Members SouthOfSoap Posted September 6, 2014 Members Share Posted September 6, 2014 I liked Deb Adair as Kate - very different character, but the change in Kate over the years has been organic, and I love Koslow so I'm good with it all. But I could never see Adair playing any of the stuff that Koslow has played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted September 6, 2014 Members Share Posted September 6, 2014 Didn't Koslow play Kate more like Deb Adair did when she first joined? I think it was a few years into her run when the show started to morph Kate. Speaking of Deb Adair.. When she played Jill.. didn't the character change while she played her since she replaced the short term replacement Bond G.. and made Jill a little nicer.. and that changed once Brenda Dickson came back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koos Posted September 6, 2014 Members Share Posted September 6, 2014 I feel Koslow's Kate is much more limited than Adair's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 If she is, then I blame the writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P.J. Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 I liked Deb Adair as Jill. To my mind, she gave Jill an air of sophistication that was ruthlessly stamped out the moment she was recast. (that's my impression anyway, I can't specifically back it up.) I like Jess Walton, but part of me cringed at the way her Jill was always presented---loud jewelry, big hair, constant animal prints and a fashion sense that always remains just a little bit low-rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 Adair had a strong personality as Kate, but she had dimensions. She wasn't just a vixen, or just a foil for Sami. I loved her in the part, and her scenes with Vivian were fantastic. Koslow's Kate is entertaining, but not as compelling for me. She vamps it up more. She does good work with what they give her, but Kate changed when she inherited the part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapsnstuds Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 When Emma Samms took over for Pamela Sue Martin in 1985. Good lord! Talk about one of the worst recasts in soap opera history. For four glorious seasons, Martin's Fallon Carrington was bratty, bitchy and beautiful ... yet we always rooted for her in the end. Did Samms even screen test for the role or did honchos just say Give us that popular heroine from GENERAL HOSPITAL!? because she was terrible in the role ... for the last four years the show breathed life. Not once did she show that same spunk, temper or charisma that Martin's Fallon had. No wonder Jeff left her for the town tramp, Sammy Jo. The new Fallon was a wimp. And she cried way too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 The recast of Amanda on Dynasty. She went from English to American. Did Dynasty even try or did they just give up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 IDA. Her final season was glorious as it was a return to form of classic Fallon. Emma did great in season 9. She was an odd recast but the role of Fallon had already been watered down by the time PMS left the role. Fallon in season 4 was a disappointment. She wasn't the bitchy vixen of the earlier seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 That was one of the reasons I rooted for Anna Devane over Holly when Anna first arrived on GH. Anna was kickass and Holly seemed like she was always simpering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevieM Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 The recast of Amanda was ridiculous. All of a sudden she was American. I guess it was kind of like Blair no longer being Asian on OLTL. I loved PSM as Fallon, and Emma Samms could never fill her shoes. But that doesn't mean that she is to blame for the writers' decisions. In that final year, she really brought the real Fallon home. Season 9 Fallon was a far cry from that unrecognizable character on the Colbys. I agree that Fallon started to be watered down in PMS's final year, but that doesn't mean it would have remained that way. The character had to mature, and sometimes the writers have a difficulty making that adjustment right away. Had PMS stayed, I think it is unlikely that we would have ever seen the role change to the extent that it did under Emma Samms on the Colbys. Finally, I have to say that the Dynasty movie was a disaster. The recast Adam and the original Steven couldn't hold a candle to Gordon Thompson and Jack Coleman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 Fallon was only interesting in the first and final season. Regardless of who was playing her the other years she was unwatchable and boring. I did love Emma Samms on The Colbys, because it her stories were so soapy and over the top and her acting was SO BAD that it was comical. Similar to why Charity Rahmer is my favorite Belle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amybrickwallace Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 They never would have had to recast Adam had Spelling Productions given Gordon Thomson sufficient notice. As it was, he had just started on SB and when he was finally asked at the 11th hour to do the reunion movie, SB was unable to spare him. So Spelling Productions cut off their nose to spite their face on that one because Mr. Thomson was willing to do the reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 IA. I noticed how they started to defang Fallon once Alexis hit. It was like there was only room for one big bitch on the show and Fallon lost a lot of her spunk to accommodate Joan's arrival. PSM's Fallon was boring by the time she left. Emma was amazing in season 9 That was probably my favorite scene of her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapsnstuds Posted September 7, 2014 Members Share Posted September 7, 2014 Yeah. But by this time (1988-89), almost everybody had tuned out. Didn't Dynasty crash into the lower 90's by it's final season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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