Thank you gift for nerilka24

[sra_black]

A while ago, I promised nerilka24 some icons in exchange for her godsend help. She was an angel, saying she was happy to help out, but I insisted, and she requested "Justin with S3 hair of love, with or without Brian". I know I'm a bit a lot late, but life's a bitch sometimes and my inspiration is being drained by college obligations

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[first_evil_boy]

Liked them all but the first one is a bit...I don't know...well it doesn't show us that much lol

[sra_black]

That much what? The picture behind the "yellow"? Lol.

[first_evil_boy]

LOL seems empty...in a certain way. Justin looking down and that yellow colour...but it's understandable...the word sunshine and the yellow colour...:)

[sra_black]

Ah, I see what you mean. And now you know Justin! :D (The Sunshine isn't just because of the yellow colour, Sunshine is Justin's nickname, because when he's very very happy his smile is very bright, like the sun.

I see you're getting the hang of this LJ thing! It's fun, you should post more ;)

[first_evil_boy]

Oh yes...I should post more, but this past year was, is and will be like a hurricane. Evrything is moving so rapidly and there's a lot to do:) But that doesn't mean I don't see what goes around here. Sometimes I come here and take a look but I don't comment lol.

Yeah I've read something about that "sunshine". Actually I've already watched many episodes from the British version of QAF, when it was shown on rtp2 lol. I have to take a look to this series because I love different tv shows...mostly supernatural but everything that doens't look to real LOL I don't know what to expect from QAF. I assume it's like a "soap opera" but with gay characters, that's it? lol

[sra_black]

This last year is very very hard, yes. I too don't comment as much as I should, but that is life

[first_evil_boy]

Hummm... Well, to be honest: it's not like I didn't like the UK version but it seemed to me very poor...and the idea of having british men playing gay characters lol seems strange because they're so not like the american people lol, I presume. I believe in you when you say that the US version might be better because they had the chance to improve it, give the series new life and new developments...that's a plus. I've read somewhere (I think in amazon) that this series is like the gay Sex and the City...I hope not lol because S&C is so dumb lol
So, I don't know when, maybe when the exams are over, I'll watch season one to see what it is like and then I'll make my judgements:)

[sra_black]

I find the idea of British people playing any sort of character very strange because of their accent. They open their mouth and it's like we've arrived at a whole new world. I actually tried to watch QaF UK to train for the oral and I had to turn it off after a few minutes because I just couldn't stand it anymore. It's probably the habit, but it's very hard for me to watch British tv series, although I endure it when I really like the show, like Robin Hood

[first_evil_boy]

Yes, that's probably because of the sex factor... I don't like sex and the city that much...I've only watched 2 ou 3 episodes...
Of course, the series could'nt be just about sex...I think I will like the part where they fight for their rights and stuff... I imagine the atmosphere of the media when the show premiered. And I also imagine what it would be like if the show was here in Portugal LOLOL... it would be aired on late night as the other tv series do, unfortunately...

[sra_black]

You have no idea how the american media reacted when the show aired. Seriously, the US is still a very conservative and bigoted country, specially with that Bush in the Government, and although the show aired in a private network, the word rapidly spread throughout the country

[first_evil_boy]

Well I agree with you. But, for example, SIC aired the portuguese version of Queer ye for the straight guy and it wasn't weel received both by critics and audiences...So the idea of buying queer as folk could be a mistake, specially ragrding tv ratings which matter soooo much.

Dexter....well, to be honest everyone was expecting a bit more from this series...However it isn't the top rated series on rtp2...people prefer Friends reruns and Bones...I jst don't understand how rtp2 airs L Word at midnight and QAF UK at 2 in the morning or one in the morning...LOL

[sra_black]

Ratings are indeed very important, but they don't actually give tv shows a change. If they fail to catch the people's eye one week, the next week they air very very late. It happens with many tv series, which a shame.

I'm not very familiar with tv share and audience since I hardly watch it, but I mentioned Dexter because many people talk about it and like it. I don't know when you watched QaF UK on RTP2, but the first time it aired, when I watched it in 2005, they aired it at 23pm, which isn't so bad for a series whose content needs parental agreement. But any later than that is a waste of good shows, which happens frequently in Portuguese networks. In the US, the shows air at 8 or 9pm (two or three shows a night). Basically, when they air soap operas here. Shows what kind of media culture we have.

[first_evil_boy]

I've done a presentation last year about the portuguese television and since then I've been interested in that sort of things like ratings and stuff.

The tv shows which have already been aired in Portugal are not representative of what people like to watch... Soap operas rule as we know and what impresses me is how CSI brings in a lot of viewers at, let's just say, 2a.m. LOL
When I saw QAF on rtp2 I remember that I was coming home from "the night" lol at around 1.30 ou 2 and it was being shown...I don't know if it was a rerun or not... The thing is: I haven't watched QAFUS but I believe that it is much more controvertial than Dexter...and to be honest, that red circle on the top of the tv...it doesn't make any sense!!!It's like when Herman SIC aired before 10.30...a shame lol.

[sra_black]

True, QaF US is much more controversial than Dexter. The only thing on Dexter that is hard t stomach is all that blood. But the story is phenomenal and I love the main actor / character.

The red circle you're talking about is when they air Dexter, right? (QaF certainly needs one of those, lol). From a certain time of the night, I don't know if it's 11pm or something, I don't think they actually have to put it there, but even if they do, Dexter is pretty tamed compared to some movies they air much earlier (like when they aired Fatal Instinct at 23pm on Christmas eve).