*** Heroes - with spoilers *** Robert Seeberger wrote: > >>> Now when Nathan was revealed to be Claires bio-father I was pissed. >>> It seemed to me to be a pointless, soap-operaish plot point. >> >> It would be a cliché if _Sylar_ was Claire's bio-father :-) > > LOL! You'd get a good laugh at some of the fan theories. There was > one French guy on 9th Wonders who claimed to speak 12 languages and > to have worked on "time travel" with Carl Sagan. Uh Huh! > 12 languages is no such big deal, but "time travel" with Sagan... How old is he? 12? He says he worked relative to his own time, or in Sagan's time? Maybe we will work, then get back in time just to discuss it with Sagan. > >> Nathan the flying man: no big deal, great for escaping > > Buuuuuuut....he escaped the Haitian and Peter did the same using > Nathans power. > I think I missed these episodes, unless they are in (my) future. Last week's episodes were the 12 and 13 (and on Saturday there was a mini-Takei marathon, with him in Psych and Heroes).
> >> Haitian: this is a *huge* power. He could dominate anyone, just by >> turning them into mindless drones > > Even more, he can prevent people from using their power. > I forgot that. The mind-reader and Sylar were quite useless near him. > >> The one with the persuasion power: another *huge* power. It was >> stupid to let herself be killed by Sylar > > Well....she killed herself to keep Sylar from getting her power. > Ok... but it was a stupid way to die. > >> Peter: alone, he is useless. But if he can recolled the other >> people's powers, he is invincible > > Sylar killed him twice....not quite invincible. > But he wasn't yet able to use all the powers. > >> and so on. Half of them _could_ dominate a large number of people. > > Temporarily maybe. Any of them (excepting Claire and Peter under > most circumstances) can be killed conventionally and permanantly. A > sniper, a bomb, poison gas, a pointy stick. They are only human > regardless of special talents. Do we need a bodycount? > No - but then they must be caught. > >>> While the "Heroes" >>> are a bit flashy, the majority of them are not much different than >>> Orley. Outside of Peter and Sylar, Orley could likey whoop most of >>> them. >> >> No, he couldn't. He wouldn't even get close to most of them. > > See above. > Ok, you think Orley could ambush the Heroes and kill them, one by one? Except for one detail: the drugged foreteller would _paint_ him doing it. > >>> Orley is definately smarter than any of them. I believe Orleys >>> intelligence accounts for a great deal. >> >> Bah. In a world with superheroes, Orley would be the _villain_ :-P > > Dubious<G> > In a superhero world, intelligent people are _always_ the evil villains. >>> Zane could make metals turn into a liquid form without using heat. >> >> This is a huge destructive power! > > It could be in the right circumstances, but that has not occured as > of yet. > You can destroy a nuke, for example. Or a building. Or a gun. Or a cell phone :-) Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
