carolineg
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1 minute ago, Gray Bunny said:
Right?! What WAS that about, lol. Here I am watching Season 1 of Dynasty thinking, "damn, Wayne Northrop's a snack!" which I never, ever thought before.
But anyhoo, a +1 to seeing what a WN Roman & LR Billie could've been. Josh Taylor is just a 25 year placeholder. And a barf emoji to memories of his Roman and KA Billie having a romp, as well as Nicole.
How were you guys sleeping on Wayne? He was hella hot when he first appeared on Days. 1992 Wayne? Not so much.
I actually thought KA and JT had some chemistry...I know.🤷♀️ I'll never mention that again.
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2 minutes ago, Khan said:
Wait. She would make her photoshop pics to make her kids look thinner, or make herself (Dee) look thinner? Because, if it was to make the kids look thinner, then we're venturing into a completely different territory, lol.
Her son not herself. I have no idea the outcome of this lawsuit or anything, but it's interesting. The fan club president moved across country to be closer to DH, so, yeah, that's weird. She did legitimately run a decent website. I remember it from back in the day.
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1 minute ago, Khan said:
😍 Just kidding.......
This a a solid read.
Deidre Hall sues former fan club president | Days of our Lives on Soap Central
If you deep dive this lawsuit it says Dee would make her photo shop pics of her kids to be thinner. I mean, she needs a follow up movie for this stuff.
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1 minute ago, Khan said:
At six thousand a month, she better give her fans more than just a damn autographed photo.
I actually am intrigued with what you get. Maybe it's a signed copy of Never Say Never? Anyone part of the Dee Hall fan club on this board? I am pretty sure this was just a hardball tactic to get money from her ex because he didn't want to pay her at all IIRC.
2 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:Still not as bad as a non-priest now being able to perform an exorcism.
Eric wasn't answering the phone......that's not a joke. That was the literal excuse.
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Just now, Khan said:
Perhaps there is some truth to the persistent rumor that Charity Rahmer was hired so that MM would be more palatable to the audience?
I think that is true. Idk, I would prefer CR hitting on her dad over MM lol. At least that was entertaining even if it was in a bad way. Belle Black hasn't entertained me since Sami tried to sell her.
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7 minutes ago, koos said:
No idea what she's like in real life, but as an actor, she would benefit from not being on a show that brings out the worst qualities in actors. The thing is, you have actors on soaps that are good despite the material, so why is it so difficult for most of them, even really good ones, to transcend the material? Is it an issue of training? Like a classical musician who can't play anything that's not clearly written out on a sheet vs. one who can improvise freely with no written music?
I have always felt MM was miscast as Belle. Outside from looking like Deidre Hall-she brings nothing to the table. She acted like she was 45 when she was 25. I think she's an okay actress, but I think multiple shows struggle with casting a supercouple kid. They are rarely as good as their parents.
13 minutes ago, Khan said:Agree. With all of this.
1993 is really great. 1991 has a ton of problems, but it's still more watchable than 1992. Nothing really happens in 1992. Literally the show doesn't get going again until Marlena gets thrown in a pit.
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53 minutes ago, Forever8 said:
Would you say Days had a rough transition into 1990-1991?
Yes, but it wasn't all Days fault. The Cruise of Deception was really good. They lost quite a few cast members back then and it was a rough transition from 80's supercouples to the 90's. The Tale of 2 Romans was awful and unpopular and the show became very Carly focused. I think 1992 was worse than 1991 with the awful Roman/Mrs. Doubtfire undercover story, The Bo recast transition, Kayla/Shane, PP's issues, John's wonky ass jewelry thief past, Jack/Jennifer being swindled by a con artist, Michael Easton as the new hero etc. Once they killed off Isabella the show starting getting a lot better. When the show starts moving toward the affair it's golden. They got CC back as Carrie, aged Sami, brought on Austin/Billie, introduced Kate and re-cast Laura-the show was fantastic by 1993.
2 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:Nah...she's a real b!tch!😊
I know you've said that before lol, but I can't remember why you dislike her. I make fun of MM/Belle all the time so I was trying to say something nice lol.
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1 hour ago, koos said:
I read that last line for a second as "Does Belle have a secret (colder) twin?" and I thought, if anyone were colder than Belle, they'd be a chunk of ice.
I really feel like MM is a lovely person. I feel bad I hate Belle so much.
58 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:I have this wonderful gem on a VHS tape somewhere in storage from when Lifetime reaired it. It's right up there right next to Meredith Baxter playing Betty Broderick in the upper echelon of made-for-TV movies. lol
I definitely have this VHS somewhere as well. Which is great, but I haven't owned a VCR in 15 years. I wish this was available for free so the masses could enjoy it.
41 minutes ago, j swift said:I would say it was the latest divorce (perhaps she should have switched to email earlier and spent more on makeup and less on fan mail?):
In court papers obtained by RadarOnline.com, Deidre claims that her monthly salary from her corporation, Panache was more $28k a month. Emphasis is on the word WAS. The income and expense court document states, "The primary source of Ms. Hall's income in 2008 was from her work on the television program, "Days of Our Lives." As this Court knows, in mid-December of last year, Ms. Hall was terminated from that employment....due to her termination from "Days of Our Lives" she is going to have to utilize the assets she has accumulated and the income generated by those assets to maintain her and the children's lifestyle."
The court papers also reveal that Deidre has spent over $7,000 on make-up, $6,000 on fan mail and photos.Wasn't this divorce super messy? Like he was openly on a dating website while still married? I feel like 7000 on makeup is reasonable lol. Didn't Deidre sue her fan club president too? What an icon.
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1 minute ago, Dr Neil Curtis said:
Belle, Phillip and Brady were aged too soon. They should have just brought on Chloe, Mimi, and Jan as the girls. Shawn, Charlie Jannings, Andrew Donovan and/or Alexander Kiriakis as the guys. Max Brady should have been around for the Sami/Carrie era, but they deaged him. I would have loved to see Shawn and Caroline raising a teen while dealing with Sami foolishness.
Again, Belle had such a critical timeline of birth it was foolish to age her. I know these parents weren't on the canvas, but you could have aged Stephanie, Theresa/Jeannie, Andrew etc. I guess they all are related to Shawn and I truly get the Belle/Shawn idea. I don't have a problem with Phillip being aged. Belle/Brady are the just more problematic and the fact they aged Brady much later and made him an [!@#$%^&*] is always annoying. Like,dude, it's totally sad your mom died, but Marlena raised you since you were like 1-calm the [!@#$%^&*] down. They tried to make it like he had a troubled childhood and we have never had any proof he wasn't going to the park with Chelsea the nanny all day. And also, Kyle Lowder looks like he could be Marlena's child, not John/Isabella's at all. Anyhow, neither here nor there because I do think EM vaguely reminds me of Drake so it's fine. He's just about 10 years too old. He should not be the same age as Sami/Eric.
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6 minutes ago, Khan said:It's T.R.
Checks out lol!
Could you even imagine bringing back DJ? Deidre Hall probably forgot she had a pairing before Roman lol. I lowkey don't want to put this in the universe, but I thought the whole Alex North nonsense was leading to a child between them that was given up and bitter and resentful.
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4 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:
I've always hated the pairing and never bought their forced love story, and I was the prime pre-teen age during the last blast crew years, so wouldn't hesitate to tear them apart once and for all. Of course, it would probably be pretty easy to just say Claire was Philip's after all.
Yeah, you could totally make Claire Phillip's kid. It wouldn't bother me. Funny you say that they were forced and I was a teen as well in that era. I didn't hate them and JC and KS had some chemistry-it was just like you had to ship them because that was the pairing. On paper it's cute to have Bope and Jarlena's kid be together, but I have stated at length my thoughts on aging Belle too soon. I would have made her Abby/Will's age.
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2 minutes ago, Khan said:
Well, IDK how to retcon Belle out of the Black family, but I envision a scenario where a not-quite-dead Ernesto Toscano abducts baby Brady at some point, murders him and then switches him with another baby who grew up to become the Brady of today, as further revenge against Victor and Isabella.
I think unfortunately you have to keep Belle, but I would make Sami's kidnapping successful and this lame-o Belle is not their real child. And the new Belle is awesome and cool. As far as Brady, I don't really care one way or the other. It honestly still bothers me he doesn't call Marlena mom to this day. That lady raised you!!! John just dropped you off as a package deal with Belle!
2 minutes ago, Bright Eyes said:Claire has had mental problems, so maybe that chemical imbalance stems from her being a child of incest. It would be a dark but fascinating way to get back to DAYS' psychological/psycho sexual roots.
I would never, ever go there but that is interesting. I think you can almost whitewash the whole thing because Shawn and Belle would only be cousins if John was Roman. First cousins lol but it's been done before and I don't think it's illegal lol.
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8 minutes ago, Wendy said:Well, as you know, we are complete opposites in that I loved John/Isabella, so I was thrilled with their having a baby.
And, really? Marlena had great loves besides John, so John also loving another woman makes things relatively equal.
So there's one way to look at it, even if one is not fond of Isabella, maybe?
I will try to be objective here. I always found Isabella* to be sanctimonious and obnoxious-pushing John to commit. BUT in the scheme of things I have no problem with John having someone of his own that didn't love him because he was Roman. I just thought the show really stacked the odds against Jarlena with her getting pregnant because you knew exactly what those two would do. It took a lot of the suspense out of it, you know? Obviously, it's of no consequence because she died and Jarlena have been together for like 1000 years. I just don't think Days utilized the beats of that story. John was 100% into Isabella and Marlena with Roman, and six months later they couldn't keep their hands off one another. I don't hate John for being with Izzy B-I just thought she was a lame character lol
*Although her death scenes make me sob to this day. It's so sad.
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3 minutes ago, titan1978 said:
The only other road for me would him actually being with a partner that supports and is allowed into his mob life fully. What could have been with Claudia, even with her instability. Because Sonny is not stabile himself- he is selfish, volatile, impulsive and dangerous. The only thing they haven’t really explored is him seeing himself in a partner and trying to deny his own destruction, or lean into it and go out with a blaze of glory. If anything, I can see a pretty direct line between Guza’s Sonny towards the end of his run and ultimately Jason and Carly having to deal with him to save everyone else. Power corrupts. But that was back when this show was exploring darkness at all times.
I just don't see how you do that. It would diminish the partner to allow that and I don't think the audience would accept that type of women. Because I think any Sonny fan ships him with either Brenda or Carly and you want him to be better. Idk, your idea is good I just thing any effort into Sonny died a long time ago. He's reckless! He's off his meds! He's dangerous! Blah. Send him off screen to Rome to marry Brenda or kill him off.
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8 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:
Not to my recollection. Izzy B and Jack were good friends but only platonically. Tanner worked for Izzy B. When out of nowhere she became a private investigator. Again, Tanner and Izzy B were only friends.
I remember liking Isabella and Jack's friendship. I have a visceral hate for her character and I truly know she's not that bad-especially in rewatch. I still think her and John were very rushed due to DH returning. I don't think the character is awful, but I think it was a mistake to make her pregnant. It stacked the odds so against John/Marlena. Unless the affair was always the plan, which if so, good slow burn. I just don't think Days had that foresight lol.
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I will make no bones about it-I think Sonny was an awesome character. He is just a character with a clear expiration date. I think Sonny leaving Brenda at the altar was an obvious end for Sonny's storyline. I think early Carson was good and gave him life but there is really no way to make Sonny the main guy on the show. He had 1 or 2 good pairings, some good stories 30 years ago, and is an all around douche lol. You can only go in circles about his business for so long. If he's not willing to change for Carly/Brenda, what's the point? Even Luke had growth under Labine (but did regress in a horrible way). Sonny hasn't changed in 30 years and they have saddled him with numerous kids and romances. It was fantastic when Brenda was the woman he truly loved and didn't know how to handle the emotions. I can rewatch their romance all day everyday. I can't stand Sonny now. MB has regressed as an actor and couldn't appear more bored. He doesn't even learn his lines. I think MB is a good guy and I love his mental health work and will stan him and Brenda to the end of time, but c'mon...He hasn't been a useful character in years.
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28 minutes ago, Khan said:
Not if Belle and Brady aren't really John's kids.
How would they not be his kids? Maybe Isabella ran around, but I think the only options for Belle are John and Roman lol. I would laugh if Saint Isabella had an affair on John and Brady wasn't his. I have so many fond memories of John carrying babyBrady around like a football.
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32 minutes ago, Vee said:
As for the thread, I think it can handle some more widespread discussion on the weekend in addition to to more equally on-topic giant-size pictures of Chandler Massey's nipples.
I mean, I don't know how more relevant a thread could be with Chandler's shirtless pics and discussion of Deidre Hall's best 70's looks lol.
Days of Our Lives: March 2022 Discussion Thread
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Fair.
I am not saying Wayne is traditionally that attractive, but he had a rough and unrefined quality that I liked. Just very blue collar. You know he was treating Marlena right lol...until she met John.
I am all for LR/WN and what could of been. But do you guys remember that blonde cop they seemed to be testing with Wayne and RKK? Taylor I think? I wonder why they dropped that.