Misfits – Season 2 (2012/BBC DVD Set)
Picture:
B- Sound: C Extras: C Episodes: B+
With
their community service nearing the end, Simon, Alicia, Kelly, Curtis and
Nathan begins to decide on what to do with their lives and their new superpowers. Who is the mysterious masked man that keeps
on helping them? As secrets begin to be
uncovered they will have to decide either uses their powers to become heroes or
to make a quick buck in Misfits – Season
2.
Five
unruly teenagers find themselves suddenly gifted with superpowers after a
supernatural storm. Simon turns
invisible, Alicia is a sex magnet (pun intended), Kelly can read minds, Curtis
can turn back time and Nathan is an immortal. As they try and keep others from finding out
or abusing their powers, they soon find they are not the only with powers and
they are far from being the worst, but when the mysterious masked man turns out
to be a Simon from the future, he tells them that they are destined for great
things, but they will all be changed before they can become their future
selves....
This
series is about a group of teenage kids who have powers, while trying to keep
hidden they either accidentally or are forced to kill those who learns about
their powers. In general, they are not
evil, but they tend to use their powers for personal/selfish gains (especially
the sex addict character Nathan, unfortunately he can never die so he never
really learns from his mistakes). Any attempt at using their powers for
self-gain usually ends up with one or all of them dead (Fortunately, the
character Curtis can always turn back time to save them). The series jumps back and forth between the
comedic/dysfunctional relationships they have to them learning the gravity of
how serious their powers can be. In the
end you can only hope they learn from their mistakes.
I found
the picture and sound a little less impressive than my fellow writer in his
coverage in both respects in the debut season on DVD reviewed at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/11747/Breathless+(2012/Anchor+Bay+Blu-ra
Guess a
Blu-ray would play back better. Extras
include bonus scenes, Shooting of Misfits featurette and behind the scenes
featurette.
- Ricky Chiang
