Cowlip's intentions about Brian and Justin

[nightvision55.livejournal.com]

Hi, this is the first time I've posted here so please forgive any mistakes ...

I was just wondering; in the UK original, the focus of the series was the Brian/Michael relationship, and they were the ones who ended up together. So, did Cowlip originally intend that in the US version, and did they just go with the Brian/Justin pairing because they realised how hot the chemistry between Gale and Randy was?

Does anybody know?

Comments

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

The writers in Season 1 were NOT the same as the British
version. Russell Davies wrote all of the eps for both
British series and nothing of the US version, although
he gave the template to CowLip and their writing team,
which included Jonathan Tolins, Richard Kramer, Jason
Schafer, Doug Guinan, and others, all of whom were
replaced for Season 2. Tolins was especially vocal on
why he was fired -- he famously fought with CowLip over
the direction of the show. But those writers were also
responsible for the fact that Season 1 is the most coherent
and consistent of the series.

[ryosato.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh okay! I was totally misinformed, then. XD I do think season 1 was the best written all around. (And hey, the longest, so that rocks! XD)

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

Tolins, Schafer, and company were all award-winning
and openly gay playwrights (Tolins was a recent mentor
at the Young Playwrights Festival Gale and Scott recently
participated in). CowLip fired them and replaced them
with what were basically yes-men -- and it shows.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Wow, didn't know that at all! But yeah, S1 on a whole was the most cohesivve season. S2 was good, but that's also where all the continuity went bye-bye. I've always wondered how two control freaks such as C/L could mess up on details such as Justin's and Ted's birthday (having Em say it was August, then having them at a SKI LODGE, FFS, for Ted's 40!!).

[bilby10.livejournal.com]

Aha! That makes perfect sense. S1 was the best season. I wonder what Tolins argued with CowLip about specifically.