It's time to humanize our Pinoy superheroes.
I hope our filmmakers already have a clue on how to do that with the hugely successful Batman franchise of Christopher Nolan (and now, Hollywood is doing the same thing with the Man of Steel).
I, for one, have already come up with some ideas for a series involving Pinoy pop culture's iconic superheroes.
The series takes place a few decades into the future. A disastrous meteor shower has shattered civilization, setting the entire world several centuries back. But among the ruins, there rise a few individuals now possessing superpowers, courtesy of the alien artifacts that came crashing to earth along with the meteorites. These individuals in turn become the villains and the heroes of our story and the series chronicles the struggle between good and evil as one side protects society against those who wish to dominate it.
Captain Barbell: A man who gains the power of flight and super strength simply by wielding a barbell-shaped physics manipulator. He is a man who struggles to maintain his benevolence despite the corrupting tendency of his new-found abilities.
Darna: A paraplegic who gains the same powers as of Captain Barbell's by ingesting a pill-shaped mutagen. Her main dilemma is coming to terms with her own vulnerability and frailty while avoiding abusing her drug-induced powers.
Panday: A Moro blacksmith who gets transported in time into the future. He wields a form-shifting kampilan and strives to move on from mourning for what he had lost.
Lastikman: As the name suggests, he is blessed with a super-elastic body. His cheerful demeanor belies a traumatic past.
Inggo: A teenage boy who throws fireballs and rides a flying banca. He is the orphan who is looking for his identity.
Dyesebel: A woman from a fisher-folk community who can change her body's physical state at will, breathe underwater, and whisper to animals, particularly creatures of the sea. She is a flighty soul, ever wrestling between her responsibilities as a minted superhero and her wish to escape and live life.
Balyan: The matriarch who is the emotional glue of the group. A weaver and priestess, she communes with the alien spirits which pervade the post-apocalyptic country and guides the team on how to fully utilize their
powers.
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