Queer as Folk - Series 2 (British TV )Same Men New Tricks [VHS]

I thought this was an excellent follow up to the first series. Sure, it was a little outlandish at the end (the Thelma and Louise feel to it was amusing), but the characters are so endearing, complicated, sympathetic, and appealing that I still enjoyed every minute of it. I was disappointed and incredulous that there was only one disk in the box, as I expected to get another four episodes out of "Series 2" -- sadly, it was just one movie. But it did wrap up a lot of the strands from the first series, and I felt satisfied by the weird ending. For fans of the first series, I think it is well worth watching. (If you weren't a fan already, there's no point.)I prefer this series to the American version any day of the week -- but then, I am generally a fan of British film and TV, and I generally hate American TV. So there's my bias. Also, I watched the British version first, so I was already digging the Brits before I started watching the American series. Brian and Michael were doomed from the start for me -- they just can't measure up to Stuart and Vince, in my book.

Having seen the US version, I was curious to seethe British version (which I understand was first) Interestingly, the US version chose not to retainany of the character names, and their characteristicsare generally different. I liked it.

I saw the Showtime series first, and then ordered these. I would suppose that, if you watch them in reverse, you might enjoy this series a little more. This was the original that kicked-off the more risque series on Showtime and I didn't enjoy it as much. Still, overall a great series, and ground-breaking in its own right.

Enjoy seeing this again, Since I enjoyed the Sons of Anarchy it was good to see Charlie all grown up. Loved it.

Good snowy day tv. Think gay sex in the city. In England. Much better than the us version. Wish there were more episodes.

You have to be British to imagine such a soap opera, what do I say, A Coronation Street centered on gay people moved from the London East End to Manchester's Canal Street. But at a time when the Germans in Berlin are inaugurating a monument in honor of the pink triangles of the Nazi concentration camps, it feels good somewhere in your heart or soul. Are we finally opening the doors of all our cabinets and letting them come out and live just like anyone else? Are we finally starting the real aggiornamento that will bring everyone out and equal on the same main street, on the same bulwark to freedom, a destination that will always be a destination because there will always be some more freedom to conquer, some more way to go. But this series has gone a long way indeed. But the best part of it is how the series shows all the warped visions of the world, and there are many, the various generations of gay people, and there too there are many with many shades and hues, have grown, cultivated, bred and even amplified into some kind of both forbidding and apocalyptic myth, one of these misty myth some consider the acme of truth like the a*** being for s***, forgetting that the p*** must also be for p*** and the mouth for spit. The whole palette of gay bashing individuals is exposed though most of the time in passing notes, except at the end when 15 year old Nathan has the courage to expose a straight high school tourist who has come with his girl friend to that gay bar though he spends his time at school bashing the boys that are weaker than him and look slightly different from him, which is easy since he is a bigot. At the same time the series shows how having been forced to remain clandestine for so long, these young or not so young gay men have become unable to accept the simplest human relation that has ever existed between two or even more than two individuals, love, the famous libido, that attraction for the other, that appeal that only looks for tenderness and togetherness. And there the distortions are numerous: the butterfly that compensates his fate by fluttering from one bloom to the next and becoming a predator; the shy guy who is and has been in love with his school friend for more than fifteen years and cannot just accept it because the other is the one playing the butterfly-predator and has been since the very moment the two met; and the fifteen year old who just feels lust but discovers that lust is fun but it is always short lived and it requires running as fast as the wind from one desert to the next, from one erg to the next in the never ending sands of a lust-filled life. The film though shows him as a kid who makes his point and remains a kid and runs away from his anti-gay father, from his tolerant mother, from all his friends to go to London and what, tell me please, what on earth that he does not have there in Manchester? And yet all around these three there are plenty more who are just crossing the screen without any detailed resumes but we can imagine it is the same for them, be they playing now and then the drag queen, the sad discreet boy or man who is in love but does not have the guts to fight for it, or thinks that money can buy anything. Wrong. It is a lot more important to know all the actors who impersonated Doctor Who, a cult series but only, or should I say mainly, in GB. Of course since it is a British series the acting is a lot better than the various US soap operas because in Great Britain it is an honor for an actor to be on a TV series, in a film and on a theater stage simultaneously. Television series are not in any way a sloppy disgrace. British TV series are gems of their own merit.[...]

I bought this, remembering that I enjoyed in on TV in the 1990s. However, in 2021, I think it is completely out of date and I would not recommend it at all. The acting is wooden, but worse than that ....... I think it shows a very dated, negative portrayal of gay men. The characters are so flippant and careless in their relationships. It's like it was made in a time where Channel 4 just wanted to "shock". It doesn't show the truth about love and relationships. Would not recommend this DVD for anyone.

brilliant series by c4, showing real life gay people ,except too much drugs in it, at least 95 % or more do not use drugs at all.also too much camp in it . a lot of gays are camp but as usual with tv and films ( all gays are queens ) . for every gay queen you see or now, there are at least 5 or more gays you don't know or suspect. the young boy was a scandal for the public but again it is somewhat true to life. there are many young gays that know they are gay but are too scared to tell parents or friends because of the nasty reactions a lot of them get also ieads to anyone older than them,even by a year is labelled a paedophile. I was surprised to notice JASON MERRELLS in it ( DECLAN from EMMERDALE ) who plays PHIL who dies early on of a drug overdose, but there are many more so called straight people who die of drugs overdose.and ANTONY COTTON in it from CORONATION STREET. but he played the stereo type gay who is a "screaming queen" as most people think of the normal gay person. That is why i liked BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN where the 2 main characters were shown as normal guys in life,not the queens usually portrayed in the media.

Can highly recommend both the first and second series of Queer As Folk. I've just bought both series on DVD as I first bought it, many years ago after watching it on tv, on video tape!! So as it's been many years seen I watched the series due to no video player I decided it was time to replace by videos and have a Queer As Folk series fest in the next few weekends. The music in both series it brilliant and I'm totally amazed it's not had a rerun on tv. Great actors, some of which have gone on to do greater things. If cheeky banter, great music, brilliant storyline and a bit of steamy sex is your thing then you won't be disappointed.

I would use this seller again and am 99% happy customer just one point would have made it perfect the case was sticky and not the cleanest. I cured this myself with a quick spray of polish and a duster. Then it was perfect might have been nice for the seller to do this. Other than that really quite small grumble I would use this seller again, the Case was in perfect condition apart from what I said above and the DVD itself was totally perfect. They packaging and delivery were perfect

Ok, so I'll admit that this series is barely a series. There are only something like 2 episodes. But the fun continues. Vince's and Stuart's relationship (or non-relationship) has moved on a little bit since the first series. Stuart may be becoming a little bit more self-aware, but he's still Stuart. And the other characters from Series One - Bernie, Alexander, Nathan and Hazel are still there and as entertaining as ever.