Are we all going to watch Girls tomorrow night?

[lighthousekeeping]

At 10pm I've heard really good things about it. It's a hit with my gay boyfriends. I don't know why as I know nothing about it. Sky Atlantic.

Yes! really looking forward to it, hoping it fill the sex and city void thats been in my life for the past few years

I've heard it's ten times better than that.

I'm in love with it already. It reminds me of something. Not SATC.

Although, now I've seen two I'm finding it quite hard to relate to their age group!

have it recorded but wont get it watch today either, sounds like it got mixed reviews.... hated SATC in the beginning too but ended up loving it

I love the look of it but no sky atlantic

Count me as hating it. I don't get what it's trying to be. It's not funny, the sex bits are literally pathetic.
Are we meant to feel sorry for those self-invoved dysfunctional girls or merely laugh at their inadequacies?

I found it cruel and rather painful to watch- there was a weird bullying aspect to it. The main character is clearly being sexually abused by her boyfriend and the rest of them are totally devoid of empathy.

I quite enjoyed it (but am in the mood for ridiculous escapist nonsense at the moment). Reminded me of My So Called Life.

I don't think it's sexual abuse. We've all been there in our twenties. I don't know if I like it or not. I think my stumbling block is that I'm twenty years older than them.

I've not been there in my 20s! There's a scene where he clearly implies that he's not used condoms every time they've had sex and I thought the sex scenes shown were sordid and verging on the non-consensual.
That's why I found the whole thing uncomfortable- are we supposed to laugh because she's not attractive and is desperate and as such 'deserves' bad sex? Or we supposed to feel sorry for her? Or is it meant to make us feel better about ourselves.

I'm 10 years older than they are and I don't remember being so immature and self-obsessed at that age.

The other problem is that it's not 'escapist nonsense'- it seems to be trying so hard to be cool and edgy and quirky etc. which automatically puts me off.

It is escapist nonsense for me because it is as far removed from my life as could be!

Fair point! I guess to me escapist involves fun, like Revenge or Once Upon A Time. This is just depressing.

I think we need to give it a chance