NBC's Heroes - from TV Guide

Article and review from TV guide on this new show on NBC in the fall. The show is about ordinary people all over the world who suddenly discover they have increadible powers and abilities.

NBC's Heroes - from TV Guide (http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ausiello/AusielloReport)


The difference is - no campy hero stuff. "I kind of want to stay away from the superhero aspect," says the shows creator Tim Kring. "It's about very ordinary people all over the world who literally discover that they have special powers, and it's their dealing with that."

Heroes isn't a show about crusaders, caped or otherwise. It's about people â?? albeit ones with extraordinary quirks.

Kring points out, "It's pretty grounded in reality. Part of what makes it really feel very real is that these people's lives should mirror your own; you should be able to see your ordinary life reflected on screen."

"It's a big interconnected saga," says Kring. "They're all drawn together towards a destiny of saving the world." And not to OD on the Lost parallels, but Kring adds, "It's extremely serialized."

What would an extremely serialized show about superheroes, er, ordinary people (I have to stop doing that!) be without a creepy antagonist? Heroes' big baddie is described as a "Max Von Sydow-type" whose trademark accessory is a pair of horned rimmed glasses. And although his intentions aren't made crystal clear in the pilot, one thing is certain: He wants to get his hands on some of that super DNA.

It" beingthe final scene. Provided Kring doesn't tinker too much with the script â?? I can't stress enough that I read an early draft â?? the climactic sequence, as inevitable as it may seem, will make you stand up and shout, "It's my new Lost!" And the next words out of your mouth better be: "Ausiello was right!"


Personally, I've envisioned the Superhero genre in modern entertainment going in this direction for more than 10 years. I've tinkered with a novel about just such a thing for as long, but it never really materialized for me.

This could be a huge show if it's done well.

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sounds awsome, a bit like x-men tho, dont u think?

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heres something i found, browsing on google



(from NBC's press release) The epic drama "Heroes" chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, viewers follow a genetics professor (Sendhil Ramamurthy, "Blind Guy Driving") in India whose father's disappearance leads him to uncover a secret theory -- there are people with super powers living among us. A young dreamer (Milo Ventimiglia, "The Bedford Diaries") tries to convince his politician brother (Adrian Pasdar, "Judging Amy") that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, "Ice Princess") learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Ali Larter, "Final Destination"), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son (Noah Gray-Cabey, "My Wife & Kids"), uncovers that her mirror image has a secret. A prison inmate (Leonard Roberts, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") mysteriously finds himself waking up outside of his cell. A gifted artist (Santiago Cabrera, "Empire"), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and the relationship with his girlfriend (Tawny Cypress, "Third Watch"), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck beat cop (Greg Grunberg, "Alias") can hear people's thoughts, including the secrets of a captured terrorist. In Japan, a young man (Masi Oka, "Scrubs") develops a way to stop time through sheer will power. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world.

how good does that sound! yay an actor from scrubs!

A lot of these people's lives sound a bit grimmer than anyone's I know...
Not quite ordinary people for me! But I guess it makes for better TV than people I know. LOL