Skins (Americans)

[Imagine]

(.. no not the England/British.. whatever you wanna call it version..) and no this isn't a hate thread about which is better .

Americans- who's going to watch the premiere of skins tonight? I've seen the add on MTV like 5873646 million times so I'm gonna watch just to see what the hype if about.
http://www.mtv.com/shows/skins/series.jhtml



Premieres tonight @ 10pm on MTV.

[Boobies]

Is it just the American version of the British one? O.o

[Rainbow Dash]

That's odd, I JUST downloaded season 1 of Skins (UK) I may watch the American one too

[Imagine]

I think a few things may be different. Who knows. All i know is the ad annoys me and came on a million times when i was watching Teen Mom 2. Lmao.

[Snufkin]

I'm British and I enjoy the British version (both generations!), and I don't have much hope for this, but I'll still check it out. I'll try be open minded but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed considering they've taken Shameless as well, and are in talks to take Misfits. Eh, I am curious to see how it turns out.

[.Brittany.]

I own the first 2 seasons of the British version. So I will definitely check out the American one, however I don't think its on here tonight.

[Beth.]

It's like the same everything apparently. Thats why so many people in America who like the British version are taking so much shit on it. But I haven't seen the UK version, so I'll be watching it for sure.

[Nomatophobia]

I don't care its the same. Of course it'll be a bit of let down because 1. It's *American* and 2. it's on MTV. But I'm totally giving it a shot because I like the British version and we'll be able to relate more to the American one.

I love shows like this, Skins, Degrassi, 16&P, Huge, H&A; I'm there and watching it!

[Jocelyn.]

I, too, feel the need to watch it after the million and one ads I've seen while watching Teen Mom 2 and 16 & Pregnant

[LostTeen011]

I must say that it was a painful struggle just to keep watching after the first 30 minutes. I don't really like this show it's weird.

[Imagine]

I thought it was alright.

[Briana]

Tonight's episode was...boring.

[Rainbow Dash]

I just found it online I'm downloading it now.

[Rainbow Dash]

I tried my hardest not to compare it to the British version but found it too hard as it had the pretty much the same script. Maybe it'll be like The Office US though, the first few episodes were the same as the UK version but it turned it into its own show later on.

[Marguerite]

Open Letter to America:

Dear America, Please stop stealing good British shows.

Skins, Being Human, The Inbetweeners...... What's next? Those shows are in ENGLISH. You are more than welcome to watch them and just pretend they have American accents.

Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of good American shows. I love Lost, Boston Legal, Supernatural, Weeds and the rest.

I wouldn't expect the UK to produce a Dexter, so please stop trying to produce a Misfits.

Sincerely, the rest of the world.

[Imagine]

I did say this is not a debate and to bash our country. I made the thread so those Americans could discuss it. There are others like myself who have NEVER watched the British show Skins. :/

There are also shows that the British have made, based off OUR shows lol

[hopefaithlove]

OMG they had the commercials for it every five seconds.

I heard it encourages underage drinking? Is that true? I didn't watch cause I had hockey but I do want to at some point.

[Boobies]

O.o they've ruined it, they've actually ruined it...
The actors don't fit the character at all O.o
It's like they've tried to get pretty people to play everyone, and that's not what it's about D=

And where's the nudity? D=

[Briana]

Originally Posted by 3.14159265358979323846264

O.o they've ruined it, they've actually ruined it...
The actors don't fit the character at all O.o
It's like they've tried to get pretty people to play everyone, and that's not what it's about D=

And where's the nudity? D=

They also blocked out the swearing.

I watched the British version a little bit last night on my netflix. I like the British Version better, so far.

Whoever picked the actor to play the virgin nerd (american), did a bad job lol.

[Snufkin]

Originally Posted by skylight

I did say this is not a debate and to bash our country. I made the thread so those Americans could discuss it. There are others like myself who have NEVER watched the British show Skins. :/

So far, judging from reviews everywhere, the moral of US Skins is to go watch the UK version of Skins.

I'm gonna check out the US one somehow but everyone has just been saying it's a diluted, poorly acted conversion of the British version.

[Nomatophobia]

It is a crappy Americanized version of the British version.

I really thought it was in England, until I saw the "collegiate" sign, then thought it was in Canada until Blair Waldorf said her parents hopped over to the Vineyard for the weekend. (Yes, she used "hopped over" instead of "have gone", what American says that?)

I agree with the cast members not connecting with the characters they're supposed to be, very few of them really fit. The Asian girl, for example, was good but the guy paying Tony was bad. He looked like that geek from Gossip Girl, Dan whatshisface, but he was really Chuck. Just, like, yeah. I can totally see it being on the CW.

But I still liked it. :/

[Skeleton]

I haven't seen it yet so I'm not going to comment on it till I do but I can't see it being good, mainly because I've seen the UK version so I'll constantly be comparing the two.

[Marguerite]

Has anyone seen the US Being Human yet? I plan to watch it tonight.

[lovetakesoverr]

I've heard the American first episode has the same exact script as the British, (The British version is LOVELY<3 btw,) But I've yet to see it. I just ordered the first season (British)

[Jocelyn.]

I haven't seen the British version, but I still really didn't care for Skins(US).

Maybe because I'm no longer much of a partier so therefore can no longer relate, or the actors were so poorly picked and the script poorly written/executed... whatever it was, I'll still probably give it a couple more chances to grow on me.

[Cabron]

I want to watch this. But now I wanna see the UK version because of all the racy content

[Nicole!]

I finally watched the american version yesterday. It is rather strange... I'm gonna go look for the british version.

[fresco]

I watched too...it was "weird," definitely. But it's a first episode. Aren't those expected to be mediocre at best? There's no depth to the characters yet and the background hasn't really been explained yet. Maybe I'll like it. I'm giving it a try.