I thought that, too, but then he couldn't read the guidebook after Ando left.
Hmm. Maybe it was badly translated from Japanese. Engrish is hard enough to read to native readers....
You'd never make it. I'd rip your spine out before you got half a step. Those little legs wouldn't be much good without one of those.
Glory ,'The Killer In Me'
Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Whitefont all unaired in the U.S. ep discussion, identifying it as such, and including the show and ep title in blackfont.
Blackfont is allowed after the show has aired on the east coast.
This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2006 4:52:15 pm PDT #3093 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
DXMachina - Oct 24, 2006 4:59:53 pm PDT #3094 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
He did recognize the word "waffles."
sumi - Oct 24, 2006 5:02:53 pm PDT #3095 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Well, there may have been a picture.
DebetEsse - Oct 24, 2006 5:23:43 pm PDT #3096 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I assumed there was
DXMachina - Oct 24, 2006 5:26:15 pm PDT #3097 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Clearly, I need to start eating in better diners.
Zenkitty - Oct 24, 2006 5:49:04 pm PDT #3098 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Being able to read enough English to follow a comic book or a street sign doesn't necessarily mean being able to read the instruction manual to your Nissan. (I thought it was cute that Hiro apparently can't drive, and thought the instruction manual would tell him how.) I lived in Germany for a while, and I read enough German to get around the supermarket and the roads, but I couldn't speak it or understand it spoken very well, and I couldn't have read anything as complicated as my Audi's manual.
Still doesn't explain why Hiro wasn't speaking a word of English to Issac in his phone calls, though.
JenP - Oct 24, 2006 6:52:28 pm PDT #3099 of 10001
I finally, finally caught up with Heroes and BSG. Heroes grows on me more with each ep. I agree with those who are enjoying Nathan, though he's not really likable. Hiro and Ando continue to be my favorites. So fun.
BSG. Damn. There is so much, but I'm just going to say that Tigh (and Ellen) about broke me during her death scene, and Tigh absolutely broke me with his response to Adama, "Not all of them." His expression, the way his voice broke.
Aside from that, there was much wooing and hooing during the rescue scenes. Nice sendoff for Pegasus. Dear god, the gorgeous CGI on this show. I want a vid with all of the pretty space battles. And last, they really know how to get to me with the music cues that call back to earlier seasons/episodes. Crafty bastards.
evil jimi - Oct 24, 2006 7:44:52 pm PDT #3100 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Looks like I might've been the only one to see the unaired version of the Heroes pilot. Yay me! Mostly, the only thing different about the aired and unaired versions are that certain scenes have been moved around. In the aired version the introduction to Regen!Cheerleader is edited so that there is another scene between her and the nerd filming her falling off the mining equipment, and them reaching the train derailment. In the unaired version they go from the former directly into the latter. However, there is one humongous difference, that involves a deleted portion of that act. In the unaired version the two of them are almost run down by a speeding van. Regen!Cheerleader looks at the van as it speeds away and we see shadowy figures in the back of the van and what looks like the warhead of a nuclear missile. The implication being that the derailment was staged by terrorists so they could steal the warhead and then use it on New York. I don't know the rational for deleting this scene because it adds another layer to the mystery. Presumably, the creators have changed their mind about who and how the nuke detonation occurs. .
eta: Just caught up with episode 5. Love it to death. I'm getting the feeling that Regen!Cheerleader's dad is not part of an evil conspiracy. They obviously let MindReadingCop go without harming him, so I'm thinking the agenda might be something a bit more benevolent. I'm thinking they're tracking down the "heroes" so they can be informed of who they are and what they can do, so possibly they can be utilised to fight evil. Sort of like "Xavier's School for Gifted Children".
Peter Petrelli seems to be a bit of a "Rogue" type character; able to take on the other person's abilities when in close proximity but without the need to touch, or cause damage to them.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2006 9:03:13 pm PDT #3101 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think you're reading a lot into his ability to erase memories. Perhaps he's tossing things by date. Or, it's like me going to a store counter and asking for the pink stuffed rabbit--I know that's in there, but getting it back and removing it from the store doesn't have to tell me anything about what else is in there.
So I don't see that he has to be able to read minds. It's possible, just not required.
I adore the bits with Hiro, but felt twitchy and slow with Peter and Isaac until it picked up. Peter bothers me somehow.
Consuela - Oct 24, 2006 9:06:31 pm PDT #3102 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I couldn't speak it or understand it spoken very well, and I couldn't have read anything as complicated as my Audi's manual.
Dana was able to figure out the instruction manual of our rental car in Italy, through knowing little more than the Italian and Latin she'd learned from singing...
... we never did find the parking camera, though.