Misfits again
Jul. 25th, 2010 11:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokifanSo, the second Misfits episode. I enjoyed it hugely once again, despite the fact that I am going to rant enormously about parts of it.
First, what I loved: OMG CURTIS IS ♥ ♥ ♥. Seriously. Not only did he publically call out homophobic comments, he did it when the comments came from the girl he fancies. He wins. And DAMNIT I WANT MORE.
I want more of practically everybody, actually. I like Nathan, and his storyline with the old woman – yay for old-people-also-want-sex! – was charming. But I wanted an ensemble programme! So stop focussing on Robert Sheehan’s big eyes and gimme some ensemble action. Incidentally: cannot work out if Simon’s obsessively watching naked!Jeremy was vindication of my he’s-gay-or-bi theory, or just a sign that shy, internet-liking types like him are crazy and sexually perverse.
The whole inevitable rape attempt thing was... well, inevitable. But it makes me unhappy, because what Alisha’s sexy-power does is make a very unpleasant rape myth reality: she is literally so attractive that men cannot help themselves. They have to force themselves on her, because she makes them so mindless with lust.
The programme made a point of having Alisha say, “it’s not my fault if they can’t keep it in their trousers.” This is true, but... well, it’s not their fault either, as things stand. And she can learn to manipulate the power, which could just go in all sorts of unpleasant directions.
Okay, now here’s the thing that really pissed me off.
Nathan’s mother KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. She knew he had nowhere to go, and she KICKED HIM OUT. Let’s keep focus on that, shall we?
The whole storyline related to that was bollocks. Seriously. The conversation with Ruth made no sense in that context.
Nathan didn’t want his mother to have a relationship and was jealous of her attention and love. That was deserving of the comment “don’t be so selfish”, even if it’s understandable. Except that his mother threw him out, explicitly saying it was because she wanted to make it work with Jeremy. Someone who chooses a lover over a son is selfish, okay?
The whole idea that it was Nathan who had to change, get over it, stop being selfish just infuriates me. He’s annoying and he did need to let his mother have a life... but it wasn’t really a matter of ‘letting’ was it? She grabbed a life and pushed him out of it.
The whole thing with her slapping him? Also annoying to me. She apologised for slapping him. Well, yeah. Nice. Can we say ‘bad priorities’ here? And then “I’ve been worried about you”? Sorry, if you were worried about whether your son had a ROOF OVER HIS HEAD then maybe you should’ve RETURNED HIS PHONE CALLS. Perhaps even considered giving him a bit of cash! Or letting him home for a bit!
Just... argh. Reconciliation between them coming thanks to the boy who was thrown out by his mother realising that he was being selfish? Fuck that shit.
First, what I loved: OMG CURTIS IS ♥ ♥ ♥. Seriously. Not only did he publically call out homophobic comments, he did it when the comments came from the girl he fancies. He wins. And DAMNIT I WANT MORE.
I want more of practically everybody, actually. I like Nathan, and his storyline with the old woman – yay for old-people-also-want-sex! – was charming. But I wanted an ensemble programme! So stop focussing on Robert Sheehan’s big eyes and gimme some ensemble action. Incidentally: cannot work out if Simon’s obsessively watching naked!Jeremy was vindication of my he’s-gay-or-bi theory, or just a sign that shy, internet-liking types like him are crazy and sexually perverse.
The whole inevitable rape attempt thing was... well, inevitable. But it makes me unhappy, because what Alisha’s sexy-power does is make a very unpleasant rape myth reality: she is literally so attractive that men cannot help themselves. They have to force themselves on her, because she makes them so mindless with lust.
The programme made a point of having Alisha say, “it’s not my fault if they can’t keep it in their trousers.” This is true, but... well, it’s not their fault either, as things stand. And she can learn to manipulate the power, which could just go in all sorts of unpleasant directions.
Okay, now here’s the thing that really pissed me off.
Nathan’s mother KICKED HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. She knew he had nowhere to go, and she KICKED HIM OUT. Let’s keep focus on that, shall we?
The whole storyline related to that was bollocks. Seriously. The conversation with Ruth made no sense in that context.
Nathan didn’t want his mother to have a relationship and was jealous of her attention and love. That was deserving of the comment “don’t be so selfish”, even if it’s understandable. Except that his mother threw him out, explicitly saying it was because she wanted to make it work with Jeremy. Someone who chooses a lover over a son is selfish, okay?
The whole idea that it was Nathan who had to change, get over it, stop being selfish just infuriates me. He’s annoying and he did need to let his mother have a life... but it wasn’t really a matter of ‘letting’ was it? She grabbed a life and pushed him out of it.
The whole thing with her slapping him? Also annoying to me. She apologised for slapping him. Well, yeah. Nice. Can we say ‘bad priorities’ here? And then “I’ve been worried about you”? Sorry, if you were worried about whether your son had a ROOF OVER HIS HEAD then maybe you should’ve RETURNED HIS PHONE CALLS. Perhaps even considered giving him a bit of cash! Or letting him home for a bit!
Just... argh. Reconciliation between them coming thanks to the boy who was thrown out by his mother realising that he was being selfish? Fuck that shit.