"The Tomorrow People", psi powers & characters

Ze'Manel Cunha · 05-16-2013, 04:53 PM

The original run of "The Tomorrow People" was one of my favorite shows back in the day, and it looks like the CW is going to be putting out a really good remake this Fall.

All I got to go on is previews at this point, it looks good, and for psionic power openers there's clearly teleportation, telekinesis and possibly some sort of time bubble.

There's a preview and a clip of the show in the blastr link:
http://www.blastr.com/2013-5-16/cw-s...s-100-trailers

the_matrix_walker · 05-16-2013, 05:16 PM

It does look good! But previews can be deceiving!

We can expect TK, Teleportation, Telepathy, and apparently some kind of area effect time stop/slowing...

Kromm · 05-16-2013, 08:59 PM

I watched the original 1970s series produced by Thames. I definitely remember most of the characters having some degree of telepathy . . . that was the definining power. There was also regular teleportation, a lot of it device-assisted, as well as some small-scale telekinesis (not tossing cars around). The bad guys added mind control and shapeshifting to the list. I recall no ESP, probability manipulation, or anything else that tinkered with causality hands-on.

~~Figleaf23~~ · 05-16-2013, 09:07 PM

Complete episodes of the original series can be found on youtube.

~~smurf~~ · 05-17-2013, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kromm

I watched the original 1970s series produced by Thames...

Wow, I remember a bit of it and also the company Thames. Back when there were many regional TV production companies in the UK.

05-16-2013, 04:53 PM	#1
Ze'Manel Cunha Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stuttgart, Germany	"The Tomorrow People", psi powers & characters The original run of "The Tomorrow People" was one of my favorite shows back in the day, and it looks like the CW is going to be putting out a really good remake this Fall. All I got to go on is previews at this point, it looks good, and for psionic power openers there's clearly teleportation, telekinesis and possibly some sort of time bubble. There's a preview and a clip of the show in the blastr link: http://www.blastr.com/2013-5-16/cw-s...s-100-trailers

05-16-2013, 05:16 PM	#2
the_matrix_walker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lynn, MA	Re: "The Tomorrow People", psi powers & characters It does look good! But previews can be deceiving! We can expect TK, Teleportation, Telepathy, and apparently some kind of area effect time stop/slowing...

05-16-2013, 08:59 PM	#3
Kromm *GURPS* Line Editor Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montréal, Québec	Re: "The Tomorrow People", psi powers & characters I watched the original 1970s series produced by Thames. I definitely remember most of the characters having some degree of telepathy . . . that was the definining power. There was also regular teleportation, a lot of it device-assisted, as well as some small-scale telekinesis (not tossing cars around). The bad guys added mind control and shapeshifting to the list. I recall no ESP, probability manipulation, or anything else that tinkered with causality hands-on. __________________ Sean "Dr. Kromm" Punch <kromm@sjgames.com> *GURPS* Line Editor, Steve Jackson Games My DreamWidth [Just *GURPS* News]

05-16-2013, 09:07 PM	#4
~~Figleaf23~~ Banned Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: "The Tomorrow People", psi powers & characters Complete episodes of the original series can be found on youtube.