Heroes

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by madmax

I missed the pilot. Did they explain how the heroes got their powers.

The cheerleader looked familiar. I finally placed her. She was the coach's daughter in Remember the Titans.

No. There's speculation by the Saresh guy that there were some sort of either genetic mutations or the next step in evolution. Other than that, we really don't know.

My husband said the same thing about the cheerleader. I had to laugh when I realized he was right.

I HATE MY DVR. It's the second week it taped the last part of Deal or No Deal and it cut off at a critical part of Heroes.

Luckily I was able to watch the end on nbc.com -- but what's happening next week?

[BetteDavisEyes]

I'm back on now. I missed GC.

Anyway, next weeks preview showed Peter Petrelli with the funky gray eyes like he's in a trance. My hubby thinks that he's like Rogue from X-Men in that he can borrow or steals the powers of those around him that also have powers. He's in Isaac's loft or something.
There were a lot of shots of Claire in the hospital looking at the jerk she crashed the car with and with her dad telling her that she's got to start trusting him.
We also see the older Petrelli brother (the politician) being held at gunpoint by Claire's dad & the creepy guy that works for him. He then shoots up like a rocket & is gone.
Finally, Hiro tells Peter that this is what he's been waiting for all his life.

I think that's it but someone make sure I didn't forget any details.

At first it kinda bugged me that Claire was ALWAYS in a cheerleader's uniform. I mean, how many can she have after being impaled/maimed/ablaze, etc. etc.? But then I realized that all superheroes have to have a costume, right?

And regarding Claire's dad...for some reason I don't think he's the real bad guy. I don't know why I think that way, but I have a feeling that Sylar's the "real" bad guy and Claire's dad's purpose is for a whole 'nother reason and he's picking them up for reasons we don't know yet.

Finally, I can't stand Simone. I just can't. Something tells me that she's going to be the cause of some major fcuk up that affects the Heroes.

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by OTW

At first it kinda bugged me that Claire was ALWAYS in a cheerleader's uniform. I mean, how many can she have after being impaled/maimed/ablaze, etc. etc.? But then I realized that all superheroes have to have a costume, right?

And regarding Claire's dad...for some reason I don't think he's the real bad guy. I don't know why I think that way, but I have a feeling that Sylar's the "real" bad guy and Claire's dad's purpose is for a whole 'nother reason and he's picking them up for reasons we don't know yet.

Finally, I can't stand Simone. I just can't. Something tells me that she's going to be the cause of some major fcuk up that affects the Heroes.

Oh yeah. There was also a sideline that said "Save the cheerleader. Save the World."
It kept cropping up images of Claire.
I agree about Claire's dad. He's not THE bad guy but he's not 100% good either. He's up to something else altogether...unless he proves us all wrong & turns out to be the Professor Xavier of the show.
And yes. Simone needs to up and get lost. She's annoying.

I just wanted to share an interesting theory from another MB I frequent:

Here's my might-be-fun-to-think-about theory on Sylar and what's going on.....

Sylar is Chandra Suresh. In sort of the same way Niki's got evil-Niki, Chandra Suresh had Sylar, but he experimented one too many times with his alter-ego and now it's taken him over. Chandra's desire to seek out mutants and study their brains has manifested itself in Sylar as a psychotic desire to remove (and possible eat?) the brains of other mutants.

Sylar went to the house in LA because Chandra's notes told him a mutant lived there. He assumed it was the father, but it turns out the little girl is actually the mutant. That's why Sylar came back for her.

Mr. Bennet and his non-acronymed organization are chasing down all the mutants in Chandra's notes to protect them from Sylar.

Very eeeeeenteresting...

[BetteDavisEyes]

That's a good theory. I wonder what the little girls power is though.

[CrimsonLadybug]

Theory: Sylar's "real" power is the ability to look at something, figure out how it works and replicate it. He did it with the watches in the beginnig and it's why he has to cut into people's brains - to see how their power works.

Question: Did DL pull out Linderman's brain or just punch through it? That is a very important detail since Linderman is a healer.

More: If Sylar is still alive, Peter has to be alive as well. Here is where I come up with about a dozen different comic book reasons why my future husband has to come back, none of them related to his new 'do. Every villian has a hero who is his antithesis.
We already know that Peter and Hiro are the only (known) heroes with the ability to (single-handedly) stop Sylar. If Peter can manage to wrestle down more than one ability at a time, he has a few that Sylar doesn't (invisiblity, regeneration, flight) and they will give him the edge. If the show sticks to true comic book format, however, they will never kill each other but the attempts should be fantastic.

Theory: It is possible that Nathan is still alive if he dropped Peter just before he exploded and flew away. However, self-sacrifice for the greater good is a major factor in being a true hero so I have serious doubts that Nathan is still alive.

I had other theories and questions but it took so long to sort these out that I have forgotten my others. I'll be back later with more.

Oh, yeah....I've done some research on Origins, from interviews with Kevin Rielly and Tim Kring, and the NBC website and I keep finding that either they haven't decided exactly when to air the sub-series or that it will air after the season finale, since the base idea of the show is to let us, the viewers, select a new hero for Volume 3. But I keep seeing on forums that it is slated to air mid-season. Where are you people finding this information??? I'm not challenging, just want to know if my sources were updated after I got the information for my article.

[LeslieAGD]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

Someone told me that there was going to be a 2-hour special to wrap up the story lines. Not sure where he heard it.

I read it in Entertainment Weekly, although it's probably been reported in other places.

It's not confirmed yet, but it's in negotiations. The budget seems to be the issue.

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I'm sad to see the show go...I thought it was finally getting on track this past season.
I was looking forward to the next season and the fall-out from Claire's televised dive.