Sex and the City — Classic or Dud

and i have not laughed once yet!
and i laugh at a lot of things!

lol, there was a real gem last night when i was watching

"maybe we just have to take the outfits we got, and accesorize them"

or something, u know as like the episode closer... ridic.

well here's the thing, as a gay man, i'm continually fascinated by women, u know like big women

i think women themselves are not as fascinated by these women... more annoyed by them? i dunno. and yes granted the writing can be absurd

oh, yeah. that's a perfect example.

points for normalizing excessive alcohol consumption, though.

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ha so true

and cigarettes! i love the episodes when carrie is just lighting up all over fucking town. she could be on a plane and she'd light up, becuz u know, she's carrie bradshaw

the longer it went, the worse SJP got.

also, fuck (as in kill) rich people.

they should've done a show about the awesomeness of poppyseeds and walked around with poppyseeds in their teeth all day and not really cared and the episode closer could've been "maybe we just have to enjoy life a little more and not be so neurotic and uninteresting"
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the money wasting thing is really horrible to me, and why i can deal with a show like the o.c. when it comes to money issues, is an interesting case in itself re: television and class/economic divides

I bailed on it when every other episode had Carrie drooling at a shop window going "Shooooes... shooooes..." FUCK YOU

Morbz OTM - SJP is easily the worst thing about the show. When I see this in reruns now the voiceovers are like hot pokers in my ears arrrgh so bad

also, fuck (as in kill) rich people.

-- Dr Morbius, Thursday, July 19, 2007 5:08 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

fuck marry kill

lol geez i'm really surprised i feel like i'm the only one who lieks this show ;/ where's stevie?

i know a lot of people who love this show! that's why i thought i'd watch finally

oh ok good ; )

i think it's okay. it definitely improved.

some of it is okay, a fair chunk of it is excruciatingly bad. kinda depends on what actors/stories are emphasized in any given episode.

i don't unreservedly hate it, but robyn hit the nail on the head for me when she said that it's not real enough nor is it fantastical enough. as others have said it improved a lot as the series went on, and there's some funny stuff there, but with a show that long-running you're bound to get it right occasionally.

that episode that on the emmy, The Real Me, the pilot of the 4th season - the one where carrie does the fashion show and it ends with "To be Real"

is amazing

*that won

70% of laughs = Cattrall

ugh her delivery is amazing

Chris Noth's in for the movie.

yes good news

watching season 3 premiere when they go to staten island... i love when charlotte is dancing to that song. made me laugh out loud

this show already seems like a dated relic

The criticisms that many people have about the show are perfectly valid, but there are still some things that I love about it and will probably remember for a long time, such as Carrie coming home from a night out with the girls to find boyfriend Aidan practically comatose on the bed from having eaten too much KFC. The plaintive way he asks her to rub his belly for him is just great.

haahaha "baby, will u rub my belly?" ::snore::

I'm hoping Armageddon will prevent movie's release.

I'll tell you what I do hate about Sex and the City, though, and it's the fact that they insist on having sex scenes in it, but the women are wearing bras. Who does that?

all the women bare their breasts except Carrie.

it's true. wait miranda??

i don't remember miranda's breasts! oh well there was one aidan saw her naked.

lol charlotte loved showing off her bod in that show! samantha obv.

I don't think so. They might have done a couple of times, but on a regular basis, none of them do except Samantha. I'm watching a double bill now, and there's no bare breasts, despite a lot of shagging.

i don't remember miranda's breasts!

its not like I'm cataloguing boobie-exposure or anything but I'm certain they all did because Carrie stood out as the lone exception - she's one of those "I don't DO nudity" actresses cuz she thinks she's better than everyone else or a "real" actress or some such bullshit... over time I've really come to hate both SJP and her character.

oh I did just remember a Miranda's boobz instance - the breastfeeding episode. Also pretty sure she's nekkid in one of her encounters with Blair Underwood or one of the other non-Steve romantic interludes...?

They might have done a couple of times, but on a regular basis, none of them do except Samantha.

I dunno what constitutes a "regular basis" but Carrie is the only one who does not do nudity on the show FACT.

I remember seeing Miranda breastfeeding on a TNT rerun and it was ridiculous cuz they did one of those black-bra-animation-paintover things. SO STUPID Americanz be scared of nipples

wikipedia sez:

"Had a no-nudity clause in her contract, but accidentally appeared nude in "Sex and the City" (1998). In a bedroom scene when she stripped off her nightie the camera was supposed to stay above her breasts, but the shot was framed wrong and both of her nipples appeared in the shot. She didn't find out about this until the episode aired. She appeared nude only once more during the run of the show, although in a wide, non-revealing shot."

Breastfeeding doesn't really cover it, because it's non-sexual. Kristin Davis, according to Wikipedia, bared her breasts twice, once where she was supposed to have been covered up and the shot was framed wrong, and once in a wide shot. My point was that it's not realistic for these women to always be wearing a bra when they're having sex, and for me it's a big drawback of the show.

well I agree they do do it a lot and it is obnoxious - I'm sure there's a sex scene where Nixon's topless but I am NOT googling "Cynthia Nixon nude"

V. wise.

Speaking of SJP, am I the only one who finds her faintly terrifying in the ad for her perfume? She reminds me of Glenn Close in 101 Dalmatians.

My point was that it's not realistic for these women to always be wearing a bra when they're having sex, and for me it's a big drawback of the show.

-- accentmonkey, Tuesday, August 14, 2007 11:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

hmm, ok.

Dud. They're all a bunch of horrible, rotted out, face-melted liches who float around on the disgusting smell of impending menopause.

I blame that show for the hoards of ape-brained,mhorse-faced girls who roam around New York City in packs DISHING DIRT like they're fucking sophisticates. You can always tell the group of girls on the subway or in cafes who are secretly thinking to themselves< "God I am -so- like Carrie right now!! looll"

I think the other actresses started wearing bras during the sex scenes when the producers/whoever realized the show was going to be syndicated.

lol @ "its not like I'm cataloguing boobie-exposure or anything"

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yes that makes sense, i mean Samantha would be wearing bra during sex scenes (or indeed montages) with that Smith dude which itself made no sense at all. (xp)

I think the other actresses started wearing bras during the sex scenes when the producers/whoever realized the show was going to be syndicated.

Yes! You are right. I didn't think of that.

i think katherine heigl wears a bra in the sex scenes in 'knocked up'. i don't really have a problem with this convention.

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oh i got totally into this show over the past several weeks. i thought it got better as the seasons went on. but maybe just b/c i started liking/getting to know the characters more? i don't know, i got hooked.
i get it now. still have some issues with it sure whatever but there's a lot to love abt it too.
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also: a lot of hot men