> "Heroes" posits a world in which a small number of persons have been > born with extraordinary powers drawn from the standard science > fiction repertory. The powers include levitating objects, mind > reading, flying, miraculous healing, bursting into flames and, as > with the painter Isaac Mendez (Santiago Cabrera), prophesying the > future. The plot that drives the first season has to do with a > prophetic painting by Mendez that shows New York City being blown > up. The bomb is not mechanical but is a human being, a mutant, who > cannot control his powers and will ultimately explode in the midst > of the city if not stopped. For much of the season the mutants do > not know exactly who will explode or when, but they know it will > happen unless they prevent it. > Quoting Him:
Above all, I never cared for the whole Nietzchian ubermensch thing... the notion -- pervading a great many myths and legends -- that a good yarn has to be about demigods who are bigger, badder, and better than normal folk by several orders of magnitude. It's an ancient storytelling tradition based on abiding contempt for the masses, that I find odious in the works of A.E Van Vogt, L.Ron Hubbard, and wherever you witness slanlike super beings deciding the fate of billions without ever pausing to consider their wishes. Amen Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
