November 11th, 2008
Heroes: Destiny Webisode Part 1 (of 4) Let Us Pray
If you were one of those people who voted for the “Create Your Hero” contest that Sprint and NBC has been running for the last year or so, then this should be of great interest to you. The winner of that contest was a new Heroes character name Santiago, played by Colombian-born actor Roberto Urbina. Santiago is a Peruvian soccer player who, in the first part of the 4-part webisode series (composed of 5-minute episodes), discovers that he has a power. The official description of his power is “accelerated probability”, or an ability to see everything in a “grid” and envision probabilities before things happen, so he can counter them. I think.
Here’s more about Santiago:
Santiago is twenty three. He is an only child, and lives with his mother in a poor part of Lima. He works as an auto mechanic, but has a burning desire to go out in the world and accomplish something that will make his mother truly proud.
Santiago lost his father years ago to the Peruvian civil war. He carries that loss in his heart, but has found solace in the teachings of the Catholic church. Santiago attends mass every Sunday, in a local cathedral which was built by the Spanish Conquistadors more than four hundred years ago.
One Sunday after service, he discovers that he’s indeed very special. During a weekly soccer match with friends, he gets the ball and as he turns towards the goal, something incredible happens. Looking down the field he suddenly sees everything as grid. Quickly scanning the other players, he sees all their possible maneuvers and blocks — determining the best way to make a goal. He has the power of accelerated probability. Not only that but he realizes he can run super fast! Combined, the two abilites make him unstoppable. He takes off, dodging every attempted block and scoring a goal as his friends look on, astonished.
Santiago immediately loves his powers and uses them to become the star of his soccer team. He believes his abilities are a gift from God though, and feels strongly they should only be used for good.
More about the actor playing him in the webisodes:
Columbian-born actor, Roberto Urbina, will bring the character to life. Urbina stars in a story created by the show’s award-winning writers and produced in collaboration with the series creators. Lina Esco (”Cane”) and Andrea Thompson (”24″) will also star in the innovative micro-series, being filmed on location in Los Angeles. Based on the Aspen Comics’ online illustrations which brought Santiago to life on NBC.com, the micro-series will be directed by Eagle Egilsson (”CSI: Miami,” “The Wire”).
NBC has the first part of the 4-part episode online now (click here to view it in high-def format at the NBC site, or you can use our video viewer below), titled, “Let us Pray”.
In “Let Us Pray”, Santiago discovers his powers for the first time during a traffic mishap, and then later, meets a pretty girl with a sob story. Meanwhile, in the background, an icy blonde American woman looks on. (FYI: The blonde is played by Andrea Thompson, who fans of Babylon 5 will recognize instantly.)
Note: The two videos below are the same, just hosted on different formats. The first is from Hulu, which I would ask you to use if you can; the second is a more “universal” version hosted on our server for those who can’t access Hulu videos for whatever reason.
NICE.
Even though all the characters are new… It wasn’t bad!
I liked this better than Going Postal.
HOPEFULLY he’ll appear in some part of the main plotline in the future…
yeah it was cool and i like how the girl was water cuz water moves somewhat unpredicably, not bad at all
i like it santiago has a cool power & its a good guy company might need it later & even cooler the water girl yeah very good episode 4 more to go. HEROESFOREVER
Nice power,,,, wounder where their gonna go with the story line and if their gonna tie it in wit tha tv show
Are you sure its one of 5?
Over at heroesiwki -
“You might recognize the blonde woman in the promo as Det. Jill Kirkendall from NYPD Blue. Yep, that’s Andrea Thompson. From Andrea’s IMDB page I found that the titles of the webisodes in the “Destiny” series will be “Capture,” “Escape,” “Intervention,” and “Let Us Pray.””
Hmmm
Huh, you’re right, it’s only four episodes. I don’t know where I got five from. Oh well, thanks for the correction.
In some places it has listed that the second round of webisodes contained episodes 4-8. I assume that’s where you got it from.
But on the side, this is a pretty awesome little series. Looks tons better than Going Postal and it feels like we might actually get some real plot and complication, etc. Plus the acting and special effects are an improvement on the last web series.
His ability was very similar to Prince of Persia…
Hey Alankiller, I never thought of the comparisson. Whoever created this charcter definately was a Prince of Persia freak.
Peru – Persia.
The abilities of the Prince being similar to Santiago.
Coincidence? Maybe.
Peru is in South America. “Persia” is the area that is now Iraq/Iran, in the Middle East. Peru and Persia have nothing in common other than, well, a “P”.
i thought that maybe it was a variation of super speed, but maybe your theories are more correct
I liked this though I’d thought they were gonna wait until the December break.
The dialogue was terrible, terrible.
But I like the new character.
I know most of you wont agree, but i actually think that this webisode is the best heroes related thing i’ve seen this year… i seriously hope that they write these characters into the main TV show.
I still love the TV show but the powers in this are new and exciting and have practical uses. The dude is hot and has an awesome power and the chick is beautiful and has my dream ability.
Also the fact that there’s a South American version of the company that has a female versoin of Noah is awesome…
Prince of Persia powers from the sands of time would have been a lot clearer. At the moment the power seems unclear. Am i right in thinking he has Nicholas Cage’s power from the film Next? The way they shot that made a lot more sense and defined the power better.
hey Sam any news on the lastest episode?
Why does Santiago speak in English?He must speak in spanish
¿Y porqué estoy escribiendo yo ahora en Inglés? ¡qué cosas!
wow fail 100%. This is another Alejandro or Maya. His ability is the same as Kaito Nakamura. FAILED.
In a deleted scene from Four Months Later, Kaito reveals his “special ability” to Ando. Kaito says he can “see the variables of any situation and predict the outcome.” He claims he is faster than a computer and attributes his success in the stock market to this ability. This ability is similar to accelerated probability.
I have watched this scene online and I can say wow. This new guy is just a rip-off of Kaito’s power and he will be a big failure. Before any of you tear me down, you all agreed with me that Alejandro was useless and a waste of airtime.
there should be a series where the heroes and the villains unite to save the world from alliens from outer space.
The only thing I didnt like is the lack of research of Lima and Peru. Is awful that for the USA mind all latin people, buildings, clothes etc are mexicans (with all due respect to my mexican brothers)A little research doesnt hurt. Besides that is cool to have a Latinamerican Speedster. I like the female Noah too. Its cool