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Gone again. See you all Sunday.

Before I go, though, am I the only one who watched the first episode of Misfits last night?

Spoilers within

For anyone wondering what I'm talking about, Misfits is about a group of young offenders doing community service who are struck by lightning during a freak storm and develop super powers. I suppose it was aimed at the Skins audience (ie. not me), but I really enjoyed it. It was well written, well acted and though the characters aren't exactly endearing (they all have ASBOs -anti-social behaviour orders, that is), I think they'll probably grow on me.

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sueworld2003.livejournal.com

Bugger! I forgot it was on. :0

Have as good a time as you can at the weekend love. :)

From:

shapinglight

Back now. Can't say it was wonderful, sadly, though Saturday wasn't too bad.

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quinara

Watching it now - drunkenness is casting it all very weird. But intriguing. Have to say, I didn't even know it existed until your post.

Have fun!

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shapinglight

Watching it now - drunkenness is casting it all very weird. But intriguing. Have to say, I didn't even know it existed until your post.

Drunkeness? Now then, now then. What's all this?

Anyway, I'm glad you found it intriguing. Also, I agree with your assessment of how we were supposed to see the relationship of Nathan and his mother in ep 1. I'm sure we'll be shown he has his issues, but as of ep 1, the kid's a bully.

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quinara

There may have been a Classics society event where I and some other people ended up finishing the leftover wine. And going to Newnham bar (which was unconscionably dead for a Friday night).

And *nods* - if we're supposed to like him, there wasn't nearly enough sad music.

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shapinglight

There may have been a Classics society event where I and some other people ended up finishing the leftover wine.

Excuses, excuses.

And *nods* - if we're supposed to like him, there wasn't nearly enough sad music.

I'm sure he'll turn out to have some good qualities in the end, but at the moment, I can't for the life of me see what they are. Which is not to say that I didn't feel sorry for him being thrown out of the house like that. It's just that he was so obnoxious, you could see why his mother had been driven to it, plus it obviously upset her to do.

And notice how none of his friends wanted him crashing at theirs.

I hope they won't go the route that all his unpleasantness is linked back to some kind of childhood abuse. That would be so cliched. It wouldn't surprise me, though.

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quinara

And notice how none of his friends wanted him crashing at theirs.

Very good point.

I hope they won't go the route that all his unpleasantness is linked back to some kind of childhood abuse. That would be so cliched. It wouldn't surprise me, though.

Agreed. That would be awfully cliched (and easily insensitive).

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shapinglight

Agreed. That would be awfully cliched (and easily insensitive).

Yep. I felt the first ep had enough subversion of cliches that I'm hopeful they won't go for it.

It was also extremely funny at times. The telepathic girl overheaing her dog's thoughts was hysterical.

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trepkos.livejournal.com

I think I've seen it but missed the beginning so didn't know what it was or why they were superheroes.
Must try and watch in future.

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shapinglight

I enjoyed it. It's well written a very different from similar US shows that I've seen. Also, this being E4, they'll probably show ep 1 again during the week some time.

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gillo

I enjoyed it, though I felt a teensy bit uncomfortable with some of the stereotypes - big black man turns into evil monster killer, chav, invisible boy (Marcie gone Trans?), loud-mouthed brat with heart of gold. And what's with a superpower that makes all men want to rape her?

All that said, it was well-written on the whole and certainly gripping. And has that British style to it which means it will almost inevitably be sold to the US as a concept and wrecked. (Bitter about

Being Human

? Moi?)

We'll definitely be watching more.

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quinara

Does the loud-mouthed brat have a heart of gold? He seemed like a nob to me. Even if he was Irish.

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gillo

I think we're supposed to see him as a cheeky chappy with a heartless mother who is te Root of All His Problems. I thought he was a dickhead mostly, but I think the whole locked out of his home thing was aimed at making us sympathetic. R certainly felt that way.

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quinara

Maybe it's my currently inebriated state, but I read him completely as amoral dickhead whose mother can't deal with him because his complete lack of tact or morality. His mother acted like she was scared of him.

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gillo

Ah, but he peered in at the window where Happiness Was Occurring. Like chipped Spike gazing in at the vampire family at feast. It's Evil but we feel sorry for him. And her reason for throwing him out was that she wanted a chance with her new man, so she is obviously a Bad Mother.

I think we are supposed to feel sorry for the arsonist too.

I wonder when the bodies will be found.

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quinara

I wonder when the bodies will be found.

Hmm... Could be any time from next week to the end of Series 12. I was having a few Dead Things flashbacks.

From:

shapinglight

And what's with a superpower that makes all men want to rape her?

This is an absolutely rubbish super power to have, I agree, and if the show doesn't deal with that aspect of it, I shall be very disappointed, but for the moment, I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt.

I actually think they avoided stereotypes for the most part. The big black man was a probation officer, not a drug dealer or criminal of some kind, and I don't agree that Nathan was portrayed as a brat with a heart of gold. Have seen zero evidence of that heart of gold so far. Until we're shown otherwise, I saw him as a bully, pure and simple. I also thought the chav stereotype was subverted quite substantially, in that that character turned out to be braver and more quick witted than any of the others.

We'll see. And yes, it will undoubtedly be wrecked by Americans at some point.