He didn't run, that's what I'm saying. It takes a lot to move a body--they're literally dead weight. Wounded as he was, I doubt even with a body full of adrenaline that it would have been easy. Far easier to grab a gun and pull the trigger--I'm talking about timing, here, more than whether or not Sylar was unconcious/concious and in pain.
And I'm not saying Matt is--I'm saying that HRG wouldn't want to keep desperate, dangerous people in general in a place with a potential weapon available, if they care to experiment with their surroundings. Imprisoned people can be incredibly imaginative, and they anaylyze every aspect of their environment--how can they not, when they're stuck in there for however long each day? And a frusterated, imaginitive prisoner could very well try to rip out a rusty pipe. They would try to use anything available--I know I would. (And as an aside, I think Matt is intensely dangerous in long-term circumstances; the information he can glean from simply walking through a controlled area is enormous.)
I know there's no way to EMP-proof a building. I'm not saying power source either, I'm saying a non-electric backup plan, period. And I'm not saying Linderman should have been keeping an eye on them, specifically--I'm saying he probably knows the risks of working with people like him, and would advise his people accordingly. Whether or not they would listen to his advice is a matter of speculation, really, and they're probably going to get their asses handed to them once the smoke settles with the election business.
Punching someone hard enough to knock them out is difficult, contrary to common TV/Movie logic. It's easy to break your hand trying, I'm sure, and then Matt would have been in trouble. Which actually would have been a good thing. Punching someone until they pass out is quite different, and more guards would have been there by then.
...that's another thing. Why was the guard alone? I mean, I supposed their logic could be, "he's just a mindreader" but there goes the "err on the side of caution" thing again.
The company could have done lots of things. They could have kept Ted sedated. They could have kept Matt sedated, or tied down, or supervised, or isolated and out of range. They didn't, and that's my problem.
Also, in terms of narrative, the writers sort of shot themselves in the foot making the escape so easy; people admire main characters for their ability to get out of tight scrapes by the skin of their teeth. Escape was *easy*, which takes away a *lot* of the intimidation factor that came along with the image of the Company. It should have been hard, because the Company is one of the main intimidation forces of the story; it wasn't, therefore the intimidation factor drops. At least it does for me.
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Date: 2007-04-25 08:41 pm (UTC)And I'm not saying Matt is--I'm saying that HRG wouldn't want to keep desperate, dangerous people in general in a place with a potential weapon available, if they care to experiment with their surroundings. Imprisoned people can be incredibly imaginative, and they anaylyze every aspect of their environment--how can they not, when they're stuck in there for however long each day? And a frusterated, imaginitive prisoner could very well try to rip out a rusty pipe. They would try to use anything available--I know I would. (And as an aside, I think Matt is intensely dangerous in long-term circumstances; the information he can glean from simply walking through a controlled area is enormous.)
I know there's no way to EMP-proof a building. I'm not saying power source either, I'm saying a non-electric backup plan, period. And I'm not saying Linderman should have been keeping an eye on them, specifically--I'm saying he probably knows the risks of working with people like him, and would advise his people accordingly. Whether or not they would listen to his advice is a matter of speculation, really, and they're probably going to get their asses handed to them once the smoke settles with the election business.
Punching someone hard enough to knock them out is difficult, contrary to common TV/Movie logic. It's easy to break your hand trying, I'm sure, and then Matt would have been in trouble. Which actually would have been a good thing. Punching someone until they pass out is quite different, and more guards would have been there by then.
...that's another thing. Why was the guard alone? I mean, I supposed their logic could be, "he's just a mindreader" but there goes the "err on the side of caution" thing again.
The company could have done lots of things. They could have kept Ted sedated. They could have kept Matt sedated, or tied down, or supervised, or isolated and out of range. They didn't, and that's my problem.
Also, in terms of narrative, the writers sort of shot themselves in the foot making the escape so easy; people admire main characters for their ability to get out of tight scrapes by the skin of their teeth. Escape was *easy*, which takes away a *lot* of the intimidation factor that came along with the image of the Company. It should have been hard, because the Company is one of the main intimidation forces of the story; it wasn't, therefore the intimidation factor drops. At least it does for me.