alexisfan07

HELL YES! (Spoiler for those that haven't seen the entire series)

https://twitter.com/therealraywise/status/522606692782333953

I remember when I was little watching it on ABC I was terrified of Leo and really liked Shelly. Bobby less so, though he grew on me years later.

I floved Bobby after Dana was expressive in how emotional and damaged Bobby really was. I love male characters like that - genuine ones, not horrifically fake ones that play the victim like James.

I added more to my post above, FYI.

Not only everything that Vee said but I think the fact that she was probably one of the furthest removed, if not the furthest removed, character from Laura's orbit, mostly because she wasn't her friend, barely knew her and wasn't in the high school scene anymore. Her story was also the prime/initial example of the darkness and seediness that live beneath the surface of the town (beyond the obvious cheating that consumed everyone it seemed and the criminal elements). The story of Leo being physically and emotionally abusive toward her was the first one to victimize another character on the show (outside of the obviously dead and tragic homecoming queen Laura). I think people felt really bad for Shelly and rightly so.

To be fair, Shelly was definitely a supporting cast member in terms of who the main cast consisted of. Arguably, she was the least "important" of the main cast women. She never appeared on the magazine ads like all the other girls did (outside of the "Rolling Stone" cover which was not in-show if that makes sense). Audrey was definitely the defacto lead female character while Piper Laurie and Joan Chen were the lead actresses (just by billing and high profile). Then you had Lara Flynn Boyle shoving herself into every story and monopolizing screen time with James so Shelly and Norma were definitely supporting roles to all of them (and Norma probably even beats Shelly there with Peggy Lipton's obvious prior fame). I think this is also why Madchen was David's favorite - she just didn't play the fame game (how could she compete in all honesty with everything I just said). She was there to have fun and make money. No muss, no fuss.

Amick is definitely in, look at her two most recent tweets. She has quite a few more in a row about the show, Rolling Stone ranking Shelly #21 of the characters, etc.

https://twitter.com/auntwendythecat/status/522231341513850880

https://twitter.com/auntwendythecat/status/522231074814844930

So confirmed (more or less) so far: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Ray Wise, and Richard Beymer. Catherine E. Coulson I believe was also confirmed from a side source. Others I expect: Peggy Lipton, Sheryl Lee and Grace Zabriskie. Everyone else seems like a toss-up at this point.

God I hope Sherilyn Fenn comes back, she's been looking healthier and more like her Audrey-self lately. Plus, I need Cooper and Audrey reunited to rectify the previous tragic misstep.

There was never a chance in hell the Palmers wouldn't be part of the new show. So happy Ray confirmed he is on board.

This is a strange thing to geek out about but can you guys imagine the cast photo and promo gallery shots that are going to come out? I may die.

Not sure if this is confirmation if Madchen will be back but at least she's interested!

https://twitter.com/auntwendythecat/status/522060529540423680

Pretty good ranking and surprisingly insightful comments. Sad to see Big Ed, Norma and Nadine didn't get any love though.

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/lists/30-best-twin-peaks-characters-20141010

THRILLED if the news about Ontkean is true. We haven't heard a single actor say they will absolutely not be back or have no interest. I love it.

Even if they can get appearances by most of the former cast, which actors do you see as the series regulars in most of the episodes? I think MacLachlan and Amick are shoo-ins, being two of David's favorites and having aged so gracefully.

Did anyone mention Bree Williamson on "True Detective"? She played Matthew McConaughey's date.

Looking forward to CBL on "House of Cards"!

Did anyone mention Erin Cardillo's (Esme, PSNS) commercial? I wanna say it was Swiffer

Did she say she isn't a natural redhead? I can't remember.

She's not, I think she's naturally blonde brunette. She dyes it red because Lucille Ball is her inspiration.

So I watched the first two episodes and thought it was ok but wasn't overly impressed. The acting (especially from the side characters) is VERY meh. Emily vs. Victoria seems to be the only reason to watch. Do the side characters get any more interesting or worth watching? Declan and the Grayson daughter are particularly heinous. Also the dark skinned friend/assistant/whatever to the Graysons - the girl Emily knows. How pointless can one character be, I mean, WTF, seriously.

I can't find the rest of the vignettes they shot for that episode, but I loved that one with SuLu. The ones with Vincent Irizarry, Ricky Paull Goldin and Melissa Clare Egan were really funny too.

I've always wondered for anyone's that's read the OLTL 30th anniversary book - are the recaps/storylines/character descriptions accurate? I only ask this because writers have always been known to retcon elements and I wonder how much of that is represented in the book. Also, does Gary leak any of his feelings into descriptions of characters or couples? Or maybe even "pimp" the ones ABC was big on, a la Rex and Gigi level? I got the book about two months ago and read the first few years summaries but haven't gotten super in depth with it yet.

Not sure if this was posted but this is a beautiful video

I looked up some stuff on Wanda at Llanview Labyrinth. Was she on contract for all nearly twenty years she was on or did her appearances dwindle a la Renee? When was the last time she was featured as a "main" character?

alexisfan07!!!!!!! BIG THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful clips and Wonderful show!!!

Haha just to clarify, I didn't make them. But yeah, no problem!

2007 (behind the scenes)

2009

I didn't even realize she's got some other clips up but here are some other year end montages

2001

2008

2010

Thanks for posting that.

No problem, I loved it

carlivatiron Ron Carlivati

#OLTL fans might enjoy this 2011 montage created by the brilliant Teresa Cicala and first screened at our wrap party. vimeo.com/33610960

LL has the section talking about recast roles and such, right? I enjoyed that.

Yep yep

They almost lost me with all those Ford pictures. That's funny, I got an invite to join that forum from another TV forum I post on.

:lol: I posted this before I looked through all the pages

I'm assuming the guy who posted the older pics is the one who runs LL?

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but the Llanview Labyrinth updated their site and linked to this forum topic for OLTL images

http://www.conversationchamber.com/t13627-the-oltl-picture-thread

Saw a live-action version of the promo poster at my mall yesterday. The promotion for this show is seriously out of control, lol. If they use some clips beyond the pilot for the commercials, maybe they can lure more people in but I'm sick to death of seeing the same 30 shots in varying positions 10 times an hour.