DemetriKane

@skin Agreed! We see eye to eye on this! So much wasted potential just like every other character on that canvas their last decade. Regardless, I am excited for his soap return. Not sure if I’m ready to see Rebecca back on my screen.

Does this retro channel have an app? Or I only can watch the show by visiting the website??

@OzFrog you ain’t the only one I been all over that channel lately. I like the actress who played the crazy nutcase Nina . She was hysterical! Yes, I understand, she wasn’t Taylor Miller! but I enjoyed her pulling out guns at weddings and such. La Kane was always written to win. Major problem I always had with the character. I chuckled anytime you read Brooke though, i could have written far better comebacks for Brooke against Erica. love me some Barbara, but that Natalie fascinated me the most. She was so complex, had chemistry with any men walking. Ross and Natalie had super couple potential. I enjoyed watching them sneak around more than Brooke/Adam courtship and Erica/Travis too! We would have completely different show if I was writing it.

Cameron knows how to stay employed LOL. Good for him! I’m looking forward to him acting again. I agree on his B-list leading man quality. I will hold my judgment until he airs. I personally don’t consistently watch any of the remaining soaps, so I would hope it’s something good to hook me back in. Ryan was a decent character imo. yes, he was a frons pet but I enjoyed him anytime he was away from Greenpea. All his other pairings had potential Liza, Kendall, Annie, and Madison. I was always intrigued on his Quest to become the next Adam Chandler and being Erica’s surrogate son. If they kept writing to that I could have seen him become a beloved character.

I like Hunter on Amc. She was so pretty too, she looked completely different by the time she joined B&B.

ATLANTA Best dress at the reunion are Porsha, Kenya and Latoya. I just might like Latoya look the most, she stands out from the rest. It looks like Kandi mixed together two different themes together, it’s a No for me. I’m disappointed in Shamea’s hair. Marlo looks so cheap. Drew forgettable as usual!

Okay, I agree with that. @Jonathan I didn’t expect to hear much about the pilot for some reason, so I’m not surprised. It’s for best to keep things quiet right now. @Pine Charles you’re fine. LOL

The highlighted part is what stick out the most. When I read up on her, Erica is who I thought of and who I probably would have fashion her after. I Questioned who and where is her birth father? Her relationship with her mom is very similar to Mona/Erica. Well I don’t think a new Erica necessarily have to come from humble beginnings I.E. greenlee. I would argue she did come from humble beginnings, yea her parents had money but most rich black folks in the 90s were new money. She also had her time being a have not and whatnot with Noah, that’s when I would have placed her at enchantment and let the story write itself. @EricMontreal22 I was bothered by the fact that he, focused on the same couple storylines that everybody else has: Erica’s abortion, Bianca coming out, the war etc. I would like for someone to really go into detail about All the things she tackled like the Paul/Anne/Beth storyline and her death, Michael Delaney coming out (which was a true umbrella storyline), Janet’s journey in PV, Taylor/Terrence deconstruction storyline, injecting comedy into soap opera and becoming the first dramedy, Angie’s sexual harassment, all the other career driven females on all her shows, being the first to do twins, being the first to go on location, etc. I wanted it all highlighted at once. I guess I’m acting like a brat.

I enjoyed it! I have some grips though.........

Oh, ok! Thanks for reminding me. I watched the reality show but it’s not that fresh in my mind. I seen every episode just once.

Really? Her bio reads black Erica Kane lol. Should be a walk in the park to write for her. Why did Megan in ‘95, again?

Why with Crystal hunt though? Have they worked together?

That YouTube channel just dropped another Brooke/Erica video. This one is much better IMO.

It’s all the above for me. There’s one root problem, the writers. It all starts on the page. These writers have to get back into focusing on the characters journey and not writing to the loudest fanbase. Kendall had a special needs child, right? I thought that was interesting and a courageous move by the show. She still could’ve ran [!@#$%^&*] in Pine valley for years. I don’t think AMC gets enough praise for what they were doing with Stuart, Lily, and Spike.

Yes, she really does.

I wouldn’t say I hated them. I enjoyed them around the time Greenlee confronted Kendall at thanksgiving up until the satin slayer. They did have good chemistry and looked good together when he had a haircut. It was just I never understood the character of Zach. They didn’t do a good jo at defining him. Outside of his forced relationship with Myrtle I didn’t know much about him.

Thank you for this. This is the first I heard of that! I guess I do like McTavish after all, I agree with her on all those couples. Noah and Julia is the one couple from this show I just couldn’t get into. Btw, Julia should’ve stayed a bad girl. Okay let’s say the majority wanted Edmund with Maria. I still think putting him with Brooke was the better story beat to play. Agnes said make them wait............ @Pine Charlesi have always resented Maria. Eva was a decent enough actress, gorgeous, and the character had a well done introduction. But the leading lady treatment almost from the beginning was a turn off for me. It wasn’t earned. I did like her though. @All My Shadowsyes, I’m all game for a bill bell style pine valley. But Amc worked best with a mixture of slow and fast storylines. Some of these “should haves” come from the a lot of lost moments from it being too fast paced even in the 80s. @FrenchBug82I’m not sure when I was just taking a guess.

That’s exactly who tamera Braun needed to come in as. If the show was gonna do the first daytime same sex wedding, it needed to epic. A slow burn reconnecting romance of them two just in time for the 40th. Ugh! You can reinvent the entire show now we them as in laws. my show left the airwaves too soon.

I agree with that. I don’t think she’s grown that much. She’s still very entitled!

It would have nice to see Michelle Pfeiffer get an Oscar nod.

Yes, they definitely manipulated that situation. Which is why Becky left!!

Brooke and Barbara were Erica’s only worthy opponents. Natalie could have grown into a third opponent, if they kept writing her the same. Maria never measured up! I was always rolling my eyes when they argued especially at wildwind. It wasn’t just that she was a goody goody, she just never carried the weight and history that I felt was needed for those storylines. Imagine Brooke getting knocked up with Dimitri’s baby and Erica kidnaps the child. I believe the audience would be much more torn about the situation, because Brooke wasn’t a saint and the ladies had a very complex relationship. It makes the storyline more interesting imo. Both characters needed each other to survive, I figured TPTB knew this until Barr was let go/asked to go recurring. The show missed so many opportunities, to usher Brooke back onto the canvas, in a big way before Adam’s exit storyline. I’m just glad she got to come back and have decent story and fun moments with Erica before the end. And I agree about Dixie screwing over Brooke twice. I guess that’s why the push her with tad instead of going all the way with the Edmund romance the first time around. By that time I was rooting for Brooke to finally get her fairytale wedding too! I don’t know how early Eva and John started dating but I’m sure their behind the scenes romance influenced them getting the super couple treatment.

Me too! Julia would have rocked that role. Tbh, after everything they put her through and took from the character. I could buy Brooke losing her grip on reality for awhile. I remember that storyline, and I remember rooting for Janet too. I didn’t like them putting Brooke in that situation. I had fallen in love with Janet’s new family unit. Brooke needed to be across town adopting Kelsey baby with Edmund!!!! @KMan101 I pretty much agree with everything you said. You’re right, Skye was good on GH but she belongs in PV! @Soaploversyea I know, I’m saying she never should have came back. It was plenty of ways to keep her connected that’s also why she always needed more family members. I would have actually wrote a short story of how her friends feel disconnected and/or cut off from her. If they would have kept all the big business in NYC Erica could still bump into old neighbors. They had the teens running to the big Apple every year what if they ended up at Erica’s?!

@KMan101Yes, I felt the same way about those . Agnes had the magic touch in building rootable characters. I’m curious to know their Q ratings and why some of them were let go, they all aged it pretty well too! When Jack left Erica standing in the finale I immediately knew it was a mistake to have her staying in Pine Valley all this time. I found it believable for her to still be chasing that dream but also felt the character didn’t show any real growth. Having her away in NYC for the last 20 years of the show or at least after Mona die would have changed her. And effect her relationship with her daughters and maybe even Opal. I’m definitely intrigued about her whereabouts for the prime time reboot. It’s just amazes me how AMC didn’t take advantage of their own shows history to entice future storylines. Tara is full of possibilities especially where Erica is concern. Jack definitely could have settled down with her and become the new Joe and Ruth. Yes, John James could pass as Cliff. I envision a incredible show when you add Nina to the cast in the 90s. Nina/Adam/Erica/Dimitri/Brooke/Edmund/Skye/Liza entanglements would be my main focus. If the focus groups where done by actual fans and/or the soap press I wouldn’t hate them so much. I get the purpose of them and think they could help coming from the correct group of people. I will have to take a relook at Washam’s interview. Agreed on Brian frons hate for older ladies. I wish Washam/Lorraine could have written the show at least for another decade. I noticed the changes too, I’m still rewatching that very peculiar era. by the time Tom was let go I wasn’t against it at all.

This!!!! And don’t forget Tad andTed it was too much all in one era. @KMan101 Major missed opportunities too. By the 90s they knew it was no chance in ever getting Bergman back, so why not kill him off and have Nina back permanently. We could’ve had Nina thrive in the business world like I always wanted, Adam could have swept her off her feet and fell madly in love with her. I never liked him with Liza TBH. Yep, the show always had a large female ensemble, all those women needed to still be driving story in the 90s. Career driven women was the thing that hooked me. Nobody at ABC ever got what made AMC tick, they turned that show into a generic Days of our lives, and left it like that into the end. You know when McTavish was building The Montgomery clan, I was all for Tara crashing back into town to snatch Jack away from Erica. Only to bring things full circle and remind Erica who the heck she was. Erica never addressed things I believe would really bother her: almost everybody left Pine Valley but her. Hayley is off living the celebrity life she always wanted. Erica never should’ve stayed in PV.