[S03.E05: The Art of Illusion]

I think HC and AC have great chemistry. I'm sold on the Geralt/Yennifer romance. I'm not looking forward to Liam Hemsworth stepping in. 

[S03.E04: The Invitation]

On 7/8/2023 at 11:38 AM, iMonrey said:

I'm not sure how I feel about Jaskier and Radovid. I'm irritated by the way TV shows take characters that are clearly established heteros and suddenly put them into a same-sex relationship. It sort of reinforces the idea that everyone is fluid and can choose their sexuality. This isn't Grey's Anatomy.

I agree. It's almost as if they're trying to make heterosexual people the minority. 

[S03.E01: Shaerrawedd]

I was happy for The Witcher's return, but sad it's Henry Cavill's last hurrah as Geralt. I agree; letting Ciri go to the dance without a disguise was stupid. And I still can't stand Jaskier.

[S01.E09: Look for the Light]

On 3/13/2023 at 3:23 AM, Anela said:

Joel, you gorgeous human being.

Yes, that's what I was thinking, as he murdered the people who were going to murder Ellie. I don't care. They gave him a little girl to protect, and that's exactly what he did. 

I was thinking the same thing: that they would impregnate women, and have them bitten just before giving birth. *shiver* 

Now, I'm going back to my Dead Like Me re-watch. 

So then, women are dispensable? This goes from bad to worse. 

[S01.E08: When We Are in Need]

On 3/6/2023 at 10:58 PM, Demian said:

  I still will, however, assert that people mean more than dogs. 

By that reasoning people mean more than anything on the planet and when the natural world is destroyed we’ll have sewn the seeds of our end.

[S01.E08: When We Are in Need]

On 3/5/2023 at 11:30 PM, Racj82 said:

I will never really understand the visceral reactions people have to animals dying to the point where one will be fine with dozens of humans being mudereded over one dog but I assure you that you are not alone.

Probably because we are their caretakers and responsible for their safety. Domestic animals bond with us and trust us. They will often go against instinct to please their human. They do not ask to be put in dangerous situations so yeah, I’m all about caring about what happens to a dog or cat or horse or whatever. Humans have the capacity to make choices and do better. I never heard of Luck and was unaware that horses had died. I am sorry that happened and I’m glad the show was shutdown. 

[S01.E04: Please Hold My Hand]

On 2/6/2023 at 5:01 PM, paigow said:

The issue is that Joel can be perceived as an accessory to kidnapping after the fact. Ellie has been a prisoner to varying degrees all her life. First FEDRA, then the Fireflies... who passed her on to Joel & Tess. Since Ellie cannot disclose their true mission [to other people], it is easy to see Joel as human trafficker / pervert / predator.

Wow. I so hate it when people drag real-life concerns, fears, and phobias into television shows. In the world these people live in, I find it difficult to believe that trafficker/predator/pervert applies in any way to these two characters, much less that either of them is thinking along these lines.

[S01.E02: Infected]

On 1/22/2023 at 11:14 PM, peridot said:

IOf course, HBO had to work in nudity somehow! 

A nude corpse for an autopsy. Who'd a thunk it?

[S01.E01: Lights Out]

On 1/16/2023 at 9:10 AM, Hana Chan said:

It's a real thing. It's a family of fungi that attack insects, primarily ants. Basically an ant becomes infected and while the fungus is growing inside it's body, it goes about its normal ant business, That is until the fungus is ready to reproduce and the ant drags itself to a high perch (usually above the ant trails) and the fungus basically explodes out of its body and rains spores all over the place (so more ants get infected). It's genuinely fascinating and horrifying, As of now, people cannot be infected, but in the future...?

And that makes this premise genuinely scary to me—the who knows factor. We saw how selfish and weird people were during the Covid pandemic. If something like this ever happened...

[S03.E08: Chapter Twenty Four - The Return]

On 4/19/2023 at 11:19 PM, Zaffy said:

Last scene was the best thing of the whole season and this is what this series should be about and not the whole mess we had this season.
I hate it that I needed to watch another series to understand how Grogu got back with Mando. I even tried to read on line the story of Mandalor and I got a headache.  
And to be honest, I really did not care for Mandalorians and their planet and  I do not find them and their way interesting at all, they are creepy!
Yes, our main hero is a Mandalorian and follows "the way", but the whole appeal of the first season was how a monolithic and boring tough fighter had to get softer, and babysit and bond with Grogu. Those two are the whole series.
It is not Bo Katan, it is not various evil empire warlords, it is the Dins!

However  I think the major issue here, is Pedro's availability. The guy basically does a voice over..
Anyway, if this episode was the series finale I am absolutely ok with it.

I'm so glad I waited to watch the entire series, didn't sniff out spoilers, and came here after the whole season dropped so I could binge it. I don't have any of the complaints most posters do. I'm not a hardcore (or even a softcore) SW fan. I judge "The Mandalorian" strictly on its merits and find it mostly entertaining.

I thought the episode with Din and Bo playing detectives was a lot of fun. I warmed up to Bo-Katan, didn't mind her being prominently featured this season, and enjoyed all the dogfights and laser battles. I didn't know that was Lizzo, but she did an excellent job in her role, and as someone else mentioned, Jack Black wasn't nearly as annoying as I usually find him. Christopher Lloyd was almost unrecognizable, and I spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out who he was.

I'm glad the situation with Mando being an outcast was wrapped up quickly. Ditto for the Mandalorians returning to their home planet. I don't understand the concern about PP's availability or his body in the suit. He is Din Djarin for me. End of story. Also, not calling him Djarin ever. If Din is his surname, fine. That's what I will continue to call him. It's not uncommon for people IRL to be called exclusively by their surnames.

Other personal non-starters: I don't care if Mando ever takes off his helmet. For me, that's the cool thing about him. And finally, all the bitching about Grogu is mind-boggling. He's always been an integral part of the show. To harp on his presence is kind of annoying. If he bugs you that much (universal you) and puts a massive ding in your enjoyment of the show, maybe you should find something else to watch. Just saying. 

[Queen Of The South - General Discussion]

I really didn't like so much time being spent on Pote and Kelly Anne in the final season. They were not my favorites. I was not interested in the baby drama, and all the time wasted on them felt like filler. More time should have been spent fleshing out the relationship between Teresa and James. 

[S02.E08: The Viscount Who Loved Me]

I just finished the series, and for whatever reason, this season didn’t grab me.  

Every scene between Kate and Anthony felt so melodramatic. They never felt authentic to me, and I guess that’s why I wasn’t moved by the long-awaited kiss. That said, I thought their love scene was beautifully choreographed. Although, I’m pretty sure that’s not the response I was supposed to have. Everything following their moment in the gazebo piled on unnecessary drama. At one point, I’m pretty sure I yelled why is Kate so STUPID? Bottom line, I was never invested in Anthony and Kate’s romance. Sitting through it was just an exercise in getting to the finish line. 

Other News:

• I did like the ball scenes. Everything about those scenes was on point; the decorations and music, the colors, the gowns and jewelry. Perfect! 
• Colin visiting Marina. WTF? Not sure why he felt the need to turn that stone over, but I’m glad Marina didn’t pull her punches. 
• I liked how Emily Edwina called Anthony and Kate out and took control of her life and her future. The girl ended up having spunk and fire. Of the bunch, she was the most improved character in my opinion. 
• So, Penelope really is as vile as the rest of her family? Alrighty then.
• Eloise. She needs to fall off a horse and not recover. How is it possible to be born and raised in that family and have NO social graces?
• I liked Kate’s nightgown; the embroidery was exquisite.
• WTF hunt scene moment. Kate did not have to expose her whole thigh to step over a fallen log. Who does that? 
• Gregory Bridgerton is a cutie. 
• Multiple sadness. I really did miss the Duke of Hastings. Even a cameo would have been welcomed. Regé-Jean Page is top-shelf eye candy, and it wasn’t believable that the duke wouldn’t have accompanied his wife to at least one of the huge family get-togethers.
• Lady Danbury’s dinner for the betrothed couple and their families was a standout, and the fallout was entertaining. Mary Sharma’s parents are HORRIBLE people. LOL
• Violet and Lady Danbury's reconciliation was delightful.
• Colin hanging out with his arrogant, entitled friends. He is not only clueless, he is unworthy of any woman. 
• And finally, kudos to Daphne, Benedict, and Colin for calling Anthony out on his incessant whining. Daphne gets bonus points for telling him he wasn’t worthy of respect only pity. 

I hope next season is more engaging.

[S02.E08: The Viscount Who Loved Me]

I've just watched the first three episodes of Season 2 but I've scanned most of the episode threads and can't help laughing at the comparisons between Simon and Daphne's relationship and Kate and Anthony's; however, that's a topic for a different time.  Regarding what I've seen so far, here are my thoughts.

I really can't stand Eloise.  She started grating on my nerves halfway through last season, but I don't know how I'm going to watch the rest of her scenes since she's annoying me full tilt right out of the gate.

Ditto for Kate Sharma. She is totally usurping her mother's role in watching over the younger sister and I don't know why. Her smug, know-it-all demeanor and constantly needing to one up everyone in any situation makes me want to punch her in the face. She came off a bit more sympathetically when she finally lowered her guard and revealed something of herself to Lady Danbury, but that was short-lived.

Younger sister—what's her name, Emily?— she's pretty and dull.  

Anthony Bridgerton.  Didn't like him last year and don't like him now. He is the perfect embodiment of arrogance and privilege. I thought the scene where a bee lands on Kate was poorly acted.  His expressions and emoting were bad and the almost kiss that others found so hot looked silly and awkward to me.  I also cannot buy into his reason for not wanting to be in love with someone. And people thought Simon's reason for not wanting to have children was ridiculous? Major eye-roll here.

I did like the scene in the library where Daphne described the feeling of being passionately in love to Anthony. I could tell she was thinking of Simon and reliving the heat she felt for him, and still has for him now that he's her husband. 

Not sure what is up with Penelope, but I'm not enjoying her Lady Whistledown persona or her mopey Colin crush. Speaking of Colin he is a prig and I dislike him almost as much as I dislike Anthony whose hotness factor is a miss for me. 

Violet's labor scene. Blinking hell! That made me so angry, my blood was boiling. And to think in the United States here we are again.  Having men taking away a woman's agency over her body in 2022.  That scene yanked me out of the moment. I was furious.

I'm hoping I can at least get onboard the Kate-Anthony romance train as the series unfolds, but right now, all I can say is these tired tropes and predictable plots are the reason I ditched romance novels eons ago. 

[S01.E09: No Strings Attached]

On 1/27/2022 at 8:59 AM, mstar1125 said:

I couldn't help but wonder...is this the Carrie we could have gotten to know in the OG series if she hadn't been chasing after/fawning over/commiserating about Big for 6 seasons? It's like Big died, a veil was lifted, and she became a likeable person. 

If I remember correctly, Carrie “obsessed, chased, fawned over, and commiserated” about a great many men over the course of 6 seasons. It’s one of many things I couldn’t stand about her. It was as if she was nothing without a man in her life and that struck me as rather pathetic.

[S01.E08: Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered]

On 1/20/2022 at 10:26 AM, T Summer said:

Like many others  here I though Big should have been in the rear view for years when we catch up  the girls in the beginning of AJLT. I said it should've been a divorce after a brief marriage because what challenges can you write for someone who's been left like a billion dollars? 

If I were watching this show, and I'm not, I would have liked to have seen how Carrie and Big had settled into their marriage.  The viewers could have gotten a feel for what their lives were like, how they had grown together and kept their marriage spicy (for lack of a better word) before he died.  After all, like it or not, at the end of the OG series Carrie was happy.  She'd finally gotten the man she loved, and he'd come to her on his own like she had always wanted.  They followed that up in the second movie; she'd realized the value of a stable relationship and had stopped longing for her pre-married days.  It kind of sucks that there was no hint of that before they killed him off.  I personally see no value in a story starting with "divorce after a short marriage" given what they'd gone through to get to where they were.

On 1/20/2022 at 12:50 PM, ChicksDigScars said:

I follow Mr. Handler on Twitter. Is it possible to awkwardly read his Tweets, after seeing his full frontal? My, my....

I just read the Vanity Fair article where the writers attempt to justify the assassination of Steve's character, by saying, "there was backlash over Big's death, too." Seriously? Fuck off, Julie. Big was a piece of shit to Carrie for most of SATC....Everyone else kissed his ass. 

This narrative always floors me because it only sees the relationship through Carrie's eyes.  It ignores her many flaws and missteps throughout the entire series, not to mention the Big/Carrie relationship.  Also, I'm pretty sure Aiden would put Carrie in the "asshole" category if he was anywhere in the vicinity of honesty.  I'm also unsure about who exactly kissed Big's ass.  But then again, Carrie was the character I liked least, so I was never inclined to give her a pass when she was being self-involved, petty, entitled, silly and narcissistic.

On 1/20/2022 at 6:13 PM, BrindaWalsh said:

Fuck you, Miranda.  The problem when somebody saying "is this enough for you?  Is it really?  Are you happy?  Really happy?  This is really enough?"  is that behind those words lies judgement.  So when she had the gall to sit there and say to Carrie "I didn't make him feel bad, I didn't blame him" my mouth dropped.  Yes, she DID make him feel bad for being very happy with their settled and stable and traditional life.  Yes, behind the words there was PLENTY of blame because there wasn't "more."  Miranda has been looking down at Steve all season long.  There was plenty of blame coming from her.  And if she wasn't blaming, then somebody forgot to tell CN that she shouldn't play it that way.  I can understand the "wanting more."  But did she even give Steve a chance for "more" and tell him "I need more, let's do more?"  

Well said.

On 1/21/2022 at 9:36 AM, mstar1125 said:

Che is Miranda's Big. 

What exactly does this mean?  From what I'm reading there's really no comparison between Miranda/Che and Carrie/Big.  

20 hours ago, NotMySekrit2Tell said:

Miranda's hearing what she wants to hear. When Che says, "I can't give you anything traditional," probably what's going through Miranda's head is, "They mean because they're involved in so many different activities and travel around performing, so we won't be settling down and coming home to each other every night. Fine with me, because I had that and it was boring!"

Or maybe Miranda thinks she can change Che.  Wouldn't be the first time someone entered a "relationship" with delusional thinking.

[And Just Like That in the Media]

On 12/21/2021 at 1:11 PM, Ms Blue Jay said:

I'm kind of shocked that they released this!  I thought that Kristin and SJP especially are so close to Chris.  I wonder if they know certain things.

 

It's a rather anemic statement. 

On 12/22/2021 at 6:25 PM, ChitChat said:

In today's world, it's best to stay mum if one doesn't know anything about a given situation.  Maybe they've seen that behavior with him and that's why they spoke out.  If they haven't seen it though, I think it's best to say what Bridget said.   It's like being on a jury.  You need to wait to hear all of the evidence before commenting on it.   I don't think their careers would suffer for it.   

I support people who speak their truth, but if I don't know what the actual truth is, then I need to keep my yap shut.  :)  

I agree with you.  We don't know anything about the situation, but we sure are quick to run to judgement, make assumptions about people and project one person's bad behavior on others.   The reason I have a problem with this is because it's all so one-sided.  I'm particularly sensitive to people being hung out to dry on the strength of someone's word with nothing to support it.  This man is being destroyed.  Maybe he's guilty, maybe he's not.  But we don't know.  Meanwhile, these women are hiding behind anonymity and pseudonyms as they tell their stories.  Not exactly fair and it doesn't sit right with me.   I understand that rape is traumatic and life altering, but so is having your life ruined by the court of public opinion based on an accusation.  I'm skeptical by nature.  I've seen too many liars, people who jump on bandwagons, and people looking for easy paydays to check my suspicious nature and critical thinking at the door.  There has been ample opportunity for these claims to come to light before now.  Noth has worked a lot before AJLT.  Why haven't these "painful feelings" (an accuser's words) been triggered before now?  Sorry, I'm questioning motive and timing.  I'm afraid that the MeToo movement is spawning a dangerous environment that is going to create a nasty backlash.

 

 

[S01.E05: Tragically Hip]

On 12/30/2021 at 12:36 PM, RedHawk said:

The writers need to "check the box" on that, but this being SATC/AJLT we'll still see the gals (and guys -- "Hot Buns" delivery or whatever that company Anthony runs, sure it's cute and typical but UGH) acting like times haven't changed.

If “Hooters” is still “Hooters,” I’m not going to get too upset about “Hot Buns.”

On 12/31/2021 at 11:53 AM, Maysie said:

From that article linked above: 

Parker, 56, was particularly upset by the claims against the man who played Carrie Bradshaw’s longtime love interest and eventual husband.

“She is fiercely protective of Carrie Bradshaw and livid that she and everyone else at the show has been put into this position,” an insider recently told Us. “It is not about the money, but rather her legacy. Carrie was all about helping women and now, under her watch, women are saying that they have been hurt.”

On the page before, ifionlyknew mentioned that the lines between Carrie and SJP are a little blurry, and the quote above seems to make that line fuzzier. It’s like the character and the actress are interchangeable, and if this is a real quote, I think that’s weird and a little creepy. I understand it is poorly worded, but still, whose money and legacy are they talking about and who was all about helping women? I figure they’re actually referring to SJP, but it reads like Carrie which almost implies they’re one in the same.

It occurs to me that in a way, the Chris Noth mess is kind of giving them an out. I get the feeling that they’re going to use that as an excuse for tepid fan response and criticism of the show.

I call BS on SJP’s “upset,” and they can try to spin their failure to catch on on Noth, but I deal in facts and reality. The two have nothing to do with each other.

On 1/2/2022 at 2:26 PM, Tattooeddancer said:

As far as the possibility of Aiden returning, I never understood why Aiden would WANT Carrie back. She consistently treated him terribly. The reason the second movie was so unbelievable to me was "Why would Aiden want to kiss someone who treated him badly in not one but two relationships and he seemingly moved on from?"

Those scenes with Aiden and Carrie made me cringe.  Their only purpose was to make Carrie think she was all that and a bag of chips while endangering everything she’d been chasing for years.  That’s when I knew there was no coming back from my Carrie hatred.

[S01.E04: Some of My Best Friends]

 

On 12/24/2021 at 1:36 PM, hatchetgirl said:

When she came out in that outfit,I wanted to scream "do you not own a single pair of adorable skinny jeans?" 

Cute skinny jeans? With few exceptions skinny jeans have never been cute on anybody. Worst fashion trend ever besides spandex.

On 12/24/2021 at 3:44 PM, T Summer said:

I once expressed curiosity while visiting my husband's brother and SIL that the little ones didn't address her as Auntie Loraine (or whatever), they called her by her first name  and she snapped back with "I know who I am, I don't need the title! " which I'm quite sure is not good manners anywhere.   😕

My theory about this is people who want to act as if they aren’t old enough to be addressed aunt, grandma or whatever like being called by their first names or some cutesy alternative. 

On 12/24/2021 at 4:40 PM, ifionlyknew said:

There aren't a lot of laughs and any sadness we are supposed to feel for Carrie for having lost her husband is being lost the quicker she moves away from the life she had with him (not to mention what is happening with Noth offscreen is kinda making Big's death welcome).

I don’t think what is currently happening with Noth should have anything to do with Carrie’s reaction to Big’s death.  I also have some concerns about the allegations against Noth and the timing of them.  If people want to complain about woke culture, there should also be some concern about men being ruined by a claim that is hard to prove being made years later.  I will always ask “why now?”  Especially since Noth has been working all along and didn’t just crawl out of retirement for this shitty show.

On 12/24/2021 at 5:19 PM, PRgal said:

The first name for adults from minor children thing is definitely cultural. To me, Mr./Ms./Mrs. etc is a sign of respect of elders (hey, I’m from an ancestral culture where you’re not supposed to correct people from older generations, where until fairly recently, siblings were addressed by title and birth order (so a middle sister in a family of three girls is both elder sister and younger sister.  She may also be called “Second Elder Sister” by the youngest).  Oh, and if you’re from an older generation, your title would also depend on the side of the family and whether you’re a spouse or not.  Totally confusing during holidays) and is default until you’re told you could use something else.  I called my in-laws Mr. and Mrs.  pretty much until I got engaged.  

I love this.  There is nothing wrong with observing cultural traditions.  

On 12/24/2021 at 9:38 PM, gorgy said:

 

• Indian Samantha 
• Black Charlotte
• Black Miranda

This is tone deaf, offensive, and continues the ignorant perception that if it’s not white it’s irrelevant.  How difficult is it for you to use the characters’ names?  I’m reasonably sure they aren’t referred to this way in the scripts.  

On 12/27/2021 at 12:09 AM, Not4Me said:

An opportunity was sorely missed to explore Charlotte’s budding friendship with LTW more organically, without having to involve race, and without relying on the tired TV trope of a white person not understanding how to relate to a new black friend without coming off as a nitwit. They managed to do that with Seema (a dark-skinned South Asian heritage woman of color), why couldn’t the same be done for LTW? While Charlotte was sheltered in her WASP-y life, she’s also lived much of her life in NYC so having girlfriends of color wouldn’t be outside her realm of expertise. When she showed her appreciation and recognition of the African American art in LTW’s home, it was when the writers finally wrote her with a level of depth and intelligence that I remembered from the Sex and the City days. This is the same woman that studied hard to convert to Judaism.

I really don’t expect the girls to play catch-up to “wokeness”, and I certainly don’t expect the new characters to get such big storylines, other than being supporting, since they’re not the main characters (potentially yet) and there’s only a limited number of episodes. But I expect the introduction of the new girlfriends of color to feel more nuanced and natural, because it is NYC and it is possible to have a set of female friendships that are diverse, though not necessarily in one clique.

Unfortunately the writers on this show are too lazy to understand that you can have those nuances, not have to be awkward, and still be funny.

How about relating to new people you want to be friendly with as fellow human beings?  Whenever I’ve made friends with someone who isn’t of African descent, the foundation has been common interests.  It’s not that fucking difficult.  I absolutely agree they were able to do that with Seema.  Why are people descended from darker Africans treated as if  we are some subspecies requiring special handling?  This pisses me off to no end.

 

[S01.E04: Some of My Best Friends]

On 12/23/2021 at 8:59 AM, Harvey said:

Poor Miranda. Whenever she talks about her life, you can see that she is unhappy with the way things are but she doesn't know what to do to improve things. No wonder she drinks.

OG Miranda was intelligent and had a plan.  Did she lose her personality and her mind in AJLT?  Did they even bother to give the most basic excuse for the meltdown of her marriage and the character assassination on Steve?  OG Steve may have had some flaws but he was likable and the regular person in this sea of entitled, self-absorbed snobs. I can’t even talk about Brady because my foot would have been firmly up his ass years ago.

[S01.E03: When in Rome...]

4 hours ago, Trillian said:

Sure.  As long as your fiancé agrees, why not?  It just might not be advantageous to her - she might do better under existing divorce law than trying to save her assets from him than the other way around.

But what assets did she have? Her shoes? Her wardrobe? Her apartment? Big didn’t need anything from her financially. She was the one who gained coming into that marriage.  That’s why marriage was initially entertained; he was buying the penthouse and she was legally a guest.

[S01.E03: When in Rome...]

On 12/18/2021 at 1:32 PM, Hana Chan said:

I don't know of a single man of Big's wealth that didn't have a pre-nup. Especially when there is such a huge financial disparity between him and his spouse. I have no doubt that Carrie got a very generous inheritance, but it's not going to be unlimited funds.

I'm going to have to disagree on this. It is none of Carrie's business that Big decided to throw his ex a pittance (by his standards). And it's not her money being gifted to Natasha. I can understand Carrie wanting to speak to Natasha, but she had no right to stalk the woman after Natasha made it clear that she did not want to talk to Carrie and force the confrontation. Especially after how their last interaction went down.

That Natasha didn't tell Carrie to go fuck herself speaks a lot more about Natasha as a person than Carrie. Carrie sought out Big after Big was married, had an affair with him, cheated on her own partner and had a hand in destroying Natasha's marriage (not to mention causing Natasha to break her front teeth). Carrie didn't sleep with a man that she didn't know was married - she chased after one. 

Natasha has her life together and clearly didn't need Big's apology inheritance. It's nice that Big had enough of a conscience to remember that he'd screwed his ex-wife over badly and wanted to make up for it in some small way. That was his business. Not Carrie's. 

More of Carrie's obnoxious, self-centered, it's all about me behavior.  God, I can't stand her.  I actually liked that her "Russian lover" didn't fawn over her or indulge all of her drama.

[S01.E03: When in Rome...]

On 12/18/2021 at 10:59 AM, RedHawk said:

I've seen it as a good and healthy thing that Carrie kept her apartment. She can use it as her "office" to go write and she can let her friends use it when they need an escape space. But also, she almost lost it (her home) before when she had to buy it back from Aiden. Her marriage is very financially lopsided -- Big has FAR more money. He bought their penthouse, she put down nothing, and likely has paid none of the bills for decorating, upkeep, taxes, etc. So it make sense that she needs to and should own something substantial of her own that he can never take in a divorce. You can be 100% devoted to your marriage and still make good financial decisions to protect yourself in case it doesn't work out. She's also dumb (and Carrie is so very financially dumb) if she didn't get a prenup that spelled out what she would get in case of divorce. Big has a poor track record in marriage.

You can get a prenup when you bring absolutely nothing to the table?  

[S01.E02: Little Black Dress]

On 12/9/2021 at 9:13 PM, sashayshante said:

I laughed out loud when Susan Sharon said what many viewers were probably thinking. "Am I the only one that remembers what a prick he was to her?" Because he was. He left her at the altar for fuck's sake.

I saw this clip and didn't know who this woman was.  Now that my memory has been refreshed, why was that loud mouth, obnoxious woman even there?  She never struck me as a presence in Carrie's life and certainly not enough to know about the inner workings of her relationship with Big.  And finally, who says something like that at a funeral?  This is the kind of OTT crap I could never sit through.

On 12/10/2021 at 12:36 AM, slowpoked said:

While I have always been Team Aiden, I’ve long accepted the fact that Big was always the endgame, and so while the funeral was sad, I’m glad someone still brought up the fact that he was such a prick to her for the longest time, playing a lot of mind games with her, etc. 

What mind games did Big play with Carrie? And if you're able to point a few out, I'd have to do the same for Carrie.  Besides not meeting her at the altar, just how was he "such a prick" to her? 

 

On 12/10/2021 at 8:17 AM, Hana Chan said:

Someone on TikTok made a comment that Big winning Carrie sent a bad message that the fuckboy would win over the decent guy. I'll agree to that to a point because Carrie is a fuckgirl. She's just as manipulative and selfish...

I wouldn't call Big a fuckboy.  But I'm glad to see someone attributing accurate traits to Carrie.  Also, what decent guys are you talking about?  Aidan struck me as pretty clingy.  

On 12/10/2021 at 10:12 AM, Yogisbooboo64 said:

Finally, I don’t know how it is in middle America, but ain’t no…damned…way would I even think it okay for my teenaged son to fuck in MY house!  What in the bluedilly hell was that about?  And for him to back talk her the way he did?  Ut-huh, see this is why I don’t have kids.

Ditto.

On 12/10/2021 at 10:13 AM, Yeah No said:

I was never particularly team Big but I was definitely never team Aidan.  Aidan played mind games with Carrie in his own way.  He almost broke up with her because she smoked and then lied about it because she knew he made it a deal breaker.  I think that said it all, and his love, IMO was not unconditional.  Big on the other hand may have been skittish about commitment and had other conflicts getting in the way of their ending up together but those were eventually resolved.  And wow, I would never categorize Big as a fuckboy or Aidan as the "decent guy".  There was a lot more going on between Big and Carrie than him being a fuckboy.  Those are labels easily slapped onto them if only looking surface deep.  And Aidan, IMO was a little self absorbed and always seemed to want her to be someone else.  He never came off as getting her on a deeper level.

All of this.

On 12/10/2021 at 1:47 PM, luna1122 said:

So Big had a brother and a secretary we never knew about. 

We always knew Big had a secretary, we just never saw her.  I didn't know he had a brother, but then I'd have to be watching this crap to know that I guess.

On 12/11/2021 at 10:07 AM, ChitChat said:

 I'm not watching the show (I don't have HBO), so I'm going by the posts.  

I have HBO, but I'm taking a hard pass.  P.S.  I love your little kitty cat avatar.

On 12/11/2021 at 6:21 PM, PRgal said:

Che is non-binary (but born female), so I'm not sure what one would call a relationship with them other than...queer.  Perhaps Miranda is fluid then?  I'm not even sure what terms we're supposed to be using anymore.  

Miranda sounds like she's become Cynthia Nixon.  Whatever CN is, it should not be forced on Miranda who made it perfectly clear she was straight eons ago.  

On 12/15/2021 at 11:27 AM, Baltimore Betty said:

I feel like Big became that Holy Grail for Carrie, not so much love but obsession.  He treated her badly, leaving her at the alter, not taking no for an answer when she was dating Aiden and he suddenly had to have her, ruining that relationship for her and him cheating wth Carrie in his marital bed and ruining his marriage, they each gave as good as they got. I do believe they loved each other but it did not seem like it was a healthy relationship...he told her he did not want to get married but she forged a campaign to marry him, they did and then she gave him a hard time about wanting to watch tv in bed, something she knew he enjoyed, she wanted to go out for dinner every night and he wanted to stay home, for her it was always her way.

I still say that look in his eyes prior to dying was of disappointment that she was not reading the room and running for his nitro pills then pushing him over in to the running shower.

 

Carrie ruined her relationship with Aiden.  Big did not force her into bed at gun point.  She never got over him and she wanted to have her cake and eat it, too. 

On 12/23/2021 at 12:16 PM, Miss Bones said:

That part always makes me cry, too!  How can the same people create a beautiful sequence like that, and then also create Jennifer Hudson's cringey, awkward, TERRIBLE line (and for the director to not correct her delivery of the horrendous dialogue):  "MY VERY OWN LOUIS VUITTON??!!!"  Ughhhh - I am cringing now, just typing it out.

 

Yep.  Still seems like the same old Steve to me, just a little older.  🤷‍♀️

That entire scene was cringe worthy,  and the purse was HIDEOUS.

[S01.E01: Hello It's Me]

On 12/9/2021 at 2:52 PM, Lebanna said:

 

Man, Americans are such puritans about alcohol. 

Among other things...

DISCLAIMER:  I've seen all of the OG SATC episodes plus the 2 movies, but I have no desire to watch this reincarnation.  The press junkets and comments made prior to the series airing have annoyed me.  I don't think I've ever had a favorite character, but no longer having Samantha in the mix, coupled with killing off Big and the tone deafness of their diversity efforts exacerbated the laundry list of grievances I have about class, racism, entitlement, feminism, politics, and so forth in this country.  I don't want to watch a poorly made attempt to recapture what the series used to be.  IMO, they really should have thrown in the towel after the first movie.   That said, I do like reading what others think about AJLT.  From what I've seen in other forums, it's not being received well.

On 12/9/2021 at 5:30 PM, violet and green said:

I found the masturbate for me, Big, scene so embarrassing I was screaming No! at the screen, and not in a fun way. Okay, it went in a different direction, but it was still all wrong. Who, after 20 years together, doesn't know the answer to that question, especially when your job was to write about sex in the city...

This is an example of lazy writing and poor research.  Carrie and Big had phone sex regularly when he was in Napa Valley.  

On 12/9/2021 at 8:44 PM, ChitChat said:

I won't be watching the show, but I'll follow it on here.

Yep.

On 12/10/2021 at 3:37 PM, BrindaWalsh said:

On a shallow side, I found KD's plastic surgery to be really distracting compared to SJP and CN who I'm sure have had some work done, but seem to be embracing their age a bit more naturally?  

IMO, KD ruined her face.  I always thought she was the prettiest of the four.  Now, she's freaking scary.  

On 12/10/2021 at 6:30 PM, heatherchandler said:

Big was an ASSHOLE to Carrie, for most of the series!  Even the wedding ended up being what he wanted in the end.  I do not understand the love for him.  I love Chris Noth, so I get that, but Big was bad for Carrie. 

I disagree.  Carrie was the asshole.  Instead of reading the man correctly and seeing their relationship for what it was, she did what she always did.  Thought only about what she wanted.  Instead of letting things happen between them organically, she pushed and prodded.  He was "the asshole" because he wouldn't do what Carrie wanted him to do.   I thought she was totally out of line when she forced a meeting with his mother at church.  He told her that was something he and his mother did. And she couldn't accept that and showed up at the church.  I would have been incredibly pissed off if I had been him and she'd been ejected from my life immediately.  And that is just one example of her forcing herself on someone who hadn't invited her in.  I liked Big because he was sophisticated, charming and easy on the eyes.   Big liked her immensely and enjoyed her company.  He told her he needed time, but she wasn't listening because as always it was ALL ABOUT CARRIE.  Big treated her well until she backed him into a corner.   And the idiot never learned.  That's why she got stood up at the altar.  A small wedding became a circus starring CARRIE.   

On 12/10/2021 at 7:16 PM, hatchetgirl said:

Totally - such a jerk.  I was bummed she treated Aiden so poorly with Big being such a dick and sure - he was fine back in the day, but a jerk all around!

Aiden did to Carrie exactly what she did to Big.  She wasn't ready to get married, but she loved the idea of having a man who wanted to marry her.  When he started pushing for a wedding date, she bolted.  So, YMMV about Aiden being a saint and Big being a jerk.  Both men gave in to her and let her have her way—a lot, difference is Big had a boundary that he wasn't willing to cross for a long time.

On 12/10/2021 at 7:35 PM, ChitChat said:

I saw an interview with Chris Noth a long time ago and he defended his character (long before they got married) by saying something like Carrie knew who Big was, and she kept pushing for the relationship.   I can't remember what context this was in, or the specifics, but I think it annoyed him that Big was criticized for his Playboy ways in the beginning, when he thought that Carrie understood who he was.  

Makes sense to me.

On 12/11/2021 at 1:02 PM, Adgirl said:

I'm going to hate watch this because I miss New York.

(1) The reason I hate when people say they are colorblind is because those same people will say stupid shit like "Black Charlotte".

I hate that the characters I liked the most, I'll see the least. Samantha was always my fave. I openly wept when Carrie opened the card from the flowers. I knew they were from Samantha. I get that they didn't want to show the older folks having sex but Brady and his girlfriend were just a bit too much. Miranda was a Karen before they had a name for it. Calling the manager (my husband sent over all the liquor and if you could hurry and pour my drink), berating people in public, demanding to know what you are doing in the same space as her...own your shit. It would've been just as easy to laugh and apologize after mistaking the professor for a student. (2) Babbling about the braids is what we now call implicit bias. 

(3) Whatever Kristin Davis is doing to her lips...she needs to cut that shit out.

I hate that I see Miranda having an affair with Carrie's boss a mile away.

(1) and (2) This is racist BS and I'm through giving passes on this ignorant shit.  (3) This.

On 12/12/2021 at 8:11 PM, ChitChat said:

I found it quite depressing.  For all of Big's faults, there was still something I liked about him.  Not the cheating of course, but he could be quite charming!

 Big was charming.  Carrie was also a cheater and far less charming.

On 12/13/2021 at 12:35 PM, qtpye said:

Truthfully, Carrie should not start dating until she has properly grieved Big for her own emotional well-being. 

Carrie never took time-outs between break-ups.  

On 12/13/2021 at 4:57 PM, funnygirl said:

To think that tptb are reducing the backlash and bad reviews to sexism and ageism is a reach. Sure, there are trolls on Twitter with their sexist and ageist comments, but the majority of criticism and backlash is from viewers who loved the original series and justifiably aren't happy about Big's death, the pandering, and how OOC the three ladies are being. (and, yes, we're allowed to be upset that not only is there no Samantha, but how MPK chose to write her out). 

The core audience for this is rooted in nostalgia. There aren't going to be good feelings when you take large chunks of the show and characters we've loved for two decades and demolish it in service of this new one, maybe two, season revival series. 

I wish MPK and SJP stuck to the original plan which I believe was they were going to do a podcast dissecting each episode of the original series and telling behind the scenes stories, etc. (perhaps they'd even have actors on the show be special guests!) That would've been much better than what we're getting with this revival. I'd prefer Big alive and he and Carrie still together ("Me and You, Just Us Two"), Miranda and Steve going strong, as is the York-Goldenblatt family, and most importantly the true love story that is the friendship of the four ladies remaining solid as a rock. 

This would have brought me back as a viewer.

On 12/13/2021 at 6:28 PM, RedHawk said:

Once again, Carrie at 55 is still self-absorbed and blaming others. She's learned nothing. Well, we have 8 more episode to see if she grows up.

Don't hold your breath.

On 12/13/2021 at 8:50 PM, RedHawk said:

Of course Carrie didn't try to sell her shoes. Why on earth would she sell her own amazing collection of designer shoes when Charlotte had a ring she could sell? Gah, I basically hate Carrie if anyone is still in doubt.

Can I sit at your table?  

On 12/14/2021 at 8:25 AM, ifionlyknew said:

Come sit by me and we can talk.  I definitely don't think SJP is as nice as she wants everyone to think.

Me either.

On 12/14/2021 at 11:50 AM, qtpye said:

Can someone explain to me why Nicole Ari Parker (who is gorgeous) is referred to as "Black Charlotte"?

She seems to have an eclectic more cutting-edge style compared to Charlotte's more traditional looks. She also seems a lot less uptight than Charlotte.

Besides being a wealthy married mother...I am not seeing many similarities. 

Because white people can't possibly look at a beautiful, accomplished, intelligent, moneyed black woman as her own unique person.  She has to be a "black" version of some white person.

[S02.E08: Family]

On 12/27/2021 at 5:41 PM, CatWarmer said:

Am I the only one who yelled “Mother of Dragons” when the ?dinosaurs started emerging from the monolith?

Yes.