Saturday, November 13, 2010

A Peek Through The TV Series Heroes: Drama Combines With Science Fiction

By Ken Powell

Probably the most top-rated TV shows within the recent past is Heroes, a sci-fi series created by Tim Kring. It's an epic drama that shares the lives of seemingly ordinary people who later discover that they possess extraordinary abilities.

What do you think? This TV series somewhat copies the format of American comic books in aesthetic as well as storytelling. The shows starts with a genetic professor from India, Dr. Mohinder Suresh and the father's theory that we now have people with extraordinary abilities living in our midst as humans. Starting with Claire Bennet, an indestructible cheerleader who needs to hide her abilities from her peers while trying to maintain her relationship with her father, a man of mystery who has a keen interest in people like her.

Who is your favorite? Niki Sanders, a Vegas single mother with superb strength and has a dangerous mirror image struggles to aid and protect her young son Micah, a genius who is able to interact with electronic machinery through touch. Matt Parkman, a police detective from LA, tries to put his ability to hear thoughts of others to a positive use. Meanwhile, in Japan, Hiro Nakamura's ability to traverse space-time continuum has empowered him to change the future because he travels on wild adventures together with his closest friend Ando Masahashi.

Nathan Petrelli, having a congressional position, has the ability to fly. His dreams transpired after neglecting to stop his younger brother Peter Petrelli, a nurse with the ability to absorb the powers of others, from exploding over NY. After this clash in New York, the fate of Sylar, a manipulative serial killer focused on violently collecting the extraordinary powers of special people, is unknown. Meanwhile, in Dominican Republic, a woman named Mava Herrera and her twin brother, haunted by her threatening ability, attempts to make the dangerous cross to the United States searching for answers. Monica Dawson, cousin of Micah, has mimicking abilities and would give up everything to help the people around her.

Just about every episode shows how these people deal with their powers and just how they're somewhat interconnected. Every person has their own lifestyle, making the series a lot more realistic. It shows different ways of residing in different countries, only to find out that they have supernatural powers. These characters offer a wide range of relationships, and are more likely to self-destruction. Of course, they fear the other people might say, and fear not knowing exactly what they could do using their powers.

Often the show provides a life drama that everyone could easily connect with, plus a twist of extraordinary powers. In season one of this series, they gave us an introduction of how these special people become connected by their unique and special abilities. It gave us an overview of these characters and their own abilities, and how others try to manipulate these powers in a destructive way.

Are you ready? Season two is concentrated on releasing brand new sets of heroes, also with one of a kind abilities. Lots of people all over the world have been continuously raving about this series, proving its success and excellent ratings. With each and every episode, they regularly show us unique stories of different people with only one objective which is to save the world.

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