tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post8846117111472133954..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Heroes: Days of future pastAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11297072040335820712007-05-04T01:11:00.000-04:002007-05-04T01:11:00.000-04:00Cass said... Is there any reason why Future Hir...Cass said...<BR/><BR/> Is there any reason why Future Hiro didn't just go back and kill Sylar, say when he was a child? That way it'd avoid the need to save Claire and the world.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But then there wouldn't be a show! ;-DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52702877442847008672007-05-02T09:38:00.000-04:002007-05-02T09:38:00.000-04:00Is there any reason why Future Hiro didn't just go...Is there any reason why Future Hiro didn't just go back and kill Sylar, say when he was a child? That way it'd avoid the need to save Claire and the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-54435967566153230932007-05-01T21:14:00.000-04:002007-05-01T21:14:00.000-04:00nick, I've thought of that too, but if the idea i...nick,<BR/><BR/> I've thought of that too, but if the idea is that Claude isn't noticed until he does something <I>really</I> obvious -- like when he actually ran into some street vendors when he and Peter first met -- shouldn't Peter pounding on the ground with sledge hammers (which is what it must sound like to Sylar) count? <BR/><BR/> I don't really like to dwell on these questions, either; I'm just saying that as Peter and Sylar collect more powers these questions will pop up more and more.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/> <BR/> I didn't DVR the episode; did someone use the phrase "evolved human"? I thought "terrorist" was only used to describe <I>some</I> of the evolved humans, like Hiro (but not, say, "Nathan").<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/> And yeah, I miss Eccleston, too. I hope he'll be around next season. (In fairness to Treacher, it's really hard to <B>not</B> to make a pun when talking about his character...not being around. See?)<BR/><BR/>AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31355308001375854002007-05-01T17:05:00.000-04:002007-05-01T17:05:00.000-04:00My DVR killed the previews, too. Grr. Arg. Oh we...My DVR killed the previews, too. Grr. Arg. Oh well.<BR/><BR/>And I, too, don't want the alternate future to come true. It <I>is</I> too Genoshan. Blechy.<BR/><BR/><I>Hey, whatever happened to Christopher Eccleston, anyway? He just... disappeared.</I><BR/><BR/>*groan*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-64607085844187485912007-05-01T16:56:00.000-04:002007-05-01T16:56:00.000-04:00"Wow. That is one overdramatic future."I know. On ..."Wow. That is one overdramatic future."<BR/><BR/>I know. On a weekly drama!<BR/><BR/>"Claude's power always seemed to do a little more than just literal invisibility."<BR/><BR/>Good call. More like The Shadow's power to "cloud men's minds" than literal light-bending invisibility, I figure. Hey, whatever happened to Christopher Eccleston, anyway? He just... disappeared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67263076024817743182007-05-01T15:51:00.000-04:002007-05-01T15:51:00.000-04:00As yet, no name has been given to the "heroes". Ev...<I>As yet, no name has been given to the "heroes". Even five years in the future, apparently.</I><BR/><BR/>Unofficially, at least, they're referred to as "evolved humans".<BR/><BR/>http://heroeswiki.com/Evolved_humanJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093097489077390018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-79969051463743284452007-05-01T14:18:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:18:00.000-04:00One thing I noticed about PastHiro vs. FutureHiro-...<I>One thing I noticed about PastHiro vs. FutureHiro--Masi Oka is a better actor speaking Japanese than English. Unless FutureHiro is supposed to be a little awkward and flat in his dourness?</I><BR/><BR/>What I noticed is that, once Future Hiro and Present Hiro were separated, Masi stopped trying so hard to make Future Hiro's voice sound significantly deeper.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-48087431315430044842007-05-01T14:15:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:15:00.000-04:00My friend suggested that Linderman might be the on...My friend suggested that Linderman might be the one that heals Sylar after being stabbed by Hiro, although as to why he would do that I dunno. Does Linderman want Sylar to replace Nathan? What about Candice? Anyway I just thought I'd throw that out there.Kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346565881555687494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-55853205013446187292007-05-01T14:12:00.000-04:002007-05-01T14:12:00.000-04:00I absolutely loved the previews.What was in the pr...<I>I absolutely loved the previews.</I><BR/><BR/>What was in the previews? My stupid DVR cut them off (does anyone have a superpower to fix that?)! :-)<BR/><BR/>One thing I noticed about PastHiro vs. FutureHiro--Masi Oka is a better actor speaking Japanese than English. Unless FutureHiro is supposed to be a little awkward and flat in his dourness?<BR/><BR/><I>As yet, no name has been given to the "heroes". Even five years in the future, apparently.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Sure there was. They were called "terrorists."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-66094483871588861072007-05-01T12:57:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:57:00.000-04:00(Example: Last week, why couldn't Sylar just hear ...<I>(Example: Last week, why couldn't Sylar just hear Peter's heart to locate him, since he stole super-hearing a few episodes ago.)</I><BR/><BR/>Just in defense of this particular thing (as I thought of it too at the time), Claude's power always seemed to do a little more than just literal invisibility. When they showed him (rather than the untrained Peter) using it before it always guaranteed that no one (other than Peter for whatever reason) wouldn't notice him. People didn't see him, hear him (even in uncrowded spaces, like his introduction to HRG), people don't notice him pushing through crowded streets or lifting purses of people. I guess I'm willing to buy into the idea that his power forces other people to renders him undetectable to human senses until proven otherwise (yeah, HRG's nightvision goggle thingies saw him, but there's enough wiggle room that I'm willing to let it slide to enjoy the story).Nick Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242958751862176546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6869411645607458072007-05-01T12:43:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:43:00.000-04:00crewgrrl, As yet, no name has been given to the "...crewgrrl,<BR/><BR/> As yet, no name has been given to the "heroes". Even five years in the future, apparently.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/>kristin,<BR/><BR/> The Haitian has blocked Parkman from reading HRG plenty of times, and in a flashback he also blocked Eden's power. I don't think anyone has stated it out loud, but it is strongly implied that the Haitian can damp powers as well as memories. Unlike dan above, I'm not sure he needs to know what the power is -- I can't see what difference that knowledge could make -- but maybe the show will go that route.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/> <BR/> "Days of Future Past" has been referenced before on <I>Heroes</I>, right in the pilot episode. Hiro uses it as an example of time travel -- I don't have a Youtube clip or anything, but Wikipedia agrees with my memory. I remember thinking it was a very specific fanboy callout, but I forgot about until the previews for this episode showed up.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/> I agree with anonymous above: Everything Isaac paints comes true -- we have no evidence to the contrary. I think Isaac was accepting of his death because he drew a way to kill Sylar, not because he drew a way to prevent the explosion. This may or may not involve the "Molly Walker" we meet next week.<BR/><BR/>-----<BR/><BR/> While the Peter/Sylar fight was cool, a moment's reflection reveals why they really have to get rid of one or the other of them soon. Someone who can absorb powers should be able to get out of all sorts of situations; as a poster above noted, Peter can <I>stop time</I>. Invincible or no, Sylar's fate should be sealed. As Peter and Sylar keep meeting more people, the "Why didn't he just do x?" game will become unavoidable. (Example: Last week, why couldn't Sylar just hear Peter's heart to locate him, since he stole super-hearing a few episodes ago.)<BR/><BR/>AnonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-48213394580342391672007-05-01T12:34:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:34:00.000-04:00I also wondered about the implication that Future ...<I>I also wondered about the implication that Future Hiro thinks Sylar blew up NYC when it was really Peter... Hmm. Will killing Sylar make a difference?</I><BR/><BR/>I think it's possible New York goes kablooie no matter what. Most people, myself included, have equated "saving the world" with "saving New York" but in the grand scheme of things, Sylar being president, or Nathan being president as Linderman's puppet, is a far more dire outcome for the rest of the planet. But does this mean that Sylar's in the Oval Office with Linderman's blessing? Is Mama Petrelli in league with Linderman or working against him? So many questions.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder if Bennett keeping Claire hidden is preventing her from fulfilling the destiny that FutureHiro thinks she's supposed to. One of the things I really like about this show is how people's agendas keep crisscrossing and interfering with each other.<BR/><BR/>Alan, in retrospect another sign of Sylar-as-Nathan can be found way back when Peter was in that jail cell in Texas. "Nathan" comes in, blah-blah-ing about power and it turns out to be Sylar. Peter was dreaming, of course, but his dreams appear to be nearly as accurate as Isaac's paintings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-63364445079041620432007-05-01T12:24:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:24:00.000-04:00Regarding the Haitian and Sylar. The Haitian doesn...Regarding the Haitian and Sylar. The Haitian doesn't block their powers just because he is in the same room. He would need to know a power is in use or "activate" his power to block theirs.<BR/><BR/>If he didn't know that Sylar was using a power then he wouldn't know to block it.<BR/><BR/>@Nicole<BR/>Jessica is an adult entertainer now. Remember the internet webcam show she was doing for money. So going from a webcam show to a stripper wasn't too far fetched.<BR/><BR/>I absolutely loved the previews.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-39850085350883024832007-05-01T12:07:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:07:00.000-04:00I forgot that Brendon had a twin (and that said tw...I forgot that Brendon had a twin (and that said twin appeared in a "Buffy" episode). Besides, I've long had this theory that Hennessy frequently hires her sister to make appearances she doesn't want to (TCA parties, the "Homicide" half of the first "Law & Order" / "Homicide" crossover, season four of "Crossing Jordan"), and therefore I feel the need to frequently remind the world that there's more than one Hennessy out there, and not to be fooled by the wrong one. <BR/><BR/>And I think that's far geekier than a Xander reference.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18506822192066803402007-05-01T12:02:00.000-04:002007-05-01T12:02:00.000-04:00Alan, how could you blow such an easy opportunity ...Alan, how could you blow such an easy opportunity for geek points with your jammin' review? "Jill Hennessy-style" shouldn't be your backup, it should be Nicholas Brendon-style.R.A. Porterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851961356321735388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31792621581623417062007-05-01T11:53:00.000-04:002007-05-01T11:53:00.000-04:00I only watched the show live and didn't Zapruder i...I only watched the show live and didn't Zapruder it, but I think the reason that Parkman never "outed" Syler-as-Nathan was because, up until the end, they never met, having only spoken on their cell phones. <BR/><BR/>So far, Parkman's had to have been in person in order to mind-read. He can't do it over the cell phone (that we know of).BFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15264282750160516858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61187230843632873672007-05-01T11:09:00.000-04:002007-05-01T11:09:00.000-04:00first, Sylar sucked up Eden's power of mind contro...<I> first, Sylar sucked up Eden's power of mind control when he killed her</I><BR/><BR/>I thought he couldn't because Eden shot herself? These long hiatuses between eps are killing my memory.<BR/><BR/>Awesome ep that I'm totally bummed I accidentally deleted off the DVR because now in order to rewatch it, I have to go through NBC.com and their video player blows goats. The Sylar/Nathan thing caught me completely by surprise, and I didn't even realize I'd completely tensed up until the end when Hiro & Ando made it back to NYC and my body slumped in relief.<BR/><BR/>I might be the only one, but I would be happy never to see that alternate reality come to pass. It was so Genosha out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70128373402468804122007-05-01T11:03:00.000-04:002007-05-01T11:03:00.000-04:00Boy, I'm glad I didn't delete this ep from the DVR...Boy, I'm glad I didn't delete this ep from the DVR. I definitely need to watch this again.<BR/><BR/>I was surprised by the Sylar reveal... Wow! But, why didn't Peter just freeze time and lrip off Sylar's head? Was he giving Present Hiro a chance to jump back?<BR/><BR/>I also wondered about the implication that Future Hiro thinks Sylar blew up NYC when it was really Peter... Hmm. Will killing Sylar make a difference? Perhaps, if it wasn't really Nathan in the end telling Peter to demolish NY but Sylar as Nathan.<BR/><BR/>And what happened to Linderman? I noticed that someone made reference to the Linderman Act. Did a Las Vegas crime boss become a Congressman? Or did he do something, or allegedly do something, that caused a law to be named after him? Or maybe President Petrelli put Linderman in his cabinet or hired him as an advisor, and he wrote a bill that Petrelli sent to Congress.<BR/><BR/>Hmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-51599893879852784852007-05-01T10:48:00.000-04:002007-05-01T10:48:00.000-04:00Oh, man. Don't get me started on The 4400.Oh, man. Don't get me started on The 4400.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25533383819376759622007-05-01T10:32:00.000-04:002007-05-01T10:32:00.000-04:00Wow. That is one overdramatic future. And New Yo...Wow. That is one overdramatic future. And New York sure is busy for a place that got so thoroughly destroyed.<BR/><BR/>Can they please stop saying that it was a bomb that blew up? Even the people that know better are doing it.<BR/><BR/>I think it's nice that they're working ntheir way through the highlights of comic book lore. Can't wait for their "God Loves, Man Kills" homage. Of course, The 4400 has already done that much better and less obviously than this show ever could.Blankity-Blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300561794205597506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11548797147186037382007-05-01T10:26:00.000-04:002007-05-01T10:26:00.000-04:00I'm somewhat new to Heroes. Maybe someone could a...I'm somewhat new to Heroes. Maybe someone could answer a question for me. I keep thinking of our Heroes as mutants because of X-men. But in their universe, is there a name for people with special powers? It seems like the show goes to great lengths not to give them a label. They seem to refer to them in long form as "people with special powers." Or "special people" as Sylar put it. Do they call themselves "Heroes"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-84643551866203151942007-05-01T09:54:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:54:00.000-04:00It is getting harder to discern between the outrig...It is getting harder to discern between the outright plagiarism and general reuse of classic sci-fi story lines. As far as overall tone, this episode is the closest we've seen the show get to X-Men, but it doesn't cross the line like it does in the case of Isaac's power or Linderman's masterplan. (You seem to have a rather subdued definition of "uncomfortably close"). It is good plagiarism, but then people rarely plagiarism something that isn't good in the first place. However if you gave Brian Singer the Heroes budget and told him to make an X-Men TV series, it simply wouldn't be this good. Traditional super heroes are confined too much by their histories even when they jump medians. So does that mean Heroes and The Incredibles get a pass? Seems that way to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8455099384274483642007-05-01T09:40:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:40:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.JMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527612988543040489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1468180946943227572007-05-01T09:35:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:35:00.000-04:00Is Parkman's son this show's Franklin Richards?Is Parkman's son this show's Franklin Richards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52366015791235498012007-05-01T09:11:00.000-04:002007-05-01T09:11:00.000-04:00I loved this episode -- and this season as a whole...I loved this episode -- and this season as a whole that I almost want to stop watching so I don't have to bear the pain of a sophomore slump. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, y'all have pretty much nailed everything I was thinking, but did you catch the out-of-focus but in the foreground picture of a little boy, strung up on FutureHiro's timeline when Parkman was there? A zillion dollars says that was his son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com