The Letdown of Skins U.K. Generation 2 (Reupload)
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024
- A retrospective video on Skins UK, Series 4 (2010). Breaking down the weak points of Generation 2 and the trauma dump of series 4. #SkinsUK
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E4
Skins U.K.
Bryan Elsley
Jamie Brittain
Kaya Scodelario / Effy Stonem
Luke Pasqualino / Freddie McClair
Jack O'Connell / James Cook
Lisa Blackwell / Pandora Moon
Merveille Lukeba / Thomas Tomone
Ollie Barbieri / J.J. Jones
Megan Prescott / Katie Fitch
Kathryn Prescott / Emily Fitch
Lily Loveless / Naomi Campbell
Skins Season 4/ Skins Series 4
Skins Fire
Skins Rise
Skins US
Bristol, England
Roundview College
Hannah Murray / Cassie Ainsworth
That's completely the opposite of how I feel, s3 was like if Disney tried to do an R rated show, and s4 was much more grounded and realistic. Except for Cook escaping jail. S3 had some really amazing moments, but none compare to "everything is so fragile, didn't you realize that?", Effy's slow mental breakdown, Katie's struggle with infertility and how it makes her realize no one is perfect so it's wrong to hold Emily to the same standard, IT'S JUST SO MUCH BETTER THAN S3. I loved s3's finale, and absolutely hated the premier. While in s4, the premier and finales are both amazing, save for the shoehorned in death scene. Completely unnecessary on their part to kill off Freddie. I feel like they just wanted to establish a "one minor character death and one major character death" per generation. Anyway, with a comment this long, I might as well make my own video. Loved yours.
I like your perspective. Lol I agree that season 3 was like an R rated Disney show, but that's why I think I liked it. At the end of the day, the show is still about kids. Kids are inexperienced, immature, and naive. They still have so much of their lives ahead of them, so I look at season 4 as forgetting that hope and optimism and leaning too far into the drama and bleak realities of life. There needs to be a balance. Other than JJ's storyline, they tried to sneak in some positivity during the last episode with how Panda and Thomas got into Harvard, but didn't show us anything that led up to that, so there was no reward in it. It was just like, "Oh yeah, btw, they got into Harvard."
@@limopizza8710 Yeah! There were scenes that focused on the Harvard thing (Skins Unseen) that were cut for time.
I'll never understand how Freddie allowed a man with just a baseball bat to climb up a bunch of stairs and beat him to d34th he literally just had to ran to him and push him down the stairs wtff 😂 I was traumatized the first time but afterwards I felt the scene was so badly done.
Thank you for finally doing the part 2 🙏 Would love to see breakdowns of gen 1, 3, and season 7
Like fuckin three months ago I rewatched Season 3 and 4 (I do that a lot) and I got frustrated at the lack of like actual analysis on Skins on RUclips. Thank you so much for filling that void! Great videos!
Analysis? This video was more of a recap.
Skins (UK) really is a diamond in the rough. I wish most shows these days were at least half as good.
Extremely talented casts in every season. Its always fun when I watch Hollywood films and recognize the characters from Skins...
3:54 - While Skins UK holds up as a gritty teen drama, Skins US was a complete disaster.
The issue at hand is the major difference in laws regarding consent. In the UK consent for sex is 16 vs 18 in the US. Alcohol consumption is not legal in the US until 21 vs 17 in the UK.
So when Skins US debuts, people lost their minds over seeing high school age kids engaging in casual alcoholism. Much of what is depicted would be legal or at least more socially accepted in the UK. Another example is Chris' affair with his teacher. In the UK this was inappropriate, in the US that was considered statutory rape...
as someone from the US who watched skins UK as a young teen, i was super shocked hahaha 😭 i know kids do that stuff (not necessarily including the teacher affair) often in the US despite them being illegal (drinking, drugs, sex), but i think i was more shocked at the casualness and passive reactions that all the adults had towards these actions while watching the show. i think generally your ass would be dead if your mom caught you with substances or doing the deed over here in the states, so it was interesting to me to read this comment because it explained a fact that i completely brushed over in my mind (legality differences of sex and alcohol in the UK).
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America be like:
Kids get shot: 🦗🦗🦗
TV show with kids drinking: 😱😱😱
@alexvaughan1013 Kids get shot no. Adults get shot, yes.
Can you do vids about gen 1?? (Also I love your vids)
YESS
I absolutely hate Pandora in S4 she cheated on Thomas like 10+ times and she gets mad he does it once and confesses? Thomas had to find out her cheating on his own too her character was completely ruined for me that season.
Agreed. It's a shame cause I really wanted to like her character, but that double standard is just too hard to ignore.
It makes sense for her. She's 🦥. She's shown as, partially therefore, trusting others , what others tell her rather than her own judgement.
S4 is a bit exagerated in terms of pain and narrative choices
It has good moments but definetly preferred generation 1 due to this season
really liked your videos on skins, hope you do more especially the first gen
How have I forgotten most of this? I need to watch series 4 again. Thank you for this video
thanks for this video, super interesting n entairtening! on freddie death it was was no unesscary and annoying LIKE WHAT why didn't freddie push him down the stairs ? in an alternate world freddie death doesn't happen 😭
Shit was illogical. He's an old man on some stairs. One kick to the chest and Freddie would've ended him.
😮Season 4 was two episodes too short, the show being shorter is rushed and terrible. Cook and Katie’s episodes are outstanding but the dragged out unalive girl storyline and the rushed ending leaves a bitter end to an incredible group of characters.
I honestly think if they swapped panda with taking the pills and falling off the balcony they could have saved it. Panda gone would have had a huge impact on effy leading to her mental problems, cook dealing with the guilt and gave Thomas more of a reason to have his identity questioned. They could have went a different way with Naomi and Emily. Panda done next to nothing in series 4 so it wouldn’t of been a loss
I like the way you think. Solid idea!
I like this idea! It makes sense cause I remember Panda faked her death by hanging herself in front of Effy from like the first generation I think? Could definitely allude the idea that Panda could do that for real
Awesome video, so stoked for more Skins UK content
This is like winx club after season 3 where it felt like diff writing
Generation 1’s friendship felt more real
Great video! Wish you did more Skins videos :(
What did anyone think of second generation Skins novel. Set between 3 and 4. Season 4 makes abit more sense. The reason for Katie and Effy being much better with one another in season 4 is answered in it for example.
It could've been a good season if the ending was different, man just fucking kills Freddie and Effy's probably going to be depressed forever and Pandora's slow ass goes to harvard?????
I may be biased because I don't fw Pandora after not forgiving Thomas lol
From season 3, we saw that Pandora has a type A mom, so it definitely would have been cool to see a Pandora episode where she is like a secret math genius or something, but downplays it to fit in with her friends more. Then the Harvard aspect would make more sense, but without it, it's an empty gesture.
More Skins video essays pls
The show in its entirety, sorta similar to Gilmore Girls surprisingly, suffers in rewatch. You realize that the characters are flawed to a point of not enjoying them. And I think that is a fine line to straddle. For a show like this, which is portraying young people as impulsive, the fun is in the frenzy. When it seems like a friend group that is all a part of the chaotic nature. But that is kind of a superficial entertainment. The emotional parts in the show are not that good. And I have to say it might be the writing. There are certain scenes that stick out as effective but kind of out of nowhere. That’s what happens when each character typically gets only one episode focusing on them, so I think the episode structure also isn’t very good.
I haven't seen Gilmore Girls, but you bring up some good points. I think the emotional parts of the show are meaningful for teenagers with limited life experience, but from an adult perspective, it comes across as melodramatic. But when you are at that age, everything feels like the end of the world, so it is true to the teenage experience. I also agree with the episode structure not being very good. The idea of each character getting a single episode is a staple of Skins and can work well if more of the other main characters are involved, cos then we can see more of the in-group dynamics and one-on-one relationships, but for season 4, the characters felt more siloed. They spent too much time preparing the characters for the end of high school by separating them, instead of having them bond as a group and grow closer in those last months of high school like most kids do.
Skins worked because it had a great cast and great writing.
Good video, I disagree about the mexican party scene though, it didn't age poorly imo, it reflects teenagers being teenagers pretty well.
You deserve more subs 🙏🏽
Heyy how come you haven’t done a video on generation 3 of skins
I didn't find them as interesting as gen 2. If you want, look for yara zayd's video on gen 3, she pretty much covers it all.
6:42 - I love Panda - Thomas was not right for her...
Pandora was adorable
i love and relate to her sm😭
Could you enable subtitles for the video? I'm Brazilian and I don't understand English very well, so subtitles are very important to me
I just turned on the Portuguese automatic captions. Let me know if you have any issues. Thanks for watching!
@@limopizza8710 thank you. I love your videos❤
I prefer the Gen 2 I think that is better
Nah. Cook is the best. Of all of them
I didn’t like season 4
PANDORA GOT ACCEPTED INTO HARVARD ON AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP?
9:45 As a mexican I'm laughing my ass off remembering that scene, fun non-harming stereotypes are great comedy.