KMan101

23 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I get it lol. Glad to hear you're doing better

Thank you! I am. Taking it day by day, all you can do  

Too bad we couldn't have gotten Renee Jones back as dead Lexie in Heaven with Bo. That would have been AMAZING!

Side-note. Beyond Salem episodes are 43 minutes. Days is like 35. Could we get longer episodes but I guess not if so many episodes are already in the damn can.

I will say kudos to Josh Taylor. Easily slipped back into Chris. Heeeeey Body Connection gym! lol

Oh, Wendy Shin. Interesting. Not the most interesting part but it gave Tripp and Joey something to do.

So nice having Megan Hathaway back. Can't you just buy those damn prisms. I have like three. Nice mention of Larry Welch. Of course we will see Andrew Masset.

Andrew shirtless so fast was nice! Nice throwback to the hottub electrocution, sort of. Liking Paul and Andrew. Nice to hear Paul mention flirting with Theresa and talking about how he was a closeted baseball player and Andrew all cute and supportive. (Of course no Shane this go-around ... missed opportunity!)

Burton does have some personality, kinda, so it would be nice to see more emotion but it was Ron so of course it'd be Jason-lite

Nice seeing Loretta Devine though. I'll never bitch about seeing Peter Reckell and Bo but I get ya'll had thoughts on heaven lol. It's very ... blue.

May watch Episodes 3-5 later. Chapter 2 is still more interesting than the main show.

Not shocked.

I could eventually see DAYS being August/September-May straight through and then a break with a Beyond Salem tie-in for the summer.

On 8/9/2022 at 10:19 AM, Spoon said:

No to both.  Higley had like six boring runs.  Jamey is at least a passionate fan, and he loved Another World so I have to give that to him.  Loved his podcast, they had some good insight and often his ideas were more exciting and history based than what was on the screen.

Is Richard Culliton still alive? I would pair him with a newer writer. A fresh perspective.  Maybe Culliton and Giddens or Culliton and some other promoted writer.

Sorry but stodgy 60s melodrama is not going to win fans over, you need flash and excitement.  That's what made 80s and 90s soaps so memorable and infectious. 

Culliton works for me

On 8/3/2022 at 6:03 PM, Soapsuds said:

Oh please!  I wouldn't mind them all being fired minus the four vets left. The show has a lot of dead weight characters. Time to fire Ron Carlivati too!

Yep, several dead weight characters. Time for a bit of a shake-up

Oh LAWD. Thomas Banks. 

On 7/25/2022 at 5:38 PM, te. said:

Plus, Ron would be way too tempted to bring in young Tom and Alice onto the main show as a part of DiMera time travel or something. Do we really want Tom and Alice screwed up by him?

I'd love a Tom and Alice youth-meet storyline.

Can we ever get freaking Maree Cheatham (Marie) back? Anywhere? Main show. Chapter 3?

On 7/12/2022 at 9:49 AM, AbcNbc247 said:

Yeah, Hope totally knows that Harris is full of crap. But I do find it kind of funny that Bo immediately knew something was up with Harris, yet had no problem encouraging Rafe, who went on to cheat on Hope with her niece, to marry Hope. Rafe fooled Bo?? I don't like that 

That makeup that they had to put poor Eileen Davidson in 

Paul and Andrew have decent chemistry. I still don't think it's as strong as the chemistry between Horita, but we'll see what happens in the upcoming episodes.

And it was nice seeing Chris again and also to find out what he's been up to since he disappeared like Don and Neil  Too bad he didn't make it as a lawyer, but at least he reunited with Savannah.

I hope they let us know how the prisms ended up where they are right now. Stefano managed to get all three before Marlena shot him. Shane dropped the third prism into the ocean, so what happened to the other two?

Taylor plays Roman as Chris so it's not a huge stretch. I still LOL they got him to play the role again.

On 7/12/2022 at 10:22 AM, Vee said:

No, Donna, Carlivati said Bo was in Heaven for the duration. At the end of the week, he very likely comes back to life due to the power of the prisms which figure into this storyline. Spoilers have certainly hinted at that possibility.

These DAYS specials should be a minimum of 2 weeks IMO. Even Ron at his laziest can make that work (and I don't think the fundamentals of the stories Beyond Salem tells are bad). I think compressing them into 5 hours is too little. You could revive a lot of soaps on their respective corresponding streaming outlets with 4-6 week arcs IMO, but that's another kettle of fish.

Yep. You can make it work.

Paging the revivals of AMC and OLTL ...

On 7/12/2022 at 5:28 PM, janea4old said:

Meanwhile Charlotte Ross (the original Eve) is currently in top condition, traveling and mountainclimbing - having *real* adventures.
This tweet is from her own tiktok:

More Charlotte Ross adventures here:
https://www.instagram.com/charlotteross2/

I need her back as Eve so bad. Love you Kassie DePaiva but Ross is Eve.

On 8/5/2022 at 8:35 AM, teplin said:

I get it for free through Comcast, though I'm sure that won't last forever. I'm inclined to say I wouldn't pay for it because I find nothing else of value on Peacock. If the show moves to a less-than-daily schedule, which is probably likely, I suppose I'd buy a month every so often and binge. All bets are off if they actually uploaded '70s, '80s and '90s episodes, though -- that would definitely make me a subscriber. 

Same

And yeah, I would pay for it if I didn't. $4.99 is nothing.

Just watching now. Siiigh. I'm so excited.

Steve Burton returning as Harris ... uh, ok I guess ... lol

John being the hit of Paul's PRIDE party was great. So good seeing Christopher Sean.

Kristian Alfonso looks fantastic and I loved the tension between Ciara and Hope

Steve and Kayla popping in on Stephanie (I like the actress), Joey and hottie Tripp is great. About time the former two were recast.

BO! I cried. Sigh. 

On 7/11/2022 at 10:08 AM, Dr Neil Curtis said:

Megan Hathaway looks good!!

I'm so excited for her. I hate I spoiled myself and knew she'd be in it. 

On 7/11/2022 at 4:16 PM, AbcNbc247 said:

12 

Tony, Andre, Renee, Megan, Benji, Kristen, Peter, Lexie, EJ, Chad, Stefan and Jake.

Jesus

On 7/11/2022 at 10:57 PM, Tonksadora said:

Well, then, okay, I'm sorry that they overdo it! Nobody likes to be overstimulated in certain ways. And, too much of good thing, well, it's still too  much! Hope you can shake it off!

Yeah, I thought Joey is a nice looking lad. Good voice, too.

Your fiance' has my sympathies. Sitting through their stories with our loved ones can be trying, I believe.

My favorite line of the day was when Steve asked John WHAT is that in your hair?! Just the way John said GLITTER brooked NO teasing, like Glitter, wanna make something of it?!

I don't mind the "you look different" but yeah DAYS overdoes it.

Andrew showed up now in Episode 1. FINALLY ANDREW DONOVAN! And with Paul too ... yay

Yesss .... WELCOME BACK FROM THE DEAD MEGAN HATHAWAY! I got chills. The actress has wanted to come back for like forever.

- EPISODE 2

Yasss. Queen Kristen and Eileen Davidson! And LOL with her Real Life Man, right?

On 8/11/2022 at 2:38 PM, AbcNbc247 said:

Glad to see you posting again!

Hope you're doing well 

Awww hey!! I'm hanging in there. Mentally doing much better; just life and sh** happens soooooo ... lol. 

Only watching Beyond Salem #2 now .... lol

On 8/11/2022 at 10:53 AM, Taoboi said:

@KMan101 heeeeyyy!!!! Miss you!!!

Aww!!! Heeeeeeeyyyy! Thank you! Miss you as well. Miss posting but ... life and sh** happens and you fall behind ....

Ana is fabulous as a co-host. Looks like Sunny is sticking around. 

I haven't watched in about a month. OK on Alyssa I suppose. Not super familiar with her.

About time. IMHO.

On 8/5/2022 at 10:39 AM, TEdgeofNight said:

Could not agree more! Memo to the remaining soaps: If Paramount+ (Y&R, B&B) or Hulu (GH) approach you and say 'How'd you like to do a 5 episode experiment'? Run the other way. If you do well (which allegedly the Beyond Salems and Christmas movie did well on Peacock), they'll take you off the major network so fast that your head will spin.  For all we say about Ken Corday, I do believe that he had every reason to believe that Days would be on NBC until at least September 2023. 

Bingo

Poor AMC and OLTL though  but they didn't have ABC/CBS/NBC behind them like GH, Y&R/B&B and Days do. 

Paging PINE VALLEY / LLANVIEW (lol)

On 8/3/2022 at 4:56 PM, AMCOLTLLover said:

Everyone was speculating that if TSJ would return to Daytime that he would join GH lmao

I love that it’s Y&R. 

GH has like 1,000 castmembers! lol

Good for TSJ

37 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Y&R Big Changes Ahead

Veteran soap is going to try and tell stories again!!

About [!@#$%^&*] time

27 minutes ago, ChitHappens said:

@KMan101 they had the GreenPea/Ryan reunion all set but hadn't secured Budig.  It is my understanding, she has no desire to return.  They need to let the character go.

Ah. Yeah they do.

This seems odd lol I can't see it

17 hours ago, Chris B said:

I think a traditional reboot like what Prospect Park did would absolutely be a streaming hit. The issue with those shows was timing, not quality IMO.
 

At the same time I also feel like Pine Valley could be a hit as a prime time reboot. ABC loves soapy prime time dramas with a mystery at the center. Throw in well known cast members like Susan Lucci, Eva Larue and Debbi Morgan (Sarah Michelle Gellar?) and a couple recognizable prime time faces and I feel the show would at least get sampled. That’s why I’m shocked they haven’t at least put it to pilot.

Filming a pilot and seeing what type of cast they could put together is what I feel will sell the series. The script alone I can see being risky to them since a soap has never had a prime time continuation. 

Exactly! The television landscape IS changing. It has changed. You can see it but there seems to be this disconnect somewhere that they can't be "stars" again just because they were 'on a soap'. Nostalgia IS in. I see the reaction online seeing reboots. Soaps have a massive audience that was somehow diminished. But actual numbers and 'buzz' seem, to me, to prove otherwise.

4 hours ago, Chris B said:

I actually don't mind that. You have limited amount of characters you can use on a primetime show and the Santos and Kane families are good ideas for a primetime show I feel. I feel like you could write a rivalry that would make sense. 

An online reboot heavily promoted could work. The audience is there.

1 hour ago, Taoboi said:

LOL!!! I know. Hopefully if there is a missing piece of the puzzle it does not = an outbreak. 

Yeah something feels weird to me. Not in a cancellation fear aspect but just a weird tone I get. 

On 10/28/2021 at 11:24 PM, ReddFoxx said:

That whole picture with Romney and Sinema was weird. This is not a television program, it's real life and the fact that we have elected officials playing silly games like this is a testament to why this nation is so far behind the curve on just about every economic measure.

Yep. I agree on your overall point. I mean good for them for having fun I guess, but it highlights just how far behind we are you're right. Maybe it's "meta" on their part for a bigger reason LOL? That's the thing now LOL. It was weird.

It's just left me really going hmmm ... and thinking if it's both vaccinations and something else we haven't heard about yet. LOL. Who knows? Fun to speculate (on the unknown aspect I built up LOL, not about who is or isn't vaccinated of course)

On 11/1/2021 at 10:19 PM, Vee said:

Lark is back again, this time apparently with the rest of the originals for a Dustin Diamond tribute. I'm glad to see she appears to still be doing better:

 

Aww. The whole vibe just screams Saved by the Bell but in such a meta way. lol I love it. The lighting looks different too.

Love seeing Lark. They all look great. Lark could be Raven Bowen's mom on DAYS lol. Paging Wendy Reardon. But seriously they look like they could be related and I'd love to see it.

Just now, j swift said:

That's pretty great idea.  At the very least it would account for the fact that there never seems to be long term consequences from these wacky types of stories. I mean who would continue to use Marlena as a psychiatrist after she's been possessed twice?

That would be a 'meta' twist  

On 11/2/2021 at 12:51 PM, Soapsuds said:

MarDevil 2021 should've been a limited 10 episode run on Peacock in the Beyond Salem series.

 

At least it's an umbrella plot involving most of the cast. The context is flimsy and rushed but isn't that what makes the show "Days". An umbrella plot involving the cast and having fun along the ride. Some of them are being left behind though in the writing. Yikes ... It WOULD ultimately work better as a whole on Peacock though. Absolutely.

12 hours ago, Vee said:

If you think news of the biggest star on General Hospital and one of the biggest left on daytime (allegedly) being fired for vaccine noncompliance should simply be buried in an larger meta-thread and not get its own OP - or that someone else wouldn't then make one in 10 seconds flat- I don't know what to tell you.

Vee's right.