yesterday instead of reading i spent most of the day watching the entire first season of heroes… i have tom to blame for this latest addiction.

the series seems to be a cross of x-men and lost, which makes for a really engaging and fast moving (unlike lost) experience. also unlike lost i believe the writers of heroes know where they are going with the story, and are not worried about where to take the series once the climax of the current theme is reached.

the cast also looks a bit like it was put together in the mold of the lost characters.

two main foreigners: in lost it is a korean and an iraqi, in heroes it is a japanese and an indian.

good looking lead female: in lost it is kate, in heroes it is nikki/jessica

black guy + kid: in lost it is michael and his son, in heroes it is DL and Micah

and there are more similarities. it seems like lost really created a new genre.