They're here, they're queer, and they make Sex and the City look like a demure tea party. Showtime's quintessentially American Queer As Folk -based on the British miniseries- pours on copious amounts of hot and steamy sex. This series shares the same basic concept as its British counterpart, centering on a group of gay friends living in a primarily industrial city - but after that, all bets are off.

Whereas the British version focused on the gritty, realistic drama of its characters, the American QAF is a glossy, fun soap opera that occasionally tackles big issues but never lets you forget that life at times can be a party, and you shouldn't be one of those poor suckers starving to death.

The five main characters are:
Michael Novotny (played by Hal Sparks)
U.K. equivalent: Vince
Trustworthy, sweet, and cute beyond belief, Michael is everybody's best friend, and the perpetual Boy Wonder to Brian Kinney's Super (Anti) Hero. This raven-haired stud with the supersonic smile was also voted "Guy most likely to live happily ever after" - that is if he can just get over Brian…and come out of the closet completely.

Justin Taylor (played by Randy Harrison)
U.K. equivalent: Nathan
This young, blonde, new kid on the queer block is Pittsburgh's hottest new heartbreaker. He's also a fine young artist, with a special gift for drawing his favorite subject…Brian Kinney. Although Justin can be a bit of a brat at times, he's also quite brave and also wise beyond his years when it comes to reading people's hearts.

Brian Kinney (played by Gale Harold)
U.K. equivalent: Stuart
Whether in the boardroom, the bedroom or the backroom, this hot, heartbreaking ad exec tells it like it is…no apologies, no regrets. Although his three favorite hobbies are sex, sex and sex, he is also a man who is always there when his friends need him…although he isn't always going to be nice about it.

Emmett Honeycutt (played by Peter Paige)
U.K. equivalent: Alexander
This Mississippi native is out, proud and fabulous. With his see-through tops, and shame-resistant slacks, Emmett has to be voted the "Most-Likely-To-Stop-Traffic" on Liberty Avenue. But if you look beyond his queerliscious wardrobe and witty repartee, this "retail queen" is also a man of integrity and an observer of human nature who truly enjoys offering advice to anyone who needs it, whether they ask for it or not.

Ted Schmidt (played by Scott Lowell)
U.K. equivalent: Phil
Rejection and insecurity are a way of life for the button-downed, pencil-pushing, tucked-in Ted. His hobbies include web porn, video porn, porn magazines and pining after codependent relationships and/or unobtainable men

All the main characters are gay. The whole storyline is about the lives of five gay guys in Pittsburg, USA.

I haven't seen this movie yet. My personal opinion will be online as soon as I have seen it personally.

So check this page for it later.

Michael: What's wrong with here?
Brian: I've had everyone in here.

Justin: I'm not a child. I'm turning 18 soon. That means I can vote, and get married, and join the army.
Emmett: Hopefully not on the same day.

Justin: Bedrest is an important part of every recovery.
Ted: Thank you, Doogie Howser.

Ted: I could fix you up with my sister... Only, she looks like me in a dress.

Debbie: If I have to watch Martha Stewart make one more goddamn thing out of goat cheese, I'm going to kill myself!
Vic: AMC has a Joan Crawford festival all week.
Debbie: Nobody's that gay.

Debbie: Hi, honey! What are you doing here?
Michael: Uncle Vic asked me to bring some rope to tie you down.
Debbie: Kinky.

Brian: It's not lying if they make you lie. If the only truth they can accept is their own.

Emmett: It's pathetic. My screen name has more fun than I do.

Brian: What are you doing?
Justin: Giving my friend Daphne a tour of your house.
Brian: This isn't the White House. George Washington hasn't slept here.
Justin: He's the only guy who hasn't.

Melanie: Your screwing everything that moves is your finest quality and our best defense.

Emmett: A song and a snack can turn any moment into an occasion.

Marilyn: God writes the script, sweetie. I just say the lines.

Melanie: What are you? Mr. Teflon? Shit just never sticks to you.

Ted: I think God appreciates it even more. Because he created you in his image. At least that's what I was always taught. And since God is love and God doesn't make mistakes, then you must be exactly the way he wants you to be. And that goes for every person, every planet, every mountain, every grain of sand, every song, every tear... and every faggot. We're all his, Emmett. He loves us all.

Emmett: My flame has been rekindled and is burning brighter than ever.

Michael: Seeing them in their beautiful home with their new baby and their arms around each other, I wished for a moment that I too could be a lesbian. But then I remembered that I'd have to eat pussy, so I said forget it.

Michael: Being there that day I realized how different men and women are, and I don't think it has anything to do with being gay or straight. It's that, the way I see it, women know how to commit to each other, men don't. At least, not the men I know.

Michael: I read some place...
Brian: Where? Marvel Comics?
Michael: ...that infants respond to things even while still in the womb. For instance, tension and discord affect them adversely, while playing Mozart and stuff like that makes 'em super smart.
Brian: Well how do you think listening to the sound of two dikes go down on each other for the past nine months has affected him. Christ, he'll probably grow up to be straight.
Michael: All the more reason why he needs his dad

Emmett: I was talking to Dungeon Master Don, who wants to mummify me - have you noticed that the world's getting weirder?

Emmett: Why do I always give my heart away to trash?
Brian: Because you want to see it in the dumpster.

Brian: Are you coming or going? Or coming, and then going? Or coming and staying?

Melanie [On why Lindsay's WASP parents won't help pay for their wedding]: You're a dyke, you're marrying a Jew, and you're a registered Democrat. Need I say more?

Brian: He stole all my clothes. I'm suspecting gay-on-gay crime here.
Lindsay: It wouldn't surprise me. You've had more visitors than Disney World.

Michael: Have you ever been on a date?
Brian: One. I ended up fucking the waiter.

Brian: I don't believe in love, I believe in fucking. It's honest, it's efficient-you get in and out with a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of bullshit.

Ted [at Emmitt's flannel going away party for Michael]: Flannel! Isn't that Lesbian lingerie?

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