US Skins Almost Here

I can't be sure yet but I THINK that Eura will be my favorite character on the show. I love the spot I saw where she drew on every ones head (even her own) but I haven't seen much of her in the previews.This photo reminds me of at least 40 guys I've gone to school with since I was in like 6th grade. A we bit stereotypical but sometimes stereotypes are living breathing friends and neighbors.Tea looks to be the runner up for favorite character. The trailers make her seem like a lesbian Effy and even a little bit like Naomi from seasons 3 and 4. Cassie was my favorite character on the original skins and Caddie is clearly a Cassie knock off but she looks like she might be able to pull it off. I'm trying to remain as optimistic as possible about the us show which starts a week from today. The trailers seem all to staged and almost shot for shot remade after the original but supposedly only 2 or 3 episodes follow the UK versions storyline. We shall see but I am at least excited to get even a taste of the skins show I love back!

Really? Why You Gotta Try So Hard?

Why? Why? Why? Why are they trying so hard? Real life is provocative, and the Skins UK show and at least with the first two seasons it was so good because it was so real. It wasn't trying so hard to be edgy and provocative. An the more I read about and see the MTV promotion for the US version the more turned off of it I get. This show will never live up to the original. So why do they think that instead of doing an original American spin on it and trying to make a good show it's better to just be raunchy and cheap and focus on the party side of the characters and not the real depth of the characters? Fucking American television! This last pic isn't so bad and I like the black and white style photos better then the ripped off look of the top photo from shoots with the second generation cast of girls!

New US Skins Promo Pics!

Someone deserves a bonus and it's not the cast! I love LOVE the fact that they're making fun of the themselves an all the haters that wer against Mtv getting their reality tv hands on one of the most AMAZING teen shows ever and possibly butchering. I still have my resurvations about the show and I was not very imressed with the trailer they released. It seemed to much like the first season and I don't think show is going to work if they try to mimic the first season cause it CAN'T live up to it. It could however keep the vibe and edgy realistic storylines and just make it their own. I have hope for the show now. But I'm more excited for the 5th season of the original Skins and to see their new cast!

You've Got The Love - I've Had The Love

Florence & The Machine has been my favorite band ever since I heard the track Dog Days Are Over on an episode of Skins a few years ago. Their songs still make their way onto my mix Cd's and playlist even after I've heard them thousands of times. The real magic in the machine comes from the heavenly hellish lyrics that make for some amazing poetry. Florence's voice is harsh and violent but mixed with the lyrics and music the songs become smooth and pleasantly tormented. The #1 album I most look forward to is their sophomore album that I've been waiting on for what seems like forever.
What I can't help being frustrated about though is their most recent adventures with tacky pop culture events. The MTV awards was shameful enough but Dancing w/the Stars? Really??? It's like your favorite book that no one you know has read that suddenly gets made into a movie and now everyone is carrying around a copy. It's the green eyed monster meets the elephant in the room. It's not so much that their fans are growing and more people are being swallowed up by their brilliant music, it's that something so special and unique is mixing with generic, flavor of the month trends. It's just not right! I want the band to get all the credit it deserves I just like them standing alone in the sparkling shadows then bundled with everyone else. The one pop culture cross over they did that I LOVED was the song Heavy In Your Arms they did for the Twilight movie Eclipse, because not only did it get them to release new material but the song was amazing and stayed true to their aesthetic. The possible vibe of their next album scares me because I'm so hopelessly attached to Lungs. As devoted and hopefully as I try to be that their creativity and uniqueness will pull through whatever waves of fame and pop culture influence that has come their way, for the new album. I still see Lungs as being the rare untainted voice that transcends love and death and is simply unique in it's sound and energy that will be hard to match let alone surpass!!! I eagerly wait for more Florence & The Machine music!

Ripping Of Skins

I read on Perez Hilton today that MTV recently got the rights to make a US version of my favorite teen oriented show SKINS. I'm feeling mixed emotions about this even though I knew it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to rip it off. It could be good if they don't try to clean the show up, cause what makes Skins so awesome is it's realistic depiction of teenagers! However the fact that MTV is the one behind this has me thinking this could get ugly. I'll most definitely tune in for the first episode to give it a fair shot but nothing will ever compare to the original skins cast and even the 3rd season skins cast. British people are just more eccentric and Americas... no offense to my own kind lolz but Americans in general are too into being like everyone else. Where I feel like other countries embrace individuality, Americans like them cookie cutter molds. Any way I guess this US Skins show is a good thing it just might turn out more like the real world meets the hills instead of what skins really is all about.

This photo below is just so cute and goofy I love and miss the original cast!