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Heroes: Volume II

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Ika

Lifer
Mar 22, 2006
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I wonder how they're going to tie together all the storylines (read: the latinos + Sylar's line) in the remaining 3 episodes.
 

BigJ

Lifer
Nov 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Aflac
I wonder how they're going to tie together all the storylines (read: the latinos + Sylar's line) in the remaining 3 episodes.

Probably very poorly.

They had to modify the final episode and do a rush job on it cause of the strike, so I'm not expecting anything good from it.
 

Alistar7

Lifer
May 13, 2002
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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Alistar7
Originally posted by: alkemyst
when is the Haitian going to get a name :) I always feel racist refering to him as that.

Without having a name, using the most salient feature is acceptable IMO.

I agree...the script/writers even refer to him as the Haitian.

It's just odd to me.

If he was Caucasian and the only Dutch character, would you feel racist calling him "that Dutch guy"?

You have issues lol....
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Waitasec, if DL survived the gunshot wound then what killed him?

Edit: Well now I see, but that doesn't make any sense. He had plenty of time to turn on his power. A rather crappy way to take him out IMO.

hah i ninja edited after I saw your ninja edit.

Apparently he saw the punch coming, but didn't see the gun

Yeah...most people would not assume to be shot in basically a crowd like that. Which unfortunately is how many end up shot.

Pretty good episode, I want to slap the crap out of Elle. I can tell Peter was feeling the same way and I am betting he will get his chance to do just that.

I got a bad vibe about Bob.
 

maziwanka

Lifer
Jul 4, 2000
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Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Originally posted by: thawolfman
Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Waitasec, if DL survived the gunshot wound then what killed him?

That other gunshot! ;)

See my edit. I still say that's a shitty and unbelievable way to take him out. Guy points the gun at him and gives him at least half a second to become immaterial. Surely he could do it if he had time to avoid the punch earlier.

i totally agree. how the f could he not have avoided that
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: Alistar7
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Alistar7
Originally posted by: alkemyst
when is the Haitian going to get a name :) I always feel racist refering to him as that.

Without having a name, using the most salient feature is acceptable IMO.

I agree...the script/writers even refer to him as the Haitian.

It's just odd to me.

If he was Caucasian and the only Dutch character, would you feel racist calling him "that Dutch guy"?

You have issues lol....

You have issues if you are reading that much into it, but yeah calling him the Dutch guy would be just as odd.

 

maziwanka

Lifer
Jul 4, 2000
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i like this season so far, minus the stupid stories of maya and jess (whatever her alter ego is called).

BUT, im afraid it's gonna fall apart since there's only 3 eps left.
 

Oscar1613

Golden Member
Jan 31, 2001
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did anyone else's HD feed look like a youtube video during the club scene? mpeg compression artifacts from hell :(
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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my feed was fine although I am on a standard def set...no problem with Comcasts broadcast.
 
Jun 4, 2005
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That was fucking gay. They brought DL back for what? A little more worthless backstory on Nikki that only three people who watch the show care about?

What a waste of half the episode.
 

nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
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Originally posted by: LoKe
That was fucking gay. They brought DL back for what? A little more worthless backstory on Nikki that only three people who watch the show care about?

What a waste of half the episode.

man, am I the only one who likes Nikki? :eek:

Maya better get the damn boot before volume 3 is over and done with, though.

maybe I'd have liked her better if they started off the season with how we saw them tonight, but now, I'm just sick of the damned whining. "omg, I killed people... whaaaaaaaaa." take a damn prozac, girl.
 
Jun 4, 2005
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Originally posted by: loki8481
maybe I'd have liked her better if they started off the season with how we saw them tonight, but now, I'm just sick of the damned whining. "omg, I killed people... whaaaaaaaaa." take a damn prozac, girl.
To be honest, I don't even mind those characters all that much. The thing that bugs the fucking crap out of me is:

MAAAAJAAAA
ALEJANDRO!!!
MAAJAAA!!!!
ALEJANDRO!!
MAJA!
ALEJANDRO!
MAAJAAAAAA!

repeat chorus 3x per ep.

SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
 

Juno

Lifer
Jul 3, 2004
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the story was terrible. why bringing DL back? he was ALREADY dead. that's truly lame.

3 episodes left to end season 2? wow that's quick.
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: thawolfman
Kristen Bell is so cute :D

Peter's lucky... getting to mack it with all the chicks :eek:. They could have so turned the episode a bit smuttier between those two too ;).
 
Sep 12, 2004
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Originally posted by: Juno
the story was terrible. why bringing DL back? he was ALREADY dead. that's truly lame.

3 episodes left to end season 2? wow that's quick.
Wasn't this season supposed to be composed of 2 twelve epsiode story-lines? Maybe the writer's strike is putting a dent in that?

Personally I liked today's episode. It answered a lot of questions.

btw, Peter needs to bend Kristin Bell over, make her shoot sparks out of her ears (or whereever), then frag her. She's easy on the eyes but her character is annoying.
 

Aikouka

Lifer
Nov 27, 2001
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Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Wasn't this season supposed to be composed of 2 twelve epsiode story-lines? Maybe the writer's strike is putting a dent in that?

Personally I liked today's episode. It answered a lot of questions.

btw, Peter needs to bend Kristin Bell over, make her shoot sparks out of her ears (or whereever), then frag her. She's easy on the eyes but her character is annoying.

Unless the writer's strike ends, the show will be stopped at episode 13. They said they rewrote the episode to be an end if they need to do that.

Ohh Kirsten needed to bend over more with thems low cut shirts on :eek:. Sorry, Hayden!
 

jlee

Lifer
Sep 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: Aikouka
Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Wasn't this season supposed to be composed of 2 twelve epsiode story-lines? Maybe the writer's strike is putting a dent in that?

Personally I liked today's episode. It answered a lot of questions.

btw, Peter needs to bend Kristin Bell over, make her shoot sparks out of her ears (or whereever), then frag her. She's easy on the eyes but her character is annoying.

Unless the writer's strike ends, the show will be stopped at episode 13. They said they rewrote the episode to be an end if they need to do that.

Ohh Kirsten needed to bend over more with thems low cut shirts on :eek:. Sorry, Hayden!

I just started watching Season 1 (for the first time)...now they're possibly cutting season 2..bleh. :(
 

ChaoZ

Diamond Member
Apr 5, 2000
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Holy crap, this episode was fucking pointless. They saved DL only to kill him off again, damn.... This whole episode could've been made into a 5 minute clip.
 

alrocky

Golden Member
Jan 22, 2001
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Agreed a senseless death for DL. Small consolation that he died a Hero with the Medal of Valor. Writers have him nearly dying at last year's season finale when he should've simply touched Nikki and phased out to avoid Linderman's bullet. Now writers slow his reflexes when some random thug pulls a gun to his chest and gets "one inch closer" to his heart(?) than Linderman's bullet.

The freaking Haitian 'jumped ship' from the Company last year when Ted blew up Noah's house and now he's back aboard ship? - that's one loose end the writers need to tie up. I can understand him saving Peter but his rationale for wiping his memory is questionable especially since he passed along the Company necklace. Recall that the Haitian didn't wipe Claire's memory under instructions of Mrs. Petrelli but now he wipes Peter's? Sounds silly.

Adjoining cells for Peter and Adam? Sigh. Adam comes off as a good guy. As Matt's power grew from mind reading to nighmare making, Adam's regenerative ability now allows his blood to heal others. Bob knows this as he told Moh (in a prior episode) that Claire's blood is needed to save Nikki's life. Makes me wonder if Linderman had more than a healing ONLY OTHERS touch. (He did heal Nathan's wife.) Think others have speculated that he may be alive and related to Adam.

The pills work but Sylar dose should've worn off by now. Guess he got neutered another way.

No one at the hospital said someone matching Peter's description dropped Nathan off? How the heck did he get there otherwise? Some random Joe off the street is gonna pick up some near dead guy and rush him to the hospital? The Petrelli's 'dark secret' is that it didn't occur to them that Peter saved his brother's ass after a giving him a little nuclear bath.

Maya got her wish about her sister-in-law. Before she got her power she was the smart twin. Afterwords she became the stupid one.
 

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
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Originally posted by: LoKe
That was fucking gay. They brought DL back for what? A little more worthless backstory on Nikki that only three people who watch the show care about?

What a waste of half the episode.

I totally agree on DL. They brought him back so he could die this time with it being nikki's fault, giving her the motivation to join the company. But the way he went out was lame as hell since he easily could have avoided that, they should have left him with his heroes death from last season. They just dragged up his corpse for nothing.
 

MrPickins

Diamond Member
May 24, 2003
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Originally posted by: Electric Amish
nevermind... I thought this was about something interesting like the Dragonlance books. ;)

I own 30-40 Dragonlance books, and I still think they're just as cheesy as any primetime tv drama...
 

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
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While I liked the progression of things in this episode, a lot of its parts are weak as mentioned by others. Adam's blood having healing powers makes pretty no sense at all. It would have made more sense for linderman to be alive or to introduce another character. I suppose it served to cement the bond between Adam and Peter.

If Adam is considered such an uber problem for the company, why did they house him next to the impressionable golden boy peter with a nice vent for them to talk through? I assumed the dude would be frozen in carbonite based on the way they talked about him. And btw...why isn't peter frozen in carbonite? Apparently he's to dangerous to let loose but not dangerous enough to really spend a lot of time assuring he doesn't escape.

Did we just get a hint of what Momma Petrilli's power is? Some kind of power of suggestion?

I think Peter being able to heal away the Haitians mind erasing was pretty far fetched. And now he presumably has that guys power...which mean's he would be able to suppress all other people's powers around him. Great! Because Peter didn't really have enough powers.

Did anyone else get to the end of the episode and feel like Adam was the only good guy on the whole show? Which is ironic since we know he's the ultimate evil. I actually want to believe the guys BS.