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Rating:  - QAF Complete First Season Is Finally Here! The Wait Is Over
This is actually the best series ever put on the air. Showtime is trully live up to their title and now the most anticipated DVD release ever is finally here. Before the Second Season start the first season will be release to DVD and Video. This is the best collections of one of the great shows on cable TV. Buy QAF on DVD and start your collections and collect all Seasons of QAF on DVD. It's increadible!!!!10 stars!!
Rating: - The Yanks Did It Better.
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Queer As Folks has flourished with an American cast. The mother, Debbie is loveable - a dream for any gay son! Brian was just right and far more believable than his British counterpart; Michael was goofy and funny, as good as the British Vince. Justin's character became more accepted as the series continued. Emmett meanwhile, started to grow on you but unfortunately the British cast has not had the time to develop his character. Ted is a joy to see - I am glad that the American series did not kill him off. David is simply too cool to be true; 'the affair' scene was shocking, but what a twist.If you think all the incidents are true-to-life, you might be correct. The time span of the events, however, seem much too exaggerated.Unfortunately for the Brits, we have to wait a year to see the on going saga unfold.The packaing design of the DVD was very well thought of, the DVD colour arrangements are great. But from a user point of view, it is very difficult to get the actual DVD's from its container box. If I had to be critical,that is what I would suggest that the designer re-think the container box for the second season of Queer as Folks.
Rating: - Groundbreaking entertainment!
I guess I have spent a good chunk of my life trying to find something that really represented the world I know and the feelings I feel. I know. I know. There are the arguments of choice over birth in being gay, but I subscribe to the birth idea. I simply knew I liked boys by the time I was 5... long before I even knew about sex. With that said, I always felt that I was excluded by the entertainment industry. We always had weekly TV series that featured boy-girl relationships and mom-dad families. I was pretty hard pressed to use my imagination to find something I could see a little of myself or even my family in. Nevertheless, I persevered and somehow managed to do so time and again.Zip to the year 2000! Suddenly, along came last year's breakthrough hit, Showtime's "Queer As Folk". While the British version was quite a brilliant stroke of genius, the American version brought the story a little closer to home for me. Due to the number of episodes made, the directors were able to develop characters and relationships a little more over the course of the first season. We were able to witness the complexities of the Brian/Michael/David relationship as well as the difficulties of a young man named Justin as he "came out of the closet". At times I winced as I thought, "Jeez- people are going to see this and think all of this debauchery and superficiality is what gay men are all about!" True, it's not THE definitive view into gay life, but I can assure you that I am quite capable of matching these characters to the real life counterparts in my life. My mom, while not THE most comfortable with my pre-determined preference for men, watches this show every week and really gets excited about talking about the plot lines. It is, in short, entertainment. Plain and simple. Just be open to the story and you just might forget it's two men or two women jumping in the sack. After years of "Dallas", "Dynasty", "Knots Landing" and "Melrose Place", "we" finally get something we can latch on to and enjoy. It also gives the world the opportunity to see that we are really not unlike the heterosexual community. Again, I can't say that I have walked a similar path to ALL the characters on this series, though I know quite a few who have. It's bright. It's fresh. It's full of living... and THAT is life. I have yet to receive my DVD set, but knowing what the widescreen presentation of the show looks like- this is going to be on fantastic set! Also included are outtake reels, deleted scenes and the "Commentary Episodes" that aired at the end of the first run of season one. Even if you don't purchase this DVD set, at least watch the show and take a look for yourself. Even though a majority of the characters are gay... you might still see a bit of yourself in one of them. Who knows- you may get as hooked as my mom has! I, for one, can't wait to get my hands on this set. It's on order and I'm waiting for my late Christmas to show up at my doorstep!
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