Queer As Folk

PANNAL1 · 04/03/07 - 12:05

Still as good as it was 8 yrs ago when first shown

..did you enjoy this series

Was it shocking to you as a viewer?

leo · 04/03/07 - 12:08

I thought it was great!

Except for the end of the second film-like bit...

it wasn't quite as bad as the end of green wing though

PANNAL1 · 04/03/07 - 12:10

Yes the end of series 2 was awful. Ruined an otherwise quality show.

Vic Mackey · 04/03/07 - 12:29

Brilliant show, would recommend it to anyone.

nytramfilms · 04/03/07 - 13:11

The only problem I have is that RTD decided to end it even though ch4 wanted a second and third series!

nytramfilms · 04/03/07 - 13:12

nytramfilms wrote:

The only problem I have is that RTD decided to end it even though ch4 wanted a second and third series!

And the way he ended it, just awful

leo · 04/03/07 - 13:13

a spinning jeep, and then the whole american thing?

Pretty bad...

007Fusion · 04/03/07 - 13:52

I loved the show a few years ago. But unfortunatly can't remember how the show ended though.

System · 04/03/07 - 14:17

i loved that program. thought it was great

julia1411 · 04/03/07 - 15:26

Brilliant show. Loved it!

[Deleted User] · 04/03/07 - 15:30

What happened at the end of series two? Can some one gimmie some info on RTD's Queer as folk series please

'Sup · 04/03/07 - 15:31

nytramfilms wrote:

The only problem I have is that RTD decided to end it even though ch4 wanted a second and third series!

He decided that he had one story to tell and that he was going to tell it and that was that. It was incredibly successful for Channel 4 and I think they wanted an extended series for Series 2 but he didn't and that was that. I haven't seen the last episode but hope to see it soon if it ever appears on Virgin Media's on demand service. But it was a great show.

Sloopy · 04/03/07 - 15:45

I thought the first series was quite good. They'd have only wrecked it by doing any more episodes anyway.

Quackers · 04/03/07 - 15:58

Loved it, and the american version is even better...... got all the DVD's i occasinally have a binge viewing of it.

[Deleted User] · 04/03/07 - 16:46

Quackers wrote:

Loved it, and the american version is even better...... got all the DVD's i occasinally have a binge viewing of it.

The american version got too 'issue' based...with aids etc. The whole point of the British QAF was that wasn't issue based, it was just about a group of gay guys.

Having said that, I did quite like the American version, espeically Brian!

jonty9 · 04/03/07 - 17:28

qaf usa was great..i hope e4 will show the final series of it

[Deleted User] · 04/03/07 - 17:36

do you know what annoyed me about the end of series two? You never quite knew whether stuart and vince got together! I hate being left hanging forever!

I absolutely loved this series- it's one of those shows that if you have a binge watch on dvd you're really sad when you finish the series! I always want to go back to the little work of nathan, stuart and vince (i love vince so much!) and see what they're doing.

Interestingly two of my fave channel 4 series of the last ten years have been queer as folk and shameless- the link between them? QAF's Vince is played by Craig Kelly, whose real life brother is Dean Lennox Kelly aka Kev Ball in Shameless!

Ads · 04/03/07 - 17:43

QAF was great, although the guy who played Nathan is an appalling actor! I remember the Daily Mail getting really steamed up over the show back in 1999, although it would seem fairly tame now

nytramfilms · 04/03/07 - 20:20

jen0607 wrote:

The american version got too 'issue' based...with aids etc. The whole point of the British QAF was that wasn't issue based, it was just about a group of gay guys.

Having said that, I did quite like the American version, espeically Brian!

Oh yes the USA version was awful :eek:

It was like it was written by a gang of gay political activists. It had every gay cliche you could think of and was just bad from 2nd series to last series 5.

Tom · 04/03/07 - 20:31

Oh come on the US series wasn't that bad - there were good characters in it, and I think when push comes to shove even though both shows were based on the same premise, you have to treat them as two totally different ones because they were. If QAF UK had continued it may have been remembered for something different than it is today, similarly if QAF US had finished after 22 episodes it would have been remembered differently than it is now - for a start we would all have been wondering if Justin had survived that bashing with a baseball bat (thanks BBC Choice/Three for *not* screening series 2!)

As for QAF UK - for those who want to see it and don't want to buy the DVDs etc - just download it from 4OD (Channel 4 on demand) tis only 99p I believe!

Victoria Sponge · 04/03/07 - 21:54

The Irishman in Queer As Folk...I wonder if he is still as HOTTTTTT now as he was all those years ago!

'Sup · 04/03/07 - 22:40

It would be nice if Channel 4 could get him to write a one-off episode in a couple of years - 10 years after it was first broadcast, just to see where they are now.

'Sup · 04/03/07 - 22:46

Shinealight wrote:

At the end of the series, RTD did show what happened to the characters using photographs wih a short explanation. All where very surreal, lol.

Ahh OK, I haven't seen the final episode as explained above. Still waiting for Virgin Media to pull their finger out because its still missing from their on demand service, despite all the other episodes being there.

'Sup · 04/03/07 - 22:58

All the episodes are there except the final one. I don't know if it's Channel 4's fault or Virgin's but it is annoying when you've watched all the episodes but can't see the last one.

'Sup · 04/03/07 - 23:07

No thanks.

I want to wait to see it. We're getting V+ soon so it might pop up there. If not I'll get it on DVD. But thanks.

mdtauk · 17/03/07 - 00:04

I'm sure the Dr Who fan, was in an episode of Afterlife, playing Allison's father in flashbacks...

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