Heroes (spoilers within)

[Walter]

Thats cool... but what about for incremental spoilers like, say, the next episode?

Wel, I found a suitable, if a little JUMPY replacement for the former, awesome spoiler tag that was lost in the upgrade. It'll do for now. Onward with the spoilers!

Spoiler

So, wow. Sylar for Prez eh? Aaz tells me you can see that it's Sylar in the oval office when he recreates Isaac's painting just after killing him in ep 19. But I didn't notice it. I just thought it was Sylar's recreation of Nathan as President, only more angular... Guess I should have paid more attention.

Aaz is impressed with evil Parkman, but I have to say, I still think he's just a whiny tool. Come on, "WE'rE HaViN' a BAAAAYBEEEEE!!!!" (loling). I can't help but make fun of him, he's such a tool, and goes back and forth about where he stands, is constantly being used by others and has no personality other than "my life SUCKS!"

Anyway, about this ep, pretty awesome that they totally went for broke with both the production scale and impact of this episode. Of course, by the end it's all self-contained to a degree, and they essentially close the doors to that possibility as a future. We'll see though...

I think aspects of that future will seep through in the end.

God, that part where Sylar and Peter are about to toss fire and iceballs at each other ... a little over the top, but I guess that's what people want to see =).

 

[Mage]

Well, at the end of ep 18, and beginning of 19, Skylar begins to slice in his traditional horizontal manner across Peter's skull, but Claire's healing ability kicks in, and the wound heals. We always thought that would be what Future Hero was referring to. But in the future,

Oh, I realized that much but thought I had missed the "how." Btw, the only way I can see the spoilers is by quoting the post itself to see all the text

 

[Walter]

Oh, I realized that much but thought I had missed the "how." Btw, the only way I can see the spoilers is by quoting the post itself to see all the text

Yeah, we don't know the how yet, unless I missed some key, yet muffled dialogue, which HAS been known to happen.

As for the spoiler tag thing .. wow, uh, don't know what to tell you. I tested it in IE and it worked fine. But make a post in the Spoiler Tag thread so we can discuss it further.

 

[Aazealh]

I thought he was going to offer to heal Nathan's wife. Guess not

Well I don't think that's entirely out of the question. It's also the first thing that sprang to my mind. I'm pretty sure he'll use that to pressure Nathan into doing his bidding at some point.

By the way, who else thinks both Peter and Sylar will die at the end? They're both too powerful to just leave alive for the next season

I don't know, they've really developed Peter's character a lot so to have him die would be sort of a waste. It's true he's too powerful, but they can have him become a sort of Superman equivalent in the Heroes world.

Spoiler

Sort of like what happened in the latest episode. All was lost and then he came up and completely saved the day. The real difficulty was to convince him to act.

And Sylar makes a good antagonist for him and others in general. What I really wonder is what new threat or development they'll come up with for season 2.

Well, at the end of ep 18, and beginning of 19, Skylar begins to slice in his traditional horizontal manner across Peter's skull, but Claire's healing ability kicks in, and the wound heals. We always thought that would be what Future Hero was referring to.

Always? I had doubts from the first time.

Spoiler

Aaz is impressed with evil Parkman, but I have to say, I still think he's just a whiny tool. Come on, "WE'rE HaViN' a BAAAAYBEEEEE!!!!" (loling). I can't help but make fun of him, he's such a tool, and goes back and forth about where he stands, is constantly being used by others and has no personality other than "my life SUCKS!"

Spoiler

Well I'm not so much impressed than surprised really. He's killing everybody in cold blood without questioning anything, that's quite a departure from his current personality. He's a tool in any case, but he's totally ruthless. It might be interesting if it's somehow foreshadowing what he'll become. Kind of like in Cube, where the cop that seemed nice eventually turned out to be the bad guy.

Spoiler

God, that part where Sylar and Peter are about to toss fire and iceballs at each other ... a little over the top, but I guess that's what people want to see =).

Spoiler

Yeah that was a little cheesy, I agree. It's nice to see the scenarists haven't forgotten Sylar's ice power though. It was in the pilot and we haven't seen him use it ever since. Peter's fire power is also a reference to Claire's biological mom, always nice.

Yeah, we don't know the how yet, unless I missed some key, yet muffled dialogue, which HAS been known to happen.

Nope, we don't know how it's going to happen. Or if, for that matter. It's an alternate reality so who knows if the same things will happen. Anyway, from the looks of it, it could even be a cut from Hiro's katana (now don't ask me why Hiro would try to kill Peter).

 

[Walter]

Peter's fire power is also a reference to Claire's biological mom, always nice.

My first thought was that it was from Ted, actually. He was able to make those short bursts of fire during "Company Man."

Anyway, from the looks of it, it could even be a cut from Hiro's katana (now don't ask me why Hiro would try to kill Peter).

Yep, thought so too. But it indeed seems unlikely. They even sat down face to face and had a nice old chat this ep, which would be really weird if Hiro was indeed the one to disfigure Peter's face. Future Hiro even kind of smiles, familiarly, from what I remember, when he mentions the scar when we first saw him on the train, so... I don't think so.

Looked into one of the URLs shown briefly in the timeline scene, http://www.primatechpaper.com/ It has some neat, if worthless stuff on the site.

Click the About Us page, then click on the logo. It'll ask for a login, it's: bennet , pw is: claire

Once you're in there, you'll see a list of four "files," each one leading to someone with "abilities." Nothing new here, just kinda nerdy summations of them. There's a horribly awkward photo of Parkman in his section, which is good for laughs I guess.

Hana: HGghx11a
Parkman: MPggtn75x
Ted: TSntz14b
Sylar: GGeh81zU

I'm really surprised The Company kept Bennet's login . Pretty lazy network administrators for such a seemingly large and well-funded company =)

PS: There's also some cheesy shit at http://www.samantha48616e61.com/ and Linderman's Casino also has a mock-website, complete with Video Poker! http://www.corinthianlasvegas.com/club/

 

[Aazealh]

My first thought was that it was from Ted, actually. He was able to make those short bursts of fire during "Company Man."

Yeah, Ted can make fireballs too but it was Ice vs Fire, and I think (didn't really pay attention) Peter put his hands on fire just like Claire's mom and not like Ted who's more like he's concentrating energy in his fists.

Since we're talking about Ted I'll copy an excerpt from our previous conversation: I was thinking, that bullshit about Peter exploding and still living thanks to Claire's power... I find it a little lame. Nuclear fission isn't something you regenerate from... It's the atoms exploding for god's sake. If Claire can die from getting her skull opened then so can Peter by being disintegrated. Besides, Peter was apparently alive even after Claire had died in the alternate future, so either he still got her power somehow (unlikely) or there's another explanation. Or the scenarists are confused.

 

[CnC]

Yeah, Ted can make fireballs too but it was Ice vs Fire, and I think (didn't really pay attention) Peter put his hands on fire just like Claire's mom and not like Ted who's more like he's concentrating energy in his fists.

Yea I also don't think the fire was Ted's, more like Claire's mom. I'm willing to bet the ice ability would be Peter's mom, she strikes me as cold.

It's the atoms exploding for god's sake. If Claire can die from getting her skull opened then so can Peter by being disintegrated. Besides, Peter was apparently alive even after Claire had died in the alternate future, so either he still got her power somehow (unlikely) or there's another explanation. Or the scenarists are confused.

I'm not convinced Claire could be killed by having her head cut open. But, yea, comign back from splitting atoms seems a bit stretched.

It is a bit confusing ala Claire's death,tho. If the in the alternate future, Cylar having Claire's ability prevents him from being killed by Hiro how does that relate to Peter exploding? Is future Hiro confused as to who destroys New York? All this time warping just seems to result in Peter surviving the blast rather than preventing the blast.

Can't the Haitian pretty much prevent _all_ of this, tho? He's alive in the future, and has the ability to nullify powers. Whats up with that?

 

[Aazealh]

Yea I also don't think the fire was Ted's, more like Claire's mom. I'm willing to bet the ice ability would be Peter's mom, she strikes me as cold.

After looking at it again I'm positive it's not the same as Ted's stuff. Also, I don't think so about the Petrelli matriarch. Not that she's not cold, but for Sylar to have that power he would have to have killed her and she didn't seem to be on the list. Furthermore she looks like a very secretive person in general, not the kind to attract Sylar's attention. Lastly, Sylar had killed someone by freezing him in the second episode of the show, that means he already had that power back then. The scenarists have just been too lazy to make him use anything other than his telekinesis so far.

On a side note, I'm thinking the Petrelli parents were probably part of (or affiliated to) Linderman's superhero team in their youth, which would explain why the father worked for him.

I'm not convinced Claire could be killed by having her head cut open. But, yea, comign back from splitting atoms seems a bit stretched.

Well Sylar did kill her like that. And she and Peter were as good as dead as long as they had something stuck in their brain...

It is a bit confusing ala Claire's death,tho. If the in the alternate future, Cylar having Claire's ability prevents him from being killed by Hiro how does that relate to Peter exploding? Is future Hiro confused as to who destroys New York? All this time warping just seems to result in Peter surviving the blast rather than preventing the blast.

Spoiler

Actually quite a few things are confusing and appear to be contradictory. If Claire didn't die and Sylar finally got her thanks to Parkman while posing as Nathan, it means he couldn't regenerate when Hiro stabbed him. What that's supposed to mean is that when Hiro went back in time and told Peter to save Claire, he altered the timeline and when he came back things were different, but he didn't know since he himself had remained the same. So when normal Hiro went to the future, terrorist Hiro didn't know Claire was alive and he didn't know how things occurred before the explosion since Sylar was not stabbed then. Yet, Isaac's comic book shows him stabbing Sylar, maybe because he kept it with him when he went back in time so it wasn't altered. Now normal Hiro should find the real comic Isaac drew, from the current continuity. Jesus I'm not sure that makes any sense. Get the DeLorean!

Can't the Haitian pretty much prevent _all_ of this, tho? He's alive in the future, and has the ability to nullify powers. Whats up with that?

Yeah, apparently he can nullify all powers as opposed to just mental stuff. I was never sure about it since the beginning of the show, and I'm wondering if it's not also contradicting some stuff in the previous episodes, but I'm not interested enough to check. I'm guessing the excuse for him not preventing the nuke is that he wasn't around at the time.

 

[Walter]

On a side note, I'm thinking the Petrelli parents were probably part of (or affiliated to) Linderman's superhero team in their youth, which would explain why the father worked for him.

Yeah, I feel that the Petrelli mother essentially confirmed it in ep 19 when Claire asks her if she's "the same" as her. What she says is similar to Linderman's story as told to Nathan.

Yeah, apparently he can nullify all powers as opposed to just mental stuff. I was never sure about it since the beginning of the show, and I'm wondering if it's not also contradicting some stuff in the previous episodes, but I'm not interested enough to check. I'm guessing the excuse for him not preventing the nuke is that he wasn't around at the time.

That fucking Hatian... I think the writers honestly got confused about what his power was =).

Spoiler

Oh yeah, and how about doc's SURPRISE INJECTION! I got a laugh out of that

 

[CnC]

Well Sylar did kill her like that. And she and Peter were as good as dead as long as they had something stuck in their brain...

See, this is where it gets wierd. When did she die? Even in the future she's alive.

Things like regeneration in this show are strange when we don't know the limit to their ability. Are we to understand that death can come from having your head cut open but not from having every atom in your body explode? Death seems to last only as long as the foreign object is in the brain, then the tissue seems to grow back as if nothing was wrong. How accurate was Peter when he surmised he can't die? And why wouldn't that extend to Claire?

That fucking Hatian... I think the writers honestly got confused about what his power was =).

I thought he was a mental black hole, able to cut off brain activity/erase memory. I suppose that could apply to powers but it looks like they've positioned him as the kid from xmen 3.

 

[Walter]

See, this is where it gets wierd. When did she die? Even in the future she's alive.

It was confusing because the writers initially had us believed she had died, but that was just a cover story for Bennet to continue his familial obcession with her, and remove her from the public.

Spoiler

She only died when she met up with Nathan/Sylar.

It all reminded me of when they had us convinced through Ted that The Company implants powers, and then in one line of dialogue while I'm eating Doritos or something, they say it's not true, and I miss it.

Who thinks Andy, Claire's fiancee in the future, will be a character in Season 2? ...

Things like regeneration in this show are strange when we don't know the limit to their ability. Are we to understand that death can come from having your head cut open but not from having every atom in your body explode? Death seems to last only as long as the foreign object is in the brain, then the tissue seems to grow back as if nothing was wrong. How accurate was Peter when he surmised he can't die? And why wouldn't that extend to Claire?

See, I always bought it that he survived because he was at the source of the explosion, and it went outwards. Of course, in Isaac's painting, he is glowing and red so... maybe not

 

[CnC]

It was confusing because the writers initially had us believed she had died, but that was just a cover story for Bennet to continue his familial obcession with her, and remove her from the public.

So how would Cylar get the ability to regenerate (future Hiro's problem)?

 

[Aazealh]

That fucking Hatian... I think the writers honestly got confused about what his power was =).

Spoiler

Oh yeah, and how about doc's SURPRISE INJECTION! I got a laugh out of that

Wouldn't surprise me, though I give them more credit than that. And yeah, about the spoiler, who didn't see it coming 3 miles away?

See, this is where it gets wierd. When did she die? Even in the future she's alive.

Spoiler

Alright, so before Future Hiro went back in time to tell Peter to save her, she died at her homecoming. Then after Hiro altered the past so that Peter saved her, she went into hiding as seen in the last episode, but was finally killed by Sylar (disguised as Nathan). So far in the real continuity, present time, she's not dead.

Things like regeneration in this show are strange when we don't know the limit to their ability. Are we to understand that death can come from having your head cut open but not from having every atom in your body explode? Death seems to last only as long as the foreign object is in the brain, then the tissue seems to grow back as if nothing was wrong. How accurate was Peter when he surmised he can't die? And why wouldn't that extend to Claire?

Seems so. Peter was obviously just guessing, so what he said is nothing definite. Claire was definitely killed by Sylar so messing with her brain to a bigger extent than just sticking something into it will kill her, and by extension, the same will kill Peter. But so far it's sort of implied that Peter could survive his own explosion thanks to her power. It's a bit ridiculous, but then again the writers don't seem to care much about realism when it comes to Ted's powers (see what he did in the house, yet none of the guys present died from horrible radiations while his wife did when he didn't do anything nearly as bad). Their treatment of Hana's Wifi/Wimax/Bluetooth power is equally impossible, I guess we're just supposed to suspend disbelief. Also, it might be that Peter won't be the one exploding and that he doesn't know it or something like that. Who knows.

I thought he was a mental black hole, able to cut off brain activity/erase memory. I suppose that could apply to powers but it looks like they've positioned him as the kid from xmen 3.

Well at first he was the guy that could block out powers. Then he became the memory erasing guy and the blocking out powers part was left on the backburner for a while. But now it's back. Whatever.

It was confusing because the writers initially had us believed she had died, but that was just a cover story for Bennet to continue his familial obcession with her, and remove her from the public.

Spoiler

She only died when she met up with Nathan/Sylar.

Spoiler

That's not just a cover story of Bennet. In the first future, she had indeed died at homecoming. Then Hiro changed that, and instead Bennet sent her into hiding. It's confusing because the future changed and future Hiro wasn't aware of it until present Hiro & Ando told him.

It all reminded me of when they had us convinced through Ted that The Company implants powers, and then in one line of dialogue while I'm eating Doritos or something, they say it's not true, and I miss it.

I think that was just you not paying attention man, I never really believed it personally.

Who thinks Andy, Claire's fiancee in the future, will be a character in Season 2?

Not looking forward to that...

See, I always bought it that he survived because he was at the source of the explosion, and it went outwards. Of course, in Isaac's painting, he is glowing and red so... maybe not

Well, it's just not how nukes work, that's what makes it unlikely to me. I don't know though, since the powers are already impossible in the first place, it's probably not such a big deal.

So how would Cylar get the ability to regenerate (future Hiro's problem)?

The name is spelled Sylar. And after Hiro went back in time and made Peter save Claire, Sylar didn't have her ability. BUT, Hiro also didn't stab him, for some reason. Or the stab wasn't fatal, see my previous post.

 

[CnC]

I feel we're running around in circles on the topic of Claire, and since you're "away" from AIM (lawl) I'll drop it...
All this time travelling is messy

And yeah, about the spoiler, who didn't see it coming 3 miles away?

I knew he would do it right from the first conversation he had with Nathan. Really obvious.... but meh.

Well at first he was the guy that could block out powers. Then he became the memory erasing guy and the blocking out powers part was left on the backburner for a while. But now its back. Whatever.

Well he blocked out Parkman's power, so I kinda just included that in my guess that he was mostly a mental black hole. But it seems that was wrong and he can do it to every power. I don't see how the writers can avoid making him a major player in the upcoming events, as they've (kind of) written themselves into a corner with him.

The name is spelled Sylar.

G a t t s u!

 

[Aazealh]

I knew he would do it right from the first conversation he had with Nathan. Really obvious.... but meh.

Yeah, same here.

Well he blocked out Parkman's power, so I kinda just included that in my guess that he was mostly a mental black hole. But it seems that was wrong and he can do it to every power. I don't see how the writers can avoid making him a major player in the upcoming events, as they've (kind of) written themselves into a corner with him.

Well, I think he also nullified some other powers early on, but now that I think of it he still let Nathan escape by flying away so... Guess it just doesn't make sense.

 

[Walter]

I knew he would do it right from the first conversation he had with Nathan. Really obvious.... but meh.

It wasn't that I was surprised, but that the Hatian surely saw that coming before he got stabbed in the fucking neck. I mean, a syringe to the neck from a little Indian scientist. He'd have a chance to retaliate. That was my beef.

 

[Psymont 2.0]

i love heroes but that episode was incredibly disappointing... the inconsistencies are so profound that one could not scratch the surface without losing themselves in madness... on top of that, you could really feel the budget strain; especially in the building fight... fire and ice?!? lame... how can i put this, the main "bad guy" in the episode really didnt use his/her powers effectively... come on, what you would have done in that situation in the end? i have high hopes for the rest of the show however and pray that the crew involved in this facade are benched until the buzzer...

 

[Walter]

i love heroes but that episode was incredibly disappointing... the inconsistencies are so profound that one could not scratch the surface without losing themselves in madness... on top of that, you could really feel the budget strain; especially in the building fight... fire and ice?!? lame... how can i put this, the main "bad guy" in the episode really didnt use his/her powers effectively... come on, what you would have done in that situation in the end? i have high hopes for the rest of the show however and pray that the crew involved in this facade are benched until the buzzer...

Well, I think you'd be in the minority to say it wasn't entertaining. The inconsistencies with the future stuff didn't really bother me to the point of hating the episode outright. It's just the level of bullshit I've come to expect from the show.

As for Sylar not using his abilities fully, I'll agree with you there. He's got telekinesis, can DISSASSEMBLE MATTER (make things melt), among clearly many more. But with those ridiculously powerful abilities alone,he could have done quite a bit more creative damage to Peter and the gang than toss icicles, no question about that. But as Aaz said earlier, I think it's just that the writers are a little lazy in how they present his array of powers.

It's been the general theme of Heroes throughout this season, I think. The potential for greatness is just there beneath the surface of a handfull of inconsistencies and frustrations, but it's an otherwise entertaining show. Certainly moreso than other "popular" shows on TV these days. I say, bravo NBC. Bravo.

 

[Aazealh]

Well, I think you'd be in the minority to say it wasn't entertaining. The inconsistencies with the future stuff didn't really bother me to the point of hating the episode outright. It's just the level of bullshit I've come to expect from the show.

Yeah and actually I think you're supposed to take into account the change of timelines that future Hiro wasn't aware of, plus the fact things didn't necessarily happen the way some characters believe they did. Plus it's some kind of an alternate reality that won't happen in the end. Basically it's pretty confusing and the risk for the writers is to confuse themselves.

can DISSASSEMBLE MATTER (make things melt)

He can just melt metal I think, and I wouldn't call that disassembling matter, more like transforming (liquefying). Jeez what a nerdy discussion.

 

[CnC]

Jeez what a nerdy discussion.

So have you been keeping up with the Official Heroes Comic Book (tm)?

 

[Aazealh]

So have you been keeping up with the Official Heroes Comic Book (tm)?

Not for a while actually, but thanks for reminding me.

 

[DirectDK]

My take on a few things...

I was a little disappointed in the episode, but I still thought it was interesting. Hell, I've watched it twice since! Anyways, in regards to a few posts up about how the fire vs ice thing was sorta lame... well, I found the whole alternate reality to be portrayed more like a dream. I don't know if that was the writers' intentions, and in theory, it shouldn't be just a dream, but the actual future... but I felt it was more dream-like. Thus, I think a lot of things were done for dramatic purposes. Also, I think the fire vs ice thing was because it was sorta a "trip down memory lane" or something. Like, let's end this the way it all started when Peter blew up the city... or let's try to kill each other by brute force, and see who's more powerful. I mean, Peter could have used a lot more powers to attack Sylar too, but I think they both chose that way as the final culmination. Who knows, they both have lots of powers, but at the same time they are both so powerful, that maybe they realize that less drastic measures won't be able to kill each other.

In regards to the Haitian being able to stop more powers than he could before... I think it's POSSIBLE, that the reason is simply that his power has grown much stronger over the past 5 years. And even despite that, back when Nathan was able to escape by flying, I think the Haitian still has to focus when he wants to stop someone's power. When Nathan just flew all of a sudden, maybe the Haitian wasn't prepared, or he let his offenses down for a split second by chance. Like that time when Parkman was hiding in the car in front of Primatech Paper, and he was able to get a FEW WORDS from HRG's mind (and then his nose started bleeding). Since the Haitian didn't know Parkman was around, maybe that's how Parkman was able to get in just a little bit...

Lastly, my take on the past vs future thing... well, from my small experience in reading/watching stories that deal with past/future, I'm a bit confused on what happened here. I feel, that since Past Peter saved the cheerleader, then that should have automatically changed Future Hiro's story and memory. If Future Hiro still remembers stabbing Sylar, and him regenerating... then that means that whatever Past Hiro and Past Peter have done, it hasn't affected the future. HOWEVER, it's obvious that in the future, Sylar hasn't killed Claire yet because he doesn't have the power to regenerate (until the end of the ep). Sooo... like Aaz said, it could be that Future Hiro still stabbed Sylar, and he didn't die still for some unknown reason, but according to the 9th Wonder Comic that Issac drew before dying, it shows that the way to "save the world" is to kill Sylar with the blade that Hiro possesses.

So... the only thing that I can see that is going on here, is that since Hiro is a time jumper, changes in the past might not alter his perception or memory like it does for others. The only reason why I suggest this is because Future Hiro still recalls stabbing Sylar and still recalls Sylar regenerating when it's obvious that in the Future Sylar couldn't regenerate yet. So my only guess, is that even though Past Peter saved Claire, it could have somehow changed the way events took place in those next few weeks, and made it so Past Hiro and Past Sylar never confronted, and thus Past Sylar was able to live on into what he became 5 years later. However, I guess now that Past Hiro has seen a glimpse at the future, and seen what he HAS to do now (to kill Sylar), then hopefully this will be able to REALLY change the future.

Or maybe, I'm just thinking too hard and the writers just really dropped the ball. =(


On a side note: 2 gripes:
1. In the 2nd to last episode, after Mohinder rammed the chalkboard into Sylar and slammed his head against the wall, causing him to fall to the ground, instead of Mohinder rushing to Peter and taking him away to the Petrelli's house, he should have grabbed the gun, SHOT SYLAR 5 TIMES IN THE HEAD, and then taken Peter away. Cmon now!
2. Since Future Peter is able to stop time now, he's absorbed Hiro's power, so HE should go back in time, and somehow change his past so he doesn't blow up the city. I guess he just wants to keep himself around cuz he sees him as the only one capable of taking down Sylar?? Ah whatever.

 

[Psymont 2.0]

there is absolutely no explaination for misuse (or lack of use) of powers; with the exception of hiro, who says he is afraid to use his power and end up fighting a dinosaur (whens that gonna happen?) rather than on target... woulda, shoulda, coulda... i treat heroes like i would treat a book; you just have to imagine it cause it aint gonna be on screen thanks to budgetary constraints...

 

[Walter]

there is absolutely no explaination for misuse (or lack of use) of powers; with the exception of hiro, who says he is afraid to use his power and end up fighting a dinosaur (whens that gonna happen?) rather than on target... woulda, shoulda, coulda... i treat heroes like i would treat a book; you just have to imagine it cause it aint gonna be on screen thanks to budgetary constraints...

Man, that's a lot of budget complaints for a network TV series. You know these things run on peanuts, right? It's not a Hollywood production, and the creator even specifically said he didn't want the show to be about the powers, but about the characters.

Anyway... next season could likely have an increased budget due to the show's popularity. There's certainly no reason to cut back on the budget.

 

[DirectDK]

with the exception of hiro, who says he is afraid to use his power and end up fighting a dinosaur (whens that gonna happen?) rather than on target...

Hmm, I was under the impression that he really wasn't ever going to fight a dinosaur, but that it was just when he took the fake sword from the museum and posed in front of the model dinosaur...