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  • StayPerfect

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    I'm sorry but this new series is not the Skins I know and love. There hasn't even been any drug use yet and we're on the second episode. I know they are trying to show what teenagers get up to, kind of, and I know that not all teenagers take drugs but that's always been what Skins is. Drugs, sex and sensitive issues [teen pregnancy, sexuality, suicide] We've hnone of that yet. Not a peep. Barely even a proper swear word.
    The characters are all wrong and the acting could barely be called acting. The plot is almost non-existant and it's just shit. I'm sorry but it's just falling into all the other serial drama's.
    It's such a shame because the first generation was perfect and even the second was close to it, even if it wasn't quite. It's like they knew the last generation wasn't as good and so tried to go in the opposite direction to make it good again but have failed miserabley.
    I'm going to give the next episode a chance and then if I don't like it, I'm going to abandon the sinking ship. It needs to end after this series if you ask me. Leave is before they make it even worse.
    February 8th, 2011 at 04:32pm
  • lady.bex

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    twin.:
    I thought the new series (uk skins) was alright. I know it sounds a bit dumb, but I kind of feel a bit 'old' when watching it now XD I want to watch next weeks though, only because of the Slayer dude. tehe
    it's not just you, i feel old watching the new skins generation.
    February 8th, 2011 at 08:20pm
  • twin.

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    Bela Talbot.:
    I'm not feeling this generation. the others had me hooked from episode one, this gen just doesn't. even though i love franky. but that is about it. i hope i'm wrong... but i think gen 3 will be the finish of skins.
    I agree with this so much. All of the characters in the past seasons I've felt some sort of connection to, and been cheering them on. (like Sid and Cassie) but in this one I've not really got an opinion on anyone, which is really sad :/ I know I'll probably end up getting into it a bit more, but when I watched the 2nd generation, within the first episode I fell in love with Emily and I was hoping I would totally love one of the characters in this generation, but so far nothing.

    I don't think it's awful or anything though! I just don't know how many new generations they can keep making.
    February 8th, 2011 at 10:16pm
  • Saint.

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    ^ This, definitely.

    I don't think new generations will ever be as good as the first generation, but at least the second gen had characters that we could fall in love with. I automatically liked JJ last time but I don't particularly like any of the characters this time. I'm intrigued by Mini and Franky, but that's about it really. They haven't really introduced half the characters properly yet. We've barely seen any of Mini's boyfriend or the guy that was speaking to Franky, but usually all the characters are introduced at once.

    On another note this is Rich. Someone posted it on tumblr and was like "why did they have to make the only attractive boy unattractive?" and I have to agree.
    February 8th, 2011 at 10:27pm
  • twin.

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    Aww, I think he looks good either way. XD

    Although when I saw him on T4 the other day I was like 'I can't remember them in Skins!' & then it clicked!
    February 8th, 2011 at 10:36pm
  • Saint.

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    ^ He looks completely different, it's so weird! I can tell I'm going to start liking him more now. tehe
    February 8th, 2011 at 11:00pm
  • lady.bex

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    wow. :3

    why did they have to make him unattractive. i have nothing with metal heads.
    February 8th, 2011 at 11:04pm
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    wolf.:
    On another note this is Rich. Someone posted it on tumblr and was like "why did they have to make the only attractive boy unattractive?" and I have to agree.
    I like him better as a metal head. lmfao

    The other way, he's a little too vanilla to suit me.
    February 8th, 2011 at 11:27pm
  • Joey Jordison

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    I love Rich/Alex. He goes to my school. He finds it weird that people find him attractive, bless him tehe

    Despite that though, I'm not a fan of the new series of Skins, at all. It may grow on me, but so far, that's not happening...
    February 9th, 2011 at 08:15pm
  • Saint.

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    ^ I am so jealous. tehe

    I quite like the new series, but not as much as previous series. It'll hopefully pick up but it doesn't have the same feel to it.
    February 10th, 2011 at 06:12pm
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    I'm hoping I do come round to it a bit more, the thing is even if I ended up hating it, I'd still watch it just because. tehe

    I like the look of this episode, but you can tell that Mini's going to probably be a bit like Katie (bitch on the outisde, but secretly vulnerable etc on the inside)
    February 10th, 2011 at 06:58pm
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    Joey Jordison:
    I love Rich/Alex. He goes to my school. He finds it weird that people find him attractive, bless him tehe

    Despite that though, I'm not a fan of the new series of Skins, at all. It may grow on me, but so far, that's not happening...
    Does he really go to your school?! Tell him I say hi Weird:
    I think he's so much more handsome with his hair cut. He's not hiding behind anything. I like it.
    March 26th, 2011 at 09:24pm
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    I'm not a fan of the new UK season (don't even get me started on the US version, I flat out refuse to watch it). Maybe it's because the only connection to the other seasons is Roundview. The other seasons were connected by Effy (though tbh I hated her at the end of season 4, she got so boring). I still watched it, because I was interested, but the characters just seemed way too... generic? I don't really know, I just didn't feel any connection to them like I did to the older characters.

    But oh my god, I swear Rich is like a replica of my friend. Not even joking. So similar. Especially when he had long hair.
    March 27th, 2011 at 01:14am
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    I'm currently on the 4th episode of Season 1 and I love it! XD
    June 29th, 2011 at 10:05am
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    ^ The first two series are brilliant. I was watching them the other month for the first time in ages and it's easy to forget how good they are! Cute Although I personally love the second generation of characters as well but that could be mostly down to the twins. tehe I don't think many people were so bothered about the 2nd gen though...but I mean going by this thread the third generation seriously went a bit tits up XD

    I wonder whether there will be any more series. Think I kind of want there to be because I would like to think they could maybe try and make it more like the orignal series as that was so popular, but as I said up there, I don't know if they'll bother with anymore generations after the last one.
    July 14th, 2011 at 07:10pm
  • Luthiemonster

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    Everyone says the first two generations were the best but i still love skins, no other series is like this one. I have to say my favorite season was the third one.
    skins all the way :D
    March 15th, 2012 at 03:42pm
  • Luthiemonster

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    Everyone says the first two generations were the best but i still love skins, no other series is like this one. I have to say my favorite season was the third one.
    skins all the way :D
    March 15th, 2012 at 03:42pm
  • The Color Abi

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    I found watching the second generation a bit weird - I went to the same school as the guy who played Freddie so...
    March 15th, 2012 at 08:42pm
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    The Color Abi:
    I found watching the second generation a bit weird - I went to the same school as the guy who played Freddie so...
    You may just be my hero...fucking love Freddie.
    May 25th, 2012 at 06:42pm
  • Lady.V.

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    I'm very sad the series ended but I loved it. In Love
    My favorite characters have to be Effie, Maxxie, Cook and Franky.
    November 30th, 2013 at 03:10pm