Sex and the City: The Complete First Season (1998) Review

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(More customer reviews)Sex and the City is the best show in television! However, I see the first season as a warm-up to the seasons which follow this one. Also, the theme music is a little bit different. We meet our four heroines: Carrie Bradshaw, the writer; Charlotte York, the conservative one; Samantha Jones, the (...); and Miranda, the sardonic, acid-tongued lawyer. I was a little bit disturbed by the way Carrie talked to the camera in the first few episodes... but the first season kicks off the season by introducing us to the City that Never Sleeps.
EPISODE 1 "SEX AND THE CITY": We meet the four ladies; Mr. Big comes onto the scene; we also meet Sanford Blatch and his opinion on gay relationships and sex; the women discuss (and try out) the theory that women can have sex the same way men can.
EPISODE 2: "MODELS AND MORTALS": The episode is all about models, as Miranda dates a guy obsessed with them (a "modelizer") and Carrie briefly dates a man who is a model.
EPISODE 3: "BAY OF MARRIED PIGS": Carrie visits married friends at their house in the Hamptons and the ladies discuss the differences between married couples and singles. Miranda is set up with a lesbian for a corporate party.
EPISODE 4: "VALLEY OF THE TWENTY-SOMETHING GUYS": Carrie keeps running into Big, and considers dating him; Samantha goes for a guy in his twenties.
EPISODE 5: "THE POWER OF FEMALE SEX": While playing poker the four women discuss the idea of women using sex to gain power; Carrie runs into an old friend of hers who introduces her to a charming French architect.
EPISODE 6: "SECRET SEX": You know that promotional photo of Carrie on the side of the bus in the credits? This is the episode in which that photo is taken. Carrie starts dating Big; she ponders the question of some people who are ashamed of the people they date; Charlotte dates a rabbi.
EPISODE 7: "THE MONOGAMISTS": Carrie tries to have a monogamous relationship with Big; Miranda gets serious with Skipper.
EPISODE 8: "THREE'S A CROWD": The ladies discuss the topic of threesomes, as Samantha becomes involved with a married couple and Charlotte and her boyfriend try to add another woman to their bedroom routine.
EPISODE 9: "THE TURTLE AND THE HARE": At a friend's wedding, Samantha is asked out on a date by another guest; when she is dumped, she tries for another guy who was at the wedding. Sanford gripes about the gay dating scene. And what is the rabbit??
EPISODE 10: "THE BABY SHOWER": The women are invited to a friend's baby shower; is Carrie pregnant?
EPISODE 11: "THE DROUGHT": Miranda hasn't had sex in three months; Carrie is convinced that she and Big will never have sex again. The question is, How often is normal?
EPISODE 12: "OH, COME ALL YE FAITHFUL": Miranda's dating a guy who takes a shower after sex; Charlotte is convinced she'll never get married.


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Girls Gone Wild: Beach Babes / Forbidden Spring Break Review

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(More customer reviews)I don't claim to be an expert on this series. But these two episodes (both on the same disc) were excellent.
`Beach Babes' and `Forbidden Spring Break' follow a similar format. Girls are encouraged to bare their breasts (or show off their buns) for five seconds - in exchange for a `Girls Gone Wild' t-shirt, which the girls seem to covet very highly.
The babes may be on the beach, in a parking lot, outside a restaurant, driving by in a car, or dancing in a disco. They may be by themselves, or in a group of girlfriends. It doesn't matter.
They know the drill. It's almost a rite of passage, like being a cheerleader. Nothing says that you have arrived (as a woman) with quite as much fun - as appearing on one of these videos.
The beach scenes are always the most interesting - because they give you the best "before" and "after" views. Some girls are shy; some are excited; some turn their face away when they lift their tops; while others look straight into the camera (as if they were mugging for mama!).
What really sets these two episodes apart - is that the girls are really darn cute (which isn't always true) - and so are their breasts. They come, of course (the breasts), in a variety of sizes - with the biggest or shapeliest girls sometimes the most eager. And given the ages of these young women - all pairs are assumed to be all-natural!
What really gives me a kick - is how a group of girls will always want to have their backs facing the guys they know - even though they are exposing themselves up front to potentially millions of (faceless) viewers!
And there's no need for sound effects here - as the heartiest cheer, given right at the moment of greatest revealment - always emanates from the young women themselves! (You'd think they'd just conquered Everest!)
And if one babe in a group is too embarrassed to participate -- she has her friends to egg her on! (After all, what are girlfriends for?)
You've never seen excitement, embarrassment, shyness, happiness, fulfillment and exhibitionism so thoroughly intertwined!
Later on, `Beach Babes' features a pair of nearly topless co-eds riding a mechanical bull in their bikinis - with seemingly dozens of guys cheering them on in the background.
There's also a fun upskirt view of one girl in a mini-dress, dancing front-to-back with her girlfriend - but wearing absolutely nothing underneath. The view is quite clean and tasteful.
My favorite portions, of course, are when the girls (usually friends) sometimes kiss! There is no romanticism exchanged - but the girls obviously know that it's a turn on for guys (which wasn't true just a few years ago!). Also nice are the few young women (partially) exposing themselves who let the view linger for as long - and as close - as the camera desires.
`Beach Babes' finishes with a topless dance contest atop the Girls Gone Wild trailer-length van. All of the young women are nicely endowed - but one really cute brunette in a lacey pink string bikini really stands out - not only for her figure (which is stunning), but for the utter self confidence she exhibits while performing.In the next segment, `Forbidden Spring Break' follows a similar script - but includes a sort of `Wheel-of-Fortune' (total) strip tease contest - with some of the most petite girls being too cute for words.
The babe in the pink string bikini (above) returns in this episode for a brief dance contest encore -- this time viewed from the front (and the rear).
The episode finishes within a hotel bath - where two friends shower - and kiss each other passionately while doing so! They also take turns enjoying each other's figures in various places. From their familiarity, it seems that these girls have delighted in these pleasures before (but probably on a more experimental basis). Their exhibitionism is mixed with healthy doses of nervous and embarrassed laughter (if that's possible) -- so their segment comes across almost as more playful than erotic.
(Hey, where else can you see such "innocence?")I'm not sure whose fantasies are more greatly fulfilled - the GIRLS' (who participate on camera) -- or the GUYS' (who watch this)!
For those women (like yours truly) who aren't embarrassed by -- and may, in fact, be attracted to -- the feminine form, there's a lot of fun and frolic on this disc to enjoy. I highly recommend it!


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