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What I got from Errol's post is that he's asking if we want for the main active soaps to each have a section where multiple topics about different aspects/questions about the soaps can be opened. Not just have one main discussion/spoiler topic each month. That's what I get, but maybe I'm reading it wrong. If that's what he is talking about, I'm all for it...

Finally finished Book 5 of Karl Ove's My Struggle. This book took me longest to read (I didn't have much free time), but it's the best one so far. I would put it right there on top with Book 2. So far my ranking is... Book 5 - 5+/5 Book 2 - 5/5 Book 1 - 4.5/5 Book 4 - 4.25/5 Book 3 - 4/5

If it's just for the current soaps... I think that could be an interesting idea. While keeping a General Discussion topic for the soap in question still available for people who want to talk "in general". That general topic can without a problem still be in the X-nameofsoap's individual section. But each soap having their section is just going to work... IMO. Lots of material... pictures, any type of interesting things can go in different topics and not get lost in the main topic. I'm supportive of the idea for the main active soaps having an individual forum section each, if I understood correctly. 💪

I CAN'T WAIT for the app and I hope I can install it on my TV, so I can play the episodes in the app. This will be pure bliss.

Chileeeeeeeee hhhahhahahaha

Eric almost dies every few years now... it's borderline exploitative at this point. We get it... he's very old and can die at any time... but stop milking this time and time again. Same with Katie's bad heart. That woman has been dying for the last 15 years. Brad Bell just wants to play on these cheap sentimental storylines (cue the violins and the stapler) that even a dog could understand. Cheap melodramatic hack.

I've started watching season 1 again from the official website this time... and I love that I can just click on cast onto the TV and it works with captions instantly. The fact that they are going to make the entire show available in this way... for this amount of monthly fee - is amazing. The other soaps should watch and learn. That's how it's done. Not asking for 40-50 euros a month for 20 new episodes a month. I am giving Bold and their team huge credit for this. And that way the show will survive for decades in the future. They are really setting great example.

I'm so grateful they ditched that fake looking runway opening that I hated.

I feel like the first season of Bold had a distinct fairytale vibe. I was truly astonished by how many storylines were happening simultaneously while I watched it for the first time... because these days, Bradley can hardly manage two at once. Quite frankly, he struggles with one. Bill Bell managed to have nearly every character pursuing their own thing while still interacting with the others in a natural way. It didn't feel crowded or busy like some other shows do when there are too many things going on. Everyone had something. Donna wanted to be a model. Katie had pimples and low self-esteem. Brooke was ambitious and envious of the rich and famous, wanting to experience first hand the glitz and glamour from the magazines. The fashion house side was also pretty well crafted, even if some of these characters are cliched archetypes - Ridge - the spoiled favorite son/Don Juan cheating player, Thorne - the anti-Ridge/good-hearted underdog, Eric - the horny ageing rich guy, Stephanie - the controlling frustrated matriarch with a sharp tongue. The season wasn't flawless, but it laid the groundwork for what was to come in the years ahead. For example... Bill Bell was consistently dropping hints about Stephanie going somewhere behind Eric's back. You would think she had a secret gigolo waiting in his briefs in some hotel somewhere, but no... that mystery continued well into the second year... until it was finally revealed that she was concealing a secret daughter. It was eerie, yet so brilliantly executed and thoughtfully crafted FROM THE GET GO. 300+ episodes of build-up. We also saw Brooke being set up as a social climber right from week one. Reading about Ridge and the Forresters, imagining herself in their world. It's pretty amazing that Bill Bell stuck to this storyline for thousand plus episodes after that. It was RIGHT THERE from the start. And that's what I adore about that first season. To me, it’s absolutely essential viewing... if you want to fully grasp these characters and witness their evolution... even if it has its dull moments - Donna's boyfriend bored me to death, Beth and Eric just didn't work as supposed to and they QUICKLY got that and moved on (in a way Brooke took over that path). That reminds me of the one thing that changed slowly but progressively - the level of involvement of the entire Logan family in the narrative. Initially, they gave nearly everyone their little place in the spotlight. We even got to see Brooke's grandma occasionally... but once Brooke stepped into the realm of the rich and famous... the other Logan relatives started to fade away and received less and less screen time. The dynamics changed. And couple of years later... when they were acting as Brooke's babysitters, helpers... people who we see once a month consoling her... - it was over. I would cringe when Donna or Katie would be babysitting for Brooke and being given 1 line a week, when I remember how essential they felt to me in the beginning. 😄 So yeah... the conflict and contrast shifted from rich family/working class family to Brooke's fairytale/nightmare into the Forrester mansion and her war with Stephanie. The rest is history as they say. Once Sally Spectra joined the show in 1989... along with Macy (who was so fresh in the beginning), the show was running like a well oiled machine. But even now, I think some of the most iconic moments from the entire series happened in that very first season. I can still remember the concrete dialogue. I remember Stephanie warning Eric, Ridge, and Thorne about Brooke being an opportunist... just a week or two after they met her. And then there was that moment when Stephanie told Eric what Brooke was going to do... it was like she was reading the script of the future seasons. Like a trailer for what's to come. Everything unfolded just as she predicted. As time went on, Stephanie's foresight only made her character appear stronger, a sort of wink from the writers to the viewers... "If we let this girl into our home... she’s going to do this and this..." And guess what? SHE DID. The first years of Bold are so underrated by many soap opera fans. Some of them have barely watched more than a couple of episodes... yet they still bash that period. But I love these years and I always rewatch them. Every single time it's like a new experience. Season 1 is again... like a fairytale to me.

I personally love it. It's my favorite video she's done.

Chile there is so much GAY energy in this new intro... I'M HERE FOR IT. LOOOL. Can we just hire a new head writer... and just MAKE THIS SHOW number 1 for f-cks sake.

I love Ms. Joan too! And Veejay is entertaining, but to me her mistake is that she is shifting the focus from her work to her personality. She is a great designer as well... maybe even better than the others. But they don't focus on that, they focus on her being catty and calculating. I like the twins, because they are cute (I can't help it) and they are just a MESS, especially the one with the longer hair and the mustache... that one is WILD. One thing that I'm starting to notice is how Law Roach is always sitting in a way that he ignores Heidi... I don't know if it's just in my head... LOL. But I'm sensing some animosity there. Heidi is a bit rusty for me this season. It's almost like the first couple of episodes she had forgotten how to do it... but now she's getting better with each episode. Tim should come back, Christian is so bland for the role they've given him. He can't do it. He is a amazing as a designer, but lack the personality to be that quirky witty mentor we need on the show. The absence is so felt. They did Tim dirty. P.S. Forgot to say - Good morning and enjoy your coffee! Hehe ❤️

I just remembered that I've read another one of her books and that one I liked - It ends with us. 😄 I have to see what Layla is about for sure. Gonna check it on goodreads. Do you have any other favorite thrillers?

I agree. It feels like home again.

Who are yours? I think there are plenty of good designers... we have a semi-antagonist too... Veejay... 😄I hope to God she doesn't win, because I'm going to be pissed.

The short version (I'm going to write a longer one some other time) is that BTG premiered with a BANG. Then 2-3 (maybe even earlier) months after that they had some real issues and hardcore growing pains. I was close to calling it quits sometime last summer... and then VOILA everything started clicking for me in October. Since then I've been in love with the show and I find that they've begun telling real stories... instead of doing shocks and newsflash of the month type of storytelling. I love the slow burn and that they are not hurrying things as much as they did in the beginning... and I love that the characters are evolving and breathing, they are given more opportunity to bond and to connect themselves and with the audience. It was a bumpy road till October, not gonna lie. I was being critical every single day. I'm not saying now that things are perfect... but IT FEELS like a show to me... like a family, like a grown energy and not something that is rough or in the works. There is a flow to the show at this moment (I have 10 or so episodes to catch up to, btw.)

Let me subscribe in... They have my FOREVER subscription, I really mean it... if they maintain this official vault. I'll be happily giving them money every month for the whole catalogue. I love the quality and the captions. I ADORE captions. IT'S AMAZING how I just found out about it... Nobody told me about this till I saw this topic just now. I'm going to have word with my fellow Bold friends who either didn't see it themselves or forgot to tell me, haha. MADE MY DAY. Brava Bold!

First off... I'm really sorry for taking so long to reply! I haven't had a single free moment these last few days. It makes me feel happy to know that I'm missed, and I miss you all too! There's so much I need to catch up on... I haven't watched any soaps in weeks. I plan to return to Llanview really soon. ❤️

Sorry for the late reply, first time I'm sitting down in front of the forum in so long... I last watched mid-season... and my favorites are... I'm not gonna lie - the twins. They are so messy and entertaining, but also talented. I hope one of them wins! 😄The season has been a mess, and I'm definitely missing Tim...

Chile I am watching the newest season right now and gagging. This has potential to be the greatest season of Project Runway evAH. The first episode was wild at the end.