Misfits, Series One

[redbrunja]

So I just finished the first season/serious of Misfits. At the moment, I don't have any thoughts that are burning to get out into the ether but if you, like me, have watched this show seduce people on your flist and are on the fence about giving it a try, here are some things you might want to know before making a choice (pretty unspoilery):

1.) Tone. It's dark but not bleak. This show isn't going to make you feel warm and fuzzy inside but it's also not going to kill your soul.

2.) This may say more about me than I should admit but I did not find Simon as creepy as I expected too.

3.) FANTASTIC MUSIC. Seriously, I would have watched this show a lot sooner if I'd know how great the music choices are.

4.) This show does not have a hot cast (excluding two main cast members and two reoccurring secondary characters). However, as you get to know the characters and get attached, their attractiveness grows.

5.) Brace yourself for the accents.

Comments

[oceansex.livejournal.com]

Every time I introduce my friends to this show, their first reaction is, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT KELLY GIRL SAYING." I've watched the entire first season and every episode of the second season so far, and it's still hard to understand her sometimes.

Love the show, though, and I'm glad you gave it a try and enjoyed it! :)

[stainofmylove.livejournal.com]

Awesomeeeeeeeee. Lol. Simon owns me, I can't help myself.

[luna301.livejournal.com]

Yay. You finally watched it. At least you're watching it in order, though. I went straight from 1x01 to 2x03 and then went back to watch the rest, which was a strange way to do things because everything I knew would happen sort of colored my view.

I totally found Simon creepy in most of the first season, but I admit to not finding him half as creepy as a lot of people do/did. I find his smile adorable no matter what.

[desfinado.livejournal.com]

Isn't the music fantastic? I feel like I've found all five of them super-hot since the beginning but you're probably right, they most likely grew on me :)

[afigureofspeech.livejournal.com]

Lol I love Misfits. It's so...offbeat. Sometimes I'm just like, did that really just happen? But I have grown very attached to the characters and their antics. ^_^

I did not find Simon as creepy as I expected too.

While Simon is certainly creepy in some aspects (most strongly when involving the probation worker), I mostly just spend practically every scene he's in wanting to hug that boy. It gives me warm fuzzies every time he bonds with the rest of the group, because he just wants to belong somewhere so badly.

The music is great! I get happy every time the intro song starts playing lol.

[topazera.livejournal.com]

Well said! These were all things I didn't know either and would agree it's good to know! Although I personally found most of them hot since the beginning. Well, not so much Kelly (sorry, Kelly, I think so now!) and Nathan I've always thought was physically attractive but his personality is such a turn off. XD

Simon has been so tricky for me to navigate because obviously things happen that I knew should be really creepy/disturbing/etc to me and yet some combination of actor/writing made me always really root for Simon. There's so much going on behind his eyes, even when he's locked in an unsettling stare. I watched the behind the scenes features ripped from the S1 DVDs and the director called his eyes "magnetic" and I have to agree. :)

I've been watching S1 again already because, hello, I am obsessed (plus I need to cap) and there's so many lines where I'm like "OH, that's what Kelly said!" I always understand the gist but sometimes the actual words never reach me. XD

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about the four people you refer to for #4.

I'd say Curtis and Alicia are pretty hot...but who is secondary, exactly?