tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post2392014574502468753..comments2019-02-12T08:52:59.665-06:00Comments on Casual Blasphemies: But the-- and the -- oh, for the LOVE.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14250563280900875907noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-12579724135547592192008-12-09T00:06:00.000-06:002008-12-09T00:06:00.000-06:00I admit I was a fan of the series on HBO, but the ...I admit I was a fan of the series on HBO, but the movie was terrible! Whatever likeability the characters of SATC had on the show was lost on the big screen. Basically, I felt it was meant to depress its viewers for 2 hours (I mean, we're essentially watching one big break up between Carrie and Big, all the while wondering why there isn't more attention shown to poor Miranda and Steve).<BR/><BR/>If that isn't bad enough, we are inundated with labels the entire movie. I never thought I'd say this, but it took consumerism to a whole new level.<BR/><BR/>You make a good point about Samantha's "weight gain". I was one of the women cringing in the audience. Considering Kim Catrall is 50+ years old, she's looking pretty good for her age -- according to Hollywood standards, of course.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely with you on this one -- no more crappy chick flicks with mixed messages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-4278479014613697312008-11-17T16:11:00.000-06:002008-11-17T16:11:00.000-06:00*smacks you*Dude, WTF are you watching that crap f...*smacks you*<BR/><BR/>Dude, WTF are you watching that crap for? <BR/><BR/>SATC ranks up there with "What Women Want" in terms of ways women are portrayed in Hollywood that make me want to hit things. Grrrrr.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-53858303697703451132008-11-17T14:37:00.000-06:002008-11-17T14:37:00.000-06:00Oh, but the 'beer goggles' myth did break my heart...Oh, but the 'beer goggles' myth did break my heart. Damn you! Back to Animal Planet, I suppose...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-23371688292318788412008-11-17T13:58:00.000-06:002008-11-17T13:58:00.000-06:00So coming from the background that I have, watchin...<I>So coming from the background that I have, watching "Sex and the City" (TV and movie) is like watching a foreign film without dubbing or subtitles or a twisted version of the "Planet Earth" mini-series.</I><BR/><BR/>I watched the show in college, and that was pretty much my reaction. I saw it as educational. Most of what I learned about dating I learned from the show. For the record, I don't think that was a good thing.<BR/><BR/>When I saw the movie in the theater, the scene with Samantha's weight gain felt like an awkward one for the entire audience. There was a lot of cringing among the women around me.Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00748279760712226936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-83952147252063566352008-11-16T21:14:00.000-06:002008-11-16T21:14:00.000-06:00I always hated Sex and the City because when it ca...I always hated Sex and the City because when it came out, I was a lesbian living in a conservative southern town. And as a lesbian, I always felt like the show was rubbing in my face that I don't fit in with thin, pretty, cliquey straight women who are out there having tons of sex, buying tons of shoes, and bonding with other straight women over their experiences with men. I felt completely excluded from that world, and the show made me feel like crap.<BR/><BR/>I don't think my dislike of the show comes only from jealousy of their (very fake) world, though... it also strikes me as vapid, sexist crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4041939403819293169.post-76096028278903294602008-11-16T19:51:00.000-06:002008-11-16T19:51:00.000-06:00Even though I enjoyed SATC most of the time I watc...Even though I enjoyed SATC most of the time I watched it, it was never a show I identified with all that much. It was like watching a Road Runner cartoon -- funny, but a world all its own, with rules that defied even gravity. I remember when I was married I had it on once, and my husband kind of looking on in horror and saying, "Women don't really talk like that to each other when they're alone, do they?" "Not that I've ever experienced," I told him. <BR/><BR/>But yeah, ZOMG 10 pounds. Sneeze three times and blow my nose hard enough, and I can lose that much too. YAWN.<BR/><BR/>Andee (Meowser)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529062520941210692noreply@blogger.com