SJP and Chris North on the set of "And just like that"

They should call him "Mr. Old" now instead of "Mr. Big" if they're still defining people by physical traits.

[quote] Like Carrie’s absolutely horrendous history with hats. We remain unsure as to whether SJP’s costuming is supposed to rekindle that old quirky Carrie style or whether it’s parodying it.

I feel bad saying this, but it's true: the crazy looking hats and brooches Carrie wore were always intended to distract attention from her face. She has bold, strong features and was styled to look pretty and dainty, and that's just a mismatch, so placing jarring objects in the frame was a way to balance out the distracting face.

The thing that distracted from her long face was her riot of curls.

Please put this thing out to pasture!

She looks like Ronnie the clown

Big is probably breaking up with Carrie in that scene

They both look ancient. Never got her or this show. Half of the women were butt ugly! Including the lead!

Mr. Big looks concerned in OP’s picture. Did he forget to renew his AARP member ship or did he accidentally miss Bingo night?

Glenn Close and Alec Baldwin have sure let themselves go.

Is she wearing a wig? Wasn’t she just seen out gray?

So pleased they're remaking The Golden Girls

I'm old but dang those two. Noth looks like 80 year old Al Gore and SJP just looks ridiculous.

I think the cognitive dissonance these photos engender is because modern sixtysomethings are styled as if they were still thirtyanything. This could have been a charming tale of love and life amongst senior citizens, but the characters are being styled in such a way that the audience doesn't know what we're looking at. Are we meant to believe that these are young people? Because that ship has sailed.

Noth looks like a million other older Italio-Irish guys in New York. Could be the retired president of a small college, or head of a law firm in his last years there, or retired police captain. Lives in Nassau or Westchester County now.

When that demographic goes what replaces them?

Their relationship was unhealthy 20 years ago. It’s beyond pathetic that they would still be together.

Shouldn’t the script have been leaked by now? It looks like they are divorced but not even SJP can hope to sell a show about a divorced 60 year old woman in NYC.

Their characters were never realistic as a couple that could maintain a mature, long-term relationship. They were just an escape for each other.

They should have cast me instead. I’m 72 but still pass for 30.

Loving this tweet from Broadway actor Jeff Heimbrock

[quote]why is she serving executive director at an off-bway nonprofit hell-bent on finishing this capital campaign.

This is a photo of Betty White winning an Emmy in 1976, when she was 54 (two years younger than SJP is now). She looks lovely and age-appropriate.

SJP (and many others) should look at the way 40+ women styled themselves in times past and consider taking a page from their book. Stop insisting that we view you as being young girls, because we won't. That isn't who you are any more!

He kind of looks like Stephen Fry from the side

They never really sparked the way that the other long-term couples on the show did. Big was written without wit, humor, or warmth and it was difficult to see why he was so great or why a relationship would endure despite bumps in the road.

He looks fat and they both look old and tired.

They look like they're about to head to Perkins for the Early Bird Special.

he looks terrible.

I saw him on a plane maybe 3 years ago and he looked great (and filled out his jeans nicely). But he looks terrible here

SJP looks old, haggard, like an ancient plucked pullet. Only a young and sexually attractive woman could pull off those looks.

[quote]They should call him "Mr. Old" now instead of "Mr. Big" if they're still defining people by physical traits.

Carrie's pet name is now "Saggy."

I get that 20 years ago his power was the draw for her, and her sexuality was the draw for him.

But surely, wouldn't he be home with his wife now?

With Cattrall or without her, this enterprise is beyond tired. The last SATC movie was a huge turd.

That long board-straight hair looks terribly on SJP. Her curly and cute mop softened her features and have her more sex appeal. I don’t get the long stringy mess.

^sorry for my autocorrect typos but you get the gist.

It needs to be updated. At least one trans woman of color and one non-binary among the three leads.

Hop to it, creators!

No, R32, it needs to end. Period.

Even in ca. 2000 I thought Mr. Big was DUMPY and AVERAGE looking.

Her hair has really thinned out. I think it's too long. She needs some lift, which she would get if it were a few inches shorter. Also, those highlight and lowlight streaks aren't doing her any favors.

SJP looked better with a curly mane.

I don’t mind that the actors got older, because I think there’s so much potential for the storyline of these actors. They’re more mature, and their views on life and their relationships have changed. We all age, that’s a fact even though every poster on DL is 23. SATC has always been a show about lifestyle and fashion, so why not show an elegant and mature version of Carrie and the other actors?

But looking at the pictures, it seem like a rehash of everything we’ve seen before. Carrie’s still rocking the same hairstyle and the look of the Forever21 dress with that shirt screams homeless. And she’s apparently still fighting with Mr. Big. I hope I’m wrong and they surprise us with a great storyline, but I have very little hope.

We've seen her hair in photos like the one where she's having lunch with a strung-out Andy Cohen, her hairline has receded and she's got gray for a good six inches. Clearly they're putting one of those Melania-style wiglets over her natural hair and blending it together. That probably limits her to a straight or very lightly waved hairstyle.

Just last night some early episodes of Law and Order were on. Chris Noth was very handsome as Mike Logan back then. A believable handsome, if you know what I mean.

So was Mr Big supposed to mean he had a big weiner?

(Sorry, I never really watched so I don't understand the reference)

Big as in Big Business. He had the nickname before they did anything.

Yet another thread about this show from the deranged SATC Troll. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

She's not going to win Best Turned Out wearing those frocks.

Exactly R3. How she hasn't realized that in the last 20-25 years is confounding. Nothing wrong with curls.

Either she has a tiny horse face, or she's standing about a block behind him. His head is TWICE the size of hers. Bizarre.

I used to be a hge SITC fan but honestly, what story is left to tell? Mr Big and Carried are dried up old prones that probably don't even have sex anymore. Move on.

Id love to see her play Carrie as a mid 50s,bitter hard bitten New York yenta . It could have been hilarious . Absolutely no one except Stevie Wonder would look at this woman now and give one iota of a shit about her sex life.

Just googled and found out she's only 5' 3". That's tiny for a mare.

My hair looks GREAT straight!

Behold the ravages of age!

[quote] Big was written without wit, humor, or warmth and it was difficult to see why he was so great or why a relationship would endure despite bumps in the road.

He was NEVER great! He dumped her for being ‘too complicated,’ married a ‘simpler’ woman, then immediately began an affair with Carrie. That was a pretty good sign of what type of person he was.

One of the show’s better moments was when they showed how devastating the affair was for his wife, but Carrie STIILL ended up with him at the end, despite the show establishing that he only wants what he doesn’t have. He was a total asshole, but then, she wasn’t much better, so I guess you could say they deserved each other.

r50 more like behold the ravages of smoking.

Why do they keep calling it “and just like that”

It’s sex and the city 3, right? The movie?

No. It's a TV show and the title is "And Just Like That."

I thought it was a disgrace she made the others show their tits, asses, fake orgasms, fake oral sex and rimming (Ginger). She never did anything except flash her bra

And just like that, I puked.

She's going to need a ton of makeup and CGI once they start filming the Hocus Pocus sequel next year.

R10 Sometimes people wear wigs in movies

[quote] She's going to need a ton of makeup and CGI once they start filming the Hocus Pocus sequel

I actually think the opposite would be more appropriate.

Wasn't sister Sarah the sexy Sanderson who bewitched the boys with her beauty and bountiful bosom?

R49 are you sure that’s not Bill Maher in drag?

Big as the unattainable seemed to be the point of his role. It's always a mistake when these people get together. Having him be "the one who got away, but really was never going to happen" was probably the only way they could really play this out without killing the premise of the show. He could have been a recurring character, showing up just often enough to keep the romance going, but not often enough to be the main story arc. This would have forced the writers to either make Carrie the eternal single gal or marry her off to a less cartoonish boyfriend than the ones they actually constructed.

Did SJP ever show her boobs on the show? Wasn't she a sex therapist or something?

Is that a chicken food on her hat? Is Carrie now a voodoo priestess? WTF??

R57, They’ve actually started filming it in Rhode Island this month, but stopped because of a Covid positive (which means one of the actors, hair/makeup/wardrobe for the actors, or director tested positive). And with the possible strike happening on Monday, it might be a while.

I’ve noticed that a lot of Caucasian curly-haired actresses’ hair will straighten and stay straight as their career becomes more successful: Nicole Kidman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Debra Messing, Keri Russell, Julianna Marguiles. Curly hair is considered “character”.

FOOT!!!

These bints became far too unrelatable. Carrie in her penthouse and a best selling author.

Miranda head of her law firm.

Samantha with a Times Sq office

Charlotte married to uber rich Harry.

Is he called Mr. Big because he has a big dong?

No he was called Big from the Pilot as he was a big-shot in the city, the next "Donald Trump". Why he was interested in Carrie is still a mystery

Why did they change the name? So this is going to be a reboot, not the third film installment?

R69 - So she could pull his Hansom can around Central Park.

That phrase was used in the original SATC a lot.

Why not just call it Sex and the City though.

Is this set in an assisted living facility?

for R20

R50, she's only 57, not 75. That's from heavy smoking. And bizarre cheek fillers.

Can you imagine how old she looks in person...in the sunlight?

Post your picture for comparison?

R73, I don't know, but HBOMax is marketing it as a "new chapter" of Sex and the City.

.,.,

R75 - Thank you, just found my Happy Halloween E-card pic.

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Big dies early on in the reboot. The Paris scene is either a flashback or a trip they take together before he croaks.

R69 Conde Nast publishing exec Ron Galotti was the real life inspiration for Mr. Big; he certainly was never “the next Donald Trump” so maybe Big meant dick size but I never read Candace Bushnell’s book so I can’t say for sure.

That long straight hair does noting for her. She always looked better with her natural curls.

Is Miranda an out-and-proud lesbian new to the LGBQTRSDEVVHBHJN NY scene?

OP dear god every time i read your bullshit fantasizing i want to throw my computer across the room. You are not the national enquirer. You dont need to make up fantasy stories to earn a living. "They do not seem thrilled to see each other" BARF.

IATSE strike was averted yesterday R65. Agreement was reached.

Yes, thanks r87, I am a member of IATSE. Everyone is not happy with the deal- they think Loeb sold us out with 10 hour turnarounds, only %3 wage increase per year and very vague wording about New Media contracts. So we may still strike if 51% of the members vote no.

Big and Carrie look like they're at someone's funeral.

How that homely wallflower from Square Pegs ended up with the adorable Ferris Bueller I will never know.

Not that Big and Carrie should have gotten a happily-ever-after or anything, but it seems melodramatic to have them break up after all the brouhaha of getting them together and married.

There is an indictment against the modern view of relationships and entitlement, willingness to make tradeoffs and compromises, and the work associated with keeping a relationship strong and healthy.

Relationships aren't magic and won't sustain themselves.

[quote] Not that Big and Carrie should have gotten a happily-ever-after or anything, but it seems melodramatic to have them break up after all the brouhaha of getting them together and married.

I have to disagree. I think a breakup would be the only waynto reaolve their relationship. Neither one is suited for each other or marriage in general.

Remember the plot line of the first movie, some even wealthier tycoon got swept away with our gal's fabulousness and beauty? He was going to be called "Mr Bigger"!

*abandoned plot line

They should have remade the series as a spoof comedy. Like invite the actress who played Big's wife back and have her repeatedly falling down stairs. Carrie can wear even more ridiculous outfits, so large and poofy she can't even fit into the room or an elevator. Have Miranda turn from straight to nonbinary and change her pronouns to something even more ridiculous every episode.

R95 and have Charlotte constantly shit herself

"And just like that..."

The glue factory beckoned.

[quote]Please put this thing out to pasture!

What's wrong with you that you can't just ignore it all?

DLers really need to stop telling people that they should just ignore what they don't like and never comment on it.

This is a casual forum full of bitchery, if someone thinks the series needs to just die, they can say so. Grow up and learn to handle it, it's not that big of a deal.

Always the clotheshorse, this well-groomed globe-trotter canters away from the fashion herd with a thoroughbred look that lands her in the winner's circle..

[quote] Big and Carrie look like they're at someone's funeral.

Yes, their own. This should be the new season of American Horror Story.

Say what you will about Lens, but she wrapped up her show with Hannah & Co. moving on in different directions with Hannah becoming a mother and presumably growing up. She wrapped up the story, such as it was. These ghouls just keep trotting out the same tired schtick every couple of years for a paycheck.

[quote] How that homely wallflower from Square Pegs ended up with the adorable Ferris Bueller I will never know.

She was willing to accept that he would literally fuck anything within reach.

[quote]How that homely wallflower from Square Pegs ended up with the adorable Ferris Bueller I will never know.

He looks three shakes of a lamb's tail away from Mitch McConnell territory.

I have that tie!

It sounds like they've already added on a "woke" character played by Sara Ramirez who's probably only been added to call out the women on everything they've done wrong so that no one will write BuzzFeed articles about how poorly the show has aged and how terrible Carrie is. Which she is. She's a horrible person and I'd love for her to lose Big, realize that relationship wasn't built to last, and maybe have a character arc and change for the better.

If this show ends up being the same old, same old, there's no point. If they do that, it'll reek of empty fan service and come actors as cheesy.

r105 - Matthew Broderick was never drop-dead gorgeous. But he was certainly cute and charming when he was young.

I've always thought it odd that he basically disappeared from public life after Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which was one of several generation-defining films, one that practically every Gen Xer knows and can quote from. I know he still pops up in some plays and things, but he didn't seem to do anything else that got much attention.

I would imagine the horrible car accident Matthew was in back in the 80s had a huge effect on his life. Imagine being responsible for taking two peoples lives because of a stupid mistake.

He’s worked pretty steadily in plays, movies and TV, r109. Like r110, I’ve assumed that after the accident he decided to stop pursuing stardom and spend the rest of his career as a character actor.

[quote]Conde Nast publishing exec Ron Galotti was the real life inspiration for Mr. Big; he certainly was never “the next Donald Trump” so maybe Big meant dick size but I never read Candace Bushnell’s book so I can’t say for sure.

From Harper's Bazaar:

[quote]Galotti has been married twice, first to ski champion Lisa Wilcox, then later to Hearst publisher Donna Kalajian - who consequently had an affair, ending their 12-year marriage. Between wives, he dated model Janice Dickinson - she says she left Sylvester Stallone for him - and Candace Bushnell, who he met at a party in 1995. The two dated for a year and Bushnell wrote about their relationship in her dating column for the New York Observer.

[quote]“He was one of those New York guys with a big personality—you just notice him as soon as he walks in the room,” Bushnell told New York Magazine. “I called him Mr Big because he was like a big man on campus.”

Whatever.

Big personality types in New York means obnoxious sarcastic asshole

r111 I realize he's worked, but he hasn't worked in anything notable. Maybe it was the car accident wot changed him.

R114 - Jennifer Grey, who was Matthew's passenger in the car, hasn't worked much since either following her breakthrough and now-cult favorite DIRTY DANCING. Grey also appeared in FERRIS BUELLER now that I think about it... played his sister, no?

Maybe they're cursed by the dead woman and child he killed while driving under the influence.

Death curses do have the most power!