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Summary: 4 ho's, 5 stars
Review: On the surface, this is the story of 4 floozies who complain that no one wants to marry them. They spend their time jumping in and out of beds with the idea that this is the path to matrimony. Someone should have recommended that they read the book "Who Moved My Cheese?" Somehow, though each of these women are portrayed as smart and successful in the businessworld, they exhibit no inkling over the plain fact that steady, reliable men don't marry ho's. Bed them, yes, but marry them? No.It then occurred to me after watching a number of these episodes that it is really the story of 4 gay queens looking for a gay partner. At least that is the way it is written. Seen through this prism, the show is actually more poignant. The show -- through its characters -- strives to champion promiscuity as a virtue. And isn't this really at the heart of the gay ideology? But what makes the show so good is that the writers never insert love into the equation. These 4 selfish people constantly indulge in sex, but it is plain that none really have their hearts in it. They bemoan the lack of men who would love them, but they themselves withold their own love. Stingy with offering out their heart, they trade affection for something they do not value, their own bodies. My first experiance with the show was in 1/2 drops every 6 months or so on HBO. But the DVD format allows one to watch the episodes back-to-back. With my infrequent viewings I was impressed with the glamour and adventurousness of the stars. But with seeing the shows back-to-back, the loneliness, neediness, and desparation exhibited by the ladies pops to the surface. There is nothing glamorous about their lives. Commendably, sex isn't depicted as an answer, but more as a drug to take the edge off of their main concern, their inability to win the heart of a man. Intentional or not, it is this truth that makes the show as good as it is. Oh, by the way, the show got cancelled because the 4 ladies just got too old for their make-up to hide. They probably stayed on 2 seasons too long, but at least they got out when they did. How long could anyone watch 4 old ho's whine on about how they missed the boat?
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Summary: Before you continue with your collection...
Review: Take note:
HBO Video plans to release a "super-premium" Sex and the City collection before Christmas. Although all seasons for the show are now available, according to an HBO spokesperson the premium set will feature the complete series along with additional content and DVD extras not available on the originals. Also look for new disc art and lavish packaging that is being developed with "an eye for the collector."
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Summary: Just Perfection, SNTC starts to really shine...
Review: After the 12 episodes of season 1, the producers of Sex and the City has almost a year to come up with a more exciting new episodes, the primary chock of the open themes of the first season has to be overpower this season with better and more intricate scripts. And let me tell you they really did it, this season is great, and has some of my all-time favorites moments of the series, a quick low-down of the episodes:
1. Take me out to the ballgame.- This episode starts when last season ended, Carrie is single again and fears to meet Big on the streets and break apart, she hooks up with the New Yankee and when she sees Big all her emotions comes down and she breaks apart, meanwhile Samantha is trying to continue her relationship with James despite his "shortcommings".
2. The Awful Truth.- The question is in a relationship is better to shut up or to say something? Carrie invites her ex to her birthday party and Miranda is dating a guy you likes to talk during sex even tough she doesn't like to talk in those moments.
3. The Freak Show.- Carrie starts blind-dating but all come to be really freaky guys until she meets a normal one, her inner-freakess surface. Charlotte dates a guy with a very special talent.
4. They shoot single people, don't they?.- Is better to fake it than be alone? Carrie is feature in a magazine as Single and Faboulous? adnd all the girls start to considere what are the consecuences to be alone, great ending.
5. Four women and a Funeral.- Charlotte picks up a guy at a funeral and Carrie revives her relationship with Big.
6. The Cheating Curve.- What constitute cheating? Charlotte makes friend with a group of power lesbians, Carrie continues her relationship with Big.
7. The Chicken Dance.- A friend of Miranda got married with a girl he just met, Carrie is sad that Big doesn't want to sing a card as a couple.
8. The Man, The Myth, The Viagra.- Love this episode, Miranda meets and sleeps with a bartender named Steve, Samantha dates an older man, Carrie wants Big to meet her friend. The ending of this episode is one of my favotites.
9. Old Dogs, New Dicks.- Carrie tries to change some habits of Big, Charlotte dates an uncut man.
10. The Caste System.- Carrie says I love you to Mr Big, Charlotte dates a movie star and Miranda is falling in love with Steve despite the class differences.
11. Evolution.- Carrie is more confortable with Mr Big, Miranda is told that she has a reproductive challange, Miranda sleeps with the man who broke her heart.
12. La Douleur Exquise!.- Carrie breaks with Big, Charlotte and Miranda date guys with strange fetishes.
13. Games people play.- Carrie is obssesed with her break up with Mr Big and her friends send her to a shrink and dates a guy who go to that doctor too.
14. The Fu*k Buddy.- Carrie tries to date her fu*k buddy, Charlotte dates two guys at once and Miranda dates a very bossy lawyer.
15. Shortcomings.- Miranda dates a divorce father, Samantha sleeps with Charlotte's brother and Carrie dates a guy that has a fantastic family.
16. Was it good for you?.- A gay couple wants to sleep with Samantha, a guy fells sleeps while haveing sex with Charlotte so she and the girls attend a tantric workshop.
17. Twenty-something Girls vs Thirty-something Women.- The girls get a summer-share in the Hamptons, Carrie runs with Mr Big at a party there and he is with his new girlfriend.
18. Ex and the City.- Can you be frien with an ex? Miranda encounters Steve, Samantha dates Mr too big and Carrie tries to be friend with Big until she know he is engaged.
Great season, love the ending of the last episode when Carrie says that maybe Mr Big could not tame her and she will need to wait to find someone as wild as she is...
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Summary: Please read my review of Volume 1
Review: Please read my review of volume 1. It goes double for this. Sure the women are pretty... but I'd rather sleep in a port a potty than have this in my collection of DVD's.
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Summary: Carrie and Big try, try again, and Miranda meets Steve
Review: Now that "Sex and the City" has gone the way of all flesh, which in this case means sanitized syndication on conventional cable television, it is interesting to go back and find out that the second season was about more than the roller coaster relationship between Carrie and Mr. Big. The other major development was that after dumping on Miranda for most of the season (and some things are worse than being dumped on, e.g., "was it good for you?") she finally meets up with Steve Brady. Since Miranda ends up being my favorite character on the series, the point at which her life begins to turn around and heads for her unexpected happy ending is a key "Sex and the City" moment.
But the focal point of "Sex and the City: The Complete Second Season" remains the attempts by Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) to various break up with Big (Chris Noth) and to make the relationship work. She starts off the season trying to replace Big with a new member of the New York Yankees ("take me out to the ballgame"), but running into Big makes it clear she is not going to be over him and is never going to be over him. After giving the relationship six months to die, she brings it back to life ("four women and a funeral") and learns that the only thing worse than not dating Big is dating him, especially when she makes the mistake of saying "I love you" to him ("the caste system"). I keep thinking that at some point he will catch on to the sense of desperation that he provokes in her, but it never seems to happen. The Fates clearly think these two should be together, but apparently there is some sort of celestial alignment required that does not happen until the last possible moment in the show's six-year run.
Of all of Carrie's boyfriends I liked Aidan (John Corbett) during the third season the best, although I realized from the start that wanting Carrie to stop smoking was a deal breaker. But I appreciate the way Carrie's tango with Big represents one of the more complicated ongoing car crash relationships in television history. If you had to put only one of these two on the couch to get them to answer questions and force them to confess what they think they are doing, I think it would have to be Big, but in my heart I think the writers just keep making him toss Carrie curve balls just to be her back on her heels. Of course, the idea of Big going to Paris is interesting to reconsider given the series finale, but a symbol is a symbol.
In the second season Charlotte (Kristin Davis) continues to have one bad date after another, culminating in the one where the guy falls asleep on her during sex ("was it good for you?"), which simply serves to set up the character's growing sense of desperation that will become fixated on Trey (Kyle MacLachlan) in season three. My favorite Charlotte moment in season two is when she mingles with the "powerful lesbians" ("the cheating curve"). Meanwhile, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) basically has a "believe it or not" type year of sexual encounters. This is obvious when you consider that the problem she has with her lover in the first episode is the exact opposite of the complaint she has with the one in the finale episode of the season. The gamut is rather obvious, but then Samantha's character is the one in the quartet that most resists any sort of continuing relationship, which is why turning Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis) into a deep and meaningful relationship during the final season was such a surprising and touching success.
But when the focus is on how the second season sets up the end point of the series it is Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) who reaches the low point and does not really notice when she meets the man she is going to end up marrying in bartender Steve Brady (David Eigenberg). I can see how her relationship with Skipper (Ben Webber) sets up what happens with Steve, but the key difference is that Steve really likes Miranda without turning into a sad little puppy dog. I think the reason I like Miranda is that when she hits rock bottom and decides to stop dating ("the freak show"), she does so in relative silence (i.e., compared to Charlotte, whose suffering and successes are both fully voiced). I understand that Miranda's cynicism exists primarily to show Carrie that no matter how bad things are she still has a way to go before she is at the edge of the cliff, but there is something painfully poignant about deciding to buy an apartment for yourself and plan on living the rest of your life alone ("four women and a funeral").
The language on "Sex and the City" never struck me as being unrealistic, although sometimes I think the ladies are saying these things a little louder at the coffee shop or wherever than I think they would in the real world. But then I remember this is a television show and take that with a grain of salt, just as I do the idea that women usually make love while still wearing their bras. However, since the language is so integral to the show, if the choice is between watching a sanitized version of "Sex and the City" or going with the DVD and the fully voice profanity, then I think you have to go with the latter. Of course, this begs the question as to whether the language would bother you in the first place, but it will be the subject matter more than the language that I would expect some to find objectionable, which explains why the series was on HBO in the first place.
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: I absolotely love, love, love sex and the city. The second season DVD's are better quality than the first season.
Easy episode selection menu, synopsis of each episode, and special features make this DVD selection A+. If you're a fan of "Sex..." this is definitely for you.
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Summary: Sex & The City is so real!
Review: I absolutely love this show. The women and their relationships with themselves, each other, and anyone else they may encounter are so hysterical simply because they are those situations each of us has had in our own lives. Life has its ups and downs and the girls show true character in how they handle it all. I highly recommend this show!!!
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Summary: What Sex?
Review: Have you ever wondered why most men aren't into this show? I mean, you'd think that we'd be glued to the set drooling over a show about a bunch of chicks talking about sex all the time, not to mention a few softcore porn scenes thrown in.
The answer to the dearth of male viewers is actually quite simple: It's because its "star" is Sarah Jessica Parker. "Sex and the City"? That is false advertising. With Parker at the helm of personnae dramatis, it ought to have been called "Skank and the City."
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Summary: 'Sex' gets even better
Review: With the second season of 'Sex and the City', Carrie and Big get back together and Miranda starts to date Steve, the bartender. Steve is probably my favorite guy that any of the girl's date. He's completely funny and adorable. By this time, we feel like we know all the girls really well, so we care about their dating crises or if they get their hearts broken. It's fun to watch and point out which qualities and flaws the characters and you and your friends share. The season comes to a conclusion when the girls head to the Hamptons and Charlotte tries to pass for a girl in her mid-twenties. But after her boyfriend gives her crabs, she realizes being in her thirties isn't so bad... Carrie finds out that Big is getting married and tries to move on. The show is so likeable and full of great humor.
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Summary: Sex is great!
Review: The women are back in the second season of Sex and the City! This show just keeps on getting better and better, as Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha's characters' are given more depth. And there are more episodes on this season than there were on the first for us to get our SATC fix.
Episode1: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME: Carrie tries to get over Big; Miranda gets frustrated at the girls for talking about their dating woes; Samantha sleeps with a NY Yankee
Episode 2: THE AWFUL TRUTH: Carrie's friend Susan breaks if off with her husband; Miranda's new boyfriend likes to talk dirty in the bedroom; Samantha's boyfriend wants to go to couple's counseling.
Episode 3: THE FREAK SHOW: Samantha dates a guy who is into kinky sex; Charlotte starts seeing a guy who is good at a certain sexual act; Carrie goes on a blind date.
Episode 4: THEY SHOOT SINGLE PEOPLE, DON'T THEY? :Carrie goes to a shoot about women who are single and fabulous; Miranda gets back together with a guy who she fakes it in bed with; Charlotte can't fake intimacy.
Episode 5: FOUR WOMEN AND A FUNERAL: Miranda closes on a new apartment; Samantha screws around with a married socialite and finds herself shunned by society; Charlotte finds herself falling for a grieving widower.
Episode 6: THE CHEATING CURVE: Charlotte spends time with power lesbians; Smantha dates a trainer; Carrie secretly sees Big again.
Episode 7: THE CHICKEN DANCE: A friend of Miranda's gets serious with her interior designer; Charlotte sleeps with a guy who seems perfect.
Episode 8: THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE VIAGRA: Things are going well for Carrie and Big; Samantha dates a much older man; Carrie tries to get Big to spend time with her friends.
Episode 9: OLD DOGS, NEW TRICKS: Big's eye is wandering; Charlotte is dating a guy who is uncircumcised; Big spends the night at Carrie's place for the first time.
Episode 10: THE CASTE SYSTEM: Carrie realizes that she's in love with Big; Samantha's new guy has a servant who is completely dedicated to him; Charlotte dates a movie star.
Episode 11: EVOLUTION: Miranda has a lazy ovary; Charlotte goes out with a guy she thinks is gay; Samantha deals with an old flame who doesn't want her; Carrie starts leaving her stuff at Big's house.
Episode 12: LA DOLEUR EXQUISE!: Big surprises Carrie by telling her that he may have to go to Paris for some time; Miranda is seeing a guy who likes to have sex in odd places; Stanford goes to an underwear-only gay club to meet a blind date.
Episode 13: GAMES PEOPLE PLAY: Carrie and Big are breaking up and can't get over it; Smantha meets a guy who have a passion for sports; Carrie begins seeing a guy who looses interest in a girl after hes slept with her (played by Jon Bon Jovi)
Episode 14: THE SEX BUDDY: Miranda goes out with a fellow lawyer; Charlotte asks a guy out for the first time; Carrie calls up a sex buddy to try and have a real relationship with him.
Episode 15: SHORTCOMINGS: Miranda dates a single, divorced father; Carrie tries to save her brother from divorce.
Episode 16: WAS IT GOOD FOR YOU? :Charlotte is dating an orthopedic surgeon; Smantha has dinner with a gay couple shes friends with and discovers they want to have a threesome with her; Charlotte signs up for a tantric sex class; Carrie sees a recovering alcoholic.
Episode 17: TWENTY-SOMETHING GIRLS VS. THIRTY-SOMETHING WOMEN: Samantha has a show-down with her young assistant, who steals her Rolodex and throws a party in the Hamptons; Charlotte is dating a 20-something man; Carrie is plagued by a 20-something groupie.
Episode 18: EX AND THE CITY: After seeing Big in the Hamptons with a much younger woman, Carrie learns that they are getting married; Miranda freaks out at Steve; Samantha dates a guy who is well endowed.
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