another one for the Ask And You Shall Receive file

[aruan]

The second season of Showtime's brilliantly honest series Queer As Folk is now available for pre-order on amazon.com. I haven't had a chance to see more than a couple of episodes owing to the lamentable lack of cable in the dorms, but it's definitely on the Wish List.

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[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

I suppose that does mean Season 3 on TV now. I'm out of the loop as far as all things premium channel, unfortunately, as I used to watch Oz and to a more 'oh, cool, it's on' extent Sex and the City. But QAF I cherished from the first, which was the director's commentary version of Episode 16. Also, I've got two words for you: Gale Harold. An undisputable selling point if I've ever seen one. Rawr.

Heh, the opening sequence. Yeah, it surprised me, too. But what's not to love about boys shaking it to neon colors and vaguely disco-flavored techno, forgoing the obscene outfits? As far as Justin, when he eventually grows a spine he also gets better hair - I admit he had to grow on me, too.

I've never seen the Brit version, but you really should see more of the American series. Emmett is hilarious and sweet, Michael does eventually do more than pine after Brian, Brian does eventually become more than the self-centered bitch thing he puts on, and the Brian/Justin dynamic is hella engaging.

The *real* question is whether to buy the "Platinum Series Extended Edition" of LotR or the "Collector's Gift Set" with the same exhaustive preamble. Are the discs that are in both sets any different? What's on the National Geographic one? I've no particular yen for the Argonath bookends and would prefer to keep those thirty bucks.

Hope things are going well with this new mystery person. *crosses fingers*

[giddyupnow.livejournal.com]

1. True. Gale is pretty, I didn't *not* notice that :-) However, the personality, at least at first, was arrogant without the benefit of charm, at least for me. Which quickly negated any sort of fondness I might have had for him.

2. The opening sequence. I love disco. I love flashing lights and bright colors. I love costumes. You know this. You also know that, unfortunately, I am a prude *g* I don't need to see ass and package unless I have a good reason to. Otherwise, it's all just falls under the realm of "ack! cover your eyes, quick!"

3. If you don't want the Argonauth bookends (which I, admittedly, *love* and go the gift set for), then you'll want to get just the regular extended version DVD set. Because the NG DVD is *not* worth it. You can see it next time we get together and you'll know why. It's something that you'd watch if you were extremely bored and had nothing else in the world left to do. And maybe not even then. Not even any good film content, and questionable as to even Tolkien content, despite their attempting to say it's getting back to the "roots" of the story. Yeah, tell me another. And sell me a bridge while you're at it. So yeah, save your money :-)

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Brian gains charm as the writers realize that the audience will only tolerate so much of his shameless, unapologetic arrogance.

I don't need to see ass and package unless I have a good reason to. Heh. :) Agreed, especially in light of the thankfully mostly bygone trend of guys wearing their pants three sizes too big and around their knees besides. But the opening credits besides, which I tend to write off as more of a flashing neon warning sign to potentially uninitiated viewers, the show is pretty good about not getting needlessly gratuitous.

Thanks for the LotR tip. I'm thinking of surprising myself on Valentine's Day, and not with my bank statement, so definitely good to know.