"I have very little knowledge of the sci-fi world — and almost none of the comic book world,” Kring said in a recent conference call. "So, my influences ... came from just the idea of basic storytelling and character development.”

"I chose to approach this material almost entirely from the idea of who these characters were,” Kring said. "I created the powers to reflect who the characters were, and not the other way around.

"So, I didn't start off by saying I want a guy who can teleport. I started off by saying I wanted a guy who felt trapped in a life that was not his dream and what could be a power that would be most wish-fulfilling for that character? And that was the ability to teleport out of that life. So, that's how I sort of approached it.”

"If I can represent the geeks, I'm very fortunate to be able to do that. For me, the notion of a geek has always been someone who's passionate about something — whether it's computers, ant farms or musicals, or storytelling or paperweights — whatever it is,” Oka said.

"That's what makes us human. It defines us as individuals. It gives us our uniqueness. And I think it's more human, it's more us. It's more commendable to be a geek — and be passionate about something — than be apathetic about everything.”