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!

Thinking of Cassie

In memory of my favorite Skins character Cassie! The three original pieces I found on weheartit.com and couldn't track the artist the photos were on bing. I've been a skins fan for years and the original cast will always be THE cast and Cassie will always be my favorite, Hannah Murray is a phenomenal actress that I wish got LOTS more work. But she does have two new movies coming out soon, Womb and Chatroom!

New Cast Of Skins

Well folks here they are! I know skins fans are opinionated and loyal but most the fan comments on e4 have been bashing the second generation with little hope for the third. I along with a good deal of other Skins fans have confidence and hope in the show that is as known for reinventing it's self as it is for it's controversial story lines. I love this show and like everyone else I was sad to see the first generation replaced but I grew to love the second generation and I know the third generation and the next two seasons to come will be just as interesting and entertaining. This time around the cast has a totally different look and vibe I'm excited to see them all in character on screen! This is my totally superficial guess at who I think will be the most interesting characters :) I'll update when the show stars to see if my estimations are correct.
Beautiful hipster tomboy... I wonder what her issues will be?He could be a loyal best friend with a wishy washy sexuality or a tortured trouble maker! She could be a goody goody or the wild child...

One thing is for sure, I'll be watching!

Heartbreak In 8 Episodes Or Less

Well my stupid computer won't let me upload any photos right now so I'll have to come back and edit this later. I have to do this now though. I just watched the last episode of Skins season 4. I woke up at noon and between then and now I've spent a good 5 hours and 20 minutes sitting on my bum at the computer watching the entire season! It's an addicting show. An wow. wow. wow.

SPOILER alert... I had read some things online about this season and while some were true others are not. I really felt this season was tighter and more together than the last. All the characters had good story lines that weaved in and out of each other nicely. Last year it got a bit choppy. I love the Emily and Naomi love story and this season they were on the outs. A lot. In the last episode when Naomi spills her heart out to Emily It was so real and I'm sure most people have felt and done things that couldn't have been explained any better than in her characters words! So they pull through and honestly if they didn't the show writers would have a riot on their hands cause of all the fans rooting for them. On to Effy... In the first two seasons she was my favorite character so illusive and mysterious and disconnected, I loved her. In season 3 they cracked her open and gave her more life... life that I felt was better left undiscovered. This season it's a bit of both worlds. She goes mental which I found surprising cause she's always so within herself. It was believable though and I liked how Freddie tied into it all. I've never been a Freddie fan he's just a bit to robotic. Seeing him care for Effy made him so much more endearing and human. I knew that doctor was no good! I was shocked when he murdered Freddie. I cried. Tears. For a TV show! They filmed it brilliantly. The blood on the glass and the sounds... much more tormenting that seeing it happen in a way. It was very disturbing. The darkest skins has ever gone. The chemistry was off without him at the last party and you got a sense of "is this it? no one is ever going to know the truth...?" You gotta love Cook though for being as Effy put it "brave" charging his killer like that, and so you know he took care of him. Cook's storyline was loads better this season and I really think Jack O'Connell who plays Cook is the best actor on the show. He has the most cross over potential I think out of all the casts. I also like Katie this season, she was less bitchy and I liked that she stopped being the girl who always had to have a boyfriend. I wanted more Pandora though and I thought her getting into Harvard was a joke but so shall it be. I've read a lot of comments about how the season ended crap and didn't give closure. Here is what I think... It's not the end really, that's the point of how they left it... life goes on. People change but they also stay the same. Bad things happen, some can be fixed others can't. Love is shit and drives you mad but it's worth every ounce of sorrow. An we can all be thankful life really isn't a fucking TV show where writers decide your fate!

Rainbow of Influence

Coolest sneakers EVAH! My favorite Olsen looking ever so chic and a bit like a female mad hatter! I've been Reading her book Influence and it's very intertesting, I love that she's a fan of Andy Warhol!
Kaya Scodelario of Skins is in a new movie "Shank" thats out this month, where she gets smacked around from the look of these pics. Nice to see a skins girl get some fresh work. Now If only we could see more Hannah Murray, Lily Loveless and Kathryn Prescott outside the E4 realm!

Skins Series 4 Behind The Scenes

I've found a crap load of photos of the cast filming and on location for series 4 of skins and a few extra and random shots of the cast hanging out, eating cupcakes and wielding fake (hopefully) guns. I love this show and have come to love the new cast, not as a reflection of the old one which is irreplaceable but in their own right they are all amazing actors that have encompassed some brilliantly written characters. The start of series 4 isn't too far off and while we only get 8 (Ekkk!) episodes, the new trailer proves it's going to be unpredictable, dramatic and lots of fun to watch. I've been hearing lots of spoiler rumors but I think we can all expect the last episode to leave us wanting more. I think someone is going to die, based on the gun clips and blog rumors but I really doubt it's Emily! I just hope Freddie's little sis Karen doesn't take over as the Effy of the 3rd cast and 5th season cause I'm sorry but I can't stand her character!

Dog Days Are Over

Happiness, it hurt like a train on a track

Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back

She hid around corners and she hid under beds

She killed it with kisses and from it she fled

With every bubble she sank with a drink

And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

The horses are coming so you better run

Run fast for your mother run fast for your father

Run for your children and your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your loving behind you

Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can't you hear the horses

Cuz here they come

And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had

And what was left after that too. oh.

Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind

Stuck them up drainpipes

By someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over

The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses

Cuz here they come

Run fast for your mother and fast for your father

Run for your children for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your loving behind you

Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over

The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses because here they come

The dog days are over

The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses because here they come

By the lovely Florence and the Machine

My power just came back on about an hour ago, it went out at 2am and the heat and violent thunder and lightning kept me from any kind of beauty sleep. An as soon as the power came back on I realized I was too restless to curl up in bed with my cool operator. Leave it to me to blog late at night and early in the morning but never in the afternoon! I'm all set up on facebook now, I've had a myspace since freshman year of high school and since I just graduated I figured it was time to step my game up. So by now you know I'm obsessed with a little E4 show called Skins and I mentioned before all the great tunes that get played on the show, well Florence and the Machine played during season 3 and I fell head over heals so to speak in love with her! Dog Days Are Over is my favourite song and the lyrics are lovely which is why I've included them in this post. I also LOVE the song Girl with one Eye! So check out her CD people!!!

For The Love of Skins

Skins if you don't know is not just a wicked nick name for a contraceptive! It also happens to be the best damn show about teenagers on television (My so-called life would be the best no longer on air!) It airs in the UK and I've read that they might air an edited (lame ass) version in the US on ABC or something, don't bother to watch that though as it's likely to mutilate a great hour long program into maybe 30 minutes though some episodes will be cut down to around 10 minutes I imagine once they censor it! I'm ranting so any way... I recommend if your 16-24 years old to watch this show. It's realistic, masochistic, teens at their best and worst! It's highly entertaining and one should start with the first season for obvious reason and also because almost the entire cast gets replaced after the second season and as much as I LOVE the show the third season was not the best, the characters are awesome but the storyline lags in places! So I suggest watch the first two and by then you'll be so addicted and wanting more that the third season will still have you hooked. My favorite characters (of the first two seasons) are Cassie (now you know where I get my lovely and wow from lol) Sid (at first he will repulse and then he will attract you!) and Effy. (Because she's so beautiful and mysterious not to mention screwed up)[like so many of us] The show is one of my obsessions and you'd be lucky for it to become yours! This link is the best montage of the show ever, the douche who made it won't let me embed the code so... Oh and don't let the DJ fool you this video is off the chain! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iWsXkxiyCc

This clip is lovely, mike bailey... I love you... a little bit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_IFXDgE8E