People are voting emotionally.

Brilliant and touching

Amateur movie with Big budget

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

I love this show so much! It's really interesting. Let's start off with Tony. He's a total jerk, but cute. I mean, how could you hate him? He eventually cheated on Michelle by sleeping with Tea and other girls. He gives Michelle an STD, then that's when everything started to fall apart. Now, Michelle. Michelle is very outgoing and loves Tony with all of her heart (or so she did). She finds out Tony has slept with other girls by finding out she had an STD. But what she didn't know was that Tea had slept with Tony also. She eventually finds out by finding pills to cure the STD in Tea's book bag, which makes Michelle furious. Now, Tea. She's a lesbian, or supposed to be, until she started sleeping with Tony. She's a girl who is obviously confused about her sexual preferences. Now, Abbud. Abbud has a big crush on Tea, until he finds out she has been sleeping with Tony which made him super angry. Now, Chris. Oh my gosh, he's a total cutie! I love him! He's a guy who loves to party. But has a huge crush on his teacher, Tina. They've been sleeping together. The secret came out, which landed Tina in jail. Now, Tina. She's a teacher just trying to grow up. But the person that's stopping her is Chris. She loves him, but is trying to stop seeing him. But then she gets caught by Dave (a teacher), and gets thrown in jail. Now, Daisy. She's the smart one. The one who helps the gang and has positive attitude. Ugh, if only I had a friend like her. Now, Cadie. She's crazy, but someone very loving and outgoing. Who also has a huge fear of pigeons. Now, Stanley. He's lazy. He barely ever comes to school. He has a huge heart for both Michelle and Cadie. Now, Eura. She doesn't talk, until the last episode. She is Tony's little sister. There's not really much words to describe her because she never really talked.

I don't know any new pilot that wanted to be in the same situation as the new American version of the British "Skins". There was the usual prediction that the American producers would muck-up and sanitize the rather daring original series and release nothing more than a pale echo. The most hard-core fans we're expecting a complete travesty. So expectations we're very, very low for this "Skins", so it had to be better than you'd expect, right? Well, it's true. "American Skins" is not terrible, per se. It's just dull. Perhaps after the success of the American "Office", there was a feeling that many more British serials we're ripe for a Yankee makeover(rehash), but apparently we needed concrete proof that "Skins" was not one of them. Ironically the original "Skins" was in itself an answer to the over-glamorized and increasingly hackneyed American Teen Soap genre, so the fact that it was snapped up and regurgitated for stateside TV only seemed to prove the original's point even more.If you only watched the first couple of episodes, you may have thought they we're simply attempting a shot-for-shot remake with flatter accents. It didn't help that the characters of "Skins-US" we're written as almost identical twins of the original, with a few modest tweaks. That just made it difficult for the writers to find completely new paths for it's characters, and the actors ultimately were automatically being compared to their UK counterparts instead of coming into their own and making their characters distinctive and appealing on their own right. It's a fundamental flaw that no matter what bogged down this series, no matter how much it tried to branch out. Had they started from scratch or at least cleverly recycled, it would've been riskier but ultimately much more interesting than this rather awkward tracing we end up getting instead.Perhaps the original "Skins" just got lucky. Comprising of a core cast of mostly non-professional and age-appropriate first-timers, they grew up along with the show itself and any original awkwardness was forgiven easily as we ended up falling for each of them as real, 3-dimensional human beings who stood out from the usual ultra-polished, way-too-perfect modern-teen prototype seen throughout today's TV. "Skins-US" is also comprised of mostly novice actors still in their teens, but they couldn't really show signs of their own organic growth since they we're too tied to the characters who came before them. They don't feel like real people but rather a group of slightly modified clones.Perhaps more out of curiosity than duty, I did watch all the episodes of the first season. While early episodes we're indeed replicas of the original, they did eventually move on to (at least on the surface) new plot lines or at least mended and reshaped versions of the originals . The differences, however, we're really only in the details. And indeed, while it did promise that same kind of gutsy style and non-judgmental point-of-view of the original, it instead felt more like watching a flat-footed Frankenstein monster, or more specifically a muddled lecture on Lifestyles of the Contemporary Teen. And perhaps the main reason it hasn't inspired the same kind of rabid cult following of the original is that it just isn't any fun to watch. It's just rolled-up oregano when we're expecting the real thing.

This morning, I've been watching both versions to the Skins franchise. I started with the US version of season 1 and kept on with the original fifth series and as you have guessed, I disliked the US version. Now, let me tell you why.When I learned about an American version for Skins, I first wondered : why would they do that when they speak the same language ? Now, if we consider public reaction for such a poor thing, I think that I have the answer.The audience complained about drugs and taboo subjects being exposed. Well, isn't this the essence of Skins ? Being a subtle pain in the back of society ? The first time we see characters abusing drugs, they are in the toilets as if to say : remember that it is illegal - while in the meantime, marijuana is legalizing all along the states but it would have been a provocative shame to show such a fact, you know, ''drugs is bad'' period... while in the original series the characters smoke pot on the school garden, though it is forbidden as well, but at least, there was originality in this, a clear call for renewal, for people to ask questions about drugs : is that so hazardous ? What is the real problems with drugs ? Well, if we compare it with alcohol, it is far less dangerous but NOOOOOOO, Americans must see that it is illegal, that it is a problems touching youngsters and that it is actually a problem, is not that a little too much, how do you call that, Manichean ? Archetypical ? This is ridiculous because the characters are therefore archetypal and the way they abuse drugs shows us that they make it out of provocation, in the original series, this is another story. The real cause for drug abuse was being unveiled : it results from poor education, bad housing, it is not a provocation AT ALL. In the US version, pupils are wrong and the school is right. In the original series, this is the contrary. Another element which is ridiculous is the feminization of the character of Maxxie. Why did they do that ? Well, it shows us clearly that Americans prefer to see lesbian women as in SGU rather than homosexual men. They are so afraid to demonize the white male with homosexuality - while there is nothing devilish in homosexuality - that they change the gender of one of the most favorite character of the fans in the original series. If they had kept Maxxie, it would have been a scandal nationwide... but homosexual women, no problem, women are not that scandalous as men... that's why they can't be shown on screen, you know, if you want it to be a success. Barry Glassner was not mistaken when he talked of the public fear of the demonization of the white male in Culture of Fear essay...What I learned from British cinema is that British people have guts. I wonder what is behind this poor series that is Skins US. I liked the music but I don't like how the characters were playing. Just remember that Skins is not American but British, Skins is a series with guts, a series which dares, its Americanization means the death of its symbolism : it is as simple as that. You have the right not to agree with me, you know that's life but you shall consider my ideas as well.

I own the first four seasons of the British version of Skins on DVD and could watch them over and over. This American, oh I'm sorry Canadian, cast just don't meet the mark whatsoever. There is no talent there at all and since they are copying the almost exact script from the original you would assume it would be an easy job. And the worst of all is the actor who plays Tony. I have seen better acting in children's theatre by 10 year olds. And he is supposed to be the leader of this group? This show is going to be canceled in no time. I wish it was better because E4 in England did so well with this show. Sorry MTV but you fail