DaysFanatic777

I loathe mask storylines with an infinite passion, primarily because of what you just stated. This is Days. They went the JER route decades ago, and needless to say it can be cartoonish. But this is the second time ReRon has put Kristen in a d#mn mask. Seriously. He's ran out of things to copy from shows he once wrote for, so he's resorted to copying his lame a#s material from Days.

Yep. You got it. This one's going to be like watching a trash can catch fire.

So, I get to be the one to reveal Ron's asinine, tired, and repugnant plot to all of y'all. Sigh. Don't shoot the messenger. This is in the latest SOD that's slowly rolling out. In other words; this is accurate. Here goes..read below Yeah, ReRon is lazy, incompetent, and I wish he'd stop writing completely. He could always just relax in The Hamptons.

I've been wanting to post here again for a good while, but per usual I forgot my password. I frustrate myself at times. Obviously I couldn't post here until I suddenly remembered it. It's nice to be back. On to Days, and the continuing saga of how ReRon will self sabotage the show just as it's finally watchable. I'll save that ridiculous, stupid, repulsive and tired plot for the spoilers page. Still, Christ on a cracker that man is the hack of all hacks. I LOVE JACKEE HARRY! She lights up every scene she's in. Boy, did Days get lucky. I'm enjoying the "Who Killed Charlie?" Storyline, solely because of the dysfunctional family interactions. Sami brings much needed tension and conflict to the canvas, especially with her onscreen family. I wish Rafe would die. Xander has no balls. This Kristen/Susan story is going places. Places nobody asked for and not a soul wanted. I'm halfway enjoying the show again after loathing it for months. Knowing what I know, in about 3 weeks it's likely going to be painful to to even read recaps. Well, Ron will do Ron.

EVERYTHING you just said. I mean all of it. It seems like a lot of the greats had a hard time taking someone under their wings, and that left us with the mess we have been viewing for about three decades now. Sheri Anderson was schooled the right way, but I start drawing blanks after that.

Suddenly, it all makes perfect sense. The way Packer and Backus wrote Lester out was abrupt and ridiculous. However, as usual Lester's performance saved the day. Once he was done, they were done....to be honest.

+ 1,000,000 ALL OF THIS!! The wheels came off this INCREDIBLE drama when Marland died, and they never were placed back on. I know many didn't like the Royce Keller story, but I loved it. That was the last story I enjoyed on this show. Yes, it is post Marland, but it still felt like an ATWT story. Past that the show lost it's character chasing stunts. It was a sad sight to behold, because this was a jewel of a show. I loved Days, and accepted the camp because it was a standard feature of that show by this time. ATWT had maintained it's integrity (Well, besides the head shrinking) and had remained a show devoted to character dissection. I loved it for that reason. Watching it wander so far from that path was an excruciating experience.

I am happier today, and sober (gasp). Dude, there are good people everywhere....and bad people everywhere.... You just have to search for decent people, and any place can become livable. I lived In Lakeland, FL for 2 years. It was a fun place to live....right between Pleasure Island and Ybor City. I was 20.....,.You get the picture.

Bro, I am already wasted! Comon' if you are close enough! I live in the Rocket City (Huntsville, Alabama)....A bastion of reason in the cotton states. I'll admit it, this is a great place to live!!! I have resided in 14 states, from California to Virginia. Huntsville is an incredible place to live, shockingly. I thought I would hate it here. No one that actually lives here is from this area, Praise the name of Jesus! Man, it doesn't matter. You do what you do, and let the haters hate. It's sad that we have to recognize the fact that people want to enforce their views into a private bedroom in 2019. They need therapy, and some effective shock treatment. Why should anyone care about something so private? I Know Why!!! I grew up in it!!! Fanatical religion is a way to control things they do not understand, and they are afraid. That's their problem, I'll f#ck who I want to f#ck.

Dude, it made me stronger. I'm fine now. The funny thing is, when I told my parents I was bisexual, they blamed it on that. That had NOTHING to do with it. My great-grandfather left his wife for a man. It's genetic. When it comes to my "loving" parents, they spent most of their careers ignoring my pain to get ahead. Religion isn't the killer, man. It's greed. Now I am married to a woman and in an open relationship....she is a lot like me. It's not conventional, but I give no f#cks about what anyone may think.

You are the best!! I'm going tell my truth, because I have worked past the shame.... My father was an evangelical minister, and his best friend and associate pastor molested and raped me for two years (from the time I was 8, till around the time I turned 11). Even when I came clean when I was 15, my family only cared about keeping the money flowing, so my parents never sought retribution. They had a "Suck it up" attitude, and that really hurt. I have had to live with it. So, I agree with you. These stories resonate with me, so I don't want a piss poor rendition of a real personal tragedy thrown in my face. I'm alright now. It caused me to reject religion and move in a better direction, so it may have saved me from a different sort of pain. However, I don't want a soap to water down a very real experience and tell me they are doing a service. It's insulting.

Kman, I want to invite you over to my place for a beer, dude. We'd have a blast. Amy, I have admired your posts for a decade, so that compliment is truly an honor.

I think my issues with him stem from my dedication to Days and my love for what the show represented before he arrived. He was entertaining, and I felt his first couple of years are an example in rich and decadent soap opera. I loved the Procter and Gamble soaps. I was glued to ATWT and GL growing up. Of course, I had periods of time I'd get into GH, OLTL, and Loving. I don't know why, but AMC never caught my eye. That said, Days was always my main squeeze. Would I do the possession again now.....I actually think the show needs to go there before it's cancelled. Don't get me wrong, i blame that story for more than I can or will elaborate. The show could have easily been the heartfelt drama it once was, but the second Marlena morphed into a panther there was no going back. The show i knew and loved died in that moment, and it became something very different. That said, bringing back the devil at this point could only help this show. I am certain Ron has thought about it, and it's entirely possible he may do it if he has time. I cannot imagine how terrible it's going to look on this budget, but this show could use the buzz it would generate. Like it or not, it's kind of what Days is known for.

I can find good things to say about any writer. I stand by how I feel about him, but I agree with you completely. He also had a knack for developing new characters, weaving various characters in different orbits into various stories, and the man understood there had to be an A, B, C, and D story on the canvas at all times. When the payoff arrived, and the A story ended, he always had the B story ramping up. O yeah, and his payoffs were magnificent. Sure, it take 3-5 years to get a payoff, but somehow he always made even more fun than we imagined. At the same time, his dialogue was like something a crackhead would write on a used paper bag. His stunts always delivered ratings, so rival soaps started copying him and it brought the whole genre down to his level. He made the leading male heroes on his shows so f#cking stupid you'd swear they must have suffered some sort of head trauma, we just didn't see it. I remember during the big payoff with the secret room debacle, they had Stefano wondering around the mansion in plain sight wearing a mustache, and no one recognized him. I mean, he literally only had on a mustache and a butler's outfit, but none of those fools was the wiser. Idiotic things like that soon started spilling into other soaps all over daytime, and now here we are. Soaps were never respected, but by the time he finished working his magic non watchers were rolling their eyes and making fun of us. Yes, he had good qualities. I thought Days was absolutely brilliant in 1994. He made that year one of my favorites in the show's very long history. It's always complicated when you start dissecting various head writers, cause like Vee said earlier, you are going to find good and bad. However, out of all the hacks the genre has been cursed with since "Guiding Light" was sent over radio waves in 1937, I stand by my belief that he's is the Ultimate king over all the hacks.

If I were to make a list entitled "Soaps The Abused Rape And Treated Like A Trope", Days would be second from the top. I thought the show probably crafted the best fallout when Jennifer was raped by Lawrence Alamain. They were able to tie in Jack's past assault on Kayla, and deal with some unresolved issues. That didn't make it any less of a plot device. The show needed another year of the buzz Jack and Jennifer were delivering, so marrying them and sending to the back burner wasn't going to happen at that point. So, they once again returned a an all too familiar subject and used the rape card. I am shaking my head as a type this. It's all too much. So what would be number one? Passions of course! IF you can call that bullshit a soap opera. James E Reilly really lost his damn mind when he was "writing" for that show. When I think about the amount of sexual victimization he penned, it sends waves of nausea pulsating through my body. I'll tell you plainly, I despise what that man did to daytime, god rest his soul. He didn't just put the final nail in the coffin for soaps.... No, Reilly built the damn coffin, threw the genre inside, nailed the f#cking thing shut, and shoveled dirt on it was it sunk into the ground. He is the worst thing to ever happen to daytime television. Sorry Toups.