The trailer for And Just Like That’s Season 3 is here. Carrie Bradshaw is still dealing with Aidan Shaw somehow! Meet other men, for goodness sake. [OMG Blog]
Tom Cruise & Ana de Armas were hanging out again this week. [LaineyGossip]
Derrick Dillard is no longer an Arkansas DA. Huh. [Starcasm]
Melanie Lynskey loves a girly dress. [Go Fug Yourself]
Jamie Dornan models for Loewe. [Socialite Life]
Some background on Jon Hamm’s new AppleTV show. [Pajiba]
Aimee Lou Wood wasn’t crying over SNL. [Just Jared]
Anna Sawai is breathtakingly beautiful. [RCFA]
Rihanna wants to get married. [Seriously OMG]
What’s the situation with Sedona Prince? [Hollywood Life]
People reveal their family’s secrets. [Buzzfeed]
Can we have a mass boycott of this show? Maybe that’s the only way it will die. Seriously, at this point in history, do we really need to see self-obsessed women living luxury lives in NYC? The character “Carrie Bradshaw” is on par with Lauren Sanchez at this point — fancy brunches (still!), money she didn’t earn, stupid dependence on men. Gaaah!
I agree with this sentiment 💯 but will unfortunately hate watch the shit out of this.
And then be annoyed that I did.
They can close the series with Carrie and Aiden getting married. What’s the point of bringing back Aidan only with on again off again relationship. Some characters got bad writing, like Steve did.
So right. I think Carrie has gotten bad writing. It’s too much wish fulfillment. I actually like arrive but it’s too much.
I can’t see the Aiden character being roped into her world again. Unless he reached out when big died. Even then he should just send condolences.
I re-watched SATC a few years ago. It was must see TV for me when it first aired, but absolutely doesn’t hold up now. It shocked me how awful it was because I had apparently not registered so much the toxicity the first time around. I will never watch it again or watch the reboot. The sum of the great parts (NYC, fashion, sexual liberation, SJP aging and not going full blow up doll magat plastic surgery Barbie) doesn’t overcome the vapidness.
Totally agree. Loved the show and can not stand watching the old one now much less the new one. They are insufferable.
Now that more and more women actively choose to be single, the old show seems very old-fashioned.
The men-desperation seems from a different world now.
There were very toxic pairings in the first series like Richard and Samantha; Big and Carrie; and the way Carrie treated Aidan (realistically he would not have wanted to get back together with her after the first breakup).
Realistically big would have stayed with Natasha and not had the affair with Carrie. I think the last two episodes were very rushed. In the original series
And just like that, Carrie’s still dressing like a clown.
Right? She’s the weird lady on the street you try not to stare at.
i haven’t rewatched the original in years but enough clips pop up in my reels on FB and IG that I feel like I have actually rewatched it and wow…..Carrie really WAS the worst. Everything is about her, for some reason she’s everyone’s best friend (Charlotte’s MOH, godmother to brady etc) but overall she is self-absorbed, not supportive besides calling people sweetie, and just…ugh. Give me samantha any day.
It’s kind of cool that Kim Cattrall opted out of this whole thing, isn’t it? As if she could see a future that was more modern and creative and relevant for herself than this worn-out, desperate plot line.
Hot take: If Carrie had just chilled out first season and given Big space they never would have broken up. They had an easy chemistry from the start. She forced the break up, threw a plate across the kitchen, got drunk at Yankees game and never offered to grow up and out of NYC with him.
This last point is why it doesn’t work with Aiden either – never leaving the island of Manhattan has its limits.
IDK — I’m in the minority but I liked SATC when it aired and I still enjoy it now when I want something on in the background — although I watch it knowing that it’s very much a product of its time. I also hate-watch AJLT because I’m a glutton for punishment and I love mess. I swear, the writing staff must drop acid before they go into the writing room because the plot is ALL OVER the place. I do really enjoy Seema and Lisa Todd Wexley (“LTW”), two of the new characters they introduced in the reboot. Seema is kind of a Samantha/Miranda hybrid and LTW is stunningly beautiful and I enjoy her fashion.
Same here. This was 2%+ years ago – we’ve evolved from man-centric neediness, but some of the writing was great. I take off my 2025 lenses and put on my 1999-2006 lenses and enjoy re-watching. Also agreed that AJLT is an acid trip…no idea what is coming at you and when it will end.
Ironically, my favorite storylines are the ones that usually don’t involve Carrie but focused on the other three. For example, there’s an episode where Miranda’s mother dies and the other three rally around their bereaved friend in a beautiful way. There are some sweet moments involving Miranda and her family, and Samantha and Charlotte. Honestly, I loved any opportunity where Samantha and Charlotte got to spend time together because they were such opposites but always ended up coming together, finding common ground, and learning to appreciate the qualities in the other woman they didn’t possess (e.g., Samanatha’s unabashed sexual confidence, Charlotte’s indefatigable optimism).
I really like Aimee’s work and adored Chelsea but she really needs to stop clapping back on every single story, etc.
“Finally”?
I’ve always found SATC (&its undead offspring) to be deeply misogynistic. I attribute it to the fact that it was always a misogynistic gay man’s fantasy of what women are or should be or can be.
I 🥰 SITC 20 years ago…I 🥰 AJLT now…so I can’t wait❣️