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  1. On 11/17/2021 at 5:59 AM, Videnbas said:

    I have a question for all of you who are rewatching old episodes after several decades:

    Are there any characters that you see completely differently this time around, compared to the first time you watched these episodes? 

    For me, the big one is Stephanie. I used to think that she was the villain to Brooke's young heroine. Now I find myself understanding Stephanie's point of view and siding with her against Brooke, and this time around I see Stephanie as the misunderstood flawed heroine, fighting every way she can to keep her family together. Meanwhile, young Brooke is clearly a pretty self-centered girl with little understanding for what love really is beyond the fantasy of it.

    But I also see Eric and Ridge as a lot more flawed now than I remember. 

    Oh absolutely! I see them very differently now as a 40+ year old woman re-watching with years of life experience behind me than the 12 year old girl I was when I first started when the show came on the air and had no life experience in ANY area, hahaha! As a mom, I can definitely sympathize with Stephanie and her love for her children, her desperation to make her marriage work. I loathe Eric and his disregard for his wife just so he can swoon over Beth any chance he gets. I am irritated by Ridge for thinking that a mere 3 months for Brooke to get untangled from her mess of a marriage to his father is "too long to wait", and for thinking he can play god with other people's lives. You can't force someone to love another! Caroline made her own choices and rewatching the episode where Ridge begged her to not marry Thorne and she STILL said she wanted to, has made me realize that all her belly aching in the episodes to come were her just regretting her decision - not that her decision was ever taken from her. I used to think the timeline of when she could've received that fateful letter would've made a difference but in watching the show, she would've had an extra day to consider. Not once did she say "I have to marry Thorne because people are counting on me". She said she loved Thorne and wanted to marry him - period. I could go on & on :)

  2. 21 hours ago, Marquise said:

    Just watched episode 1338 with Bill and Darla in Bikinni bar. I do not remember watching it and now i really had fun watching it. I rediscover Jim Storm and enjoy the episodes with him. As a Susan Flannery fan i enjoy her having more time on the soap and even Stephanie and Jack as a pair.

    Yes! I was just coming here to post the same thing. What a riot seeing Bill getting his groove on at Bikini with Darla and dancing with Felicia! LOVE IT! I always liked Bill, flaws & all. I liked how he would occasionally flirt with Stephanie. What a pair they would've made!

  3. On 10/4/2021 at 12:02 PM, rsclassicfanforever said:

    Episode 1301 is uploaded in the 1992 Folder....but accidently i uploaded episode 1302 into the main folder "The Bold and the Beautiful". Maybe someone of you can put it in the right folder :)

     

    On thursday we will meet Lane Davies as Ridge Forrester in Episode 1307

    Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I'm on the edge of my seat watching each episode. I so appreciate you doing this! Can't wait to see more :)

  4. Does anyone know who played the character of Danielle in the late 2001/2002 era? She started out having a thing with JT but then moved on to Billy when he & Mack broke up. She's nowhere to be found on rolling credits and I am curious as to who played her. 

  5. It could just be my computer and browser, but the newly uploaded episodes (1248 & on) in the 1992 folder of B&B are only audio for me. The ones in 1993 and following are fine, but it seems the viewing format for the newest uploads (of which I am SO grateful) are just a black screen with audio. Anyone else having this issue? 

  6. 52 minutes ago, sheilaforever said:

    To those already watching the 1992 episodes: what's your reaction to the OUTRAGEOUS blonde wig that they put on Joanna Johnson's head for newly created "flashback" scenes/interviews of her as Caroline while playing brunette Karen!?

    Hahaha, right? It is absurd!!! Looks awful. It is better later when Karen transforms herself to look like Caroline but I've skipped ahead because I ran out of 1992 episodes to watch, haha!

  7. On 9/7/2021 at 1:14 AM, rsclassicfanforever said:

    Hey everybody.....im so sorry for letting you wait for 1992-episodes so long.

     

    But i will do my best, to upload a bunch of episodes this week. There are many episodes to come 😇

    Looking forward to anything you have the time to upload. I truly appreciate you doing this!!! Hope things are better on your end. 

  8. 6 hours ago, Videnbas said:

    I would rank them like this:

    1987-1988: 4,5/5 🌟 The first two years felt like a very long, but very good, introduction. The writing and characterization were excellent, but the storylines hadn't reached their dramatic climaxes yet (I like to compare this period to the first act in a play). In its own way, it couldn't have been better. It's just that a lot of the payoff was still to come. 

    1989-1995: 5/5 🌟 This is when the show hit its peak IMO. All the seeds that were planted in the first seasons blossomed and then some. We had Brooke vs Stephanie, Spectra vs Forrester, Tridge/Bridge while it was still fresh, Thorne/Macy, Sheila causing trouble, and so on. To me, this is when the show had the best storylines and the best characters.

    1996-2002/2003 4/5 🌟 The show was still very good on the whole, occasionally brilliant, but some characters started changing inexplicably, some pairings lost their freshness, and some ongoing storylines started becoming repetitive.

    2003/2004-2006 3/5 🌟 This, to me, is when the show started running out of ideas and showing its age. New families entered the show and set a different mood (like the Marones) and it started becoming a different show to the one I grew up loving. But it still worked on the whole. Oh yeah, and Taylor's 2005 resurrection. That was a jump the shark moment if ever I saw one. 

    2007-2012 2,5/5 🌟 Darlene Conley's death left a huge Spectra-shaped hole in the fabric of the show, and the new or recast characters (Spencers and Logans) were not as good as their 80s counterparts. But at least we still had the "core four". 

    2012-2017 2/5 🌟 Stephanie died, original Ridge left the show, and the never ending saga of Liam's love life dominated the show. It's around this time that it's actually getting hard to watch. There were a few glimmers of hope (the unexpected complexity of Aly's character, the return of Spectra and Sheila for the show's 30th anniversary) but they were killed by bad writing. The dawning suspicion that the writers may be making it up as they go along. 

    2018-present day 1/5 🌟 Yep, the writers are definitely making it up as they go along. No such thing as character development. No such thing as story arcs. Dialogue and direction hits reality show level. Sets are mostly gone. Costumes so bad they actually distract from the plot. Not even Sheila Carter can save this train wreck (unless she snaps and kills everyone, in which case she would have my full support). 

    I pretty much agree with your assessment, but do admit to liking 2009-2012 which is when Dollar Bill joined the cast. I love that he can make my blood boil one minute and have me in stitches laughing the next. He has some great one-liners and Don Diamont has great comedic timing. I liked him with Katie in the beginning and found his flirtation with Donna, pre-Katie, to be amusing, as well.

    17 hours ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

    Hey everybody.....im so sorry for letting you wait for 1992-episodes so long.

     

    But i will do my best, to upload a bunch of episodes this week. There are many episodes to come 😇

    Can't wait! Thank you for doing this, btw!!!! Hope things are better for you, as well.

     

  9. 3 hours ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

    Hey everybody,

     

    i wanted to tell you, that i haven't forgotten the episodes last week. I have been on vacation......plus im going through a difficult private time....

     

    I will record and upload the ten episodes 1221-1230 from last week and the episodes 1231-1240 that will air this week, in the next few days. So please be patient for a little bit :)

    i think i will start tomorrow :)

     

    Im sending love to all of you 💕

    So sorry you're enduring a turbulent time. I hope it all sorts out soon. Please know how appreciative I am for all the uploads - but please take care of yourself!

  10. On 7/29/2021 at 7:28 PM, rsclassicfanforever said:

    Yes

    Yes it was me. Im uploading the 2 new episodes everyday after recording it.

    But sometimes i forget to post it here.... and i dont want to spam this thread 😉

    Thank you so much!!!! I go into the vault everyday and enjoy seeing these episodes. WONDERFUL and so are you! Thanks a million!!!

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