ERIC GRAISE as Marvin in a 'queer as folk' reboot I won't recommend (2022)

Absolutely in love with the diversity. I think they chose good mix of identities. And they gave the characters mostly interesting personalities.

The biggest problem I have with this new adaptation is the length and how they dealt with it.

I have recently rewatched the US version from 00' and I have to say, that is still such a good show? It develops a shitload of interesting themes and taboo topics and it does so pretty deeply. The show can get almost too slow at some points, but that is product of the time. For example the part where Teddy fights his drug addiction hit me hard. The thing is, the us version had 22 episodes in first season - 45 minutes each, but this version has 8 episodes - 50 minutes each.

The new series seems like it wants talk about way too many things in too little time. To be fair, I also don't know, which topics I would cut, but it was all just too quick and shallow. As an example of everything being too fast - they kill one of the main characters in THE FIRST EPISODE. At that point, I didn't even have enough time to start to give a shit about him??? And the show really wants you to care that he's dead, but you've seen him in like three scenes.

In another episode they decide to give new problem to one of the characters. They probably realised it comes completely out of nowhere, so now there's a scene about twenty minutes prior where another person tells him "Be carefull, okay?"... such a foreshadowing. That story line could have been really interesting to see unfold, but I think it takes just about ten minutes of screentime total.

I'd also like to mention the plottwists. There is too many of them. Completely unnecessary. Sometimes just to make sure the side characters are somehow connected to the main people. How do they do it? By making everyone fuck each other behind the backs of other people.

Also they use multiple stereotypes about lgbt people, but i guess that's partially given by the genre. Like you can see it as tv show about lgbt not being faithfull or you can see it as tv show with too many soap opera elements.

Conclusion: If you're hungry for representation, watch it. It's not incredibly bad, just basic and too quick. And at least it's not just cash grab from Disney or alike, the authors seem to genuinely care about the community. If you want better told stories, and are willing to put up with cast constisting almost fully of white men and are willing to put aside some era-specific problematic shit, watch the US version.

CG as Shar in Queer as Folk (2022)