Skins - Season 5 *Spoilers*

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a256598/e4-unveils-new-skins-cast-members.html

E4 has announced the names of the new cast members on Skins.
The show changes its actors every two years and over 7,000 people took part in open auditions to find the third generation.
Most of the new cast are acting newcomers with the exception of Dakota Blue Richards, who starred as Lyra in the 2007 movie The Golden Compass.
Skins executive producer John Griffin said: "More people than ever turned up this year for the open auditions in London and Bristol and the standard of young talent was as high as ever. It was a huge process but incredibly rewarding and we hope that the auditionees had as much fun as we did.
"We are really excited about the talent that has come through and we now have a brilliant cast of actors helping to create the exciting new characters for Skins series five."
Filming on the fifth series of Skins is currently under way.

The stars are, from left to right, Alexander Arnold, Dakota Blue Richards, Sean Teale, Sebastian De Souza, Will Merrick, Laya Lewis, Freya Mavor and Jessica Sula.

phasers

Oh look, Jal is back.

KeithM89_old

Not a looker in the bunch...

Last series was pure tripe - wont be watching this one

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/news/a252717/kelly-brook-skins-is-a-cool-show.html?rss

Kelly Brook has confirmed reports that she has been cast in the upcoming series of Skins.
The model told Fox411 that she played an aerobic instructor in the E4 programme, which is due to air in 2011.
When asked about her current plans, Brook said: "I just filmed a TV show called Skins, which is a big show in the UK.
"It's a teenage comedy drama that's all about coming of age and experimental times in your life. I play the aerobic instructor in that. It's a cool show."
Meanwhile, comedian Chris Addison confirmed on Twitter that he has been travelling to Bristol for further filming on the teen drama. The Thick Of It star played college director Professor David Blood in the last series of the show.

FreudianSlippers

Kelly Brook. swoon.

Hank_Jones

Ahh, so we'll have another series which is dependant on one person being good.
Generation 1 it was Nicholas Hoult.
Generation 2 it was Kaya Scodelario (was Jack O'Connell by the end).
And this one will have whatsherface.

I'll probably watch it because I loved the first generation.
Must give those episodes a watch again.

phasers

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Ahh, so we'll have another series which is dependant on one person being good.
Generation 1 it was Nicholas Hoult.
Generation 2 it was Kaya Scodelario (was Jack O'Connell by the end).
And this one will have whatsherface.

I'll probably watch it because I loved the first generation.
Must give those episodes a watch again.

Nick Hoult? His character sucked, I watched for Sid and Cassie

Hank_Jones

phasers wrote: »

Nick Hoult? His character sucked, I watched for Sid and Cassie

Probably true, but they basically worked the majority of the story lines through his character.

Same with his sister in gen 2.

And presumably it will be the same in gen 3.

Personally I watched gen 1 for Chris, hilarious character.

PerfectDose

phasers wrote: »

Nick Hoult? His character sucked, I watched for Sid and Cassie

Sid and Cassie. Awwhh. What sweethearts.^^
Cast looks a bit disapointing tbh.
But tbh the only reason for that is because the audience were complaining that the storylines were way to dramatic and that the writers should tone it down a bit.. So the casting directors also took that in when picking the new cast and tried to ensure people were a bit more 'normal' (whatever that is)

Luno

Disappointing bunch, generation one was by far the best, was looking forward to the new Skins up untill I seen this. Not sure if I'll watch it at all!

JP Liz V1

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/tubetalk/a297787/fancy-another-new-skins-trailer.html

A new trailer in the above link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ykCxZlXr7E

Skins begins on January 27 at 10pm on E4

JP Liz V1

Starts tonight

Dean820

To sum up Skins so far:

Series 1 - Great
Series 2 - Okay
Series 3 - Tripe
Season 4 - Tripe

K4t

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s89/skins/tubetalk/a297787/fancy-another-new-skins-trailer.html

A new trailer in the above link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ykCxZlXr7E

Skins begins on January 27 at 10pm on E4

That is terrible. Terrible!

And it's quite sad that people are judging and moaning about the characters already based purely on their looks. At least give them a chance to speak and introduce you to their lives!

seafood dunleavy

Really looking forward to this tonight.Hope its better than the last two series anyway.

tvnutz

first ad break and I'm done,load of shite,and has been since season 2.

Ha. Just flicked onto this and it was like a coca-cola ad for mdma. Are these younger than the cast in the original series or am I just MAD OLD?

kev9100

Cliche after cliche. First two seasons were great, then it seems the writers ran put of ideas.

nommm

Hated the first half, loved the second half. These characters (bar blondie) seem a lot more interesting than Freddie et all.

Sl!mCharles

The accent on the blonde yoke made me change channel.

ricero

wasnt that bad was good best opener ive seen in a long time. frankie would ya lob 1 in her ?

Kiwi_knock

Okayish start, they look a better bunch than the second generation anyway. Seems very American though.

seafood dunleavy

I think it was good enough,interesting characters.Think theres still another one to be introduced?Looks like theres another lad in the picture.

seafood dunleavy

Just realised theres some other lad in the picture and the rocker fella isn't there.

skeleton_boy

The first episode was just absolutly terrible!!

liah

I don't get why everyone's acting like it's sooooooo terrible, it really wasn't that bad for an opening episode. I actually quite liked it, the stop motion bit was deadly, soundtrack was good (though the intro music sucks, they should've kept it the same through all generations imo), acting was decent enough considering they're effectively acting nobodies. I found Frankie to be quite a likeable character.

If you want Skins s. 1 and 2 just re-watch them, don't try to compare everything else to them, there's entirely new people with entirely new scenarios and situations, have a bit more of an open mind.

tvnutz

OSI wrote: »

She's 16. So no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWNs2YsjeLQ

Chuchoter

Every year I try to watch skins and every year its ****. Its just so painfully unrealistic, nobody's life is like this.

nommm

crayolastereo wrote: »

Every year I try to watch skins and every year its ****. Its just so painfully unrealistic, nobody's life is like this.

Just like every other tv show.

Chuchoter

But at least the other shows try. I mean Glee is (more or less) true to life..albeit a lot more singing :P

phasers

crayolastereo wrote: »

But at least the other shows try. I mean Glee is (more or less) true to life..albeit a lot more singing :P

Please be joking.

Chuchoter

Not really, Kurt is one of the most human portrayals of young gay people we have going. There are still a lot of stereotypes, but its representation of bullying, reaction from schools and the isolation of being a gay teen is actually pretty accurate. Obviously parts of it are exaggerated (lady gaga costumes :P) but the heart of the stories are not unfathomable.

Skins on the other hand, all anyone seems to do is dress weird, sleep with everyone they can see and do drugs. These people aren't real, these are hipster caricatures of what it is to be young.

nommm

If you think that's all that happens in Skins, then you obviously haven't watched it.

Apart from the granny scooter crashing, I can't think of anything that happened last night that wouldn't happen in real life. I can safely say that Skins is a much better reflection of my teenage years than Glee. I've never had a friend with the mind of a five year old that still believes in Santa but wanted to have sex with a boy in a wheelchair. I love Glee (well the first season) but it's definitely not realistic!

Stompbox

nommm wrote: »

If you think that's all that happens in Skins, then you obviously haven't watched it.

Apart from the granny scooter crashing, I can't think of anything that happened last night that wouldn't happen in real life. I can safely say that Skins is a much better reflection of my teenage years than Glee. I've never had a friend with the mind of a five year old that still believes in Santa but wanted to have sex with a boy in a wheelchair. I love Glee (well the first season) but it's definitely not realistic!

When was the last time you took MDMA in a crowded shopping center and easily fled from four security guards and then later on in the week you and your mates broke into a fully-lit uncovered diving pool complex?

Just saying!:pac:

Chuchoter

nommm wrote: »

If you think that's all that happens in Skins, then you obviously haven't watched it.

Apart from the granny scooter crashing, I can't think of anything that happened last night that wouldn't happen in real life. I can safely say that Skins is a much better reflection of my teenage years than Glee. I've never had a friend with the mind of a five year old that still believes in Santa but wanted to have sex with a boy in a wheelchair. I love Glee (well the first season) but it's definitely not realistic!

Disabled people don't get to have relationships?
As for Britney, I've no idea what happened there. She started out as endearing now I'm thinking they need to admit her :P

liah

Skins isn't about how realistic the situations they find themselves in are, Skins is about the characters and their relationships with one another. The crazy scenarios and drugs are secondary to that.. it's an amazingly written and beautifully acted show, one of the best representations of youth I've seen in a long time (again, ignoring crazy scenarios and just focusing on characters and relationships).

obligatory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWcpkNbIJZg

Hrududu

crayolastereo wrote: »

Not really, Kurt is one of the most human portrayals of young gay people we have going. There are still a lot of stereotypes, but its representation of bullying, reaction from schools and the isolation of being a gay teen is actually pretty accurate..

When Glee became the St Kurt show it went down the toilet completely. In one episode we are shown that Kurt is being bullied by being pushed into a locker. We are told this is a bad thing. A couple of episodes later Puck gets the crap kicked out of him and is locked inside an upside down portaloo for 24 hours. We are told this is funny. Why is one super serious bullying and the other a punchline? It tries to jump from mawkish and preachy to funny in too short a space of time and its become a hot mess.

Skins was never great but last series was really scraping the bottom of the barrell.

Mardy Bum

crayolastereo wrote: »

But at least the other shows try. I mean Glee is (more or less) true to life..albeit a lot more singing :P

Glee is an American produced comedy/musical teen drama therefore already by premise is extremely out of touch with the real world.
The themes the show depicts and develops are homogeneous to nearly all shows on tv- Race, Appearance, Sexuality. They are depicted and treated in what I can only describe as a modern day Little Women eg Moralistic bullsh*t fed through a straw by American Execs worried about a bad reaction from parents to the show incase it may be cancelled.
However if you are one of those people who love to sing along to horrible pop music and couldn't be arsed questioning the shows premise then yes you will enjoy it.

Skins is a gritty teen drama which is written largely by teenagers for teenagers. This in itself explains why series 3 and 4 were pretty bad. However series 1 and 2 have some of the best characters of the last ten years. As was said previously the mad and eccentric situations which the characters find themselves are only a gimmick or tool to catch and keep the attention of the young de-sensitised British audience, the real gem of the show is its characters, their lives and their interactions with one another. This is what I at least found unique about the first two series which are both great pieces of television drama.

tl;dr Glee is american moralistic bullsh*t while Skins was original in beginnings and much more commendable.

liah

Well, since you focused on gay people, Skins 1 and 2 have Maxxie who is an absolutely fantastic character who really comes into his own during 2nd season with Tony; 3 and 4 have Emily and Naomi, and their relationship is very well represented too (rooftop scene is so sad , forest/pond scene is lovely) , whatever your thoughts on seasons 3 and 4 are there are definitely some good aspects to it.

I dunno, crayola, I think you're being a bit quick to write it off based on the immediate "crazy situation" appearance rather than the nuance of the writing and the acting and the actual relationships themselves. I could be wrong though, I also don't know how much of Skins you've actually seen.

xclw

i like frankie but i wished they dressed her differently.

FreudianSlippers

I actually enjoyed the first episode. If it gets better I think it'll work. Some of the characters are shíte, but a few mesh very well!

Ian_K

Shcutter

kev9100

The acting really is pretty shocking.

FouxDaFaFa

This series isn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. I like Grace and Anlo and Metal guy (what's his name?). Will be watching next week.

Dean820

Episode one was okay, a little confusing at times. Like why did Frankie approach the girls after she in a previous scene just before told them she didn't want to hang out with them and ran away from the canteen. Next thing they're in the shopping centre together having a laugh. There was a couple of other things like that as well but whatever....it was okay.

Liam O

the metal guy is just too stereotypical imo...

KeanSeenan

I thought that was one of the least realistic adaptations of 'teenage life' I've seen in years, the RATM scene was also laughably ****. Perhaps this is a brilliant satire on the show's last season..

KnifeWRENCH

crayolastereo wrote: »

Not really, Kurt is one of the most human portrayals of young gay people we have going. There are still a lot of stereotypes, but its representation of bullying, reaction from schools and the isolation of being a gay teen is actually pretty accurate. Obviously parts of it are exaggerated (lady gaga costumes :P) but the heart of the stories are not unfathomable.

On top of all the stereotypes (and there are way too many of them) Kurt is a very unlikeable character. He's selfish, whiney, manipulative, arrogant. I obviously don't agree with anyone being bullied over their sexuality but I find it verging on impossible to sympathise with him.

His father, on the other hand, is an excellent character. Most gay teens would kill for a Dad like Kurt's.

Skins on the other hand, all anyone seems to do is dress weird, sleep with everyone they can see and do drugs. These people aren't real, these are hipster caricatures of what it is to be young.

That's part of the attraction, though. I don't think I'd ever liked to have watched a programme about "real" teenagers like me when I was a teenager. Honestly, that kind of programme would have been terribly boring. Skins is like a form of escapism; watching the kind of life that I secretly wish I had.
I only ever watched seasons One and Two of Skins, but those characters (for all their hipster tendencies) were quite human. You actually identified with them and felt bad for them when things went wrong.

And Maxxie was a much more positive representation of a gay teenager than Kurt has ever been.

spiralism

Didn't know what was going on for half the 1st episode, wasnt great.... liked the second a lot though, can identify to some level with Rich, it takes me back to my metalhead days when I was that age, even though his character is exaggerated somewhat...

Have to say, I like Grace and Alo as characters too, don't know what to make of Franky and find Mini annoying.. haven't seen enough of anyone else to form an opinion

toodleytoo

Mini annoyed the sh1t out of me.. But in all fairness, she's an interesting character!