"Heroes"

---Here is a Review of a new SuperHero show coming on NBC, could be interesting---

The difference is - no campy hero stuff. "I kind of want to stay away from the superhero aspect," says the shows creator Tim Kring. "It's about very ordinary people all over the world who literally discover that they have special powers, and it's their dealing with that."

Heroes isn't a show about crusaders, caped or otherwise. It's about people — albeit ones with extraordinary quirks.

Kring points out, "It's pretty grounded in reality. Part of what makes it really feel very real is that these people's lives should mirror your own; you should be able to see your ordinary life reflected on screen."

"It's a big interconnected saga," says Kring. "They're all drawn together towards a destiny of saving the world." And not to OD on the Lost parallels, but Kring adds, "It's extremely serialized."

What would an extremely serialized show about superheroes, er, ordinary people (I have to stop doing that!) be without a creepy antagonist? Heroes' big baddie is described as a "Max Von Sydow-type" whose trademark accessory is a pair of horned rimmed glasses. And although his intentions aren't made crystal clear in the pilot, one thing is certain: He wants to get his hands on some of that super DNA.

— I can't stress enough that I read an early draft — the climactic sequence, as inevitable as it may seem, will make you stand up and shout, "It's my new Lost!"