For those of you who know and also very familiar with Sex and The City (SATC), you are probably a tita like me already or at the very least your age isn’t in the calendar dates anymore.
I’ve seen SATC quite a few times, I finished all six seasons about five times already. When I was in high school, I used to watch some of its episodes via Studio 23 (Studio 23?!) — for those of you who haven’t known, Studio 23 is a young adult-oriented network owned and operated by ABS-CBN — do you Senator Bam Aquino, Atom Araullo, Patty Laurel, and Bianca Gonzales? Yep, they were on Breakfast. Remember Y Speak? I can go on and on, but perhaps this is for another time.
Back to SATC. My favorite character is Samantha (Kim Catrall)! Of course, the fearless, sophisticated, and YOLO Samantha. But I think their personalities and life statures are complementing with one another — the romantic and believer of all love and romance, Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) a tough lawyer but believer of all things true, maybe a realist?, and Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), the writer and the fashion icon.
In highschool and towards college, my dream is to have a group of girlfriends just like of in SATC. Hehe of course, life’s not like the ones we see in the films.
I got hooked to the hoola boola of Carrie and Big, Carrie’s story (perhaps a part of this website was inspired on how Carrie does it for her column), and the rest of the girls’ lovelives. How nice to be in a big city finding love, friendship, and just having fun, and so much of it!
We did not have subscription services to watch TV series in the day, that’s why recent times did us good and at an advantage because we can watch films and TV shows at our own pace.
I have subscribed to HBO Max because of Friends (another story) and And Just Like That… (AJLT) – the sequel to the SATC. It was very exciting to see characters moved on with their lives and watch them in a new light. It was good, until…
I was so confused why there is a sudden shift on Miranda’s character, but I get it also that the show has to be move inclusive and progressive as this isn’t the 90s and early 2000s anymore. I like the consistency of Charlotte and Harry with their kids all grown up and with relatable and realistic family challenges. Of course, Seema is a good addition, with all her wit and character, and Lisa, too. They were good replacements to Samantha. But, Carrie and Aidan’s love story still didn’t work out despite the years apart, and even with a new home. It was sad to see them grown older and still confronted of relationship issues.
Overall, it could still be better, but I was so surprised of its sudden discontinuance. According to the internet, it got discontinued because of low viewership and high production costs. I felt like some of the viewers are expecting that it will be light and fun like SATC, but AJLT lean more on the serious stuff. It had a nice first season, though.
Shainne Hostalero 