Comments on: Heroes 4×8 “Shadowboxing” review http://www.lowerdecks.com/2009/11/11/heroes-4x8-shadowboxing-review/ Where everyday fans of science fiction, fantasy and horror gather to discuss their favorite television shows, movies and comics. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Waterloo http://www.lowerdecks.com/2009/11/11/heroes-4x8-shadowboxing-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2794 Waterloo Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:40:24 +0000 http://www.lowerdecks.com/?p=2580#comment-2794 Nathan's death was the biggest thing that happened last season, but no one seemed to notice, possibly because those who did weren't big Sylar fans. Killing off Sylar this easily (not to take anything away from Parkman) would have in effect duplicated the circumstances that caused this situation in the first place. That's why, to me, it was the second instance of Parkman thinking he'd gotten the big Sylar loophole cleared, only to be proven wrong. But it once again deters Sylar from his goals, and begs the question, what's the ultimate fate of Sylar, almost as much as, is Nathan really gone? It was no mistake to raise both questions in the same episode, which leads into a big one where they will be all the more important. Nathan’s death was the biggest thing that happened last season, but no one seemed to notice, possibly because those who did weren’t big Sylar fans. Killing off Sylar this easily (not to take anything away from Parkman) would have in effect duplicated the circumstances that caused this situation in the first place. That’s why, to me, it was the second instance of Parkman thinking he’d gotten the big Sylar loophole cleared, only to be proven wrong. But it once again deters Sylar from his goals, and begs the question, what’s the ultimate fate of Sylar, almost as much as, is Nathan really gone? It was no mistake to raise both questions in the same episode, which leads into a big one where they will be all the more important.

]]> By: Quinn http://www.lowerdecks.com/2009/11/11/heroes-4x8-shadowboxing-review/comment-page-1/#comment-2790 Quinn Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:16:40 +0000 http://www.lowerdecks.com/?p=2580#comment-2790 I thought the episode was fantastic. But, like I said on the forums, the revelation in the trailer really made me disappointed. Heroes really doesn't seem to take any risks, and they really took one in this episode. But if it's truly thrown away...it just shows that the show doesn't want to make any progress. Maybe it's too afraid to lose viewers...but almost every show takes risks (FlashForward took a huge one last week). And that's one reason why the show has consistently disappointed me since the season one finale (where I think things actually started to crumble). I thought the episode was fantastic. But, like I said on the forums, the revelation in the trailer really made me disappointed. Heroes really doesn’t seem to take any risks, and they really took one in this episode.

But if it’s truly thrown away…it just shows that the show doesn’t want to make any progress. Maybe it’s too afraid to lose viewers…but almost every show takes risks (FlashForward took a huge one last week). And that’s one reason why the show has consistently disappointed me since the season one finale (where I think things actually started to crumble).

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