Darn

5 hours ago, Liberty City said:

Or Lamman Rucker? Parros would be on-age with Phillips, and Rucker would be older than Morrison but also younger than Phillips. And both can still act their asses off, too. But the Wards need to be brought back. And, dare I say it... TJ Ashford easily could have been TJ Hardy Jnr, which would have [again] given Elizabeth some family connection to the canvas.

Lamman Rucker is so damn fine. And daytime still owes him for what they did to Marshall.

I gotta say Tabyana just cannot do heavy emotional scenes. I didn't get anything from her yesterday beyond mild upset. And I don't know if it's just how her mouth is shaped but it looks like she's always on the cusp of a smile when she's sad. At least she can cry on cue.

12 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

Yeah I don't have a lot of faith in Korte, I guess this is what she told LW about Carly 

 

 

 

Ew.

29 minutes ago, Janet Marlowe said:

ATWT getting "20 Million viewers" for that wedding in the '80s.

It never made sense - and seemed so random.

I can't help but think at some point someone from Meg Ryan's team just made this up to add more to her legacy on ATWT.

22 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Here we have Brooke Kerr, one of the most beautiful people on the show, in daytime, and also a talented nuanced actress who is given really difficult & awkward things to play & she's married to this guy who - because of his real life attitude - half of the time acts like a jerk about her being his scene partner. You see, he is one who has an exceptionally high opinion of himself & he thinks he rates a bigger star to be paired with. I think he really seriously thinks Genie is his "due". But, he might also be assuaged if they gave him Maura. I'm just guessing at who he would consider "good enough" to work opposite. He is one of the people where it's an open secret that they have 'tude. 

An open secret you can see on his face every time he's onscreen! Brook does an exceptional job in an underwritten part, she add nuance and pathos that don't exist on the page, every day she makes so much out of so little. 

@Vee and I often joke that Donnell will only be happy when he's finally paired with one of the many blonde, white women on the show. As soon as Nina and Sonny broke up I'm sure he started panting.

Comic books are soap operas with superpowers. Some of the best selling issues of comic books center around WEDDINGS. Best known comic book stories? Characters coming back from the dead. If soap operas could they would also perpetually write everyone as if they're 35. Oh wait, they do.

You need a verifiable source, it can't be "he told me" lol.

How about some of the ones where it's claimed Irma or Agnes (I can't remember who) killed off a family in a plane crash? Or having someone fall up the stairs?

On 1/30/2024 at 11:41 PM, Beachstorm said:

Had to laugh out loud at the Haunted Star set being dragged out and pretending to be on the Seine. Good lord.

They didn't even try to redress it! And Spencer and Trina didn't talk about the last time they were on a boat AT ALL.

I genuinely thought Spencer was going to say "I had the Haunted Star rebuilt for us!".

On 1/30/2024 at 2:40 PM, Donna L. Bridges said:

Rather than ask why he is like that, flip the page & say instead, Donell Turner is like that. Potentially anyone can have an attitude that is all their own. This one is his. And he owns it. It is part of why I do not like Curtis. 

Donna, tell us more.

On 1/30/2024 at 1:56 PM, carolineg said:

Why is Donell Turner like that?  Curtis is getting good  a lot of material and looks completely checked out in every scene.  Laura/Curtis isn't going to happen!  Try to give Brook Kerr something to work with here.  I don't think DT, has the limitations of, say, the actress that plays Jordan so I am not sure why every time Curtis appears I feel like he's annoyed to even be on set.  

I feel physical pain for Brook Kerr. Here we have an actor so committed and earnest and giving a portrayal of a woman deeply devoted to a man who looks at her like she's an unattractive waitress at his favorite restaurant.

17 hours ago, 1974mdp said:

I think US soaps tend to be pretty bad about not cutting dead weight when it comes to characters and freshening up the canvas with new characters to develop brand new stories. I think British soaps are much better at this.

It's funny because in the 90s and early 2000s soaps were lambasted for unceremoniously getting rid of vets and filling the casts with hair models and now they're drowning in characters with 40+ years of history.

Y&R is nothing but veteran characters with decades of exhausted story written as if it's still 1995. And they put no effort into any newer character. I think the last "new" character they genuinely invested in still on the canvas is Adam and he joined the show as an adult over a decade ago.

GH can get rid of Finn, his brother, his father, his child. The entire family GONE. Bye. Along with Cody, Sasha, Dex (that or recast, a mob hitman should not be perpetually on the verge of sobbing), Curtis, Jordan, Uncle Remus (sorry to that man), Molly, TJ.

Have I eliminated most of the black cast? Yes. Why? They suck. Portia and Trina have all the potential, build out of them.

And finally Valentin. I'd bookend James Patrick Stuart's soap career and do a big "Who Killed Valentin?" story. Use one of the characters we're getting rid of as the culprit.

7 hours ago, John said:

I wonder why they did not do this. It could have been to see how someone new would be accepted

I think it's clear they value Chavez a lot and want to keep the door open for his return.

Decades spanning male feuds are few and far between but Victor & Jack have got to be at the top of the list.

23 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

Nearly 27 years later, and people still wish Wayne Northrop could reclaim the role... 

I never thought I'd be one of those fans but here we are 20 years later and I'm still missing Heather Tom as Victoria. Sigh.

He's perfectly in line with Murphy's brand of boy. Handsome, fit, white, young. He could easily shift to one his other shows or get enough attention from this and parlay it into other roles. I hope he's successful, he's a rare talent.

Ashley and Traci arrive in Paris. 

By phone? Or have their walled off a corner of Crimson Lights' patio to serve as "Paris"? This show wouldn't even pony up for the stock footage establishing shots GH uses when characters go to other countries.

On 1/24/2024 at 3:46 PM, Lye-C said:

I get it. You hate JER and still like to bash him even though he’s dead. Well he’s my favourite soap opera writer of all time. Passions is my favourite soap. 

I am so sorry. Yet concerned.

Let's just have every formerly employed mid-tier soap actor play Lucky on alternating days since quality doesn't matter.

Daniel Cosgrove IN as Lucky Spencer Mondays on ABC!

Justin Bruening saddles up every Tuesday as Lucas Lorenzo Spencer this fall!

Is it Wednesday? Let's wear pink! Jonathan Bennett's triumphant return to daytime on General Hospital!

Jordi Vilasuso, fresh off an Emmy nominated (probably, idk) stint on Y&R, steals the show as Luke and Laura's offspring every Thursday!

And finally, Colin Egglesfield turns in a tour de force performance as Detective Lucky Spencer every Friday on ABC's lone daytime drama!

Probably doesn't count but Bethany Joy Lenz nabbing (or rather being handed) the role of Michelle after playing young clone Reva was obviously an enormous hit.

Those Y&R spoilers are not story beats. It's NUTS they can get away with this.

5 minutes ago, janea4old said:

I read that theory elsewhere, recently, too.  Do anyone know for sure?  Was Lucky written out or did JJ choose to leave?  If Lucky was written out, was it Mulcahey's idea or was it from someone else on the writing team or producers?

I'm pretty sure JJ left of his own accord, the show wasn't happy to lose him. I can't recall if it was for college or just to spread his wings.

On 1/12/2024 at 2:09 AM, DRW50 said:

I didn't realize that Amelia Heinle was the original female lead in Jack & Jill (she was recast with Amanda Peet). The pilot was uploaded last year.

 

They have very similar looks. I wonder why they recast.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

Per Beth Elhers statement when it was announced she was cut from All My Children:

❝ "After many conversations with AMC it was mutually decided that I would no longer play the role of Lt. Taylor Thompson and would not relocate my family to the West Coast," Ehlers told SOAPnet. "I was very proud to give a voice to Lt. Taylor Thompson and hope I conveyed the courage, sacrifice, and fortitude of the brave members of our military and their families. To my new friends and colleagues I met at AMC and ABC during these past 18 months, I wish you much love and continued success. And lastly, a big hug to my fans! I'll see you soon!" ❞

And she was never to be seen again. Good riddance.

I think if not for the job security at B&B Clifton would jump at the chance. At least on GH he wouldn't have to repeat the exact same dialogue day in and day out.

I was reminded how much doppelgangers/twins ability to fool the family and friends of the people they're impersonating for months pisses me off when Spencer figured out that Esme was lying about having her memory back all because she called him "Spence".

But these doppelganger stories always make the entire town look braindead. I mean, I notice when a close friend gets a line up at the barber! But sure, Trevor doesn't notice that Natalie's body is completely different.

On 1/15/2024 at 8:54 PM, ranger1rg said:

LOL Your posts never entered my mind, so you might want to pull back on the self-flattery. I fully explained my feelings about the first 3 days of the memorial and why the 4th and final day was so special. Nothing you said had anything to do with my comments.

My guy, you quite literally quoted me LMAO are you okay?

On 12/27/2023 at 7:26 AM, AMCHistory said:

On AMC, Sean Montgomery basically replaced the much more memorable Reggie Montgomery.  Sean got the teen summer story. Sean became Jackson’s son figure. Sean became Lily and Bianca’s talk-to character. The worst part was that Reggie was still on contact and was allowed to fade into the background without any real goodbye scene. I think Michael J had the last laugh. 

I don't even remember Sean on the show! Lol

On 1/12/2024 at 9:40 PM, dragonflies said:

Maxie was aged up A LOT, so they're contemporaries now lol. 

How old do you think Maxie is?

And I appreciate that you and @ranger1rg recognized yourselves in my "wah wah flashbacks" comment. I didn't even need to tag you!