Misfits

[lokifan]

I am so painfully behind on my fic masterlists, you guys. I haven’t updated them in months.

...Oh well! I am going to rec some telly. Which is, to my knowledge, only on in the UK (Channel 4, Saturday night) and very new. Never mind.

It’s called Misfits and I think it’s the new Being Human. The set-up is thus: five young offenders on community

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[elainemalfoy]

I looove this show! I had to watch it on youtube since I'm American, but the first season was so good. They have some wonderfully real characters as you said. I think the awkward weirdo one, Simon, is my favorite haha, but it might have something to do with the actor himself. When you see him in real life, you appreciate how talented he is playing that role. I also adore Robert Sheehan, who plays Nathan, though his character can be annoying I still like him a lot. I really love the whole cast though. It's an amazing show. Apparently they're filming season two now, I can't wait!

[lokifan]

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I did not even know there was a first season already!! This is what comes of not having a telly during university terms, I suppose. AWESOMESAUCE.

Hmm... if I watch on Youtube it'll be all blurry and annoying... on the other hand, I'll have the episodes NOW NOW NOW.

I have much love for Robert Sheehan - he's one of those young Brit actors who pops up everywhere for a while pre-big break. Nice to see him about looking hot. :)

And hey, FTW that you know and love it! If I end up writing Misfits porn, I shall have at least one flister who wishes to read it :)

[elainemalfoy]

You don't know how happy I was to see that someone else watched it on here, or maybe you could tell from my quick response *heh heh*

I thought you had watched the whole thing already. Good thing I didn't give anything away^^. The 1st season is EPIC. WATCH IT! It's so worth it :D:D

Oh yes, Rob Sheehan (and his hot self;)) is the reason I found out about the show to begin with, through him being in Cherry Bomb with Rupert Grint.

*nods* though I rarely stray from my beloved HP, I can already imagine some angsty Nathan/Simon porn. *grin*

[lokifan]

Oh, good thing indeed! And I'll watch it. I'll watch it HARD.

LOL. Good times :)

[daiseechain]

the idea that having characters who ‘lived my life’ was necessary for my entertainment as British Youf makes me snort in disgust

Have you heard Dave Mitchell's rant about the entertainment industry insisting everyone only be shown things they're already familiar with? He makes the point that if you do that with kid's tv you're quickly going to run out of stuff to show, as kid's haven't experienced much yet.

The class thing? I still don't understand it really. *strange non-Brit is strange* We think we have it in NZ, but we don't. Not like it is here.

[lokifan]

Absolutely, and I loved it. It's especially pernicious with kids, but it's done to teenagers/young adults as well (which is who I mean by 'British Youf').

*nods* The British class system is inexplicable to outsiders, because it is perverse and strange. I often think there needs to be another term for either our version or the NZ etc kind - because class is largely not about money. I often think some of the weirder interpretations of the Malfoys come from misunderstanding class.

[daiseechain]

Finally caught Misfits for the first time a few nights ago. Quite enjoyed it, although I do think they're overdoing the Quiet Strange Boy is Quiet and Strange angle. I hope they round his character out a bit more.

Will be interested to see some more of it. Would never have watched it in the first place if you hadn't done the heads up post here, so thanks for that.

[lokifan]

Mmm. We see a bit more of him in the second episode - the character I really want more of is Curtis(the black runner). We've still seen NOTHING of him outside the community centre and I like him lots, I want moar.

[dora_the_nymph]

I've heard good things about this, will have to look it up.

I somehow ended up watching an episode of big brother when I was still at my old house and was really pleased to see there was a total chav woman in there - bright orange, fake boobs etc. who is bi and in a long-term relationship with a woman. You do not see chavs who are bi or gay, or if you do see bi chav woman it's all titillation, rather her being in a long term relationship is totally not what you see. I was quite pleased by that.

[lokifan]

Do! It is awesomesauce.

Oh, cool! I approve muchly. This particular chav is chavvy in that inner-city way - pale smoker with scraped-back hair and a bulldog rather than an orange blonde. And srsly, class system fail, I has it. *sighs*

[shapinglight]

I enjoyed Misfits enormously when it was first shown last year (on E4). I liked all the characters (though Nathan is very slappable), but Kelly is my absolute favourite.

I also laughed out loud when she overheard her dog's thoughts in ep 1, followed by her boyfriend's thoughts, and they were so similar.

[lokifan]

Yay! Looking forward to the rest of it... and hey, another episode's on tonight!

Oh God, that dog. *shudders*