{"id":31438,"date":"2012-03-12T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=31438"},"modified":"2018-01-10T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:00:09","slug":"tv-madness-2012-sylar-scofield-profit-spartacus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/tv-madness-2012-sylar-scofield-profit-spartacus\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Madness: Sylar vs. Scofield – Profit vs. Spartacus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first TV Madness match-up is done. Dexter Morgan stuffed martial arts master Caine, dismembered, into a few hefty bags and then sunk them to the bottom of Biscayne Bay. In the other match-up, CIA agent Annie Walker was no challenge for Hulk Hogan’s bulging biceps and idiotic acting. Hurricane Spencer and Dexter Morgan move on to Round 2. Today, we head over to the Plasma bracket to see how Michael Scofield fares against Sylar, and Jim Profit versus Spartacus in the LCD bracket.<\/p>\n

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I bet when Michael Scofield tattooed those prison plans all over his body and then spent the next few seasons running around the country avoiding a very persistent William Fichtner, he wasn’t expecting to run up against a super-villain who may or may not have eaten people’s brains to gain power.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Michael Scofield<\/strong> \u2013 Michael is smart, efficient, and has no qualms with covering his body in tattoos if it means helping his cause. I have to admit that I felt a little giddy during first episode of ‘Prison Break’ where Scofield reveals his awe-inspiring tattoo. “Now that’s cool,” I thought. Then the show seemed to hem and haw its way through season after season without getting much done. Couple that with the fact that Michael put up with T-Bag for far too long and you may have a character who doesn’t stand a chance against Sylar.<\/p>\n

Strengths:<\/span> Smart, cunning and can execute a plan with frightening efficiency. But how do you plan for someone like Sylar? Michael will go to great lengths to save people he cares about with no thought for himself, which is a commendable characteristic, but doesn’t really come into play here.<\/p>\n

Weaknesses:<\/span> His strength is also his weakness. Saving those he cares about most ultimately led to Michael’s demise in ‘Prison Break’. Also, his genius in mechanical engineering and tattoo planning may be sought after by Sylar, since Sylar is always on the lookout for new skills to take for himself. Oh, and electricity.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Sylar<\/strong> \u2013 Once known as Gabriel Gray, Sylar became a superhuman serial killer once he learned that he could extract powers from other people by “examining” their brains. Did he eat them? Well, that part was always left rather ambiguous, but I like to think that Sylar chowed down on one or two brains in his time.<\/p>\n

Warning: Watch the Sylar clip on mute. Honestly, trust me on this one.<\/p>\n

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