A (slightly re-edited) Review by Rich Johnston
Last night I watched the first three episodes of Great Britain's brandnew comedy/drama/superheroics series MISFITS. I was expecting some kind of a cheap Heroes rip-off. Something silly, possibly camp, low budget, reeking of desperation and a bit rubbish.
This is so not Heroes. It’s Trainspotting meets X-Men. Something very British, very grounded, and the empowering of a disenfranchised underclass. Five young people on anti-social community service orders are hit by lightning in a freak weather storm and develop remarkable and very personal powers. Then end up wearing orange jumpsuits.
And it’s bloody great 
A world away from Westchester Shool for Gifted Mutants and their yellow and black costumes, yet bearing certain similarities, themes and concepts, juxtaposed with a background of poverty, crime, and low self-expectations. And the creator and writer, Howard Overman (even his name sounds like a superhero) has only read three or so comic books in his life.
Misfits has been a long time coming. Originally pitched before Heroes went to air, Howard Overman has a history in a number of genre shows such as Spooks, Merlin and Demons with differing levels of success. But this is a real breakout, something new and fresh on British television and it’s outperformed my expectations on every level!
This is a drama about an abandoned underclass, with their fears, their hopes and their dreams turned from subtext into text, exaggerated into superpowers. So we have a introvert turned invisible man, a man with regrets able to turn back time, one concerned with how everyone sees her able to read thoughts, a hyper-sexualised extrovert giving out orgasms at a touch and an overconfident spiv with…. nothing. So far. Oh and their community officer is seriously on their case.
Like Dead Set before it, Misfits is funny, scary, full of emotion and character and a witty line in banter that would drop Joss Whedon from a hundred paces. But it’s a much more layered experience. And certainly this has the potential to be another Buffy. A novel twist on an old genre that brings in a new audience, matched with very smart writing, dialogue and character conflict. And plenty of excellent creative swearing, that may well give The Thick Of It a run for its money.
In fact Howard Overman cops to cribbing the line that opens this review from a teenager he heard talking to a friend eight years ago and has waited that long to find somewhere to use it. Well it wasn’t going to be in Merlin was it? Oh, and applause for “I’m so hard for you, I want to rip off your clothes and piss on your tits” which is followed by a marvellous riposte.
And heads up for the production guys here – this drama was made on a small budget, hence the limited use and appearance of superheroics – no one can fly or burst into flamces. But by using the strobing non-blur filming technique popularised by Saving Private Ryan and 28 Days Later this gives the action scenes a real sense of urgency and conviction, and both the hailing and the lightning scenes look far more convincing and stylish than anything they’ve ever tried on Heroes. It looks glossy, it looks solid, it looks the business.
Source: http://www.bleedingcool.com/20…uperhero-tv-show-from-e4/
Meine bescheidene Meinung: Ein absolutes MUSS für die MAIN!!! 
