Queer as Folk - The Complete First Season

Queer as Folk - The Complete First Season
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Manufacturer: Showtime Networks
Starring: Gale Harold, Hal Sparks, Randy Harrison, Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill
Directed By: Alex Chapple, Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Jeremy Podeswa, John Fawcett
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781931669498
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 193166949X
Label: Showtime Networks
Manufacturer: Showtime Networks
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Showtime Networks
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-01-08
Running Time: 1205
Studio: Showtime Networks
Theatrical Release Date: 2000-12-03

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Run time: 1320 minutes


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Summary: Jose
Comment: Estoy bien insatisfecho por que la serie no me llego y el distribuidor me dijo ke me iban a renvolsar el dinero pero yo queria mi serie por mi no volveria a comprar en amazon, pero con los otros productos estoy super satisfecho gracias a los distribuidores que son buena gente por ellos 2 los del cd y el mp3 compraria mas en amazon

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Queer as Folk best ever!!
Comment: It took less than a week to get here, and we couldn't stop watching!! Love this show...Amazon is awesome!!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: One of the BEST series ever created!!
Comment: I found this show while channel surfing, just a few months ago on a censored station. I had heard of this show before, but did not have premium cable, so I was unable to watch when it hit the screen originally. I absolutely fell in love with it with just one episode, I would tape and watch faithfully. I was determined to get the DVD version, so that I could see it uncut and in it's original form. The first season is very near and dear to my heart, probably the best of the series!! The show was casted perfectly, you will fall in love with each and every character. Yes, it contains a lot of sex, drugs, and language, but it's also full of loving relationships, fun, humor,intelligence, brilliance, and warmth that will make it very difficult to tear yourself away from it. I'm a 40yo straight woman who would love to be a part of these queer as folk!

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: enjoyable even for straight people
Comment: My wife and I really enjoyed this series. If you can get through the first episode, and not be too disturbed by the gay sex, you will be rewarded with a very human story. The sex is presented as just another part of life (though a very integral one for these guys), something completely unusual in shows produced for the sex-phobic American market. It manages to be graphic and unsensational at the same time, and always relevant to the characters' personalities (Ethan's adventure with on-line dating is a hilarious twist on his everyday personality). It is a great mixture of drama and comedy, with a diverse set of characters that will grow on you. Michael's mother (Sharon Gless) is funny at first, but becomes a little bit over-the-top in later seasons. Other than that, a captivating and nearly perfect series that we were sad to see end.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: A show too good for TV!
Comment: I could probably start this review by welcoming you into the world of gay sex, complete with disco music and darkrooms in clubs. I could invite you to watch sex scenes like you've never seen on TV, or I could go on and on praising "Queer as Folk" as a controversial TV show that makes the girls of "Sex and the City" look like school girls. "Queer as Folk" is all this, but much, much more. By the end of season one, and once the initial shock wears off, you will find yourself actually watching this show not because of the sex it's not afraid to show, but because of the plights and emotional conflicts of its characters.
The three main characters are probably meant to represent a cross-section of gay culture - Hal Sparks plays the "sensitive narrator" role, Gale Harold is Brian, the predator, and Randy Harrison plays Justin, the virgin. Also, there are Emmett and Ted, and also Melanie and Lindsay, the lesbian couple... The list goes on and on, but the good thing is that the stereotypical concept fades out during the show - "Queer as Folk" treats its characters like actual, emotional humans, who evolve as the show progresses. It can make a powerful emotional punch as well as a sex scene, and that is what makes this show so good. The fact that it makes you care for the characters because of who they are, and not simply because they're gay is the biggest praise I can give this excellent show. Kudos for QAF!


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