Episode 14: It’s all about SJP
And we’re back. I have given birth and am back on a relatively even keel where I will only cry as much as I used to at all manner of crap tv. This week we focused on Sex and the City in advance of the Irish Premiere and I’m still waiting to see Rosemary’s scathing blog post about that over on her own blog.
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01m23s Kicking off talking about two big TV events this week: Last episode of Lost and the Irish Premiere of Sex & the City 2. Rosemary reminds me of another: the Eurovision
01m52s Big event beginning of the week was the final episode of Lost which neither of us actually watched as I’m making my way through the serieseses and am currently about to start series 3. Yes I know, I’ve a bit to go…
03m29s Rosemary asks all the tough questions about Lost
04m21s I shush Rosemary – I’m a brave woman
04m27s The second big event is yes yes the Eurovision but we are actually going to talk about the Sex & the City 2 (SATC2) premiere
04m38s We also heard that Heroes and Flashforward are being axed (Link to items about these)
08m18s I have a big and not very easily explained question about Flashforward
10m15s Rosemary has a problem with a lot of TV programmes that assume we still accept predestination
12m06s Rosemary has done her research! Did you know that Sex and the City is 12 years old?
12m17s Rosemary does not think the sixth series of SATC should have been made: it’s a travesty
12m26s Rosemary and I both heard a rumour that a prequel is to be made. However we disagree on which period is being prequelled. Turns out I might be right: a prequel to SATC the series is being mooted and Candace Bushnell wants Miley Cyrus to play the young Carrie Bradshaw. The horror!
13m15s Rosemary was a SATC fan during it’s heyday. We talk about SATC the Movie and how it undermined all the show had set itself up as. We talk about how on earth did Carrie end up with Big when what she really needed was a metrosexual, a straight Stanford. The series didn’t present itself as a feminist show and yet discussed women’s issues with wit and intelligence in a non-preachy way. And it was funny. It was a comedy about and for women that wasn’t about the domestic or the family. It wasn’t a fridge comedy. Most events took place in public rather than in the domiciliary. We wonder whether those responsible for creating the movie franchise did not realise that the people who would be going to see it would be the very people who watched it in the first place and therefore would not require exposition or cardboard cutouts.
21m46s Rosemary wonders will SATC2 be the biggest movie of this year? Early figures suggest no.
23m01s Rosemary is exasperated about how the movie franchise is so obviously about making money; yes the series was too but not in such in a desperate manner. Here’s the video we promised.
23m39s Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) featured in another new series on RTÉ “Who do you think you are USA” (At time of casting still available on RTÉ Player)
24m20s Rosemary wonders whether the reason there are so many recaps on American docu type shows is because of their short attention spans. She apologises for her generalisation. I point out that it’s probably to facilitate people flicking through channels & joining the show halfway through. (I’m so mean – I could’ve edited that out… *evil*)
24m35s Fortuitous timing with the European premieres of SATC2
25m39s After my mentioning that Lisa Kudrow is one of the Who do you think you are-ers and an exec producer on the show, Rosemary uses this opportunity to let it be known that she does not want to see a Friends movie. I think a really black version of it could be good but do not want it to be directed by Quentin Tarantino. Are there any series you’d like to see made into a movie? Let us know! [polldaddy poll=3281924]
27m51s Rosemary and I once again show our complete ignorance by being unsure as to who exactly burnt down the Four Courts. Answers in the comments below please!
29m22s So SJP discovered that an ancestor was accused of witchcraft in Salem. Rosemary finds this amazing because SJP was in Hocus Pocus.
31m34s SJP came to a slightly questionable conclusion at the end of WDYTYA?
33m33s Rosemary asks me if I remember a show called California Dreams?
34m56s Rosemary watched the new series of The Hills which sounds like the most screwed up TV show ever.
35m28s I express amazement at the concept of a back sculpting, wouldn’t you?
37m44s I state the bleedin obvious
38m30s And that’s it!
Comments
Seamus (Jun 01, 2010)
Nice to hear your voices again
The FlashForward was to April 29th. Not sure why ABC cancelled the show, it did well, even with the 2 month break due to the Olympics coverage. Perhaps the writers did not know where to go with this for a second season, or the lead actors had better plans.
Roseanne (Jun 01, 2010)
Thanks Seamus it’s great to be back! I think you’re onto something when you say the writers may have been stumped: it’s a bit of a one trick pony of a plot. As regards the actors having other plans yep those tables won’t wait themselves
Seamus (Jun 01, 2010)
Welcome
and wondering what the out of work writers do ? 
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Stewart Curry (Jun 14, 2010)
Hurray and welcome back! Can;t stand SJP, she makes me ill. I remember California Dreams but I preferred Pugwall and it’s crazy nicknames that only Australians can make up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugwall