Queer as Folk - The Complete First Season (Showtime)

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Summary: 95 dollars? who are they kidding
Review: when one can rent this video from blockbuster and/or netflix for 20 dollars in a month, it seems to me that asking 95 dollars for an item that can't cost more than 5 dollars to make, is highway robbery of the first order. The video series is good if you enjoy soap operas, but $95? give me a break.

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Summary: I don't believe in love
Review: This show is outstanding. Great actors/characters and nice dialogues. Sure, the gay lifestyle is not just about having sex and dancing. But it's just cool to see something about gay people on television.
I saw the hole first season, and it's awesome! The last scene from the last episode is well done. Poor Justin.

Oh but I have some problems with the dvd set. It looks nice.. and the bonus stuff ist really great too.. but I wasn't able to watch every episode on disc 2, 3 and 5! That's sad but I know that other people had the same problem.

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Summary: Queer As Normal
Review: This show is amazingly outstanding. It's definitely "in-your-face" and not for the weak-of-heart or close-minded individuals. It's a series based on the queer community mixed with humor, emotion, and enough eye candy that would make even Wonka's Umpa Loompa's hard. The actors on this show are completely amazing. Each one of them are superbly casted for the roles they take on. Two of my favorite actors on the show are actually both females. Michelle Clunie, who plays a lesbian lawyer (in a 8-year relationship with her partner, Lindsay) outstandlingly. And the second, Sharon Gless, the heterosexual mother who can be seen as wanting to be a gay man herself. The show makes no apologies (most notably in Brian Kinney played by Gale Harold) to anyone for the contents of the show and its portrayal of gay life.

This season lays all the ground work for the seasons to follow. It doesn't truly explain where the characters came from but it does enough that you can guess, and you'd guess correctly. The bonus materials are truly awesome to watch and these episodes are much more than a "one time" view. Each are so good in their own right that you'll keep watching them over and over again.


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Summary: this show rules!
Review: This show is very addicting. I caught half an episode one week and was hooked afterwards. Lets face it this show is HOT! But thats not all it is, its also moving, funny, emotional and interesting. The show focuses on a group of gay men and women living in Pittsburg. Theres Brian (SO UNBELIEVEABLY HOT!), Michael, Justin, Ted, Emmet, Melanie, Lindsay, Vic and Debbie. In the pilot 29 year old hot shot Brian meets 17 year old Justin. They hook up for the night and Brian thinks nothing else of it, Justin on the otherhand has fallen head over heels in love with Brian, as it was his first time. These two were extremely interesting to watch throughout the season, as we saw them develop and grow. Brian is my absolute favourite character and even though he can be an assehole you cant help but love him. The other are interesting too and i love them all. This show is beautiful and great to watch. If you dont watch it you dont know what you're missing out on, gay or straight, it doesnt matter!

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Summary: QAF - Not for everyone
Review: I've been reading some of these reviews and - WOW! Being gay, I must say that some of you (boycorrupted) are the stereo-typical melo-dramatic "queens" that we have become to be known as in the straight world!

This show gives one example of the gay life sytle. It is NOT meant to cover every life-style that exists. It does touch on some of the issues that plague our community today, but I must say - if you really want to know about gay marriage rights, or same-sex benefits, watch CNN! If you want to be dazzled by what these characters go through on a day-to-day basis, watch this series!

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Summary: awsome show!
Review: I completely loved this show! I love the relationship between Brian and Justin, and my fav character of all time is Emmett.

Of course this show will always have the idiots who hate it. Like British people who only like the UK version. Well I'm sorry, but like all the UK guys are completely unattractive. And people who flip around and somehow got this show, and automatically hate it because of a couple scenes they didn't wanna see. To those people, you are always gonna get a show that you don't like when you flip. Like when I flip and the republican convention is on every channel, I don't complain about it on the internet. Because there are some republican [guys] out there who would get offended. And another thing, people also say that this show has a bunch of characters that look like they never eat. Well let me ask you something, do you wanna see fat people having sex? And you don't have to let out your insecurities, by bashing this show. I'm very skinny, and I have a high matabolism, saying that the look annorexic is saying that nobody is ever thin.

I personally love this show. And everybody who hates it for dumbass reasons are obviously stuck in their mom's basement. Just like idiot people saying that good charlotte aren't punk because they wear makeup. When the sex pistols wore makeup back in the day... Anyways, my point is its a great show with wonderful story lines and a great cast! :)

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Summary: GREAT, if you are in a bar most of your life....
Review: This series is fun, but not really accurate. Yes, when one is in their early 20s, it's about dancing, going to clubs and everything else like that. It's that for all boys and girls.

After a while, you keep running into the same 45 people year after year, and it gets really old. You meet someone, fall in love, buy a house, get 5 dogs and there you have it...no more bars, clubs, dancing or anything else.

It's called "normal life."

This series touches upon it, but has a tendency to magnify the opposite.

It's okay, but not worth a billion dollars for 1000 hours of television watching.

Michael

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Summary: A great gay soap opera, not to be missed!
Review: This groundbreaking series about a group of gay men living in Pittsburgh is great fun to watch. Don't confuse it with reality, since all the characters spend most of their time at the gym, at the local bar or having sex. Too bad reality can't be like this! Still it's enormously entertaining and extremely addictive. I don't know how it goes over with heterosexuals, but all of my gay friends and I love it.

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Summary: Excellent series, flawed production
Review: As an ardent fan of the series -- which originally was available to me only through video rentals -- I was excited at the prospect of owning my own copy. Unfortunately, surprisingly bad production values seem to plague the DVD release: 5 of the 6 discs on my copy had repeated tracking problems, resulting in frequent freeze-framing and occasional skipping. Although I'm willing to put up with this on a video rental, I think that the retail price is too high for such sloppy craftsmanship. And buyers beware: similar tracking problems also occurred with my copies of Seasons Two and Three. Until Showtime steps in and improves the quality of its DVDs, I would recommend acquiring it in VHS format -- or stopping by your nearest video rental!