What’s odd to me is how they show Carrie handling Big’s death. She’s so cool about it. I mean she was more devastated when he left her at the altar in film 1. She was literally depressed when he didn’t wanna marry her. But now that he’s dead she’s like …. “yup, that’s life”. No sense at all. 😅
I feel that they should of left well enough alone and the episodes are so bad.... like the death of mr. Big and the style of clothes look like little house on the parie
I couldn’t help but wonder why they are turning a wonderful show that already had a beautiful ending into some trashy, non-sense storyline. And just like that, Kim Cattrall’s decision couldn’t be more right.
If you listen to Kim's reason, she said she doesn't know what story she could tell now. Meaning the stories they gave her weren't appealing to her or worth her telling. She's also outgrown the role has an artist and wants projects she's passionately about. Maybe if they wrote her a good story she would've returned. Of course there is beef between SJP and Kim but only they know what that's about. I think what happened between them probably keeps Kim away. When Kim was refusing to return I think SJP didn't handle that well n perhaps said some words to kim. At the end of the day... still sucks not having Kim there, she's a huge part of the show. SBj also is acting like Kim isn't that big part of the show in interviews. Samantha was the shit starter who made all the other girls more interesting too. I completely agree with this review. Forced woke culture instead of a natural storytelling. Its new york how hard can it be to integrate that culture into the show. The original show wasn't perfect but it seemed braver than this political correct BS. Its better to tell stories that are honest to push the limits but they're playing it safe a fitting in to a box. Its surprising to me that they took this long to get a more diverse cast. Anyways im sure the show will be okay like the films. The original was the best.
Miranda is a Karen to me in this season. She’s unbearable. Also, who flips out at their kid smoking weed but having sex in the house and you hearing it isn’t where you draw the line.
I don't know, that didn't seem like just a normal outburst for Miranda. I strongly think they're setting up an alcohol problem storyline for her because if you remember on the morning of her first day at Columbia, she stopped by a bar before it was even opened, and at Big's funeral she rushed the bartender to pour her a drink before the service started (and it was during the funeral scene when she raged at Che and her son).
And I really don't care to have a story line about alcoholic hitting rock bottom. And just like that SITC became tone deaf. After the past two years they are offering up death and depression. And just like that - viewers leave.
If any character should have been made into a "Karen" it should be Charlotte. Miranda has always been the sharpest and feet grounded. Miranda was willing to move to Brooklyn living there for 20 yrs and never met a black person???. Charlotte would say( nodding with her eyes very big) "Well with all the unrest on the Upper East Side, I signed up for a workshop on Critical Race Theory." " You know during my time at Vasser this was never something we even thought about, and I don't want to look like one of those.. you know, what are the kids calling them? "Karens." Said in that goofy yet lovable Charlotte way. And Miranda and Carrie would side-eye her for being so ridiculous and that would be the joke. Miranda's way of ( you are clueless, and out of touch but I still love you) Then you would hear the voice-over of Carrie.." As Charlotte went off to her workshop on CRT, Miranda blah blah blah" I can see/picture/hear it in my head.
You are 100% right. It's like they're trying to ruin the whole show. I don't believe the whole Miranda storyline. No woman that is a highly educated attorney in New York would act so backward about a black woman professor. There are a lot of black women professors and professionals. It's not uncommon or surprising. They try to add some memories of the past series. But, that just shows how this one is really awful. It seems like the other actresses really don't have much going on acting wise outside of this series. Kim Cattrell really wants to do other acting and be done with SATC. She was so smart to move on and avoid this whole trainwreck.
I agree with you 1000%!!! It was awful, contrived, and I hate how they threw Samantha under the bus!! She was the most loyal friend of all of them!! She might throw men away, but she would never betray the girls!!! I dont like any of the characters anymore.
Funny i just said the same withoaut seing your comment... i remember covering subject of violence on TV in college, bk in 2006. When SATC was already some years old.
I'm glad you made this video. This was mortifying to watch. The wokeness, destroying Miranda, destroying Samantha, Charlotte's weird acting, BIG dying, teens having sex, boring upper class NY shit. How insulated are they to think this dumpster fire is going to pass for television.
This show sucks, I couldn't watch 20min of it. It's full of woke idea.. Also the acting was bad as well, like hbo resent shows and movies releases lately.. Really bad show.. Can't see the hype.🤮🤮
It's really insulting 2 true fans like us whom have been there since the very beginning & remember every single plot! I was sooo looking forward 2 how Carrie's & Big's marriage would play out. I feel robbed. We went through all their issues & ups & downs with them for 20 years & this is what we get?!
Miranda's character is the only one that somehow evolved. Although she comes across a bit insecure which is the oposite of what her characted was in her job. Charlotte did not grow AT ALL - from style to behaviour. And Carrie....wtf whorld is she on? Everything is sooooo wrong. I wish i hadn't seen it because it's such a dissapointment - from cheesy lines and poor writing to ridiculously pictured 'reality'. No!
The wokeness, Charlotte's face, Steve's a doddery old man, miranda Clearly going to be an alcoholic /lesbian, why didn't Carrie ring for help straightaway, Brady making out at the piano recital, it's awful and I'm a huge fan
It seems like the real life characters have taken over the actors...I felt that some of the main characters are not happy people...they are rigid and a little aggressive. Carrie is more SJP than Carrie Bradshaw...Miranda is more Cynthia Nixon than the Miranda from original series. We expected to see a well acted television show instead got a strange sense of reality. I am 55 and often feel like I am in a similar time warp, why? Due to unexpected circumstances, I moved away from the USA to another country 21 years ago so it's very natural to feel things have changed when I go back...not about the pandemic because actually that's the only thing that everyone can relate to no matter where in the world we have been these last 2 years. I am surprised with the first 2 episodes but will keep watching out of curiosity more so than anything else. ...at 55 the ladies have conformed to societal norms from the 80/90s and surrounded by a new age of our modern life pace with all its nuances of change. Maybe the characters are trying to show us all the things they have adapted to so we can understand where they are now. I don't know...but everything changes and life is about adapting. I can't help but wonder why couldn't they give us a little more of their younger selves? In future episodes, I hope their inner child is allowed to come out and play just a little. I don't know, but don't they seem to be just a confused? 😕
@@noramero2955 When she and Cynthia Nixon were on the Stephen Colbert show the other night her voice was even stranger than the new show. I'd seen a couple movies with her in the past year that were recent and she sounded like we remembered, but looked a little older but not bad at all. I hope her voice change is from botox at her mouth area and not something permanent. I'm hoping she keeps making movies, they felt like Lifetime movies but seemed to do good on Netflix that's how I ran across them.
Kim Catrell was smart for not coming back. Jessica Parker looks like a specimen A of the malnutrition program thin and old and Charlotte botox all over the face, needed a job and Cynthia Nixon looks like no where to go so hanging around... Instead of killing Big they should have killed this whole idea - they didn't carry it - the plot collapsed into old women trying to be young instead of giving dignity to aging gracefully. Forced diversity to top it all - throw in a black woman on the sides.. It is still all about Carrie (I me and Myself plot) yawn. bored... with two bystanders Miranda and Charlotte - the yes girls -- it was only Samantha with grit and wit! Yet they threw her under the bus - mean women!
Lol, specimen a of the malnutrition program. She really should think about putting on 10 lbs. she’d still be slim but it would soften the harshness of her face.
Kim Cattrall knew many years ago that the show had run its course…it was once great but became tired and contrived, she saw that as well as anyone else..there should of never been a movie in the first place….who didn’t expect that this wasn’t going to be crap
I heard Big's death was meant to be the main storyline for the third movie and Kim refused to do it as it was a bad idea. She was right to stay out of this mess.
The movie was a disaster. I’ll never get over Carrie just totally forgetting that she was stood up at the ALTER and being like oh well let me marry this man still? Seriously? That was the red flag right there. Should have stopped while they were ahead.
I can’t tell you how excited I was for this reboot… watched both episodes and it ruined my day and made me so depressed. Ruined one of my favourite most iconic shows.
WHY DID THEY KILL OFF BIG THE WAY THEY DID ? That was traumatic, that was Brutual. That was heartbreaking ! I ugly cried and had a panic attack. Also, then they show the paramedics bagging up his body in the background. My wife and I both gasped. Ugh it was all a mess 😭 also, Samantha was ride or die friend and she would've BEEN THERE, planning the entire fucking funeral. She would've been right by carries side. This is all Bullshit and the forced wokeness is such crap.
I don't know hey. I had a bestie all through my 20s and early 30s then we just went our seperate ways when I had kids. Everyone was surprised by it, she was like my sister. So it happens. We were like these characters city living and dating and house mates too. I never really liked these characters anyways. They seemed selfish.
The wokeness is too much. Women watched this show because it was a story about women's issues. This is just the same. The writing is just awful. Samantha not being there for Carrie is so uncharacteristic.
Miranda was always my least favorite but now she is insufferable. The storyline of Steve going deaf touched a nerve because my own husband is going through the same thing but it’s not negatively affecting our marriage. If anything it’s made us even closer. So to see Miranda and Steve living like roommates bothers me. And yeah, Brady having sex is just gross. This reboot is a cluster F.
@@BabyHannah05 I hated how she saw he was happy with Debbie and decided to trash that, just like she trashed Skippers new relationship. She was an asshole.
It’s so weird that Miranda was freaking out about the weed but he’s clapping his girlfriend’s cheeks every night in the room next door to them. Like huh? 😂
I agree. And as if Miranda, of all people, would be a totally pushover parent like that (letting her son loudly fuck his gf in in the next room every night). As if! She's a smart, no-nonsense lawyer. As if her zitty faced son is gonna walk all over her. I can't even watch that happen.
@@colywogable seriously, I still remember Miranda lecturing Steve about that basketball court shot thingy that he was never gonna make because he had short legs... Or that time one of her dates kept the bathroom door open when he pooped... She ended that situation quick
Like most mothers don't let their college aged kids have sex in their house but Miranda, a no-nonsense cynical lawyer would let her teenage son have sex in her house?
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist! It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now. Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too.
I do not blame Kim Cattrell for not wanting to come back to a show like this. What a mess! I loved hearing all your thoughts aka rants! I'm right there with ya!! I'm glad we still have the original series to look back on fondly. I wonder how they will kill Stanford off?
And just like that, I am now of the mindset that the big powers behind this Series were against making a film for the mainstream cinemas because it would of bombed out! Kim Cattrall is now secretly having the last laugh.
Omg same! This disturbed me all night. Too much heartache coupled with Miranda acting as if she has never met a black person in her entire NYC life and career. I hope it gets better.
Miranda dated a black guy and isn't politically correct . Does she put her foot in her mouth? Yes! But she's a New Yorker . I don't think she would walk on eggshells so much
Watched both episodes Thurs at noon (huge mistake!) and was totally unprepared and am still absolutely devastated. I ugly-cried through the whole thing. I'm 56 and a widow so I've been Carrie on the couch and I've had my "ride or die" sleeping with me and everything else they're doing with that - but, I will never get over Big dying! I was pissed, too! UGH. Anyway, I could talk about that for hours. Obviously, they are going to reveal Miranda's problem with alcohol, but the awkward foot-in-mouth-thing like she doesn't know what to say is ridiculous. She's the most educated and professional of the women and they're making her out to be an idiot. Hate that. Charlotte is the one most likely to be politically incorrect- I don't get it. The thing with Miranda and Che is probably a lead-in to a future love affair between them. Cynthia Nixon is a lesbian in real life...so, that would be my guess. HATE the Brady crap. Enough. Totally with you - I don't want to see him having sex or hear about his semen. WhyTF is his girlfriend spending the night with him anyway at 17? Ridiculous. So, when did Stanford become the little bitch and Anthony become the sweet one? He was SO rude to Big's secretary -making someone move would've been an Anthony thing. Charlotte is still Charlotte (I adore Harry, too!) -and I love Kristin Davis, but, she needs to back off the fillers and the botox. She doesn't need it, she's precious, and it is distracting. It affects her speech and makes her crying even more annoying to watch. Whew....rant over.
I think this is an attempt to make Carrie likable. The writers probably thought if they made everyone else into an a**hole, suddenly Carrie wouldn’t look so bad; we’d forget about her selfishness, instability & all-around awefulness.
Carrie is even more unlikeable starting with the brunch scene, just rude and short with her friends like she was in the 2nd movie. She just became angry, inpatient, bitter as she got older. Miranda was always my favorite and they've turned her into this idiot who can't keep her mouth shut. I find it hard to believe that Miranda would be ok with her teenage son's gf staying over every night and having loud sex right next door to them. Then when he gets caught smoking cannabis she says "no gf's name for a week" like she was taking away his PlayStation or a toy. Just gross.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. Every time I watched the show, I would just look at her with disgust. She was just awful. Miranda and Samantha made me laugh. That’s why I tuned in, to see them. And Charlotte was my worst nightmare. Reality is, is that those three would never hang out with her but the dynamics of the characters were funny.
Or they just could have made Carrie grow up and be less self centered. I just watched the Paris episodes, and her giggling, squeaking, and prancing around are so cringe.
I wish the show had stopped at Season 6 when Carrie and Big finally ended up together. All the endings were satisfying. Only happy tears. Life has enough pain, this show was an escape and a pleasure. I can't watch whatever it's become. I wish I hadn't watched Big die. Nothing about these characters show they've evolved like most women do, they'd devolved into messes.
I also didn’t appreciate the Brady sex scene or how they made Char an over emotional baby. Big however was the most likable he’s ever been in the 10 mins we saw him. They’ve taken this story to a really dark place very quickly.
I also HATED how Miranda’s son was trying to silence her when she was telling him his behavior at the recital was inappropriate by saying she was sex shaming them? He really said “sex-shaming”. HA!!!! The same women who lets your underage self have boisterous sex in her house IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR? That really was too much.
@@noramero2955 No. It’s so inappropriate. However, nothing about her character has ever been conservative or traditional. I think she’s bored and unsure of her direction. I think she will find it easier to find fault with Steve & her marriage, than deal with herself and her insecurities.
They should have just said Samantha's cancer came back and she passed away. And honored her. The whole Big thing literally has devastated me. I'm heartbroken and won't ever get over it. 😢
Yes. They could have, but they are hoping to cameo her at some point I think. Big's death may have been a shock but he really didnt want to do the series either. Heard they filmed flash backs with him and "Carrie". Now he's got more real problems with sexual assault and harassment charges, so he will have other fish to fry.
SJP trashed Samantha, her story lines were degrading in the second film. Kim seems so much more sincere than SJP. Whenever SJP says she loves Kim, her body language tells a completely different story.
You’re correct! One thing you forgot is how Carrie, a 50 something woman is hired to work on a podcast with 2 far younger, more hip, people. It makes no sense. She is waaaay too old for that job! It truly makes no sense.
She's not too old. She's just out of touch. And the two colleagues are not hip, they are vulgar. Neither funny nor interesting. Just vulgar. The podcast is an insult to Boomers and Gen Z alike.
I can’t imagine a more poorly done reboot of an original series that touched so many hearts. So for six grueling cycles, fans of the original series are told that these girls are all looking for pure, can’t live without love. So I wonder . . . why then for the past three attempts - the two movies, and now this horrible reboot, have they been trying to eliminate Big and now literally KILL him off the show? I don’t follow what this show was trying to be AT ALL. And handling Samantha’s absence seemed mean, petty and selfish on Parker’s part … “she fired me as a friend.” Please. So now we don’t have probably the two best characters on the show, Big and Samantha. Then, all of the politics, wokeism, and clear ‘demographic box checking’ made for complete palate disgust - with no comedy, and frankly dark and depressing times. Then, the handling of men seemed like a mockery. Steve’s hearing loss. Harry touching the walls. The men are portrayed as silly add ons when again, they all served as rocks in the girls’ lives previously. Brady having sex as a minor next to his parents’ bedroom? I don’t know … is the show touting sex among minors? Again, just a strange, what is the message here? So with all of the new found messages, what the show clearly lost was its original comedy, emotion, and love. And just like that, it’s a no for me.
I love your writing and your take on the show. I feel the way. You articulate my feelings in a thoughtful and precise manor. I wish I could write like you!
Well said. I still can't shake the dark feeling it left. I've never felt like this from a show, and it's a day after watching. I can see what's next, more forced wokeism, and Carrie gets back with Aidan, etc. I never thought it could be so bad.
@@vivienleigh1361 thanks Vivien. I truly appreciate that. Like you I’m sure, I’m largely just trying to figure out - what was the message of this show? I still don’t get where they were going or trying to say at all.
Totally get your POV. I do not like the Brady sex scene, I find that highly inappropriate. However, I encourage you to keep watching. I’m hoping that we are out of the darkness and back to lighter storylines going forward. I get what they are doing with their writing. These women could have always been this way, but it never was seen because they were always within a certain group of people.
She saw big dying and she didn’t perform cpr, she didn’t call 911, she just hugged him and let him die! 😖 wtf! And the podcast situation talking about m*strubation in public like everyone is doing it.. what the actual f* ! I was over it!! And having a 17 yr old having s*x 😒 way too woke for me! I won’t watch anymore! Show is awful! They should have left it where it was
First of all there has been so much backlash about how poorly so much of the original story and movies have aged that it feels like they’re trying to fix every criticism they’ve ever had. Not enough diversity? Give every character a new person of color friend. Carrie doesn’t belong with Big? Kill him off so she can date other people. Stanford is only a token gay friend? Give him and Anthony a story line about their marriage. Meanwhile Carrie is uninteresting, Charlotte is over the top emotional, Miranda is a bumbling idiot who may have a drinking problem & Stanford is a jerk in every single scene. It’s all very disjointed and disappointing.
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist! It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now. Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too.
@@thinishot then raise your kids how you want, personally I rewatch a lot of classic films and black and white movies with mine... So they get to see balance in their lives. My girl wants to be an Audrey Hepburn type and hates modern films now, she loves science so we are showing her movies with strong female characters. Balance the woke stuff with some good classics and they'll be ok
I was equally disappointed...Carrie was more upset when Big didn't show up at the wedding. How is it that she was so cold? Why didn't she call 911? Why the heck didn't she attempt CPR...I am so aggravated with all the negative circumstances surrounding the show. It's a pandemic and we have to see this too? I think I want to break up with my connection with SAC. There are more than '13 reasons why' this show is such a disappointment!! Sorry for wanting a fantasy land story as we have gotten used to in the past. Life is real enough to experience the tragedy of our SAC friends.
@@steverogers7601 I have learned that some people are very very judgmental towards people who don't respond to grief or crisis the way they think they should. The truth is that some people respond by shutting down emotionally for a while. Some people use humor. Some people cry constantly. Some people hold it together. Some people fall apart. I was accused of being cold because I didn't act the way some people thought I should when each of my parents died and a brother. Fortunately I was able to cut those people out of my life and rely on people who were ok with my grieving in my own way.
@@kevinh811 all that is well but we know Carrie in her late and mid 30s not as a teen in the show. By the mid 20s your personality ain't going to change and by late 30s you are already going towards middle age and are set in your ways. Carrie was fragile and emotional. She cried over big's heart procedure, she was very upset over Samantha's cancer too and speaking about death. It doesn't fit that suddenly, bam! She magically turned into Meredith Gray at 50
@@SunVibez13 I've seen many situations like this and all people called 911 because that's common and imbeded response. Especially that he was sitting on the floor and even looked up and was conscious. One would be clinging on to hope that it's nothing that serious or that he will be fine
Perfectly put! I was so upset and confused by this whole storyline! It was so sad and we didn’t want them to come back to kill off a main character and then watch them grieve for the next 8 episodes! Some of us are grieving already and wanted a reprieve , hence why we were so excited about this show!!!
But Chris Noth didn't want to sign to a series and probably just agreed to the one show and some 'memory' scenes so they had to start it somewhere. We all complained satc film #2 was boring coz everyone was in love and the drama was limited so they made someone single again. Makes sense to me.
@@MK-uw8qt no but it looks like we will be dealing with alcoholism...pill popping...and forced narratives that are being acted out badly because they are so forced for the sake of saying the show is diverse...but oh sk wreckless in the way its being messily carried out. So grief or not it still going to be DEPRESSING!
@@longlongshadows392 Exactly, and with Aidan coming back if they get Carrie back with him like it's that easy moving on from something like this that's going to be the crappiest move. They'll need an award for the most box ticking of all time in just 8 episodes
So true !! I’m a fervent satc fan and this traumatized me ……. As toxic as it is, the Carrie and Mr Big relationship was the heart and soul of the series. satc viewers are too emotionally invested in those two’s storyline to be ok with seeing Carrie potentially dating other men. It just does not work.
I hear you. We went through all those ups & downs with them for years & now we've been cheated out of seeing their marriage play out. They should have just let this series be! Sooo not interested anymore.
@@cv8499 That would not surprise me but they better not bring Aidan back. She was horrible to him. Let him stay married and a loving father to his 3 sons. If they want to torture one of Carrie's ex's, bring Berger back. LOL, the whole show is a trainwreck anyway.
the thing is these characters were actually ALWAYS unlikable....sure we watched them over the years interacting with eachother in their iconic fashion - but honestly I never wanted to be friends with any of them. because the show and movies were so lighthearted and fluffy it kind of worked because u didn't focus on how flawed they were in comparison to everything going on around them....but in THIS show...we are taking these same fluffy annoying characters and putting them in today's harsh woke climate so in comparison it's VERY noticeable how unlikable they actually all are...it's as if they them selves were living in a bubble of delusion and then the pandemic happened and now we are seeing them with our real eyes instead of the way they see themselves. I'm not surprised how strange they are with bigs death because they have never had anything super real or serious actually happen..... tbh sex and the city was NEVER that good it was just iconic and fashionable. I like the inclusion of people of color but I don't want their blackness to be referenced in every scene...at the piano recital the guy called the black lady "black Charlotte"...like where on earth would that fly..... Carrie's boss...shay or che...whatever - they are going to piss me off I can already tell...i hate when they use trans and nonbinary characters to bring cis people out of their shells.....the character is annoying and I feel like the writers are going to make them this character that the others listen to because they are lgbt...even them calling the male and female genders BORING????...I'm trans and trust me...I'd love to be a boring gender...this isn't a party and we don't get to disrespect cis people in the name of fake woke quirkiness
This is probably while I'll continue to watch it lol I never could relate to any of these women but watching them interact with each other/relationships in NYC was enough to hold my interest. It's possible a way to address the millennial critique of SATC is to personify the comments into obnoxious characters that simultaneously challenge the girls who once thought they were the adventurous rebels
I agree! I never liked any one of them. The old show was fun to watch because of the clothes and some of the situations but I think these characters got away with their neurotic, unlikeable personalities when they were young and glamorous in a way that doesn't work at all with older women. You expect them to have evolved from their self absorbed lives but they haven't. Also, I'm wondering how the excesses of money will play out these days. Carrie fawning over her closet full of crazy expensive shoes in 2021 seems tone deaf.
Props to Ms Cattrall for dodging this bullet. I can’t wait until the fad of big brown oversized glasses on older women is GONE. SJP never had great style, over blown, unmatched outfits which we were supposed to buy as high fashion. Why would a premier brand like Pelaton agree to have a major movie star DIE on their product? marketing suicide.
I know @Charles I think this whole thing is all about SJP ego and money. The script, if we are supposed to believe it, showed three rather whiny clueless older women who have learned darn little. They make NYC women look bad.
I cried too.. but not because of Big’s death but because of this dumpster fire of a series so far. Everything you said you hit the nail on the head. Look I have followed these women since the mid 90’s. I said there was absolutely no way I’d ever give this show another chance after what they did with the 2nd movie. When they announced they would be spinning off with this series, I thought, meh, ok- I’ll give it ONE more chance. Omg once again they have taken a beautifully written series that really shouldn’t been touched after S6E8 and they have once again beaten until they can’t leave well enough alone. Either get the original writers or leave it alone, period. These women use to be my inspiration. Now they are just annoying bloaks!
What’s missing here is Carrie’s voice over. Typically the voice overs would ‘explain’ the awkward moments and provide a bit of comic relief. The show has always been full of random happenings - but without the voice overs - it leaves us to create our own commentary in our heads. I think a lot of the awkward moments are hilarious because that’s what life is full of.. awkward interactions and if you know the characters.. their body language, the looks on their face, says it all. And as far as Miranda.. her intro to her class was definitely UNBEARABLE but that type of stuff happens and is an awesome opportunity to talk about issues like that. And, I would say though - it was awesome seeing all the characters.. I grew up with these characters and I really enjoyed watching them grow up so to speak. It was hilarious to me that Steve is going deaf. I love charlottes little family dynamic - LILLY IS A POWERHOUSE and I love how the other daughter is so the opposite of charlotte.. I mean, I felt like I had a family reunion and was able to catch up on their lives. Although it has some cringe moments .. don’t think the show would be right without them. It’s just who they are.. but I will say this - SAMANTHA JONES CHARACTER IS VERY MUCH MISSED .. we need her practical viewpoint to get out of some of the hard core emotional scenes that Carrie is known for. Sam was the one that pulled us all out of that funk 😩🙏🏽 good news is there are more shows to go and the first one is always a little rocky. I’ve got faith in this project and I hope it does great!
I really don’t like how “old” they’re trying to make the characters be. I’m pretty sure the characters are suppose to be in their 50s which 50s is not the 50s it was a long time ago. Especially Steve they’re making him seem like an 90 year old man
I totally agree with you! We have had a depressing almost 2 years with the pandemic. NO ONE needed to watch a show to be depressed. And if they had to kill him off, then do it on the last episode. Most of the TV series was about Carrie chasing after Big. If would of been nice to see her actually content for a brief moment in time!!
Agree about killing him off on the last episode! My theory is though he didn’t want to film a whole season. Send him off on a work trip then, something, anything. What a huge gaff opening the show like this.
SATC was successful back in the days because 1. It was a comedy about sex & relationships 2. It was sarcastic, salty & revolutionary in regards of taboo topics from a 90s female perspective. Sam was also the sex in Sex and the City title. But since the 2 films and now JLT, it turned out in a flat, lazy drama with not much point about anything really. Of course it wouldn't work. Loved the review made here💖💖💖
I hated the whole Miranda role. They had to bring race into. We are so sick of the race and BS. Do lawyers really quit their jobs to be activists? And Charolette, what have you done to your face? Good Lord! Forced wokeness is right! I’ll still watch but probably not in reruns!
Exactly! Miranda is the breadwinner paying for a townhome in Brooklyn, So I don't think she could quit her job when she is about to put her child through college?? Meaning Steve the bartender would be paying the bills and tuition? And she has been living in Brooklyn for 20 yrs but acts as she has never met a POC. lmao it's absurd.
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist! It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now. Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too. 😡😡
@@SOS-ct9mv I guess she would have paid the house off by now. Miranda would have taken a shorter mortgage with lower interest rates. Steve co owned a bar and seems to still be an owner 20 years later, so he’s probably doing well enough to contribute to a comfortable life.
Girl!!! I watched both episodes and honestly they ruined my day. Which is huge to say for a TV show but true. Just found your channel, and I was laughing my butt off listening to this review. You're awesome.
I felt like someone I knew died, I didn't realize how much following these characters since 1998 could affect me. I feel like they killed all the happiness it brought. Anyone else feel that?
So …I could see that death coming from the ‘get go’…of course. And was annoyed already but then thought, ok….let’s see if SJP can give us some good acting in the death scene. All I did was feel agitation that it took her so long to rush to him on the floor. I’d have been running while dialing 911 and getting in position to do CPR. I felt nothing about the death…just at the bad scene direction and acting. If we have to see death , at least pull my heart strings. 🤷🏻♀️. Agree with others though….now what, we have to see grieving for the next episodes ? Just what I wanted in my fashion filled , fun show. 😖. Stupid, and tone deaf and a disappointment. (And my expectations weren’t high!)
YES! That's what annoyed me about that scene. Big was clearly still alive, and she didn't even try to call for an ambulance! She just started mourning him like he was already dead. It would have been better if she called for help first, then went to him, telling him to hold on, help was coming, but he tells her they won't get there in time. Carrie screams at him that if he loves her, he'll hold on, asking him, "You love me, right?" to which he answers, "Abso-fucking-lutely"--and then dies in her arms. And that eulogy was awful too! It sounded like it was about somebody they barely knew. Carrie should have delivered it, and it should have been way more personal. Hell, Carrie was more poetic about him when he was just moving out of NY. ("You can't leave NY. You're the Chrysler Building!") But for his eulogy we get "How very, very sad and how lucky"? How disappointing. Also, that austere chic funeral? Not at all Big's style.
well i agree with your opinion but to justify Carrie I actually think she was in shock. also Big didn’t have a seizure or something so visible that makes you understand immediately that there’s something wrong so i think that pause she had was her time to realize what actually happened. i’ve also seen some people commenting (not on this video) that they’ve lost their relatives just like that panicking and doing the wrong things because of shock
I came into it thinking this was going to be horrible however my expectations were so low it was better than I thought it would be, and Miranda's horrible. I am a black woman and the diversity felt super forced.
I've decided I'm not watching this because it took me some time to forget the movies and the fact that they happened. I assumed the reboot would be heavily infected with wokeness but the fact that a crucial character is missing AND they actually had the guts to write miranda so badly, it's just a mess.
Honestly it does feel like a big downer so far and the parts that aren’t downers just feel awkward and weird. Between Miranda having a drinking problem, Samantha not being friends with the girls anymore, Steve having a hearing problem, us seeing Brady have loud sex next to his parents room, Charlotte putting Miranda on the spot about having grey hair, and Stanford and Anthony fighting, there’s just been so many uncomfortable weird moments. The original SATC had real life moments but was also fun, upbeat, funny and had an element of escapism, this just feels heavy and totally off from what I would imagine- yes the characters are older, but nothing feels bright and exuberant like their personalities usually are… also to open with a main characters death and funeral? Unusual choice. I feel like it would have been a better decision to limit the heaviness- still have it, it’s real life- but my god, to pick up after “all the time” with such dull depressing mundane situations? Very off brand.
I agree! Haven't we been through enough in 2020-2021? There's been enough death. The entire show was about these great friends and the men they love....specifically BIG!! It's semi-depressing seeing our girls in their 50's and fighting to "get it." I wanted to see them living large and being cool in the world today so I could aspire to be them. Instead, I'm 50 in a town of 1900 people in Colorado and I'm cooler than they are. This is sad, actually, it's bad sad.
So true...ive loved this show forever...the 4 women.. the stories ..the loves...the men.....Samatha IS the life off the show...sorry that she declined a next season ...but truth be told it is different without her...And the killing off of mr Big TOTAL SHIT ..These past few years are hell on earth ...everywhr is only sadness and death and pain...in this pandemic...NOBODY really wants to watch death ..ON TV ALSO ....cause its already a daily reality on earth...so sadd..that story line was so off and uncalled for...It was a joy watching THE ORIGINAL SEX AND THE CITY.....even the re runs...💔
I live in San Francisco and at work this morning we were all laughing at all the forced wokeness. We all would’ve been happy with the OG sexist behavior and 4 white chicks!
I thought it was just me who hated the 'forced Woke' thing! Thank you for voicing this problem. They have ruined Miranda's character. The whole thing is painful to watch, and I've loved SATC since the start. Although I'm sad that Kim Cattrall decided to quit (Samantha was my main reason to love SATC), on seeing this programme I have to say that she made the right decision. It is truly awful. Thanks for being so honest!
Being a dedicated fan back in the day of SATC I was full of anticipation for AJLT. Watching the first 2 chapters I knew this series was doomed from the start when in the first chapter the subject of "where is Samantha" was brought up several times. It reduces the original characters to a baffled trio trying to negotiate a strange new world, as if the only thing ageing has to offer us or women at least is confusion and failure. One would assume that mature women would have left their ditzy girlie days behind but not SJP. At 56 she is the queen of ditzy older but not wiser. Costume design duo Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago only makes matters worse and makes me yearn for the talent of costume guru Patricia Field who was the mastermind for SATC.
I agree with you about their wardrobes. Even the expensive clothes appear to be wearing them instead of the other way around. It all looks frumpy and unappealing to me.
Resurrecting these characters into an absurd show that does not remotely resemble the original was a huge mistake. Trying to include the woke culture as part of the script is absurd. Those of us who enjoyed the original SATC got totally screwed with this BS. I am proud of Kim Cattrall for turning down the role. She made the best decision to walk away.
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist! It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now. Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too. 😡
I like your intelligence. This show is a train wreck, which tells us that SJP, didn’t learn anything from the fiasco of the movies. Sex and the City, was a one of a kind show, which should have been left alone when it ended. It was a jewel that they have been “polishing” so much, that they are turning it into dust. If this is the beginning of this show, the ending is a total crash, …”and just like that”, the audience will end up missing the good old 90’s.
Why didn't she call 911 when she walked in? Or at least put one of his heart pills under his tongue. He was alive when Carrie came home! Still blows me away.
I'm pretty mad how they've handled Samantha's character. She would never just leave the group and she would never just send flowers. Her best friend's husband died, she would show up. They should have killed the character. Carrie could reference Samantha now Big and it could add to her heartache. It's disrespectful to the character of Samantha but I didn't write it... LOL.
YES! Your review is very valid. 💖 I was also a huge fan of the series growing up with these ladies was a moment for alot of us women...the movies were bad though and so far this series is cringey. The forced wokeness (as you said) in this series is for the birds 🙄and Miranda is acting like a crotchety old lady. Why?? I sense she might come out in the show (maybe mirroring her real life) and lighten up more...??? I hope she does something different IMMEDIATELY cuz she is a bore and so unconfident. Unlike how she originally was. And Steve w the hearing aids? Is he 90? 50-60 is not old & decrepit. I also do not want any forced agenda pushed on me either re: the podcast scene dialogue. I am a woman and am comfortable with my title. I am not a cis...whatever the new term is...the podcast character is annoying AF. One light point - I absolutely love Nicole Ari Parker; I think she will bring some freshness & newer designer fashion which is MUCH needed!!!!!!! I hope this series finds it's flow. I truly do. So far a let down...Don't even get me started on BIG's death...😳WTF. Maybe that is also why Kim Cattrall did not want to be involved (apart from her drama w SJP) she must be happy with her decision.
It was getting on my nerves how Charlotte kept blaming herself for Big’s death. She found a way to make that situation about her. Big had a heart attack. He wasn’t shot or hit with something. My point in saying that is whether Carrie was there on not, he still would had a heart attack….on the way to the Hampton’s or even at the Hampton’s. Her presence would not have avoided that. Charlotte is old enough to understand that. I’m sorry but that really irked me.
I really enjoyed your review, even though i really didn’t feel the same way. I keep hearing (some) people, as you did, refer to “forced wokeness”. I don’t really see it that way at all. First, this show is set in NYC, primarily Manhattan, among upper income Manhattanites. Given this fact, it would be nearly impossible to ignore the current political climate, there in particular, and be true to the way this show has always accurately depicted many aspects of city life. So, having that understanding I kind of like how they’re showing that, just like many of us, even the most politically progressive of all the women, Miranda, is finding it super frustrating to navigate this woke climate. To me that is the opposite of pushing wokeness. Its acknowledging how frustrating and difficult the current environment is for almost everyone. I have some complaints too, but look, i love these characters and I’m just happy to see them. As a gay man, I’ve spent many many moons in the streets of New York City & the show seems to be very accurately representing 2021 top 1% NYC, including the differing parenting styles of teens with parents like progressive Miranda and more conservative Charlotte. There are parents like Miranda who allow their child to have sex under their roof, vs. more conservative parents like Charlotte, who try to control even their teenage daughters style of dress. They were both sort of repping the more extreme fringe of either parenting type, but I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition of those parenting choices, just as seeing these 55 year old ladies navigate a very sensitive younger & more “woke” than ever New York city, and finding their place in all of that. I like it and i think its going to get better. I get it, how you feel, sometimes i watch something and feel the need to complain too. In fact, i not only miss the way the show was in the 90s, i MISS the 90s. Things were a lot less crazy, in many ways. The show seems to reflect pretty accurately, that change, without choosing to push any super extreme agenda that i could see. I mean its always going to be left leaning. I just want to encourage you to watch it again when you’re in a good mood. Its not perfect but I really feel strongly that it wasn’t nearly as bad as you make it sound. Did you watch the rest of the season “preview” that plays at the end of the episode 2 credits? If not I suggest you do. It looks like the show will gain comedic momentum and stride, based on those clips.
I think what you see as forced wokeness is simply bad writing. An all white show like SatC can have diverse characters, but it seems contrive and simply forced when it's simply a tool for some kind of street cred that the show does not earn in any way. For example, Brady's gf appears to be Lantinx, but she never speaks. She's simply a female body Brady uses, and Miranda finds annoying. Other than that, she might as well be a blow up doll. I also think Miranda was not just out of character but unrealistic, as her interactions with POC seemed more like she spent 30y being a lawyer in North Dakota, not NYC.
I agree. Well said. That being said, Its not what I personally need at the moment, which is why I'm steering clear till episode 3 comes along. But you made some really great points.
From what I heard, Chris Noth did NOT want to do Big anymore. He was done done done. I am sure the only reason he returned was to give the character a dramatic (fitting) goodbye.
I feel the same way about this new version of my favorite series of all time. The ultra wokeness is unnecessary. Although diversity was missing, they didn’t have to make it look so forced. I can do without the Che character or however you spell her name. Carrie was my original favorite character but through the years Miranda became my favorite n most relatable one. But here in this new version of the series, she’s the complete opposite of what made me fall in love with Miranda’s character. Its cringe listening to her ughhh. They’re also making people in their 50s look like 80 yr old senior citizens. Steve losing his hearing? Really 🤔 Wtf is that all about! Brady is still a minor n is allowed to have sleep overs with his gf n having crazy loud sex but Miranda was appalled bc he was puffing marijuana 😏 Make it make sense 🤦♀️ Didn’t like how they made Stanford so bitchy n Anthony the calm rational one. It was sad to see big die but after I found out Chris Noth only agreed to return for one episode, I understand why n can be at peace with that. Carrie was being her selfish self as usual so no surprise there. As well as Charlotte being the cryer she’s always been so no surprise there either. I can appreciate that Samantha was mentioned although it seemed a bit shady how they portrayed her as the uncaring friend when she was the most caring out of all the friends in the original series. I’m going to give this show another shot before I decide if its worth watching. But so far, not impressed.
I also don’t like how the pendulum has swung the other way and now we’re making fun of people who don’t want to publicly discuss things they do sexually? I hated that they’re trying to make people do things they don’t want to not seem like a prude.
I am a HUGE fan of SATC, watched every episode countless times...loved the 1st movie, the 2nd was trash. I absolutely loved Big & Carrie together, always rooted for them. Aiden was a distraction and while cute, annoying. To kill Big off in the first episode of the revival, what? I hate this...so now they have to show Carrie dating other men, who wants to see that? She got her fucking happy ending with Big so why destroy that? Pissed! I hate that Kim Cattrall did her thing and isn't coming back as Samantha because I dearly love that character but to kill Big off has just ruined this for me
I used to love this show but I 100% agree it’s like the writers are making the characters say and do the most ridiculous things. It’s painful to watch.
Yes to all of this 😁 The show was aired at 8am on Thursday in Ireland, so unfortunately I found out about the first episode shock before I saw it. It was still moving to watch. The rest is just awful - the new characters are one dimensional and an obvious box ticking exercise. I will watch the rest of the series but it'll be hate watching 😄
I don’t like the way they wrote off Samantha and Big. I have so many issues with how it’s written, the forced humor, the awful dialogue. We get it, they are older, and yes all cis white women. But come on, the fans deserve better.
@@RM-ld4mo Samantha not showing up for the funeral stuck out like a sore thumb. It's an insult to the fans who KNOW that character inside and out, to think they'd ever believe Samantha would act like that. What's also an insult to the loyal fans and a big F YOU,is that they killed Big. Fans invested 6+yrs into Carrie & Big's rollercoaster relationship. I really think they should have let things be. Kim Cattrall was smart to skip this dumpster fire. I can see why she said no to the third movie too, as it's obvious they used a lot of material from the never-made movie in the first episodes.
Right on...FORCED WOKENESS ....not building up characters is more insulting than anything.....& how about the kids????!!!! Miranda's son??? Charlotte daughter???!!! Talk about pushing an agenda for such a complex thing as sex change...Big's death??? Lazy as hell...or killing off the patriarch LOLLLLLL....SO CRINGE
I don't know. I watched the first two episodes and it seems like SJP has too much control over creative. The series seemed cringy and cheap compared to the original. I mean come on: - Charlotte genuinely seems like a 2D stand-in for herself. You would off thought she would have become more mature and wise with age. You would think that her interactions with her kids would on their own show that. They could have done so much with her (show her returning to her career in art or teaching it - fighting ageism after the years), being a strong mom supporting her kids and directing them through life. They could set up for a strong family atmosphere sort-of old sitcoms style. Instead, we see Charlotte more confused and plain childish as ever. I get the musical recital, but her contact with Rose and Lily was cringy at best. Making a fuss over dresses and going with the "moms don't understand young people trope"? Seriously? - Miranda doesn't seem like the person to leave a perfectly fine career to just go and study in her fifties. If anything, they could have used Charlotte to show the difficulties of returning to college and starting a new career. Miranda could have been used as an inspiration. She could have started her own law firm and shown the difficulties of running a business as a mother in a competitive environment. They could have made a great scene where an intern saves or is right on one of her cases, showing older generations are not always right. - The Carrie storyline seems to make the most sense, but it has its own SJP/Carrie cringyness about it. Maybe it's early in the series, but you would have expected more from this grand love story it was supposed to be for six seasons and two films. Instead, it almost lacked a scene where Carrie remarks on who will pay off her credit cards now. I was literally waiting for it in episode 2. They could have done more to this story or if Noth didn't want to play as much in the series, then they could've at least handled it better. - The whole diversification of the show is of poor quality. I mean when Cher introduces herself with a list, it really feels like it has been written by someone badly out of touch. It was a bit stereotypical about Millennials or Gen-Zs, it would have been more interesting to see a discussion around sex, where both generations stated their views on issues like how sex and sexuality have become more public, the existence of revenge porn, nude photos, informed consent and so on. Big masturbating was supposed to be sexy? I guess it could be, but not necessarily for the viewers, and especially in that setting. - Additionally, if they wanted to seem more inclusive. Maybe have Brady date an Afro-American woman from school? Or Lily be a lesbian? Show that these are real scenarios in real families. Show friends and coworkers that are of different races, genders, or sexualities. Just the possible scenario I mentioned with Miranda. Why couldn't a black female intern at her company, tell Miranda some important information that changed or should have changed the outcome of her trial. That character could have been later introduced to Charlotte and Carrie at some point and they could have become friends. Hell, we could have even learned that the intern has to look after a younger brother or has a young son of her own and have her bond with Charlotte over being a mom. Or have lost her mother to the pandemic and bond with Carrie over a sense of loss. - Even with Samantha. If they knew Kim wasn't returning then I think it would've been better off to kill the character with Covid or breast cancer, than the whole "bad friend" storyline. It doesn't fit the character, she was a strong, independent woman who valued friendship like no one else. Or if they are hoping Kim will change her mind, then why not say that Samantha got a better job and is traveling/promoting a new hotel brand around the world. Make it seem like she is too busy to be in New York with them at this time. There was so much potential but it was wasted. It seemed like one person in the team writing the script knew what they were doing and three who just wanted to sound hip. No personal hate towards you SJP, but please stay out of the creative. The show seemed very Carrie-centric, while there were plenty of opportunities to make something more of it. I adored SATC as a teenager; it was my first introduction to the topic of sex and adult life. But this really doesn't compare to it, even Younger did a better job.
You are on point, it felt like SJP was bullying Kim calling her ATM, 60yo do well etc. Sam was self-made, helped Carrie find fancy places and loaned her money. She would nt need Carrie, cz the Abu Dhabi trip was Sam's work,all couldn't afford it. Yeah and she used BIG big-time, she never settled for less.
The way they killed Big was such a joke. This show is beyond shallow and juvenile. They are trying to milk people's REAL emotions with this unsophisticated cash grab and they thought they would get away with it. This show is beyond unrealistic and disgusting.
Adored the original series. Even enjoyed the movies. Sadly disappointed with how and cringe and over the top woke it was. Complete character assisinations my God what were they thinking??
Why isn’t anyone else angry that they are portraying people in their mid fifties to be more like people in their mid sixties. The characters aren’t acting like themselves at all. Miranda is now an insecure babbling fool with a drinking problem? Come on. Carrie being mean to Charlotte and wanting to get rid of her because she’s too emotional? Charlotte is grieving Big much more than Carrie. I need to watch these episodes again because frankly I can’t even believe it’s as bad as it is.
To me this is the same BS as Miranda having the baby (the baby that now has tons of sex , not need it ) she asked for no emotion. It is pointless and confusing!
I’ve only watched the first episode so far. So, this is my initial impression. First episode was a COMPLETE disappointment. If we look at the track record of the show. The storyline seems to be getting worse and worse. As the 2nd movie was trash. Perhaps the spark just isn’t there anymore. I love the original show. I do feel like it holds up today. They were fun and an escape. Like a night out with girls. That I enjoyed. This new chapter, robs the characters of their dignity by stating the obvious over and over again. I couldn’t help but wonder…what message are you trying to give about age? How they did Steve. Like really? He’s not even that old! Any current topics of the times they tripped over. It was awful! I also felt like they had the women do things that were out of character. Things Samantha would have done. Her absence is blaring. She was the comedy, the voice, and the most interesting. Without her…are they just old hags? Thats what the writers seem to think.
I commented about Big's death on another video..but it is so clear Chris was soooo done with Mr. Big. I watched his interview (the whatever AJLT event) and he looked bored and fed up and clearly wanted to be somewhere else and the way he talked about people shouting "Hey! Mr. Big!" to him all the time..he looked and sounded pissed off. I bet he told the producers etc.etc. that he will come back ONLY if they kill his character ASAP.
I hate actors like him, who get pissy about a character they play becoming bigger than life . First of all, instead of being annoyed, he should be grateful that so many people embraced a character he played. He should take it as a compliment to his acting that the public has such affection for a character he brought to life on screen. It's very difficult in Hollywood to make it and/or do something that leaves such a lasting impression on the viewing audience.
I heard Mr. Bigg didn’t want to come back and they had to force him just for one episode. He kept saying no and then he budged I think they should just leave this, Friends, Girlfriends and the others in the past. SJP is a sweetheart and I want to support her but this is not it.
Thanks for your honest review! I feel the same :-( Was obssessed with seasons 1-6, movies meh not so much, but this is awful. It is not true to the characters at all, Miranda was always honest and fair, now she is cringe and uncomfortable to watch, yikes!
You were actually quite kind about your review. Before I watched the first episode I at least had this wonderful happy place and memories. I could go re-watch the old show and go into a safe happy place in a world where things aren’t so great right now. In one episode, HBO managed to not just kill a beloved character but to ruin the rest of the show because now it will be in my head that he dies in this stupid unspeakable way that makes no sense. Is it just me or why did she wait like five minutes and not call 911. I would do more for my dog. Anyway, if HBO thinks that iTunes in to watch death and destruction and sadness mixed in with fake wokeNess and Out of place weird inclusivity nods that make no sense in the show, HBO is sadly mistaken. Not only did I not watch the second episode, I canceled HBO and it will be a long time before I subscribe again. I feel betrayed. And depressed. Last thing I needed. Goodbye HBO.
Brilliant review, thank you! As soon as I saw the interaction between Miranda and Che, I was like, “oh no, they are going to put these two together because none of the current batch of writers has a goddam clue how to write for a nice, steady good straight guy character!” I liked Miranda in SATC, and always abhorred the way they dressed her, that was a fault in the original show, why wouldn’t a smart woman have allowed her stylish friends to help her shop ffs? But now all these years later, they still dress her like, I don’t even have a vocabulary for these get-ups!
I feel the same as you. I loved the original show and I love these actresses. But…this was awful and it just depressed me. I want to laugh and revel in this reunion. It may sound crazy, but I’ve been so down since I watched these two episodes.
I woke up made breakfast ! I was so excited ! Beautiful clothes beautiful shoes ! Ya I was pumped ! It was 2pm and I was pouring myself vodka…. I cried in the shower later … and I have yet to recover.
I had to fast forward through a lot of the first episodes. The professor scene, the podcast, the smoking weed fight, the fight over the dresses, Charlotte's crying and Carrie's little freak out over it ... The under age sex scene.. 🤢
I couldn’t agree more!!! You are so right about killing Big before the show! They could’ve done flashbacks if they really wanted to bring him back. This last year has already been so depressing. We didn’t need to wallow in this misery for so long. And why are the all Karen’s now?!? And the loose ends were killing me, too! So disappointing!!!
I agree with all you said. Wish they left well enough alone. This felt like a commercial for wokeness. We’ve had enough. I tuned in to be entertained and ended up feeling awful.
Kim made a great call on not being involved in this sad mess.
They left the door open for her to return
@@trippmcintyre2347 Indeed they have but Kim will never be back for this massive disaster
Kim Cattrall must be pissing herself laughing. Having the integrity and sound professional judgement to avoid this trash!
What’s odd to me is how they show Carrie handling Big’s death. She’s so cool about it. I mean she was more devastated when he left her at the altar in film 1. She was literally depressed when he didn’t wanna marry her. But now that he’s dead she’s like …. “yup, that’s life”. No sense at all. 😅
She was in shock
@@jessica22p1 what's missing here is not her being in shock but being devastated
I feel that they should of left well enough alone and the episodes are so bad.... like the death of mr. Big and the style of clothes look like little house on the parie
everyone handles death differently.
I thought the same.
I couldn’t help but wonder why they are turning a wonderful show that already had a beautiful ending into some trashy, non-sense storyline. And just like that, Kim Cattrall’s decision couldn’t be more right.
Couldn't agree with you more!
Absolutely agree with you
#TeamKim
So glad Kim Cattrall didn’t play into this BS
If you listen to Kim's reason, she said she doesn't know what story she could tell now. Meaning the stories they gave her weren't appealing to her or worth her telling. She's also outgrown the role has an artist and wants projects she's passionately about. Maybe if they wrote her a good story she would've returned. Of course there is beef between SJP and Kim but only they know what that's about. I think what happened between them probably keeps Kim away. When Kim was refusing to return I think SJP didn't handle that well n perhaps said some words to kim. At the end of the day... still sucks not having Kim there, she's a huge part of the show. SBj also is acting like Kim isn't that big part of the show in interviews. Samantha was the shit starter who made all the other girls more interesting too. I completely agree with this review.
Forced woke culture instead of a natural storytelling. Its new york how hard can it be to integrate that culture into the show. The original show wasn't perfect but it seemed braver than this political correct BS. Its better to tell stories that are honest to push the limits but they're playing it safe a fitting in to a box. Its surprising to me that they took this long to get a more diverse cast. Anyways im sure the show will be okay like the films. The original was the best.
Miranda is a Karen to me in this season. She’s unbearable. Also, who flips out at their kid smoking weed but having sex in the house and you hearing it isn’t where you draw the line.
I don't know, that didn't seem like just a normal outburst for Miranda. I strongly think they're setting up an alcohol problem storyline for her because if you remember on the morning of her first day at Columbia, she stopped by a bar before it was even opened, and at Big's funeral she rushed the bartender to pour her a drink before the service started (and it was during the funeral scene when she raged at Che and her son).
My thoughts, exactly🙄.
And I really don't care to have a story line about alcoholic hitting rock bottom. And just like that SITC became tone deaf. After the past two years they are offering up death and depression.
And just like that - viewers leave.
If any character should have been made into a "Karen" it should be Charlotte. Miranda has always been the sharpest and feet grounded. Miranda was willing to move to Brooklyn living there for 20 yrs and never met a black person???. Charlotte would say( nodding with her eyes very big) "Well with all the unrest on the Upper East Side, I signed up for a workshop on Critical Race Theory." " You know during my time at Vasser this was never something we even thought about, and I don't want to look like one of those.. you know, what are the kids calling them? "Karens." Said in that goofy yet lovable Charlotte way. And Miranda and Carrie would side-eye her for being so ridiculous and that would be the joke. Miranda's way of ( you are clueless, and out of touch but I still love you) Then you would hear the voice-over of Carrie.." As Charlotte went off to her workshop on CRT, Miranda blah blah blah" I can see/picture/hear it in my head.
@@blerksnarfgut7332 and let’s not forget her taking out a bottle of wine at the recital.
You are 100% right. It's like they're trying to ruin the whole show. I don't believe the whole Miranda storyline. No woman that is a highly educated attorney in New York would act so backward about a black woman professor. There are a lot of black women professors and professionals. It's not uncommon or surprising. They try to add some memories of the past series. But, that just shows how this one is really awful. It seems like the other actresses really don't have much going on acting wise outside of this series. Kim Cattrell really wants to do other acting and be done with SATC. She was so smart to move on and avoid this whole trainwreck.
I was seriously dying watching these shows. I'm watching 5 mins at a time = morbid curiosity
I agree with you 1000%!!! It was awful, contrived, and I hate how they threw Samantha under the bus!! She was the most loyal friend of all of them!! She might throw men away, but she would never betray the girls!!! I dont like any of the characters anymore.
IKR, as if it was not at all Carries fault.... FFS
Same, I have no feelings or emotional reactions to any of them. Meh,
Yes, why didn't they just say Samantha got an amazing job in publicity in London that she couldn't refuse. Easy!
@@garrywallace1007 Yeah, that kind of thing happens all the time.
@@garrywallace1007 I thought for sure that her cancer had returned and she had passed away or was too sick to be there
This show has become like the world...dark shadows of what life once was, where the people we thought we knew have turned into zombies.
Funny i just said the same withoaut seing your comment... i remember covering subject of violence on TV in college, bk in 2006. When SATC was already some years old.
LOL, Nobody could have said it better then this
I like it is our future. And I am here for it. Love the direction the show is going
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My thoughts exactly- 🫣
I'm glad you made this video. This was mortifying to watch.
The wokeness, destroying Miranda, destroying Samantha, Charlotte's weird acting, BIG dying, teens having sex, boring upper class NY shit. How insulated are they to think this dumpster fire is going to pass for television.
This show sucks, I couldn't watch 20min of it. It's full of woke idea.. Also the acting was bad as well, like hbo resent shows and movies releases lately.. Really bad show..
Can't see the hype.🤮🤮
It's really insulting 2 true fans like us whom have been there since the very beginning & remember every single plot! I was sooo looking forward 2 how Carrie's & Big's marriage would play out. I feel robbed. We went through all their issues & ups & downs with them for 20 years & this is what we get?!
Miranda's character is the only one that somehow evolved. Although she comes across a bit insecure which is the oposite of what her characted was in her job. Charlotte did not grow AT ALL - from style to behaviour. And Carrie....wtf whorld is she on? Everything is sooooo wrong. I wish i hadn't seen it because it's such a dissapointment - from cheesy lines and poor writing to ridiculously pictured 'reality'. No!
I agree with you 100%
They butchered it.
ugh yes charlotte’s acting is soo so strange and something is weird w her lips or something when she is speaking
The wokeness, Charlotte's face, Steve's a doddery old man, miranda Clearly going to be an alcoholic /lesbian, why didn't Carrie ring for help straightaway, Brady making out at the piano recital, it's awful and I'm a huge fan
It seems like the real life characters have taken over the actors...I felt that some of the main characters are not happy people...they are rigid and a little aggressive.
Carrie is more SJP than Carrie Bradshaw...Miranda is more Cynthia Nixon than the Miranda from original series.
We expected to see a well acted television show instead got a strange sense of reality.
I am 55 and often feel like I am in a similar time warp, why? Due to unexpected circumstances, I moved away from the USA to another country 21 years ago so it's very natural to feel things have changed when I go back...not about the pandemic because actually that's the only thing that everyone can relate to no matter where in the world we have been these last 2 years.
I am surprised with the first 2 episodes but will keep watching out of curiosity more so than anything else.
...at 55 the ladies have conformed to societal norms from the 80/90s and surrounded by a new age of our modern life pace with all its nuances of change.
Maybe the characters are trying to show us all the things they have adapted to so we can understand where they are now.
I don't know...but everything changes and life is about adapting.
I can't help but wonder why couldn't they give us a little more of their younger selves?
In future episodes,
I hope their inner child is allowed to come out and play just a little.
I don't know, but don't
they seem to be just a confused? 😕
*...just a little confused
Charlotte’s voice, was her voice in the original series fake?
@@noramero2955 When she and Cynthia Nixon were on the Stephen Colbert show the other night her voice was even stranger than the new show. I'd seen a couple movies with her in the past year that were recent and she sounded like we remembered, but looked a little older but not bad at all. I hope her voice change is from botox at her mouth area and not something permanent. I'm hoping she keeps making movies, they felt like Lifetime movies but seemed to do good on Netflix that's how I ran across them.
@@noramero2955 I think it’s the plastic surgery affecting her speech
Kim Catrell was smart for not coming back. Jessica Parker looks like a specimen A of the malnutrition program thin and old and Charlotte botox all over the face, needed a job and Cynthia Nixon looks like no where to go so hanging around... Instead of killing Big they should have killed this whole idea - they didn't carry it - the plot collapsed into old women trying to be young instead of giving dignity to aging gracefully. Forced diversity to top it all - throw in a black woman on the sides.. It is still all about Carrie (I me and Myself plot) yawn. bored... with two bystanders Miranda and Charlotte - the yes girls --
it was only Samantha with grit and wit! Yet they threw her under the bus - mean women!
You've hit the Nail on the Head at every point
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Lol, specimen a of the malnutrition program. She really should think about putting on 10 lbs. she’d still be slim but it would soften the harshness of her face.
@@Tenebarum she smokes a lot that's why she's really skinny
Kim Cattrall knew many years ago that the show had run its course…it was once great but became tired and contrived, she saw that as well as anyone else..there should of never been a movie in the first place….who didn’t expect that this wasn’t going to be crap
I heard Big's death was meant to be the main storyline for the third movie and Kim refused to do it as it was a bad idea. She was right to stay out of this mess.
Have you seen the drivel she has been in since? Then you’re fortunate. It was a PERSONAL decision, not a professional decision.
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The movie was a disaster. I’ll never get over Carrie just totally forgetting that she was stood up at the ALTER and being like oh well let me marry this man still? Seriously? That was the red flag right there. Should have stopped while they were ahead.
I can’t tell you how excited I was for this reboot… watched both episodes and it ruined my day and made me so depressed. Ruined one of my favourite most iconic shows.
I was so disappointed I canceled my app couldn’t bare to watch up coming episodes. Mistake killing off Big.
Just pretend you didn't watch it. This show is such a hot mess.
Agreed to both!
Agree 100%
1000% Agree...feel EXACTLY the same!
They ruined Miranda Hobbes's character. She's now alcoholic Karen 😩
WHY DID THEY KILL OFF BIG THE WAY THEY DID ? That was traumatic, that was Brutual. That was heartbreaking ! I ugly cried and had a panic attack. Also, then they show the paramedics bagging up his body in the background. My wife and I both gasped. Ugh it was all a mess 😭 also, Samantha was ride or die friend and she would've BEEN THERE, planning the entire fucking funeral. She would've been right by carries side. This is all
Bullshit and the forced wokeness is such crap.
I sobbed when Big died for an hour straight. So so heartbroken
I don't know hey. I had a bestie all through my 20s and early 30s then we just went our seperate ways when I had kids. Everyone was surprised by it, she was like my sister. So it happens. We were like these characters city living and dating and house mates too. I never really liked these characters anyways. They seemed selfish.
@@ninajohnson8389 Girl I cried as if he was my best friend. I too was heartbroken.
The writing was awful.
The wokeness is too much. Women watched this show because it was a story about women's issues. This is just the same. The writing is just awful. Samantha not being there for Carrie is so uncharacteristic.
Miranda was always my least favorite but now she is insufferable. The storyline of Steve going deaf touched a nerve because my own husband is going through the same thing but it’s not negatively affecting our marriage. If anything it’s made us even closer. So to see Miranda and Steve living like roommates bothers me. And yeah, Brady having sex is just gross. This reboot is a cluster F.
I feel like Miranda never loved Steve, she has always treated him like a piece of furniture
@@BabyHannah05 yes, you’re right.
@@BabyHannah05 I hated how she saw he was happy with Debbie and decided to trash that, just like she trashed Skippers new relationship. She was an asshole.
Think they are setting up that their marriage is going to fail
@@Tenebarum maybe Debbie is still out there. She is in my imagination.
It’s so weird that Miranda was freaking out about the weed but he’s clapping his girlfriend’s cheeks every night in the room next door to them. Like huh? 😂
I agree. And as if Miranda, of all people, would be a totally pushover parent like that (letting her son loudly fuck his gf in in the next room every night). As if! She's a smart, no-nonsense lawyer. As if her zitty faced son is gonna walk all over her. I can't even watch that happen.
@@colywogable I'm just surprised her son isnt trans gay bi any pronoun.
@@colywogable seriously, I still remember Miranda lecturing Steve about that basketball court shot thingy that he was never gonna make because he had short legs... Or that time one of her dates kept the bathroom door open when he pooped... She ended that situation quick
I would have ko'd him till 2040 for that disrespect or tell him to move out
Like most mothers don't let their college aged kids have sex in their house but Miranda, a no-nonsense cynical lawyer would let her teenage son have sex in her house?
I’m absolutely appalled- so depressing, so awful, just stupid and totally unwatchable… It’s unreal! Why did they ruin it all??
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist!
It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now.
Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too.
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I do not blame Kim Cattrell for not wanting to come back to a show like this. What a mess!
I loved hearing all your thoughts aka rants! I'm right there with ya!!
I'm glad we still have the original series to look back on fondly.
I wonder how they will kill Stanford off?
HARLEM is a refreshing new show on Prime I'm loving ❤
Kim showed excellent judgement.
For me this ruined even the original show
@@thatgirl9759 I wonder why? That's just sad. What are they going to say, Stanford left Anthony and moved to Italy? :D
@@sy_dianne5224 Oh no!
And just like that, I am now of the mindset that the big powers behind this Series were against making a film for the mainstream cinemas because it would of bombed out! Kim Cattrall is now secretly having the last laugh.
Omg same! This disturbed me all night. Too much heartache coupled with Miranda acting as if she has never met a black person in her entire NYC life and career. I hope it gets better.
Completely agree! Thank you ❤️
This to me is so out of character for Miranda on top of what they are allowing Brady to do in their home. It’s so off for her.
They turned Miranda into an insecure babbling fool with a drinking problem.
Miranda dated a black guy and isn't politically correct . Does she put her foot in her mouth? Yes! But she's a New Yorker . I don't think she would walk on eggshells so much
@@reaf2565 This Brady stuff is wayyyy out of character for Miranda, she was always uptight about rules. She quit lawyering and lost all sensibility.
Watched both episodes Thurs at noon (huge mistake!) and was totally unprepared and am still absolutely devastated. I ugly-cried through the whole thing. I'm 56 and a widow so I've been Carrie on the couch and I've had my "ride or die" sleeping with me and everything else they're doing with that - but, I will never get over Big dying! I was pissed, too! UGH. Anyway, I could talk about that for hours. Obviously, they are going to reveal Miranda's problem with alcohol, but the awkward foot-in-mouth-thing like she doesn't know what to say is ridiculous. She's the most educated and professional of the women and they're making her out to be an idiot. Hate that. Charlotte is the one most likely to be politically incorrect- I don't get it. The thing with Miranda and Che is probably a lead-in to a future love affair between them. Cynthia Nixon is a lesbian in real life...so, that would be my guess. HATE the Brady crap. Enough. Totally with you - I don't want to see him having sex or hear about his semen. WhyTF is his girlfriend spending the night with him anyway at 17? Ridiculous. So, when did Stanford become the little bitch and Anthony become the sweet one? He was SO rude to Big's secretary -making someone move would've been an Anthony thing. Charlotte is still Charlotte (I adore Harry, too!) -and I love Kristin Davis, but, she needs to back off the fillers and the botox. She doesn't need it, she's precious, and it is distracting. It affects her speech and makes her crying even more annoying to watch. Whew....rant over.
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YES!!! I’m so pissed about what they’ve done to Miranda. Charlotte’s the one who would fumble over words like that.
Could not agree more with you.
I think this is an attempt to make Carrie likable. The writers probably thought if they made everyone else into an a**hole, suddenly Carrie wouldn’t look so bad; we’d forget about her selfishness, instability & all-around awefulness.
Carrie is even more unlikeable starting with the brunch scene, just rude and short with her friends like she was in the 2nd movie. She just became angry, inpatient, bitter as she got older. Miranda was always my favorite and they've turned her into this idiot who can't keep her mouth shut. I find it hard to believe that Miranda would be ok with her teenage son's gf staying over every night and having loud sex right next door to them. Then when he gets caught smoking cannabis she says "no gf's name for a week" like she was taking away his PlayStation or a toy. Just gross.
That was the strategy they took with Alexandr to make Big seem like a good guy at the end of the original series.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. Every time I watched the show, I would just look at her with disgust. She was just awful. Miranda and Samantha made me laugh. That’s why I tuned in, to see them. And Charlotte was my worst nightmare. Reality is, is that those three would never hang out with her but the dynamics of the characters were funny.
I think you might be right. Since SATC ended lots of people online go on about how terrible Carrie was. There’s no way the writers aren’t aware of it.
Or they just could have made Carrie grow up and be less self centered. I just watched the Paris episodes, and her giggling, squeaking, and prancing around are so cringe.
I wish the show had stopped at Season 6 when Carrie and Big finally ended up together. All the endings were satisfying. Only happy tears. Life has enough pain, this show was an escape and a pleasure. I can't watch whatever it's become. I wish I hadn't watched Big die. Nothing about these characters show they've evolved like most women do, they'd devolved into messes.
Totally agree!
I hate woke BS. I just can’t stomach that crap.
I also didn’t appreciate the Brady sex scene or how they made Char an over emotional baby. Big however was the most likable he’s ever been in the 10 mins we saw him. They’ve taken this story to a really dark place very quickly.
I also HATED how Miranda’s son was trying to silence her when she was telling him his behavior at the recital was inappropriate by saying she was sex shaming them? He really said “sex-shaming”. HA!!!! The same women who lets your underage self have boisterous sex in her house IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR? That really was too much.
Yes! Very true Big was adorable for the first time in a long time...I think we needed more of that before he died.
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@@LoveK1 yea that was too much! What mother would allow that? Is that a thing parents do?
@@noramero2955 No. It’s so inappropriate. However, nothing about her character has ever been conservative or traditional. I think she’s bored and unsure of her direction. I think she will find it easier to find fault with Steve & her marriage, than deal with herself and her insecurities.
@@sherrym.2190 We totally needed more. Would have loved more of Carrie and Big, and less introducing of the new characters in the first two episodes.
They should have just said Samantha's cancer came back and she passed away. And honored her.
The whole Big thing literally has devastated me. I'm heartbroken and won't ever get over it. 😢
Yeah Samantha. Could have had returned cancer give her a beautiful funeral and keep Big till later.
That would have been a set up to bring back so many of the fabulous characters she slept with too!
Yes. They could have, but they are hoping to cameo her at some point I think. Big's death may have been a shock but he really didnt want to do the series either. Heard they filmed flash backs with him and "Carrie". Now he's got more real problems with sexual assault and harassment charges, so he will have other fish to fry.
SJP trashed Samantha, her story lines were degrading in the second film. Kim seems so much more sincere than SJP. Whenever SJP says she loves Kim, her body language tells a completely different story.
You’re correct! One thing you forgot is how Carrie, a 50 something woman is hired to work on a podcast with 2 far younger, more hip, people. It makes no sense. She is waaaay too old for that job! It truly makes no sense.
maybe they wanted a boomer persciptive
She’s not too old she’s too classy for the job
She's not too old. She's just out of touch. And the two colleagues are not hip, they are vulgar. Neither funny nor interesting. Just vulgar. The podcast is an insult to Boomers and Gen Z alike.
Bobby Lee is fifty. I think the Che character is 45. The average age is 50. No young people there.
Excellent point!
I can’t imagine a more poorly done reboot of an original series that touched so many hearts.
So for six grueling cycles, fans of the original series are told that these girls are all looking for pure, can’t live without love.
So I wonder . . . why then for the past three attempts - the two movies, and now this horrible reboot, have they been trying to eliminate Big and now literally KILL him off the show?
I don’t follow what this show was trying to be AT ALL.
And handling Samantha’s absence seemed mean, petty and selfish on Parker’s part … “she fired me as a friend.” Please.
So now we don’t have probably the two best characters on the show, Big and Samantha.
Then, all of the politics, wokeism, and clear ‘demographic box checking’ made for complete palate disgust - with no comedy, and frankly dark and depressing times.
Then, the handling of men seemed like a mockery. Steve’s hearing loss. Harry touching the walls. The men are portrayed as silly add ons when again, they all served as rocks in the girls’ lives previously.
Brady having sex as a minor next to his parents’ bedroom? I don’t know … is the show touting sex among minors? Again, just a strange, what is the message here?
So with all of the new found messages, what the show clearly lost was its original comedy, emotion, and love.
And just like that, it’s a no for me.
I love your writing and your take on the show. I feel the way. You articulate my feelings in a thoughtful and precise manor. I wish I could write like you!
Well said. I still can't shake the dark feeling it left. I've never felt like this from a show, and it's a day after watching. I can see what's next, more forced wokeism, and Carrie gets back with Aidan, etc. I never thought it could be so bad.
@@vivienleigh1361 thanks Vivien. I truly appreciate that. Like you I’m sure, I’m largely just trying to figure out - what was the message of this show? I still don’t get where they were going or trying to say at all.
@@TarynsTime thanks Taryn. Dark is a perfect word to describe it … I’m still sort of reeling from it today.
Totally get your POV. I do not like the Brady sex scene, I find that highly inappropriate. However, I encourage you to keep watching. I’m hoping that we are out of the darkness and back to lighter storylines going forward. I get what they are doing with their writing. These women could have always been this way, but it never was seen because they were always within a certain group of people.
She saw big dying and she didn’t perform cpr, she didn’t call 911, she just hugged him and let him die! 😖 wtf! And the podcast situation talking about m*strubation in public like everyone is doing it.. what the actual f* ! I was over it!! And having a 17 yr old having s*x 😒 way too woke for me! I won’t watch anymore! Show is awful! They should have left it where it was
Yes!!! So unnatural!!
First of all there has been so much backlash about how poorly so much of the original story and movies have aged that it feels like they’re trying to fix every criticism they’ve ever had. Not enough diversity? Give every character a new person of color friend. Carrie doesn’t belong with Big? Kill him off so she can date other people. Stanford is only a token gay friend? Give him and Anthony a story line about their marriage. Meanwhile Carrie is uninteresting, Charlotte is over the top emotional, Miranda is a bumbling idiot who may have a drinking problem & Stanford is a jerk in every single scene. It’s all very disjointed and disappointing.
Omg yes about Charlotte’s emotions. So annoying
But it didn’t age poorly at all. It’s still fresh and modern. This woke crap is just priggish Puritanism.
All the boxes were ticked, but it seemed forced. Sorry, they killed this one. Murder, She Woke.
Murder, she woke 😂
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Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist!
It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now.
Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too.
Excellent turn of phrase!
@@thinishot then raise your kids how you want, personally I rewatch a lot of classic films and black and white movies with mine... So they get to see balance in their lives. My girl wants to be an Audrey Hepburn type and hates modern films now, she loves science so we are showing her movies with strong female characters. Balance the woke stuff with some good classics and they'll be ok
I was equally disappointed...Carrie was more upset when Big didn't show up at the wedding. How is it that she was so cold? Why didn't she call 911? Why the heck didn't she attempt CPR...I am so aggravated with all the negative circumstances surrounding the show. It's a pandemic and we have to see this too?
I think I want to break up with my connection with SAC.
There are more than '13 reasons why' this show is such a disappointment!! Sorry for wanting a fantasy land story as we have gotten used to in the past.
Life is real enough to experience the tragedy of our SAC friends.
This is so exactly the stuff I was thinking too! Thank you!
@@steverogers7601 I have learned that some people are very very judgmental towards people who don't respond to grief or crisis the way they think they should. The truth is that some people respond by shutting down emotionally for a while. Some people use humor. Some people cry constantly. Some people hold it together. Some people fall apart. I was accused of being cold because I didn't act the way some people thought I should when each of my parents died and a brother. Fortunately I was able to cut those people out of my life and rely on people who were ok with my grieving in my own way.
I agree, it made no sense for her not to call 911 or at least attempt CPR. She just stared at him for awhile and then hugged him while he died..
@@kevinh811 all that is well but we know Carrie in her late and mid 30s not as a teen in the show. By the mid 20s your personality ain't going to change and by late 30s you are already going towards middle age and are set in your ways. Carrie was fragile and emotional. She cried over big's heart procedure, she was very upset over Samantha's cancer too and speaking about death.
It doesn't fit that suddenly, bam! She magically turned into Meredith Gray at 50
@@SunVibez13 I've seen many situations like this and all people called 911 because that's common and imbeded response. Especially that he was sitting on the floor and even looked up and was conscious. One would be clinging on to hope that it's nothing that serious or that he will be fine
Perfectly put! I was so upset and confused by this whole storyline! It was so sad and we didn’t want them to come back to kill off a main character and then watch them grieve for the next 8 episodes! Some of us are grieving already and wanted a reprieve , hence why we were so excited about this show!!!
But Chris Noth didn't want to sign to a series and probably just agreed to the one show and some 'memory' scenes so they had to start it somewhere. We all complained satc film #2 was boring coz everyone was in love and the drama was limited so they made someone single again. Makes sense to me.
@@MK-uw8qt no but it looks like we will be dealing with alcoholism...pill popping...and forced narratives that are being acted out badly because they are so forced for the sake of saying the show is diverse...but oh sk wreckless in the way its being messily carried out. So grief or not it still going to be DEPRESSING!
@@longlongshadows392 Exactly, and with Aidan coming back if they get Carrie back with him like it's that easy moving on from something like this that's going to be the crappiest move. They'll need an award for the most box ticking of all time in just 8 episodes
Charlotte's plastic surgery went REAALLLYYY BADDDDDDD
Another ruined face in Hollywood.😵
It's a shame though she for me was the one who was the most natural pretty in the original show.
So true !! I’m a fervent satc fan and this traumatized me ……. As toxic as it is, the Carrie and Mr Big relationship was the heart and soul of the series. satc viewers are too emotionally invested in those two’s storyline to be ok with seeing Carrie potentially dating other men. It just does not work.
I hear you. We went through all those ups & downs with them for years & now we've been cheated out of seeing their marriage play out. They should have just let this series be! Sooo not interested anymore.
I cant even watch the old SATC episodes now because I feel so disgusted with how tragic their lives turn into trainwrecks!
My prediction is that Aidan is going to come back into her life. He'll be a widower or divorced, and he and Carrie will think about trying again.
@@cv8499 That would not surprise me but they better not bring Aidan back. She was horrible to him. Let him stay married and a loving father to his 3 sons. If they want to torture one of Carrie's ex's, bring Berger back. LOL, the whole show is a trainwreck anyway.
the thing is these characters were actually ALWAYS unlikable....sure we watched them over the years interacting with eachother in their iconic fashion - but honestly I never wanted to be friends with any of them.
because the show and movies were so lighthearted and fluffy it kind of worked because u didn't focus on how flawed they were in comparison to everything going on around them....but in THIS show...we are taking these same fluffy annoying characters and putting them in today's harsh woke climate so in comparison it's VERY noticeable how unlikable they actually all are...it's as if they them selves were living in a bubble of delusion and then the pandemic happened and now we are seeing them with our real eyes instead of the way they see themselves.
I'm not surprised how strange they are with bigs death because they have never had anything super real or serious actually happen.....
tbh sex and the city was NEVER that good it was just iconic and fashionable. I like the inclusion of people of color but I don't want their blackness to be referenced in every scene...at the piano recital the guy called the black lady "black Charlotte"...like where on earth would that fly..... Carrie's boss...shay or che...whatever - they are going to piss me off I can already tell...i hate when they use trans and nonbinary characters to bring cis people out of their shells.....the character is annoying and I feel like the writers are going to make them this character that the others listen to because they are lgbt...even them calling the male and female genders BORING????...I'm trans and trust me...I'd love to be a boring gender...this isn't a party and we don't get to disrespect cis people in the name of fake woke quirkiness
I would be friends with Samantha for sure and probably Char
This is probably while I'll continue to watch it lol I never could relate to any of these women but watching them interact with each other/relationships in NYC was enough to hold my interest. It's possible a way to address the millennial critique of SATC is to personify the comments into obnoxious characters that simultaneously challenge the girls who once thought they were the adventurous rebels
I never watched this show but was contemplating lately. This comment confirmed I won't watch lol thanks
Exactly! I re watched the original a few years ago and they were SOOO awful...
I agree! I never liked any one of them. The old show was fun to watch because of the clothes and some of the situations but I think these characters got away with their neurotic, unlikeable personalities when they were young and glamorous in a way that doesn't work at all with older women. You expect them to have evolved from their self absorbed lives but they haven't. Also, I'm wondering how the excesses of money will play out these days. Carrie fawning over her closet full of crazy expensive shoes in 2021 seems tone deaf.
Kim Cattrall made the right decision. Even the short clips are unwatchable. Cynthia Nixon is unbearable. Who needs this kind of crap?
Props to Ms Cattrall for dodging this bullet. I can’t wait until the fad of big brown oversized glasses on older women is GONE. SJP never had great style, over blown, unmatched outfits which we were supposed to buy as high fashion. Why would a premier brand like Pelaton agree to have a major movie star DIE on their product? marketing suicide.
I know @Charles I think this whole thing is all about SJP ego and money. The script, if we are supposed to believe it, showed three rather whiny clueless older women who have learned darn little. They make NYC women look bad.
I cried too.. but not because of Big’s death but because of this dumpster fire of a series so far. Everything you said you hit the nail on the head. Look I have followed these women since the mid 90’s. I said there was absolutely no way I’d ever give this show another chance after what they did with the 2nd movie. When they announced they would be spinning off with this series, I thought, meh, ok- I’ll give it ONE more chance. Omg once again they have taken a beautifully written series that really shouldn’t been touched after S6E8 and they have once again beaten until they can’t leave well enough alone. Either get the original writers or leave it alone, period. These women use to be my inspiration. Now they are just annoying bloaks!
What’s missing here is Carrie’s voice over. Typically the voice overs would ‘explain’ the awkward moments and provide a bit of comic relief. The show has always been full of random happenings - but without the voice overs - it leaves us to create our own commentary in our heads. I think a lot of the awkward moments are hilarious because that’s what life is full of.. awkward interactions and if you know the characters.. their body language, the looks on their face, says it all. And as far as Miranda.. her intro to her class was definitely UNBEARABLE but that type of stuff happens and is an awesome opportunity to talk about issues like that. And, I would say though - it was awesome seeing all the characters.. I grew up with these characters and I really enjoyed watching them grow up so to speak. It was hilarious to me that Steve is going deaf. I love charlottes little family dynamic - LILLY IS A POWERHOUSE and I love how the other daughter is so the opposite of charlotte.. I mean, I felt like I had a family reunion and was able to catch up on their lives. Although it has some cringe moments .. don’t think the show would be right without them. It’s just who they are.. but I will say this - SAMANTHA JONES CHARACTER IS VERY MUCH MISSED .. we need her practical viewpoint to get out of some of the hard core emotional scenes that Carrie is known for. Sam was the one that pulled us all out of that funk 😩🙏🏽 good news is there are more shows to go and the first one is always a little rocky. I’ve got faith in this project and I hope it does great!
Very good point.
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You right about that ...that was definitely missing her voice
Well said.
Good point about the voiceovers
" WOKE " Hollywood crap!
Kim Cattrall must be having a good laugh....and I wouldn't blame her!
There were so many cringe moments. You nailed it, the characters are unlikeable.
How about all the sudden diversity? Forced
I really don’t like how “old” they’re trying to make the characters be. I’m pretty sure the characters are suppose to be in their 50s which 50s is not the 50s it was a long time ago. Especially Steve they’re making him seem like an 90 year old man
totally agree, they all act as they are older and they are in their 50s!
For real… that gave me anxiety about my parents age while watching. DID NOT appreciate that. Wanted to skip those scenes
@Maddie M So true! I am 76 and my daughters are 50 and 54 and NONE of us act as old as these characters!
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Poor Steve
I totally agree with you! We have had a depressing almost 2 years with the pandemic. NO ONE needed to watch a show to be depressed. And if they had to kill him off, then do it on the last episode. Most of the TV series was about Carrie chasing after Big. If would of been nice to see her actually content for a brief moment in time!!
Agree about killing him off on the last episode! My theory is though he didn’t want to film a whole season. Send him off on a work trip then, something, anything. What a huge gaff opening the show like this.
Exactly!
It is good that as weeks pass, more than a few reviewers are just being honest. It was awful.
SATC was successful back in the days because 1. It was a comedy about sex & relationships 2. It was sarcastic, salty & revolutionary in regards of taboo topics from a 90s female perspective. Sam was also the sex in Sex and the City title. But since the 2 films and now JLT, it turned out in a flat, lazy drama with not much point about anything really. Of course it wouldn't work. Loved the review made here💖💖💖
This 👆🏼
I hated the whole Miranda role. They had to bring race into. We are so sick of the race and BS. Do lawyers really quit their jobs to be activists? And Charolette, what have you done to your face? Good Lord! Forced wokeness is right! I’ll still watch but probably not in reruns!
Yes!
Exactly! Miranda is the breadwinner paying for a townhome in Brooklyn, So I don't think she could quit her job when she is about to put her child through college?? Meaning Steve the bartender would be paying the bills and tuition? And she has been living in Brooklyn for 20 yrs but acts as she has never met a POC. lmao it's absurd.
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist!
It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now.
Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too. 😡😡
@@SOS-ct9mv I guess she would have paid the house off by now. Miranda would have taken a shorter mortgage with lower interest rates. Steve co owned a bar and seems to still be an owner 20 years later, so he’s probably doing well enough to contribute to a comfortable life.
Girl!!! I watched both episodes and honestly they ruined my day. Which is huge to say for a TV show but true. Just found your channel, and I was laughing my butt off listening to this review. You're awesome.
I’m on day 2 and I still haven’t recovered… I poured myself a drink at 2pm and then cried in the shower 😔
Me too, I was expecting a laugh and ended up in tears.
I felt like someone I knew died, I didn't realize how much following these characters since 1998 could affect me. I feel like they killed all the happiness it brought. Anyone else feel that?
@@TarynsTime yep.
I thought it was just me!! I felt so depressed after watching these episodes.
So …I could see that death coming from the ‘get go’…of course. And was annoyed already but then thought, ok….let’s see if SJP can give us some good acting in the death scene. All I did was feel agitation that it took her so long to rush to him on the floor. I’d have been running while dialing 911 and getting in position to do CPR. I felt nothing about the death…just at the bad scene direction and acting. If we have to see death , at least pull my heart strings. 🤷🏻♀️. Agree with others though….now what, we have to see grieving for the next episodes ? Just what I wanted in my fashion filled , fun show. 😖. Stupid, and tone deaf and a disappointment. (And my expectations weren’t high!)
YES! That's what annoyed me about that scene. Big was clearly still alive, and she didn't even try to call for an ambulance! She just started mourning him like he was already dead. It would have been better if she called for help first, then went to him, telling him to hold on, help was coming, but he tells her they won't get there in time. Carrie screams at him that if he loves her, he'll hold on, asking him, "You love me, right?" to which he answers, "Abso-fucking-lutely"--and then dies in her arms.
And that eulogy was awful too! It sounded like it was about somebody they barely knew. Carrie should have delivered it, and it should have been way more personal. Hell, Carrie was more poetic about him when he was just moving out of NY. ("You can't leave NY. You're the Chrysler Building!") But for his eulogy we get "How very, very sad and how lucky"? How disappointing. Also, that austere chic funeral? Not at all Big's style.
well i agree with your opinion but to justify Carrie I actually think she was in shock. also Big didn’t have a seizure or something so visible that makes you understand immediately that there’s something wrong so i think that pause she had was her time to realize what actually happened. i’ve also seen some people commenting (not on this video) that they’ve lost their relatives just like that panicking and doing the wrong things because of shock
She should've got his nitroglycerin pill.
@@toidean633 oh i think i missed the pill part then i agree
Big was too young and healthy for Carrie NOT to call 911 and start CPR, that was unbelievable.
I came into it thinking this was going to be horrible however my expectations were so low it was better than I thought it would be, and Miranda's horrible. I am a black woman and the diversity felt super forced.
I used to love Miranda.
I've decided I'm not watching this because it took me some time to forget the movies and the fact that they happened. I assumed the reboot would be heavily infected with wokeness but the fact that a crucial character is missing AND they actually had the guts to write miranda so badly, it's just a mess.
Honestly it does feel like a big downer so far and the parts that aren’t downers just feel awkward and weird. Between Miranda having a drinking problem, Samantha not being friends with the girls anymore, Steve having a hearing problem, us seeing Brady have loud sex next to his parents room, Charlotte putting Miranda on the spot about having grey hair, and Stanford and Anthony fighting, there’s just been so many uncomfortable weird moments. The original SATC had real life moments but was also fun, upbeat, funny and had an element of escapism, this just feels heavy and totally off from what I would imagine- yes the characters are older, but nothing feels bright and exuberant like their personalities usually are… also to open with a main characters death and funeral? Unusual choice. I feel like it would have been a better decision to limit the heaviness- still have it, it’s real life- but my god, to pick up after “all the time” with such dull depressing mundane situations? Very off brand.
I agree! Haven't we been through enough in 2020-2021? There's been enough death. The entire show was about these great friends and the men they love....specifically BIG!! It's semi-depressing seeing our girls in their 50's and fighting to "get it." I wanted to see them living large and being cool in the world today so I could aspire to be them. Instead, I'm 50 in a town of 1900 people in Colorado and I'm cooler than they are. This is sad, actually, it's bad sad.
So true...ive loved this show forever...the 4 women.. the stories ..the loves...the men.....Samatha IS the life off the show...sorry that she declined a next season ...but truth be told it is different without her...And the killing off of mr Big TOTAL SHIT ..These past few years are hell on earth ...everywhr is only sadness and death and pain...in this pandemic...NOBODY really wants to watch death ..ON TV ALSO ....cause its already a daily reality on earth...so sadd..that story line was so off and uncalled for...It was a joy watching THE ORIGINAL SEX AND THE CITY.....even the re runs...💔
I love your opinion. ❤️
I live in San Francisco and at work this morning we were all laughing at all the forced wokeness. We all would’ve been happy with the OG sexist behavior and 4 white chicks!
I thought it was just me who hated the 'forced Woke' thing! Thank you for voicing this problem. They have ruined Miranda's character. The whole thing is painful to watch, and I've loved SATC since the start. Although I'm sad that Kim Cattrall decided to quit (Samantha was my main reason to love SATC), on seeing this programme I have to say that she made the right decision. It is truly awful. Thanks for being so honest!
Being a dedicated fan back in the day of SATC I was full of anticipation for AJLT. Watching the first 2 chapters I knew this series was doomed from the start when in the first chapter the subject of "where is Samantha" was brought up several times. It reduces the original characters to a baffled trio trying to negotiate a strange new world, as if the only thing ageing has to offer us or women at least is confusion and failure. One would assume that mature women would have left their ditzy girlie days behind but not SJP. At 56 she is the queen of ditzy older but not wiser. Costume design duo Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago only makes matters worse and makes me yearn for the talent of costume guru Patricia Field who was the mastermind for SATC.
I agree with you about their wardrobes. Even the expensive clothes appear to be wearing them instead of the other way around. It all looks frumpy and unappealing to me.
Resurrecting these characters into an absurd show that does not remotely resemble the original was a huge mistake. Trying to include the woke culture as part of the script is absurd. Those of us who enjoyed the original SATC got totally screwed with this BS. I am proud of Kim Cattrall for turning down the role. She made the best decision to walk away.
Sick of this woke crap shoved down our throats at every opportunity. According to every TV show, movie you seen now, we are all bisexual, but don't want to admit it, if we don't feel attraction to our own gender , we are not normal, if we refer to our children as son or daughter we are bad parents, cos we have to let our 2 year old decide what they are, and we have to practically bend over and worship people of color or we are racist!
It's a very horrible world we live in now. I had a great childhood, but I know I would never bring children to this awful toxic, cancel culture world we live in now.
Kids are going to be very confused and mentally scared by what's been shoved down their throats too. 😡
@@thinishot wow, seems like u have a few more problems that just a tv show...
I like your intelligence. This show is a train wreck, which tells us that SJP, didn’t learn anything from the fiasco of the movies.
Sex and the City, was a one of a kind show, which should have been left alone when it ended. It was a jewel that they have been “polishing” so much, that they are turning it into dust.
If this is the beginning of this show, the ending is a total crash, …”and just like that”, the audience will end up missing the good old 90’s.
I watched every single episode of the series. THIS was complete CRAP!!!
Agreed!!!
Why didn't she call 911 when she walked in? Or at least put one of his heart pills under his tongue. He was alive when Carrie came home! Still blows me away.
I'm pretty mad how they've handled Samantha's character. She would never just leave the group and she would never just send flowers. Her best friend's husband died, she would show up. They should have killed the character. Carrie could reference Samantha now Big and it could add to her heartache. It's disrespectful to the character of Samantha but I didn't write it... LOL.
YES! Your review is very valid. 💖 I was also a huge fan of the series growing up with these ladies was a moment for alot of us women...the movies were bad though and so far this series is cringey. The forced wokeness (as you said) in this series is for the birds 🙄and Miranda is acting like a crotchety old lady. Why?? I sense she might come out in the show (maybe mirroring her real life) and lighten up more...??? I hope she does something different IMMEDIATELY cuz she is a bore and so unconfident. Unlike how she originally was. And Steve w the hearing aids? Is he 90? 50-60 is not old & decrepit. I also do not want any forced agenda pushed on me either re: the podcast scene dialogue. I am a woman and am comfortable with my title. I am not a cis...whatever the new term is...the podcast character is annoying AF. One light point - I absolutely love Nicole Ari Parker; I think she will bring some freshness & newer designer fashion which is MUCH needed!!!!!!! I hope this series finds it's flow. I truly do. So far a let down...Don't even get me started on BIG's death...😳WTF. Maybe that is also why Kim Cattrall did not want to be involved (apart from her drama w SJP) she must be happy with her decision.
It was getting on my nerves how Charlotte kept blaming herself for Big’s death. She found a way to make that situation about her. Big had a heart attack. He wasn’t shot or hit with something. My point in saying that is whether Carrie was there on not, he still would had a heart attack….on the way to the Hampton’s or even at the Hampton’s. Her presence would not have avoided that. Charlotte is old enough to understand that. I’m sorry but that really irked me.
I really enjoyed your review, even though i really didn’t feel the same way. I keep hearing (some) people, as you did, refer to “forced wokeness”. I don’t really see it that way at all. First, this show is set in NYC, primarily Manhattan, among upper income Manhattanites. Given this fact, it would be nearly impossible to ignore the current political climate, there in particular, and be true to the way this show has always accurately depicted many aspects of city life. So, having that understanding I kind of like how they’re showing that, just like many of us, even the most politically progressive of all the women, Miranda, is finding it super frustrating to navigate this woke climate. To me that is the opposite of pushing wokeness. Its acknowledging how frustrating and difficult the current environment is for almost everyone. I have some complaints too, but look, i love these characters and I’m just happy to see them. As a gay man, I’ve spent many many moons in the streets of New York City & the show seems to be very accurately representing 2021 top 1% NYC, including the differing parenting styles of teens with parents like progressive Miranda and more conservative Charlotte. There are parents like Miranda who allow their child to have sex under their roof, vs. more conservative parents like Charlotte, who try to control even their teenage daughters style of dress. They were both sort of repping the more extreme fringe of either parenting type, but I thought it was an interesting juxtaposition of those parenting choices, just as seeing these 55 year old ladies navigate a very sensitive younger & more “woke” than ever New York city, and finding their place in all of that. I like it and i think its going to get better. I get it, how you feel, sometimes i watch something and feel the need to complain too. In fact, i not only miss the way the show was in the 90s, i MISS the 90s. Things were a lot less crazy, in many ways. The show seems to reflect pretty accurately, that change, without choosing to push any super extreme agenda that i could see. I mean its always going to be left leaning. I just want to encourage you to watch it again when you’re in a good mood. Its not perfect but I really feel strongly that it wasn’t nearly as bad as you make it sound. Did you watch the rest of the season “preview” that plays at the end of the episode 2 credits? If not I suggest you do. It looks like the show will gain comedic momentum and stride, based on those clips.
Thank you so much for this well thought out wonderful comment I appreciate it. I will go watch the preview now I missed it!
@December LLC yes basically lol. It makes it realistic, i don’t know about “nice” tho.
I think what you see as forced wokeness is simply bad writing. An all white show like SatC can have diverse characters, but it seems contrive and simply forced when it's simply a tool for some kind of street cred that the show does not earn in any way. For example, Brady's gf appears to be Lantinx, but she never speaks. She's simply a female body Brady uses, and Miranda finds annoying. Other than that, she might as well be a blow up doll. I also think Miranda was not just out of character but unrealistic, as her interactions with POC seemed more like she spent 30y being a lawyer in North Dakota, not NYC.
Fantastic explanation 👌🏼
I agree. Well said. That being said, Its not what I personally need at the moment, which is why I'm steering clear till episode 3 comes along. But you made some really great points.
From what I heard, Chris Noth did NOT want to do Big anymore. He was done done done. I am sure the only reason he returned was to give the character a dramatic (fitting) goodbye.
I feel the same way about this new version of my favorite series of all time. The ultra wokeness is unnecessary. Although diversity was missing, they didn’t have to make it look so forced. I can do without the Che character or however you spell her name. Carrie was my original favorite character but through the years Miranda became my favorite n most relatable one. But here in this new version of the series, she’s the complete opposite of what made me fall in love with Miranda’s character. Its cringe listening to her ughhh. They’re also making people in their 50s look like 80 yr old senior citizens. Steve losing his hearing? Really 🤔 Wtf is that all about! Brady is still a minor n is allowed to have sleep overs with his gf n having crazy loud sex but Miranda was appalled bc he was puffing marijuana 😏 Make it make sense 🤦♀️ Didn’t like how they made Stanford so bitchy n Anthony the calm rational one. It was sad to see big die but after I found out Chris Noth only agreed to return for one episode, I understand why n can be at peace with that. Carrie was being her selfish self as usual so no surprise there. As well as Charlotte being the cryer she’s always been so no surprise there either. I can appreciate that Samantha was mentioned although it seemed a bit shady how they portrayed her as the uncaring friend when she was the most caring out of all the friends in the original series. I’m going to give this show another shot before I decide if its worth watching. But so far, not impressed.
I also don’t like how the pendulum has swung the other way and now we’re making fun of people who don’t want to publicly discuss things they do sexually? I hated that they’re trying to make people do things they don’t want to not seem like a prude.
Agree
I am in my fifties so is my husband we k ow lots of people who are loosing their hearing
I am a HUGE fan of SATC, watched every episode countless times...loved the 1st movie, the 2nd was trash. I absolutely loved Big & Carrie together, always rooted for them. Aiden was a distraction and while cute, annoying. To kill Big off in the first episode of the revival, what? I hate this...so now they have to show Carrie dating other men, who wants to see that? She got her fucking happy ending with Big so why destroy that? Pissed! I hate that Kim Cattrall did her thing and isn't coming back as Samantha because I dearly love that character but to kill Big off has just ruined this for me
I think that’s the point death is a part of getting older
100% agree
Could not have said it better myself👏
I done with it, wanted so bad to see married life with them. So much joy could have been put into this. IDK.
Team Aiden alllllllllll the way. Now they can bring him back, woohoo!!!
They have annilhated this wonderful show. I won't acknowledge it!
These woman live in NYC and they have no black friends. They should have had better jobs. Why is Miranda going back to school after she is a lawyer.
I used to love this show but I 100% agree it’s like the writers are making the characters say and do the most ridiculous things. It’s painful to watch.
Yes to all of this 😁 The show was aired at 8am on Thursday in Ireland, so unfortunately I found out about the first episode shock before I saw it. It was still moving to watch. The rest is just awful - the new characters are one dimensional and an obvious box ticking exercise. I will watch the rest of the series but it'll be hate watching 😄
I gave up! Its not even close to our once beloved Sex And The City!
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Especially without Samantha.
I don’t like the way they wrote off Samantha and Big. I have so many issues with how it’s written, the forced humor, the awful dialogue. We get it, they are older, and yes all cis white women. But come on, the fans deserve better.
Well said! Totally agree!
@@RM-ld4mo Samantha not showing up for the funeral stuck out like a sore thumb. It's an insult to the fans who KNOW that character inside and out, to think they'd ever believe Samantha would act like that.
What's also an insult to the loyal fans and a big F YOU,is that they killed Big. Fans invested 6+yrs into Carrie & Big's rollercoaster relationship.
I really think they should have let things be.
Kim Cattrall was smart to skip this dumpster fire. I can see why she said no to the third movie too, as it's obvious they used a lot of material from the never-made movie in the first episodes.
Once I heard the word "Cis woman" I gave up on this show
And just like that, I'm not interested in watching the remake 🤣
Right on...FORCED WOKENESS ....not building up characters is more insulting than anything.....& how about the kids????!!!! Miranda's son??? Charlotte daughter???!!! Talk about pushing an agenda for such a complex thing as sex change...Big's death??? Lazy as hell...or killing off the patriarch LOLLLLLL....SO CRINGE
I don't know. I watched the first two episodes and it seems like SJP has too much control over creative. The series seemed cringy and cheap compared to the original. I mean come on:
- Charlotte genuinely seems like a 2D stand-in for herself. You would off thought she would have become more mature and wise with age. You would think that her interactions with her kids would on their own show that. They could have done so much with her (show her returning to her career in art or teaching it - fighting ageism after the years), being a strong mom supporting her kids and directing them through life. They could set up for a strong family atmosphere sort-of old sitcoms style. Instead, we see Charlotte more confused and plain childish as ever. I get the musical recital, but her contact with Rose and Lily was cringy at best. Making a fuss over dresses and going with the "moms don't understand young people trope"? Seriously?
- Miranda doesn't seem like the person to leave a perfectly fine career to just go and study in her fifties. If anything, they could have used Charlotte to show the difficulties of returning to college and starting a new career. Miranda could have been used as an inspiration. She could have started her own law firm and shown the difficulties of running a business as a mother in a competitive environment. They could have made a great scene where an intern saves or is right on one of her cases, showing older generations are not always right.
- The Carrie storyline seems to make the most sense, but it has its own SJP/Carrie cringyness about it. Maybe it's early in the series, but you would have expected more from this grand love story it was supposed to be for six seasons and two films. Instead, it almost lacked a scene where Carrie remarks on who will pay off her credit cards now. I was literally waiting for it in episode 2. They could have done more to this story or if Noth didn't want to play as much in the series, then they could've at least handled it better.
- The whole diversification of the show is of poor quality. I mean when Cher introduces herself with a list, it really feels like it has been written by someone badly out of touch. It was a bit stereotypical about Millennials or Gen-Zs, it would have been more interesting to see a discussion around sex, where both generations stated their views on issues like how sex and sexuality have become more public, the existence of revenge porn, nude photos, informed consent and so on. Big masturbating was supposed to be sexy? I guess it could be, but not necessarily for the viewers, and especially in that setting.
- Additionally, if they wanted to seem more inclusive. Maybe have Brady date an Afro-American woman from school? Or Lily be a lesbian? Show that these are real scenarios in real families. Show friends and coworkers that are of different races, genders, or sexualities. Just the possible scenario I mentioned with Miranda. Why couldn't a black female intern at her company, tell Miranda some important information that changed or should have changed the outcome of her trial. That character could have been later introduced to Charlotte and Carrie at some point and they could have become friends. Hell, we could have even learned that the intern has to look after a younger brother or has a young son of her own and have her bond with Charlotte over being a mom. Or have lost her mother to the pandemic and bond with Carrie over a sense of loss.
- Even with Samantha. If they knew Kim wasn't returning then I think it would've been better off to kill the character with Covid or breast cancer, than the whole "bad friend" storyline. It doesn't fit the character, she was a strong, independent woman who valued friendship like no one else. Or if they are hoping Kim will change her mind, then why not say that Samantha got a better job and is traveling/promoting a new hotel brand around the world. Make it seem like she is too busy to be in New York with them at this time.
There was so much potential but it was wasted. It seemed like one person in the team writing the script knew what they were doing and three who just wanted to sound hip. No personal hate towards you SJP, but please stay out of the creative. The show seemed very Carrie-centric, while there were plenty of opportunities to make something more of it.
I adored SATC as a teenager; it was my first introduction to the topic of sex and adult life. But this really doesn't compare to it, even Younger did a better job.
Definitely!
Overall, Sarah is jealous of Kim
You are on point, it felt like SJP was bullying Kim calling her ATM, 60yo do well etc. Sam was self-made, helped Carrie find fancy places and loaned her money. She would nt need Carrie, cz the Abu Dhabi trip was Sam's work,all couldn't afford it. Yeah and she used BIG big-time, she never settled for less.
@@lorshijolie6679 I always have this thought too.
The way they killed Big was such a joke. This show is beyond shallow and juvenile. They are trying to milk people's REAL emotions with this unsophisticated cash grab and they thought they would get away with it. This show is beyond unrealistic and disgusting.
Kudos to your commentary and your humor! Finally, someone who doesn't sugar coat bad stuff. You're spot on!
Adored the original series. Even enjoyed the movies. Sadly disappointed with how and cringe and over the top woke it was. Complete character assisinations my God what were they thinking??
Why isn’t anyone else angry that they are portraying people in their mid fifties to be more like people in their mid sixties. The characters aren’t acting like themselves at all. Miranda is now an insecure babbling fool with a drinking problem? Come on. Carrie being mean to Charlotte and wanting to get rid of her because she’s too emotional? Charlotte is grieving Big much more than Carrie. I need to watch these episodes again because frankly I can’t even believe it’s as bad as it is.
To me this is the same BS as Miranda having the baby (the baby that now has tons of sex , not need it ) she asked for no emotion. It is pointless and confusing!
Yea, Miranda feels VERY out of character!
Agree 100%% its sooo bad
They’re portraying them as people who are in their mid 80’s. Steve is in his 50’s but he has two hearing aids?! Wtf?
@@gf9747 Did the ever straighten out Brady’s name? Technically he’s Brady Brady! 😂
the first movie was unnecessary. the second movie was awful. this is just... eurgh.
Now I understand why Samantha's character did not return thank you for sharing you just saved me a lot of time it's okay your complaints are legit
I’ve only watched the first episode so far. So, this is my initial impression. First episode was a COMPLETE disappointment. If we look at the track record of the show. The storyline seems to be getting worse and worse. As the 2nd movie was trash. Perhaps the spark just isn’t there anymore. I love the original show. I do feel like it holds up today. They were fun and an escape. Like a night out with girls. That I enjoyed. This new chapter, robs the characters of their dignity by stating the obvious over and over again. I couldn’t help but wonder…what message are you trying to give about age? How they did Steve. Like really? He’s not even that old! Any current topics of the times they tripped over. It was awful! I also felt like they had the women do things that were out of character. Things Samantha would have done. Her absence is blaring. She was the comedy, the voice, and the most interesting. Without her…are they just old hags? Thats what the writers seem to think.
Sarah Jessica Parker was never a beauty but she has not aged well. She looks allow 65 or better.
Every big shot millionaire man has a “work wife” who knows the man better than the wife.
I commented about Big's death on another video..but it is so clear Chris was soooo done with Mr. Big. I watched his interview (the whatever AJLT event) and he looked bored and fed up and clearly wanted to be somewhere else and the way he talked about people shouting "Hey! Mr. Big!" to him all the time..he looked and sounded pissed off. I bet he told the producers etc.etc. that he will come back ONLY if they kill his character ASAP.
I hate actors like him, who get pissy about a character they play becoming bigger than life .
First of all, instead of being annoyed, he should be grateful that so many people embraced a character he played. He should take it as a compliment to his acting that the public has such affection for a character he brought to life on screen. It's very difficult in Hollywood to make it and/or do something that leaves such a lasting impression on the viewing audience.
He was spotted filming for the show and is supposedly returning in flashbacks.
@@kleeamd8274 True, and let's be honest, it's the role which brought him most fame worldwide, whether he admits it or not
@@sy_dianne5224 and I'm sure it brought him the best money of his career and more opportunities he wouldn't have received otherwise.
@@kleeamd8274 Yep, so I don't know why he is uncomfortable with it
This show sucks. Sums it up beautifully.
I heard Mr. Bigg didn’t want to come back and they had to force him just for one episode. He kept saying no and then he budged
I think they should just leave this, Friends, Girlfriends and the others in the past. SJP is a sweetheart and I want to support her but this is not it.
Thanks for your honest review! I feel the same :-( Was obssessed with seasons 1-6, movies meh not so much, but this is awful. It is not true to the characters at all, Miranda was always honest and fair, now she is cringe and uncomfortable to watch, yikes!
You were actually quite kind about your review. Before I watched the first episode I at least had this wonderful happy place and memories. I could go re-watch the old show and go into a safe happy place in a world where things aren’t so great right now. In one episode, HBO managed to not just kill a beloved character but to ruin the rest of the show because now it will be in my head that he dies in this stupid unspeakable way that makes no sense. Is it just me or why did she wait like five minutes and not call 911. I would do more for my dog. Anyway, if HBO thinks that iTunes in to watch death and destruction and sadness mixed in with fake wokeNess and Out of place weird inclusivity nods that make no sense in the show, HBO is sadly mistaken. Not only did I not watch the second episode, I canceled HBO and it will be a long time before I subscribe again. I feel betrayed. And depressed. Last thing I needed. Goodbye HBO.
Brilliant review, thank you! As soon as I saw the interaction between Miranda and Che, I was like, “oh no, they are going to put these two together because none of the current batch of writers has a goddam clue how to write for a nice, steady good straight guy character!” I liked Miranda in SATC, and always abhorred the way they dressed her, that was a fault in the original show, why wouldn’t a smart woman have allowed her stylish friends to help her shop ffs? But now all these years later, they still dress her like, I don’t even have a vocabulary for these get-ups!
I feel the same as you. I loved the original show and I love these actresses. But…this was awful and it just depressed me. I want to laugh and revel in this reunion. It may sound crazy, but I’ve been so down since I watched these two episodes.
Me too🥺
@@ariellesarinafirestone7823 😪
Same here, I literally woke up today thinking about the show (I watched it yesterday) and felt so sad...it ruined the whole SATC experience for me
@@sy_dianne5224 I’m with you. They could have done so many other things…
@@missypresley7579 Yeah like who needs this depressing show during these difficult time with the pandemic and all?
I woke up made breakfast ! I was so excited ! Beautiful clothes beautiful shoes ! Ya I was pumped ! It was 2pm and I was pouring myself vodka…. I cried in the shower later … and I have yet to recover.
I had to fast forward through a lot of the first episodes. The professor scene, the podcast, the smoking weed fight, the fight over the dresses, Charlotte's crying and Carrie's little freak out over it ... The under age sex scene.. 🤢
Horrible, not a good ending to such a iconic show. Hope it ends after this.
I couldn’t agree more!!! You are so right about killing Big before the show! They could’ve done flashbacks if they really wanted to bring him back. This last year has already been so depressing. We didn’t need to wallow in this misery for so long. And why are the all Karen’s now?!? And the loose ends were killing me, too! So disappointing!!!
I’ve seen some behind the scenes filming and it t looks like Big will return in flashbacks.
The show is trying WAY too hard. So much forced woke crap thrown in. Original series was progressive without shoving it down our throats. So bad.
I agree with all you said. Wish they left well enough alone. This felt like a commercial for wokeness. We’ve had enough. I tuned in to be entertained and ended up feeling awful.
I heard this show was horrible. Probably why Kim Cantrell passed. Most likely she got wind of this show. Smart women.