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7 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Same on MC. He started so strong, but it feels like since around the time JB was leaving, he just stopped. 

 

That's sad. re: montage. It just feels odd that they are not doing anything or anything had been reported. Granted I am sure we can't get something every year, but it feels like they are consistent in doing something.

 

OMG. Just something about Young TC's brooding. Just mmm. 

Yeah.  I am sure it's much less of a headache to deal with MC than someone like Tyler.  It really seems like GH did give TC multiple chances, but he's always been Nik to me.  MC really does seem too young for the role, especially with Spencer being aged.  And Ava seems older than Nik with MC, but I am not sure if she is supposed to be.

With the montage I found it strange too.  I remember they at least used to a brief little clip montage at the end of the show and say "Happy ____ Anniversary GH!  Then again I can't recall if they have done anything the last few years.

I mean, to be fair, how much can JoDevil do with the Cin baby until it's born lol?  He's definitely not fixated like Marlena was, but Cin are just hanging around town.   He can easily grab that baby later, but what's the plan there?  Is JoDevil just going to take a baby and make him the devil spawn.  That plan will take awhile lol.

At least MarDevil was doing some evil things like chaining John to a wall and pretending to be Kristen, commiting Doug, setting Christmas trees on fire and having Jan sleep with Shawn.  JoDevil broke up Tripp/Allie and Gabi/Jake.  

12 minutes ago, j swift said:

Why does the devil want the Dimera's company?  Is he especially interested in young women's fashion?

It would make more sense if Johnny still wanted to direct and the devil wanted to implant subliminal messages in his film to control the population.  Rather than wanting to takeover a family business, once run by a psychotic twin, that doesn't seem to be international like Kiriakis, or produce anything worthy of being evil.

The devil should stick to ruining award shows.

Especially since Johnny is a Dimera and does have a right to work there.  It makes no sense.  Sure, he couldn't run it, but he could very easily get a super high up position there just through nepotism.   Focusing on his movie career would make actual sense.  JoDevil hasn't even really caused any chaos.  He broke up a few lame couples and his own marriage.  BORING

It's a special kind of bad to ruin the show's most talked about story.  I think we knew it was going to happen, but I didn't think it would be so boring and uneventful. 

2 minutes ago, AlexElizabeth said:

I wouldn't mind the devil so much if he actually did anything, but all he does is talk to himself, try to sleep with Gabi, and spread Allie's business. It's boring. 😅

And try to take over Dimera.  Johnny could do all these things without being possessed.  MarDevil was much more cunning and did more in the beginning of the story.

So many characters to get rid of.  I don't think Valentin is at the top of my list, but in my top 10 lol.  I like Sasha, but I don't even understand why her and Brando exist.  Meanwhile, we have so many historic characters that need to be back instead of RH and ME playing random new characters.  I just don't get it.  FV is apparently good at streamlining the budget, so why don't they cut some of the massive cast?

Haha!  JPS can obviously play a good villian, Valentin just gets the most bizarre writing on this show.  I know we need acts for the Nurse's Ball, but c'mon.   There's a point where it doesn't work.  Helena wouldn't jump into show tunes lol.

Obviously Valentin could disappear forever and I wouldn't notice, so I don't care that much.  This show has so many extraneous characters.  Half the cast could honestly go.

Idk why people continue to coddle this delusional woman.  It's insanity.  She should be in a hospital.

Lol.  I don't mind MS as much as most people do.  

Agree that Valentin is the lamest Cassadine ever.  Remember when other characters were talking about how awful and evil he was?  Is he going to murder people with his piano playing and love songs?

Anna is consistently one of the best characters on the show.  Possibly the best lol.  Tony, Maggie,  Kayla and everyone is acting like an idiot about this.  Anna the ONLY one making sense.

Yeah, she's decent with MB.  Nothing special, but there is chemistry.  Funny, I thought Stafford had much better chemistry with Ingo though.  Obviously, neither here nor there now, but her pairing with Jax fell really flat.  I think MS was pretty good with Valentin too, but most of the time I forget that character exists completely until he shows back up on my screen lol.  Come to think of it, Nina's had quite a few love interests.

Anyhow, I do think that acting worked better as Annie.  I am not a GL watcher by any means, but it did come on at a very weird time in my area during that period and I did watch that story.  I thought CW was great.

The problem is probably Nina more than CW, but I have never liked her portrayal.   Idk, there are a lot of middle aged blonde woman on the show that fill the same role on the canvas pretty much.  I can't seem to care about any of Nina's stories and her screeching about Sonny/Wiley/Carly.

Yeah, somehow Days can have several wacky stories and still make them boring.  The Devil story drags on and on, the Sarah/Renee story is idiotic, Leo/Chad/Sonn/Craig is silly and demeaning to Nancy, Rafe/Nicole/Ava is something no one likes, and the Lani/Eli story gets very little time.   Then you have characters like Kayla/Steve who haven't had a story in ages.  In fact, I am not even sure why they are on the show lol 

9 minutes ago, Vee said:

CW's brand is OTT, ever since Annie on GL. She keeps it pretty contained on GH most of the time despite the fact that she inherited a formerly deranged character, but I don't mind when she goes wild tbh.

I get it.  CW is trying and is a good actress.  I sometimes wonder why she's so shouty and and dramatic though.  I know that is an ironic thing to say when the show employs Laura Wright's Carly as their main lead lol.  It doesn't always bother me and I appreciate it in scenes with dullards like Michael, Willow, and Sonny.  I just think her and Kin were both too much today.  Maybe it's because I could care less about Wiley though

I am pretty good at accepting Days silliness and going with the flow, but the show is really unwatchable lately.   It's always a show to make fun of and I know it's been worse, but I am struggling to get through episodes.  And I in general could watch Deidre Hall read the phone book to Drake and be okay.  I really don't like a single story right now.  

Rafe still likes Gabi I think lol.  I haven't seen the stuff with Gabi/Sonny, but I can't even imagine the show going there.  

Marshall is so dull.  I couldn't even watch his scenes with Sonny without yawning and for once it wasn't MB's fault.

I know everyone loves CW, but I am the only one who thinks she tends to go over the top in her acting a lot?  In the Nina/Scott scenes-I felt like she could have reeled it in a bit.

10 minutes ago, Vee said:

I think he started strong but now often seems listless. He can't or won't always keep with some of the powerhouses he works with. He's fine I guess, but yes, if it ever became viable with Tyler's wellbeing, I'd welcome him. The whole reason they paired Ava and Nikolas to begin with is because TC and Maura had chemistry, and the pairing began there before his exit.

MC started off okay, you're right, but he just is missing something as Nik.  Maybe it's the brooding, mysterious thing.  

I mean, I think we are all glossing over the YEARS Tyler phoned it in as Nik, but I would love to see him back at some point.  I am sure it will happen someday.

9 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Hehe. Great minds. I think his dark handsome brooding teen might have been my first crash on that type. lol.

 

I'm sorry to hear that about the writing. But I understand. It has developed hills and valleys for me for sure. But still liking.

 

 

Boo.

 

Yeah, nothing happened special on GH today.  I thought they usually did a montage or something at the end.  Not even a little mention at the end of the show.

Young TC was so hot.   I just loved him.

23 minutes ago, Vee said:

I've watched some of it. The lowdown from the SOD write-up is harrowing. I am glad he seems to be getting well and is being very honest about what has been out there in the rumor mill for several years now. I'd welcome him back if it was ever healthy for him to return to GH - Coloma is a serviceable replacement, but he can't measure up.

It seems like he still has a lot to deal with, so a soap probably wouldn't be great for him at the moment, but in the future.  He looks good.  I will always have a special place in my heart for TC's brooding teen Nik.  On some soap board I heard his ex-wife was very wealthy, so I am not sure he needs to work depending on the settlement or if he got any money.

I have never warmed to Coloma either.  He's fine, but I wouldn't miss him.

13 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

 

And then there was three.

 

Because if GH was cancelled tomorrow with six months to wrap up, I do fully expect Sonny to run off with Brenda with six months to wrap up Sonny's issues to make such an ending possible. Heck, I would probably be annoyed otherwise.

 

Have they announced if they are doing anything special this year? I am behind. 

 

 

Great minds lol.  

I am watching GH now and haven't seen anything special.

Has anyone seen Tyler's State of Mind with MB?  It's really interesting.  I am glad to see he is doing much better or at least seems to be.  

22 minutes ago, Khan said:

Just be glad that the days of Richard Simmons at the Campus Disco are far behind us.

Yeah, you're right.  It's pretty funny Carly/Nina were just arguing in the middle of the class.  I would be very unhappy if I paid for that class and that was going on.

3 minutes ago, Vee said:

Yep. So much on the show coasts.

I just find it a bizarre situation.  There are so many things you can do with these women-and they just don't.  I know they are basically treading water and not trying to upset the network or whatever, but it's so anti-climatic It's almost worse than Days doing stupid stories.  At least they are trying something.  GH is just actively not trying to be creative.

25 minutes ago, Vee said:

Carly and Sam, I understood them finding common cause when Sam first lost Jason. She was a single mother who'd lost her husband to the mob and was trying to break from that life; she finally had some reason to identify to who Carly was at that time, in the early 2010s. But becoming super friendly, never. And any time Sam and Liz try it out, Jason or Drew comes between them. Yes, they all have to coexist because of the children/families in the mix, and Sam and Carly can have an uneasy friendliness or cordiality, but that should be it.

Ava has been Nina's obsession for years going back to the 1990s when she stole her husband. Nina awoke with a deranged lust for vengeance and went so far as to violate her and attempt to steal her baby in a series of pretty grueling scenes when Ava first gave birth to Avery. I just can't buy that Ava would ever let that woman near her again.

I think it's just a laziness with the writing.  They all live in the same sphere so I can see how they'd be friendly or cordial, but it's weird the show won't do an endless, lifetime feud ala Brenda/Carly.  It takes out a lot of drama in the interactions.  It makes them all so boring.

And I thought Maxie/Sam were good buddies.  They didn't even acknowledge each other today.  Actually, Maxie was pointless in this episode.  She barely even spoke lol.

I don't actively mind Carly/Sam being friends, it's just weird we really never got from point A to B with them.  They hated each other then are bffs.  I know there was a time they tolerated each other, but it seems like a weird jump to make them so friendly.  I think Liz/Sam did get some writing to at least build that bridge to tolerance and reluctant friendship.  I am not going to lie, I don't really care about Nina or Ava, so I can't speak on their interactions.

1 minute ago, Vee said:

There is No Way Social Justice Tot Molly from the late 2000s-early 2010s would a) go to work for the DA's office or b) try to push a bum deal on Trina, lol.

Agreed

Yoga is the hot spot in town?  Carly goes to Yoga?  Sam and Carly as bffs?  Isn't the joke that Carly loves fast food and chips and all that?  Carly has never once given off the vibe to me that she relaxes and works out to yoga.  Her hairdo for the class makes me feel I am right about that.

18 minutes ago, Noel said:

This is provoking me to watch Freddie and Alyssa's podcast, lol! I don't know much about Zack Tinker and trying to figure out why people like him. Is he a strong supporter for St. Jude's Hospital or are there any other non-profit organizations that he supports? Or, is this based on physical attributes? No, seriously. I don't know. But, I will watch this Freddie/Alyssa Show and comment on this Will Smith/Chris Rock whatever it is. It's not like everyone and their great-grandmother haven't already done it on YouTube already, lol!. Hell, what's another POV "angle" if I haven't heard already? 

Most of the appreciation of ZT is because of his hotness and his actual ability to seem to want to act on Days.  Something Freddie was lacking.   

If you really want to watch Freddie/Alyssa there are some with Chandler and some other co stars that are better than Freddie Smith just talking to us for 38 min himself about his thoughts on Will Smith.  Honestly, the only one I ever got through entirely was the one with Deidre Hall and that was because of Dee not them obviously.

4 minutes ago, wingwalker said:

He should invite on Zach Tinker. Now THAT would be a podcast episode I'd watch. 

If you listen to Freddie/Alyssa (and I don't recommend you do) they come off super fake.  They would probably gush all over Tinker while getting in a few backhanded barbs about how Freddie created the character, but chose to move on etc.