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ItMoons
02/11/09

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Wow.

It is utterly shocking how much necessary backstory/explanation the creators are willin to leave out of the experience of the common viewer. This is an insult to our credibility.

Like how Arthur went to get molly's power, which told us how he knew hero and claire were in the past but, oh, wait, arthur can already time travel? wow, that doesnt change things in any huge way.
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Michael Desir
02/11/09

@ItMoons: Peter could time travel. Arthur stole Peter's ability.
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icy_one
02/11/09

@Michael Desir: And arguably Hiro's straight from the source.
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stchoo
02/11/09

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He can draw the future because its a crutch that the writers use when they are too lazy to come up with other ways to build up tension and create a mystery.
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tetracycloide
02/11/09

@stchoo: crutch is a bit of an understatement, i belive the more precise metaphore would be a life support machine.
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icy_one
02/11/09

@stchoo: Exactly. Kring is such an idiot that he doesn't realize this is the part of the show that people hate. "I've seen the future and we must stop it" is so played out on Heroes. You can say "it's the journey not the destination" but the journey is chock full of Milo/Hayden incest eyes.

Quinto is the only reason to tune into this show anymore. Someone should make a Youtube version of each episode that only contains the scenes pertinent to the Sylar storylines so we can skip the crap.
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RoboBagins
02/11/09

@icy_one: Excuse me kind sir, are you selling Heroes: Sylar? I'd like to purchase several copies.
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icy_one
02/11/09

@Robotic Bilbo Bagins has no use for fleshy ones: Maybe I'm just twisted, but these are about the only scenes I can stomach in the show. Maybe its Quinto's evil smile, or maybe after torturing the viewers for a year and a half, Sylar is the only character the writers can relate to.

Either way, more Sylar, less Milo/Hayden.
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SprinklesTDD
02/11/09

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More Tim Sale = More awesomeness, in my opinion. Tim Sale is an awesome guy, got to meet him at a convention, and he's also an awsome artist!
My only question is, how are all the guys painting/drawing able to draw in just one style, (Tim's). Seems weird to me. Matt even says "I've never been good at drawing even stick figures" (Or something like that) And then all of a sudden, BAM! He makes awesome art.
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Graypark
02/11/09

@SprinklesTDD: Matt, Usutu, Isaac and anyone else we see or will see having "future visions" really are only telepathic. They are, however, receiving signals about the future from someone else. When they recieve these signals, they go into a trance-like state and are compelled to draw the images put into their minds. Who's been to and seen the future and is, therefore, in a position to send such messages to these telepaths? It would have to be someone who knows or knows of these people and their telepathic powers. Hiro. And why is the style of all their "trance-drawings" similar? Because they're recreations of the visual data sent from Hiro... and Hiro, being a comic book fan, thinks in comic book form. Therefore, the images he sends are drawn as comic book panels.

Come on, guys. I'm an amateur and I think my explanation (after but a few moments of thought) has better continuity, better "logic", and better foreshadowing for possible future story arcs than the "official" explanation recounted above.
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Sir Hotbod Handsomeface
02/11/09

@Graypark: I'd accept that. The only part that wouldn't quite jive is when they took us into Isaac's perspective in season 1 (he watched the sylar/cheerleader scene unfold live as if he was there, then painted it). Either way, it would be good enough for me.
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