Tonight on Heroes: Harry Knowles creeps out the universe

[thebitterguy]

Okay, so, random speculation on horn-rimmed man, aka Mr. Bennett.

First off: he does not appear to have any sinister motives. Mysterious, yes. He's definitely watching Suresh, both personally and through a proxy, and is aware of Offiver Matt and Nathan Petrelli (and Claire), having interefered with each of them in various ways: having Matt interrogated telepathically by his associate; attempting to abduct Petrelli and have him interrogated; and giving Claire fake bio-parents to meet.

Okay, so, his actions are not necessarily squeaky clean. But he hasn't yet hurt anyone, other than Claire's atempted rapist. It is safe to assume that Dr. Suresh Sr's assassin was, in fact, the mysterious Syler, as it seems Bennet finds the Sureshs more useful alive than dead. On the other hand, pixie girl could be capable of ripping cabs in half with her bare hands.

It's possible that Mr. Bennet could act as a patron for whichever of the Heroes ends up deciding to use their abilites for good (or at least his version of good, which includes abducting people and manipulating their memories). He obviously has resources, and interest, and already has the talents of at least one Hero type charcter (what do they call supers in this setting, anyway?) at his disposal.

Maybe he's the one who sets up Hiro with a Berlitz course and a katana.

In other news, Harry Knowles is a fuckin' pervert.

Come on, someone defend him on that. It's just creepy.

Comments

[ludickid.livejournal.com]

Uh, yuck. Yuck to Harry Knowles.

[uncut-diamond.livejournal.com]

that is fucking disturbing

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I follow you to the end of your thesis, but I'm behind you in that his actions are not those of an overtly hostile or sinister force.

In fact, it seems much more a sort of Oversight Committee, with Mr Brain-wipe allowing him unprecedented access to those he observes.

Doug.

[thebitterguy]

We have to wonder where his authority comes from. Is he simply concerned about their abilities? Does he represent an agency which is responsible for the abilties surfacing at this time? Is he a public or private, or a PPP (I KNEW they were evil!)?

All questions, no answers.

[oakthorne.livejournal.com]

So, a little theory of mine. Which - as with all geek theories - may or may not pan out.

Have you read the first comic for Heroes, from the NBC site? The one where Mohinder talks about how he was afraid of a world of monsters, like Kali? And how his father told him that the world was full of wonders, not monsters. In it, Mohinder muses that it looks like it was torn apart by a monster, and has this image of Kali tearing it apart.

Then, in last week's episode, they played this up-beat version of a traditional Sanskrit chant while Isaac uncovered the symbol on his painting of Niki. Strange timing, thought I.

Or perhaps not. I mean, if we assume that, on some level, Mohinder was right, and it *was* Kali who tore the car apart, who is the character we know right now with the strength to do so, and who fits in a classic Nurturing Mother/Destroying Mother archetype?

:D

Joe

[athelind.livejournal.com]

... maybe they're ALL divine avatars of some sort.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, man. That's a really cool point.

[dawgstar.livejournal.com]

I got to the word 'hymen,' and just blacked out.

[thebitterguy]

Good that you turned back when you could. It was retina searing.

[mightygodking.livejournal.com]

MY GOD A FAT SWEATY INTERNET NERD BOY IS CREEPY

ALERT THE MEDIA

THIS IS TOTALLY SURPRISING AND EVERYTHING

reading comprehension: what does the author think of Harry Knowles?

[perich.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm almost more offended at thebitterguy for reading Harry Knowles than I am for Harry Knowles' writing it. I mean, it's not as if the bearded idiot demon-sultan at the center of the Internet is sentient. It's not responsible for its actions in any sense we'd recognize.

Re: reading comprehension: what does the author think of Harry Knowles?

[thebitterguy]

kevin_church made me. I thought it would be funny!

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

While Mr. Bennett may not appear to be opposing our heroes, the news that Peter and Isaac have met and plan to save Claire does seem to unnerve him. I also wonder why he and his associate chose to take Nathan from the Vegas hotel room and not Niki. Is she in their employ or under their radar?

[oakthorne.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, while he was surprised/unnerved at the news, we don't really know why. Yes, he could be concerned that they are planning to save Claire.

He could also be unnerved at the thought that she might *need* saving, despite his watching over her.

Also, my bet is that they're compiling information on these folks. Grab them, analyze them, mindwipe them and let them go. Chances are good they've already analyzed her.

Regards,
Joseph

[thebitterguy]

Maybe they figured it would be safer to take the guy who can fly insteaed of the chick who can tear people apart with her bare hands.

[optimussven.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's quite disturbing.

[thebitterguy]

I almost wish he'd gotten his tv entertainment show, just to see it go into a deathspiral after this sort of thing.

[(Anonymous)]

i've met knowles. He's not just a perv, he's a hygienically-challenged perv.

[thebitterguy]

The one time I was in his presence, he didn't seem particularly odiferous.

Admittedly, that was at SDCC, so it may have just blended with the general funk.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

This? This is nothing. You want to get really creepy and disgusting, read his eulogy of Rainbeaux Smith or his review of her "Cheerleaders" films. The man has a cheerleader fetish and he's not bothering to hide it, at all. He probably owns those porno DVDs that have an "interactive" cheerleader.

[thebitterguy]

I think I'll just stick with this part of creepy & disgusting.

Now, I just have to keep from look up Rainbeaux Smith on Wikipedia. Must... be strong...

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

Hardly creepy at all.

[thebitterguy]

Creepiness is graded on a curve.

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

This is not creepy enough to even begin climbing up the curve, never mind reaching the peak.

[thebitterguy]

I dunno. Harry salivating at the thought of regenerating cheerleader hymens make my spine shiver just a little bit.

[adamjury.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty much of the school that:

a) It's OK to think anything, no matter how awful it is, as long as you don't act on it, and
b) that goes super-doubly-so when the thoughts are about something or someone fictional.

[pretentiousfool.livejournal.com]

While I do find some of what he says creepy, I have to admit that watching teh show with my girlfriend I made a similar comment about her being perpetually a virgin. Actually, in light of the attempted rape, I saw it as being rather bad for her. Lucky for her she died instead.