DaysFanatic777

Passion is one of the many reasons I started posting here more. Plus, I enjoy intelligent dialogue that goes deeper than I hate this said character or whatever scene. I want to engage in thought provoking discussion, and this is the place to do it! Tropes helped kill soaps as well. This little genre couldn't move past certain tropes and stereotypes. Ron Carlivati is the absolute worst when it comes to this, and any show he helms will suffer under his pen, eventually. It seems every show he writes for goes in this order: Doppelganger Back From The Dead D.I.D. Cartoon Villain Crashes Wedding Back From The Dead Again Then We Arrive at MASKS......That's where we are now in his little timeline. OH....and don't forget rapemance. Ron just has to do a rapemance. It really gets tiresome. Thank you! When I think of the 80's, I always remember the dog wedding Calliope put together. That was HORRID! I was just a kid, and it insulted my eight year old mind. People lay all of the blame at Reilly's feet for Days turning into a shitshow. While he made a massive contribution that cannot be denied, this show started going downhill long before he arrived.

I have read your posts for years on this board, and another message board I post on. You never disappoint. I agree with all of this. I remember my mother's reaction to the Brady invasion. She HATED it. She loathed watching them hijack the show. She kept on watching, but she was never satisfied with Days again when the show shifted gears. I see it this way...soaps evolved and moved to prime time. I ADORE "Game Of Thrones", and yes it is a soap opera. Soaps have not bit the bullet, but daytime dramas are indeed dying from self inflicted wounds.

If Sheri Anderson were head writer it MAY be different. Then again, she is one of the many reasons the show ditched it's core family in favor of fluff and filler. I don't know of any current writer in this genre that I would ever trust with a treasure like the Horton family. We have reached the point where there are literally NO options. BTW Jam, I love your posts on that other message board as well. Like you, I love Julie Olson Williams!!

This is my type. I need to see him without the towel....NOW!

Gosh, I'd populate the whole town with them!! David Banning (I imagine Grant Aleksander in the role) Scotty Banning Melissa Horton Mike Horton Jeremy Horton Laura Horton (I'm sorry but I can't with JLB, as good as she is. I see Slezak since Flannery has retired) Bill Horton Nick Fallon (Yes he died, but this is Days) Marie Horton This show went to hell when they cut out the Horton family. It ripped the heart and soul right out of the show.

My household was Assembly of God (Charismatic). Most of those mother fuckers need shock therapy and a potent Thorazine drip. My parents actually voted for Clinton both times, but I think that goes back to the fact that he was a southerner. People are very strange in this part of the nation. The good ole boy mentality isn't as prevalent in my generation (GenX) and younger, but with Baby Boomers it's still very much a reality. We saw what eventually happened with George W Bush. I loathed that man. Many liberals today have looked back and felt that he wasn't all that bad. They get all kinds of feels when Michelle Obama passes him a cough drop. GMAFB! Saying he's better than Trump is not saying much at all. The fact that we have to compare them proves that Bush was an incompetent fool too. His illegal war damaged some of my best friends for life. Anyone that now wants to claim that W is a decent man, and revisit the 2000's with rose colored glasses, can take all the seats. That man does not get merit for ruining the Middle East and sinking our economy. You don't give a dog a bone for pissing on the carpet. You just don't. That debacle woke my generation up, and it pushed the nation more to the left. Trump is going to eventually screw up so royally, that the less extreme part of his base will desert him. He will always have the white nationalist. They would support him if he chose to tare down the Statue of Liberty and build a damn casino. They will always align themselves with him. However, those that are not as extreme will fall out with the man. It's more a matter of when, and how it will occur.

One cannot accept a story on face value anymore. I am completely convinced that some outlets release information to divide the resistance so it can be conquered. Those standing up for humanity and decency are the worst nightmare of those longing to plunge us back into the early 20th century. Let there be no doubt; the goal of the alt-right movement is to undo nearly 100 years of progress. They cannot be allowed to triumph over decency. We are the watchman on the walls. I protested the [!@#$%^&*] (and I will be censored) out of the illegal Iraq war W foisted upon us. I was at Occupy Wall Street. It's not much, and I am no activist, but I have given my time to causes that I see as just. Right now, the biggest threat to our very character as a nation resides within the White House, and among those lurking in the halls of congress that have chosen to back an imbecilic bigot. If there is a god, may he have mercy on their wretched souls. Raised in an Evangelical home, I know what their problem is...... They don't care about children in cages. It doesn't bother them if a person dies from inadequate healthcare. They are not concerned with a single mother making minimum wage, while her family starves as a result. Their only obsessions are their own bank accounts, and the gender an individual chooses to screw. It's all about money and control; those sick pieces of garbage!!!

I am originally from Atlanta, so he is my hometown boy! I've heard stories about him.....as anyone would living in the south. One thing is certain, the dude is [!@#$%^&*] hot. Most of the time on soaps, you see a guy with a half decent face and perfect bod. Not with Chan. He has it all in spades. That face is as good as his abs. I'll forgive a multitude of sins for that fact alone, and yes that makes me partial. I don't give a [!@#$%^&*].

Hell, I love them too... Yes he phones it in, and thinks of Pizza during his lines with Freddie Smith. I'd think of anything except that smelly sausage ball in front of me if I were Chan.

I use to post here a long time ago (like, literally a decade). I have lurked here for ages, but only posted on another board and on Twitter..... As usual, you are a godsend Soapsuds. I have come in this topic many times just to see your contributions. Faulkner deserves kudos as well. Sweet Jesus.

No. I am from the south, Khan. I see [!@#$%^&*] like this every day of my life. My parents were Evangelical ministers, and they think Trump is "anointed" as well. What can we do? I continue to speak truth to them, but their bigotry and need for moral control over other individuals knows no bounds. It really is about control, and that is what truly sickens me as a bisexual man. They can believe what they desire to right now, but I know that history is not on their side. I comfort myself with that realization.

I have admired your post for afar for a very long time. I am literally a part of the resistance. My Twitter account is dedicated to fighting white nationalist. Of course it is all tied together. Before November of 2016, I actually felt skeptical about conspiracy theories. For the most part, I still do. However, anyone that has a minute amount of intelligence can detect the massive orchestration devised by shady figures to deliver the keys of power to a racist nationalist. It's as clear and simple as one can possibly perceive it. Of course, his administration will target rural framers that voted in droves for his bigoted ass. They were stupid enough to fall for it to begin with, so they will be dumb enough to take the fall. It's the circle of life, and if they are ignorant enough to stand by that orange bag of feces, who are we to stop them. Let them go broke!

Sweet God in Heaven. I am not a fan of most of his music, but I'd...... I better be nice. I'm back after a 10 year silence.

How can we feel sorry for a bunch of dumb asses that repeatedly choose hate over common sense. They deserve what they get for protecting and espousing a known bigot. I have nothing for those people except contempt.