AMC: Thursday

[billyjill]

Bobbie Eakes is my favorite actress on this show, regardless of what I think of her character.

[dragonflies]

Bobbie is okay, but she overacts ALOT.

UGH Bulger is a hack as much as McT is. The Ryan propping was in OVERLOAD today.

Loved Adam calling out Tad

[Angela]

Kendall has to prop Ryan and his storylines often (Ryan by himself, relationships that are unpopular, Rylee, are not that popular, Ryannie), there's no question. Ditto on JR, from good to evil - every move the character has made in the bulk of the past 4 years was for the sake of Babe propping - nobody has/had it worse. I don't really think it was necessary for Kendall/Zach to even be at this engagement party, it felt more like they were using them...as props . That said I rather Kendall being all nice and gushy with RyanAndAnnie propping, even if it goes a little too far, than the "territorial" propping.

I don't mind Annie/Kendall's friendship. I actualy really, really liked their scenes together earlier this week.

I thought the party was fine. I was smiling. I like (not love) Annie/Ryan. It was amusing, it borderline gave me a headache but I didn't hate it at all.

Hannah's comment to Del's yapping about his book - awesome, because seriously - who cares? lol

The Amanda/Janet scenes got to me.

I liked Adam telling Tad how it is with the kidnappings, yet Tad was still yapping.

There was really no need for Babe to be on today's episode except to show how "fantastic" she is - which they need to stop doing - we get it Babe=Love.

I still like Jamie and Amanda together, a little too much.

Acting critiquing, subjective. I think Lish has always had a lot of charisma, one of the most charismatic soap actresses I've seen in a long time (over the years she reminds me of Vanessa Marcil in that fact). Her acting is fine, and she has great moments (TG 2005 was just downright brilliant in my book). KC too, she's a soap actress (I'd consider AM a soap actress) but she can be just downright brilliant at it, she gets to me with her Janet stuff. BE, IMO is also a soap actress which I don't mean that in a deragatory way, I mean that they got the soap-delicious thing down very well (but their are ticks). SH hasn't impressed me. She's an absolutely fine actress but there's just absolutely nothing soft there in delivery so I'm not blown away or anything. I think she's great at playing a character that seems suspicious, lol. David Canary - he's my bag of chips on AMC. TK and MEK, they can be really on and their are periods where they're just regular.

[Cheap21]

Hannah's such a bitch. Love her...lol. I loved her line to Del about "telling that to someone who cares"

I gotta give credit where credit is due and Kendall is amazing today. Im seeing signs of the character I loved. I love the new writing for her. I liked that she could admit she was wrong, and apolgoized to Annie. I doubted her motives at first but I believe she is genuine and I like that she isnt written as so cold and bitchy now. I love her like this and Im starting to enjoy her again.

Jonathan is an ass. He needs to FOAD

[Angela]

I almost forgot Ava/Jonathan were on. I hate to admit it, but I "liked" the J/A scenes - I think it's because when Jonathan is the slightest bit angry Jeff plays Jonathan like that serial-killer, woman-beater that Jon use to be before they cut the bad out. The irony of bad-cut-out Jon acting like that amuses me. And well slut-"Lily" pushes the buttons.

[Steve]

I liked the shower scenes even though I still don't care about the couple the party revolved around. Kelli Giddish and Sydney Penney were hilarious in those bridemaids dresses and it's about time the characters on this show actually had fun. I even liked Ryan's open door speech. I just wish Cam would be paired with an actress he has chemistry with for a change.

Even though Kendall is propping another unpopular couple, it makes sense to me for the character to have grown up enough to let go of Ryan (especially after his violent behavior a few years back; I'm still hoping someday we'll get a headwriter who fully explores Ryan & Jonathan's violent tendencies) and accept his new fiancee. If only the actress had any chemistry with him. Where is Esta Terblanche when we need her back as a Gillian lookalike?

I loathe Jonathan. I was hoping Ava would have the security guard kick him out of the mall.

It's about time we saw Babe & Amanda's friendship instead of having Amanda just declare Babe her best friend like she did when Babe was "dead."

I loved everything revolving around Janet today. That flashback nearly had me in tears.

I agree with the poster who said Stacy is one of the strongest actresses on the show. I can't wait until she gets a meaty storyline to show us just how talented she is.

[Adam]

I loved the shower. The actors/characters were all having a real ball. It must have been a fun day at work when they taped this show. I really don't care that Kendall is singing Ryan and Annie's praises. It makes sense. She's happy with Zach, grown up and MATURED so so much, she has let go of Ryan. I liked it and wasn't annoyed by it at all.

Janet I loved her talking to Natalie, and having imaginary cake and the flashback. My goodness, tugs at my heart strings.

God Jonathan needs to STFU as does Tad. I loved Adam bringing up all Tad's baby stealing ways. God, what a friggin hypocrite. I support Adam 100%.

I am loving Hannah (Stacey) more and more. "Tell someone who cares" LOL.

[R Sinclair]

Okay, my turn! YAY!

Anyway.

Lil Miss Hot Mess... always a horrible torture session for my ears. Her dialog is continually cheesy and the woman clearly thinks she's funnier than she is. Whenever she writes these goofy, lighthearted scenes, I tend to wince, almost embarrassed for the actors(do we even need to bring up Bugler's biggest offender? The New Year's Eve episode with Jack and Erica aboard the At Last?! ). And, yes, she tends to cram things down your throat. No subtlety. At all. (Another Bugler mess was when Erica had that extremely awkward corporate plug, along the lines of, "Nice performance, Jeff. But not quite good enough to win the Academy Award coming up this sunday night." I don't feel like searching transcripts right now, but that garbage was utterly dreadful)

Okay, that obligatory Hot Mess critique over and done, moving on to the show itself.

I'm glad Adam brought up all of the times Tad has obsconded with Chandler children. But, as usual, just like his son Doofus, Tad doesn't see anything wrong with that, and has zero remorse. The ends always justify his means. He made his lofty Hypocritical Martin decisions about who deserves to be a parent, and he stands by it. Fine. But don't turn around and act all sanctimonious when someone pours a bottle of the same medicine down your throat ThadeASS! Also, Tad's rambling on and on about Adam being vindictive and cruel and subhuman. I guess burying men alive to get information on a, hate to say it, LEGAL adoption and subsequently murdering them is, what? A warm caring hug?

Hmmm... what else? Oh, yeah. Jonathan and Ava. I'm bored. I know TPTB are hoping that this will give Jeff a second chance to work with Leven and also give Jonathan a more appropriate romance, but I'm not buying. Jonathan should've died in that cave. The character is such a misfit. And I can't get past him living in the home of the man he murdered and on that very same property. I'm not crazy about Ryannie. The two of them moved way too fast, and I don't even remember seeing them fall in love. It just... happened.

Don't get me wrong. Anything to keep Ryan away from my Zendall.

But I don't buy these two as a couple.

Now, for the Who's the Better Actor debate, I do have to say that the tops are David, MEK and Bobbie. They are the saving grace during this whole transitional period. I may not like Tad and Krystal, but I love their portrayers and they have been fabulous to watch -- no matter how much I disagree with their character's actions and/or just plain dislike them. I love Adam and David Canary. To me, in this storyline, he epitomizes the term, "I'm not bad... I'm just misunderstood." DC's playing the beats. In his alone time, you see Adam's conflict. You see his pain. No matter how much of a stone cold front he puts on in front of the others, you can tell he's not proud of himself.

Unlike Babe (the one who is supposedly misunderstood), who causes trouble and then plays all sweet and innocent when it bites her in the ass, Adam didn't cause this. He reacted to what was done to him. Generally, would I agree with kidnapping a newborn and handing it off to a mental patient? No. But am I going to be a hypocrite and make an allowance for this storyline involving Adam using this baby prop? Absolutely. Because that's all this baby is. A prop. It's being used to somehow water down Krystal and Tad's disgusting acts. With this baby creature involved, it makes it seem like Adam is this cold, cruel, heartless person taking his anger out on a poor, helpless, innocent baby -- NEVERMIND THE FACT THAT THIS ALL IS A RESULT OF HOW THIS POOR INNOCENT BABY WAS CONCEIVED! CONCEIVED IN DECEIT! And even if Adam were to direct his anger at Tad and Krystal, Adam would still be villified because "how could you let a poor innocent baby grow up without two parents that love her? Have you no heart, Adam?" So he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

And Krystal, at least you know who has your baby and that it's alive. Unlike how you let Bianca believe that not only was her baby Babe's baby, but also that her baby died from drowining in a river. So, sorry. Krystal's pain is still not as ripe as Bianca's. Krystal isn't going to bed every night the way Bianca said she did, imagining her newborn baby drowing, lungs filling up with water, gasping for air. I will never forget Bianca describing that, and that, to me, is why I think Babe and Krystal have YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS to go before they should be forgiven.

[DevotedToAMC]

The Wedding Singer Ryan

So today we have the wedding shower for Sir Ryanobitch and Annie Fannie Banany and well it already stinks with these two thinking they are some Romeo and Juliet but then again that would work out since R and J did in fact die in the end although once Annie is away from Ryan she shines. But alas they need to just show Ryan being at his most pathetic point and start singing for his beloved bride. Hey maybe he can do karaoke of "Jailhouse Rock" and then it becomes a real life thing for St. Ryan to deal with and he is thrown into jail to be shagged by Bubba and have his skivvies all rummed up tightly and then he walks around like a chicken with an erection and well Bubba will have gotten his money's worth. Or better yet he can karaoke "All Night Long" and for all night long he decides to be plucking his eyebrows and trying to form an arch that looks like a walking vagina and is just downright gross. Oh I got the final song of the evening for the butt pirate Ryan to sing: "Loser" by Beck! Hey if the shoe fits then go with it...Ryan is a loser baby so why don't you kill him!

[alwaysAMC]

Great post! I agree with most, but not all. I just love reading your posts and opinions because you write so well, with a hint of funny sarcasm thrown in the mix. Reminds me of another soap blogger I used to read way back in the day...

[DevotedToAMC]

Hey alwaysAMC I have a quick question....how did you get your post count so high? Is there a code you enter for it to get to that many? Let me know

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

The confusion party was ridiculous! The only good part was the Hannah and Josh looks, Zach peeping that, and Kendall peeping him.

I agree that Josh is becoming less "the Fetus" and more Josh. I have not seen him and Hannah getting it on, but that is what the Saturday marathon is all about.

I think Hannah is a wonderful addition to AMC, and if written correctly, the character will rock. I think she could possibly fit with just about any male on this show. I vote for Zach, and when he eventually goes back to his skeleton wife, Hannah can probably get with Tad. However, the business woman part of her comes first! LOVE LOVE LOVE HANNAH! The way she spoke to Del was hilarious. She just kept moving on. The woman has style, and Stacy is certainly pulling it off well! I will write the show and the magazines about her. She's a keeper. In fact, Hannah and whomever they pair her with is the attraction for me right now. That Erica and Adam of course!

BTW, where in the sam hell is Erica?

David was brilliant yesterday! God this guy just gets better and better!

ANDREA

[dragonflies]

Hannah ain't long for the show, both TK and Lish have said as much :D

Hannah's one note, all she does is wah wah about the son she never bothered to come and see(when she had plenty of chances to do so). So shut the [!@#$%^&*] up Hannah, damn whiner

I so wanted to bitchslap Tad. I'm sick of his hypocritical attitude all the time. He frickin kept two children from their parents DELIBERATELY. I hope he NEVER gets Jenny back

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

R,

I am so in luv with you right now. But I don't think I understand your first paragraph... Can you elaborate just a bit. I don't think I have been watching the show long enough to get it..

Thanks!

ANDREA

[R Sinclair]

Right back atcha, babes!

Anyway, you're asking for clarification for the Lil' Miss Hot Mess paragraph? Well, that's my code name for one of AMC's current script writers, Courtney Bugler. She's allegedly McTavish's niece and has apparently inherited the same hack writing skills as her auntie Meggie. I despise her dialog with a passion, and like Always said, she's been gone for a few weeks (save for one other episode last week), so I had been relieved. But then, she comes back and writes the most cheesy, corny, unfunny "funny" scenes and the horror and pain all came screaming back to me. She wrote an episode on New Year's Eve that was just horrible in my condescending opinion, as well as having the unfortunate coincidence of having a ABC/Disney plug for the Oscars which was just out of place and awkward.