Members cassadine1991 Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 Wonder if she'll be on the killer's hit list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 Let me stop you here: They were [!@#$%^&*], just like 99% of everything the man did after 1995. And back then he had a lot of help. Melaswen was a rewrite, but it didn't matter - the entire story, from beginning to end, was incredibly poorly-written, conceived and executed. The dialogue and characterization were at a kindergarten level, but some viewers didn't care so long as it reminded them of the show they watched at age 10. No sane, rational person can defend the ridiculous, campy, ultraviolent death scenes that were amateurishly staged, executed and scripted for a bevy of beloved characters - a lot of Karo syrup, howling and barely functional dialogue, while the tone of the show constantly shifted between adolescent torture porn and juvenile fart-joke comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 ICAM, Vee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 Deidre Hall posted a pic last week, behind her on the wall was a chart list of the cast. Zooming in it's very blurred but people on DR, with a little help from Jason47 managed to compare all the names to a previous chart from April and rule out who's not there anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 I agree the Melaswen [!@#$%^&*]-fest was a rewrite. The Salem Stalker started off so awesomely creepy, culminating in Maggie's horrific murder and attacking Mickey. It became a joke once Doug was chased through the cemetary and Alice was stuffed with donuts and Tom's floating head. I knew by that point things changed and Reilly checked out and said !@#$%^&*] it. Shame. I didn't agree with Maggie, Jack or Abe dying but at the same time, would it ultimately have been that awful if they stayed dead? Look at where we are now. Poor James Reynolds gets a cameo, Jack's died several times after that and was last crushed by an elevator, and Maggie became an annoying shrew who I now want to see bludgeoned again. I want to see a lot of the dead weight offed and I like the idea of a real murder mystery but I'm not fond of it leading into a celebration of Salem and DAYS' 50th. I'd rather it be happier. But I'm hopeful it's well paced and well written and I'm pleased with who's returning. I think for Christmas they really should have gotten a lot of Horton's together. That would have been a nice cap to the 50th but I doubt we see anyone named Melissa, Bill, Laura or Marie show up. I want it in writing that Shawn Christian is gone. I want to throw a party. The boards will light up with glee and I can't wait. I know the list but I want confirmation dammit. I refuse to get my hopes up. LOL. It's way too good to be true but Daniel has long been a problem that needed to go. I know many liked Christian, and I used to before Daniel, but the writing ruined any chance the character had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 I never claimed it was good. I just want to know if he really got rehired on a storyline that wiped out a significant set of characters and was going to end with Marlena bring guilty and killed off herself. I want to know how far Sony and NBC were willing to go back before things got as dire as they are now with daytime. The BTS stuff with Reilly and Corday are way more interesting than the dreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members koos Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 I've almost (ALMOST) forgotten how utterly trashy and cheap Days was back in '03-05. It's trashy and cheap in a different way now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted August 15, 2015 Members Share Posted August 15, 2015 Damn. I couldn't have said it better myself. Except, I'd change the year to 1997. Otherwise, your SSK assessment was 100% spot on. Yes, koos, it's cheap in a we-have-no-money way now. Before, it was cheap in a rinkydink goofball way. Remember those graphics, light rays, flames of fire, etc. they'd use during their Next-Day Previews at the end? Gawd..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted August 16, 2015 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2015 That's because Stephen "Special Effects" Wyman was the worst EP. His production values were so bad. Just dreadful. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted August 16, 2015 Members Share Posted August 16, 2015 The problems were a lot deeper than production value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted August 16, 2015 Members Share Posted August 16, 2015 Ummm I personally loved those damn freeze frame graphics. LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted August 16, 2015 Members Share Posted August 16, 2015 Im surprised given how into video and technique you are. That sh-t was embarassing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted August 16, 2015 Administrator Share Posted August 16, 2015 A few of them were okay, like the black-and-white freeze frame. But the majority were ridden with awful special effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sindacco Posted August 17, 2015 Members Share Posted August 17, 2015 Freeze frames were never the problem, DAYS used those for over 20 years. The problems were the special effects that, like Toups said, came with Stephen Wyman. I think they were at their worst around 2005, they used those SFX for everything, flashbacks, dreams, episode endings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted August 17, 2015 Members Share Posted August 17, 2015 HATED HATE HATED those awful special effects. The show was a joke with those. Just awful. Reilly's checked out, campy and EXTRA over the top writing didn't help. I want to know what happened to the Reilly of the '90s in the 00's. I mean Passions started out somewhat interesting and fun and different and slightly gothic and turned into pure trash with penises being cut off and re-attached, women being raped and victimized. Just awful trash. Am I alone in not really being that excited for this murder mystery? I'm hopeful it's interesting, engaging and I do end up liking it but I'm just not fond of doom and gloom heading into an anniversary celebration. JMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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