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contemplative Goodbye, Queer As Folk! Well, its over, sniffle, sniffle. Queer as Folk aired its final episode this last Sunday and I watched it with mixed emotions. I knew it was time, that they could go no further with the show, but still I was saddened to see it end, bad writing and all. I've grown to love the characters...well, most of them anyway. *Glares at Debbie...ignores Ben and Justin.*
I'm happy with the ending. It kept our boys together as they should be at this point in their lives and gave us hope that someday they would end up as they were meant to be, a loving couple. It let us know that no matter what, Brian and Michael will always be there for each other. And that is a fitting ending considering the show was started and based on their friendship and undying love for each other. They were, and always will be soulmates...the love of each others' lives. And although the series has ended, theirs is a love story that will never end.
A few days before the final episode, I read two posts on a board that I belong to. I immediately agreed with them and wanted to share them with everyone, so I emailed the writers and asked permission to copy their posts here. I know, I'm a little late, hee, but I didn't get approval for one of them to be used until after Sunday's episode, where in the last few minutes of the show, Brian FINALLY became Brian once more...thanks to Michael. I was worried, I hadn't recognized him since the beginning of the season. The worst of his character assisinations was his proposing to Justin and his subsequent actions following, as he got ready to head to the gallows, er, alter. The slip 'gallows' was made because that is just the way that Brian seemed to be acting. The following posts help to explain (now remember this was before the final episode):
Posted by googoolulu (Lydia), titled "Brian and Bridezilla" (just love the title):
This just struck me like a bolt-out-of-the-Blue: Brian has been acting
like a condemned man on Death-Row who's now resigned to his fate. He
knows that the governor is NOT going to call and issue the stay of
execution. He has now accepted that The King is Dead, Long Live The
King. Ever since Justin accepted his proposal, he has checked out -
emotionally. He listlessly agrees to whatever Bridezilla wants and
just tries to keep his head down and hopes that nobody will look too
closely at his motives for marrying Justin. He has been droopin' and
draggin' this whole season and the largest part of that was because of
his alienation from Michael. Now he's just sitting in his Palace Prison
(with stables)awaiting his last meal (the wedding dinner) and hoping it
will all be over soon. The only excitement I've seen on his face this
whole season was when he was reading the magazine article while
Bridezilla was happily picking out fabric swatches and paint chips, and
cutting out pictures from Town & Country and House Beautiful. I swear
as he was reading the article out loud, you could hear the tiniest
tremor of hope in his voice - that, yes The Governor WAS going to call
and issue that 11th hour reprieve. Oh Happy Day!!
lyds
A response posted by Velocity:
LOL - I love this analogy! Brian does seem to have an air of resignation about him but he's also sailing through life with such a pleasant smile on his face. That alone should make everyone nervous! He also wears the mantle of self-sacrifice so well, as if it's a new Prada suit and not the weight of the world. After all, when he was planning to betray Michael at his 30th birthday party, he looked gorgeous *and* played his part to perfection so that no one suspected how terrible things were about to get.
If I were his group of friends, I'd be very nervous right now.
Also, it's not so much that he's become a pod person (as I've also heard him described) as he is conforming himself to his perception of a married man in order to sell himself as the perfect groom. It's only in little moments with Michael and Lindsey that he seems to let his true feelings shine through the ultra-pleasant facade he's crafted.
Can't wait for the final ep!
~ Velocity
That, my dear friends, just about sums up the final season of Brain Kinney.
August 10 2005, 13:56:01 UTC 6 years ago
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August 12 2005, 11:07:29 UTC 6 years ago
Take 2, and Action!
Okay, I spent a while the other night responding to this just to have my wireless connection to the 'net get lost and the whole thing was gone, like so much vapor, lost in the electronic ether. So, I'm going to try it one more time...The last Star Wars is bittersweet for me. It means that, for all intents and purposes, it's over. Like almost every movie you go to see, it's done, there'll be no more. I've spent most of my life watching (and playing with) these characters and situations and now the final puzzle piece had been placed. From here on (well, from November 1st on), what happens is I can watch the story Mr. Lucas wanted to tell from beginning to end and see the whole story. It'll be spectacular the first time I watch all six movies as one with no interruption.
Star Wars has the ability to bring me back to my childhood, which is something that I believe creative people need. Even the anticipation for the new movies was like being a kid again. The thrill that there was a new one!
While I'm a little sad that it's over (and I'm totally ignoring the TV shows Lucas has in the works, which I'll get to after), it also means I don't have to go through the people who don't like the movies bashing them. They never liked the movies and they just want to piss on my parade. The question of whether the movies are good or bad is ridiculous at this point. There is nothing else like them. They are a genre onto themselves. But the last movie means I'm free now. The compulsion that held me to all things Star Wars is lifted.
Yeah, there'll be TV shows and I'll watch them. But I'm not excited about them. And unless I'm hired to write them, I can't see myself getting excited over them. The story I love is told. Now I can move on. Thanks to DVD, I'll always have the movies at my disposal. I can always use the time machine back to my childhood. It's not going anywhere. But it's done and I can move on.
As George Lucas told the standing-room-only crowd at this year's Star Wars Celebration III: "The point of the movies is to get on with your lives. To take that challenge, leave your uncle's moisture farm, go out into the world and save the universe."
I've always understood that, and I've always tried to do that. And that's what I'll do now. It sucks knowing that there won't be any more new adventures for the Skywalker clan, but there's also a little relief.
August 10 2005, 20:04:22 UTC 6 years ago
I still haven't written my goodbye. Probably won't until the weekend, but I enjoyed yours. Thanks for sharing.
August 16 2005, 03:55:44 UTC 6 years ago
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