Shameless US' Steve Howey and Shanola Hampton's full Google+ Chat; Emmy Rossum Stops By

nastyposition 7th-Mar-2013 01:02 am (UTC)

Their relationship with each other is amazing both online and off.

deluminator 7th-Mar-2013 01:16 am (UTC)

omg this gif </3 She's so damn good on this show.

beaddddddsss 7th-Mar-2013 01:18 am (UTC)

I sob every time she loses it. When Monica took all the money last season and Lip called Fiona out on it and she just starts crying while cleaning the kitchen and hating herself for trusting her parents? FUCKKKKKK SO GOOD

e_veeh_e 7th-Mar-2013 02:09 am (UTC)

is there a petition we can sign somewhere? this girl deserves an emmy stat.

huntertp3 7th-Mar-2013 01:07 am (UTC)

LOL. I love these two so much and I really hope their current story doesn't mark the end of Kevin and V's marriage.

nekokonneko 7th-Mar-2013 01:09 am (UTC)

i would be eternally pissed off if the writers do that

huntertp3 7th-Mar-2013 01:11 am (UTC)

Me too. I love them together,but I'm seriously thinking of how Kevin and V will get past this.

belladonnastrap 7th-Mar-2013 01:11 am (UTC)

Ugh I miss watching this show, I can never find time to!!

I actually really love the whole cast, really peeved that it keeps getting overlooked for awards.

steff3 7th-Mar-2013 01:12 am (UTC)

So is this version of Shameless good? Because years ago, I ended up watching random episodes of the uk version through no choice of my own as somebody else had control of the remote control and it seemed so crass just for the sake of it and it made it seem like frank was this modern day hero which I was nagl for me. Is it better or different than the UK version? If so, will watch.

katiefitch 7th-Mar-2013 01:14 am (UTC)

it's SO good and frank is painted as the gigantic asshole that he is

beaddddddsss 7th-Mar-2013 01:16 am (UTC)

Oh, no competition. The US one far surpasses the UK one. It's more dramatic, funnier, and you are far more invested in the characters. It's amazing and how Emmy has not been nominated for an Emmy (hyuk hyuk, but really tho) is beyond me. She kills it as Fiona. It's so fucking good. This show is amazing and inappropriate and all the more awesome for it, but it's not outside of character relevancy or the plot.

lanavis 7th-Mar-2013 01:37 am (UTC)

iawtc
The UK one is not even grittier, which Brit or anglophilic fans like to use to attack the US version.

beaddddddsss 7th-Mar-2013 01:49 am (UTC)

Lawd, Anglophiles are so ridiculous these days. They'd argue a British toilet seat trumps an American one all the time because it's just so ~classy and ~real. Anything British wins by default for them even when it isn't the case in reality.

monsieurflynn 7th-Mar-2013 01:19 am (UTC)

it's incredible. at the very least check it out for emmy rossum and william h. macy's acting

nastyposition 7th-Mar-2013 01:20 am (UTC)

It's fucking brilliant tbqfh. Forget about the UK one, this feels like a completely revamped show.

Everything about it is outstanding. Give it a go!

iamsimplysara 7th-Mar-2013 01:21 am (UTC)

I've watched most episodes of both and I greatly prefer the US version. The pacing is better and the story lines actually make you give a fuck.

They also defeintely show Frank as more of a fucked up asshole than the UK version.

tube_fiend 7th-Mar-2013 04:43 am (UTC)

It's a different show than the British one.

I would disagree with those saying it's a better show though. The UK version was amazing the first few seasons, and truly well done. The US version... well, there's a reason it doesn't get nominated for awards, despite the phenomenal actors. It can play a little fast and loose with the very heavy topics it throws out there (for example, a teenage girl who was molested by her father is barely addressed as a big deal). If you ever do want to give the UK version another shot, I would suggest watching it from the beginning, because you may have seen later seasons, which are of much lower quality. And it's much easier to see the complex portrait of Frank they drew when you watch it from the start. It was definitely still very crass, but in a far more realistic and human way that the "wouldn't t be funny to become male escorts for some extra cash" way.

There's no way the UK version would have translated properly to the US. We don't have housing estates like the UK. It's a different feel, and definitely more familiar to American audiences. So you may like it. But yes - it can be crass just to be crass. Frank is definitely not a modern day hero on this one, though. But he actually bothers me more here, because the first few seasons of Shameless UK he was a drunk loser, but had his redeemable traits. On the US show, he could not give two shits about his kids. And yet he is still a prominent character.

Edited at 2013-03-07 04:43 am (UTC)

ibelieveinsa 7th-Mar-2013 07:59 am (UTC)

"well, there's a reason it doesn't get nominated for awards, despite the phenomenal actors."

...the reason it doesn't get nominated for awards is because the awards shows here are all politics. The US is incredible and should no way be looked down upon because it hasn't won awards.

I was a fan of the UK version. But the US version has more heart.

tube_fiend 7th-Mar-2013 08:50 am (UTC)

Yes, they are politics. The sort of politics that Showtime excels at. But some shows just aren't playing in that arena at all.

sinful_caesar 7th-Mar-2013 01:17 am (UTC)

this video is private

shirz87 7th-Mar-2013 01:21 am (UTC)

heartbroken, tbh.

deluminator 7th-Mar-2013 01:21 am (UTC)

Can't wait to watch this later. Such a flawless show/cast.

glamour_fades 7th-Mar-2013 03:34 am (UTC)

Haha, I love this. It always makes me laugh how Lip and Ian pretty much don't even acknowledge Frank's existence.

acidpops7 7th-Mar-2013 01:26 am (UTC)

private video,o I see

beetlebums 7th-Mar-2013 01:27 am (UTC)

I loved that so many questions were about the sex scenes

luvthatdrtywata 7th-Mar-2013 01:28 am (UTC)

WHY U MAKE VIDEO PRIVATE SO I NO WATCH? I WANT WATCH NOW. WHAT U DO? WHY U DO? STOP NOW. FIX NOW. PLEASE NOW.

alkalinecupcake 7th-Mar-2013 01:35 am (UTC)

HAHAHAHA.

It got so much more fun when Emmy popped in, they loosened up a lot and the other people didn't matter, they might as well not be there.

And damn it, I just pieced together that Steve Howey is married to Sarah Shahi. She's so pretty.