Queer as Folk- Page 2

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 11:00am

First-rate acting, smart, tighly-written scripts (that had actual wit and real character development,) and stylish, well-paced direction put the original UK series in a whole other class from the US version.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 11:05am

Margo, you're so right. Why are British shows so much better? And why does the US keep stealing them? Are we that hard up fpr writers? When Roseanne wanted to produce a US Version of ABFAB I wanted to gouge out my eyes.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 11:32am

I love the superior UK version (and the wonderful theme song) with the exception of the ending of the second series. The gay outlaw thing was really cheesey and totally out of character with the rest of the series. It was completely bizarre.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 11:50am

Sharon Gless was actually the third actress to play Cagney. Loretta Swit was in the TV movie then when it became a series, Meg Foster played the role. It was recast with Sharon.

From imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083395/trivia

In the TV movie that inspired the series, Christine Cagney was played by Loretta Swit. When the show first began, Meg Foster took over the role of Christine Cagney. After a few episodes, Sharon Gless eventually won the role and played Cagney for six years. A CBS spokesperson was quoted at the time as saying the reason for replacing Foster with Gless was the audience had trouble telling "the two leads apart".


Every year the show was on the air, the Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama Series went to one of the stars of this show. Tyne Dalywon the award four times and Sharon Gless won twice.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 12:54pm

I remember that episode! (Sharon Gless on Judging Amy.)

I was looking into the UK series on Amazon, but it's a lot of f***ing dough.

And I've heard the UK soundtrack. The theme song cracks me up. It's the total opposite of Spunk.

*sings*
"I spent all nigth chasing after some bloke who ended up being Matt, like really Matt, really Matt."

[TheBoyfromChi]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 1:24pm

I always thought it was on tv for shock factor and as someone mentioned earlier, soft core gay porn. The first season was full of cliches and stereotypes, and while they improved a little the second season, they just couldn't keep it going.
I have to agree about Brian...what was so great about him? And if he was such a sex god, why settle for an annoying brat like Justin?
I got some dvd sets as presents...I guess that's what my family thinks you get gay people for their birthdays and Christmas...I usually fast forward if it doesn't involve Emmett or Debbie.
And yeah, the episode where Ted dates a "Fat" guy, that guy was like what 2 pounds overweight soaking wet? Geesh.

[NCGuy]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 1:33pm

"I spent all nigth chasing after some bloke who ended up being Matt, like really Matt, really Matt."

Fiction Writer, I think he’s saying “mad,” not “Matt.”

If you can track down an affordable copy, the UK version is well worth seeing (I love the actress who plays the Sharon Gless counterpart).

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 2:05pm

if you get the superior uk version only get the first part. part 2 should never have been made. if it weren't for how successful and loved the first part was, it would not have been made. just pretend it does not exist kinda like grease and grease 2.

[pattifan2]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 2:34pm

The UK version was a brilliant piece of tv. It's the kind of tv that the Brits do best, I believe; gritty and honest. I remember the furore that followed the initial screening of the scene between Aiden Gillan and Charlie Hunnam. It was pretty ground-breaking; I remember thinking, they're really not goinig to show that, are they?...and they did. Pity about the second series. It wasn't up to the first. I came late to the US version and thought it a 'glossy' but poor imitation of the UK original.

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 3:17pm

Is it? The copy I have sounds like "Matt".

I don't like the Brit character names. Stuart is in no way a sexy name, and neither is Nathan.

[pattifan2]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 3:27pm

Yes, but we'd say 'Stu' and 'Nate'. Besides, it depends on the accent being used.

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 3:45pm

the actors playing the parts were way sexier too. aiden and charlie exude sexiness.

Updated On: 7/20/06 at 03:45 PM

[pattifan2]

Posted: 7/20/06 at 3:55pm

So true, Robbo. It was Charlie's first acting job, I believe. I seem to remember reading about them 'discovering' him working in a shoe shop. He was perfection and his character was so well-developed.