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trinityvixenThis morning, the headline above my Gmail inbox was "NYT Travel - The Cultured Traveler: In Japan, a Time Capsule of Modern Design."
Am I forgiven for thinking (upon a cursory glance) that that might have had something to do with last night's episode of Heroes? Because the Japanese guy has the ability to warp space/time so he can essentially teleport (they hadn't defined clearly whether or not time passes when he jumps space or if the clocks changing were just due to him jumping out of his time zone).
Heroes got a mostly "Mmm, maybe?" reaction from me. There's the usual tropes from any super-powered human saga: the one who embraces the ability; the one who wants to keep it hidden; the government guy trying to cover it up; the conspiracy theorist; the guy with something to prove, et al. I'm gonna keep watching for next week because I have a love of Greg Grunberg (look! I learned his name! I don't have to call him Mr. LOST Pilot! any more!) that is almost baseless (he punched House in the stomach, I like him) and he wasn't in the episode last night.
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feiran and I are in complete agreement that the Japanese guy, who is a total nerd (he based his knowledge about the curved nature of time-space on an X-Men comic, which was a pretty clever way to bring up the fact that the Indian guy saying that humans are naturally evolving to have superpowers is basically a rip-off of X-Men) and a geek, is the most wonderful character thus far. He's just so silly in a laugh-with-him way when he shows up, you can't help but liking him. He's actually excited about his ability, versus tortured, contemptuous, or scared (oooh, Ali Larter has a cool thing going on with her, though).
So, yeah, same time next week, semi-true believers.
Am I forgiven for thinking (upon a cursory glance) that that might have had something to do with last night's episode of Heroes? Because the Japanese guy has the ability to warp space/time so he can essentially teleport (they hadn't defined clearly whether or not time passes when he jumps space or if the clocks changing were just due to him jumping out of his time zone).
Heroes got a mostly "Mmm, maybe?" reaction from me. There's the usual tropes from any super-powered human saga: the one who embraces the ability; the one who wants to keep it hidden; the government guy trying to cover it up; the conspiracy theorist; the guy with something to prove, et al. I'm gonna keep watching for next week because I have a love of Greg Grunberg (look! I learned his name! I don't have to call him Mr. LOST Pilot! any more!) that is almost baseless (he punched House in the stomach, I like him) and he wasn't in the episode last night.
But
feiran and I are in complete agreement that the Japanese guy, who is a total nerd (he based his knowledge about the curved nature of time-space on an X-Men comic, which was a pretty clever way to bring up the fact that the Indian guy saying that humans are naturally evolving to have superpowers is basically a rip-off of X-Men) and a geek, is the most wonderful character thus far. He's just so silly in a laugh-with-him way when he shows up, you can't help but liking him. He's actually excited about his ability, versus tortured, contemptuous, or scared (oooh, Ali Larter has a cool thing going on with her, though).So, yeah, same time next week, semi-true believers.
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