Heroes Season [Volume] 2 (#27)---10/15/07-'The Kindness of Strangers'
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PhoenixDarkDirk
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Cor Azer said:
I don't think it's quite the same. My interpretation is that Charlie was good at retaining knowledge, and that Monica quickly develops physical skills.
Here's a song about the show, http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=117.
Monica looks to have Marvel's Taskmaster:
"Taskmaster possesses an innate ability known as "photographic reflexes", which enable him to watch another person's physical movements and duplicate them without practice, no matter how complex. This ability is only limited by the fact that he does not have superhuman strength or other superhuman attributes. He is a naturally gifted athlete who has trained himself to superb physical condition."
The question I have; did Mycah give her those powers when he hugged her and they showed his hand on her back!
So, Nathan's reflection, is it or is it not...alive!
"Taskmaster possesses an innate ability known as "photographic reflexes", which enable him to watch another person's physical movements and duplicate them without practice, no matter how complex. This ability is only limited by the fact that he does not have superhuman strength or other superhuman attributes. He is a naturally gifted athlete who has trained himself to superb physical condition."
The question I have; did Mycah give her those powers when he hugged her and they showed his hand on her back!
So, Nathan's reflection, is it or is it not...alive!
LightPhoenix
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Hand of Evil said:
Monica is a cyborg!!!
The Grumpy Celt said:
I think they fully acknowledged it was a cop-out with Matt, since the whole wife storyline just wasn't interesting. As Steel_Wind shared, Sylar was something of (from what I gather) a last minute re-write. The original pilot for Reaper didn't even have MP in it, and given schedules I imagine they lost MP well after they started breaking stories, and maybe even filming.
As for my thoughts on the episode...
I disagree with people saying this is the best episode so far... that honor definitely goes to the premiere. However, I do think it was the second best... which for reasons I'll explain is a dubious honor.
I liked Monica, and the actress has a ton more charisma than the Honduran Snooze Twins. The only thing I didn't like is how she rolled over on the whole job situation. Also, I'm betting her parents died somewhere during Katrina (hence the line about her losing more than most) and she had to go home to take care of them. Micah is an added bonus, though he should know powers are genetic, so if DL had them, his cousins might too.
Matt and Mohinder as the bickering couple is hilarious. Matt and Nathan as the team-up against the big bad is great - Nathan is the brains and Matt is the... impulse? Also, I liked that Matt has more than daddy-issues to get him involved in the story.
Nathan seeing his children, nice touch.
No Peter, no Hiro, no Niki? Wow. Looks like we'll make up for the first next week.
Claire and West, still boring. I have dreams about HRG killing him just to make the picture not true. I want to see Mrs. Bennett actually helping her husband more, as she kind of did in the first episode. Also, only a faint mention of the "Series of 8" - though I'm tending to think now that it has nothing to do with the death of the elder heroes. Isaac should win for the most misleading power.
Maya and Alejandro, still boring. That's with adding Sylar into the mix. Man, if Sylar can't improve the story, nothing will. If Sylar got back his intuitive apititude this week, maybe he'll kill them. Then we can actually have an interesting storyline take its place. The only thing I wanted to see was Sylar learn Spanish through his eidetic memory and the aptitude.
So, missing two interesting (to me anyway) storylines and including the two boring ones... blah. Fortunately, the rest of the episode was pretty good, so it wasn't a total loss.
GlassJaw
Hero
Hand of Evil said:
No. It was clear she had it before because she watched the cooking show and then made that flower tomato at the burger place. That happened before Mycah hugged her. I think it showed that Mycah's ability to "repair" potentially goes beyond mechanic and electronic devices.
Wow, just Wow. Far be it for me to argue about the social importance of racial casting in TV and how people interpret it but I think Don and others are missing the intent of the show. Micah if anything is mild mannered, non aggressive, and certainly not gangsta.
By making the cousin outworldly an annoying, boorish figure it illustrates how difficult a transition this is. It would be unrealistic to not show some alpha male behavior occurring between the two. I am never going to convince someone to not be offended, so I will just say you bring up an interesting perspective, but one for me personally that at this time does not have as much resonance, though it is something obviously to watch for.
As for people talking about Claire & Mr. Bennett 'mistrusting' each other. Claire is lying to her dad to see a boy. Yes it is really that hard to conceive that a 17 ish girl would lie to her parents to sneak off and see a boy....must never have happened in the history of the world
. Claire is trying to protect her dad by refusing to bring West over to meet Mr. Bennett.
As for Mr. Bennett, a leopard apparently can not change its spots. Nothing has really changed from last season, other than he is not using the Haitian to wipe his family's memory. On the surface he is living one life, but in reality his goal is something else. Ultimately I would say the character is morally suspect, we know he is comfortable with a certain " gray "area in moral behavior, namely killing people, and the character is basically selfish. Sure he will justify lying to his family as protecting them, but funny how Mr. Bennett just does what he wants. No person is so evil as to not have a reason for what they do.
BTW is it me, or did anyone else see the "Godsend" sign on the back of the Girls Check board uniform just under where Micah put his hand. I slowed it on Tivo and clearly saw it, but it took me pausing the screen and outlining it to my wife for her to see it.
By making the cousin outworldly an annoying, boorish figure it illustrates how difficult a transition this is. It would be unrealistic to not show some alpha male behavior occurring between the two. I am never going to convince someone to not be offended, so I will just say you bring up an interesting perspective, but one for me personally that at this time does not have as much resonance, though it is something obviously to watch for.
As for people talking about Claire & Mr. Bennett 'mistrusting' each other. Claire is lying to her dad to see a boy. Yes it is really that hard to conceive that a 17 ish girl would lie to her parents to sneak off and see a boy....must never have happened in the history of the world
. Claire is trying to protect her dad by refusing to bring West over to meet Mr. Bennett. As for Mr. Bennett, a leopard apparently can not change its spots. Nothing has really changed from last season, other than he is not using the Haitian to wipe his family's memory. On the surface he is living one life, but in reality his goal is something else. Ultimately I would say the character is morally suspect, we know he is comfortable with a certain " gray "area in moral behavior, namely killing people, and the character is basically selfish. Sure he will justify lying to his family as protecting them, but funny how Mr. Bennett just does what he wants. No person is so evil as to not have a reason for what they do.
BTW is it me, or did anyone else see the "Godsend" sign on the back of the Girls Check board uniform just under where Micah put his hand. I slowed it on Tivo and clearly saw it, but it took me pausing the screen and outlining it to my wife for her to see it.
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Remus Lupin
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Ok, so it's now confirmed that Matt's wife was pregnant with the other guy's kid. That ties up a loose end for me. We can now forget about her entirely.
I have to admit, there was a rather humorous "Matt and Mo the gay adoptive parents" vibe going on throughout the episode, which I don't think was entirely accidental.
I'm starting to like Nathan more and more. I'm curious as to whether the reflection is another entity or a projection of his own sense of guilt. Given that he addresses it and tells it to "Go away" or something like that, it's seeming more and more likely that it's another Jessica-like entity.
I'm with those who say give me more Peter and Hiro and less of the Honduran Plague Siblings.
All in all 4 out of 5 stars.
I have to admit, there was a rather humorous "Matt and Mo the gay adoptive parents" vibe going on throughout the episode, which I don't think was entirely accidental.
I'm starting to like Nathan more and more. I'm curious as to whether the reflection is another entity or a projection of his own sense of guilt. Given that he addresses it and tells it to "Go away" or something like that, it's seeming more and more likely that it's another Jessica-like entity.
I'm with those who say give me more Peter and Hiro and less of the Honduran Plague Siblings.
All in all 4 out of 5 stars.
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