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I have a concept for a TV series based on an also-ran superhero series published by defunct mid-90s line Ultraverse (released by Malibu).
The original series was called The Strangers, and created by Steve Englehart. (My version drops the "The" from the title.)
Here is a basic desciription of the original series, from Wikipedia, and a fan's sarcastic (but still fanboy-ishly affectionate) description of the first issue. (Unfortunately, the pictures are missing.)
My version retains the basic concept, and most of the primary characters, but it messes around with the execution. No more costumes, and probably no code-names either. And they don't even decide to form a team, until the middle of the first season.
THE PREMISE
Some time in late 2005. A San Francisco cable car on the Powell-Hyde line, carrying 59 passengers, is hit by what appears to be a bolt of lightning, derailing it, and nearly killing the driver of a nearby car. (Initially, the authorities consider the possibility of a terrorist attack, of course.)
The passengers are rushed to various hospitals, and most of them recover to varying extents, over the next week. (Other than a few notable exceptions.)
Eventually, some of the survivors of the crash are visited by a man who identifyies himself variously as a representative of the San Francisco Municipal Railway authorities, an "insurance agent", and a Federal officer. He seems to be monitoring the survivors for any hint of paranormal abilities.
Meanwhile, chance, probability -- or fate? -- seems to bring the remaining survivors together, as the begin to encounter each other, with alarming frequency. Could there be a higher force bringing them together?
As these Strangers begin to form a ragtag support group, to help understand the changes they are going through, they realize that they have become the bearers of wonderous -- and potentially tragic -- gifts.
They find themselves caught up in an alarming power struggle between a quasi-Government agency known as Aladdin, and an age-old secret society called The Lodge, led by the mysterious Rex Mundi. But who is on whose side?
All will be revealed when the Strangers encounter Yrial, an dangeorus individual who may be either a visitor from a lost lunar colony, or a complete lunatic.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Obviously, fans of Lost and Heroes, as well as "intelligent deconstructionist superhero" fare, like JMS' Rising Stars, or Supreme Power.
I'll explain the characters in greater detail, in a few hours' time.
The original series was called The Strangers, and created by Steve Englehart. (My version drops the "The" from the title.)
Here is a basic desciription of the original series, from Wikipedia, and a fan's sarcastic (but still fanboy-ishly affectionate) description of the first issue. (Unfortunately, the pictures are missing.)
My version retains the basic concept, and most of the primary characters, but it messes around with the execution. No more costumes, and probably no code-names either. And they don't even decide to form a team, until the middle of the first season.
THE PREMISE
Some time in late 2005. A San Francisco cable car on the Powell-Hyde line, carrying 59 passengers, is hit by what appears to be a bolt of lightning, derailing it, and nearly killing the driver of a nearby car. (Initially, the authorities consider the possibility of a terrorist attack, of course.)
The passengers are rushed to various hospitals, and most of them recover to varying extents, over the next week. (Other than a few notable exceptions.)
Eventually, some of the survivors of the crash are visited by a man who identifyies himself variously as a representative of the San Francisco Municipal Railway authorities, an "insurance agent", and a Federal officer. He seems to be monitoring the survivors for any hint of paranormal abilities.
Meanwhile, chance, probability -- or fate? -- seems to bring the remaining survivors together, as the begin to encounter each other, with alarming frequency. Could there be a higher force bringing them together?
As these Strangers begin to form a ragtag support group, to help understand the changes they are going through, they realize that they have become the bearers of wonderous -- and potentially tragic -- gifts.
They find themselves caught up in an alarming power struggle between a quasi-Government agency known as Aladdin, and an age-old secret society called The Lodge, led by the mysterious Rex Mundi. But who is on whose side?
All will be revealed when the Strangers encounter Yrial, an dangeorus individual who may be either a visitor from a lost lunar colony, or a complete lunatic.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Obviously, fans of Lost and Heroes, as well as "intelligent deconstructionist superhero" fare, like JMS' Rising Stars, or Supreme Power.
I'll explain the characters in greater detail, in a few hours' time.
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