Heroes (TV series)
A
Japanese office worker discovers that he can
manipulate time and space. A struggling
New York artist can paint the future but only whilst he is using heroin. A discontented
police officer in
Los Angeles can
hear the thoughts of others. A
high school cheerleader discovers she
recovers from any injury and a single mom realizes she has "a powerful alter ego". The premise is that these people have a role in "saving humankind".
According to the
NBC website,
not only do the characters discover what having superpowers means to them, but also uncover a larger picture of the origin of their superpowers. The characters eventually become involved in each other's lives as they attempt to evade the series antagonist. The antagonist wishes to harness their "super DNA" for his own ends. Together, they must find a way to save the world.
* Hiro is at his office concentrating on his desk clock until it stops temporarily and then turns back one second.
* Claire is seen through a video camera and tells the person to watch what she does, she runs up the stairs of a look out and falls down. The person filming runs toward her and watches her get up and pop her dislocated shoulder back into place and says "that was attempt number six." In another commercial Claire goes through a burning building and firefighters are amazed to notice that she has absolutely no burns at all.
* Peter is on top of a building and jumps off. The screen then zooms through the city in mid air as he says "I think I can fly" in a voice over.
* Issac finds out when looking through the newspaper with a friend that a painting he made two weeks ago matches the exact picture they see on the cover page and that the image was only made recently, as it was based on a current event.
* Matt is talking to a woman saying that he can somehow hear voices, she asks if he is hearing them in his head, he replies that he can hear her thoughts.
* Niki sees that her reflection does not match her expressions and has a devious look on its face.
On July 28, 2006, NBC announced that the Heroes
television pilot episode, "Genesis", will be released in its entirety as a free download beginning on September 1st. The semi-complex cross-promotion starts with
National CineMedia. NCM owned theatres such as
AMC Theatres and
Cinemark will offer moviegoers "co-branded cards" which give them a
personal identification number to be be used at an iTunes fall season preview website. The website will provide the free pilot download and other features. [
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* For similar themes in comic book literature, see
J. Michael Straczynski's
limited series Rising Stars and
Supreme Power,
as well as
New Universe's
DP7/Displaced Paranormals 7. All three of these comic book series are about people who suddenly obtain incredible abilities;
Supreme Power and
Rising Stars also deal with how the rest of the world reacts to newly superpowered individuals, and the political consequences of the changes.
* The
Wild Cards series of books deals with regular people trying to deal with inhuman (but not always superhuman) abilities.
* In film,
M. Night Shyamalan's movie
Unbreakable also treats the birth of a superhero as its subject matter.
*On television, "
The 4400", details a universe in which 4400 people gain powers, although calling many of these people superheroes is debatable.
*Comic book writer
Jeph Loeb (
Superman/Batman) has signed on as a writer/co-executive producer.
*The paintings made by Isaac were created for the show by comic book artist
Tim Sale. Sale is well known for his collaborations with writer
Jeph Loeb.
*The pilot uses the track "Molossus" from the movie
Batman Begins, which was composed by
Hans Zimmer and
James Newton Howard.
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NBC's Official Heroes Site*
NBC's Heroes First Look (includes video preview)
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Heroes Official/Unofficial Fan Site (includes exclusive interviews with Cast/Creators)
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TV.com page*
Defying Heroes: The Genesis
