QUEER AS FOLK {1st. Season} (DVD Review) - 31/3/08

Wanted to watch this for ages but it was so damn expensive on DVD, but managed to purchase all five seasons on a good deal! Following on from the British version of this series the First Season more or less follows in it's footsteps then veers off at a tangent into it's own creative flow instead.

From the pounding techno-beat opening titles to the skimpily dressed males draped all over the place, tongues poking into everything; this high quality drama puts forward a number of issues in a context that must have been a total slap round the face for American viewers. Amidst the highs and lows of this first slew of episodes I found myself laughing numerous times amongst the sad bits as this programme stepped up a gear and managed to surpass the original English series. Plentiful Special Features cover mainly the sixth disc with an Outtake Reel and Deleted Scenes, plus a Gallery, Trailers and DVD-Rom content but a couple of the other discs also have a Special Edition episode with a Commentary/Behind The Scenes chat track and interviews. Pushing a number of buttons the hard working cast really put a lot of effort into this and it shows from start to finish. Not only was this great to watch - The shock ending of this first series set up the show for Season 2. The tales of a group of gay friends in the city of Pittsburgh highlight the trials and tribulations of their everyday lives. Some funny and some sad, some melancholy and other's with more of a hint of danger from different angles and different perspectives. Mostly viewed with a positive view to a gay lifestyle but also showing the downturns as well - In fact just a normal life like any other!