Obligatory Thursday Skins Post

[botherd]

NAOMI!! D: D: D:

So I feel kind of bad that all my favourite parts of the episode were ones that didn't involve Thomas, like JJ being adorable and oblivious, and Effy showing up at the end! Sorry, I just... don't care about Thomas's emo manpain.

Good things: there were some hilarious lines ("Like God but with better weapons", "Jesus says shut up"), and they managed to have people singing without hitting my major embarrassment squick (I have a weird thing about it) and DOUG'S HAIR, OMG I DIED. But... IDK, I think the way they have a really tight focus on one character just doesn't work. Or maybe it just doesn't work with Thomas, because he's so isolated from the group. NEEDS MOAR ENSEMBLE. And I felt like we didn't even go *that* in-depth into his emotions, because it was just a whole lot of Merv standing around looking miserable.

I feel bad that I didn't love it as much as I wanted to! I haven't seen anyone else's reactions yet (I don't understand how people can liveblog stuff, I never want to divert my attention) so I don't know if I'll be harshing anyone's squee, but yeah, this won't be one I'll be endlessly rewatching. Still, I'm hopeful for next week! It looks like angst central, but hopefully in a good way. :D

Comments

[botherd.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I really dislike the way the episodes now focus so closely on one character to the exclusion of everyone else. It's really difficult to build character arcs if most of them only get a couple of minutes of screentime in all the eps that aren't theirs.

I kind of hate the way Skins feels the need to invent ridiculous plotlines just to create drama. I think it would be plenty interesting if it was just character-driven rather than bringing in all these ludicrous external elements.

(Um, I've just realised that I completely forgot to reply to your last email. I'm so sorry! Feel free to send the finished draft my way whenever you're done. :D )

[holeybubushka.livejournal.com]

I kind of hate the way Skins feels the need to invent ridiculous plotlines just to create drama. I think it would be plenty interesting if it was just character-driven rather than bringing in all these ludicrous external elements.

This was my problem with inane characters like Mad Twatter and the like. They create these fascinating characters and then bring in caricatures. It's bizarre and I kind of want to find JB et al and SHAKE THEM and say "don't you realise you're onto a good thing here? Don't mess with it FFS"

(I haven't finished said story. My bad! I'm in Kalgoorlie which is in the middle of nowhere on work experience. The internet connect is shite here so I have loads of free time in the evening, which is when I'm going to get on it. Even more so, since the first ep re-affirmed my massive lesbo love for JJ)

BTW, my JJ/Thomas idea doesn't look so insane now, does it?