Friday, July 13, 2007

superheroes at your service

The season premiere of SciFi's "Who Wants to be a Superhero?" is Thursday, July 26, at 9 p.m. My question is: What superheroic power would you like to have?

The powers of the show's real-life contestants are detailed on the website. The Defuser's "specialty is non-lethal weaponry. His powers include enhanced speed, strength, agility, reflexes, hearing and eyesight. He also has night vision to a range of 60 feet." Basura "communicates with and is aided by insects of all kinds; trains small animals to assist her; can intuit by touch how any object was created; turns trash into treasure and reshapes rubbish into robots." Hygena, meanwhile, "now fights crime and grime with weapons created from cleaning tools. Her feather duster shoots ionized radiation upwards of 60 feet, immobilizing criminals (and leaving them with a pleasant odor and a sparkling shine). Her clean bombs cause foes to fall unconscious for 30 minutes. She is protected by a magic necklace."

I've often wished I could transport from one place to another, like the folks in "Star Trek." I'd like to be able to transport myself and other people and objects. But without having to be able to see my destination (like Nightcrawler in "X-Men") in order to avoid transporting into, say, the interior of a wall. Maybe I could look at a map, or a photo, and once the location has downloaded into my brain it's there for the rest of my life. Hawaii, here I come! And no more driving to work on snow-covered roads! I wouldn't even have to wear a cape. Unless I want to. Now I just have to think of a name.

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