Queer As Folk Reboot Bravo Bound

[Faulkner]

I want to read that. Good?

[Taoboi]

I LOVED it when I was younger. And have read it twice. I know it's not for everyone's taste but I loved it more than DREAM BOY which I also loved. His descriptive-ness was perfection. You could see Nola, taste Nola, and smell it for better or for worse. And it has different points of views and I felt like they were all different though it does drag a bit near the end. 

 

Perhaps it's because I, too, am a boy from a small town, but I remember it really resonating with me both times and the ending has haunted me for years. 

 

I really should get around to buying my own copy some day...it really has stayed with me. 

[Faulkner]

A very blink-and-you’ve-missed-it glimpse of the show near the end of Peacock’s 2022 preview:

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[DemetriKane]

As much i loved this show. I have became so tired of remakes and reboots, i really don't wanna see it.

[Faulkner]

I don’t really mind it. The reality is that there’s just too much content out there for people to wade through without a recognizable title attached. This show sounds loosely like QAF, in that it’s about a group of friends, but that’s about it. I love the diversity and the New Orleans setting. I just hope it doesn’t get bogged down in black/brown/trans trauma and remembers to be fun and sexy.

[j swift]

I've watched the British version over and over and I think it still is relevant.  That soundtrack is great and the instrumental theme is a real earworm.

However, I also wonder if using the title for a completely new set of characters and stories is a setup for lazy social media critics to bemoan the lack of adherence to the original.  As Voltaire said, "a foolish adherence to consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

[Faulkner]

It’s certainly a risk, as the Gossip Girl revival has shown. The Gale Harold stans aren’t happy that this isn’t a continuation. (But even the new L Word got pilloried with most of the original cast back.)

[Faulkner]

 

[Faulkner]

Premieres Thursday, June 9 on Peacock. Some first-look photos:

 

[victoria foxton]

 

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[Faulkner]

Stephen Dunn, creator and showrunner of this new “re-imagining” gives much more detail about the show, how it came together during the pandemic, and how the Pulse shooting influenced the story:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/queer-as-folk-peacock-pulse-shooting-1235144299/

[Faulkner]

The full trailer has arrived. As I somewhat expected and feared, it feels a touch somber. (How would a show that loosely depicts the Pulse shooting be anything but somber?) Very Pose-inspired in a lot of ways.

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Edited May 18, 2022 by Faulkner

[Soapsuds]

Thanks for posting. I find the trailer just eh...

[Taoboi]

Thank you for this.

 

I dk though. POSE is a TOUGH act to follow. And I don't know (outside of the moms) if anyone draws me in like Mama Blanca did. Or even Damon who was our eyes into the world of ballroom dance. Here? I like seeing the diversity, but I don't feel like I am represented. But this is only a glance. It made me think of the new GOSSIP GIRL.

 

I hope it does not take it long to find its footing like GOSSIP GIRL did. Willing to give it a chance just on the strength of the diversity and Kim Cantrell. 

[Faulkner]

One thing I’ve also noticed is that this feels much “younger” than the previous iterations, even though the actors are of similar ages. Some of that is early 30s feels younger in the world at large than it did 15-20 years ago. Hopefully we get a well-rounded sense of these characters’ lives, including their work lives, which we saw in the previous versions.

I hope this reimagining doesn’t come across as a series of ticked identity boxes and trauma porn. It doesn’t have to be as light as, say, Noah’s Arc, but you know? Even the Showtime version, with its all-white primary cast, could often feel like it was bogged down by “issues” and trying to cover too many bases to tell a coherent story. We shall see how Stephen Dunn juggles all of this.