Markjeh

Congrats to the happy couple! I think they look cute together.

I know his writing gets a lot of hatred and I think a lot of that is justified by what I read about his stories, but the short year I watched OLTL I felt he got a lot of things right.

^ That's a spoiler so it should be in the spoiler section and not here.

9 hours ago, Chris B said:

 They already did that for Aaron, but he never received a story after going in contract. Due to the Black Lives Matter push I expect them to give Carter a lackluster pairing with Zoe to say they’re trying, but nobody wants to see that. Carter is long overdue to be paired with Brooke or Katie, But they won’t do that because he’s not considered a valuable character. 

fadajyidkk my gullible ass didn't even realize this (and Zende's return) is only because of BLM. I hate Bell.

I know Aaron D. Spears goes off and on contract a lot but I couldn't remember where he is now .

Carter should be Steffy's new love. I don't feel there was a need for a generic looking white man addition to the cast at all.

I thought this would be about Aaron D. Spears.

I'm happy if this will give him a story but it's still 7 years too late...

lmao of course she has a tumor that made her act this way. exhausting.

Carter and Zoe and Zende thrown into a triangle? They'll be lucky to scrape by with 3 episodes a month.

I still miss what's his name who played Zende. Hottest man on earth.

Good they're bringing the character back for more diversity but it'll be a backburner story and he'll be gone soon enough.

As a side note I never understood why they brought on the character of Xander instead of just recasting Zende in the first place.

On 3/18/2020 at 12:34 PM, Fevuh said:

I don’t see anything in recaps about Maya.  Did she just disappear or did they explain it?

It's the Bold and the Beautiful. Of course she did just disappear.

On 3/18/2020 at 12:34 PM, Fevuh said:

I don’t see anything in recaps about Maya.  Did she just disappear or did they explain it?

It's the Bold and the Beautiful. Of course she did just disappear.

When watching old episodes I thought it was quite interesting when I realized that all three of Martha Byrne's pregnancies were written into the show, all of them also resulting in healthy Snyder babies. Compared to Maura who was pregnant 5(five!) times, where I think (but I'm not sure) only her first pregnancy was written into the show, which resulted in a stillborn. 

Guess Lily was more of a happy home character than Carly anyway, but I still think it's quite interesting and wonder why these decisions were made.

For me As the World Turns truly went to the pits of hell in 2005. The storylines were so bad. The whole donor story with Keith was.... a bust. Carly discovering she had a never seen or heard before half sister was ... contrived. The BJ Green storyline with Katie was.... something.

On top of that there were a lot of casting changes with some great characters that I liked being written out... Julia Larrabee (Sarah Brown just mesmerized me even in a shitty role like this), Craig Montgomery, Rosanna Cabot, Lucy Montgomery, Sierra Esteban, Aaron Snyder, Alison Stewart, Ben Harris. Am I missing any?

I do feel it picked itself up again a little bit in 2006 with the whole Emily/Paul storyline which kind of had me hooked again for months. Although in hindsight Emily must've been written extremely out of character.

On 2/6/2020 at 10:46 PM, edgeofnik said:

@Markjeh Quinn has had some of the best dialogue during the past few episodes. It helps that she not only stood up to Brooke, but also was conflicted about spiking the drink by warning Brooke several times to back off. 

 

It’s clear based on Wednesday episodes, they have done some heavy editing together because of preemptions. Thomas & Quinn start talking for 1st time in eons, come back from commercial break and Quinn (off-camera) had already admitted she spiked Brooke’s juice. What?????

 

Now Quinn giving it all up/being submissive to Thomas is completely out of character. But Brad is dead set on making Thomas happen and now we’re suppose to buy that he’s some skilled puppet master who can manipulate Steffy & Quinn! Right. 

I'm not watching the show, I was only referring to the notion that Quinn would somehow be wise enough to walk away from a conversation with Brooke when she has shown 0 constraint in the past years she's been on the show. She's very much the opposite, the kind of person who would seek out confrontations.

On 2/2/2020 at 8:13 AM, ranger1rg said:

I understand the appeal of a Brooke vs Quinn battle, but they lose me for one reason: there is no reason for Quinn to even LISTEN to a Brooke, let alone answer her back and make excuses. That make no sense. 
 

 

Well considering people always complain about how out of character some characters are written.... Quinn is being written very into character. Walking away or being 'above something' is really not her style.

Who cast this friend of Denise starting at 2:20.  I'm howling. Charity Rahmer who? This girl is kind of iconic.

18 hours ago, Cruising Soaps said:

B&B has never been settled.  I think the last time B&B really got me was the Pose Pose with Brooke Hope and Oliver.  Starts around the 7:40 mark

 

JMW was so beautiful back in the day. I mean, she still is but it feels a little too plastic now.

I had such an enormous crush on the guy who played Oliver Jones. Absolutely gorgeous.

I hate that I'm on Brooke's side but... she's right? KKL always gives her everything in her scenes and I love that.

How much better B&B would be if airtime was decently balanced. This week has really showed that.

I feel like everyone is phoning in their performances but JMW is really taking the piss. Can't say I blame her tbh.

On 1/10/2020 at 7:23 AM, sheilaforever said:

I think that it is exactly what happened. And when  Brad Bel told her that, she probably through a hissy fit and now we will miss Taylor onscreen for another 2 year until everything is forgotten again and she needs the paycheck. Just my wild guess, though.

I think Taylor should be here and as played out as the triangle might be, the story would be more interesting with her instead of Shauna. It's essentially a new dynamic with Thorsten Kaye as Ridge anyway.

I watched some episodes into the new year the thing that keeps getting on my mind is why Hunter Tylo is not there. Last year she was making some appearances and there is no reason why Taylor shouldn't be on screen. I almost feel like Denise Richards blew her chances of returning full time by becoming Ridge's new muse.

Maybe it would be too much to ask but it would be really interesting to see one for the entire decade (I don't know if you even have the data), and leave out minor characters if it is too much work.

9 hours ago, FrenchFan said:

Contract stars not appearing this month :

 

Kristina Bowden (Florence Fulton)

Darin Brooks (Wyatt Spencer)

Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra)

Aaron D. Spears (Justin Barber)

Heather Tom (Katie Logan)

Seriously? 5 contract performers not appearing for a whole month? They really made Katie crawl out of the woodworks just for another organ storyline and then have her disappear again.

On 11/11/2019 at 3:49 PM, Cat said:

 

Definitely happened. Brooke & Ridge wanted to have some kind of exotic, tribal, Mayan (without the blood sacrifices -- we hope) wedding. And Sheila (along with Gina from Santa Barbara)  happened to be leading a group of local rebels in the very same fake Latin American country! What are the chances?

 

Ridge got his dumb ass kidnapped, so Brooke and Nick (already at this point in strategically-torn Flintstones 'jungle wear') raced to save him in this abandoned burning foundary location. Massimo then drove his motorcycle through the wall of this place. I don't know what Brad Bell was snorting back in 2003 but it must have been some strong sh*t. Then Ridge pulled a Tarzan and swung on some rope for I-don't-know-what reason, and that's when he fell into the foundary with the most hilarious scream ever. 

 

 

 

This is so bad it is kind of hilarious!!! Thanks for sharing. Can't believe it was only a few years earlier they had that iconic scene where Deacon made Brooke, Rick and Eric listen to him taking Bridget's virginity. (Although actually I can believe that, didn't Brad Bell take over in 2002?).

I'm surprised Rena Sofer stuck with B&B for 6+ years now. She hasn't had anything to do in quite some time. I guess it's just a reliable income.

Well Thomas or Hope is not gonna be killed off. I don't think Brad would kill off a child either (although...).

Donna hasn't had anything to do since 2012 so I guess I could see it happen, but then what would be the point?

Lauryn Hill

On 10/22/2019 at 5:26 AM, Soapsuds said:

Kim Onasis...Jennifer...ATWT...her costars weren't fans of hers..lol

I loved her as Jennifer. I heard the rumors of her not getting along with her co-stars for years but always wondered what the details were.

I never took to Jennifer Ferrin in the role.

It's probably Zoe or Xander as they got rid of all the other black actors earlier this year.