The storyline of Tim Kring’s Heroes has a strangely similar plot to X-Men’s chapter of “Days of Future Past” (Uncanny X-Men issues #141 & #142 published in 1981 by Chris Claremont & John Byrne) which deals with a dystopian alternate future in which mutants are scourged. The storyline alternates between the present day, in which the X-Men fought Mystique's new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and a future timeline caused by the X-Men's failure to prevent them from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly, in which robot Sentinels ruled the United States and mutants were incarcerated in concentration camps. Save the Senator, Save the World? Hmm.
Claire Bennet = Wolverine, or Deadpool
Nathan Petrelli = Warren Worthington III @ Archangel
Peter Petrelli = Synch, or Mimic, or Rogue
Micah Sanders = Forge
It is also clearly apparent that Tim is an ardent comic fan and the influences of comic book characters (from Marvel, DC to Independents) are evident in his made-for-TV-characters of different names and of feebly composed backgrounds. Mesh up a plot borrowed from tried and tested comic legend, pen in characters with unoriginally inspired powers, buy a ticket to Hollywood (cattle class), put together a shoestring budget, sign on B-grade talent (who have, in their defence, done pretty well), and you instantly get a shot at the red carpet.
Here's what I mean;
Claire Bennet = Wolverine, or Deadpool
Hiro Nakamura = Nightcrawler, or Kiden Nixon (Nyx), or Dr Manhattan (Watchmen)
Nathan Petrelli = Warren Worthington III @ Archangel Peter Petrelli = Synch, or Mimic, or Rogue Niki Sanders = Bruce Banner @ The Hulk
Micah Sanders = Forge Matt Parker = Professor X
DL Hawkins = Shadowcat @ Kitty Pryde, or Silver Surfer
Claude Rains = Sue Storm @ Invisible Woman
Sylar = Mr Sinister, or Magneto
Theodore Sprague = Pyro, or Johnny Storm @ Human Torch
Eden McCain = Mesmero, or Emma Frost
The Haitian = Dorian Leach
2 comments:
Hey, just came across your entry about the show Heroes. I feel the same towards the show. I really like X-Men or whatever movies that show human with extraordinarily fantastic power, so I was very excited about Heroes. But when I started watching it, my liking for it just began to dwindle. I can overlook the unoriginality, but the style of the whole show's just lousy. It seems like they're trying too hard to make the show cool, with the background music, camera zooming in out out all over the place. These are SUPPOSED to make the show cool...but they didn't for Heroes.
And I haven't even begin with the glaring plot flaws.
yea i hear you.. gimme stan lee's "who want's to be a superhero?" anyday!!
lame finale.
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