The American version of SKINS.... and my opinion.

Before I start my lovely rant, just you go ahead and watch the trailer for the American version:

MTV Shows

Starting rant........ now:

Dear MTV,

Thanks for trying to create the American version of Skins. As a big fan of the original series in the UK, I was excited to hear about this new series coming to USA televisions.

However, after watching your preview, I have a few comments for you.

First of all, I was really disappointed to hear that you replaced the gay male character, Maxxie, with a female lesbian character, because Americans just wouldnt be too comfortable with a gay male character on TV. I mean, its not like America's youth are DYING due to lack of happy and positive gay male role models in the media. Oh wait....

Second, I noticed that you decided to do a line-by-line remake of the original. Which would have been splendid if you had chosen actors who could..... act. I mean seriously, I think me and my friends could have made a better remake using the original lines. You have an entire studio at your disposal, and this is what you come up with?  Now that I have iMovie '11, just watch. I'll make a better trailer than the one you just made. Hell, Ill film the whole thing with my iPod.

Third. What kind of American remake are you making? Its not enough to replace accents and throw in cheerleading. The reason Skins was so amazing is because we were getting an exaggerated look at what British kids do for fun. An amazing American version would take an exaggerated look at what American kids do for fun, NOT what American kids look like when trying to reenact what British kids do for fun. Thats just dumb.

Fourth, and perhaps most importantly: By putting this on cable television, you are instantly cutting out half of what made Skins so damn amazing. Let me just show you an example of what Skins SHOULD look like:



And you think you can even bring a quarter of this energy to American televisions without the Parental Television Control groups breathing down your necks? Please.

Im not sure what you are trying to do by creating an American version of this show, but right now its just an utter embarrassment. And I hope to whatever that you dont think the whole series can go like this and get any kind of solid ratings.

Because seriously, if THIS is the shit you are trying to sell us, we might as well just buy the UK Skins DVD.

Cheers.

A haxxed 1st post

This first post is a hold over, and an official transition notice. Tonight I was blogging on Facebook, writing a really great post about Skins. Everything was fine, until I noticed that Facebook cut me off and deleted half my original post.

So I threw in the towel, broke down, and decided to start officially blogging.

I know a first post should be new content, but as they say in Skins, "F*%K it."  So here is a copy of what Facebook managed to save.  Oh, did I mention? I didnt rewrite anything. Yep, so sorry if you thought you were going to see an extended post. Nope.  Here ya go.

Mitchell Scott Hewer

So over the weekend, with lots of time to kill, I started (and finished) a show called Skins, which is a show aired in Britain (and available on Netflix Instant Watch).

At its core, Skins is a Teen Drama. Unlike USA Teen Dramas, however, Skins isnt afraid to explore issues that Americans would sue over showing on TV. S...kins is the show HBO or Showtime would make, if they were interested in creating one. I suppose Skins sort of reminds me of Degrassi, but Ive never really watched that show, so I cant really make that connection.... or compare them.... like I just did.

Anyways, after watching Skins, Ive kinda become obsessed with the show as a whole. The real reasons I like Skins take up more than Im willing to shell out in this small Facebook post, but a lot of it has to do with the core differences between what USA is willing to show and Skins shows. So I guess you could say what I became obsessed with over the weekend is Britain, and started rethinking how soon I wanna travel abroad...

 

After that, I started talking about my researching gay culture in Britain, how I wanted to post Maxxie, blah blah blah.

Can you tell I hate re-writing what was once there but was then erased? Yea, dont expect me to do a whole lotta edits.

Thats why I like blogging. Its a free-flow write-fest, and it all just comes out.

So basically, thats my first post. Lets see how it turned out in the preview!

Oooh! I like it, i like it! Now I just need to figure out how to edit font and stuff.... oh well.