Yeah, in the first season, Sylar was beyond creepy, especially when he was just the stunt guy and they didn't have an actor yet. Once he became a full-fledged character, the writers went on Sylar overload and we started spending as much time with him as with any of the other characters and that just destroyed his creepiness. Sure he's still pretty disturbing, but he's not scary anymore. It's like in the lame slasher movies where the monster comes back to life again and again. You know he's just going to come back, so the newest attempt to kill him off is just kind of tedious.

Excellent points, Bookwyrm! I think the creepiness of Sylar's character was pretty significant in season 1, and had he died (as hinted in the last episode of that season) it would have made him a more memorable character.

It reminds me of the Borg in Star Trek. They were really creepy those first few times we met them in TNG - virtually invincible, and something different. But they were such effective bad guys that the writers kept using them more and more (especially in Voyager - I understand the ship traveled through their space on the way home, but I still think they were overused).

Did anyone notice the college prof reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies at about 11 minutes into the Heroes premiere? [random]

Thanks to a conversation at Ryadian's house last night, I spent much of today watching episodes from seasons 2 and 3 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Again I'm impressed with the overall quality of that show.

Wow! Great thoughts on Heroes, particularly on the subject of Sylar. He was much creepier when he was scalping people. Now he has a personality, baggage, and a conscience. I'm still confused why they fused the characters of Nathan and Sylar. Both characters were favorites with the writers and also with the fans. They can't both hang around. I'd like to see more of Sylar than just in Angela's flashes.

I didn't like Claire all that much in the past, but I liked her college story line this time around (probably because I can relate. Sort of. )

I'm sad we lost Monica. She had a really awesome power. And I miss Molly too.

We had the FlashForward premiere last night, in Australia. I thought it was very good and had a lot of promise but it's too early to comment much further. I'm intrigued where the mystery is going to take us all. I was particularly impressed with the scale of the mayhem towards the beginning. Must have cost a pretty penny. It'll be interesting to see how the free-will versus fate argument compares to LOST.

I caught the premiere of FlashForward online this weekend, and agree with your assessment, Warrior. It's an intriguing concept and sets up the discussion of free will vs fate very well. A few other random observations:

I caught a few sight gags advertising other ABC shows: an ad on a passing bus for Desperate Housewives, and more cleverly, a prominently-placed billboard for LOST's Oceanic Airlines (during the FBI stakeout early in the show).

Another possible nod to LOST was

I'm curious to see what will happen next.

I saw the LOST parallels too, very cool!

The kangaroo struck me as strange. I've seen many in my short life time (being an Aussie and all) but to have one just hoping around Los Angeles is pretty random. Maybe it escaped from a nearby zoo of something (very I Am Legend if you ask me).
It was fun finding how all the characters we've been introduced to, are connected in one way or another. Did Ralph Fienes play Martin Luther in the most Luther movie?
I'm definitely intrigued. Roll on next Monday!

By the way, I love your signature. What anime is that from?

I've finally formed an opinion on Robin Hood season 3.

Not as good as the first two, but not bad for now. I've only seen three episodes so far. Should be interesting to see what happens next.

That reminds me...the FlashForward character Olivia Benford is played by Sonya Walger - familiar to Losties as Penny Widmore.

And you're correct: Fienes (Mark Benford) was Luther in the latest film.

I enjoy seeing how the characters are all related, as has been done with LOST.

(My signature is from a flashback sequence in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Firebending Masters").

Ah, cool. Thanks for the confirmation, mate.
Yes, I'm liking Sonya Walger's character already and Ralph Fienes. They have a few issues in their marriage though, don't they?

Your signature is from Avatar:The Last Airbender? Interesting. I haven't seen the series but it looks quite good. I'll have to check it out sometime. Silly me, I thought it was a reinterpretation of Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke with giant tanuki creatures or something.

I bet it's nothing compared to the Free Will vs Fate debate on Narniaweb's Christianity thread W4J .

I thought the premiere of Flash Forward was intriguing too. I liked most of the characters so far.

GB

starkat: My opinion of Robin Hood season 3 is that it is bad. I greatly dislike Isabella and miss Djaq and Will.

Anyone catch Heroes last night? What do you think of Emma?

I just watched the first episode of Flash Forward online. I'm super excited about this, I think it's really going to be a good show. The main thing I was confused about was, according to imdb, Dominic Monaghan stars in the first episode. But he wasn't in it...unless he's the guy in the trench coat at the end. hmm....

Not so much to do with a TV show per se, but rather this regards those Weight Watchers commercials with the little red fuzzy monster (that sort of looks like Gossamer from the old Warner Bros. cartoons). It's hard to be dislike the little guy when he looks so sad and dejected. I feel like hugging him and telling him I'll take the french fries.

Aaaaargh, Don't mention French Fries Shadow, or I'll have to meet you on the new food thread (there is a new food thread isn't there?).

I've been losing a lot of weight and starting to actually look fit. I don't want to have to deny that little Weight Watchers Dude . He does look an awful lot like Gossamer doesn't he.

GB

I enjoyed tonight's new episode of FlashForward. It would have been difficult to match the drama and impact of that pilot episode, but it was still good. They're starting to develop the various plot threads opened in the premiere.