Comments on: Heroes recap: “The Kindness of Strangers” http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/ A pop culture blog by Mormons but not about Mormonism Sat, 02 Jun 2012 05:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Clark Goble http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29477 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:23:05 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29477 Kensei is simple right now. (I assume you mean simple minded and not too straightforward) But he’ll have had a few hundred years to figure things out.

]]> By: FHL http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29476 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:11:54 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29476 #16: Well, he might end up killing her dad. (Or maybe HRG just gets a hole in his glasses and is lying there, bleeding on the ground, but only mostly dead.) It’s unfortunate because now that Mr. Bennett is going after the company, he could use fly-by-night boy as a recruit.

Kensei seems too … simple to be a criminal mastermind.

The thing that I’m wondering about is Nathan’s little mirror depictions – they remind me a little of Nik/Jess. Did he have reconstructive surgery after the big blast? Did Peter’s blood mingle with his, giving him some regenerative powers?

Well, they promised us we’d get more details on what happened directly after the blast eventually. Maybe they’ll clear those questions up.

Also, anyone remember the Taskmaster from the comic books? Remind you of anyone in this episode? ;)

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29475 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:21:07 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29475 Susan I think that Kensei is the big baddie for this season and that mind-reader’s dad is actually just helping him. We’ll see.

Like someone else mentioned, this season is reminding me of 24 last season. Disappointing and bad but you just keep hoping they pull it together.

]]> By: Susan M http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29474 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:54:51 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29474 BTW, my youngest son was commenting on the Hiro-going-back-in-time plot. He said, “Hiro got to go back in time and meet his hero! That’s cool.”

I said, “It is?”

He (a huge Megadeth fan) said, “Yeah. I’d love to go back in time and meet Dave Mustaine.”

]]> By: Susan M http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29473 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:23:07 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29473 The cockroach has been featured before. When Sylar was captured by Claire’s dad, there was a cockroach on his bed. When he “died” at the end of last season, a cockroach climbed out of the sewer.

I could totally dump the show at this point and not miss it, but I am wondering about some things.

The boyfriend is obviously untrustworthy, since he went on and on about how she should trust him. How’s he going to betray her, you think?

Is Kenzei still alive in the present day? He’s got healing powers. Could he have lived 100s of years?

My kids still love the show, at least, my daughter does.

]]> By: Hayes http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29472 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29472 Yeah, I noticed the cockroach, and they sure spent some time on it. I don’t know if it is symbolic (the only thing that survives a nuclear blast are cockroaches- Sylar “survived” the nuclear blast, etc…), or it may have been something as simple as how dirty the place was.

Duplicate powers? You mean, that Captain Underpants can fly, too? That Kensei can regenerate?

At this point I would assume lazy writing…but, call me cynical.

]]> By: Clark http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29471 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:37:42 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29471 BTW – what was up with cockroach over the dead body Sylar had killed at the end.

Also, any significance to the duplicate powers?

]]> By: Hayes http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29470 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:31:50 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29470 Agreed. Not much too care about in the first four episodes. The best storylines from last year: Peter, Hiro, and Sylar are being butchered or ignored, only to be substituted with some heavy-handed commentary on how tough post Katrina has been on families.

Wanna bet that when the wonder twins try and cross in to the country, there will be some diatribe about the status of illegal immigration, or a villification of some minutemen-esque character?

]]> By: Clark Goble http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29469 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:48:36 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29469 Yeah I agree with the Heroes criticisms. Reminds me of that aweful scene in the third Die Hard movie where they come up out of a man hole in the middle of New York coincidentally right where the bad guys are. Stuff like that really bugs me.

And the Claire romance is finally something worse than last year’s annoying dysfunctional marriage.

Man give me someone to care about…

]]> By: David J http://kulturblog.com/2007/10/15/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29468 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:42:25 +0000 http://www.kulturblog.com/2007/10/heroes-recap-the-kindness-of-strangers/#comment-29468 Okay, all the references to the Wonder Twins are killing me. Absolutely hilarious. Keep it coming.

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