Sapounopera

On 2/9/2024 at 8:25 PM, Lye-C said:

The best Ashley.

I couldn't agree more. 

20 hours ago, dc11786 said:

I wish they had just revisited the Donovan family in full, which I think would have given Stacey natural drama. Rose Donovan suffering from dementia. Doug coming out late in life. Mike Donovan supporting Curtis Alden during his PTSD drama only for Mike to be a thorn in Curtis/Stacey's side. And the inevitable Patrick Donovan marrying Kate Rescott. 

I love all of these ideas. I think that Stacey could only work as someone's wife, the normal couple people go to in order to discuss their problems. I could see her and Jack owning a coffee shop or a bistro and living a "quiet" life like Nick and Sharon on Y&R in the 90s-00s. 

20 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

It happened over and over on just about every show.

Rather than look back to the original concept and rebuild from there, each new team introduce new characters and families which then are mostly dropped by the next team and the shows become a disjointed patchwork representing various regimes.

Ain't that the truth. 

Which regime do you think could have "saved" Another World if they had stayed longer with the show?

All these people came and went in the 80s and the 90s, stayed for a rather short time and their work was almost erased by the next writer and producer. Who do you think is the one who should have been given a real chance?

32 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

That's worthy of consideration. But, personally, I really like AdamH. 

I can't buy him as a Cassadine prince Donnatella. Or as Laura's son for some reason. 

6 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Would u say this jagger recast is worse than Sean Keanan‘s AJ becoming Billy Warlock‘s AJ? 
 

Anyone who survived this recast will be fine with the Jagger thing Lover.

Victor Webster as Nikolas? 

I just managed to find NYC online and watched the entire season:

It felt a lot like an E! show attempting to do a housewives show. Ten years ago.

Jenna, Erin and Jessel felt NY to me. They could all have been part of the original show and I want to see more of them. 

Someone should tell Brynn that Samantha Jones was not a bimbo. (She reminds me of Melanie Smith for some reason. The way she looks, not the way she acts.)

Ubah is stunning and she is friend material. She doesn't share anything and her moment was a stupid fight. 

Sai reminds me of Tahiry on Love and Hip Hop. Her initial cute persona didn't work out for her and by the end of the season she was a mess.

I didn't get enough NY from this show. 

Also... Desperate Housewives. It was meant to be a soap opera, yet it was winning awards as a comedy show. People thought that it might work in daytime as well. Look at CW's Dynasty. It never took itself seriously. There is no point in watching a soap that doesn't take itself seriously (and that was my problem with Santa Barbara at a point where things got too crazy).

In all fairness, there doesn't seem to be a race or ethnicity casting problem. It is just an odd choice. Like recasting Susan Lucci with Catherine Hickland as Erica in 1982. But it is always fun to be offended  

Just now, John said:

He knows Anna & Robert  from Night shift

He was friends with Mac, Felicia, Robin

He hates Sonny

What if Jagger is Dex's father?  Dex is a nickname. He is really Michael Stone Cates who we met in 2008 on Night Shift Jagger will be pissed to learn his son works for Sonny

He must be someone's father. 
Do we know who the boy's mother was?
I just read thata little Stone was autistic.

Does the name Jagger Cates mean anything in today's GH universe?
Probably not, since he is John Cates now.
Was Jagger involved with any of the ladies currently on the show?

1 minute ago, vetsoapfan said:

ITA! Those recasts were egregious.

Plus Jason Kinkaid as Tom Hughes, Susan Batten as Connor Walsh, Roger Howarth as Paul Ryan, and Grayson McCouch as Dusty Donovan (among so many others) on ATWT. And Wesley Pfenning as Alice Frame on AW.  Kathleen Tolan as Mary Ryan on Ryan's Hope.

The list of inexplicable, painful recasts is endless, but some are PARTICULARLY heinous.

May I add Kelly Menighan Hensley as Emily Stewart on ATWT? 

Ι haven't been this offended since John McCook was replaced by Dennis Cole on Y&R and Kristen Vigard by Jennifer Cook on GL. Soaps are so over. 

Ι have never seen this episode before and I don't think that it has been posted here. 

The "primetime" look.

The City and Sunset Beach (at least for a while) did it.  

In my opinion it never works in soaps, at least not for me. That's a reason I never got into the UK soaps.  

13 hours ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

But in the 80s during the highjinks of Cass, Felicia & Wally there was a gorilla named Carolyn (after Carolyn Culliton) & she had a mate named Richard (Richard Culliton) and a handler named Sam (Writer thought to write the best comedic soap Sam Radcliffe). So, it was an homage to that back then. 

Out of AW's entire run this needed a homage in the last episode...

7 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Is this a different version of the opening?

3 hours ago, janea4old said:

from Janet Di Lauro:
a casting call for “Sarah”, a new contract role. The character is described as a California blonde around the age of 20, who’s beautiful, playful, and mischievous.
https://soaphub.com/the-bold-and-the-beautiful/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-comings-and-goings-long-missing-vet-back/

She sounds fascinating! And unique! B&B is so risky.

1 minute ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

I definitely don't hate Frank, although I think he has things he is good at & things he is not. He has an Emmy winning Casting Director & he should let MT do his own job all of the time. Frank should not give people jobs unless it's crew or staffr, not actors! And it's not that I am unfeeling about KS but I think she needs some tough love with support. 

I agree about casting. And I think that the show might be the support system KS needs right now, though I have no idea and don't want to know what her personal issues are. 

5 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Hell nah. But KS has been dead weight for years. I‘m currently on a rewatch to watch the missed episodes from back in the day and even in 2016 when she was skinny as heck she was dead weight with Nathan-Claudette.. For me it’s her acting and not her weight. Can’t speak for the others but her acting has been off for ages. She was one of my first childhood crushes and I even got to meet her In 2018.. 

Maxie has been through so many crazy and random stories which left her with three children from three different men. For me this is always a sign that a character has not much story left, until one of the kids grow up. She is a familiar face with a different vibe than most soap actresses her age and she would be just fine as a C character, someone like Amy Vining. She is not someone I see and think, she needs to go NOW. There other characters and actors for that in my list. 

Sorry but I can't hate FV. GH is the only soap that doesn't feel dead soap walking, or milk that you have left in the fridge for years.He tries new things, he respects the veterans, is on budget and has people talking. Would I like a new opening? Yes. Better sets? Of course. But I wouldn't trade these things for a new bored producer with late 90s Days of Our Lives aesthetics who just wants a check for a while.
(Would I mind someone like Wendy Riche, Susan Bedsow-Horgan, Ginger Smith or a back from the dead Robert Calhoun though? No.)
As for KS.. The poor woman is playing a C character at this point, but I guess many of you can't stand watching a fat chick with issues who can't find clothes her size that make her feel good. I am sure many of you might have wanted Jesse Brewer recast with a more glamorous and less problematic actress in the early 80s?

What were the plans for Audrey North? What was the point of her scenes?
They hired Constance Towers for that?

The Feminist showed up in several shows.

The frigid young woman was very much in fashion in the 70s.

9 minutes ago, 1974mdp said:

A big head scratcher for me is why they let Ava Lazar go. Does anyone have any details? She's stunning and has great chemistry with everyone...even all the CCs! She really works as Santana, and the character is complex and well-rounded with a very specific goal for her character.

I adored Ava Lazar. She was leading lady material. The other Santanas not so much. Although I must admit that I found Wanda de Jesus a strong presence.

Gina's entire arch could/should have been given to Santana. 

17 hours ago, kalbir said:

Good topic @Sapounopera

Inspired by your 80s Trends topic