You Could Be So Much Better.
Watched the Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief documentary last night, and I had forgotten how freaking charming Derren Brown is. HE COOKS BREAKFAST WITH HIS PET PARROT PERCHED ON HIS SHOULDER, HOW ADORABLE IS THAT. HE PRETENDS TO EAT THE CAMERA LIKE A DORK. And The Heist is still just stunning. The replication of the Milgram experiment is so distressing to watch.
(When I watch Danny's 'you bastard' to Derren at the end, all I can think of is David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade in The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz:
Derren: (after the clip of Danny's post-robbery reaction in The Heist is played) Your question is this: what did I make him do that made him call me a bastard?
(...)
Carr: What have you gone for, Richard and David?
Mitchell: We think that he made him come in his pants. The way he was, you know, bending over - 'you bastard, you bastard' - there was definitely a sort of breathless ecstasy to that.
Ayoade: He seemed quite pleased about it.
Mitchell: There was certainly a sort of wily grin there.
Ayoade: And then do a bank heist afterwards.
Mitchell: Yeah. We also thought there could be the bank thing slightly involved, too.
And, erm, it actually does look very sexual, now that they mention it.)
Also, I have now finished the first series of Misfits! I was a little worried that Curtis' superpower would be used purely to go 'EXCITING CAN'T-BELIEVE-THEY-WENT-THERE PLOT DEVELOPMENT OH WAIT NO CURTIS TURNS BACK TIME TO MAKE IT NOT HAPPEN', but then the fourth episode was one of the most brilliant pieces of television I've ever watched, so I can forgive it. Wow. Curtis is so lovely! (Making sure Kelly is all right, awww.) And Nathan is hilarious. And Simon simultaneously breaks my heart and makes me go AUGH SIMON YOU ARE SO CREEPY STOP BEING CREEPY.
The scene where Curtis appeals to Nathan for help in the car park made me crow with laughter and rewind to watch it again. NATHAN, YOU PRAT. You should know better by now, Curtis.
And then the fifth episode managed to include quite a few of my favourite things. Manipulative age-gap shouldn't-be-doing-this relationships in which one party is painfully selfconscious, yeah. Also, most endearing tale of attempted arson I've ever heard. (I have the very strong sense that Simon is bisexual and that Blond Git is his ex-boyfriend. Is this just years of fandom warping my perspective?)
AND THEN THE LAST EPISODE OF SERIES ONE HAS POSSIBLY THE CRUELEST FINAL SHOT OF A SERIES EVER. Bloody hell.
So, yes, the first series of Misfits is really, really good. I'm deeply intrigued.
(When I watch Danny's 'you bastard' to Derren at the end, all I can think of is David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade in The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz:
Derren: (after the clip of Danny's post-robbery reaction in The Heist is played) Your question is this: what did I make him do that made him call me a bastard?
(...)
Carr: What have you gone for, Richard and David?
Mitchell: We think that he made him come in his pants. The way he was, you know, bending over - 'you bastard, you bastard' - there was definitely a sort of breathless ecstasy to that.
Ayoade: He seemed quite pleased about it.
Mitchell: There was certainly a sort of wily grin there.
Ayoade: And then do a bank heist afterwards.
Mitchell: Yeah. We also thought there could be the bank thing slightly involved, too.
And, erm, it actually does look very sexual, now that they mention it.)
Also, I have now finished the first series of Misfits! I was a little worried that Curtis' superpower would be used purely to go 'EXCITING CAN'T-BELIEVE-THEY-WENT-THERE PLOT DEVELOPMENT OH WAIT NO CURTIS TURNS BACK TIME TO MAKE IT NOT HAPPEN', but then the fourth episode was one of the most brilliant pieces of television I've ever watched, so I can forgive it. Wow. Curtis is so lovely! (Making sure Kelly is all right, awww.) And Nathan is hilarious. And Simon simultaneously breaks my heart and makes me go AUGH SIMON YOU ARE SO CREEPY STOP BEING CREEPY.
The scene where Curtis appeals to Nathan for help in the car park made me crow with laughter and rewind to watch it again. NATHAN, YOU PRAT. You should know better by now, Curtis.
And then the fifth episode managed to include quite a few of my favourite things. Manipulative age-gap shouldn't-be-doing-this relationships in which one party is painfully selfconscious, yeah. Also, most endearing tale of attempted arson I've ever heard. (I have the very strong sense that Simon is bisexual and that Blond Git is his ex-boyfriend. Is this just years of fandom warping my perspective?)
AND THEN THE LAST EPISODE OF SERIES ONE HAS POSSIBLY THE CRUELEST FINAL SHOT OF A SERIES EVER. Bloody hell.
So, yes, the first series of Misfits is really, really good. I'm deeply intrigued.