Maxim

Thank you for this interview, Errol! Made me smile!

1000 percent YES. YES. YES. AND again - YES! It's laughable. No, Bradley couldn't cast a proper older actress to play the domineering matriarch in counterpoint to all the sluttiness on the show... Noooo... he had to ignore all history and turn Hope of all people... into the whore... and Steffy of all people... into the moralizer that judges people and talks like a school teacher to both her husband, her brother, FATHER and anyone that comes up to her. I have grown to love JMW and in some moments I am with Steffy 100 percent, BUT the way Bradley is constantly writing her... - is tiring to listen to all the same one-tone angry condescending controlling babble that is NEVER going to come close to the dimensions and ice Susan Flannery gave as Stephanie. And not because JMW is a bad actress... not at all, but because this is not fitting her (her age and her character's history) and looks completely absurd and annoying. How is that the girl that 10-15 years ago was running around in lingerie singing... If you show them what you got, then you'll get what you want... from her signature lingerie modeling song..., this cool-girl spoiled boyfriend-stealing vamp is now the town's psycho-biddy sour-face matriarch? Hope was the girl that had the battle inside her, rebelled against her mother's history and bad example... had problems with sex and was mocked by Steffy multiple times for not being able to satisfy her men. Well... I guess in 2024 Hope is a brand new AI generated slut from the valley edition. She has turned into a sex pistol, a copy-paste of her mother's trashiest version. How completely unrealistic and idiotic. At this point the only thing missing is her becoming the new face of Brooke's bedroom. And why not - Hope's boudoir. These recent brain-transplants that both Steffy and Hope have received with the downgraded copies of Brooke and Stephanie... are comical. Steffy will never be Stephanie. She lacks the history, the background of the character and the build up to be Stephanie... and Hope will NEVER be Brooke - she lacks the foundation of what made Brooke tick and do all these things. And please don't come at me with this number that people change SO FAST that you can't even recognize them in a year or two. Even if you go through some brutal ordeal, battle cancer, or lose your whole family... you are still not going to be acting like a completely different person... Unless you have some really really extreme personality disorder and mental illness, for which we haven't seen symptoms in these characters. So yeah, the show in 2024 looks like a parody of a parody of it's golden years. And believe me, today, it's a fantasy of Hope and Finn, tomorrow it will be a reality - Brad is just testing the waters and the more negative the fan reaction will be, the more he will jump into it, thinking he is scandalous and unpredictable.

Some people can't see beyond their noses.

Me too! Cheap tricks. For hacks.

I was sure it was fantasy till they showed the promo with the sexual stuff. Now I understand they are lying in the promos and making us believe false stuff. Typical. Neeeext.

There is definitely something going on. I am also seeing this empty line.

Not only me, but Liberty too. I'm on completely updated new laptop, new windows, new browser. Nothing outdated. P.S - I am so jealous of you able to enjoy Windows 7 - it was the last amazing Windows.

Thank you for sharing your story and insight! I appreciate it a lot. You touched on very important points! The Bold part is something I wholeheartedly agree with.

It is not a remake. Believe me. Some people call it that, but it isn't. It's just heavily reminiscent. And repeats some of the tricks, but every single horror sequel does. I don't get the negative reviews, honestly. Give it a try. And tell me if you liked it.

Using it on LAPTOP - Windows 11, Chrome.

I was debating myself if I should open this topic, but I will, since I think it's important and we need a place to express our opinions and feelings about this very very hot topic and phenomenon. I'm getting concerned how society is once again back to glamorizing scary thin women and men. With this Ozempic craze that has been spreading all around the world... every second celebrity is looking like they came from a starvation camp. It is concerning me a lot, since I've been seeing people in my close circle that are using it. And I've heard comments judging other people who are heavier, because all of a sudden being THIN is IN and people are obsessed with it. I am not saying this drug is bad or isn't needed for people with health conditions that require it or morbid obesity. Not at all. I am talking about how again it is changing the society norms and making people judge heavier people and etc. All of this is triggering me. Not to the point that I would need to call my therapist. Yet. But... I am an eating disorder survivor. I battled anorexia more than 10 years ago which is a huge problem for men, since it's underdiagnosed in male population. There is a huge stigma and prejudice that it's not manly or even possible to have this problem. My problem started, because I was a heavy child and by early high school I was so bullied and beaten up by this, that I started going on these diets I would find on the internet... This lead to... years and years battle with anorexia. At my lowest weight, my family physician was telling me I will die if I don't gain weight. I managed to recover very slowly and by the time I was 25, I was... in a healthy relationship with food. So yes, lately I've been feeling kinda off and finding myself thinking about cutting calories, since I don't have a skinny-skinny face like all these people on Ozempic. And then I say to myself - ok, stop, you are fine, you are healthy, you are not overweight, and even if you were, it's okay. And then I will see these Ozempic videos on youtube and want to watch them, and then stop myself. But yes... what do you guys think about this. I know the topic is controversial, but it's all around us. Recently I saw a friend that has basically lost half her body weight by this drug and is unrecognizable. She used to be very overweight... and in talks with her I was kinda shocked how judgmental she has become while not even realizing it. She was giving me tips what to eat or not eat, without me even asking her about it and I told her - please, deal with your own plate and your own issues - I have no problems with food and don't need to be schooled what not to eat. And she apologized. But I sensed that in her world I was now... heavier than her perception of normal... so she felt like I had a problem. This disturbed me. So yes, I feel we are starting to live in a dangerous times when it comes to body image. I think this craze will soon go out of control. That's just my 2 cents. I may be wrong, but that's how I feel. How do you guys feel?

Thank you!

I trust nobody.

The gin made me a bit melancholic.

I want to buy one of these fancy professional veg and fruit cutters! Not the basic one, but the one that is like magic like on the clips on instagram.

I need to resume my 1982 watch! I am missing GL!