Heroes Season [Volume] 1(#23)---5/21/07-'How to stop an Exploding Man' Season Ending.

[WayneLigon]

I am fine with character growth instead of action, but then it needs to be sensible. If there is no action and the character growth is extremely flawed then you are left unsatisfied, as I am.

No, you just need to adjust what you think of as reasonable and normal, human actions instead of thinking everyone behaves like an omniscient viewpoint metagame-capable RPG player who has time to sit back and consider all logical alternatives to a problem while in a comfortable, non-threatening environment.

 

[Glyfair]

Per some casting news for next season, it looks like Nathan will be back. But perhaps after Peter's proximity to Niki, Nathan will become Peter's "Jessica".

Well, given the subject ("Generations") and with Hiro about it's quite easy to have regular appearances by "dead" characters. Hiro can time travel, plus the story might unfold in a different time period starting before the events in this series. Lastly, they might just have generous flashback sequences.

- Also glad that the "future can't be changed" people were proven to be out-to-lunch. I should say so.

Yeah. I would be curious to see the various guesses about the timeline.

Clearly saving the cheerleader mattered, because Hiro said Sylar regenerated when he stabbed him. That didn't happen this time (at least Hiro didn't witness it). On the other hand, she was alive in the future sequence. Then again, it was after she was saved. Perhaps the thing that changed the future again was Ando learning he would die (and thus Hiro making sure he wasn't around for the finale).

 

[Steel_Wind]

So New York is not safe yet. Sylar still has several hours to blow himself up and maintain Isacc's and Hiro's timeline.

I noticed that too but I am attributing that to Claire's statement that the future can be changed.

I would agree. Plus, Sylar does not have Clarie's power. I'm not so sure he would be convinced that he could survive such an explosion (would YOU think you could survive it?).

The future was changed in dribs and drabs and in small parts and in large. The future timeline simply never happened- and never will.

P.S.: The Kensei in the helmet sure looked like George Takei to me!

 

[John Crichton]

No, you just need to adjust what you think of as reasonable and normal, human actions instead of thinking everyone behaves like an omniscient viewpoint metagame-capable RPG player who has time to sit back and consider all logical alternatives to a problem while in a comfortable, non-threatening environment.

Where's my rep button?

 

[Grog]

I was really disappointed. Yes, I know this show is more about character development than big fight scenes, but even so, they were building up to this single, climactic fight scene for the entire season and it was just lame. Sylar does some telekinesis, Niki hits him once with a parking meter, Peter punches him a few times, Sylar gets the upper hand again, then Hiro stabs him. That's it. The whole thing lasted, what, sixty seconds?

It was a huge letdown.

And a lot of the dialogue was lame, too. Did they really need to hit us over the head with "all you need is love?" It's fine to have that as a theme, but did they really need to be so damned obvious about it?

 

[Vanuslux]

I found it fairly disappointing...enough to make me question whether I want to bother investing serious enthusiasm for the next season. Heroes has been the one and only TV show this season that I actually went out of my way to watch, but now that I realize how little payoff we're going to be given for the oft slow, oft highly repetitive build-up. There's a lot to love about the show, but it's a love that I'm starting to feel isn't going to go the distance.

 

[Silver Moon]

I found the last several episodes to be very Watchmen-esque.

 

[satori01]

I would agree. Plus, Sylar does not have Clarie's power. I'm not so sure he would be convinced that he could survive such an explosion (would YOU think you could survive it?).

Given what we know of Sylar's power, would he not know that he could survive his own blast?
The actor that plays Nathan is pretty good, does a good job of portraying a conflicted man.
It would be a shame to see him go.
Especially when you compare to the actor that plays DL. I like the character of DL, but the actor sometimes is so overblown, no subtlety.

 

[Taelorn76]

He certainly somehow holds people up off the ground while slicing their heads open. That seems like more than one at a time.

That to me is just different uses of TK. TK to hold them up and a TK knife to slice them open.

 

[DonTadow]

No, you just need to adjust what you think of as reasonable and normal, human actions instead of thinking everyone behaves like an omniscient viewpoint metagame-capable RPG player who has time to sit back and consider all logical alternatives to a problem while in a comfortable, non-threatening environment.

Quoted for truth and to respond to the previous 3 quotes.

They've always tried to go to a "real" angle with this. Sure we could have had an x-men blow out fight, but the show would have leaned farther along the comicbook angle than the realistic powers angle they are going for.

Thiswas their first time any of them (outside of nicki) had attacked or fought with their powers. It was quirky and pretty quick.

(of course for everyone wishing this was d and d, it was 2 minutes, thats 20 rounds, )