DVD Review: Skins, Vol. 2: Skins: Movies & TV
DVD Review: Skins, Vol. 2: Skins: Movies & TV
Product Description
It’s been six months since Tony’s collision with a bus - remarkably, he isn’t dead, but he sure isn’t the same person. Sid can’t get his head around the fact that his best mate is a shadow of the man he’s always looked up to. And to top it off he finally got the girl, Cassie, only to have her whisked off to Scotland. Sod’s law! Michelle is lost without Tony, too. Maxxie’s got hell at home because his Dad doesn’t want him to follow his dream of being a dancer. Even Anwar has changed since he bagged himself a secret girlfriend. Jal is throwing off the good girl image and letting her hair down. While party animal Chris is stepping out on his own. And while all around is falling apart, it’s Effy who’s taking control.
DVD Features:
Featurette
Interviews
Light up a spliff, knock back a pint and have a wank!,
By C. R. Swanson “Oh, how I love the movies!”
(Phoenix) -
Well, you all know how things left off at the end of the last series. Tony got hit by a bus, Sid and Cassie met at a bench, Maxxie and Anwar made up and everyone had a nice little singing number (?!).
Now we pick up some months later with a whole series of interesting story lines! We follow Tony on his slow road to recovery (apparently getting slammed into by a bus is not something one gets over right away). We see him and Maxxie getting closer even as Sid and Michelle turn slowly away from Tony. We also get to see Maxxie pick up a stalker, which is all sorts of fun.
Moving on, we have a lovely love triangle developing between Sid, Michelle and Tony (who I’ve always thought really wanted to have a three-way relationship with Sid and Michelle), Jal and Chris start hooking up (I still think she could do better), Cassie disolves and becomes even more mad than before, and Anwar, well… Anwar starts thinking with the wrong part of his body and does wrong by Maxxie. Even Effie starts to get more attention, which makes sense given her expanded role in series three. All of this builds to an astonishing and rather tear-jerking climax that one doesn’t soon forget.
As in the first series, the writting in the second is sharp and intelligent. The actors are all in top form, particularly Nicholas Hoult, who has a real challenge playing a damaged version of Tony (well, more damaged than usual). There’s also some incredibly funny dialogue and some great scenes.
I really enjoyed one scene with Maxxie’s father and the father of a bully/gay basher, talking with each other. These are men who look like your basic longshoremen, yet neither has a problem with Maxxie being gay. Heck, the father of the bully even says the boy has baked a “remorse cake” and offers Maxxie the cake which says, “Sory” on it. I just about fell out of my chair laughing at that scene, but in addition to comedy one must note the positive message it gives gay youth.
Really, I can’t think of any real flaws the show has, aside from the fact that none of the cast save Effie will be returning for series three. I do rather hope there’s a few more extras on these DVD’s as opposed to those from series one, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Anyhow, if you liked series one, buy this! If you haven’t seen series one, go buy that and THEN buy this! If you have seen series one, but didn’t like it, then… er… why are you even looking at this page? 
To the rest of you, enjoy!
Still Quite Good if not Better than Season One,
By Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) -
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)
“Skins”, Season 2
Still Quite Good if not Better than Season I
Amos Lassen
When we left “Skins” at the end of season I Tony had been hit by a bus, Sid and Cassie had a meeting on a bench and Maxxie and Anwar reconciled their differences. Season II picks up a few months later, Tony is beginning recovery and he is getting closer to Maxxie and Sid and Michelle turn away from him and something of a love triangle is beginning to develop.
The script is still quite sharp and the actors are continuing their development and really inhabiting their roles. The second season is very strong and I find it amazing that the show has gotten even better. It is so good to see such an intelligent series that does not lose hold of what it is doing.
even better than the first season,
By Akira Touya (Berlin) -
omg could this show become any better? yes it did. this season is brilliant and if you liked the first season you will love this second season.
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