OK, here?s what I can surmise from watching the show. (which BTW ROCKS!)
This has a kind of Smallville meets Lost type of feel, anyone else think so?
Now for the characters:
Ando Masahasi (Hiro?s friend) ? has no powers. (though it?d be cool to see him turn out to be like a sidekick or something to Hiro)
Isaac Mendez ? Painter w/ Psychic abilities. Seems like in 2 or 3 episodes he?d mentioned that he?d painted things 3 weeks prior. So that would probably mean that he can see 3 weeks into the future and it?s safe to assume that is the comics that Hiro was reading is old. Plus it has also been mentioned that he hasn?t done a comic in a while, which would be the reason why Hiro can?t just skip ahead to the end of the season.
Simone Deveaux ? ex/girlfriend of Isaac. Doesn?t seem to possess anything special. (anyone think otherwise?)
Micha Sanders ? Boy Genius. (just that, but one would think he would manifest later since both his parents are ?mutants?)
Niki Sanders ? Girl w/ split persona. I?d have to agree on the HULK thing. Or perhaps one day she will have control over both and merge into one Caitlin Fairchild (GEN13) type of character.
Hiro Nakamura ? Ability to bend Time and Space. Sweet! And he?s all bad a$$ in the future.
Claire Bennet ? Super Healing Powers. Damn, along w/ this power, the girl turns out to be quite a clutz, wimp, and fragile at that! Now as far as WOLVERINE goes? Remember, he too can be killed. In fact that was explored and mentioned that if he drowns and stays drowned then he does not regen since his blood cells technically die when his heart and brain cease to function. That will probably include suffocation or getting jettisoned into space. Hopefully, or not, she might manifest something else along w/ her ability.
Nathan Patrelli ? Flight. Now I initially thought that his power would be cheesy. Especially seeing the first 2 episodes where they did a horrible job at the F/X on it. But after last night?s epi, wow! He broke the sound barrier at about 100ft and kept going! His landing was slightly ok, but wow that was a highlight. I?m also assuming that he might have some sort of ?aura? like the FLASH cause of traveling at that speed, a fly would simply rip through him.
Mohinder Suresh ? The Doctor. Not much is known whether or not this guy will provide any ?special? abilities. I think if anything, he?ll be like a Professor X to the team, without the mental powers and wheelchair.
Matt Parkman ? The telepathic Cop. He?s like a Jean Grey type of character, I wonder though if he?ll develop a telekinesis thing with this.
Peter Patrelli ? Absorbs powers briefly. I think this guy?s powers are like that of Rogue but he doesn?t need to touch them. It also appears that he?s able to sustain the power for almost a day like a battery charge of sorts. Now I imagined that this character was going to be the centralized one since he started off the show and also Hiro approached him to get everyone together and to get the wheels turning. But imagine he had to fight the ?Syler? character or even any bad guy for instance. He will be fairly evenly matched w/ them so there?s no telling where they can go w/ that as for the battles. Second, he?s a pretty powerful ?mutant? considering the fact that what would happen if he was around all of the HEROES at once. He?d have everyone?s powers. And if he went to fight as a team against the evil, then he?d have the bad guy?s powers along w/ the good guys. Damn that?s pretty powerful. Anyone else see the possibilities of this character?
On a final note, I think that even if these characters start to get old and their adventures start to run down, the show could always start anew and showcase even more heroes from everywhere or anywhere else. I'd imagine that they could even go as far as changing casts every season w/ different stories.
