tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post3237384028520030748..comments2024-03-18T04:36:26.547-04:00Comments on Paul Levinson's Infinite Regress: Heroes Meets 12 MonkeysPaul Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-56969980399855300852007-11-20T07:16:00.000-05:002007-11-20T07:16:00.000-05:00As you all should know by now, they addressed how ...As you all should know by now, they addressed how Adam stopped his own aging process in tonight's episode (9), I think they said from repeatedly regenerating or something, right?Derek "Dwreck" Carneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14270669151577819419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-35828019113060782312007-11-09T21:50:00.000-05:002007-11-09T21:50:00.000-05:00It could be that the regenerative power gets stron...It could be that the regenerative power gets stronger with use. This seems to be true for most of the Heroes powers, Hiro, Matt, Claire etc... Kensei has used his power extensively. Just think of the battles he's been in that we haven't seen. He must have taken thousands of sword cuts by now. And look at what we have seen, he took a sword to the abdomen and just shrugged it off. It is very plausible that he could have lived 400 years due to his powers. The age that the evolved human with this power is at when they become immortal may be tied to when the come into the "full flower" of their ability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-10035062453019730982007-11-08T20:15:00.000-05:002007-11-08T20:15:00.000-05:00Good points, Patrick - you've pretty much convince...Good points, Patrick - you've pretty much convinced me!Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-57237347619986525962007-11-08T19:29:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:29:00.000-05:00Forgot to add: Also, at the time of Clarie's hando...Forgot to add: Also, at the time of Clarie's handover from the Company to the personal care of Bennett, it is mentioned that *when* she begins to manifest, Bennett will have to return her back to the company. Therefore she hadn't had the ability since birth; but rather it developed at some arbitrary time, which appears to be for her around age 16, during the events of the first season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-79608387611711843662007-11-08T19:27:00.000-05:002007-11-08T19:27:00.000-05:00I just dug through the first season DVDs over the ...I just dug through the first season DVDs over the last couple weeks, so that's where I got the idea (Anonymous, above) of Claire's ability beginning to manifest at the time of the first season. <BR/><BR/>When she shoots the video of herself falling, runs into the fire, etc., it seems like that is the beginning of her awareness of her regeneration and she's trying to understand it. Theoretically one would think that something like that would be noticed if it had been happening for years. <BR/><BR/>The same with Adam - it seems logical that his ability had yet to manifest until he interacted with Hiro; surely a samurai warrior would have taken some sort of injury that would have regenerated and been noticed beforehand - so if no regeneration had been noticed, I'd presume none had happened yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-50036730432162980562007-11-07T23:17:00.000-05:002007-11-07T23:17:00.000-05:00Good points, Lotte and anon.But do we know that Cl...Good points, Lotte and anon.<BR/><BR/>But do we know that Claire's only recently kicked into play? If so - and maybe this was revealed last year, and I missed it (always possible with me) - then your explanation for Adam making it into the present makes a lot of sense.<BR/><BR/>But if Claire has had this capacity all of her life, then we would need something to explain why she and Kensei are regenerating into immortality at their specific ages....<BR/><BR/>Very interesting thread...Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-54265565379919137442007-11-07T14:38:00.000-05:002007-11-07T14:38:00.000-05:00Maybe the lack of aging in Adam (and possibly also...Maybe the lack of aging in Adam (and possibly also in Claire?) has something to do with the body staying the same "age" as it was when the ability first manifested itself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-90219583620309137372007-11-07T13:38:00.000-05:002007-11-07T13:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for the great re-cap, I fell asleep watchin...Thanks for the great re-cap, I fell asleep watching it this week, dangitt.Capcomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841675195251354073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-75178410556376392912007-11-07T09:43:00.000-05:002007-11-07T09:43:00.000-05:00We've seen abilities develop, like Matt's.But we'v...We've seen abilities develop, like Matt's.<BR/><BR/>But we've also seen Claire's ability develop. In Six Months Ago it took a day (or two?) for her hand to really heal, and by now she can cut off a toe and it regrows in a matter of seconds.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if one day her cell regeneration will be fast enough to keep her in optimal shape at all times, meaning that as soon as her body SHOULD start deteriorating (...is that the word? I think it is) it regenerates so that her cells stay young.<BR/><BR/>If that's so I think the same happened to Adam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-41459573729082520552007-11-06T19:56:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:56:00.000-05:00Good point.But that would mean his regenerative ca...Good point.<BR/><BR/>But that would mean his regenerative capacity is not like Claire's, who apparently has aged at least from being a baby and a little girl.<BR/><BR/>For that matter, do we have any reason to think that Kensei's regenerative power could confer immortality?<BR/><BR/>(One point about Adam having regenerative power, though, is that Claire isn't the only one who can save Nikki etc from the virus.)Paul Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609987407926836519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289595359432630118.post-5045766829271643012007-11-06T19:44:00.000-05:002007-11-06T19:44:00.000-05:00Adam survived 400 years due to his regenerative ab...Adam survived 400 years due to his regenerative ability, like Wolverine from X-Men. He did not time travel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com