I’m alternating between laughter and confusion. What is this from?!?!?!? Is this like a behind the scene’s DVD special or something because I’ve never seen this before.

(Source: grringirl)

bowtiesandbadgers:

Rudy Wade has the best face.

I didn’t even know human faces could makes those shapes. Congratulations on your face, Rudy Wade.

(Source: gendrywaterss)

yourmorningcoffee:

Misfits - Series 3 Episode 1: Crazy

OMG SO EXCITED. YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

I’m hyperventilating. Why is Sunday soooo far away?

(Source: frankyfitz)

Howard Overman reveals some new information about the upcoming series, which unfortunately doesn’t premiere until November. So we’ll have to wait to see what happens to the ASBO Five, but from the looks of this interview it will be worth the wait.

I originally got this story from www.slavicinferno.tumblr.com, but I tried to reblog it and there were some technical issues…So all credit to him for posting this article.

;) - The Sugar

habitations:

“Misfits” by the excellently awesome Vespee.

Check out the rest of her gallery for more epic artness- it’s well worth the look!

I can never resist the urge to post/reblog cute drawings of the ASBO 5.

;) - The Sugar

(Source: johndavefanfics)

fuckyeahiwanrheon:

lovingrobertsheehan:

robertsheehanisgod:

everythingmisfits:

I’ve never seen Simon cry.

“For the Record”
Simon turns the camera on himself to answer the big question… Why did he do it? Only watch if you’ve seen episode 5… 

he’s such a talented actor, bless

I cried, Iwan is phenomenal.

This is probably the only preformance I’ve ever seen from him which I havn’t enjoyed. (Unpopular opinion but whatever. Granted he is still, and always will be, amazing)

You know someone has true talent when they can invoke a reaction out of you. I’m sitting here almost in tears, but at the same time I’m so grateful that the world holds amazing actors like him.

:’( - The Sugar

Last night I watched two American remakes of British television programs, Being Human and Skins. I expected them both to be badly malformed clones of the originals, but one of them pleasantly surprised me and the other was worse than anything that I could have imagined in my worse TV nightmare. I didn’t have high hopes for either of them, but for different reasons they both turned out to be much different than the picture that I painted in my head.

Being Human is the story of a ghost, a werewolf and a vampire who share a small house in Bristol, England. The gist of the show is that these three monsters are trying their best to fit in with the human society that they have left behind by doing mundane things like getting jobs, maintaining relationships and doing household chores. The concept is wholly unbelievable for various reason (like the fact that Mitchell the vampire works at a hospital, which would be fully of nice, tempting blood or that George the werewolf left his entire life behind and no one from his past ever came looking for him), but the chemistry between the actors and the witty script held it together quite nicely. The special effects are shotty at best; even the actors have said so themselves in interviews, but the strong sense of character development lets you overlook a few problems (i.e gaping plot holes and vampires that can go out in the sunlight).

So last night when Syfy premiered their Americanized version I was sitting down with a list of predetermined complaints. They’re going to cut out all the sex and the cursing, their new house doesn’t look as cool, George’s character doesn’t look awkward enough and so on and so forth. But as I got over my initial shock of not hearing their adorable accents and the awesome soundtrack I decided it wasn’t that bad. Although I have seen the pilot of the original multiple times and know the entire season’s plotline I was astonished to find myself being surprised and on the edge of my seat during various points. From what I can see Syfy decided to drop the character development aspect of the show and stick to a formula that Americans find more appealing. Find a few attractive people to play the leads, build up enough tension to keep the viewers watching through the commercials and end with a thrilling cliffhanger. At first I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t more interaction between the housemates, but then I realized that Syfy had done a nice job filling in the plot holes and the script wasn’t so bad (it was written by the same guy who does Supernatural, so I knew it wasn’t going to be too terrible). Beyond the fact that it was pretty decent for a Syfy Original pilot it has potential to be a watchable series. I didn’t even miss the fantastic sex scenes or the obscene British curses. It kept the basic premise of the British version, but added enough of its own element that watchers of the original will be kept interested. I have a feeling that I will be returning for episode two next Monday.

Skins told the story of eight hard-partying teenagers in Bristol, England. Sounds like every other drama aimed at the 14-21 demographic, right? Surprisingly, no. The show takes a peek into the side of being a teenager that most people don’t want to see. Not that the depiction is very accurate. As a matter of fact the average person would be dead if they did half the things that these characters do. In the first episode alone they crash a stolen car into a lake while trying to find some weed in order to celebrate the fact that one of their friends did not overdose on pills.  Aside from being utterly unrealistic it was clever, raunchy and quite original. Just like Being Human, Skins is not very plot based, but more in the direction of following individual characters. In each season, every character gets an episode so we can see farther into what makes them tick.

When the new MTV version of Skins premiered and I could hear My Girls by Animal Collective in the background during the first scene I already knew I was going to hate this. MTV is going to attempt to use this show as a platform to destroy the sanctity of good hipster music, but that’s a conversation for a different post. I had watched the original pilot recently in preparation for the premiere of the new one. Some (who am I kidding, the majority) of the script was copied and pasted from the original. I felt as if the person writing this show had actually just taken the original script, put it in a new word document and titled it “Skins 2.0”. They didn’t even bother to change any of the British slang; even though it has been stressed time and time again that this is the American version. Although they were too lazy or incompetent (probably a combination of both) to change the script they had no problems changing the characters. All of the characters names were just slight variations on the ones from the original (Sid ->Stanley, Cassie ->Cadie); except for the characters whose names just didn’t change at all. I have no problem with you changing the names of the characters seeing as this is supposed to be a separate entity from the British one, but I’m pretty sure that means you should change all of their names. Or how about you just through us all for a loop and change the gay dancer to a lesbian cheerleader? I know everyone is upset about the fact that Maxxie, the show’s only gay character was switched to a girl named Tea (if someone can name their kid Tea, I want to name mine Espresso), as am I. But not for the usual reason of “Oh, my god what am I going to do without my Mitch Hewer eye candy” reason. But because later in the season there is a plotline in which Tony and Maxxie have a little affair of sorts and MTV is obviously too afraid of causing controversy by having one of their characters having a gay liaison. I could go on for hours about all of the reason about why last night’s premiere sucked, but I think the thing that killed it for me was the lack of dimension in the characters. All suspension of belief is destroyed by the actors flat delivery of their lines. I can’t tell if their acting skills are to blame or the poor writing (someone actually said “I’m going to park my Chevy in her garage.”). The original Skins oozed with a vibe of teenage invincibility. The new one feels completely unbelievable because half of the time the actors don’t seem to believe in it either. How am I supposed to believe that cute Surfer Boy Stanley can’t get a girl unless his idiot friend Tony helps him unless he sells it to me? All of the promotions that MTV put out for this show pictured the cast going wild at ridiculous parties, just like the original. No one really lives like that. The show is supposed to be a caricature of the reality that teenagers live in. In any parody there’s a grain of truth and there was nothing truthful about the dialogue or the way the kids interacted with each other. If you take away the sex and the drugs there’s not really much left, but a group of friends who think they’re way cooler than they really are. And that’s what the new Skins is missing, an air of unattainable coolness.

After looking back on these premieres they both sadden me.The fact that Syfy couldn’t scrounge up a few good actors so they wouldn’t have to turn Being Human into a supernatural action story is depressing. But then again if they thought that America wanted to see the complexities of a well put-together character that’s what they would have produced. Even more pathetically, MTV could not properly copy something. They were not inventive and could only create a cheap imitation of something great. Skins has a large American following, but somehow MTV thought that the general public would be stupid enough to not notice that they essentially just re-shot the pilot with different actors and did a poor job of it too. If this is what I have to look forward on television in the upcoming years I may have to find a new form of media to keep me company on lonely nights.

:( - The Sugar

P.S I think everyone will generally agree with this statement: If they try to make an American version of Misfits I will boycott, sign petitions, go on hunger strikes and do whatever else it takes to stop that blasphemy from occurring.

P.P.S I’ve heard things about MTV having a panel of teenager consultants to help them with various things during development. When was the last time you heard an American teenager say “I reckon” or “golly gee.” So much for their consultants.