AHHH SERIES FOUR TRAILER AHHH

[botherd]

ZOMG!


CRIMINAL LACK OF EFFY. I know everyone hated the Triangle of Doom, but that means she needs better screentime, not less.

Lots of Thomas! I like him, but I find myself not caring all that much. They hardly developed his relationship with Panda, and now they're giving him a NEW love interest? Seriously?

LOL MOPED. DON'T FALL OFF!

I have no idea WTF is up with Katie, but it looks interesting?? IDK!

Overall the whole look and tone feels different and IDK, I'm just SCARED that it's not going to live up to series three. And I felt like there were a whole lot of new people, and like - I don't CARE about other people. There are only eight episodes and I'd rather see the existing characters interact with each other (which I didn't feel like there was a whole lot of in the trailer!) than have new people introduced.

Emily standing on the roof? WTF NO. I just... I already hate that she might get kicked out of the house, but if she's SUICIDAL I will just ROLL MY EYES FOREVER. I'm really hoping it's something COMPLETELY different, but I can't think of any other reason why somebody would stand on the edge of a roof and look miserable.

IDK, I think I'm going to try not to watch it too much, otherwise trying to make sense of it will STRESS ME OUT. Yes, I am pathetic.

Comments

[boppingalone.livejournal.com]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. OMFG. OMFG.

I'm scared to watch it again because I saw crazy shit that made me all speculative and just, NO. GAH. But srsly, Emily on building DNW. DOES NOT LOOK SAFE - VERY STEEP, PLEASE GET DOWN NOW.

I saw like, Naomi and Thomas having beef or something, and Emily and Cook (she was all banging him against a locker or something, so not as sexy as the locker kiss but whatevs, interesting none-the-less) and YES, NAOMI AND EFY FRIENDSHIP. I definitely saw some deck chairs and Effy booty-shaking so \o/

Katie looks like she's got a heck of a major role this series. I'm excited.

Thomas. Eugh, go away. Srsly. I can tell he's going to depress the hell out of me this series.

I'm all GAHHHHH now. /flail

[boppingalone.livejournal.com]

On a re-watch Naomi is totally holding Thomas back and IDEK if that is Naomi on the deckchair, if it is she gets launched in a paddling pool by one of the twins. I'm thinking Katie gets started on some crazy ass career or something and that Cook starts having affairs with eccentric married women, but I totes do not know. LOL, my brain right now.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Naomi and Effy friendship? I missed that, but AWESOME.

[supergoodtimes.livejournal.com]

AHHH indeed.
Well done for writing your thoughts down because my brain was just like (........!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

[violet4120.livejournal.com]

LOL, I watched it practically frame by frame and it made me feel simultaneously better and worse. SO MUCH to process, but there are definitely some interesting moments (and some that have me WORRIED -- Emily crying onto papa fitch's chest? *SADFACE*).

Not very much Effy, right? I only saw her like making out with Freddie and holding (I think) Katie's hand. Speaking of Katie...I appreciate that there's SO MUCH of her in the trailer, but I'm confused about her storyline the most.

[boppingalone.livejournal.com]

and some that have me WORRIED -- Emily crying onto papa fitch's chest?

IKR? I saw a shot of Katie walking out of her room with a big packed back, her room that had a DOUBLE BED in it, so, y'know, no Emily to be seen there. And also you see Papa Fitch hugging James at some point. I don't want to know what happens but I can't stop my eyes from SEEING this stuff g'damn it.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Wait, Effy holding Katie's hand? BRB, DYING.

And, yeah, Katie's episode looks like it's going to be WEIRD. IDEK.

[likeits4ever.livejournal.com]

I can't even form ANY words. Any plans of doing this essay have flown right out the window. ALL THOUGHTS ARE DEDICATED TO THAT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES.
Emily suicidal....scares me too much. But but but but Naomily in bed together too cute. I can't think of anything constructive right now......

[rock-whirlpool.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I CANT BELIEVE SKINS!!!!!!!!!
HOW CAN THEY MAKE ME WAIT UNTIL JANUARY AFTER SHOWING ME THAT?!?!?!?!?!
FUCK!

[rock-whirlpool.livejournal.com]

ok so that was my first angry!reaction

heres my second:
*sob* DONT DIE EMSY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!
*cry* NAOMI if you've screwed her over I WILL find you and MAKE YOU FEEL PAIN!!!

I feel heartache and i dont even know the full story yet.
I'm so upset right now
but its ok cos its fiction...and i *apply tinhat here* KNOW that lilykat in real life is awesome and true and everlasting

[rock-whirlpool.livejournal.com]

watching it AGAIN
the only thing that makes sense to me with regard to the fitch's is momma and papa fitch breaking up :S
i mean:
papa fitch holding james
papa fitch holding emily(posibly katie i couldnt really see?)
momma fitch in a strange house with katie in the foreground
all fitch's looking generally broken...

tis the only thing that makes sense
(i REFUSE to believe that its katie that papa fitch is holding and that emily has killed herself. it would break my heart. (gee how invested can u be in a tv programme right?))

[botherd.livejournal.com]

I think the Fitch parents breaking up is quite likely. It makes a lot of sense, too.

[aleoliver.livejournal.com]

Ok so no one mentioned the frame which Naomi(or a new blondie girl?)is in bed with someone who doesn't seem Emily at 02.33....what do you think about it?
EMILY DON'T FALL PLEASE!

[old-wp.livejournal.com]

but if she's SUICIDAL I will just ROLL MY EYES FOREVER

Yeah, I just. UGH. I hope that's not what's going on. I liked when she shoved Cook into the locker, though! ;)

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Most people seem to be all heartbroken over the possibility, but honestly I just think it'd be LAME. Like, they'd need all sorts of ridiculous Emily!whumpage to even get her to that place. I guess they wanted to tell a suicide story (whether it ends that way or not) and picked Emily because everyone likes her so they thought it would have the most impact, even though it DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

Um, clearly I have very strong feelings about this and I don't even know for sure that that's what's going on. :/

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just got send this, and my first thought was to come here and see if you'd seen it (I figured it highly unlikely that you hadn't). I agree that they should make better use of Effy this series - she's got lots of potential as a character but they didn't really use it last year. Am also hoping for Emily to just continue being awesome.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

LOL, this video is ALL OVER my flist. Would've been hard to miss. ;)

Looks like there's going to be lots of Emily this series - hopefully we'll get awesomeness instead of SUICIDE.

[andthatisthat.livejournal.com]

(Gah! "Sent", not "send". I are riting English gud.)

I suspected as much! I'm far too old to be the first one in the loop about anything Skins-related these days. I'm so old BBC3 officially denies my existence. *weeps*

That's the trouble with this sort of trailer - it's so hard to tell what EXACTLY is going on that we can't actually tell what to expect. But yes, awesomeness >>>>>>> suicide, for many obvious reasons.

[fab-fairy.livejournal.com]

OMG - how does so much happen in like 3 hours? Stupid work.
I've basically flailed all over mu LJ page, but some important notes - KATIE/EFFY HAND HOLDING? YESSSSSSSSS! (*CAPS LOCK ONLY WAY TO EXPRESS EXCITEMENT*)
Suicide Emily? Wtf? They better bloody hadn't.
ALSO: Emily being adorable AND kick-ass, Naomi/Effy friendship and not enough Effy. There's more, but you know :p

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Katie/Effy holding hands is the GREATEST THING EVER and frankly I'm so excited about that that I no longer care whether Emily jumps or not. POSSIBLY THIS MAKES ME A BAD PERSON.

[musicffyou.livejournal.com]

I'm actually just gonna take this and be excited because honestly half the stuff they show in preview dont get shown in the show. So I'm just gonna enjoy this..lol Naomi was on fire :)

[liev.livejournal.com]

I think the lack of Effy is mostly due to her having a later episode. Similar to Naomi and Freddie, really, who didn't have many scenes on their own either. And judging from Kaya's tweets, I was already suspecting that she isn't really prominent in the first few eps, seeing as she hardly seemed to be on set. I'm fine with that though, Effy is a really effective character when used right (whicht they didn't do last series), and to the right amount.

I'm just SCARED that it's not going to live up to series three.
I LOLd at that because I personally think there were so many things wrong with series three, and had I no been invested in one storyline and curious about a few others I might not have made it past the second episode. If they don't go all overdramatic (hello, suicide rooftop) like series two did, and they flesh the characters out more and stop putting them into situations that makes them ooc, I think series 4 has a good chance at being quite a bit better quality-wise.

And I'm looking forward to Katie's arc, since I don't even have an idea what it's going to be about and it certainly looks interesting.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

If they don't go all overdramatic (hello, suicide rooftop) like series two did, and they flesh the characters out more and stop putting them into situations that makes them ooc

I think the thing is... that's a BIG if, and frankly I don't trust the writers that much. I mean, if Emily IS contemplating suicide, that'll probably be the most ridiculous Skins storyline ever, just because it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever for her character.

I get what you mean about series three not being that great, but at this point I'm so attached to (nearly) all the characters that I have lots of hopes and expectations for what'll happen to them, and I know it's probably not going to turn out how I'd like.

[liev.livejournal.com]

I mean, if Emily IS contemplating suicide, that'll probably be the most ridiculous Skins storyline ever.

Yeah, I really don't want this storyline to happen. The thing is, it COULD probably make sense if they had a chance to built up to and explain it (but that goes for every character, not only Emily), but 8 episodes are not nearly enough to do that. A whole, american-sized, season might have given them more options to explore this, but as that's not happening anytime soon I really hope they are just misleading us and they aren't going to overdo everything in the show just because they can. Plus they already had Cassie attempt suicide, and in her case it also made a lot of sense. But maybe Emily's just feeling somber or something for a moment, as far as I know it not unusual for teens to think about stuff like that, and not only the emo ones ;)

And I get your point about caring for almost all the characters, I do too. But I'm afraid that most of this love doesn't stem from watching the show itself, but actually from fandom. We have so high expectations at this point that it's not even in the realms of possibility to ever happen on the show. I mean, I love Emily/Naomi, and I find Pandora and her friendship with Effy absolutely adorable. JJ is nice and good, and Thomas should have gotten much more to do imo. Unlike most, I'm not totally sold on Katie yet (in some ways her character reminds me of Blair Waldorf, whom I love, but I think Blair was done a bit better, or at least got more time to shine), but I'm very curious about her and her storyline.

So yeah, I guess at this point I'll just let the writers surprise me, without having my expectations cloud my judgement too much.