Comments on: Heroes Season 4 Spoilers – Robert Knepper Talks

By: Blah

Blah — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:15:51 +0000

What is so ridiculous about Sylar having mommy issues? These are real people with real issues and that includes real emotions. Claire has daddy problems and Peter has brother issues. And Sylar has mom troubles. Under such circumstances, we are able to empathise with the character and understand the character development further. There is nothing illogical about that.

The time travel is confusing but not unexplainable. If you think a particular scene too stupid to have any sort of logic in it, then mention the scene and tell us why you think it's too dumb. Then maybe someone will have a chance to defend it instead of having some mindless babbling session. Maybe you're just too close-minded to have given it enough thought to have come up with a proper explanation. That does not mean it's stupid.

By: Jon Lachonis

Jon Lachonis — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:14:52 +0000

The rules can be whatever the fictional universe demands; the point is, time travel is done without repercussions. There is no self consistency with the device. Sylar morphing wasn't unlikely, it was ridiculous. Villains with mommy issues are beyond trite and the whole flash between personalities wasn't literary inventiveness, it was just lame. Where did his character go? What values were at risk? Was it transformational? Nothing. In terms of dramatic and story theory, the whole scene was nothing but a side show. Sylar emerged with the mindless desire to rule the world that he always has. The entire thing was merely a shiny object to flash at the easily amused. It seems to be impregnated with deeper intellectual pursuits, but at the end of the day it is just a strange yet unfilling way to burn minutes in an episode. The problem is eods, I'm not demanding recycled tripe - it's what Heroes has been serving; and with a side order of grasping-at-straws twists and time trips that feel like desperate attempts to shake loose a story. "Rules for time travel? I wasn’t aware that the author of this article was a temporal master." Actually I'm not, but the issues of paradox have haunted the concept of time travel and churned out numerous inventive and creative permutations of story "rules." Heroes has failed to make Time Travel fit in its universe as anything other than a momentary fling to distract viewers away from the substance-less plots. Don't confuse my cry for logic as a cry for something 'normal' or cliche. I'd be happy with something that makes just a small amount of sense at this point.

By: Eyesofdarkshine

Eyesofdarkshine — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:00:15 +0000

Let's be honest here, the reason Heroes loses viewers over the storytelling is because it doesn't follow the social "norm". Rules for time travel? I wasn't aware that the author of this article was a temporal master. There are not rules to theoretical concepts of metaphysics, and to enforce these set "rules" that past writers have used is tantamount to DEMANDING the same recycled tripe that clogs networks. Look beyond the "highly unlikeliness" of Sylar's mommy morph and look at HOW. Combining his ability to read pasts and histories, along with his morphing ability, and his complete understanding of he's mother's brain, then give him some SERIOUS parental issues with his TWO past families, and it goes from a strange plot point to a look at a person literally breaking down under the weight of the issues at hand, his own powers, and his own powerlessness to find a place in this world. I'm sorry it's not jack bauer saving the world again in one day, but heck we don't all like the same repeated crap. But please by all means, enforce your "rules" and demand your stereotypical plot lines. Then we can all live in the reality TV world, because when you start making all writers pander to the same likes and dislikes, eventually they will all quite and we can watch Survivor 97 - Homeless in NYC some season. WOO-HOO!

By: elvinperia

elvinperia — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:33:31 +0000

After Brian fuller had left the show for the second time, I hope the acting supremacy of Knepper (in Prison Break) would bring back Heroes ratings…

By: HeroesROX

HeroesROX — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:50 +0000

Just because Heroes has lost some viewers doesn't mean the show is bad, that is just how tv goes. you should know that. Heroes will just as successful and awesome as it always is. fail!