Mammary_Glands

agreed. i had to watch that scene from the comfort of the area directly behind my pillow.

TenThirteen1121

Better than I expected, good music, decent cinematography in parts. I'm not apologizing for ****.

smoothaise

beth bluth

There's no way that was his voice and yup, second-hand embarrassment all over that scene.

phoemster

I thought it was okay, but I still liked it. A lot. The characters were completely new to me because of how the actors played them. IDK, they were different (in a good way).

I'm not sure how to feel about the acting right now, but I'm confident that once we see more episodes, it'll get better. I really loved Chris (but I'm biased because I love UK!Chris so much, lol) and Cadie!

And even though it was really hard not to compare it to the UK pilot since it was a shot-by-shot, I thought it was a pretty well done adaptation. LOL at their neighborhoods looking like mine though.

DGSAFDMD

Ok so for me it was ... crap... well.. not crap.. it was just a BIG mess.. the edition was **** the music was really good.. the acting, some of them are ok some of them are good and some of them are terrible.. mostly Tony's dad.. OMG.. PAINFUL... Tabitha was brilliant and really funny! also the scene in the toilet when Chris is talking bout Stanley's penis made me LOL very much but overall it was bad.. I expected nothing from MTV but the BEEPING and HORRIBLE edition was a bit too much for me.. TOO MUCH...

Karma Police

Well you can't blame all on the UK bias. I tried to watch the episode with an open mind but just couldn't. The lines were cringe worthy. Who calls weed narcotics?

And yes Jared watched it, he said so on his twitter but he didn't like it. He loved the music though.

london grammar

The acting was pretty awful. It was like Degrassi trying to be like Skins.

beth bluth

IRK. And "spliff"? Clearly no one on the Skins Teen Advisory board have ever scored weed before.

phoemster

Oh, and I really want to like the opening titles song, but I just can't.

Tugi

I think it's easy to say "it's skins bias" but honestly there's more than that.
The acting is partly responsible. That Tony couldn't convince me of anything in any scene. Michelle is really pretty but her "sexy" dance scene was so cringe worthy I don't want to see that again. Stan was eh. I'm not a fan of Mike at all and I didn't care much for Sid, but I think he was better at playing that kind of character. I liked Cadie. But she's different than Cassie, so giving her the same scenes feels off. This Cassie isn't that spacy. (which is good and I'm sure in the next episodes it will feel more like herself).
the others weren't there enough to have much of an opinion.
Oh, and the adults? Please go away. They were terrible.

All in all, nothing about this episode was "different" or made it stand out. I don't mean comparing it to the original, but comparing to other shows. I can't even remember a good line.

If It wasn't for knowing that BE was behind this, I would not keep watching the show. But voila, the man is writing the next episode, so I'm in.

Mammary_Glands

has anyone seen the opening theme yet?

phoemster

yes! it was really fast and short though... but yeah it was great. (except, like i said, don't like the song)

pinkpostits

Those are the two channels it is available on airing tonight for me. Well HBO Canada anyways. And no bleeping

Antiquity

where was the opening theme?