Sylar's "future"

[Red_K_Advocate]

So Sylar's painting had a bunch of crazy colors and stuff...

any thoughts?

It looked like he was still painting the "original" future but Nathan looked waaaaaaaaaaaay crazy

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

His artistic ability isn't quite up to standards set by Isaac eh?:p

[angeloo]

im starting to think that either sylar only gets a bit of peoples power or it takes a while for him to be good at it unlike peter who masters them like right away

[parajay]

Peter doesn't exactly 'master' them right away(hell, look how long it took him to learn just how to recall the powers he's sponged already), but I see what you mean. It was said by Tim Kring that Sylar's power is the ability to 'learn' and 'understand' just how the mechanics of a certain power work, and to mimic them. It could be that the mimicking of a power like that isn't perfect, whereas Peter was painting just as flawlessly as Isaac did.

OR it could be Bizarro-Nathan!!! :D

[DiscoDyslexic]

I have to say I like Sylars painting a lot more than Isaacs.
It doesn't reflect any artistic ability, I don't think. I mean everything is proportionate, things just look warped, like the odd expression and the very creepy looking claw-like hands. I imagine this is how Sylar sees things, as they are, though warped and unnatural.

I'd hang that in my house.

[chrisxs5]

Someone said this in another thread;

"It's just how Sylar views the world"

Dont remember who, but how true. When Peter painted the first time he was able to see the world as Isaac, as Sylar sees from a completely different perspective.

[phantom222]

you all r lookin at this too much. the creators said that the only reason isaac painted so good was just because he had talent and that when peter copied his power he could only paint stick figures. stick figures from the future, yes, but still stick figures. so sylars painting has nothing to do with his power and its limits, he just sucks at painting:)

[last man of krypton]

Originally posted by DiscoDyslexic
I have to say I like Sylars painting a lot more than Isaacs.
It doesn't reflect any artistic ability, I don't think. I mean everything is proportionate, things just look warped, like the odd expression and the very creepy looking claw-like hands. I imagine this is how Sylar sees things, as they are, though warped and unnatural.

Funny you said that, I was thinking how Tim Burton-esque it appeared in terms of artistic style, and if his movies are anything to go by, it's similar to how he views the world.

[Ginx]

Originally posted by parajay
Peter doesn't exactly 'master' them right away(hell, look how long it took him to learn just how to recall the powers he's sponged already), but I see what you mean. It was said by Tim Kring that Sylar's power is the ability to 'learn' and 'understand' just how the mechanics of a certain power work, and to mimic them. It could be that the mimicking of a power like that isn't perfect, whereas Peter was painting just as flawlessly as Isaac did.

OR it could be Bizarro-Nathan!!! :D

LOL - Peter was a bit of a slow learner but he's picking up speed on the learning curve now.

I think that the painting was how Sylar saw things - warped. Whereas Issac was painting how he saw the scene - Sylar is also painting it the way he see it - and his version of the future is a bit darker.

LOL @ Bizarro-Nathan --

[shipgrad2002]

I think it all depends on artistic ability. If you remember when Peter finished the one painting for Isaac, it wasn't nearly as good as Isaac's. Peter and Sylar only use the powers. They don't take all attributes of the person.

[Ginx]

Originally posted by shipgrad2002
I think it all depends on artistic ability. If you remember when Peter finished the one painting for Isaac, it wasn't nearly as good as Isaac's. Peter and Sylar only use the powers. They don't take all attributes of the person.

I agree - I also kinda felt that the 'future power' would've been better if Sylar had to use it some other way - painting worked for Issac but why would that same outlet work for Sylar? :\

[last man of krypton]

Interesting idea, it would make sense.

[Red_K_Advocate]

What other way could you use that power other than drawing?

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

By writing fan fiction stories:lol:

[angeloo]

i got 2 possiblities why the painting sucked, either he doesnt get a heroes full power when he takes there power,or is a very slow learner, or its different from issac as he now has the power to change what he sees since all issac was able to do was paint the future sylar can now change it thats why issac choose to die he saw sylar doing good with issacs power? .... and like ive said through the season i still see sylar turning good, theres not enough back story on him or anything. but im probably wrong and just want to see sylar turn good now that linderman seems like hes going to be the central bad guy

[Red_K_Advocate]

I seriously doubt that Sylar can turn "good." Even if he changes his mind there's still nothing to change the fact that he's slaughtered countless people with powers just so he can benefit.

Telekinetic man
Ice person
Hearing woman
Eden
Papa Suresh
Man who was frozen
Frozen man's wife
Isaac
Cheerleader
Bennett's lab assistant
etc

[chrisxs5]

He was asking for forgiveness in his apartment.

[Red_K_Advocate]

That was a ruse to lure Mohinder into a false sense of security! Sylar is evil!

[chrisxs5]

lol, I dont think Sylar was expecting someone to bring in.

[Nam-Ek2]

i just think the power will be destorted coz it's second hand

but then again when peter did it, it was perfect

[last man of krypton]

I wouldn't say perfect. Just watched the bit where Peter completed Isaac's painting in "Hiros", and it was certainly not of Isaac's usual style or standard. So, I think it's a blend of artistic ability and character ie Isaac is a comicbook artist who is an accomplished painter, and that's reflected in a skilled comic style of art. Peter isn't skilled artistically but is a good guy, so paints and draws as best he can (even his stick figures had a kind of innocent look about them :p), whereas Sylar possibly remembered some art skills with his enhanced memory, and paints in a style reflective of his personality; dark and twisted.

[chrisxs5]

Originally posted by last man of krypton
I wouldn't say perfect. Just watched the bit where Peter completed Isaac's painting in "Hiros", and it was certainly not of Isaac's usual style or standard. So, I think it's a blend of artistic ability and character ie Isaac is a comicbook artist who is an accomplished painter, and that's reflected in a skilled comic style of art. Peter isn't skilled artistically but is a good guy, so paints and draws as best he can (even his stick figures had a kind of innocent look about them :p), whereas Sylar possibly remembered some art skills with his enhanced memory, and paints in a style reflective of his personality; dark and twisted.
Very well put!;)


Originally posted by Nam-Ek2
i just think the power will be destorted coz it's second hand

but then again when peter did it, it was perfect
It's called genrations, for example, when a video is duplicted it gets more distorted each copy, becuase the original quality can never be copied. So by the time you get 5 copies down the line it looks very bad. I think that would be the case for Peter as well. As for Sylar, I think it would have to be much worse, he is looking at something and trying to copy it himself. So it should be distorted by the time he gets done. Even Isaac couldnt paint an exact copy of another painting. So when Sylar gets a power and then Peter gets it from him , Peters power is a third genration power, and should'nt be as powerful as the original.