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Old 10-03-06 | 11:51 PM
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Between this and Jericho, it's time for the nerds to befriend the popular girls!
Old 10-03-06 | 11:58 PM
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My predictions

Evil Daddy = Really a good guy.

Brain Eater = Eating super people brains to absorb their powers.

Alter Ego Girl = The power to move crap with her mind but that much mental power caused a bad girl alter ego. ( Just like with professor x of the xmen when he created onslaught )

The kid = advanced intelligence will probably make some kind of super duper thingy sooner or later.

Brothers = One will die. Don't need to fly boys

Big Bang = Won't have anything to do with super people

The show = Will be canceled just before the group orgy episode, but it will be leaked on the net.
Old 10-04-06 | 01:17 AM
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For anyone that missed the symbol(s):



Hope they're not drawn out like [/i]the numbers[/i]

If the show becomes popular, can we hope for a spin-off? you know, "Villains" or some such?
Old 10-04-06 | 07:17 AM
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I love this show

The Japanese guy is the best by a mile, i hope he gets an Emmy !

Cmon a bit of eye candy is nice, that's what Ali Larter and Hayden Pantierre are for.

I also was a tad shocked at the gore but i love it, sod the kids !
Old 10-04-06 | 08:34 AM
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Does anyone else think that the Indian Guy's Neighbor Girl is the bad guy!

1) That CIA/Pest Control guy was too bumbling
2) The neighbor girl was too quick to pick up the gun and save the day
3) If she was so close to the father - her "Oh my - He's Dead?!?!?" story does not jive
Old 10-04-06 | 08:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Baron Of Hell
My predictions

Evil Daddy = Really a good guy.

Brain Eater = Eating super people brains to absorb their powers.
I agree, but Evil Daddy is actually evil.

The brains are obviously being eaten for absorbtion. The scene in LA supports this with the dad frozen and the mom thrown up against the bannister and perforated with multiple knives thrown from the kitchen.

I'll further suppose that:
Evil Daddy = Really a good bad guy = Brain Eater
which is why he's sorry for his adopted daughter. Don't know how long he's known about her power or if the adoption was just a coincidence.
Old 10-04-06 | 08:48 AM
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Another thing that bugged me about yesterday's episode. The girl was found behind a secret door with a console table placed in front of it. Um, how did that console table get put there? Her father was sitting at dinner and mom was forked to death so there apparently wasn't enough time to even react before they died. They REALLY need to review the script more for continuity and plausibility.
I figured she crawled under the table, went in the door and closed it again. Didn't it open into the secret room?
Old 10-04-06 | 09:05 AM
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I'm not too clear on the whole time-travel aspect. When the cop found the little girl under the stairs, was that happening 5 weeks in the future (around the same time the Japanese guy found the artist dead and got nuked) or was that in the present? When the Japanese guy arrived in NY at the end of the pilot, he would have been 5 weeks in the future already, so everything that happened in this episode would have also taken place in the future unless they are bouncing back and forth in time.
Old 10-04-06 | 09:06 AM
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I think everything was present except Hiro's story which was 5 weeks into the future until he teleported himself back to where he started.
Old 10-04-06 | 10:19 AM
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At another forum I frequent, we've come up with some theories.

Peter has powers like Rogue from X-Men. He was only able to fly after coming into contact with his brother who was flying. He also came into contact with the painter and foreshadowed his own flying on the roof with his doodle.

Sylar is eating/taking the brains of the other people with powers like in Highlander. By killing them he's able to get stronger or he's just trying to kill people who can stop him. He killed the Suresh's father in order to get the map to find the other people with powers.
Old 10-04-06 | 10:39 AM
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Peter has powers like Rogue from X-Men. He was only able to fly after coming into contact with his brother who was flying. He also came into contact with the painter and foreshadowed his own flying on the roof with his doodle.
Interesting theory, but wasn't Peter already having dreams about flying before he came in contact with the painter?

Originally Posted by tenaciousdave
Sylar is eating/taking the brains of the other people with powers like in Highlander. By killing them he's able to get stronger or he's just trying to kill people who can stop him. He killed the Suresh's father in order to get the map to find the other people with powers.
I think that Sylar is somehow absorbing other powers, too, but I don't believe that he killed Suresh. I attributed that death to the cheerleader's dad. Whether or not these two are working with each other (if they're not, in fact, the same person) remains to be seen. I hope they're not so that this creates two "evil" factions for the heroes to contend with.
Old 10-04-06 | 10:54 AM
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Random thoughts:
It's so obvious that the father is Sylar that I'm starting to doubt that it is him.

If Sylar does have the power to freeze things I wonder if that is his primary power?

I'm hope they do end up killing Heroin Man cause I can't stand him already.

As somebody already said. There is no need for 2 flyers. The older brothers brains will get eaten in the coming weeks.

Mirror Girl has the most potential as a character.

Weiss is gold in anything he's in.
Old 10-04-06 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by vududaddi
Interesting theory, but wasn't Peter already having dreams about flying before he came in contact with the painter?
i like that theory, too. very interesting.

well, he thought he could fly, but maybe that was just from being around his brother...

but his drawing was a direct predicter of the future - brother standing there, Peter a few feet out toward him on the roof from the ledge.

i'd really like it if they go in this direction with him.
Old 10-04-06 | 11:13 AM
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I'm hope they do end up killing Heroin Man cause I can't stand him already.
I'll have to agree with this. I mean, I understand that the ability to see into the future might make some people insane enough to immerse themselves in drugs, but couldn't they have made this character a little more sympathetic? Besides, they can always just have the Japanese guy jump into the future and come back with a report...

Originally Posted by Timber
Mirror Girl has the most potential as a character.
I'll reserve my judgement on her until we find out what exactly her power is. At first, I thought that her alter-ego just takes over when it needs to (which would explain the blackouts). But, in the second episode, while we see her go into the desert to bury the thugs, there's a shot of her tucking her son into bed. Now is this going on at the same time, signifying that there are two "Mirror Girls" (like the X-Men's Multiple Man)? Or si it just some editing trickery?
Old 10-04-06 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by vududaddi

I'll reserve my judgement on her until we find out what exactly her power is. At first, I thought that her alter-ego just takes over when it needs to (which would explain the blackouts). But, in the second episode, while we see her go into the desert to bury the thugs, there's a shot of her tucking her son into bed. Now is this going on at the same time, signifying that there are two "Mirror Girls" (like the X-Men's Multiple Man)? Or si it just some editing trickery?

The son was sleeping in the car, she just covered him up with a blaket before she got out of the car.

How long has she been having these "blackouts"? We see that she has buried at least one body there in that past. Couldn't tell if that person was black or white. Could it be her kids father?
Old 10-04-06 | 11:20 AM
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Originally Posted by vududaddi
I'll have to agree with this. I mean, I understand that the ability to see into the future might make some people insane enough to immerse themselves in drugs, but couldn't they have made this character a little more sympathetic? Besides, they can always just have the Japanese guy jump into the future and come back with a report...
Does he think he can "see into the future" or does he believe he's causing the future. I think there is a major distinction between how a person would react to that and how they would cope. If you're predicting, you help. If you're causing, you avoid.
Old 10-04-06 | 11:40 AM
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The son was sleeping in the car, she just covered him up with a blaket before she got out of the car.
Ah, that makes sense. Of course, this doesn't win her any Mom of the Year awards... seriously, who brings their kid with them while on thug-burying duty?


Originally Posted by pinata242
If you're predicting, you help.
Well, that's what you'd hope you would do. If you created a painting of a city-wide explosion, knowing that this was a vision of the future, who would you go to to stop it? What would you say? Then, add to that the fact that you just realized everything you've recently painted or drawn is a vision of the future. I think this would at least cause massive frustration if not a temporary bout with insanity.

Granted, I believe a real "hero" would get over this and eventually harness this power to help people. But I don't think this artist is there yet. We know he's had a problem with drugs in the past so, for the moment at least, it's become his shelter.

Oh, well there I go. I've just made the character sympathetic. Well, for me at least...
Old 10-04-06 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by hahn
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The flying kid storyline also just annoys me. It's not like something happened where he started to get suspicious that he could fly. He just had dreams and suddenly he just believes that he can. So strongly that he's willing to jump off a 50 foot building to test out his ability.
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He didn't jump without any evidence. In his first discussion with his brother, the nurse guy says that his foot hovered slightly off the floor for a second when he got out of bed once. However, he said he'd start small before building jumping. What changed his mind was when he saw the artist's painting of him flying, which means the artist predicted and saw the same event that he'd been dreaming of.

BTW, I don't think the nurse's ability is flying. That's his brother's ability. I think the nurse may be some form of empathic, able to pick up an use the powers of those near him. That's why he's able to fly only when his brother's near. Also, this week he drew a picture of his future while in the hospital, which occured after he treated the artist guy.


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The Ali Larter storyline feels less like a special ability and more like some plot out of some Wes Craven horror flick. And in those 4 hours that she was gone, her alter ego somehow managed to not only clean up the garage, but buy a new car, get a new registration, and stuff the bodies in a trunk. Oh, and she also went out into the desert and stuck a shovel in the ground by the road and THEN go back so that Ali could go do the digging and bury the bodies. Why not just do it all for her since the alter ego apparently has superhuman strength?
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From the way the alter-ego was mapping things out for her, it seems that her alter-ego wanted her to do certain things herself instead of the alter-ego doing them for her. It may be a way for the alter-ego to become revealed to herself. It did seem a little heavy-handed though
Old 10-04-06 | 11:58 AM
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But I thought the drugs are what caused him to see the future? Thats when he paints right, after he uses the drugs?
Old 10-04-06 | 12:06 PM
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Nora Zehetner could be Rachel Bilson's sister, they really share similar looks.
No wonder I dig her so much. I was starting to realize the same thing after seeing her in "Brick."

She needs to be around more. Any word if she's gonna be a regular in "Heroes"?
Old 10-04-06 | 12:19 PM
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I love this show
Old 10-04-06 | 01:26 PM
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Lets hope Hiro travels to NY the normal way and brings his friend along as a translator
Old 10-04-06 | 01:32 PM
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since when is multiple personality disorder a "superhero" power? Unless her alter ego can do special powers...
Old 10-04-06 | 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bigsoos
since when is multiple personality disorder a "superhero" power? Unless her alter ego can do special powers...
That's the assumption. So far, all we know her alter ego has done is overpower two men and kill them, but there may be more to it then that.
Old 10-04-06 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bigsoos
since when is multiple personality disorder a "superhero" power? Unless her alter ego can do special powers...
The Hulk

She could be like a She-Hulk


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