First few episodes I was all like "Pfft, people discovering they have superpowers? Been there, done that", but now I'm all like "WTF IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT EPISODE?!". It's sucked me in big time.
A few queries: * Do you believe Niki's split personality is part of her power or a condition she had anyway which has caused some kind of mental block on her power? I think it's clear with Issac that he could paint the future without the heroin, as Peter wasn't on heroin when he 'stole' his power and finished that corner of his painting. So obviously the way his power has developed or come to his attention is through the heroin, causing a mental block meaning he can so far only paint the future high. Is Niki's situation the same or is her split personality inherent in her powers? * What's Mika's power? Controlling electronics? Controlling electricity itself (if so, will we ever see him hurling bolts of electricity at enemies?)? Also is he really smart or does he just seem that way because of his gift with electronics/electricity? If he is really all that smart, is that part of his power or an everyday hightened intelligence? * Do you think Silar is someone we already know? What do you think his power is? * Who else has powers that we don't know about yet? * Will whoever is playing Mohinder learn to act?
*I think you're correct to link Niki and Issac in regard to their powers and possible "Mental Blocks".
*I think in regard to Mika his power has to with machines not just electricity. Maybe he can talk to them ala The Great Machine, so he told the telephone to stop screwing around and post his call, damn the money. Given his parentage as well it seems pretty clear that his powers aren't mundane, I would call being smart mundane, even if he is a genius.
*I think Silar is a new character. Before I had him pegged as Claire's father but that is not a viable option anymore. I heard Christopher Eccelston was hired for Heroes so I guess he might be him. From what we've seen his powers are telekinetic and possible just telekinetic. He could have deflected the bullets kinetically or had something as mundane as a vest which would not have been a bad idea given he was in the middle of FBI headquarters. All his powers could just be telekinetic, which would explain why Peter Petrelli was so hurt after the fall, because if Sylar's power are just telekinetic it would need some thought behind it unlike Claire's healing which is passively active all the time. Sylar's predilection for opening up peoples heads (telekinetically) on the hand I'm unsure off. Is it something to do with his superpowers or is he just a super powered serial murderer? I'm personally favouring the latter. As for new people with super powers, maybe. For people already shown, I doubt it except for the waifish girl who helped catch Sylar there. I was unclear if she herself had powers or was simply cueing the Haitian.
What do you mean who is playing Mohinder? For the last episode, I actually found his portion annoying, but the soccer playing kid was saying it was Mohinder seeking him out and he already had his answer. Or do you mean the Claire's father angle and his organization?
About the whole "Save the Cheerleader, save the world" thing. Does anyone else think they've at least stopped New York from blowing up? Since they saved Claire, therefore leading to Sylar's apprenhension. Sylar was clearly a part of blowing up New York. I'm thinking he was continuing his brain eating (what other reason do you pick them up) and ran into radioactive guy. That guy made some ominious statements about what would happen if he was killed.
I'm also wondering about Hiro's time travelling. I think it is relatively clear it only affects him. Whenever he does anything it only affects him. He hasn't for example been able to stop time, and only and Ando aren't affected. Which is why future Hiro visited Peter Petrelli, his mimic power let him not be stopped, and visiting himself could have been bad. The fact too that Hiro didn't just teleport through space, he teleported through space and time, so there seems to be an Einsteinian component to time. I'm also thinking that if carried to its conclusion, Hiro should also be able to affect gravity. According to Einstein (this is a major simplification based on a shaky knowledge of Einsteinian physics) gravity is the way space bend around us. We stick to the Earth because space is curved around the Earth and keeps us on it. I'm shaky on where the time component comes in.
I like your ideas on Mika, that would be very cool. I love it when kids have really strong powers. Yeah, I thought Silar might be Claire's dad at first too. That's obviously not the case though. I think that waifish girl has some kind of powers of pursuasion, as she's always saying things that are very Jedi-mind-trickesque. And Claire's dad sent her in to convince Issac to shoot up to paint again. And she seemed to stop Silar with just words. I mean the actor playing Mohinder. He's the worst of the bunch. I think there's more to come to prevent the bomb. Hiro hasn't played his part in that, and I think the memory waitress has somthing to do too.
I think Sylar can siphon off powers of the supers he kills by taking their brains or something. That's why he seems to have multiple powers (he also levitated that one time it looked like). Thus, saving Claire may have been about keeping Sylar from acquiring her regenerative powers, thus keeping him from destroying the world (possibly by acquiring radioactive man's powers. Maybe not having Claire's healing powers makes him more vulnerable to the radioactive dude's powers).
-I hope the dual identities is separate from her powers, or a result of them, but not a facet of them. Her power, from what we've seen, seems pretty brutal, so maybe using it for the first time splintered her mind so she wouldn't have to deal with it. Now it seems only Jessica has the power to tear people apart. It's also possible that this multiple personality could've been caused by her mind being messed with by the Haitian, a la Matt and Radioactive Man.
-I'm hoping it's to control machines, like in Ex Machina. Cause that would be cool. If they rip off The Great Machine's power completely, it would mean that Micah communicates with machines, which could explain his heightened intelligence: the machines tell him how they work.
-I think Sylar is a new character. I do think he could be linked to Niki/Jessica though.
-Just Eden, I think. I'm hoping Mohinder, Ando, Simone and Audrey remain powerless. It sets up good dynamics when non-powered individuals co-exist with powered ones (like with Xander in Buffy).
-Hard to say. He's mastered the annoyed stare though. Although, it is a little tough on Sendhil Ramamurthy that he always has to be Exposition Man
Yeah, some good points about Niki. I like the Haitian idea. I'm sure there's heaps more to come from him. What makes you think Silar is linked to NikJess? And yeah, I'd hate for everyone to start sprouting powers.
A few queries:
* Do you believe Niki's split personality is part of her power or a condition she had anyway which has caused some kind of mental block on her power? I think it's clear with Issac that he could paint the future without the heroin, as Peter wasn't on heroin when he 'stole' his power and finished that corner of his painting. So obviously the way his power has developed or come to his attention is through the heroin, causing a mental block meaning he can so far only paint the future high. Is Niki's situation the same or is her split personality inherent in her powers?
* What's Mika's power? Controlling electronics? Controlling electricity itself (if so, will we ever see him hurling bolts of electricity at enemies?)? Also is he really smart or does he just seem that way because of his gift with electronics/electricity? If he is really all that smart, is that part of his power or an everyday hightened intelligence?
* Do you think Silar is someone we already know? What do you think his power is?
* Who else has powers that we don't know about yet?
* Will whoever is playing Mohinder learn to act?
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*I think in regard to Mika his power has to with machines not just electricity. Maybe he can talk to them ala The Great Machine, so he told the telephone to stop screwing around and post his call, damn the money. Given his parentage as well it seems pretty clear that his powers aren't mundane, I would call being smart mundane, even if he is a genius.
*I think Silar is a new character. Before I had him pegged as Claire's father but that is not a viable option anymore. I heard Christopher Eccelston was hired for Heroes so I guess he might be him. From what we've seen his powers are telekinetic and possible just telekinetic. He could have deflected the bullets kinetically or had something as mundane as a vest which would not have been a bad idea given he was in the middle of FBI headquarters. All his powers could just be telekinetic, which would explain why Peter Petrelli was so hurt after the fall, because if Sylar's power are just telekinetic it would need some thought behind it unlike Claire's healing which is passively active all the time. Sylar's predilection for opening up peoples heads (telekinetically) on the hand I'm unsure off. Is it something to do with his superpowers or is he just a super powered serial murderer? I'm personally favouring the latter.
As for new people with super powers, maybe. For people already shown, I doubt it except for the waifish girl who helped catch Sylar there. I was unclear if she herself had powers or was simply cueing the Haitian.
What do you mean who is playing Mohinder? For the last episode, I actually found his portion annoying, but the soccer playing kid was saying it was Mohinder seeking him out and he already had his answer. Or do you mean the Claire's father angle and his organization?
About the whole "Save the Cheerleader, save the world" thing. Does anyone else think they've at least stopped New York from blowing up? Since they saved Claire, therefore leading to Sylar's apprenhension. Sylar was clearly a part of blowing up New York. I'm thinking he was continuing his brain eating (what other reason do you pick them up) and ran into radioactive guy. That guy made some ominious statements about what would happen if he was killed.
I'm also wondering about Hiro's time travelling. I think it is relatively clear it only affects him. Whenever he does anything it only affects him. He hasn't for example been able to stop time, and only and Ando aren't affected. Which is why future Hiro visited Peter Petrelli, his mimic power let him not be stopped, and visiting himself could have been bad. The fact too that Hiro didn't just teleport through space, he teleported through space and time, so there seems to be an Einsteinian component to time. I'm also thinking that if carried to its conclusion, Hiro should also be able to affect gravity. According to Einstein (this is a major simplification based on a shaky knowledge of Einsteinian physics) gravity is the way space bend around us. We stick to the Earth because space is curved around the Earth and keeps us on it. I'm shaky on where the time component comes in.
Just some thoughts.
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Yeah, I thought Silar might be Claire's dad at first too. That's obviously not the case though.
I think that waifish girl has some kind of powers of pursuasion, as she's always saying things that are very Jedi-mind-trickesque. And Claire's dad sent her in to convince Issac to shoot up to paint again. And she seemed to stop Silar with just words.
I mean the actor playing Mohinder. He's the worst of the bunch.
I think there's more to come to prevent the bomb. Hiro hasn't played his part in that, and I think the memory waitress has somthing to do too.
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-I'm hoping it's to control machines, like in Ex Machina. Cause that would be cool. If they rip off The Great Machine's power completely, it would mean that Micah communicates with machines, which could explain his heightened intelligence: the machines tell him how they work.
-I think Sylar is a new character. I do think he could be linked to Niki/Jessica though.
-Just Eden, I think. I'm hoping Mohinder, Ando, Simone and Audrey remain powerless. It sets up good dynamics when non-powered individuals co-exist with powered ones (like with Xander in Buffy).
-Hard to say. He's mastered the annoyed stare though. Although, it is a little tough on Sendhil Ramamurthy that he always has to be Exposition Man
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What makes you think Silar is linked to NikJess?
And yeah, I'd hate for everyone to start sprouting powers.
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