Everything posted by Khan
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Knots Landing
Actually, @kalbir, I didn't. I know there are others who feel differently, and I can't say that I can't see their point of view on the subject. However, I recognized the fact that Michele Lee, Donna Mills and Joan Van Ark were aging and that maybe the producers were running out of fresh ideas for Karen, Abby and Val. (They certainly were for Abby, which is why I think DM was right to leave when she did, even though her absence left a big hole in the show for the last four seasons). For me, the bigger issue than whether or not Nicollette Sheridan ate the show is whether Paige's relationship with Greg was believable. Watching the show, there were times when I thought NS and William Devane made the pairing work, and then there were times when I was either creeped out (after all, Greg was old enough to be her dad - and thanks to Anne, for a few minutes, everyone thought he WAS her dad!) or confused as to what Greg saw in Paige after being with Jane, with Laura and even with Abby. That's why I wish Greg had had a son, who could've been a perfect on-again, off-again romantic partner for Paige. Also, I wish Lisa Hartman had stayed on as a sort of counterpoint to NS. On the one hand, KL had changed so much by the time she left that it was getting harder to weave her into storylines in ways that would have made sense. (Hence, the Ben/Cathy flirtation, lol). On the other hand, without a heroine like Cathy, Paige was eventually forced into that role; and frankly, I never bought Paige as someone who wasn't a schemer. Ideally, there should have been three tiers to the females on KNOTS, with ML, DM, JVA, Constance McCashin and later Michelle Phillips and Kathleen Noone on the top tier; LH, NS and maybe Lar Park Lincoln or one other female on the next tier; and Tonya Crowe and Stacy Galina on the bottom.
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Dallas Discussion Thread
I agree.
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
I agree that the key lesson from Tina's life is that it's never too late to reinvent oneself. You just have to find the strength within yourself to do it.
- General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
- General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
- General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
Unless we find out that Samantha once spent the night with Roman while he was protecting Marlena from the Salem Strangler (and Roman didn't realize he was guarding the wrong twin). By the way, I'm totally kidding, lol.
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2023 Writers + Actors Strike Thread
I see. In other words, @Vee, they want to make HBO/WB and Discovery content indistinguishable from each other. Yeah, that plan is not gonna work, lol.
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
I see your point, @AbcNbc247. There's probably a better way to tell the kinds of stories that DAYS tells even with their miniscule budget. That's because she's not really Marlena! It's Samantha, her back-from-the-dead twin sister! Watch!
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2023 Writers + Actors Strike Thread
Since when don't viewers love unscripted shows?
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RIP: In Memoriam Thread
I played this video so often on the jukebox in the arcade at Circus Circus that I was banned from there for the rest of that summer. So, what did I do? I went across the street, to the Riviera, and I started playing the video on the jukebox in THEIR arcade. RIP Tina. You were one hell of a woman.
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
I wish DAYS would pare down in scope and get back to basics. No more outlandish plots or capers; the budget isn't coming back, and what was even slightly passable on the network now looks just plain stoopid on Peacock. Just get back to simple, heartfelt, character-driven stories that people can relate to. And, you know, I think there's a part of Ron Carlivati that would like to get back to that kind of storytelling, too, but Corday, NBC/Universal and/or Sony won't let this show move into the 2020's.
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The Chad Dimera Award for Most Unlikely Leading Character
Maybe Bambi Brewster (LOVE OF LIFE) would qualify for this award, lol.
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Dark Shadows Discussion Thread
David Selby would have made a good Keith Dennison on Y&R.
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Dallas Discussion Thread
I always saw DALLAS as being like a modern equivalent to the Arthurian legends or the Icelandic sagas. Nothing about it could be small in scale; it always had to be EPIC.
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General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
Monica (to the camera): "Well, I'm nervous about how the house - WHICH ALAN GAVE ME AS A PRESENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TRACY - looks now - " Tracy (off-camera): "My brother was an idiot!" Monica (continues): "But I'm also very excited!" Frankly, the Quartermaine mansion was never among my favorite soap sets in ANY iteration. To me, it's a set that designers just can't ever get right. (The less I say about that stupid spiral staircase in the '70's and '80's, the better.)
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
"DiMera Enterprises" still sounds like the goofiest thing ever. When did the DiMeras stop being supervillains and started being business people again? Did Tony legitimize Stefano's empire while I was asleep? I think I understand what you're saying, @Noel. The stakes are just too low now, especially on a show where literally no one ever dies anymore, to take the gunplay even a little bit seriously. Furthermore, when characters draw their guns as often as they do on shows, you, as a viewer, become...I don't know...numb to it somehow. It's like, "Oh, so-and-so just pulled a gun on somebody? Well, I guess it must be Tuesday!". In a way, it reminds me of what Raymond Chandler allegedly once said: when you don't know where to go in your story, just have a man come in with a gun. Meanwhile, the more I think about it, the more I think someone on DAYS should open a dispensary in town. Heck, dispensaries should be present on all the shows today. God knows I see enough of 'em where I live, lol. Nah, that's too out of DAYS' price range. Try Big Lots.
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Dallas Discussion Thread
That's true, @te.. I also agree that Jesse Metcalfe was a poor choice to portray Christopher. IMO, he's not even "Hallmark-good," lol.
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
Now here's an idea for DAYS! Julie gets together with several of the younger Salemites to open a dispensary in Horton Town Square! They could call it "Alice's Edibles"!
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Knots Landing
Kimberly Foster and Cathy Podewell were appropriate choices for the kind of show that DALLAS had become by the late '80's and early '90's. Andrea Thompson (and Gisele) might have been the worst thing to happen to FC - yes, worse than even Kristian Alfonso, lol.
- General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
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ARTICLE: LL Cool J to Reprise Role as Sam Hanna on ‘NCIS: Hawai’i’ in a Recurring Capacity for Season 3
So, Mr. "I Need Love" lives to lick his lips another day. Fantastic.
- General Hospital: May 2023 Discussion Thread
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Days: May 2023 Discussion Thread
Unfortunately, the remaining shows are afraid of running off the few viewers they still have. They didn't learn from Gloria Monty's example that sometimes you've gotta roll the dice.
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Santa Barbara Discussion Thread
Ironically, I remember liking Wanda De Jesus as Santana and thinking she had good chemistry with Jed Allan. That was a bright spot in an otherwise difficult time for SANTA BARBARA.