Did anyone watch the Sex and the City Reboot? *spoilers*

[fivechickens]

Lots of people are pissed at how they have been portraying Miranda. It is annoying how she was so confident and now she is acting like an insecure teenager.

[karinothing]

I didn't think the lady at the studio was serious over everything get cancelled due to Carrie's waffling on the commercial. I kind of thought they just shut things down for whatever reason and then she blammed Carrie because she had no one else to blame.

Anyway, I am watching but meh.

[somersault72]

Jun 25, 2023 0:20:09 GMT -5 thejen626 said:

I didn’t think it was vaginal dryness… I thought it was more of a douche-type product for “a clean and fresh vagina” and she didn’t want to endorse that specific product. …

I loved the young Asian guy on the beach. “The world is already dead” and the snide side-eyes 🤣

I loved the Met outfits but it was only like 5 seconds!! Come on. Give us some fashion!!

I can’t stand Miranda this season. She threw her entire life away for what? Che? I don’t like the way Che treats Miranda either. It shouldn’t be a surprise to find out that your partner is married to someone else.

I like the podcast producer guy and really don’t want to see Aidan again. I couldn’t stand his character in the original show.

Yesssss. I was so excited they were all talking about the Met and then they just glossed over the outfits. WTF. I didn't even get to see Anthony's I don't think. Poor Anthony.

Miranda is so disappointing now, and no it's not because she's not straight. I did see the briefest glimpse of her "you're giving him all your power."

My favorite parts of the episode were Lisa walking to the Met with her husband trying to carry the back of her dress and Rock being "forced" to support Lily because Lily supported them last year. Oh I loved seeing Carrie in her wedding dress again, too.

[cleo29]

Jun 26, 2023 8:55:46 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Lots of people are pissed at how they have been portraying Miranda. It is annoying how she was so confident and now she is acting like an insecure teenager.

I almost wonder if it is more that she has discovered this part of her sexuality and for the first time, maybe ever, is completely infatuated with the person and has gotten lost in that. Which is a departure for her character, but I also think she was a character that was very careful with her heart and emotions. 

[memenee]

I still feel bad for Steve. I mean, why did they make him the oldest 55 year old man on the face of the earth? He can barely get up from the couch! He wears bilateral hearing aids! He walks slow! Wtf?

[livinitup]

Jun 27, 2023 19:10:19 GMT -5 memenee said:

I still feel bad for Steve. I mean, why did they make him the oldest 55 year old man on the face of the earth? He can barely get up from the couch! He wears bilateral hearing aids! He walks slow! Wtf?

I’m not defending what they did with his character but I think I read the actor has hearing loss in real life, so they wrote it into the on-screen character, too.

[soccermama]

You know, I absolutely loved the original series, have re-watched it so many times. I haven't watched the reboot at all, I"m not sure I can bring myself to watch it!! It sounds like it is so different from the original series.

[janegold]

I hated Carrie's wedding gown in the movie and I still hate it now.

[kittycatlove]

Like others have said, WTF have they done with the characters on this show. I can't even count the amount of times I've watched the original. Now I'm just hate watching. All of them are so far from themselves, it's like Michael Patrick King has totally forgot who they're supposed to be. And the stories aren't cohesive, and they just jump around to try to give everyone screen time.

Miranda is the worst, I can barely get through her scenes.

[livinitup]

I agree about Miranda. The reboot had a genuine opportunity to make her character very cool and edgy. It was RIGHT THERE, then nope, no, not gonna happen. Instead we get this weirdly simpering person.

[pinkyp]

Episode 3 was *slightly* more tolerable, if only for showing Carri navigating her grief a bit more. However the storyline with the MILF list and the moms ogling the teenage boy was just gross. I hate Miranda and Che together more each week.

[Jalapeñomel]

Jun 29, 2023 14:56:33 GMT -5 pinkyp said:

Episode 3 was *slightly* more tolerable, if only for showing Carri navigating her grief a bit more. However the storyline with the MILF list and the moms ogling the teenage boy was just gross. I hate Miranda and Che together more each week.

I’m so totally grossed out about them ogling a teenage boy. Gross gross gross…it’s not acceptable for men and it’s not acceptable for women. These are 50+ year old women talking about how a 16 year old boy is hot? Wtf.

[gemini79]

Jun 26, 2023 12:37:11 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Jun 26, 2023 8:55:46 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Lots of people are pissed at how they have been portraying Miranda. It is annoying how she was so confident and now she is acting like an insecure teenager.

I almost wonder if it is more that she has discovered this part of her sexuality and for the first time, maybe ever, is completely infatuated with the person and has gotten lost in that. Which is a departure for her character, but I also think she was a character that was very careful with her heart and emotions. 

This is a great point. Miranda is a middle aged woman who realizes she's queer, leaves her husband, child, job and home to follow her first, younger queer partner across the country, and that partner has been solid in their identity for so long they can do a sitcom about it.

Listing out all the changes Miranda is facing and the lack of control she has, the character being messy and annoying makes sense.

It's interesting to see that the public is so...irritated by this and doesn't have a lot of tolerance for her.

A lot of people are coming out as queerater in life, resulting in these massive life changes. Are we expecting those changes to be...idk clean? Wow.

[cleo29]

Jun 30, 2023 9:18:28 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Jun 26, 2023 12:37:11 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I almost wonder if it is more that she has discovered this part of her sexuality and for the first time, maybe ever, is completely infatuated with the person and has gotten lost in that. Which is a departure for her character, but I also think she was a character that was very careful with her heart and emotions. 

This is a great point. Miranda is a middle aged woman who realizes she's queer, leaves her husband, child, job and home to follow her first, younger queer partner across the country, and that partner has been solid in their identity for so long they can do a sitcom about it.

Listing out all the changes Miranda is facing and the lack of control she has, the character being messy and annoying makes sense.

It's interesting to see that the public is so...irritated by this and doesn't have a lot of tolerance for her.

A lot of people are coming out as queerater in life, resulting in these massive life changes. Are we expecting those changes to be...idk clean? Wow.

I think I was reading a review on Slate about it and they mentioned the same things I did, which made me feel validated. lol I do think people are having a really hard time wrapping their mind around this 180 change, but like you said her life is in flux. she is an empty nester, newly single and for the first time ever is not doing what is logical, but is allowing herself to be lead by pure emotion. I do think she will come back around and there will be a melding, if you will, of her between these two sides. Maybe going into law that fights for LGBTQ rights and she will find her footing. I also think she will eventually find a partner who will love her the way she deserves and will be far less self-centered. I really do not like Che at all. 

[dexteroni]

Jun 30, 2023 9:18:28 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Jun 26, 2023 12:37:11 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

I almost wonder if it is more that she has discovered this part of her sexuality and for the first time, maybe ever, is completely infatuated with the person and has gotten lost in that. Which is a departure for her character, but I also think she was a character that was very careful with her heart and emotions. 

This is a great point. Miranda is a middle aged woman who realizes she's queer, leaves her husband, child, job and home to follow her first, younger queer partner across the country, and that partner has been solid in their identity for so long they can do a sitcom about it.

Listing out all the changes Miranda is facing and the lack of control she has, the character being messy and annoying makes sense.

It's interesting to see that the public is so...irritated by this and doesn't have a lot of tolerance for her.

A lot of people are coming out as queerater in life, resulting in these massive life changes. Are we expecting those changes to be...idk clean? Wow.

I agree with you and cleo29. I remember thinking "why is Miranda acting like a teen with her first crush?" and then realizing that this actually is a huge first for her. So it makes sense, I just think the writing isn't handling it well. The show could play an important role in helping viewers understand where Miranda's mind and heart are right now, and maybe be more understanding if people in their lives are going through something similar, and they aren't. Yet another example of the bad writing on this series. Maybe they'll get to it, but they haven't yet.

[gemini79]

Jun 30, 2023 11:22:58 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

Jun 30, 2023 9:18:28 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

This is a great point. Miranda is a middle aged woman who realizes she's queer, leaves her husband, child, job and home to follow her first, younger queer partner across the country, and that partner has been solid in their identity for so long they can do a sitcom about it.

Listing out all the changes Miranda is facing and the lack of control she has, the character being messy and annoying makes sense.

It's interesting to see that the public is so...irritated by this and doesn't have a lot of tolerance for her.

A lot of people are coming out as queerater in life, resulting in these massive life changes. Are we expecting those changes to be...idk clean? Wow.

I agree with you and cleo29. I remember thinking "why is Miranda acting like a teen with her first crush?" and then realizing that this actually is a huge first for her. So it makes sense, I just think the writing isn't handling it well. The show could play an important role in helping viewers understand where Miranda's mind and heart are right now, and maybe be more understanding if people in their lives are going through something similar, and they aren't. Yet another example of the bad writing on this series. Maybe they'll get to it, but they haven't yet.

When Samantha moved to LA with Smith, it wasn't nearly the same level of identity crisis, but she did leave her home, job and friends, and the show did a better job of showing her struggle. She changed her eating habits, was irritable and they did exposition where she told off Smith and expressed that she was struggling.

I agree that if a person is coming out as a middle aged person, it still thrusts them back developmentally to an earlier stage of life, and that's how Miranda IS acting. I also agree that the show is expecting us to *get* that and it's too big of a concept!

[dexteroni]

gemini79 that's a good comparison. There was a whole plot line about it, and it was handled well. I just finished this week's episode, and when Carrie said to Miranda "I think you need to come back to New York," I thought maybe they would get into the topic, but they didn't.

This week's episode wasn't too terrible. The MILF thing was awful but could have been acceptable if it was written better. And Seema's story line could have been a SATC Samantha story line, in a good way.

Also I hated that part of the sound man's flirtation with Nya was to paw around inside her shirt. And Nya and LTW were all "ooh he likes you" about it. Sometimes it's nice when this show harks back to SATC and other times it's cringe, and this moment was the latter.

Someone mentioned earlier in this post about how the original cast doesn't get together as much, and I miss that. Connecting over brunch about each episode's issues was a touchstone in SATC, and while it makes sense that everyone's busier and doesn't have time for weekly brunch, seeing the conversations take place as phone calls just isn't the same.

[cleo29]

Jun 30, 2023 12:16:38 GMT -5 gemini79 said:

Jun 30, 2023 11:22:58 GMT -5 dexteroni said:

I agree with you and cleo29 . I remember thinking "why is Miranda acting like a teen with her first crush?" and then realizing that this actually is a huge first for her. So it makes sense, I just think the writing isn't handling it well. The show could play an important role in helping viewers understand where Miranda's mind and heart are right now, and maybe be more understanding if people in their lives are going through something similar, and they aren't. Yet another example of the bad writing on this series. Maybe they'll get to it, but they haven't yet.

When Samantha moved to LA with Smith, it wasn't nearly the same level of identity crisis, but she did leave her home, job and friends, and the show did a better job of showing her struggle. She changed her eating habits, was irritable and they did exposition where she told off Smith and expressed that she was struggling.

I agree that if a person is coming out as a middle aged person, it still thrusts them back developmentally to an earlier stage of life, and that's how Miranda IS acting. I also agree that the show is expecting us to *get* that and it's too big of a concept!

I hope there will be an episode where all of this is explained explicitly.  I do think she will find herself again, incorporating things from her "old" self and this new one that is far more willing to take chances, which is also great. 

I am wondering if a lot of the original writers are no longer a part of things, which could explain a lot.