Comments on: Heroes – Season 2, Episode 7 – “Out Of Time”

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:58:54 +0000

Hey Deb, always glad to hear from you! As for the whole aging thing, I’m guessing that the writers didn’t think it through as thoroughly as we fans do, but it makes sense that you probably stop aging whenever your healing power kicks in. For Kensei/Adam, that’s at age 30; for Claire, it’s at 16. Will this show ever go on long enough to see if Claire ages? I doubt it, so this is probably a moot point.

As for the general difference in power starting times, everyone is different. Micah and Molly had them from a young age, Parkman got it when he was like 40, Monica when she was 18, Peter when he was like 26– it just works differently for everyone.

And about Kristen Bell, I love her and I love VMars, but I certainly wasn’t made to care about her character. It was a dumb introduction and then she disappeared– in fact, I doubt if anyone cares about her at this point.

By: deb

deb — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:34:47 +0000

i definitely had an argument with a guy who works in my office about kensei and whether he time traveled or was immortal. i looked on wikipedia and it said he’s immortal, for whatever wikipedia’s worth. the thing that doesn’t make sense to me is..did his healing power only just start when hiro got there? he’s like 30. claire’s power started when she was what? 16? i don’t know how old she is, but much younger than kensei. so if neither of them age ever..what’s with the difference in when their powers started?

also, when they told us in the preview for the next episode that they were answering all our questions, i can honestly say that at no point did i wonder who veronica mars’ character was (sorry, i know you like her).

By: Serena

Serena — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:56:44 +0000

Tim Kring gives an apology for what went wrong: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20158840,00.html

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:25:26 +0000

OK, ok, Kensei is immortal, I get it! Thank you.

I watch Heroes because I used to love it, and I always hope that I’ll love watching it again. I can’t help it if they consistently disappoint me, and I only drop a show if they have a long string of truly terrible episodes in a row, which this show has narrowly avoided.

By: someone else

someone else — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:33:38 +0000

i dont see why u watch it if you rant so much…
and bytheway, kensei/adam is inmortal, i guess that was taken for granted, healing is just a side effect of not-dying

By: MSM

MSM — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:11:28 +0000

I believe when they announced the new cast, David Anders was supposed to play a character called Kane, who has been alive for over a thousand years. It wasn’t until the season started that it was revealed that Anders was Kensei. From that, I already knew that he was going to live and become the enigma that everyone was talking about. The weak part of that is, you have to be really crummy and bored to habour a grudge for that long. I’m sure most people would get over resentment after a hundred years or so.

By: Media Maven

Media Maven — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:49:57 +0000

Thanks for the comments, James & Frank. Perhaps you’re both right, and maybe Kensei’s power is immortality. It makes sense, especially when you think of scientific studies today that call aging a disease. That certainly would put a new spin on things (is Claire immortal too?)

As for writers catering to us, if you think of television programming the way it was conceived, as a distraction to tide us over in between commercials, the job of the writers is to keep our eyeballs on the screen. Why do you think shows get canceled? Because they have too few viewers, which means the viewers aren’t buyin what the writers are sellin. So yes, I think the viewers of Heroes need to be treated better and given the quality of programming they expect and deserve.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:55:07 +0000

I’m putting my money on the fact that Takezo Kensei/Adam Monroe is 400+ years old.

By: James

James — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:31:43 +0000

Well, I don’t think the writers should be catering to us, which is just another way of saying they should be pandering. They should follow they’re artistic vision. But I understand what you’re saying, they’re artistic vision should be good. If they’re going to set up, make the set up as good as the payoff.

I think an easy explanation for Adam/Kensei is that he’s immortal, and just lived to the present, stewing in his own hate so he’s now become evil.

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