And Just Like That...

I'm still trying to figure out if they intentionally made it this bad and uncomfortable to watch. It's just sad to watch a show that I loved so much become something this bad.

It felt pretty nostalgic watching this and I don't think the writing is as bad as people are saying.

However, what ruined the show for me was the "wokeness" that just felt so forced and made me cringe. I think representation in film is important, but this is just over-the-top with too much focus on gender / racism / identity / discrimination. Doesn't feel natural. And that Che Diaz character who is supposed to add a humorous touch to the show is just so unfunny I almost couldn't handle it.

I am all in for inclusivity but omg is this show forcing it AF. Like... we get it, but can we please make it a bit more realistic? And also, a bit more about the main characters like in the old days?

It is so boring and unrealistic it hurts my eyes when I watch it. Everything feels so fake... fake characters, fake dialogues, fake situations...

I keep watching chapter after chapter hoping for a miracle but now I'm just hopeless with this show.

Also, could they embrace being 55 years old instead of making it all about death, plastic surgery, hip surgery,

I miss the friendships from SATC. This is like watching vignettes, or independent snippets that occasionally cross story lines. The brilliance of SATC was the common themes across the separate story lines within each episode - and the women's conversations about the central theme - that made it so rich. AJLT ... is trying to be its own thing but it doesn't work. Too many characters, too many story lines and not enough substance. It's... boring and the acting, which used to be so damn good, feels exaggerated... not believable. I dunno... it's just not working and I'm sad because these are lovely and talented people.

So I LOVED Sex and the City. Got the full box set and still watch it from time to time. It was sharp, sassy, funny and ... aspirational! Sure it was a fantasy life but who wouldn't want a life filled with brunches, fabulous parties, dates with hot guys, the best of friends and did I mention the clothes? And the shoes? It was all fabulous and I have to say, much as I loved it I was a bit apprehensive when I heard they were updating the story. Some things are best left alone.

Let me tell you my fears were more than justified but never did I think they would so completely trash the whole thing. Charlotte, probably my least fave and always a little annoying, is now just unpleasantly pretentious. Carrie still looks great but there is nothing to her, she's a clothes horse and nothing more. Zero depth to her character. Miranda, smart, ambitious, fiesty Miranda is nothing but a hot mess, a hopelessly infatuated groupie who has given up everything for her new lover.

And woke ... so woke it's painful. Every aspect of right-on political correctness, social concern, minority interest group is just crammed in there in the clunkiest most toe-curling way imaginable. The scripts are truly awful, the new 'characters' (I use that word in the loosest sense) all tick one box or another. Oh and the sex- always a big part of the show but somehow before it was so much lighter and more fun - is now so predictable and ... dreary really.

If SATC was aspirational there is absolutely nothing aspirational about this. SATC was the party and this is the mother of all come downs. I rated 2 stars for the clothes but even they arent as fabulous as before.