Comments on: Skins hits Germany. And fails horribly. http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/ The Boys Blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: AConcernedCitizen http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-37123 AConcernedCitizen Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:07:18 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-37123 Yeah, "just learn English" on a whim in order to watch a show. That's not stupid at all. Yeah, “just learn English” on a whim in order to watch a show. That’s not stupid at all.

]]> By: oaksong http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-37101 oaksong Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:55:17 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-37101 Series III takes an interesting turn, but it may not be to everyone's taste. One of the main characters has no boundaries, at all, so his behavior can be very bizarre. I guess you could call it experimental TV. So far I've found it very interesting. Series III takes an interesting turn, but it may not be to everyone’s taste. One of the main characters has no boundaries, at all, so his behavior can be very bizarre. I guess you could call it experimental TV. So far I’ve found it very interesting.

]]> By: Nic http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-37061 Nic Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:55:35 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-37061 I live 20 minutes from Bristol in Gloucester and I have to give credit for how accurate the programme is. I don't think the new characters are as good as the originals but still a good watch. I don't think there's a gay character in the new series but it does give an accurat representation of the youth of the West Country border. By the way, in Bristol at the moment the council are having a vote on street art if anyone is interested. If anyone's familiar with the work of Banksy take a look and you can vote on which graffitti art in Bristol can stay and which ones are gonna be cleaned off. Great idea! I live 20 minutes from Bristol in Gloucester and I have to give credit for how accurate the programme is. I don’t think the new characters are as good as the originals but still a good watch. I don’t think there’s a gay character in the new series but it does give an accurat representation of the youth of the West Country border.

By the way, in Bristol at the moment the council are having a vote on street art if anyone is interested. If anyone’s familiar with the work of Banksy take a look and you can vote on which graffitti art in Bristol can stay and which ones are gonna be cleaned off. Great idea!

]]> By: Journey http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36990 Journey Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:48:28 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36990 And personally I love Mitch Hewer - He is reason enough alone to watch Skins! And personally I love Mitch Hewer – He is reason enough alone to watch Skins!

]]> By: Journey http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36989 Journey Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:47:26 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36989 Personally, I love "Skins", all three series that have been aired so far. There is no question that the first two with the original set of characters was the best one, but the third is also good. It makes a nice change, living in the UK, to have a show that we get before the rest of the world! It seems to me that it's usually America that get the better shows and movies that we have to wait for! Anyway, my Uncle works in Bristol and in Television, and was part of the directing team for "Skins" series one, two, three, and is now finishing filming four. I spoke to him and he said that Channel 4 (who produce "Skins") sell the episodes to other television stations world-wide, and the other stations are responsible for the dubbing. He also said, however, that there is a Channel 4 team that checks the dubbing done by other countries before they are allowed to air it. Personally, I love “Skins”, all three series that have been aired so far. There is no question that the first two with the original set of characters was the best one, but the third is also good.

It makes a nice change, living in the UK, to have a show that we get before the rest of the world! It seems to me that it’s usually America that get the better shows and movies that we have to wait for!

Anyway, my Uncle works in Bristol and in Television, and was part of the directing team for “Skins” series one, two, three, and is now finishing filming four. I spoke to him and he said that Channel 4 (who produce “Skins”) sell the episodes to other television stations world-wide, and the other stations are responsible for the dubbing. He also said, however, that there is a Channel 4 team that checks the dubbing done by other countries before they are allowed to air it.

]]> By: BoyMagnet http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36924 BoyMagnet Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:05:19 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36924 TV is scared of real teenage life: what was shocking about Skins was how many taboos it broke to show the reality of education (what a joke), parties (brief awakenings from the nightmare), love, sex, power, death, and what they all feel like when you're 16, in Bristol, now. I personally don't think Maxxie is a very insightful portrayal of a gay character, at least not by Skins standards. Maxxie is a brilliant dancer, and he's played by Mitch Hewer, a perfect twink: not a role model, but a tantalizing caricature of what most gay boys can never hope to be. Not only is he a dreamboy, but he has a surprisingly trouble-free life - the only sour notes are some homophobic chavs and minor parent trouble in Series 2 episode 1, but he takes these in his stride: he always knows who he is and what he wants, and the people who matter - his m8s - are with him 100% Unlike with other characters whose struggles we get to understand much better (think of Cassie or Chris, for example) we get no idea of how he reached this blissful state, it seems to have happened by magic. No sign of the traumas of coming out, or of being out and proud at high school (a far cry from being out at sixth form college, which is where we find Maxxie). Is it surprising that most people I know think of Maxxie as being pretty but bland? TV is scared of real teenage life: what was shocking about Skins was how many taboos it broke to show the reality of education (what a joke), parties (brief awakenings from the nightmare), love, sex, power, death, and what they all feel like when you’re 16, in Bristol, now.

I personally don’t think Maxxie is a very insightful portrayal of a gay character, at least not by Skins standards. Maxxie is a brilliant dancer, and he’s played by Mitch Hewer, a perfect twink: not a role model, but a tantalizing caricature of what most gay boys can never hope to be.

Not only is he a dreamboy, but he has a surprisingly trouble-free life – the only sour notes are some homophobic chavs and minor parent trouble in Series 2 episode 1, but he takes these in his stride: he always knows who he is and what he wants, and the people who matter – his m8s – are with him 100% Unlike with other characters whose struggles we get to understand much better (think of Cassie or Chris, for example) we get no idea of how he reached this blissful state, it seems to have happened by magic. No sign of the traumas of coming out, or of being out and proud at high school (a far cry from being out at sixth form college, which is where we find Maxxie). Is it surprising that most people I know think of Maxxie as being pretty but bland?

]]> By: buchtmann_uber_alles http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36917 buchtmann_uber_alles Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:01:35 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36917 Sorry to say I find the original series utterly unwatchable. It's trash imho. Watch Shameless instead, it's a million times better, it's run for 6 brilliant seasons, and if you want a sensitive portrayal of a gay teenager it has that too. Sorry to say I find the original series utterly unwatchable. It’s trash imho. Watch Shameless instead, it’s a million times better, it’s run for 6 brilliant seasons, and if you want a sensitive portrayal of a gay teenager it has that too.

]]> By: Prince http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36916 Prince Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:39:02 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36916 oh what a shame. I love Skins! Im only on season 2 though. I recommend that if you speak English, download it. Yeah nothing like that happened to Maxxie. At least not in the first season. The only bad thing that happened to him about his homosexuality was his best friend saying that it was "sick" or whatever. oh what a shame. I love Skins! Im only on season 2 though. I recommend that if you speak English, download it.

Yeah nothing like that happened to Maxxie. At least not in the first season. The only bad thing that happened to him about his homosexuality was his best friend saying that it was “sick” or whatever.

]]> By: Josh~ http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36889 Josh~ Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:48:19 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36889 Because it’s a huge market (Germany is the biggest country in Europe) so I guess they just assume it’s worth the money. And dubbing isn’t that expensive. Maybe a few thousand € per episode, That doesn’t really make a difference compared to the license fees you pay anyways as a TV station on one side and the money you earn with ads on the other. Because it’s a huge market (Germany is the biggest country in Europe) so I guess they just assume it’s worth the money. And dubbing isn’t that expensive. Maybe a few thousand € per episode, That doesn’t really make a difference compared to the license fees you pay anyways as a TV station on one side and the money you earn with ads on the other.

]]> By: Jonathan2 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/comment-page-1/#comment-36887 Jonathan2 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:40:21 +0000 http://blog.milkboys.org/article/skins-hits-germany-and-fails-horribly/#comment-36887 Ummm.. the last time I checked dubbing is rather expensive. How come it is done there if the customers do not want it? (or at least the the tv channels think that is wanted) Ummm.. the last time I checked dubbing is rather expensive. How come it is done there if the customers do not want it? (or at least the the tv channels think that is wanted)

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