Everything posted by Marissa Gallant
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
The mansion was just remodeled. So now, the mansion is all white. Cruz and Eden's house is all white. Mason and Julia's is all white. What did these people have against color?
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Derek got to play the bad guy. That said, the 4 orphans story isn't SB at it's best. I have problems though because I adore John O'Hurley so much, and I enjoyed the movie story, his chemistry with Judith McConnell, and the character. But the orphans were dumb. Craig was an orphan looking for family. He went from the kids at the orphanage to Robert and Tonnel. Searching for a home. Then he met Kelly and gets dumped on by her.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I find myself preferring Kelly and Craig over Kelly and Robert. By a lot.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I have a new favorite Augusta line. "Between Gina and Sophia, it's an embarrassment of witches."
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
LIONEL!!!!!! HE'S BACK!!!! I'm so happy. And the scene with Augusta when he comes back is almost as good as 1986! There was even a Brick mention
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I keep repeating to myself "It’s just a reboot of your show, like Batman and you liked that." The shaman thing is weird. Like really weird. The orphans is actually a decent story- that has zero basis on anything we know of these characters before. Lionel just "died". So he'll be back in 11 episodes. Lol! But at least THAT is inline with what we knew. Lionel loved Augusta. Sophia chose CC. CC still isn't thrilled with the affair, but now he truly knows.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Cruz and Eden are in Paris. But Cruz is being stalked because he's a shaman now. He gets attacked in his hotel room and his shaman powers allow him to toss the guy trying to strangle him right out the window. Ok, I'll go with it. The policeman shows up. Cruz says I'm an inspector too. That doesn't mean a thing in Paris, Cruz. The policeman asks if Cruz is the reason there's a man resting on the sidewalk outside his window. Eden asks,Is he going to be alright? No, Eden. He was just tossed out a window. He probably won't be alright. Lol this show! The orphan storyline just keeps getting more and more stupid. Now, Sophia was around when they adopted Cassandra?
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Best/Worst Written Soap Affairs
Felicia and John were Another World
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Recasts on shows: good, bad, in between
I actually forgot that Peggy McCay was not the original Caroline Brady. So, that’s a great recast too.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I'm not going to quote, but my next thoughts involve several posts. I think that the audience was left to piece the DID Eden storyline together. There were far too many changes at the top for any of the multiple personality to be an END GAME plan. I feel like we're trying to justify it. Weren't there 3 Exec producers between when Cruz says it's like she's 2 people and when she WAS 2 people? I *think* I remember reading that the Dobsons didn't want the multiple Eden, but were stuck with it. Was Marcy Walker already on her way out at that point? Honest question because I do not know. Multiple personalities have NEVER been one of my favorite storylines. Multiple Kristin's drove me from Days. The fact that I don’t like them aside, the retconning required for Eden's bothers me. The early year episodes were very clear that the kids were at home and too young to follow Sophia who met with Lionel to dump him. There's even dialogue about how they didn't know.
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Best/Worst Written Soap Affairs
Best is John/Roman/Marlena. Honorable mention: not sure if it even counts, but Mac/Rachel/Janice. Worst is TJ and Sophia. Hands down. Started the worst year of SB. Honorable mention John and Felicia.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
What were people's impressions of Sasha in the freezer? I'm seeing it for the first time and I'm rolling. Julia and NLG are so funny. Her comedic timing is perfect. It isn't the Julia I've always known, but it's easier for me to think of this show as SB 2.0.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Crystal Chappell is playing Jane the drug dealer. I'm sorry. I know this probably makes me a terrible person, but I can't see her without thinking of her buried in a coffin.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I don't think it ever did.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I haven’t gotten to the Bunny portion of this. Just a lot of Laura. It is close though, because Sasha is dead in Julia's freezer. Shes under ice now because the blackout melted her.
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DOOL - John Aniston Dies at 89
For those of us who tried an inept search yesterday, where is that uploaded? Please? Thank you
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
The episodes I have are TL going upstairs, GT coming down. But I have not seen all of the episodes yet. I just came here because I'm watching a scene with a blackout. Everyone is gathered around the radio listening to a newscast about it. I don't know if that happens in other places. It never happens where I live. We just see two flickers and then the third is total blackout. Then everyone just thinks, well someone ran into a transponder again. There might be a line during the weather of, 450,000 people without power. But it's just a blip.
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
Oh my heart John Aniston too?
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Boy HOWDY Laura is just a big bucket of crazy. And not a fun bucket of crazy that is enjoyable to watch. Just a big bucket of crazy. Whew, she is exhausting
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I know that I should not admit this in public, but Sasha in the freezer is making me laugh. It wouldn’t have worked for other characters, but Mason and Julia are making me laugh. Terry L is growing on me. He still isn't my idea if Mason, but he's growing on me. I'm not sure that any of it was meant for Joe. Cruz became a Fed very early on the shoe. I remember that he was an oil worker, but went home to call his contact. Joe was doing the research for one reason: to clear his name. He didn't really seem to have a burning passion for investigating. He just wanted the world to stop thinking he was a killer. And he wanted Kelly. I think he would have had a So what do I do next moment if he had lived. He essentially went from high school to prison. Did hewant to follow in his dad's footsteps, let CC help, go to college for something? I don't think anyone knew the answer to that.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I agree. I hope that while she was nervous about meeting Dame Judith Anderson while wearing a bikini, she at least looked great in said bikini.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I admit that Damsel in Distress Kelly was tired and old. But- I'm not enjoying wild, out of control, bitter about Eden Kelly either.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
When did THAT happen?
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
To me it came across as the fanbase hating them all. Jane's RIDICULOUS Roxanne bs did nothing to endear her to the audience. Caroline commited the sin of not being Augusta. I've seen complaints of them being "boring". Alice's dad was so one dimensionally ANGRY all of the time that he was hard to take. I mean seriously that is not fun to watch. Let him be not pissed once a week to make him sympathetic. I get why he was mad, but I felt bashed over the head by it. I think they were dropped because they weren't working for a lot of audience members. I adored Alice. And I liked Caroline. I enjoyed the growth shown as she and Lionel became close because both characters grew and changed for the better because of each other.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
I saw that this morning. I am definitely watching that one.