HEROES - COMIC BOOK HEROES COME ALIVE

HEROES

~ they keep on keeping on ~

HEROES  - NBC American Science Fiction drama series premiered 9-25-06, created by Tim Kring, still propels its way into it's Fourth 2009 Season.

Quantum leaps, dimensional shifts, translucent fantasies, all with superhuman powers & abilities, sets each episode into another mind bending alternative universe experience.

The whole series jumps out of the Comic Books format with characters that defy the usual & HEROES is now one of the most enterprising TV Series that swooshes through entertainment & mass media productions, from webisodes to character figurines; winning many awards & nominations along the way.

Each episode plot is designed to be similar to the stories of comic books with small story archs built into the series overall larger story.  Each season designed to involve ordinary people who discover extraordinary powers & portraying how these abilities effect the character's life.

HEROES has become a serial epilogue about everyday people all over the world who discover that they have superhuman powers & must learn to live with them & incorporate them into their lives.

Most viewers are intent on seeing the HEROES powers & exploits.  As the minutes tick away into the program more interest is focused on the individuals, as each HEREO character reacts to their life & the people surrounding them.  You must continue to watch as characters are drawn together by their common interest of evading their enemy who desires to harvest all their super-DNA to the detriment of the whole world being in perile.

Having never been an avid fan of HEROES, but with writing this review & watching a several 'YouTube' episode versions to become acquainted with it - I have found the complexity of the characters interpersonal relationships & syfy wizardry is a make believe  - but strangely believable - world which can strangely drawn one into this ever so weird series.

Cast of Main Characters:

Hayden Panettiera - Claire Bennet as High School Cheerleader > Ability to spontaneously regenerate

Jack Coleman - Noah Bennet as father of Claire, an agent for The Company

Santiago Cabrera - Isaac Mendez as the troubled addict who could paint the future

Tawny Cyress - Simone Deveaux as the art dealder & skeptic

Greg Grunberg - Matt Parkman as the LAPD Police Officer who could read people's minds

Ali Larter - Niki Sanders an internet stripper with a severe dissociative disorder & super human strength

Leonard Roberts - D.L. Hawkins as Niki's husband & ex-convict who can pass through solid matter

Noah Gray-Cabey - Micah Sanders as Niki & D.L.'s young son who could communicate with & control digital technology

Masi Oka - Hiro Nakamura as a space-time manipulator

Adrian Pasdar - Nathan Petrelli as a congressional candidate with ability to fly

Sendhi Ramamurthy - Mohinder Suresh as a geneticist

Milo Ventimiglia - Peter Petrelli a hospice nurse with the ability to mimic abilities of other post-humans

During the first 2 seasons, some characters were written out to make room for new characters & new stories. Simone was the first major character to be written out, dying near the end of season one. DL became a guest star after the events of the first season's finale, making two appearances throughout season two. Isaac Mendez was also written out, dying at the hands of Sylar, which was shown during Hiro Nakamura's time traveling expedition to New York earlier in season one.

New characters added during season 2:

Maya Herrera - Dania Ramirez a fugitive with powers to emit deadly virus

Adam Monroe - David Anders as a 400 yr. old Englishman & legendary warrior Takezo Kensei with the ability to regenerate

Monica Dawson - Dana David as a restaurant worker with the ability to mimic any physical movement she sees

Elle Bishop - Kristen Bell who is a sadistic sociopath with the ability to generate electricity

Two recurring characters from season 1:

Sylar - Zachary Quinto & Ando Masahashi - James Kyson Lee

Starting in season3 recurring character:

Angela Petrelli - Cristine Rose

Tracy Strauss - Ali Larter who is able to freeze objects with a touch

For the 4 season a new character:

Samuel - Robert Knepper

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