by another person.

I don't think any power has ever had their limits explained.

 

[papastebu]

Do her powers work like that? I mean, when the object is not in contact with her and is being closely examined by another person.

(S)he also said, "I can make you see anything I want."

 

[Shalimar]

It could just be that her 'normal' appearance isn't her real appearance as she suggests to Mika, and that she is just happy that Mika seems to actually like her (kidnapping aside). Then again this could be the stereotypical online anonymity thing and she is really a he and a total nerd, but I doubt it.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

The training was silly. Evil Sulu was telling Hiro to let Ando die. But the training was a poor method of conveying the information to Hiro or to the viewers at home.

I'm curious why everyone thinks he was telling Hiro to let Ando die. The parable, as I recall, was that when the dragon demanded the life of the princess, Kensei cut out his own heart and offered it to the dragon. The message I took from the parable was that to save Ando, someone Hiro cares deeply about, he must be willing to sacrifice himself.

Are others looking at Ando being Hiro's heart that he must be willing to give up to save the World?

 

[occam]

It works, kind of, but I would guess that it actually goes in the other direction and that the personality is a reflection of the power, even before it manifests. Claire doesn't quite make sense otherwise, and I don't buy Nathan, either. His power was manifesting itself when Peter was trying to fly way back at the beginning of the season - Peter was siphoning some of it. If it were need/desire based, I would think Nathan would have expressed healing powers ala Linderman to heal his wife.

Or more likely than any of that is that it is easier for the writers to make the characters archetypes and have their personalities make sense with their powers rather than it being something they actively thought out.

One of the fundamental conceits of the show has been that their powers and personalities are related; Tim Kring and the writers always point to their "character-driven" stories as the distinguishing characteristic of Heroes. Also according to the writers, though, the power that manifests for a particular character isn't based on need, and doesn't represent a personality-based crystallization of some latent raw power; the relationship is a thematic one. The difference may be subtle, though, and in practice may not actually matter.

 

[occam]

Are others looking at Ando being Hiro's heart that he must be willing to give up to save the World?

I thought of it as Hiro needing to sacrifice his innocence, to become a killer like Future Hiro (who might definitely be described as heartless).

 

[Truth Seeker]

Hey guys and gals...given what is coming up for Monday. I will be probably doing a special setup on Sunday night. If anyone remembers the mid-season finale setup I did, yes...I am going to top myself.

Wish me luck.