Misfits – The Cultural Gutter

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Some superpowers are just useless enough to be real

By Spookymonkey on December 13, 2012 • ( 3 Comments )

My best friend growing up had a theory about people claiming to have special abilities like ESP, levitation, or astral projection. She had a babysitter who claimed she could levitate, but only when she was alone. My friend’s theory wasn’t that these things were impossible, but that realistically […]

Even chavs like it

By Carol on January 15, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )

Amazing British series Misfits features a work crew of juvenile delinquents who get zapped by the ol’ superpower-endowing lightning. Despite the well-worn premise, excellent snappy dialogue, cultural specificity and fresh twists makes this the first SF dramedy I’ve been excited about in ages.