ScottyBman

To see Anna return was a huge surprise for me and a bonus. I think that Philece was a good casting move as it was difficult to replace Anna, and the writers wanted to soften up Donna. Early Donna was by far the best and she did get some of her edge back. I wonder did the show come to Anna to return or did Anna want to come back and they decided that it was good to do that?

They never knew what to do with Michael Hudson after Reginald. Vicki was becoming the center of Bay City and the on again off again shenanigan's of Donna and Michael made it difficult to have them as a power matriarch and patriarch. They could have been the power couple. Money, social standing, successful business. I guess that was always going to be the Cory's. With the reintroduction as a wealthy power woman in Iris, Donna lost that spot. Then she lost her money....again. But it is easy to be a Monday Morning quarterback.

Although, I did love the banter between Peter and Brittney in the Love Mansion. Was it not correct that she had played the schemer on another show and wanted to do something different, but they kind of just threw her into the "intregue" of life in the Love family.

The "recreating" of Donna. Making her more a victim, more someone who was in adventures with Michael, John and Felicia. Who was a "mom" and supporting character to Vicky, who became the "b" that Donna was...for a while. Then when Iris came, we had two kind of the same upper crust entitled powerful women, but Donna was fighting her guy while Iris was taking over companies and going after what she wanted.

I saw this on a Social Media feed. And while the talk of a Soap resurgence I feel may be a bit premature, I also think that unfortunately if I were the powers that be, I would not bring back a Soap like Another World, that while this message board (and myself included) did enjoy, it really never had the daytime zeitgeist or cache to bring enough eye back in a business/ratings sense. And I understand it may be an unpopular opinion, but just my thoughts. And if you were to pick it back up, from a relevancy/ratings/logistics standpoint, where would you start? I would say personally, I would omit most of the story from like 1994-end. https://soaps.sheknows.com/soaps/news/726808/another-world-reunion/

Donna, Peter, Nicole and Marley (for at least 18 years) 🙂

I always felt like the Cory Mansion and the Love Estate were outside the city and not something one would walk past on the way to school.

I got to meet Jensen one time here in Ohio. She was very nice and gracious. But I also understand that they needed Vicki to "mature". It is difficult to keep that chip on your shoulder after a while. She got comfortable with the money. Her style matured as they moved the character into a more mature position. It happened with all soaps. But by this time, I was dropping in and out of Bay City. The Lumina stuff may for me have been the last straw. Pandering to the "supernatural" storyline was enough for me to bid adieu.

Christmas 1983. Carl Hutchins arrives as Felicia Gallant's guest much to the chagrin of Donna Love and Perry Hutchins. The rest of Bay City is delighted to meet him. For a while.... I never liked him with Rachel. And that pony tail...

Donna and Felicia bonding over lost daughters.

I have posted this before. One of my favorites. Great dialogue between Anna Stuart, Victoria Wyndham, Constance Ford, Anne Hache, Carmen Duncan and Nancy Frangione. I wish they would have been able to bring her back in full "b*&ch" mode and not as a caricature.

I have to say I bought this song, Big Pig is the name of the band based soley on this promo. I loved the over the top of the 80's early 90's.

I would have been on board with that. Perhaps even at some point Peter buying some interest in the Hudson Group as he would have I guess had some part of the Love fortune back from inheritance from Reg. They could have even retcon a Brittany (recast as Sharon Gabet doubtfully would want to return) and claim Peter Jr's claim to the Love money. I would have ventured far easier to buy than Cecille claiming that Maggie was really Cass's daughter and not a Cory.

The continuous recasts of Nicole were problematic. At first she was the party girl/rich girl/model. That was a good contrast to the uppity Donna and the stallwart Peter, who you knew came from money, but was a smart, level headed hard worker. Nicole Part Deux was some sort of combination of smart, level headed and she all of sudden sang. She pretended to be a reporter to get to meet Michael. She was the one who stood up to Reginald. Then we get Designer Nicole. Not as confident. Not as level headed. She never really had much of a base in Bay City and seemed to come in for a storyline and then once that came to an end, they didn't know what to do with her. Once she went to jail and Peter left town, the Loves were really the Hudsons and that was that. It certainly happens as time goes on as it happens in real life....but with the constant change of head writers as well.

I agree, I have been rewatching this period on You Tube and seeing it again don't like that Donna who was always so cold and in control turned into this....