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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

...Queer as Folk? The US version? I think it's high time to have a wee discussion about this series. And as much as I want to hate it, i'm really starting to like it. A LOT.

And I don't want to. But I do.

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Well, any discussion about TV programs, except for the four to six hours a week I watch, is good for it's reading value....

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

I rarely watch TV. The only shows I even remotely come close to following are "Boston Public" and "The Practice."

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Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :

I've seen bits and pieces (no pun intended) of the show. Campus cable doesn't offer Showtime, so when I'm home I catch parts as I flip through the stations. I think the last thing I saw was one of the characters getting his back aligned by a chiropractor. My mother (of all people) watches it fairly regularly, though.

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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

It hasn't come to Sweden AFAIK...

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Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

I saw a billboard for this show yesterday while I was in L.A., and even though one could read quite alot into the title, it leaves me to wonder whatt he hell this show is about?

Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

It's about folks who are queer, I'd imagine

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Oh they are most certainly Queer, alright. So much so, I don't even think there's a plot, just men in tight pants squealing "I AM SO GAY!" Over and over again, which is (presumably) designed to shock us into all being gay. Or so I assume.

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

SHHHHHH!!!

You don't want Rev. Falwell finding out about the Gay Plan For World Domination, do you?

There's a whole Tele-tubbies thing as a smoke screen in place for "QasF". Shhhhhhh.

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

I don't watch much tv myself. I usually spend my time watching REAL anime, like Lodoss Wars, Evangelion, or Vision of Escaflowne. And dubs suck.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

The title confuses me, too. Are folk usually queer? And how queer does one have to be before one is considered to be as queer as folk?

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

It's from quaint British saying. (Did you know they had sayings? Also, apparently, that's where jam was invented. Now you know!)

There's naught so queer as folk.

Or, as one magazine so helpfully translated for those of us who speak American, "Nothing is as odd as people."

Now you know!

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Posted by Mikey T (Member # 144) on :

And I thought that I would bring this topic up when I needed too.

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Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :

It's NOWT! There's NOWT so queer as folk! *sigh*

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Sorry if I beat you to the punch, Michael.

Anyway...

At first I viewed the show w/ great skepticism because I was thinking "Gee, maybe somebody will do a NORMAL show that didn't involve raising every damn stereotypical gay cliche on this planet and shoving it in an hour long format."

Boy was I WRONG.

But I watched it again. And again. And again and then I realized, "Damn! I'm hooked on this!"

My take on some of the characters:

Brian: I really, really wanna hate this guy. He does all the wrong things (AKA sex w/ Justin, drugs, sex with everyone else) and he's so MANIPULATIVE it hurts. But one scene that won my approval was when he was with Justin's parents and after Justin's dad has a massive homophobic fit, calling Justin and his "lifestyle" disgusting, Brian decides take poor Justin in after it's soon realized that Dad's really gonna fuck Justin up with his homophobia. (See Sunday's eppy for details)

Michael: This guy I can relate to. A lot. He's into anime. He's fairly decent. But....he's also still quite closeted. Much like me on most days. He's also got a cool mum (Deb) who I think we all wish was our mother.

Emmet & Ted.: can't say for sure on those two. Jury's waaaaay out with those two.

Lindsay & her partner: Ditto. Did I mention this show had lesbians? Sho' nuff does.

Justin: He's cute, he's artistic as hell (something i'm not) Oh and he needs to be so whacked with a clue-by-four, it borders on the ludicrious. Kid, you are NOT gonna have "happily ever after w/ Brian" He's not the marrying type. Just ask Linds. And for that matter - he needs to be around the lesbians & Deb. NOT Brian. Oy.

Dr. Dave: I like this guy. He's a fighter. He's a lover. He's a doctor. AND he's not Brian. All the right things for Mikey. If he manages to beat Brian at his game, Mike will be his for life.

Thoughts? Impressions about all this?

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Yes, I have a thought. There's way too much television these days.

:-)

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

At least too much television about Gay sex and Man Trains at supper time. At least "World Class Enormously fat men pulling trucks" is on thrice a day.

If that doesn't eliminate all positive thoughts towards men of any gender, I don't know what does.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Look, all my exposure to such local dialect is through James Herriot. It's not my fault.

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Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I can't believe people actually watch shows like these! It sounds to me much like one of those 'reality television" shows like "Survivor" or "Making the Band" (which, I may add, was one of the most annoying and useless television shows I've ever has the displeasure of watching).

Speaking of anime, Jeff, a friend introduced me to a new anime (well, it isn't so new, really) called 'Cowboy Bebop'. Yes, the title may may you take a double take at what I just said, but I'd say it rivals Lodoss War in quality, perhaps even surpassing it (and as every good fan of anime should know, Lodoss War is a very well-known classic).

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Comparing "Lodoss War" & "Bebop" is like comparing John Coltrane with George Handel. It's apples & oranges.

But I admit freely that "Bebop" is one of my favorite if not THE favorite anime series. I own all 5 CDs, but I'f yet to get a "Swordfish II" or "Red Tail" model...or any of the figurines I want.

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Cowboy Bebop is another of my fave animes!

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Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

Wow, those CDs are expensive, too. At least whereever I find them at, they can run from $20-35 american. Don't get me wrong, either, I love the music but I can't dish out that much per CD. Where are you looking to find those models? I'd like to get some myself.

*marvels how topics are so easily drawn off course*

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Uh...I usually get them for $US 15 at a store an hour or so away...or off eBay for about the same or less.

As for the models...Hobbylink Japan works; there are a couple other places that I can't remeber the URLs for, like Rainbow Ten. Go to the "Where To Buy Stuff" section at Starship Modeler for more info.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Like I said, these too much TV. And I can prove it. Two words: Temptation Island

:-)

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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Hmm. Interesting that he's an anime fan in the US version of QAF. I guess that anime is to gay Yanks what Doctor Who is to gay Brits.

Which says something. I'm not sure what. Possibly that our gays are perfectly happy to watch home-grown crap. Pointless arguements about whether Colin Baker was a steaming pile of poo, and how exactly the Eye of Omega worked, instead of pointless arguments about whether you can have an anime girl who isn't a)flightly and mysterious, or b) a bitch; followed by people shouting "dubz Sux! Japanese rulez! Boinky boinky boinky!"

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

You might be right Liam. But what strikes me odd is that the biggest majority of yaoi/yuri anime fanfic writers are predominatly female.

Anyway.

Anime is just a small fraction of my many and diverse interests. I'm into Babylon-5, Trek & SW to a small degree and I've hardly seen an episode of Dr. Who except when I was real little. There's way much more that I do that you don't know about so...i'll leave it at that.

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Posted by Quatre Winner (Member # 464) on :

Or not.

Michael_T. Did you have something to say about this?

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