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Summary: Very good series!
Review: I love this show for many reasons. It speaks the truth and is very forward in a way that no show has ever done. It can be unapologetic, so to speak, at times but its gives you a look the gay lifestyle in another light unlike what shows and T.V. movies have done in the past. The acting is very good and I also love the music. I recommend this item. Well, the first season anyhow, I'm sure it'll get better or just as good seasons to come. So do yourself a favor and buy "Queer as Folk" - the first complete season.
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Summary: Couldn't be more pathetic
Review: This show is so Abercrombie and Fitch (cheap, gross, and practialy porn). Not only does it saport the stereotype that all gay men are sluts it wrote a song about it. It screamed that same old message that being gay ment clubs, sex, and famliy issues. On top of it all everyone in it is ugly and poorly dressed and besides the fact they were sluts they were also pathetic. They got upset and had these soap opera crisises over nothing. If you have any taste or self esteem you wont like this, but if you want to saport the out dated american image of homosexuality waist your money and watch this set of poorly written, badly acted porn.
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Summary: I really did NOT want to like this show.
Review: Let's face it - gays in television are stereotyped. Jack, on Will & Grace, is what I'd imagine many people in straight America envision gay men to be - queeny, vapid, self-obsessed and sexually compulsive.. yet in a very G-rated way.I originally bought the British version of QAF (series 1) and while I enjoyed it, it lacked a certain believability for me, possibly because of the various cultural differences and overall attitude towards homosexuality in Europe. The American version, however, I held off on purchasing, mainly because I didn't want to be fed 22 hours of stereotypes of gay men and lesbians that had absolutely no reflection of my personal experience. Indeed, the first couple of episodes turned me off - cliche, sex-obsessed, and bitter overtones were almost too much to get past, but fortunately, I did. The remaining 19-20 episodes of season one, in many ways, hit very close to home. Set in a real-ish city (P'burg), I felt immediately that the characters were in a "real" setting, unlike the world of Ross, Rachel and the gang in "Friends" - although the characters, at first blush, seemed to be slices of gay male stereotypes we've all seen before. The beauty of this show is the extensive character development, and the patience required of the audience to let their individual characteristics sink in. Justin's childish infatuation with Brian grew from highly annoying to palpable and real; the various love triangles (Michael and Brian, Ted and Michael, Brian and nobody) became plausible. The issues in the relationships were real without being patronizing (commitment-phobia, drugs, unfaithfulness, etc) and developed WELL beyond the fleeting banality of the 30-minute relationships we're given via the girls on Sex in the City. All in all, I was won over completely - and the finale of episode 22 even convinced me that Brian, the character I hated the most of all, was, deep down, likeable and even plausible. The beauty of the range of characters here is that there's a part (or parts) of each of them that to some degree reflect the realities of what it's like to be a gay man in the new millenium. This is indeed groundbreaking television, though not because of the rather graphic sexuality it depicts, but because, for the first time (in my opinion), gay life is examined for ALL things - not just the drama and the materialism, but for the difficulty of balancing the unique social constructs of life in a straight world with the sometimes life-altering (and even life-saving) friendships and relationships that make for a truly diverse community. Cheers to the Americans for finally getting one right (and to Showtime for having the guts to make it happen)!
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Summary: I Was Hooked
Review: Okokok.....so at first I thought, "this is totally TV and almost soft core porn.....appealing to the sort of lowest possible tastes of the average viewer. Are these gay people I know? Are these gay people I could care about? NO!" Then along about epidode 10 (I guess) I was hooked.....BIG TIME. I not only cared about these characters, I knew them. These guys were old friends. I knew them, or their counter-parts in San Francisco.....I even saw myself! I watched all episodes on DVD in 24 hours. In a frenzy....all at once. I had the flu at the time and sat in a fevered daze in rapture.....wishing it would never end. Imagine a representation of gay people as neither sad, lonely outcasts OR victims, but the gay men I knew. Buy this....rent this.....watch the Showtime series......relax with men who will become valued friends.
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Summary: Entertaining, exciting,passionate, funny and just plan sexy
Review: I watch the Queer As Folk series on Showtime every week, ever since it started last year. I love it!!!! I do, however, reccommend that if you are homophobic or just aren't that type of "scene", that you not watch it because you won't like it. It's a fantastic series it just draws you in from begining to end. You laugh and you cry. It's wonderful and I highly reccomend it!
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Summary: Nearly as good as its British inspiration
Review: I really fell for the original British version of Queer as Folk when it was released on DVD. When I heard that an American version was in the works, I was not optimistic. Usually Americanized remakes of European movies are much inferior to the originals. However, after watching the first couple dics of the first season of the American "QaF," I was pleasantly suprised. The casting is at least as good as the British series (although the brit cast was much more believeable as working class lads than the Yanks are as blue-collar Pittsburghers), and you quickly become attached to these characters--even with their many human flaws. Much of the plot and dialogue is lifted directly from the original series--with minor Americanizing changes. And for me, the weakness of the U.S. series shows most when they deviate from the original. The "new" plot twists are often unbelievable and teter on the absurd--like one character uncharacteristically joining an "aversion therapy" group that is populated by poorly conceived stereotypes that cause the sequence to lose its impact. And writing for the new material just isn't as strong. And then there is the "artistic license"--can anyone REALLY believe that Pittsburgh has a gay ghetto that seems to rival West Hollywood, complete with hoards of drag queens marching down the streets and couples having anonymous sex around every corner? At times, it feels like this series is from the pre-AIDS era and isn't really a reflection of contemporary gay life. The fact that it is produced and written my middle-aged gays, like myself, probably explains the occasional anachronistic tone--but it's also probably why my partner and I relate to it. Anyway... if you can overlook occasional lapses in believability, you should really enjoy this series. I can't wait for season two to come out on DVD (even though I hear that it's weaker than season one).
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Summary: one question
Review: i dont buy this yet but; i want buy it. i want know if this have close captions in spanish because i need it in spanish and in others stores i saw one with spanish close caption but i want buy here i saw it in tlavideo.com. thanks for your answer
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Summary: THE BEST SHOW EVER!!
Review: I WATCHED EVERY EPISODE WHEN THEY AIRED ON SHOTIME AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS SHOW.I JUST BOUGHT THE DVD SET AND CAN'T WAIT TILL I GET IT I KNOW IT WILL BE ABSULUTELY AMAZING.I DON'T HAVE SHOTIME ANYMORE BUT WHEN SEASON 2 IS RELEASED I WILL DEFFINATELY BUY IT INDEFINATELY.THE CAST IS THE BEST I LOVE THE WAY THEY WROTE THE SCRIPTS.I WISH THE TWO LESBIANS WERE IN MORE OF IT TO THOUGH BECAUSE I LOVED THEIR CHARACTERS.I REALLY RESPECT THE ACTORS ESPECIALLY SINCE SOME OF THEM ARE NOT GAY IN REAL LIFE.IT TAKES GUTS TO DO THAT.I THINK IF YOUR A FAN OF THE SHOW AND HAVEN'T BOUGHT THIS COLLECTION BUY IT NOW.
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Summary: OH YES, SHOWTIME DOES IT UP RIGHT
Review: Oh yes, this dvd is a must have for anyone gay or straight. This is top of the line through and through. There are a few skips here and there but those are easily looked over. I watched all 20 hours of it in less that two days, just couldn't quit watching. The set has the beautiful pride color in laiden on the discs. The box is hard card board with a glossy finish on it.
My first sentence is wrong though, i take that back. If you want a good dose of gay reality then this is for you, but if not then [don't watch the movie]
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Summary: The best gay show I've ever seen!!!
Review: I bought the complete first season of Queer as Folk just by looking at the trailer on tv, and I loved it!! Now I'm a QAF fan addict for many reasons. Great actors (and cute), stories that happen in every gay kid, they talk about tolerance, racisism, love, relationships, being openly gay at work, parents finding out, friendship, and I could go on and on... Here in my country, Mexico, QAF is a big success, we can only see it on cable, but many people has it, so the show is starting to get attention of gay and straight people. I recommend this show to everyone, get it, watch every episode a million times, understand it, love it!
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