Eric Deggans, from St.Petersburg Times, made it clear about Geeks and Heroes, and listed five things why Comic Geeks Love Heroes…

Not everybody likes being super. Originally, this is what made me hate the Heroes pilot � everybody with powers was moping around like flying wasn’t the coolest ability you could ever have. But watching a cheerleader freaked out by her super healing ability and a guy who can tell the future only when strung out on heroin turned out to be far more interesting than tracking the guy you know is going to put on the blue tights and cape.
It’s a comic book maxim: A super guy solving ordinary problems is boring; an ordinary guy solving super problems is mesmerizing.

No tights and capes. The Matrix movies taught us that a super guy taking out baddies in a leather coat and sunglasses is way cooler � and more realistic � than a guy doing it in underwear and a cloak.

The special effects are cool. Older comics fans remember watching bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno flex out of undersized shirts in the Hulk TV series, and wishing they could come up with something cooler. Now we have it � from a guy who stops time they way they do in those nifty GAP commercials to a political candidate who can fly.

It respects the comic book genre. In Heroes, the show’s storytelling flow mimics the style of comics, jumping back and forth through time and location. And the series, penned by some writers who also work in comics, also respects its roots.

There’s no pretending to hifalutin literary concepts to look cool (which is why the oedipal influences in the Hulk movie tanked, while the straight-on adaptation of the X-Men movies soared).

Even the series title admits its origins in pulp comics and fantasy literature. This is a genre forged in 100 years of development: Why wouldn’t you own up its influence?

They waited until just the right moment to tell us the origin story. Every comic has to tell you how the super guy got super. And it can be the most boring part of a comic book or film.

But Heroes waited until last week’s episode to finally unveil how most of its characters, especially Sylar, learned of their unique abilities.

Sometimes the cool stuff seems even cooler when you have to wait for it.

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