The Champions set for film remake

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What I really liked about the characters in The Champions is that for the most part their 'powers' were just enhanced human senses and not silly 'superpowers' like we get in 'Heroes' or 'X-Men'.



The camera zooming into their mouths and ears indicated to me that they didn't communicate via telepathy but via sound that normal people couldn't hear.



OK, the 'feelings' of harm about to befall others can't be explained as a sense. Unless you think it's enhanced 'intuition'. But that's stretching it a bit.



I remember reading an old Sci-Fi story (I forget the author and title) that had a plot were everyone eats a new mushroom which tastes really yummy, so it's very popular and soon everyone is eating it.

The side effect is that after a while it increases their sense of smell, hearing and vision for the better.



So people could no longer live anywhere near a sewer, industrial building or Airport due to the stink, noise pollution or because it now looks awful. They were forced to clean up their act and so the story ends with a really nice positive note.



This got me thinking that the World in which we live is designed unconsciously by the limits of our senses. So a person who had better senses would have a serious advantage over others.



Made me think anyway.



Maybe this is why I like The Champions so much?



I fear the movie version will throw out this unique and original British angle and just make the characters like all the other 'Super Heroes'.

Time will tell.

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surely not !! The Champions should be left alone, after all who can replace the lovely Stuart Damon.