"Skins" is a new series broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. The domestic subtitle team translated it into "Skins" and "British Youth", and at the beginning of each episode, it is marked "Suitable for 18 years old and The above audience watched and involved a lot of vulgarity, violence, and erotica." In the play, a group of British teenagers kept knocking on drugs, carnival parties, singing night after night, drunk and fancied, and living a very high hallucinogenic life. Not only that, every family seems to be perfect on the surface. Those fathers are either successful businessmen who own modern mansions or outstanding musicians who own their own recording studios. According to my mother, this group of boys don’t worry about food and clothing, and they are in excellent conditions. What's more unhappy, but in fact, the inside is already shattered, and even a psychedelic life can't give happiness and happiness. What is the problem?
Although at the beginning it mainly revolves around Tony, Michelle, Cassie, Sid and other main characters, but as the plot develops, you will find that almost everyone in this series has a story, which means that everyone in fact They are all protagonists, so the title of each episode is simply named after the character. This is somewhat similar to the setting of the American drama "Lost", except that the latter flashes back the image of the plump protagonists through the continuous memory of the protagonists.
Tony is the first actor to appear on the stage, with clear eyebrows (the eyelashes are particularly long and long). Although I am also a man, I am still attracted to him as if Tashiro saw Ghana (see Nagisa Oshima's movie "Gofado"). Hanging on the bedroom wall are the posters of famous director Fellini's "Eight and a half" and Antonioni's "Zoom", which are worshipped by literary and artistic youths. Even the toilet readings are not ordinary "Pulp Fiction" but have Dali paintings. For the cover of Sartre's novels, I have to mention the unique quilt with a picture of naked men and women having sex! This opening alone is attractive enough!
Before the car accident, Tony's life philosophy was the hedonism of having fun in time. He shuttled freely between his girlfriend and lover, teasing his friend Sid and his girlfriend Michelle time and time again, the more he cared, the more he would trample. But the result he got in the end was as miserable as Chris, who also came and went freely and unrestrainedly. It's just that Chris lost everything passively due to irresistibility (both his favorite teacher and his mother who was guilty, and even had no place to live). The difference is that Tony took the initiative to break all the things worth cherishing one by one.
Another similarity with "Lost" is that the tone of the whole story has become heavier since the second season. After the double blow of his sister's abduction incident and an accidental car accident, Tony, who was originally suave, and chic and free, has a slightly raised mouth like a smile instead of a smile. The expression was replaced by a tangled expression, just like Sawyer's transition from talking about lotus and talking about lotus in "Lost" to a gloomy look in the later period. Therefore, after watching the first season, some viewers urged the screenwriter not to change Tony's temperament after he lost his memory in the second season, because if he changes, it will no longer be Tony. It’s a pity that the screenwriter didn’t let Tony’s fans get what they wanted. It seems that whether it’s Tony who is playing the world with his own appearance advantage or Chris who is using drugs to numb himself, they can’t resist the mighty power of the outside world. In the end, they have to succumb to reality and lose. The original is much more than what you have.
Compared with Tony, who actively interacts with the outside world and puts the people around him in his palms, Chris pursues a policy of “closed and locked” to the outside world. He can pee next to the teaching building and talk to the headmaster’s desk with psychology. The teacher, Angie, seemed to have nothing to do with him when he had sex and was even expelled. What I have to admit is that Chris smoked marijuana completely indulged in his own world is quite deceptive. For Chris, it is enough to have both drugs and Angie in his life, but the final departure of the female teacher made Chris finally wake up. No matter how much Angie loves him, she is still an adult after all. The final choice made in the conflict between reason and emotion is seen as a must in this society, and they cannot help but do so. After all, it is like "The Witch's Condition" (a Japanese drama with a controversial theme of teacher-student love) Such a perfect story is just an example in this society. The sad Chris finally fell into the arms of Jal, the only Michelle friend who seemed more "normal" in the show, but even Jal, a three-good student, could not give Chris any more comfort.
What's more, Jal is still pregnant, but it is not as easy as in "Juneo". Jal with a sad face doesn't know how to deal with it. Maybe this is more in line with reality. After all, like Juno, he can face this problem calmly and easily. Even in the open Europe and America, it is only a minority. On the surface, Jal’s family atmosphere and economic conditions are more relaxed and superior than others. His father owns his own independent music studio, is financially prosperous, and also supports his children to develop their own interests (unlike Maxxie’s rough interference) The father of the son’s choice), but this musical family is actually on the verge of collapse like other families: the same is a single-parent family whose mother ran away from home, and the same is a father who can only find creative inspiration in other women. The interview instructor’s will to play a tune that he didn’t want to play, even the secrets of best friend Michelle and Sid together were the last of the people around to know.
But Michelle, who seems to be envied by everyone, also has her own difficulties. It is not that she does not want to tell her closest girlfriends the first time, but is as at a loss as Jal is facing the pregnancy problem. As Sid described to Cassie, they were extremely happy for the first three days when they were together, but then they became more and more guilty. On the other hand, Michelle and Sid were happier and depraved, but Tony and Cassie didn't make any extreme behaviors. Upon knowing this fact, Tony jokingly suggested to Cassie that the two of them should also work together to reach the realm of going beyond 3P to 4P, but in the end it was just a joke and did not really practice. From this point on In other words, it should be the representatives of the victims who have been sympathized by the outside world: Michelle and Sid.
But at this time, Tony, who was originally domineering and domineering, has long been like a wounded lion and can only stay at home and constantly blame himself, and Cassie, who was previously infatuated with Sid, is also hurt by Sid's bad words and actions. Going to extremes through his heart, it was Tony's younger sister Effy's turn. Effy is my favorite character in the play second only to Cassie. He has deep eyes, few words. After makeup and unloading, they are different from each other. Each has its own advantages. The online information about the actor "Kaya Scodelario" who plays this role is also pitiful. . Effy looks like a good girl to his parents during the day, and puts on heavy makeup at night to look like a little sister, but in fact, like his brother Tony, he bravely stood up at the critical moment. Effy did not hesitate to be misunderstood by her brother to correct the broken world. In the end, she did succeed, but unfortunately it was only temporary, just like "Evangelion" (an animation work that has a profound impact on the contemporary Japanese animation industry) Shinji's father, Ikura Mototo, is just as weak as trying to fill the entire human heart with only one person.
As the dual representative of the weak and the victim, "Sid", the combination of him and Cassie is a bit like that of Li and Faye Wong. Measured by Cassie’s such beautiful appearance and innocent temperament, Sid with an introverted inferiority complex and ordinary appearance is not worthy of our Cassie. What's more, he hurts Cassie's heart again and again, and later fell in love with Cassie is also a part of moving and guilt. Mostly, but even so, Cassie has been quietly waiting for Sid. Finally, I want to mention my favorite Cassie in this show, baby face, beautiful curly hair, the mantra is "wow", and then there is a smile that is bright enough to melt the whole world, but she who seems cheerful is an anorexic. The patient is very emotional. When he is happy, his emotions can infect everyone around him. When he is sad, he tends to go to extremes and fluctuates repeatedly between the two extreme emotions. Fortunately, Cassie met Adam, a handsome guy with flowing blonde hair like Maxxie. Not only did he treat Cassie super softly, but he also poured his thoughts on his past girlfriends into photography, but he was not a perfect person, and he would ignore Cassie. Her mood forced her to dance, perhaps because she hoped that Cassie could forget her pain temporarily, but the effect of doing so was actually counterproductive. What Adam needs is restrained love, and what Cassie needs is a strong love like moths fighting against the fire. In the end, Cassie is still alone.
You can see everything about everyone in this show clearly, but when similar things happen to ourselves, we are still powerless.
Finally, I would like to mention the original soundtrack of this episode. The background songs interspersed between and at the end of each episode are special British, special British fans, and they are also very diverse in style, including: British rock (Britpop), psychedelic dance music (Trip-Hop), Abstract Hip Hop (Abstract Hip Hop) and even relatively experimental post-rock (Post Rock) music appeared in the series. The lineup ranges from rock veterans to new bands, from rock stars All the underground bands have been selected. There is no doubt that this is the most gorgeous and most exciting original soundtrack of all the series I have ever watched. Pay attention, there is no one.
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