Comments on: The Eeek! Moment http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/ A television blog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mikey Likes TV » The Week in TV Blog Links http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14235 Mikey Likes TV » The Week in TV Blog Links Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:10:22 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14235 [...] TiFaux: Last week, Dan took his fetish for all things Canadian to a new level by talking about the brand new, maple-smelling Project Runway Canada. Kyle reached an oasis in the desert of Battlestar Galactica by seeing (and reviewing) Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Meanwhile, Maggie mulled all things Heroes-related, including the fact that Kensei/Adam Monroe is immortal, evil and totally awesome. [...] [...] TiFaux: Last week, Dan took his fetish for all things Canadian to a new level by talking about the brand new, maple-smelling Project Runway Canada. Kyle reached an oasis in the desert of Battlestar Galactica by seeing (and reviewing) Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Meanwhile, Maggie mulled all things Heroes-related, including the fact that Kensei/Adam Monroe is immortal, evil and totally awesome. [...]

]]> By: Scooter McGavin http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14213 Scooter McGavin Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:00:58 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14213 Actually the show doesn't pin itself to real dates. Remember the bomb went off after election day last year on the show, which happened in May in real life. That is really where the show went off the rail for me. They pick this date early in the show (which was a Monday) and I sit down that night expecting a big explosion or someone at least stopping one and nothing. If you are not corrisponding your show to real life, you ahould at least clue your audience in early instead of having them learn like that. And I know I wasn't paying close attention, but didn't they say the first case was March 20, 2007? I remember watching thinking, "wait, it already happened?" Actually the show doesn’t pin itself to real dates. Remember the bomb went off after election day last year on the show, which happened in May in real life. That is really where the show went off the rail for me. They pick this date early in the show (which was a Monday) and I sit down that night expecting a big explosion or someone at least stopping one and nothing. If you are not corrisponding your show to real life, you ahould at least clue your audience in early instead of having them learn like that. And I know I wasn’t paying close attention, but didn’t they say the first case was March 20, 2007? I remember watching thinking, “wait, it already happened?”

]]> By: Erin http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14144 Erin Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14144 Hmm, I was thinking Adam had gotten some time traveling assistance from Peter pre-amnesia, but... immortality might work better. Why did I not think of it? Hmm, I was thinking Adam had gotten some time traveling assistance from Peter pre-amnesia, but… immortality might work better. Why did I not think of it?

]]> By: Mikey http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14137 Mikey Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:30:13 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14137 I absolutely LOVED the episode last night. I can't wait to find out what happens next week. I think it's great that Kensei has turned out to be this super villain, who I'm sure weaves into many stories from the previous generation. One thought on the Kensei waiting to find Hiro: I don't think he could because all he knows about Hiro is his first name right? Even if he did know his last name, does he know when Hiro was born? He could obsessively search birth records, but he doesn't seem like the type... Some other thoughts: I don't think Bennet will die, or at least not as it is prophesied in the paintings. Not everything in the paintings has to happen: remember the whole "atomic bomb in New York" painting...yea that didn't happen. I can't wait to finally find out what is going on with Nathan. I think he is the dark horse in this season. There is something more that we don't know and he is going to finally have his "a ha" moment with his powers and his own role in using them. Have we seen him fly yet this season? I don't think DL is dead. He wasn't even hurt bad at the end of last season! If Adam was using Morrie as a pawn, has he also been using others as a pawn? Was he in charge of the failed Sylar rehabilitation? I absolutely LOVED the episode last night. I can’t wait to find out what happens next week. I think it’s great that Kensei has turned out to be this super villain, who I’m sure weaves into many stories from the previous generation. One thought on the Kensei waiting to find Hiro: I don’t think he could because all he knows about Hiro is his first name right? Even if he did know his last name, does he know when Hiro was born? He could obsessively search birth records, but he doesn’t seem like the type…

Some other thoughts:
I don’t think Bennet will die, or at least not as it is prophesied in the paintings. Not everything in the paintings has to happen: remember the whole “atomic bomb in New York” painting…yea that didn’t happen.

I can’t wait to finally find out what is going on with Nathan. I think he is the dark horse in this season. There is something more that we don’t know and he is going to finally have his “a ha” moment with his powers and his own role in using them. Have we seen him fly yet this season?

I don’t think DL is dead. He wasn’t even hurt bad at the end of last season!

If Adam was using Morrie as a pawn, has he also been using others as a pawn? Was he in charge of the failed Sylar rehabilitation?

]]> By: Megan http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14136 Megan Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:57:19 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14136 As to Claire being the key to stopping the virus, that can't be right. In the future, Peter was dead from the virus. As Peter has Claire's ability, if Claire can heal from the virus so can Peter, but Peter didn't so Claire can't either. Oh, and is Kensei immortal OR is he a time traveler too? Did Adam/Kensei go back in time to mess with the past and then come back or did he just live the whole time? I'm thinking the going back and coming forward again might be more likely but who knows. As to Claire being the key to stopping the virus, that can’t be right. In the future, Peter was dead from the virus. As Peter has Claire’s ability, if Claire can heal from the virus so can Peter, but Peter didn’t so Claire can’t either.

Oh, and is Kensei immortal OR is he a time traveler too? Did Adam/Kensei go back in time to mess with the past and then come back or did he just live the whole time? I’m thinking the going back and coming forward again might be more likely but who knows.

]]> By: Maggie http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14135 Maggie Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:46:01 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14135 Claude's right there. You just can't see him. Hey-o! I get your specific stealing plot concerns (especially the virus -- pretty blatant), but I don't think it's fair to harp on Heroes for West's "special ability = special people" line of thinking. I mean, maybe he's just going through his Ayn Rand or Nietzche phase. I think it's a larger theme of science fiction and philosophy that can't been solely attributed to comics that have come before Heroes, and so it's something that Heroes will inevitably -- and probably should -- address. (Having read neither writer, I'm going to assume that this argument makes sense.) Claude’s right there. You just can’t see him. Hey-o!

I get your specific stealing plot concerns (especially the virus — pretty blatant), but I don’t think it’s fair to harp on Heroes for West’s “special ability = special people” line of thinking. I mean, maybe he’s just going through his Ayn Rand or Nietzche phase. I think it’s a larger theme of science fiction and philosophy that can’t been solely attributed to comics that have come before Heroes, and so it’s something that Heroes will inevitably — and probably should — address. (Having read neither writer, I’m going to assume that this argument makes sense.)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-14134 Jeremy Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:32:51 +0000 http://www.tifaux.com/2007/11/06/the-eeek-moment/#comment-14134 Not to harp on the comparisons to be drawn between Heroes and the Marvel Comics universe, but every word out of West's mouth about anyone with powers being better than regular people is more or less a straight steal from any member of the Brotherhood of Mutants in X-Men. Also, there was a whole plotline in the mid 90s about the Legacy Virus, which at first only killed mutants, but then crossed over to humans. *ahem* That said, it finally feels like Heroes is going to deliver this season. Immortal Kensei is probably the best thing to happen all season. My guess re: his weather powers is that he's learned some way to graft powers, like Sylar, although not necessarily as murderous. We shall see! Also, thank God Hiro and Ando have been reunited. Comic relief! PS. WHERE IS CLAUDE?!? Not to harp on the comparisons to be drawn between Heroes and the Marvel Comics universe, but every word out of West’s mouth about anyone with powers being better than regular people is more or less a straight steal from any member of the Brotherhood of Mutants in X-Men. Also, there was a whole plotline in the mid 90s about the Legacy Virus, which at first only killed mutants, but then crossed over to humans. *ahem*

That said, it finally feels like Heroes is going to deliver this season. Immortal Kensei is probably the best thing to happen all season. My guess re: his weather powers is that he’s learned some way to graft powers, like Sylar, although not necessarily as murderous. We shall see!

Also, thank God Hiro and Ando have been reunited. Comic relief!

PS. WHERE IS CLAUDE?!?

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