Ah, nostalgia. And Queer as Folk.
Mar. 29th, 2003 06:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doyleI got to thinking today about my old OTF (one true fandom), Queer as Folk. That's the British version, not the remake. Not that I didn't enjoy the remake (at least the first season, since I haven't seen any further), but I loved the original with a passion that's quite scary, probably because I was 15 or 16 when it first aired.
It's short, only 10 45-minute episodes long, and it remains my favourite television show ever made. I just loved everything about it: the writing, directing, acting, the pretty men. And I think it contributed to my love of BtVS - give pre-soul Spike black hair, an Irish accent and a yen for the boys and he'd be Stuart. I remember obsessing over tiny amounts of subtext in Stuart and Vince's relationship (because, ironically and despite being the focus of the show, nothing more than some fairly platonic kisses go on), the absolute terror over how the last episode was going to end. Joss is nothing next to Russell T. Davies in the cruelty stakes and I spent the week before the finale under the black cloud of "they're all going to die" depression. The last 2 episodes ("season 2") aren't as good as season 1, but I understand why RTD turned down the offer of a full season and I'm glad it wasn't milked until it became crappy.
I haven't rewatched it since becoming a Buffy fan, but considering it's essentially AU Spander, I need to see it again.
To end on a quote:
"Unrequited love. It's fantastic. 'Cause it never has to change. It never has to grow up. And it never has to die."
It's short, only 10 45-minute episodes long, and it remains my favourite television show ever made. I just loved everything about it: the writing, directing, acting, the pretty men. And I think it contributed to my love of BtVS - give pre-soul Spike black hair, an Irish accent and a yen for the boys and he'd be Stuart. I remember obsessing over tiny amounts of subtext in Stuart and Vince's relationship (because, ironically and despite being the focus of the show, nothing more than some fairly platonic kisses go on), the absolute terror over how the last episode was going to end. Joss is nothing next to Russell T. Davies in the cruelty stakes and I spent the week before the finale under the black cloud of "they're all going to die" depression. The last 2 episodes ("season 2") aren't as good as season 1, but I understand why RTD turned down the offer of a full season and I'm glad it wasn't milked until it became crappy.
I haven't rewatched it since becoming a Buffy fan, but considering it's essentially AU Spander, I need to see it again.
To end on a quote:
"Unrequited love. It's fantastic. 'Cause it never has to change. It never has to grow up. And it never has to die."
