In the wake of "Heroes" (great season one, awful season four - totally cancelled), "No Ordinary Family" (OK, but totally cancelled) and "The Cape" (diabolical, and thankfully also cancelled), I was somewhat surprised to learn that there was another "what if real people had powers" TV show on the block.
And so we have "Alphas", where a middle aged, experienced professor leads a team of young people with superpowers on missions to protect the world (or America, which in TV terms, is the world). So far, so X-Men right? Err...right. Wish I could say that it's not that, but it seems that making a carbon copy of X-Men is exactly what the producers are aiming for. Sure it's more grounded in reality than the comic, but the premise is identical.
On the plus side, it does have David Strathairn as said professor. He's clearly taken some time out from wishing us "Goodnight and Good Luck" to make some cash through a "sell-out" TV show. And good for him I say. God knows, I'd sell out if it was me.
As for "Alphas", I'll give it a few more before I pass judgement.
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