Emma
09-25-2006, 07:28 PM
<img src="http://www.fanbolt.com/forums/images/avatars/heroes/11.jpg" width="85" height="85" vspace="5" hspace="5" align="right" border="0" alt="Heroes, NBC"> If this sounds a lot like the premise behind the X-Men, well, yes, critics had the same questions last July when this series was presented at press tour.
Creator Tim Kring insisted it was just coincidence and part of the Zeitgeist and let’s give him the benefit of the doubt on that.
Looking at the world we live in, Kring said, with diminished resources and terrorism, “there’s a sort of a sense that people want a wish fulfillment, that somebody is going to rise up among us, just like you and just like me, and actually be able to do something about it. And so I was sort of trying to tap into that.”
In the Sept. 25 pilot, which was cut down from an original two-hour opening episode, viewers are introduced to several ordinary people (Milo Ventimiglia, of Gilmore Girls fame, may be the biggest name in a fairly unknown cast). They all stumble on to the fact they have mysterious powers.
A young cheerleader in Texas keeps throwing herself off stadiums and healing instantly. A painter in Manhattan paints scenes of crime and terror — before they happen. A Star Trek fan in Tokyo discovers he can turn back time. A single mother in Vegas appears to have a guardian angel who is her double.
There are simultaneous storylines going on in Manhattan, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Texas.
There will be more, promise the producers, with other folks getting into this act in the coming weeks. At some point they’ll merge, and presumably form some sort of alliance. Maybe.
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Creator Tim Kring insisted it was just coincidence and part of the Zeitgeist and let’s give him the benefit of the doubt on that.
Looking at the world we live in, Kring said, with diminished resources and terrorism, “there’s a sort of a sense that people want a wish fulfillment, that somebody is going to rise up among us, just like you and just like me, and actually be able to do something about it. And so I was sort of trying to tap into that.”
In the Sept. 25 pilot, which was cut down from an original two-hour opening episode, viewers are introduced to several ordinary people (Milo Ventimiglia, of Gilmore Girls fame, may be the biggest name in a fairly unknown cast). They all stumble on to the fact they have mysterious powers.
A young cheerleader in Texas keeps throwing herself off stadiums and healing instantly. A painter in Manhattan paints scenes of crime and terror — before they happen. A Star Trek fan in Tokyo discovers he can turn back time. A single mother in Vegas appears to have a guardian angel who is her double.
There are simultaneous storylines going on in Manhattan, Tokyo, Las Vegas and Texas.
There will be more, promise the producers, with other folks getting into this act in the coming weeks. At some point they’ll merge, and presumably form some sort of alliance. Maybe.
<a href="http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=156265&x=articles&s=showbiz" target="_blank">Click here for more!</a>