Sylar

[Gumby]

Now that we've gotten some more information on Sylar, what do you think of him?

I think he could potentially be a very interesting villain.

When the show first started, I suspected that Sylar was killing people with powers so that he could be the only one. Then, it looked like Sylar was actually stealing the powers of the people he killed.

Now, with more backstory, we see that his original power was the ability to fix "what's broken," that he can see when something is defective and intuitively know how to repair it. Now, a couple of his victims - Brian Davis, the telekinetic, and Charlie the waitress with perfect memory - were deemed "broken" by Sylar, and in Charlie's case, we know that for a fact, because she had that thing in her brain that was killing her. Perhaps what Sylar is doing is weeding out the "broken" heroes to make room for the strong, assisting Natural Selection. A much better motive than acquiring power for power's sake.

And, if his brain can interact with a watch (as in knowing exactly how it works and how to fix it), who's to say his brain can't adapt to the brains of other people? It would explain why the brains of his victims were missing: He senses a "broken" person with powers (which could also explain why he's spared Matt and Hiro so far), then adapts his brainwaves to theirs, which would cause him to take on their powers and use them to their full potential (he's much better at telekinesis than Brian Davis was). It could also explain why he could heal himself after Matt shot him. After all, if he was broken, couldn't he fix himself?

He's sort of like Peter's evil counterpart. I really, really can't wait for the Peter vs. Sylar showdown. We all know it's coming.

[will]

Sylar is the one character who is just not sitting well with me.

He just doesn't look like a bad ass.

He reminds me of Michael Richards character Stanley in the movie UHF.

Stanley Spadowski



Sylar

[Gumby]

Now that the show has progressed and we've seen even more of Sylar, I still think he's a good villain, and in fact, he's one of the best villains on TV. The guy who plays him does it perfectly: an unlikely guy with enormous power and the confidence in using them to the best of their ability, who's also super creepy.

So far, his powers seem to include:

Detect & "fix" what's broken/adopt powers of others (his natural power)
Telekinesis
Liquify objects
Super hearing

He also seems to have the ability to either have limited invulnerability or fast healing, although this could also be a combination of his natural powers and effective use of telekinesis (deflect bullets at the last second or repair his own wounds), and he seems to be able to move around undetected, like when he escaped the Bennetts' home, or when Mr. Bennett couldn't see him in the lab when he was right next to him.

With Peter becoming more of a badass, and now that he can use the powers he's come into contact with, his final showdown with Sylar should be a battle of biblical proportions. Seriously.

[Jeff]

Sylar looks nothing like Richards....

[Jeff]

yea I like him so far. Certainly makes me mad...