how do the writers of heroes get away with so many similarities from the mutant-gene theory and their similar superpowers, are the creators of xmen getting paid?? or are they getting ripped off??
2007-10-02 08:55:32 · 3 answers · asked by Frederick Hubbard 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television ➔ Other - Television
i agree that it is a crowded field in the fictional superheroes world but every power from "heroes" can be linked to a superpower from a character in xmen and the whole gene mutant theory is only from the xmen universe, if it was cooincidence then some other powers from other fictional stories would also be covered.
2007-10-02 09:14:33 · update #1
misfits had an original power of shrinking / increasing size, heroes has yet to show an original power.
2007-10-02 09:19:18 · update #2
The X-Men were not the first superhuman characters to be described as having their powers come from a genetic mutation.
Sylar's innate ability to understand how something works and what causes something not to work is unique.
2007-10-02 11:03:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How does any superhero story "get away" with its inevitable similarities to something published in the last, what, seventy-some years of superhero history? And particularly when you're dealing with a big, sprawling concept with loads of associated characters like the X-Men, I'd be surprised if you couldn't find any correspondences.
In other words, they aren't ripping anyone off, they are just working in an extremely crowded field.
2007-10-02 16:07:37 · answer #2 · answered by stmichaeldet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could say the same thing about "misfits of science" with Courtney Cox.
2007-10-02 16:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by James Bond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋