Saturday, September 13, 2014

Banks, Rebecca (MW) Heroes 100

Heroes is a sci-fi drama series that encompasses the lives of several individuals that possess superhuman powers. The series executive producer and creator is Tim Kring, which aired on NBC from 2006-2010. As the series begins each character starts to become aware of their supernatural abilities. Hayden Panettiere plays Claire Bennet, a high school cheerleader that has the ability to reginerate; Greg Grunberg plays LAPD officer Matt Parkman, a mind-reader; Zachary Quinto plays Sylar, a serial killer that takes other's abilities; Ali Larter plays Niki Sanders who has superhuman strength and Adrian Pasdar plays Nathan Petrelli, a congressman that can fly. As the show continues new characters and new abilities are introduced, eventually creating the good and bad guys. However, as each character begins to gain control of their powers they must beware the dangers of "The Company" that wants to control them as well as a worldly catastrophic event. Claire's father, Noah Bennet (Jack Coleman), is a secret agent for "The Company" and will go to great lengths to find these individuals including his own daughter. The series is available on Netflix. Earlier this year NBC announced they will have a new mini-series spinoff of the original, Heroes Reborn, that is scheduled to air in 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mNGxXpAmHc