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Originally posted by: freedomsbeat212
I still don't get the Ali Larter character (the internet porn blonde) - is that a super power or is she just crazy?
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I think we are about to find out next week.

My guess is that she has a sort of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde thing going on. She seems much stronger physically when her alternate personality comes out. She pounded the snot out of the thug in the elevator, ripped two thugs to shreds in her garage, and it almost looked like she knocked someone across the room in the preview for next weeks show.

We've so far got most of the stereotypical superpowers at this point except for super strength so that seems like a definite possibility with Ali.
 
If he can mimic the super powers of those around him then maybe he can get all the Heroes together at the same time, absorb all their powers at once, and defeat whatever evil force is planning the NY city bomb.

Thoughts??
 
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
If he can mimic the super powers of those around him then maybe he can get all the Heroes together at the same time, absorb all their powers at once, and defeat whatever evil force is planning the NY city bomb.

Thoughts??
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it's been suggested already
at this point it's all speculation, but it sure would be fun to see 🙂
Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
I predict that in the end the nuke will launch and then they might have Peter (he's the mimic right?) get surrounded by all the surrounding 'Heroes'. He'll a absorb Hiro's power to stop time, his brothers power to fly, and the girls power of healing to blow up the bomb and survive.

Ehhh may be a bit far-fetched, but I bet you the girl's power is used at the end to survive something no one else could.
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Originally posted by: TheChort
Originally posted by: RaistlinZ
If he can mimic the super powers of those around him then maybe he can get all the Heroes together at the same time, absorb all their powers at once, and defeat whatever evil force is planning the NY city bomb.

Thoughts??
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it's been suggested already
at this point it's all speculation, but it sure would be fun to see 🙂
Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
I predict that in the end the nuke will launch and then they might have Peter (he's the mimic right?) get surrounded by all the surrounding 'Heroes'. He'll a absorb Hiro's power to stop time, his brothers power to fly, and the girls power of healing to blow up the bomb and survive.

Ehhh may be a bit far-fetched, but I bet you the girl's power is used at the end to survive something no one else could.
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man this show is good, all this talk is making it hard to wait a whole week for another episode.

 

Originally posted by: Murphy Durphy
I predict that in the end the nuke will launch and then they might have Peter (he's the mimic right?) get surrounded by all the surrounding 'Heroes'. He'll a absorb Hiro's power to stop time, his brothers power to fly, and the girls power of healing to blow up the bomb and survive.

Ehhh may be a bit far-fetched, but I bet you the girl's power is used at the end to survive something no one else could.
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Must.... resist..... posting bannable.... post...... 😱

 
In my not so humble opinion after Episode V:

1) The very first episode said Volume 1, chapter 1 which leads me to believe that the writer is thinking serially like this year is volume one of the Heroes saga. You could have new heroes come in and old ones die off as the series progresses. And we all know in the comic book world, no one is truly dead.

2) The younger Pietrelli is a Mimic. Around others he can assume their powers. Question: can he assume multiple people at the same time? Claire + older brother = Superman? And how long does that ability last when outside the sphere of that other person.

3) The older Pietrelli flys at least Mach one. How did his pj bottoms stay on? Must have been a pretty strong knot 😉

4) Hiro bends time and space. It is convenient that he does not need to see the location to reach it. So does that mean a locked door is no problem for him even if he hasn?t seen the inside? I wonder if he would actually materialize inside a solid or would his power innately prevent it?

5) The Cam girl ? SheHulk? She doesn?t turn green but that Macromedia Flash symbol appears on her back to denote the other side of her personality. Also, we see at the end of V that her ex-husband is in the house and he has chameleon powers. (Is that Gunn from Angel?) Do both super parents make the child super? Not necessarily. He doesn?t have to be a genius to know what his mom does in the garage. Kids know a lot more and do not have to be super powered. He might have ability later on and the writer could save that for the end or for the next season. The show?s pace is going nicely. Why load it up for a finale? String the viewers along and don?t play down to the audience. X files had some smart episodes because they didn?t spell everything out. They left some things to the imagination.

6) The mind reading cop. If you started using your ability how do you know how to filter? Think about vocal conversations and how we screen out what we selectively do not want to hear. It is a practice which we?ve learned to adapt as we get older. Notice how a baby tries to focus in on all sounds? Now throw many people thinking around you and you?ve never been able to hear them before. I?m sure it would be quite the cacophony. Notice how he hooked up with his wife? I thought about the scene of Mel Gibson and Marissa Tomei in What Women Want. Yeah, he knew exactly what she wanted. 😉

7) The guy in the glasses, the step father. He?s going to be the shadowy secret organization figurehead. I think he will be this show?s ?Smoking Man.? I think he represents a group that already knows about the existence of Homo Superior (thanks, X-Men) and his group is the shadowy organization of Homo sapiens that either want to control Superior or minimize their existence. Think: if you suddenly came face to face with a superior being, would you be afraid that they will wield that power over you? His group does not want that to happen. Right now he is using the telepath to drain information and to mind wipe them so that they are not discovered. He is disappointed that his stepchild has not told him the real truth (while he watched the DVD of her falling) but I think he is beginning to get inside her confidence and thinks she might trust him more. He can control her if she does believe that he knows what is best for her.

8) Sylas. He is not the step father but an evil mutant you feeds on the brains of others to sustain life? Is a negative being that freezes people with his touch and then slices the skull open for dinner? We know he has a telekinetic power (which makes him look like he can fly) and that the power is pretty strong. So does he need brains to live? And will a ?Heroes? brain feed him more?

9) Some one set us up the bomb! Is it a plan of the step father?s group to bomb NYC? Hmmm?




OK, I am bored at work.
 
Originally posted by: MaxDepth
3) The older Pietrelli flys at least Mach one. How did his pj bottoms stay on? Must have been a pretty strong know 😉
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Yeah, I really thought they had spoiled it last week when they showed him taking off in the preview. But the ring from breaking the sound barrier and the vapor trail definitely gave an "Oh Snap!" moment.


5) The Cam girl ? SheHulk? She doesn?t turn green but that Macromedia Flash symbol appears on her back to denote the other side of her personality.
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As I posted above, I think it is a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde thing with her. Her alternate personality definitely seems much stronger physically.

Also, we see at the end of V that her ex-husband is in the house and he has chameleon powers. (Is that Gunn from Angel?)
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Nope, not Gunn. He did make appearances in Buffy and Smallvile though.

Do both super parents make the child super? Not necessarily. He doesn?t have to be a genius to know what his mom does in the garage. Kids know a lot more and do not have to be super powered. He might have ability later on and the writer could save that for the end or for the next season.
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They've definitely setup some things to show that the kid is pretty dang smart. Everything from the private school to the puzzles to him being able to pick up on stuff.


7) The guy in the glasses, the step father. He?s going to be the shadowy secret organization figurehead. I think he will be this show?s ?Smoking Man.? I think he represents a group that already knows about the existence of Homo Superior (thanks, X-Men) and his group is the shadowy organization of Homo sapiens that either want to control Superior or minimize their existence.
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"Smoking Man" is good. I was thinking along the lines of Magneto though.



 
i'm curious how the mimic power works. Like how long does he keep the ability, like if he was by his brother and flew up into the sky would he fall after getting a certain distance away or after some amount of time. Like is there a set distance, or is it some kind of inverse square law, or line of sight, or something. I know it's not important but I was just wondering about it.

Also, Time Ninja!!! I will definitely keep watching this show.
 
I tried...really I did...but I just can't get into this show.

The characters are all kind of bland, and there are too many of them to really care about any one of them...the only ones I take notice to are the annoying as hell ones, like the cheerleader, Hiro and the artist that "paints the future"

The show's writers are going the "Lost" route...keeping the audience in the dark and utterly confused to keep them watching, for the big reveal that may or may not come this season...or next season...or the following season.

To each his own I suppose...this show just isn't doing it for me.

 
damn I'm two episodes behind now lol. I'll have to watch them tonight one off the web and other on tivo 🙂
Stupid senate debate last week.
 
Originally posted by: Starbuck1975
The show's writers are going the "Lost" route...keeping the audience in the dark and utterly confused to keep them watching, for the big reveal that may or may not come this season...or next season...or the following season.
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I think it's making more sense and coming together more with each episode.
 
Originally posted by: cougar78
damn I'm two episodes behind now lol. I'll have to watch them tonight one off the web and other on tivo 🙂
Stupid senate debate last week.
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senate debate? is that one of the new shows on ABC?
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
Man, this show owns. Halfway through the 2nd episode now, but I have to ask...who's the short-haired brunette chattin' it up with the indian guy? She's so cute 😀
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I bet there's something up with her. She could be working for the horned-rimmed glasses guy.
 
I think the Flying Lying brother will be in "the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants."
I mean you can't cheat on your wife and take bribes and be a Hero.
 
Originally posted by: TheChort
Originally posted by: cougar78
damn I'm two episodes behind now lol. I'll have to watch them tonight one off the web and other on tivo 🙂
Stupid senate debate last week.
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senate debate? is that one of the new shows on ABC?
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Yeah, comedy series on ABC. It's interactive, you have to guess which parts of the dialogue are lies or damned lies.
 
Ok I don't understand but I think I partially got it.

Basically the heroin guy, the guy who can fly and the cheerleader are from the present. The whore, the politician and the guy who can read people's minds is from the future.

Cuz last night the guy who can fly told the two Japanese guys his name was Petruzelli and isn't that the same name as the politician? I could have sworn it was. My guess is that they have to change the present in order to shape the future. I haven't even read any spoilers or plot lines but this is what I gathered while taking a shower last night.

Ok nevermind, I just read the Wiki and the two guys share the same last name but not the first lol. Boy was I way out of whack.
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Ok nevermind, I just read the Wiki and the two guys share the same last name but not the first lol. Boy was I way out of whack.
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They're brothers 😉
You should rewatch the first couple episodes.
 
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
Ok I don't understand but I think I partially got it.

Basically the heroin guy, the guy who can fly and the cheerleader are from the present. The whore, the politician and the guy who can read people's minds is from the future.

Cuz last night the guy who can fly told the two Japanese guys his name was Petruzelli and isn't that the same name as the politician? I could have sworn it was. My guess is that they have to change the present in order to shape the future. I haven't even read any spoilers or plot lines but this is what I gathered while taking a shower last night.

Ok nevermind, I just read the Wiki and the two guys share the same last name but not the first lol. Boy was I way out of whack.
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I highly recommend Deal Or No Deal.
 
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: Queasy
If you want to see clues about Ali's husband/Micah's father, read this week's graphic novel
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Sounds to me like Nikki's alter ego framed D.L.

At least one thing is obvious from that comic: D.L. is a good guy.
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Hard to say at this point...the cop blacked out in one of the first episodes trying to read his mind.

Plus he was to 'end' the politian...and was told to hollow out/leave nothing left of the kid that attempted to rape Claire (Brody).

I don't know what other power's he has, but phasing is what's listed for him.

Anyone have a better writeup on him?

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: jbourne77
Originally posted by: Queasy
If you want to see clues about Ali's husband/Micah's father, read this week's graphic novel
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Sounds to me like Nikki's alter ego framed D.L.

At least one thing is obvious from that comic: D.L. is a good guy.
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Hard to say at this point...the cop blacked out in one of the first episodes trying to read his mind.

Plus he was to 'end' the politian...and was told to hollow out/leave nothing left of the kid that attempted to rape Claire (Brody).

I don't know what other power's he has, but phasing is what's listed for him.

Anyone have a better writeup on him?

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you're thinking of two different people, we dont know much about horned-rimmed glasses guy's black friend
 
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