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There be sex behind two of these cuts. Yes, there be. And language. And italics.

( A2A. Alex/Keats. Betrayal. )

Holy crap. Have my standards lowered, or was that actually kind of good?

Also, I totally have a little baby crush on Sofia Black D'Elia now. "Baby" being really, really the operative word -- the problem with this show in any incarnation is and always will be the catching myself perving over someone who's actually played by someone closer to my ( Read more... )

American Skins pilot: trashy, ridiculous, borderline illegal, and utterly without redeeming social value ( Read more... )

The sum total of my thoughts on Skins US:

1. I'm not at all positive about their Tony.
2. But chromatic lesbian Maxxie-equivalent is lovely.
3. Actually, they're doing a surprisingly good job of inclusive casting.
4. It's not like the original was High Art anyway.
5. Fuck it, as long as they don't wimp out on the Tony/Eura...

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I've largely given up on series 4 of Skins as a bad job, but this is the most weirdly adorable thing I've seen in Some Time, whether or not you know a damn thing about the source.

This entry was originally posted at http://thatyourefuse.dreamwidth.org/157406.html. Please comment there if you can.

Yeah, yeah, world's least original title. I am not having the world's most original day. And I have this inexplicable and non-canonically-backed mental association where Stonems = Andy Warhol; I think all the abandoned-warehouse parties might have the tiniest thing to do with it ( Read more... )

So, yeah. I have exactly two shows currently airing, and they're both such utter trash, my God, with just enough actual human feeling mixed in that I cannot stop watching. Which is, let's face it, exactly what I need right now.

( Skins through 2.05 ('Chris') )

... oh.

So that's what being squicked feels like.

I had forgotten.

(I mean, I am thrilled that my shiny crack du jour has returned. And I mean to tell you all at some point why you -- the trashy-teen-drama-loving subset of you, with decent broadband access -- should really be looking into this show, especially if you've seen Dangerous Liaisons ( Read more... )

1-16: Criminal Minds (season 1)
17-28: Skins ("Effy")
29-50: Battlestar Galactica (for bsg_challenge)

Previews:


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