6 more episodes in teh bank, 6 more to go

why are all the guys, expect john corbet, fucked up douche bags?
I do appreciate Kyle Maclachlan. He's funny. but he's playing a totally absurd character.

I continue to hate samantha. will she ever do anything sympathetic? the writing can be quite good when the show is being serious and when its not doing its sorta sit com thing.

the voice overs don't do it for me

someone should drive a truck into big. tell me someone drives a truck into him. imdb tells me he's in the movie and john corbett isn't. Maybe its in flash backs. because johh corbett kills him with a shotgun and then kills himself. and so she's having a dream of big, for no good reason. I can dream, can't I

6 episodes down, something like 12 to go and 1 movie to go

Ok.... 6 episodes is probably good for tonight. that's one disk in. and I have some more impressions. John Corbet is awesome. Alanis was in one episode (which ruled)... and I really want to know if this is how women actually are. Because i've heard a lot of women talking about they relate to this show, but well... i mean, guys talk shallow about women, but i mean, damn, these women are shallow. except for miranda. who i continue to love. she's excellent. and john corbet. he's amazing. I wish i owned the entire run of northern exposure. I'd watch it right now. because chris is one of the greatest characters to have ever graced tv.

the really good thing about this show is that i feel like the characters are real friends. except samantha. who continues to suck. i guess its not surprising that most of her story lines seem to be unconnected with everyone else. she sucks.

4 episodes in and some thoughts

I hate samantha. I hate Kim Catrell. I know samantha may be supposed to be hated, and if so, they they succeeded. because I hate her.

I love Miranda. I think she's by far the most realistic character. She's conflicted confused awkward. She can't make up her mind. I really like her.

I like charolette. She's cute and funny. the episode where she thinks she has fat thighs or whatever made me think of something. damn vogue and elle. women shouldn't obsess about how they look. We like you... trust me.

I haven't made up my mind on carrie. She goes from evil to sweet and sympathetic in like one minute. She ocassionally has real moments, but then goes right back to being a characture. oh, and SJP's voice is really cute. This movie makes me want to watch the goofy movie. that movie rules.

more episodes. more thoughts later.

The journey begins

So, inspired by Experts and Intermediates, I've decided to conduct my own Sex and the City experiment. I've acquired my own copies of season 3 and the movie and I'm about to sit down and start watching. It's a bit later than I wanted to start but no matter, I'm going to kill several episodes tonight.

First, as any good experiment, I should address the pre-experiment situation and any biases I may have.

I've never watched sex and the city. I think I caught like 5 minutes of one episode back in 2001 or so when Josh was watching, but that's about it. Looking at the cover of the box set, I'll say that SJP is still really not good looking. I can't get it out of my head. I also think Kim Catrel is pretty ugly and apparently I have to see her naked a bunch. I'll fight thru it. Also on the cover are two other women. I don't know who they are. The brunette is very pretty; the redhead kinda has a serious face on that doesn't make much sense.

And I expect the show to be firmly directed toward women; not me. BUUTTT, i really like romantic comedies and those are directed toward women too, but maybe this will work for me. And I like women's fashion. I wish my fashion sense was better for myself--I can usually tell what looks good on women, but me, i can't seem to dress myself. Mom trained me well for her kind, but not mine.

Also, i know that a lot of women watch this as a communal thing and they talk about their experiences and how much this show is like them. I don't think i'm going to get that watching it alone.

finally, i hear there are a lot of bad puns. I hope that's not a problem.

Alright. time to procure some caffeine and then on with the show. more to follow.

thoughts.

I had something to write here, but I've decided to censor it. I've never done that in the past and now I'm pretty disappointed in myself. But I've decided that I can feel sorry for myself in my own head, and I don't need whoever reads this to read it.