DonTadow said:
I"m basing my opinion on the actual tactical knowledge of the basic human person.
Why do you keep bringing up the "tactics" strawman? I'm not talking great forethought, I'm saying "it's Sylar, freeze time!" or maybe "It's Sylar, turn invisible!", heck maybe "It's Sylar, read his mind!"
Basically, I wanted immediate action that made sense. Instead, people stared while others acted.
This is the basic flaw in this argument. It has only been a few months. We never saw ONE single training montage with any of them and their powers. There was some training with Peter, but not any of them. YOu're thinking of this as 9 months of training because the show was on for nine months, but, and someone can correct me, isnt the timeline of the show about 3 months (maybe less).
First off, it's bad form to explain to someone what they are thinking, especially when you are wrong.
Secondly, Peter's training was worthless.
Thirdly, I didn't say training, certainly not Montage level training.
The people have been through a lot in a short time period. Peter has seen people die, Bennet just shot a very old friend moments before, and Eve's lose should have mattered some little bit. Nikki's husband just murdered a guy, she knocked out Candace, and her alterego has murdered many. In that time, they have not advanced at all, Peter is still the same guy he was (with more powers), and Nikki still needs convincing every 3 minutes that she's strong.
They weren't waiting turns, they were waiting for someone else to do something or waiting for a chance for them to do something. They are not a tactical team. They aren't even a team. I could very well see why it would take someone a minute to digest A. should i help and B. what should I do. YOu see this everyday. Google 91 year old man carjacking Detroit and see what i am talking about. People always say "what i would have done" but in the situation you're a different person without the training of what to do.
You can't judge how someone will act, true. That doesn't mean everyone does nothing. That means it's unpredictable. The scene took probably 10 minutes, with long stretchs of posturing and threatening. When they DO decide to act, they don't follow though, but instead hit once and move back.
No ones inserting unseen scenes. I"m talking about logic. What is the more likely thought. This is only an hour show. The producers can't put every basic assumption on the screen. If you see HG at the paperfactory during one scene and at home another, its safe to assume he drove there. Do you need that scene to figure it out?
You are inserting scene's, things that are not shown on the show, and calling your scene's logical extensions of what was shown. Then you decide that my inserted scene's are illogical. This is where opinion comes in.
Same here, we obviously see that Parkman doesn't know about Sylars powers. We are safe to assume that Parkman has not figured out that he cant' shoot sylar (considering this is the third time he's done it). Because of the likelihood of a bullet missing at long distances and other intangibles, its more logical for a non-informed about sylar individual to believe there was some other reason, other than telekinesis, why the bullet did not hit sylar. Who is thinking "this guy has telkenetics". Only the tv watcher who knows that. Why would they have a long talk about sylar. What catalyst would have brought in on. The evidence states that parkman does not know much about sylar, so the long talk is illogical. Your logic stream is flawed because of a lack of this catalyst. Why would HG discuss the superpowers of Sylar and everyone else when it has nothing to do with their immiediate mission.
We don't know that he doesn't know about Sylar's powers. We don't know that he does. It is perfectly logical to me that he would raise the subject of Sylar at some point, especially given his reaction when he learns Sylar is there. He is not Scully. He's not a disbeliever. He can read minds and knows powers exist. If we're assuming that Parkman didn't know, it is easier to just assume he is dumb, and things a gun solves everything.
Or, the easier way, his attack was a simple plot device to demonstrate Sylar's power and remove him from the action. It also leaves his presence in season 2 in doubt. There doesn't need to be a reason in world for his actions, it probably just served some purpose to the writers job being easier. I think that diminishes the overall story of the show, though in the Parkman case not a whole lot.
The shield comes on the following day an hour later. This isn't a crime drama or forensic show. We've seen Sylar stop bullets 3 different ways now. two of which would A. keep the bullets with him. B. send the bullets flying in other directions. Because this evidience was never brought up, and it would be important, we can assume there was no hardcore evidence that parkman's bullets missed or hit.
You can assume whatever you want, we can't assume anything.
WAsn't there blood at the first scene?
That's all I need to know that I didn't get a good shot. Parkman's not a marksman, elite supercop, trained swat officier. He is a beat cop.
I don't remember any blood. It's not shown if Parkman's bullets were on scene. You can decide if Parkman was stupid at the initial scene, or at the followup, whichever makes you happy.
Nicki's from Las Vegas, where is the hospital. This is New York City. She'd need superspeed aswell.
Ah, so now you're assuming she wasn't heading to a hospital?
Do you think she was going to dump him in a sewer?
The simple fact is, she WAS moving him. She WAS going somewhere with him. She let him rest on a shoulder rather than carry him.
