Anyone watching the SATC reboot? Major spoiler inside...

[lisaviolet]

I was Team Big too. So, was Carrie apparently. She did end up having an affair with him. And when she was in Paris with Mikhail Baryshnikov, it was Big she realized she really wanted to be with.

What was wrong with having a reboot with a Carrie that was happily married? What? There are no other storylines they could come up with than women always yearning to find a man, even when they are constantly proclaiming how strong they are without one?

Do we know that it wasn't a case where Chris Noth was not interested to revisit or just could not commit due to his other projects?

(Asking because when Patrick Dempsey did not want to do Grey's Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes has said that she felt she had no choice in his demise, due to him leaving. A la the show was going on and she felt she could not have them split up because their relationship was that strong and fought for. So Patrick Dempsey filmed the scenes and left. And although she did not want to kill him off, it left their love story intact.)

I hate that Big was killed off (and Derek Shepherd), simply asking if it was because of Roth's timetable or him not wanting to revisit.

 

[anniemae]

The more I keep hearing about it the more I don't want to watch it. It used to be so lighthearted and fun, like a fun date with girlfriends. I understand the angle that they had to kill Big so Carrie could be free and single again, but I wish they didn't kill him in the current timeline. I wish they started the first episode five years after his death.

So, explain it in the first episode that he is dead, maybe show Carrie visiting his grave and the date of his death on the grave stone is 2016 or something. that way she would not be so fresh into the grieving. If they felt the need to show the death, it could have been in a flashback, then go back to present day. Unless they time jump the next episode, the season is going to be very dark and somber.

 

[Imzadi]

Do we know that it was a case that Chris Noth was not interested to revisit or just could not commit due to his other projects?

As far as I know, (which was one interview) it was neither. When asked if he was going to be in the reboot, he said he wasn't ASKED. He didn't say he wasn't interested.

As for The Equalizer, he's usually in 1-2 small scenes in each episode. Big was never in a lot of scenes in any episode of SATC. I think if the SATC reboot really wanted him he could have done both series. Other actors have juggled two series, filming the other one on the off days. And the shows co-ordinate with each other.

 

[lisaviolet]

As far as I know, (which was one interview) it was neither. When asked if he was going to be in the reboot, he said he wasn't ASKED. He didn't say he wasn't interested.

As for The Equalizer, he's usually in 1-2 small scenes in each episode. Big was never in a lot of scenes in any episode of SATC. I think if the SATC reboot really wanted him he could have done both series. Other actors have juggled two series, filming the other one on the off days. And the shows co-ordinate with each other.

Thanks Imzadi.

Absolutely on the two series options these days, actors do not have to choose - or have ironclad contracts - like in the past.

Insert a big fat sigh for killing him off then.

 

[Colleen27]

Besides Carrie, I found Miranda's awkwardness and attempts at social justice pandering to be really cringeworthy, in particular. Like, what happened to her? It's like she lost all her faculties and has regressed into being a bumbling idiot. Charlotte is still the same Type A, overly dramatic person,which is at least consistent if not a bit much when she made Big's death all about her for some reason.

I watched the two episodes that are out and it felt like *everyone* irritated me. Miranda's brains seem to have leaked out of her ears, her kid is a total ******, her husband acts like my grandfather did at 80, Charlotte is the world's oldest teenage drama queen, her husband is basically furniture, and Stanford and his boyfriend are walking cliches. It is like aging is the only thing that happened off camera - no maturity or character growth. And it makes me wonder, were they always so unlikeable and I just didn't notice when I was younger? Or did the writers just do such an awful job writing "older" characters?

 

[DLgal]

I watched the two episodes that are out and it felt like *everyone* irritated me. Miranda's brains seem to have leaked out of her ears, her kid is a total ******, her husband acts like my grandfather did at 80, Charlotte is the world's oldest teenage drama queen, her husband is basically furniture, and Stanford and his boyfriend are walking cliches. It is like aging is the only thing that happened off camera - no maturity or character growth. And it makes me wonder, were they always so unlikeable and I just didn't notice when I was younger? Or did the writers just do such an awful job writing "older" characters?

They have all always been pretty awful. I watched the show the first time around a few years after it came out and I was in my mid 20s at the time and enjoyed it for its entertainment value, but I found all the characters to be way "too much", in terms of their personalities and behavior. Carrie, in particular, was perhaps the most annoying fictional character to ever grace television screens. I would never have been friends with any of those women, to be honest. Maybe Miranda, although she was a real ice queen.

Probably the weirdest part of this reboot was the whole awkward conversation about, ahem, "playing with oneself." Like, was this not addressed ad nauseam in the original series? Didn't these women talk about this and their use of "toys" openly, like ALL the time? Why did Carrie act like she had never heard of such a thing. And how did she not KNOW if Big had ever done it. Like, what?

 

[AustinTink]

Why did Carrie act like she had never heard of such a thing. And how did she not KNOW if Big had ever done it. Like, what?

When in fact I remember a few episodes where Big would call her and do that very thing over the phone.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I am still recovering from watching this last night.

I have given it some thought, I guess this whole Big thing (as much as it just kills me to see) fits. In the original show, they were all pretty much "bullet proof". I am not as old as they are in the show, but in my time I have seen and experienced loss. I guess there is a some bit of empathy there. The one with Miranda's mother hit hard, but Big just knocked me off my feet. I guess this is part of life and as you get older, you will see more of this if you are the survivor. That said, I really am heart-broken.

 

[Colleen27]

They have all always been pretty awful. I watched the show the first time around a few years after it came out and I was in my mid 20s at the time and enjoyed it for its entertainment value, but I found all the characters to be way "too much", in terms of their personalities and behavior. Carrie, in particular, was perhaps the most annoying fictional character to ever grace television screens. I would never have been friends with any of those women, to be honest. Maybe Miranda, although she was a real ice queen.

Probably the weirdest part of this reboot was the whole awkward conversation about, ahem, "playing with oneself." Like, was this not addressed ad nauseam in the original series? Didn't these women talk about this and their use of "toys" openly, like ALL the time? Why did Carrie act like she had never heard of such a thing. And how did she not KNOW if Big had ever done it. Like, what?

Yeah, I watched it when it was still on - binge watched it on demand probably in season 4 or 5, then finished watching as it came out - so I'd have been in my very early 20s. And I did enjoy it then, in the same way I'd enjoy a trashy romance novel, without thinking too much about it. But it wouldn't be the first show I liked back then that just annoyed me when I went back to rewatch it more recently.

I actually thought the podcast scene was sort of amusing, in a cringey way, mostly because I can totally relate to being someone who communicates very freely with the written word but gets more than a little tongue tied with verbal banter, especially if I don't know the other people in the conversation well. I have totally hated my brief momentary forays into broadcasting/podcasting, so I could relate. But then they made it ridiculous with the whole thing with Big and with her discomfort talking about it with the girls.

 

[WDWJDS]

While watching it, DH asks “How is it?” I said “painful”

In a nutshell, I hadn’t heard the rumors about Big and was absolutely sucker punched when it happened.
Thought it a little suspect that Big’s secretary mentioned papers (Spidey sense says something is up with that).
Once I heard that Sara Ramirez was joining the cast, I thought that they might introduce a queer aspect into Miranda’s character.

Also who the $@&$ allows their 17 year old’s BF/GF to sleep over I guess I’m an old fogey because I don’t know anyone that does that (and I certainly never would have). And to blatantly have sex THAT LOUD in the next room while your parents are home and awake
And lastly, who smokes weed openly at a funeral?

Just painful

 

[anniemae]

Just finished ep. 1 and 2. Some thoughts:

I think they are making Miranda into someone with a drinking problem with all the alcohol she was sneaking. Also feeling like they are setting her up to be bisexual. It felt like they were hinting at something with Che.

Some foreshadowing for Big. First he told her to go easy on the salt, also she jokingly mentioned his emergency nitroglycerin. There was something else but I can't remember what it was.

Was sad seeing Stanford at the funeral knowing the actor later died. Must have been difficult for him to film that. I read that SJP was the only one who knew about his illness, he hid it from the rest of the cast.

SJP looks really good

I liked that Samantha sent the flowers.

It was hard to see Big die after getting a peek into their relationship. It was such a loving, romantic, beautiful relationship. Not like they were two people who had fallen out of love and couldn't stand each other. To see them cook and dance and romance each other was so touching.

I am very curious to see where they will go from here. Like I said in a previous post, I wonder if there will be a time jump. It will be hard to watch her mourn, it's not something they can sweep under the carpet and just be like "oh well Big's dead, lets go out for cosmos and pick up guys!"

 

[AustinTink]

Also feeling like they are setting her up to be bisexual. It felt like they were hinting at something with Che.

Yep. It would directly mirror her personal life. She left her marriage to a man because she fell in love with a woman. Pretty lazy on the part of the writers if they just steal directly from her real life.

 

[tcufrog]

The one thing I could react to was the way Carrie was stoically going through the motions when having to deal with planning the funeral and other people who should have been helping instead falling apart. That's what happened when my father died in 2020. Sometimes I feel I'm just now processing my grief when little things remind me of him or something happens that I wish he could witness.

 

[marybet]

My husband and I watched the first episode, he didn't even want to finish it but I knew that Big was going to die and I wanted to see that. Did no one wonder why Carrie didn't call 911 or try CPR? I just watched the second episode and it was as painful as the first. I just thought the dialogue was very stiff and stilted, didn't seem real at all. Doubt I'll continue to watch. it was just bad. The only good thing was Lilly playing the piano.

 

[scrump]

I had seen most of the episodes from the original series, mostly because I wanted to follow what everyone was talking about, and same with the movies.

I got a lot of personal satisfaction on how the series ended, and felt there was really no need for either movie, but I was entertained by both.

It was sad to watch Big die. I did wonder why there was no attempt for a 911 call or CPR, but I assumed that Carrie saw it in his eyes that it was too late. I think it would be within character for Carrie to do everything to save him, and the fact that she chose to spend those last seconds holding him instead made it all the more dramatic for me.

Because I've seen everything else, I feel committed to seeing this series through as well, though I don't have the strongest affinity for this particular franchise. I liked Samantha, but was neutral on her absence, but I did think the flowers were a nice touch.

 

[Karin1984]

I won't watch it. Also didn't watch the movies. I loved the first few series, but the final season was when I realized how much I dislike Carrie. The others had serious problems, Samantha with cancer, Miranda getting pregnant and getting to terms with her family life, and Charlotte niet being able to get pregnant. And Carrie's only issues were about Mr. Big or not Mr. Big. She started to feel more shallow than the others and she had nothing to fight for. Except sit in her pretty tower in a fantasy world, while the real life outside passed by.

This is what stuck with me from the series after it ended.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I know there has been a good bit of debate online about Carrie and the not calling 911 or trying to save Big. Also I have only watched that scene once. To me, I kind of wonder if is more of an issue where things kind of shifted to Carrie's perception of reality. I suspect he was already gone when she found him, and that any interaction/movement was just her way of having that "last moment" together, but it was more of her imagining that part.

I am sure if somebody were to experience such a shocking moment, they do not think clearly and probably will not remember facts and details exactly they way they happened. Also, seem to remember a scene where you could see workers in the background getting ready to, or removing him. I would assume that 911 was called, that just wasn't the focus. It was more focused on Carrie, Big and that awful moment.

I guess they could have showed her calling 911 and Fire/Rescue could have come and tried to save him. But come on... this is NOT Chicago Fire is it?

 

[CBMom01]

I won't watch it. Also didn't watch the movies. I loved the first few series, but the final season was when I realized how much I dislike Carrie. The others had serious problems, Samantha with cancer, Miranda getting pregnant and getting to terms with her family life, and Charlotte niet being able to get pregnant. And Carrie's only issues were about Mr. Big or not Mr. Big. She started to feel more shallow than the others and she had nothing to fight for. Except sit in her pretty tower in a fantasy world, while the real life outside passed by.

This is what stuck with me from the series after it ended.

SATC 2 is the worst movie ever made. First, it’s wealth porn at its most offensive. And I enjoy a fun rich people movie - anything from The Thin Man to Crazy Rich Asians. But SATC managed to make it obscene. Probably because the writing was so awful and the treatment of women of all sorts managed to be one dimensional and just plain bad.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

SATC 2 is the worst movie ever made. First, it’s wealth porn at its most offensive. And I enjoy a fun rich people movie - anything from The Thin Man to Crazy Rich Asians. But SATC managed to make it obscene. Probably because the writing was so awful and the treatment of women of all sorts managed to be one dimensional and just plain bad.

I am the one of the biggest SATC fans ever... I pretend that this movie was never made

 

[AustinTink]

I'll just leave this here https://people.com/sports/mr-big-pe...at-sex-and-the-city-chris-noth-ryan-reynolds/