TV meme, day 2
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...okay, it's going to be really weird getting into the habit of posting every day.
TV Meme, Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
So I don't watch all that much television, and my big current shows already have huge followings on my flist -- it's not like I need to pimp out Doctor Who, yeah? SO. This is a show that's already ten years old, out on DVD and probably easily downloadable, and I would like everyone to go back and watch it now so that there can be a massive fanfic renaissance because there's not nearly enough out there:
Queer As Folk UK, a.k.a. that Big Gay Show Russell T Davies made before Doctor Who. Yeah, it was then exported to the US, where it became vastly bigger and shinier and more popular, but I love the original UK version with all my heart. It's fun and campy and catty, and while the first couple of episodes are a bit weak, the show increases exponentially in fabulous as it goes along. There are eight episodes for series 1, and series 2 is basically just a 90-min TV movie to continue and then wrap up the main plot and character arcs. All of the characters are fabulous and well-developed -- Stuart Alan Jones is basically RTD's prototype for Jack Harkness, minus the omnisexuality and immortality crisis; Vince Tyler is his best friend of 15+ years (and kind of a Ianto prototype, minus the soul-crushing angst) who is madly in love with 1. Doctor Who and 2. Stuart; Nathan Maloney is the precocious teenaged one night stand who never goes away. Watching them grow and mature as people over the course of the two series is truly glorious to behold.
Ten years later, it can be hard to remember just how groundbreaking this program was when it first aired. It's a little bit dated, and in fairness, it focuses a bit too much on the men (although there is a truly glorious lesbian couple as well, not to mention the sheer JOY that is Vince's mum Hazel), but it's still GREAT fun.
"I'm gay, I'm queer, I'm homosexual, I'm a poof, I'm a poofter, I'm a ponce. I'm a bum boy, baddy boy, backside artist, bugger, I'm bent. I am that arse bandit, I lift those shirts, I'm a faggot arse, fudge packing, shit stabbing, uphill gardener. I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom, I'm Moses in the parting of the red cheeks. I fuck, and I'm fucked. I suck, and I'm sucked. I rim them, and wank them, and every single man has had the fucking time of his life. And I am not a pervert." --Stuart, Queer As Folk
TV Meme, Day 02 - A show that you wish more people were watching
So I don't watch all that much television, and my big current shows already have huge followings on my flist -- it's not like I need to pimp out Doctor Who, yeah? SO. This is a show that's already ten years old, out on DVD and probably easily downloadable, and I would like everyone to go back and watch it now so that there can be a massive fanfic renaissance because there's not nearly enough out there:
Queer As Folk UK, a.k.a. that Big Gay Show Russell T Davies made before Doctor Who. Yeah, it was then exported to the US, where it became vastly bigger and shinier and more popular, but I love the original UK version with all my heart. It's fun and campy and catty, and while the first couple of episodes are a bit weak, the show increases exponentially in fabulous as it goes along. There are eight episodes for series 1, and series 2 is basically just a 90-min TV movie to continue and then wrap up the main plot and character arcs. All of the characters are fabulous and well-developed -- Stuart Alan Jones is basically RTD's prototype for Jack Harkness, minus the omnisexuality and immortality crisis; Vince Tyler is his best friend of 15+ years (and kind of a Ianto prototype, minus the soul-crushing angst) who is madly in love with 1. Doctor Who and 2. Stuart; Nathan Maloney is the precocious teenaged one night stand who never goes away. Watching them grow and mature as people over the course of the two series is truly glorious to behold.
Ten years later, it can be hard to remember just how groundbreaking this program was when it first aired. It's a little bit dated, and in fairness, it focuses a bit too much on the men (although there is a truly glorious lesbian couple as well, not to mention the sheer JOY that is Vince's mum Hazel), but it's still GREAT fun.
"I'm gay, I'm queer, I'm homosexual, I'm a poof, I'm a poofter, I'm a ponce. I'm a bum boy, baddy boy, backside artist, bugger, I'm bent. I am that arse bandit, I lift those shirts, I'm a faggot arse, fudge packing, shit stabbing, uphill gardener. I dine at the downstairs restaurant, I dance at the other end of the ballroom, I'm Moses in the parting of the red cheeks. I fuck, and I'm fucked. I suck, and I'm sucked. I rim them, and wank them, and every single man has had the fucking time of his life. And I am not a pervert." --Stuart, Queer As Folk
