HBO Max doing a reboot.


Because the world asked for one I suppose.

https://pagesix.com/2020/12/22/sex-and-the-city-could-return-on-hbo-max/

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Please don't bring back Sex and the City: There is nothing more to say and the show doesn't work without Samantha

https://themuse.jezebel.com/please-no-more-sex-and-the-city-1845942649

News that HBO Max may, as Sarah Jessica Parker puts it, "revisit" her iconic HBO comedy as a limited series doesn't make sense without Kim Cattrall's Samantha Jones, says Megan Reynolds. "Even though Samantha Jones was an irritating caricature of a woman’s libido, she is an intrinsic part of the iconic quartet and her absence will be felt in whatever reboot Darren Star manages to throw together. Furthermore, I have no idea what else there is to say or do with these women in the first place? How will they explain Samantha’s absence? Should the reboot open with the women in mourning dress genuflecting in front of a statue of Samantha’s naked body as she appeared in her nude photos from the 2001 episode 'The Real Me' that also found Carrie tripping on her own feet on the runway only to be declared 'fashion roadkill,' then sure, that’s fine. But that’s morbid and dark in a way that a Star production is not, so my guess is that Samantha’s absence will be a footnote, or, even worse, not mentioned at all."

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i just LOVE that Kim Cattrall was like "go f*** yourself"

LOL whatta star.
this show sucked back in the day.. and will suck now.

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Should be called "Nothing and the City" if Kim Cattrall will not be returning.

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My guess is they'll have Samantha now living and working in Hong Kong, and we might get an occasional mention of what's going on with her, so they're still emotionally if not geographically close. Maybe we'll get a one-sided phone call where they use a voice actor. Also leaves the door open for Kim Cattrall to return down the line, even though she won't.

Of course the "not mentioned at all route" is the simplest and likeliest. Or maybe mentioned briefly. Like in the opening sequence when Carrie catches us up to speed, there's a throwaway line about Samantha moving away (especially if it was shortly after the second movie) because if someone moved away or fell out of the group that long ago, they wouldn't necessarily be mentioned.

Death also feels likely as a way for them to slam the door on Kim Cattrall and throw shade, they could even say she died in a ridiculous manner. Guess we'll wait and see.

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Samantha has had cancer, I'm assuming they would just have had her die of it.

But if the second movie is any indication of what we would be in store for, I won't be watching that's for sure.

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Who wants to watch a show about sex in the city with a bunch of 55 year-olds grandmas? ...not me.

Now to the actresses, take the money; take all the money they're offering you!

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Sex with GILFS? No way jose!

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Yet another example of how backward-focused our culture has become.

This show was the absolute epitome of Clinton-era smugness, yet the media of the time relentlessly fawned over the show like it was the greatest thing ever written.

Ostensibly about "empowerment", it was actually about self-centeredness, self-congratulation, and one-upmanship. In a post-Trump world, is this what we need today?

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Carrie Bradshaw’s world no longer exists, nor does her sexual landscape

https://www.themarysue.com/hbo-max-sex-and-the-city-revival-officially-frustrating/

The Sex and the City revival will only highlight the show's flaws, says Princess Weekes. "When I look at the fact that Gossip Girl, Dexter, True Blood, Pretty Little Liars, The Sopranos, and Sex and the City are all coming back, it just feels so utterly disappointing," says Weekes. "We have worked so hard to create organizations and production companies that are trying to make new, inclusive content, and we are just making … the same things. We already watched how Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival only served to highlight issues that the show had with race, body issues, sexuality, class, etc., because despite the love people have for the series, it doesn’t need to continue or have a place today."

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What a load of BS. The nineties were great. Damn I miss them.

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Someone is asking for this?

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