Comments on: America to remake Skins

By: johnjet

johnjet — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:55:21 +0000

Great just what MTV needs another non music program.

Why don’t they just change the name of the network to something else like Channel Crap. They don’t show music hardly anymore.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:59:58 +0000

Not necessarily superior. But certainly deemed a success.

By: john

john — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:16:40 +0000

Brekkie i just this minute saw on Wiki re:HBO remake of Shameless.Yiiiiiiikes!!
David mentioned QAF & that to me was superior to the uk version,which appeared very dated already.Great cast,great storylines,great sex & the wonderful Sharon Gless,hey sunshine?

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:50:49 +0000

Would need to look like the indie movies Go or SubUrbia to work…..

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:25:56 +0000

Skins and Shameless work so well because they’re shows about British culture (a certain socio-economic group.) Not because the shows are filmed in England.

An American version of Skins will probably end up looking like a modern take on ‘The Breakfast Club’.

By: Brekkie

Brekkie — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:59:01 +0000

John – they were (and perhaps still are) giving Shameless a go, with Woody Harrelson as the Frank Gallagher character! Think though that was destined for HBO, so perhaps some hope there it won’t be screwed up completely, but Shameless is a very British show, just as Skins is.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:12:32 +0000

There’s nothing like the announcement of the US re-working a UK/Aus show to bring the anti-Americans out of the woodwork. After watching the US versions of The Office, Coupling & Queer as Folk, this version might be good…

In saying that, the likelihood of Skins US being s**t is quite high. Haha!

By: Domino

Domino — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:48:35 +0000

This is horrible! Can’t America watch anything that is not made by themselves?!? Do they have to ruin everything?!? F*** off America!!!

By: Speakeroftruth

Speakeroftruth — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:12:54 +0000

An American version of Skins set in Baltimore?

It will be pretty much the same as season 4 of The Wire, That is of course if they take a look at the darker side of teenage life like Skins did.

Its not going to be as good because America has a completely different teenage culture to Britain, I assume it will be similar to the American teen dramas and focus on frat style life and will be boring.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:42:08 +0000

Also David, that picture makes it look like Anwar has a booger up his nose.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:41:07 +0000

With the ultra-conservative/christian extremists dominating America, there is no way that a show like Skins could ever really get aired in it’s true format (nudity, language, full frontal sex) unless they cut out all the above really. There was an uproar when Gossip Girl was first on air and that is pittons compared to Skins.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:28:17 +0000

The Office, All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Three’s Company, Queer as Folk.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:17:19 +0000

Dr Rudi… The Office? It really came into its own in season 2

By: Reubot

Reubot — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:43:42 +0000

They need to sanitise presumably…

By: Verity M

Verity M — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:03:14 +0000

I just have to ask… Why?

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:43:37 +0000

Oh dear.