Anonymous
Post 07/06/2016 14:14     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think that there were annoying things about the show and the characters.

But if you can get past the fashion nonsense and some of the over-the-top indulgent lifestyle things, I do think that some of the observations about dating, sex, and relationships were a pretty good reflection of the times.

My biggest disappointment is that it ended in a Jane Austen way -- that success was basically all four women being partnered up, two with children.

I would have been more satisfied with a more open-ended kind of resolution -- that being single isn't so horrible, that it's okay to not find a forever mate or to not even *want* to find a forever mate. Not all four, but at least one of the four should have ended the season single and okay with that (maybe even relieved).

For all of its failings, what made the show interesting (at the time) was it did really explore some sex and dating topics that weren't really explored on television. But then it ended with the traditional BS.

I hated Allie McBeal, by the way. I think that character and that show was way worse than Sex in the City.


I liked both, back in the day, but I was in my super-early 20s when they were airing, and now, looking back with maturity, these women should have been a hell of a lot more mature for their ages.

The odd episodes of SATC that I still catch often crack me up though, they were the first show (that I ever saw at least) that featured a lot of honest sex/dating talk - hello, the BJ tug-of-war! They did break ground, I think. I have seen both movies, found the first depressing, the second, hilarious. I think the movies covered quite a bit of ground in terms of NOT wrapping it all up in a "couple hood/family is the only path" way that was truer to real life. I'm not sure how I'd feel seeing an episode of Ally McBeal today, it seems to be less syndicated.


The show broke ground in many ways. I watched them all my senior year of college (2004)...rented them from Blockbuster! Can you imagine?! And then caught up in time to watch the finale live. When my husband is away on business, I always fall back on watching them. I love the show.

But Carrie season 5 is the WORST. The overacting....ugh. I can't watch the episode when she squeals "A SCRUNCHIE!". Ugh. And she was a terrible friend.

But I still love the show.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2016 12:36     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I thought most of them were horrible people, save Charlotte. But I don't get Charlotte being friends with the other 3 anyway.

The back and forth with big got boring after a while. And I never understood why he married someone so suddenly. So weird.


What's good about Charlotte? I guess she's not bad, just sheltered.



They were so incredibly shallow and materialistic.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2016 07:12     Subject: Re:Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:Carrie was the worst. Annoying baby girl. Ugly face. Atrocious wardrobe. She was famous why, exactly? Why did everyone love her?


Giant buckets of hate. Urgh.

Samantha was funny at least.


+10000 for the bolded! She had the labels, but that didn't translate into dressing well.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2016 02:47     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Both the Gilmore girls. I was a fan but rewatched it last summer. Especially Lorelei. She is the most annoying person ever. Severely immature, of her own doing. Makes terrible, terrible decisions and then feels no remorse that is negatively affected other people.

And then Rory. Spoiled, entitled. Constantly showing off her intellect, and if not her intellect, how easy-breezy, down to earth she is by loving cheese fries or whatever. It's ine ir the other for that girl. Or both at the same time, but always to show off.


+1

I just want to punch Lorelei Gilmore in the face. She made horrible, selfish decisions for her entire life and the show treats her like a hero.


Gilmore Girls didn't premiere until 2000.
Anonymous
Post 07/06/2016 02:12     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:I think that there were annoying things about the show and the characters.

But if you can get past the fashion nonsense and some of the over-the-top indulgent lifestyle things, I do think that some of the observations about dating, sex, and relationships were a pretty good reflection of the times.

My biggest disappointment is that it ended in a Jane Austen way -- that success was basically all four women being partnered up, two with children.

I would have been more satisfied with a more open-ended kind of resolution -- that being single isn't so horrible, that it's okay to not find a forever mate or to not even *want* to find a forever mate. Not all four, but at least one of the four should have ended the season single and okay with that (maybe even relieved).

For all of its failings, what made the show interesting (at the time) was it did really explore some sex and dating topics that weren't really explored on television. But then it ended with the traditional BS.

I hated Allie McBeal, by the way. I think that character and that show was way worse than Sex in the City.


I liked both, back in the day, but I was in my super-early 20s when they were airing, and now, looking back with maturity, these women should have been a hell of a lot more mature for their ages.

The odd episodes of SATC that I still catch often crack me up though, they were the first show (that I ever saw at least) that featured a lot of honest sex/dating talk - hello, the BJ tug-of-war! They did break ground, I think. I have seen both movies, found the first depressing, the second, hilarious. I think the movies covered quite a bit of ground in terms of NOT wrapping it all up in a "couple hood/family is the only path" way that was truer to real life. I'm not sure how I'd feel seeing an episode of Ally McBeal today, it seems to be less syndicated.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 23:06     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
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Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 23:01     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
I think that there were annoying things about the show and the characters.

But if you can get past the fashion nonsense and some of the over-the-top indulgent lifestyle things, I do think that some of the observations about dating, sex, and relationships were a pretty good reflection of the times.

My biggest disappointment is that it ended in a Jane Austen way -- that success was basically all four women being partnered up, two with children.

I would have been more satisfied with a more open-ended kind of resolution -- that being single isn't so horrible, that it's okay to not find a forever mate or to not even *want* to find a forever mate. Not all four, but at least one of the four should have ended the season single and okay with that (maybe even relieved).

For all of its failings, what made the show interesting (at the time) was it did really explore some sex and dating topics that weren't really explored on television. But then it ended with the traditional BS.

I hated Allie McBeal, by the way. I think that character and that show was way worse than Sex in the City.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 22:08     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
The characters were dumb and annoying but the observations were often spot on. I often think about the one where she dated a bi guy and had some comment like whether that was just a layover on the way to Ricky Martinville.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 20:08     Subject: Re:Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Not a characters. but my vote for most annoying celebrities of the 90s goes to Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Such an inordinate amount of attention to a pair of dull-witted fools!
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 15:12     Subject: Re:Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
I liked Miranda's kitchen backsplash. Went as far to find it retail and was successful.

I liked Charlotte, who I could relate to the most. I thought CB was a whiney, self-centered, bitchy friend.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 14:57     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Not sure on the most annoying of the 90s (Fran Drescher on 'The Nanny'? Urkle?); but definitely up there. As the seasons progressed, I certainly watched in spite of the character rather than because I cared about her.
Anonymous
Post 07/05/2016 13:28     Subject: Re:Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Carrie was the worst. Annoying baby girl. Ugly face. Atrocious wardrobe. She was famous why, exactly? Why did everyone love her?


Giant buckets of hate. Urgh.

Samantha was funny at least.
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 23:19     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
Anonymous wrote:Just you.

Love Carrie Bradshaw 4eva.


+1
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 22:14     Subject: Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
+1 ^^
Anonymous
Post 07/04/2016 22:12     Subject: Re:Is it just me or was Carrie Bradshaw the most annoying character from the 90s?
OP here. I'm on season 5 now; best scene of the series (besides the scene where Natasha told Carrie everything she thinks about that her ho-ing around):

(Samantha is posting signs about Richard on a street pole.)
Female police officer: Ma'am, it's against city law to deface public property.
Samantha: This man said he loved me and I caught him eating another woman's pussy.
Female police officer: Carry on, ma'am.