wit, fashion, and truth in the city

 I was trying to think of how best to describe why

Sex And The City

was great, and

And Just Like That...

is not.

        What occurred to me was:  sincerity.

Sex And The City was sincere.

And Just Like That is not sincere.

Sex And The City told us a story, and even if some of the plot-lines or moments were a little absurd - well, so are life and relationships, sometimes.

        And you just went with it.

        Because the pace was right, and it - flowed.

And Just Like That doesn't flow.

They start a plot-line, or a theme, and then drop it with no resolution.

It's as if they're just throwing stuff around.

And not in an interesting way.

        One viewer comment on You Tube said it's like the writers of Just Like That are "giving the middle finger" to Sex and the City fans.

Why?

        For the sociopathic pleasure of expressing random hostility...?

It's odd.

        --------------------------------------------- Some people write comments saying that And Just Like That "has ruined" Sex And The City.

That, I can't agree with.  SATC is on Netflix right now, we can watch & it's of course just as good (or weird) as it always was.

        The producers (perpetrators?) of Just Like That have not taken scissors and cut up the episodes of the original series.  It's intact.  It's fine.  We can watch it.

        I think the people saying the new series has ruined the old series are just upset, and sometimes we exaggerate when we're upset.

an episode of Sex And The City where Carrie and "Mr. Big" fall into a restaurant pond

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