Comments on: Heroes Review: “Shadowboxing”

By: Heroes Review Brother's Keeper |

Heroes Review Brother's Keeper | — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:28 +0000

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By: FNGD RAAB

FNGD RAAB — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:33:18 +0000

dunno if someone said it already but sylar can get abilities through empathy too like peter in seasons 1 and two, but they wouldnt be perfected right off the bat like when he cut their heads open.

but i guess he got nathan’s power, learned how to use it a little and when he became nathan he just “remembered” how he worked it then it was like nothing happened.

By: lAfrik

lAfrik — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:45:48 +0000

Becky was going for Claire so i guess Samuel stopped her because he needs Claire and to put some more doubt in her mind.

And i also like how they’re going slow with the episodes.

By: sylo

sylo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:45:54 +0000

i THINK the annoying or kinda of lame part of the episode was claire and gretchen, hrg wasnt so bad, and the haitian comes back for just memories removal? come on he is a cool character giv him some storyline…

The thing im looking forward is the mohinder stuff i dont want him to die..

By: Ed Penano

Ed Penano — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:53 +0000

The way Matt sacrificed himself to kill the Sylar within was truly heroic. But why oh why did they have to “reveal” next weeks episode so soon? Now it just looks like his death was in vein. I always thought that part of Heroes appeal was due in part to the anticipation you’d feel after watching. Like I wanted
to know what happens next week.s sort of my love/hate towards the show. It was good feeling, at least my feelings during Season 1.

But when all is said and done, I still # this show tho! Heroes4lyf (throwing up the H). Loved them at SDCC!

By: Madison

Madison — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:07:40 +0000

@ Haywire

Eh, I’m not sure. I thought maybe he tased Becky to subdue her so that Noah wouldn’t eventually kill her…

@ MrFire

The Matt/Sylar arc has been terrific – easily my favorite storyline. I sort of root for Sylar, and I’m hoping after Peter’s healing of Matt that Sylar gets his body back…and then finally, so huge action.

I do agree with your point though – for once, Matt did something badass and it was a great way to truly annihilate Sylar.

@ Paul

Can’t agree…one of the shows strenghts this season is focusing on a few characters every other episode instead of cramming everyone together and sloppily tying it together.

By: Paul Tassi

Paul Tassi — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:03:46 +0000

I’m just getting tired of Heroes splitting plots in half every other episode, which they’ve done for as long as I can remember. I’m annoyed now knowing I’m going to have to wait two weeks to figure out what happens with Nathan and Parkman, just as I was annoyed last week that I was going to have to wait two weeks to find out what happened with Mohinder. The show is just terribly structured.

By: MrFire

MrFire — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:26:32 +0000

type fail; I meant to say “and keep (redeem?) the part that is not.”

By: MrFire

MrFire — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:16:57 +0000

I was blown away (no pun intended) by the Sylar segment…right up until finding out that he wasn’t really going to die.

It was a near-perfect arc: the ruthless and calculating Sylar vs. the well-meaning but ineffectual Matt. Matt continues to raise the stakes in order to try and control Sylar, but in each case Sylar either finds a way around it, or is playing games with him. Finally, Matt realises that the only way to stop Sylar is to sacrifice himself, and summons the courage to through with it.

See? Matt finally acheives redemption with a truly heroic act, while Sylar (or rather, his evil essence) is subjected to an ignominious death, at the hands of mere cops.

And now…we realise that Peter will simply heal him, and that this was all for naught.

Don’t get me wrong – I love the Sylar character, and I have no intention of seeing him disappear. But this would have been a great opportunity to isolate and extinguish his id – which doesn’t seem to learn much from its actions and is at risk of becoming a Jason Voorhees-type cliche – and allow his new Carnival personality to develop (Nathan/Sylar battle notwithstanding). In other words, it would have been a way to punish the Sylar that is beyond redemption, and keep (redeem?) the part that is.

By: Haywire

Haywire — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:53 +0000

I think Samuel tasered Becky to show Claire, that he wants to help his ‘niece’. It must be part of his plan luring Claire into the Carnival by seeming trustworthy and causing distrust.

I enjoyed this episode much more than last week’s, due to the fact that there were less plotholes caused by lazy writing of time travel.