The Imperfects

An, for me, unexpectedly fun Netflix original. It is about three teenagers who have been taking medication for a long time. When they are forced to stop doing it, it is over, they discover that they have been given strange powers because genetic experiments were done on them in the past. One becomes a Banshee with super hearing and a matching voice, the other a Chupacabra, a mythical Mexican monster and the third a Succubus who unintentionally manipulates people with her pheromones. They are not happy with these powers and go looking for the "mad scientist" who did this to them to make sure he undoes it. In this quest they receive help from another scientist and encounter all kinds of people who have also changed. To top it all off, a shadowy government organization called Flux is after them and wants to use them for their own purposes. At first this seemed like another generic superhero series, but that turned out not to be so bad. There is quite a nice story and there is also some humor. It's not all of the highest quality and the budget doesn't appear to be super high either. For example, many things take place off-screen so that CGI does not have to be used for this, but surprisingly this is usually not a problem. The actors are young and not always convincing, but they do grow nicely into their roles. My conclusion is that this is a nice series if you have nothing to do for a weekend and want to watch something new. In terms of reviews, this series goes all over the place, but I've learned to draw my own conclusions. Overall, the series scores average. Nothing is known yet about a second season. And since this is Netflix, I don't dare predict anything about that. The first season ends fairly neatly, but of course there are still plenty of openings at the end to continue the story. We will see.

It's a shame that the series has been cancelled. It's been a while since I watched the series and I still think about this sometimes... Especially the scene where Darcy called Juan's Chupacabra form 'Chupi' was hilarious.