Sex And The City & And Just Like That #8

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GiftedNotFree said:
I feel like I say the same thing every week but….
There are so many pointless characters and too many plot points going on (all unrelated and boring) in every episode to make it a good show. The writing is thin but the last few episodes have felt more like SATC, which I guess is due to direction from Cynthia Nixon.

- keep Seema and Nya and get rid of all other new characters
- give Anthony more screen time, preferably with Charlotte so she can actually have some decent / worthwhile storylines!
- same as above, re Harry - give him some credible storylines instead of just having him as filler
- same for Brady really! He should have more of a presence, considering he’s going through a lot (or so we’re meant to believe)

Feels like although season 1 was CRAP, there is more of a flow to season 2, and they need to build on that to make it actually good.
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Why keep Seema and Nya? Just curious as in my opinion they are bringing absolutely nothing to the series..
 
minnieminx88 said:
I cant quite put my finger on it.
He seems “nice” but of course there must be something as Carrie doesnt end up forever with him.
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He was just so self centred and insecure. Remember how jealous he wS of carrries success when his book did badly? He's the kind of man who would describe himself as a nice guy but is anything but. The kind of person who would be an incel imo
 
I didn't understand the big issue with having a couple's massage? Surely Seema is pretty busy with limited time to meet up with friends so having a massage where she can chat to Carrie is hardly a big deal.

Seemed like an excuse to have a Samantha moment. But Samantha wouldn't have made such a big deal out of something so inconsequential.
 
Sorry but Aiden's "transformation" is not it. Did John interpret "rock hard" and standing stiffly and speaking through gritted teeth with no lips?
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Yel said:
I didn't understand the big issue with having a couple's massage? Surely Seema is pretty busy with limited time to meet up with friends so having a massage where she can chat to Carrie is hardly a big deal.

Seemed like an excuse to have a Samantha moment. But Samantha wouldn't have made such a big deal out of something so inconsequential.
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I thought that, they just be next to each other on separate tables wouldn’t they? It’s not a sex thing! It would have actually been more fun because they could chat. The writing is just so painfully bad
 
emm said:
I know I didn't get it at all, if they wanted to have some kind of Samantha style altercation they should have come up with something more sensical
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She and Charlotte both had similarly entitled, shrill overreactions to staff just doing their jobs. In both cases the ladies ended up leaving in a huff without getting any satisfaction.
They could at least have used the two situations as contrasts to each other, no?
Lazy writing.
 
dee_mc said:
She and Charlotte both had similarly entitled, shrill overreactions to staff just doing their jobs. In both cases the ladies ended up leaving in a huff without getting any satisfaction.
They could at least have used the two situations as contrasts to each other, no?
Lazy writing.
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I've said it before but anyone on here would be able to write better storylines for this entire show
 
emm said:
I've said it before but anyone on here would be able to write better storylines for this entire show
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At least if any of us were writing it the characters would be more consistent!
I feel like this series is a total insult to the original SATC to be honest. A money spinner and nothing more. Imagine how much more money it could have made if they'd written and produced it more in the style of the show people loved instead of this lazy woke shockjock bullshit.
 
emm said:
I've said it before but anyone on here would be able to write better storylines for this entire show
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Usually they put together writers in a room to write a show, they can't of done this or else noone cared to speak up for all the crap that makes no sense

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I'm confused, didn't he do the body makeover and short hair for satc not ajlt where his hair is long?

John Corbett’s weight loss in And Just Like That was explained by showrunner Michael Patrick King in an interview on the podcast, “And Just Like That… The Writers Room” in July 2023. On the podcast, King explained that And Just Like That writer Julie Rottenberg wasn’t a fan at first of Aidan returning to And Just Like That after appearing in a guest role in Sex and the City Season 6 and again in the Sex and the City 2 movie. “She was worried about re-trod turf and wanted to say, ‘Haven’t we already done him?’” King said.




Rottenberg also shared her concern about Aidan’s style and how it would fit into Carrie’s world in And Just Like That Season 2. King agreed with Rottenberg’s concerns, and shared them with Corbett, who was eating fried chicken at the time King introduced the idea of Aidan’s return. King told Corbett that, in order for Aidan to return to And Just Like That, he needed to be “rock-hard,” which led to Aidan’s body transformation. “We gave John a makeover. We cut his hair, we took the turquoise jewelry away. We told him he had to be rock-hard when he came back,” King said. “It was a story choice: If we’re bringing somebody back, we have to find some way to bring him back in a new way.” He continued, “So here we are now, bringing Aidan back, again, and we have tricks up our sleeves as to how he is new and what we can actually do with the storyline considering — and it’s a very big consider — all the water under the bridge, all the pain they’ve already been through, how much Carrie has hurt him in the past — according to fan boards… twice — and how badly he took the break up.”




King also confirmed that Corbett was on board with Aidan’s physical transformation. “No, it’s true. I said it to John; John knows,” King said. “He was eating fried chicken when I told him, and he dropped the fried chicken on the plate and fell down in the booth that we were sitting in and said, ‘I knew I was a fatty.’” He continued, “Then he came back rock hard with short hair.” King also clarified that Corbett’s weight loss wasn’t for “aesthetic” reasons but to drive the storyline between Aidan and Carrie. “It’s not an aesthetic choice to come back differently, because I thought he was perfection; it was a story choice,” he said.

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And Just Like That writer Elisa Zuritsky also defended King’s choice on the poddcast to have Corbett lose weight for the role of Aidan. “I just want to give Michael Patrick King props,” she said. “You might be among the few showrunners who actually clamp down on men to hit the gym and actually put a little pressure on their appearance, which most women would say tends to fall onto female laps.” King added, “As I say, we’ve flipped the switch on this show!”
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Yel said:
Usually they put together writers in a room to write a show, they can't of done this or else noone cared to speak up for all the crap that makes no sense

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I'm confused, didn't he do the body makeover and short hair for satc not ajlt where his hair is long?
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Exactly, the show is sp disjointed it's like random people just did parts of it alone with no group consultation. Reminds me of those stories we did at primary school where one person wrote a sentence, folded over the paper and passed it on for someone else to write without seeing it 🤣
 
emm said:
Exactly, the show is sp disjointed it's like random people just did parts of it alone with no group consultation. Reminds me of those stories we did at primary school where one person wrote a sentence, folded over the paper and passed it on for someone else to write without seeing it 🤣
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Exactly that, it's gone through no rounds of brainstorming or anything. So many of the flaws they could have ironed out and achieved the same objectives without it being so nonsensical. There's nothing smart, well thought-out or unexpected about it all.

If there were indeed any writers involved it probably won't be back after this season until at least 2025 with the strikes.
 
Yel said:
Exactly that, it's gone through no rounds of brainstorming or anything. So many of the flaws they could have ironed out and achieved the same objectives without it being so nonsensical. There's nothing smart, well thought-out or unexpected about it all.

If there were indeed any writers involved it probably won't be back after this season until at least 2025 with the strikes.
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When I looked it up to check how many episodes were left it came up withna 3rd season so presumably it has been commissioned (although as you say with the strike who knows)
 
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