diff --git a/djangorestframework/mixins.py b/djangorestframework/mixins.py
index b13a48687..f9ba4872a 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/mixins.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/mixins.py
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ class InstanceMixin(object):
         """
         view = super(InstanceMixin, cls).as_view(**initkwargs)
         resource_class = getattr(cls(**initkwargs), 'resource_class', None)
+        # TODO: FIX !!! Very bad now, since this is attached on the class
         if resource_class:
             # We do a little dance when we store the view callable...
             # we need to store it wrapped in a 1-tuple, so that inspect will
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ class GetResourceMixin(object):
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
-            self.resource.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.resource.retrieve(*args, **kwargs)
         except self.resource.DoesNotExist:
             raise ErrorResponse(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
         return self.resource.instance
@@ -515,8 +516,8 @@ class GetResourceMixin(object):
 class PostResourceMixin(object):
 
     def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.resource.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.resource.update(self.CONTENT, request, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.resource.create(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.resource.update(self.CONTENT, *args, **kwargs)
         headers = {'Location': self.resource.get_url()}
         return Response(status.HTTP_201_CREATED, self.resource.instance, headers)
 
@@ -526,12 +527,12 @@ class PutResourceMixin(object):
     def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         headers = {}
         try:
-            self.resource.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.resource.retrieve(*args, **kwargs)
             status_code = status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT
         except self.resource.DoesNotExist:
-            self.resource.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.resource.create(*args, **kwargs)
             status_code = status.HTTP_201_CREATED
-        self.resource.update(self.CONTENT, request, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.resource.update(self.CONTENT, *args, **kwargs)
         return Response(status_code, self.resource.instance, {})
 
 
@@ -539,17 +540,17 @@ class DeleteResourceMixin(object):
 
     def delete(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         try:
-            self.resource.retrieve(request, *args, **kwargs)
+            self.resource.retrieve(*args, **kwargs)
         except self.resource.DoesNotExist:
             raise ErrorResponse(status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
-        self.resource.delete(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.resource.delete(*args, **kwargs)
         return
 
 
 class ListResourceMixin(object):
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        return self.resource.list(request, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self.resource.list(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 ########## Pagination Mixins ##########
diff --git a/djangorestframework/resources.py b/djangorestframework/resources.py
index 93dcbe465..dabcc9f62 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/resources.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/resources.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class BaseResource(object):
     # TODO: Inheritance, like for models
     class DoesNotExist(Exception): pass
 
-    def __init__(self, instance=None, view=None, depth=None, stack=[], **kwargs):
+    # !!! `view` should be first kwarg to avoid backward incompatibilities.
+    def __init__(self, view=None, instance=None, depth=None, stack=[], **kwargs):
         super(BaseResource, self).__init__(depth, stack, **kwargs)
         self.view = view
         self.instance = instance
@@ -320,13 +321,13 @@ class ModelResource(FormResource):
     is not set.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, instance=None, view=None, depth=None, stack=[], **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, view=None, instance=None, depth=None, stack=[], **kwargs):
         """
         Allow :attr:`form` and :attr:`model` attributes set on the
         :class:`View` to override the :attr:`form` and :attr:`model`
         attributes set on the :class:`Resource`.
         """
-        super(ModelResource, self).__init__(instance=instance, view=view, depth=depth, stack=stack, **kwargs)
+        super(ModelResource, self).__init__(view=view, instance=instance, depth=depth, stack=stack, **kwargs)
 
         self.model = getattr(view, 'model', None) or self.model