Friday, November 07, 2008

caught up on Heroes

You know, i wasn't sure that i liked the direction this season was going in at first, but atm i am relatively content with it. i have always a bit overly sympathetic towards Sylar, and now he seems to be stepping up and trying to change. They are actually describing him in what can only be seen as Vampire like terms: his overwhelming hunger and attempt to resist what he is.

Peter's loss of power is astounding. The fact that his power is (was) so similar to his father's, when compared to the power of the Matt and his father, makes me wonder if Peter could (can?) not only absorb powers, but steal them as well. In a way, Peter has always had one of the strongest powers, because it does not rely on touch or others reactions for it's strength. He copies someone else's power, and they are not harmed because of it, and then he must learn and adapt in order to use said power.

In closing, how do we know that the absorbtion is irreversible? A part of me refuses to believe that Adam is dead, that Peter cannot regain his power. We have seen the future so many times, the entire show is about fighting against it, and there has never been a Peter that had no powers. This show doesn't really address the same things that Sarah Connor Chronicles does, the question of whether the future is written in stone or if it can be fought. In fact, this show is almost entirely about fighting the future with the hope that it can be changed, whether by Hiro or Peter. Our faith in Peter was not even questioned until this season, and it was an astonishing change. There are definitely a lot of questions here, and i look forward to discovering the answers.

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