Everything posted by titan1978
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Laura Wright plays the Carly that became with TB in the part. She is a competent actress, I enjoy her fine in the part. But Sarah was so excellent. You could root for her at times, and other times you were against her. But the other characters had a point of view, so people like Bobbie and Robin and Jason and the Quartermaines had valid reasons for being against her. But once she was paired with Sonny a lot of that went away. It got worse when Riche left and JFP got there.
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I think her vision was fine, for this show. It gave it s strong identity. It was when everyone else tried to do it on their shows that we had problems. But I do agree those first few years of her run were the best. I would argue that it's pretty solid until just after Luke&Laura get married. The first year after Genie left is pretty awful in nearly every story except maybe Alan/Monica, and I think it truly took until the introduction of Anna and Robin to right the ship. But I think Pat Falken Smith had returned. When Monty has good, strong writing the show was fantastic.
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I was watching back then and none of those scenes bring back any memories. I googled the storyline, and I'm drawing a blank. This must have been Guza/Pratt but after they killed Rick Webber and Genie Francis quit. I stopped watching for a few months, and was already sick of Jason, Sonny, and Carly.
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I always loved her. Frisco and Felicia were the first super couple it saw from the beginning as a kid. She was always so charming and curious and fun, and the show nearly ruined her character. I will always remember how much fun she was with Frisco, her awesome storylines with Ryan and Kevin, and her powerful work during the BJ storyline. Felicia learning that Barbara Jean's heart saved her daughter is a heartbreaking moment, the the best acting of Wagner 's career on the show.
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So many missed stories with Monica. Sonny is her arch enemy as of the end of the 1990's. A good writer/EP would play that up. What if Sonny was shot in the heart, and Monica had to operate on him. He has a blood clot during the surgery, is saved but has a stroke. Sonny is compromised, Monica isn't sure if she did everything she could, or if she cares what happened to him, and begins a journey to fill that house and herself with life again while Sonny is fighting to either give up, or try to win his life back. A story neither one have had before, with stakes and both characters not being compromised.
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Primetime Soaps
I forgot about Savannah. That one was great, and it was a hit with critics if I remember correctly, thanks to good acting and decent writing. I remember Entertainment Weekly was very fond of it.
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Primetime Soaps
I would be fine with skipping to season 4 of Knots. They can add the end of 3 when gary gets caught with Abby, and go from there. That is when the show takes off anyway, when Val leaves Gary, and he falls apart while with Abby. It rocks for years from that point on, almost every major storyline is a winner.
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Primetime Soaps
For me, the two that hold up the best in repeat viewing are Knots Landing and Melore Place. I still get totally invested in the story about Val's twins and Abby's first few years clawing her way to the top. I still get chills when Kimberly returned from the dead, and Sydney was up to her antics. I watched and enjoyed many of the soaps talked about in this thread, but those two stand out. I wish TPTB would put out more Knots on DVD.
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What Are You Listening To?
Big Screen- Land of Women, which was okay. Small screen- Imaginary Heroes which was excellent. Tragic, very deep, Sigourney Weaver is excellent. It's also very funny.
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I just watched This Film is Not Yet Rated. The fact that the director hired private investigators to uncover the hidden members of the MPAA ratings baord, and then the appeals board, was kind of shocking to me. They are shown and named, and it is very interesting, I kind of knew the topics being talked about in the film, but I had no idea he would take it that far. It was fascinating.
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Serenity. It was pretty good, and I bought the DVD of the show Firefly. I really enjoy that one too (had not seen it before I went to the movie).