UK Skins vs. USA Skins

Thanks to the handy-dandy power of the Interweb, I checked out the first episode of MTV's Version of Skins. My verdict:

Massive, Epic Fail.

First of all, it's essentially a beat for beat clone of the British pilot episode.

Secondly, it does nothing to establish the fact that it's in America. Teenagers aren't the same everywhere and there will be important cultural differences which should have been highlighted from Day 1. They weren't- you essentially changed all the British accents to American ones and changed not one other thing. It's like they moved the show to Canada, pretty much.

I'm not impressed. Stick to the original, kids- there's more quality and more nudity to boot.