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Entry: American Television Reinventions: Drama - A87847410
Author: Bluebottle - U43530

Part of a Flea Market Rescue Project based on:
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By U226013 - Ecnal Silyab

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I like this Entry - particularly the Doctor Who/Torchwood sections

"In America it was scheduled against the final episode of , and subsequently had poor ratings. "

Something missing from here.

It's back.

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Happy Birthday!
This entry has been in Peer Review a year today!

Time for a party and everyone who has posted in this thread over the last year is invited.

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I'll have a look at this again...

What's a genre twist?

I'd be interested in seeing the US version of Queer as Folk, as the UK version was excellent (takes me back to my "teenage rebellion phase" when I was 27 and watched QaF on catchup TV while my parents were out ). I shall have to see if it is on DVD or something...

The Ultraviolet (US) paragraphs could be made clearer at the start to say that it was a pilot only

"coming across like a 15-year-old desperately trying to grow a fluff-moustache in an embarrassing attempt to look old enough to drink." - Spot on

Okay then, changes have been made. I'm afraid that I completely missed QaF as I didn't own a television 1998-2001. So much television, so little time…

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The opening paragraphs are clear now

"Ultraviolet was a series that had a short run both sides of the Atlantic." - this makes it sound like there was a broadcast in America...

I see QaF is on DVD, and it's actually an 18 certificate, so it just goes to show...

Seems suspiciously like they added the extra 3 years to the certificate just because the relationships weren't heterosexual - I've seen stronger heterosexual scenes in a 15... Then again, it might have been censored a bit for the TV, I don't know...

Tweaked a bit more.

There are quite graphic homosexual sex scenes in 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' and that is a 15, but as I've not seen QaF I can't comment on why it is rated 18. Perhaps the characters in QaF play 'Game of Thrones Edition Risk'?
Mind you, after 'Titanic' was released people were joking that the BBFC's rule was 'One breast = 12, two breasts = 15'. Thinking about it, the original 'Total Recall' featured a woman with 3 breasts, and that was rated 18…

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I like your theories especially about the breasts

I guess it might have been drug references as well that pushed QaF into the 18 bracket, but that doesn't bother me like violence and various other things do, so I can say I have seen an 18 after all (even though some lower age-rated broadcasts are far more disturbing)

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