I just wish they'd made their own drama about a group of gay gays and certainly wish they'd got their own title. Original ideas not coming easy these days, US?
With more money they could have done great but messed up bigtime.
Yea, the Brit series was by far the best. It captured the energy of going out to the clubs, hooking up, being teens & 20 something plunging in to sex & relationships & all. The "American" series dragged it out, up the ages to make it acceptable for the straight world but lost the gay world vibe. The American series was different yet mainly boring, a gay soap opera for straight people. The British original had an energy the American series never even approached.
shareTo be fair, the second UK series of QaF also dragged in places, so even the British series couldn't really maintain the frenzied momentum from the first series. And the US series went on and on for five seasons, so it was pretty much destined to become repetitive. American series just never know when to stop and drag things out until the actors' salary demands become unaffordable for the producers.
The acting in the US series was simply atrocious. And the bad acting meant that the humor felt forced and unnatural. The snappy comebacks simply weren't delivered snappily enough at all. So it all fell flat. Perhaps it did not help that in the US version, some of the main actors are supposedly really gay or bisexual, so maybe they lacked the required ironic distance to the material. It all became a sappy gay soap opera that took itself far too seriously.
Just want to point out that Nathan/Justin was probably "aged up" in the American version because the national age of consent in the US is 18 (though it's lower in some states). That way, the character in both versions was one year below legal age.
Having said that, I have no doubt that the UK version is better, given this country's history with adapting UK shows. I've started the US version of QAF because it streams on Netflix, and I'm eagerly waiting for the UK QAF DVDs to arrive.
I liked it [giveup]. We only got 2 series (the first easily superior) and the U.S. version really had time to do more with their characters. This is one of the few remakes the Americans got right in my opinion.
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I thought the American one was better
shareThe American version is so much better, there is no comparison. With the exception of Charlie, everyone on the British version was ugly. The acting was so terrible I could barely make it through 3 episodes. And the Cockney accent was so strong, I could hardly understand what anyone was saying. The British version of Babylon was completely lame too. The whole series was completely gag worthy.
shareI think the U.S. version (which I haven't seen yet so I can't vouch for it) was longer running and more famous so it overshadowed the U.K. one, which is too bad since QAF UK is a great show in its own right.
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Wednesday has been cancelled due to a scheduling error
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Nope, original ideas for TV shows (and movies, for that matter) don't seem to come easy here in the US. I depend heavily on foreign entertainment for my viewing needs. :)
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