Holacik

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  1. He had a crew, a crew that could pull such a job. That tells me he wasn't on the straight and narrow.

    The optimist in me wants to say he could have assembled the crew after he planned the job but thats not very realistic so i'll have to concede this one to ya. It is a bit shady that he had a crew, again though it dosen't mean he was openly criminal in front of micah.

    No matter what she has done, Niki has never let her son see that side of her. D.L. might have been a great father, his interactions with Micah sure make it seem that way, but you can't expose a child to that kind of life. (Niki isn't doing Micah any favors by taking him on the run, that I'll concede.)

    Even though she never intentionally let her see that side of him, Micah is pretty damn smart and put a lot of things together.

    Let's say the robbery went as D.L. planned. With that kind of money on the table, someone would have turned on everyone else. Assuming it wasn't D.L. who turned, he would have been killed, and I'm guessing Niki and Micah would have been too because Niki knew her husband's plans. Dark Niki would have erupted and killed everyone in self-defense... possibly in front of Micah. As weird as it sounds, it's better that Niki murdered them rather than allowing Micah to see her actions.

    Well there's a lot of what if's in there. Since we really don't know what happened between Niki and DL's crew there will be alot of guessing here. Honestly it's not farfetched to believe that she killed them all just so they couldn't tell DL she was behind it....

    Whether she took it or D.L. did, someone would have come looking for that two million.

    That was the exact reason that D.L. gave to why he didn't go through with the robbery. He didn't want to put Niki and Micah in that kind of danger.

    The obvious fact that money, especially that kind of money, corrupts people. She killed people for it, whether you believe her actions were just or not, so it isn't that far of a stretch to assume someone else would have turned.

    I agree money is the root of all evil, but I will continue to harp on the fact if she hadn't commited the robbery she never would have been placed in that position.

    They laundered the money for her and would have told D.L. the truth, who then would have left with Micah. As she saw it, and I tend to agree, that couldn't happen.

    Which would have been okay if she just killed the one who laundered the money. As far as I know(I could be wrong) only one guy there knew she had that kind of money. The other two no matter how dirty they might have been were innocent of that fact.

    We don't know that. To date Niki has only killed criminals. It could turn out she's neither hero nor villain; she very well may become the show's resident antihero à la Wolverine and The Punisher.

    True we don't know that but honestly do you think she would have spared them? Especially since Ando would have recognized her. In your theory she kills anyone who could potentially br a threat to her or her son. Someone IDing her on a murder rap would be a threat.

    Good point, but D.L. was going to put them in that very same situation. Either the police or his crew or the mob or someone would have come looking for them. So again, kill or be killed.

    Question: did D.L. back out of the robbery or did Niki commit the act before he could? I honestly can't recall.

    Yes D.L. backed out fearing repercussions for his actions.

    The light and dark side had a conversation last week, so they could wind up on the same page eventually. Hell, I'd really like to see a merging of the two sides by the end of the season. Before then, however, I hope the dark side takes control... especially after last week. Having been wounded, they could work it so that dark Niki takes over while the "weaker" side heals.

    Honestly it seems the darker side has more control. It takes over when it wants and knows everything the good side knows. The good side dosen't seem to have the same luxury

    A lot of people have drawn comparisons between Heroes and X-Men, so I thought it would be fun to see if we could name all of the connections to various characters.

    Claire Bennet [healing factor]: Wolverine

    Mr. Bennet [none]: Mr. Sinister or Professor Xavier (depending on who you believe)

    The Haitian [psychic dead zone]: Leech

    D.L. Hawkins [phasing]: Kitty Pryde

    Simone Deveaux [none]:

    Ando Masahashi [none]:

    Eden McCain [none]:

    Isaac Mendez [precognition]: Destiny

    Hiro Nakamura [time manipulation, time travel, teleportation]: Nightcrawler and...?

    Matt Parkman [telepathy]: Professor Xavier

    Nathan Petrelli [flight]: Angel

    Peter Petrelli [mimicry]: The Mimic

    Micah Sanders [child prodigy, mastery of electronics]: Cypher and / or Beast

    Niki Sanders [dark side, strength]: Dark Phoenix

    Chandra Suresh [none]: Moira MacTaggert

    Mohinder Suresh [none]: Moira MacTaggert

    Sylar [telekinetic?]:

    Zach [none]: Cody Robbins (Rogue's first boyfriend)

    Yeah i'm leaning towards Sinister for Mr.bennet and here's why; I could be wrong[potential spoilers maybe] but I swear I noticed the same tattoo on the cop during previews of next weeks show. Thats making me think that they are conducting experiments on the 'heroes' and altering them. The ones with the tattoos have been marked. Which could explain why the only took Nathan at the hotel and not Niki.

    Also I wouldn't be shocked if maybe Chandra isn't dead. There's two reason's I think this one is I recognize the actor who's picture is on the back of the book Chandra wrote. I've seen him in several movies (Mr. deeds, he was Electra's dad in Daredevil, in Stargate and a reoccuring character in Stargate SG1) so he seems too big of an actor to just be a picture on the back of a book. Now my crazy guess (just a guess) is that Chandra is Syler. It seems awfully strange that Syler knows where all the 'Heroes' are using Chandra's theories. The why is a harder question to answer but here you go; My guess is that he had the telekinesis all along which is why he believed in people who were (lack of a better term) mutating. The group run by Mr. Bennet caught him experiment on him which caused a split in his personality (much like Niki) and cause him to turn into the Syler personality. It's all pure speculation on my part but I really believe syler is going to turn out to be someone we already know...

  2. Yea 2 million dollars come on. DL made 30,000 if she just got you know a job they would be fine. Stealing 2 mill is just plain greedy, an how is framing Micah's dad good for Micah?

    Never said it wasn't greedy.

    Micah's dad was openly a criminal. Niki obviously didn't want that kind of man in Micah's life. Yeah, yeah. She's a murderer, but at least she wasn't open about her crimes.

    Ok first while he did plan it he decided not to go through with it. At no other point does the show say he did anything else so how is he openly a criminal? How is it that just because she kept her crimes quiet mean that she is a better?

    Or she didn't want to share the money that the stole together.

    There's nothing to back this up.

    That's true we don't know why she killed them. It dosen't negate the fact if she didn't commit the robbery she never would have killed them.

    Um gee can you blame DL for wanting to take his son? How many people did she kill already? 2 in the garage, 3 in the poker game, and however many guys were a part of DL's crew

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Niki afraid D.L. would take Micah before he learned the truth? I could swear she made a comment to the police about D.L. taking Micah away long before the money became an issue.

    Yea she was but the reason she thought that he had stolen the money, killed his crew and on the run. All of which was not true. That second part I dunno if she made a comment that she thought he was going to take him before the robbery. Obviously though thats not true, he wanted to leave with both of them.

    Even if it was all done for Micah can that truely condone any of her actions?

    Yes, if it meant saving her boy.

    Even if she was the one who put him in danger in the first place? If the robbery is never commited she wouldn't of had to worry about DL his crew or anyone at that poker game.

    She didn't need to steal 2 million to begin with. How many deaths followed because of that?

    I agree: it's greedy. But these men would have killed her had she not killed them first.

    Again I have to go back and say that if she didn't commit the robbery she wouldn't have been placed in said danger. By the way What do you have to back up that DL's crew was going to kill her? We don't know why she killed them. Plus she killed 3 guys at the poker game only one knew of her commiting the robbery. If Hiro and Ando hadn't gone to the bathroom she would have killed them too. Would you still be justifying her actions?

    The only 2 deaths I can let slide are the two in the garage as that was more self defense. Every other death came about because of the 2 million she didn't have to steal.

    Money does strange things to people. It's not a stretch to think D.L.'s crew would have turned on him (and later killed Niki and Micah) had they pulled the job together. Those deaths are negligible to me.

    Let me add this: if Niki was truly evil, she would have cut and run with the two million. But she didn't. Had Niki and Micah disappeared after the two million went missing, everyone would have known she took it. Instead she fell into a $50,000 hole she had to whore her way out of to protect Micah, all because her dark side kept the money hidden from the other half. Why would the dark side, the side you're calling evil, do that unless she was trying to protect herself and her son?

    Ok first point I'll make is that where as it's not a stretch to think DL's crew turned on her there is nothing to back that up. Not to mention if she never commited the robbery she never would have been in the position of kill or be killed. Of course if she hadn't commited the robbery DL wouldn't have gone to Jail, and they might not have been in a position to fall into a $50,000 hole to begin with. You also answered your own question of why she didn't cut and run because everyone would have known she did it. The dark side (which so far seems to have some powers the side dosen't have) is not always in control. It's a little hard to take off when the light side dosen't know what is going on. She'll get half way to mexico look in the mirror become the 'good' Nikki and wonder where the hell she's going. The dark side more or less needed to find a way for her and the 'light side' to be on the same page. Thats pure speculation on my part though.

    Awesome discussion by the way!

  3. Yea she did frame Micah's dad.

    To get the money for her and her son.

    Yea 2 million dollars come on. DL made 30,000 if she just got you know a job they would be fine. Stealing 2 mill is just plain greedy, an how is framing Micah's dad good for Micah?

    Killed everyone invovled in the robbery she commited.

    To keep all of the witnesses from coming after her and her son.

    Or she didn't want to share the money that the stole together.

    She killed all the people at the poker game to Prevent D.L from finding out she framed him.

    Because he'd have killer her and / or taken Micah away. As we saw.

    Um gee can you blame DL for wanting to take his son? How many people did she kill already? 2 in the garage, 3 in the poker game, and however many guys were a part of DL's crew

    Then tried to kill D.L. when he found out. Yea she seemed pretty bad to me...

    Because he threatened to take Micah away.

    Yea my previous answer covers this.

    She's no saint, but all of the above was done for Micah.

    Even if it was all done for Micah can that truely condone any of her actions? She didn't need to steal 2 million to begin with. How many deaths followed because of that? The only 2 deaths I can let slide are the two in the garage as that was more self defense. Every other death came about because of the 2 million she didn't have to steal.

  4. Is Niki's dark half bad? To date all of the "bad" things she's done have been perpetrated to protect Micah.

    Yea she did frame Micah's dad. Killed everyone invovled in the robbery she commited. She killed all the people at the poker game to Prevent D.L from finding out she framed him. Then tried to kill D.L. when he found out. Yea she seemed pretty bad to me...

  5. His name, for one. I think it's a red herring.

    His deep desire to be a hero is akin to Anakin Skywalker's desire to be a Jedi. And we all know how that turned out.

    The future Hiro carried a sword; seems like a villainous or antiheroic choice.

    "Save the cheerleader" implies she dies. But how? Shouldn't her healing factor save her? Makes me think future Hiro wants all of the characters in one place (around Claire) so he (or someone) can wipe them out before they have the chance to mess with his plans down the road.

    I don't want him to become a villain. Far from it. This is just a wild guess.

    Syler is the man who will try kill the cheerleader. The only question is exactly who is Syler? The only scene that Syler is in we never get a clear shot of his face. My guess is that whoever it is will be a shocker. With the powers he has I could comfortably rule out Hiro. Syler has telekinesis at least and also seems to be able to take a couple of bullets to the chest. If you remember about the cheerleader when the stick got stuck in her brain her body shut down so her weak point must be her brain. Syler favorite method of killing involves removing the brain...

    My only problem with the show is that there are too many different characters and stories to keep up with. Hopefully that will change soon, and if Nikki is dead that's one less to keep up with(it does say spoilers in the title so don't get mad).

    I can't really see her being dead as there was so much about her character they never explained. Plus I like having alot of characters on the show it can keep lots of things fresh and if there is a paticular character you don't like you know he/she won't be hogging up the screen every week.

    So what does everyone think Claire's adopted father is up to? Just studying the 'heroes' or changing them?

  6. 3.) This idiotic rule applies ONLY to Xbox 360 games. You can rent PS2 games...Xbox games...Gamecube games...without having to provide a credit card. He said because the Xbox 360 games cost so much, this is why they have to do this. So, let me see if I understand this--a $63 360 game needs a credit card, but a $52 PS2 game doesn't? Nor does a $52 Xbox game? Sure. Makes perfect fucking sense. <_<

    The big difference is that the X-box 360 cost 11 dollars more. Oh yeah if they lose that extra 11 dollars it would cripple them finacially.

  7. have minor characters as the exclusives.

    Which utterly defeats the purpose of exclusive characters. Extra characters are added so that people will have incentive to buy a game that they likely already grabbed once. You may not like it, but no one is going to go out and buy the PSP version of the game if the exclusive characters were Flatman, Squirrel Girl, and H.E.R.B.I.E.

    Hell yeah Flatman!! How could you not go out and buy that game with him in it? Now if we could get Mr. Immortal it be a smash hit...

  8. I watched Saw III and Slither. Slither was a movie I did not want to see, but it turned out to be pretty damn entertaining. Best part of it was the dialogue was actually...*GASP*...realistic. In so many horror movies, you have these people when they see something hideously bad, they get all tough and yell out a bunch of empty bravado bullshit. In this movie, the actual things people would say if this happened in real life were said. Most notably:

    "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?"

    and

    "Holy shit..."

    :laugh:

    Like I said--very entertaining.

    Yea I actually want to see slither, but I don't know if I want to see slugs going into people's mouths...

  9. Punisher - The guy has no powers but has gone toe-to-toe with some heavy hitters.

    Not to knock your team or nothing, but Punisher isn't much of a team player, and always takes things to the extreme. He is a murderer whether or not you agree that he's right dosen't negate this fact. Plus the kind of action that the FF sees battling Aliens and dictators is a bit out of his league.

  10. Yeah. It's out for the PS2.

    List of playable characters:

    Blade

    Captain America

    Deadpool

    Dr. Strange

    Luke Cage

    Elektra

    Ghost Rider

    Human Torch

    Iceman

    Invisible Woman

    Iron Man

    Ms. Marvel

    Mr. Fantastic

    Spider-Man

    Spider-Woman

    Storm

    The Thing

    Thor

    Wolverine

    Unlockables:

    Black Panther

    Daredevil

    Nick Fury

    Silver Surfer

    PSP gets some extra people (Hawkeye most notably) and next gen consoles get Colossus, Moon Knight, and Khonshu.

    All and all the playable list is *just* okay, but considering how huge the Marvel universe is, it would've been cool to have some more options (I was personally really hoping for Sentry as a playable.)

    Thats a pretty cool list. I'd would love to see Havok on there, but he gets no love in video games...

  11. I work on Mondays so I Tivo Raw, and then Tivo Friday night's Heroes. It sucks to be a week behind but I need my Raw on Mondays. I wish the show were just about Hiro. He's the best thing about the show.

    Yea Hiro is the man and he does have the coolest power. Mondays are a struggle for me whether to watch the first hour of raw or Heroes.

  12. Anyone playing this? I got it for the 360, and it looks awesome in high def. If you have ever played X-Men Legends, it's kind of like that, but not cell shaded. It's got almost every hero and villain in the Marvel universe in it.

    Just the Top guys or does it have the guys lower on the totem pole? Is it out for ps2?

  13. Due to overlapping, my time is off just a bit. Some parts of Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness and Marvel Zombies: Dead Days will run concurrently, and Ultimate Fantastic Four 32 takes place near the end of Marvel Zombies.

    I have a question isn't marvel zombies in its own universe not in the ultimate line?

  14. The first hardcover was released in August and sold out right away. A second printing will hit stores in a few weeks. Since the hardcover sold so well, don't expect a trade until late 2007.

    Hardcover is cool, but will it be one book or more. When I bought Hush I didn't realize it was two parts(had to go back and get the second copy)

  15. Advance Wars consumed my life for like, a year and a half. FF Tactics and Ogre are really close competition, but AW's simplicity and addictive quality can not be understated.

    Word. I would play this game to and from work everyday and on my break. I was consumed with trying to get S rank on all of the War room missions.