tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post5280333274401180199..comments2024-01-10T00:07:48.304+00:00Comments on Cathode Ray Tube: THE WRITER'S TALE (we're half way) - Russell T Davies & Benjamin CookFrank Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-89314155163872499362008-09-26T17:20:00.000+01:002008-09-26T17:20:00.000+01:00Thanks, Nick. In the book, it's clear they were di...Thanks, Nick. <BR/><BR/>In the book, it's clear they were disappointed with the first series of Skins but, importantly, could see what Bryan Elsley was trying to do with the tone of it. <BR/><BR/>I haven't read all of the book but I have glanced forward and apparently Skins series two gets a big thumbs up from them both and they see it as an example of how a show might need some time to bed in and get its tone spot on. And in the context of Torchwood I think that was the point they were making too.Frank Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680654042528560764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737235139994190228.post-71650229613730902362008-09-26T12:00:00.000+01:002008-09-26T12:00:00.000+01:00"He's happy to admit it whilst he and Ben dissect ..."He's happy to admit it whilst he and Ben dissect the first series of Skins, where the trailers for that series promise a show of a certain kind and yet the transmitted episodes bear little resemblance to the promotions."<BR/><BR/>I haven't read the book, so don't know what their conclusion is, but IMO, this was intentional on the part of the producers of Skins - they hooked the viewers in with 'it's sex and drugs and teenagers', but then twisted that around .Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482365633543675966noreply@blogger.com