I prefer to judge now and re-evaluate again later. I am not happy about this news of two new faces. And I am going to say it and not wear rose-colored glasses. DAYS has been sucking for LITERALLY 90% of 2007, and I don't trust this. I can't defend or have a wait and see attitude with a show that has dropped the balled for every episode with the exception of about 20 in a 5 month period. That's pathetic!

I don't watch DAYS for diversity. And I don't watch it for family. I watch it because I want to be entertained and love it, and that is something DAYS has failed to do for 5 months now. Things were looking up with all the casting news, but now this is major Zzzzz.

Edited May 14, 200718 yr by King

I don't know, I think all you're saying is that a show can probably get along without given character X ... that doesn't mean that they wouldn't be a bad idea to bring back. If we've learned anything, it should be that a returning character's contribution is dependent on the quality of writing ... I understand where people are coming from, but in one sense the ability of a character to contribute is limited only by the writer's imagination, or lack thereof. There'd definitely be interesting ways to incorporate Kristen on the show, and certainly she'd be a better idea than Bart or Rolf. I tend to not buy the "no place on a show" excuse, that's only a testament to the writing. I'm with Keith -- there's certainly ways to make a return interesting and new, if the writers would actually have imagination. Why would Kristen returning mean a J/M/K rehash? Because a character can only have a storyline that has been done before? Isn't that dreadfully unimaginative? Isn't that, well, hack writing?

I'm not saying anyone has to protest or picket, but I feel people let the writers off the hook if they don't expect a little innovation now and then. No wonder this show can't seem to move forward, nothing new ever gets started.

I do understand the point though that a LOT of people are returning lately and more names are reasonable concern for worry, but that seems more an issue of the numbers and not if the writers can incorporate a character into the canvas.

I agree with what you said completely. And no one is running around begging for ED to be back. People are calling DAYS on its mistake. Like Keith said, one of many.

If Eileen Davidson ever were to return to DAYS, then she should only play Kristen Blake DiMera and maybe Susan Banks. The upteen characters of Eileen Davidson was absolutely way overboard, too much and the chief reason I quit watching the show for some time. I did return for Eileen's final 2 weeks on the show though. The only staple character of Davidson is Kristen, and to quite a lesser degree Susan (the others were some of the worst characters ever to appear on the show, along with Willow Stark, Duck & Edmund Wells, Susan's hubby).

Kristen, if played by Eileen Davidson, would be a pretty big draw for DAYS. I'm not saying they made a mistake, but I think any time they could get her back, they should, no matter how she fits in the current storyline.

I loved Anna. I can't wait to see her again. Of the returns listed, only Stefano has the draw to lure in large numbers of lapsed viewers. The story may be excellent, but that takes time to build with characters like Tony and Anna. Stefano, and Kristen, puts asses in the seats just to see what happens. From day one.

She is not an end all be all character for me. I only really liked her early in her run, and at the end of Reilly's first era. But she was fun to watch, and people did.

Kind of like Vanessa Marcil on GH. Lots of people do not like her, but she brings viewers with her when she returns to the show. Ratings spike for her character. I think Kristen could do that for DAYS. I think the story could be excellent without her, but I'm not who DAYS needs right now.

This show was never, ever going to roll back to 1995 with Eileen Davidson donning ten thousand wigs and false teeth and such, and the DiMeras running around like the Masters of Evil. You can't go home again and as it happens, it wasn't always so brilliant the first time. If Kristen was to have been brought back, they would've (and still would) have to find a way to exonerate her for her too numerous to mention crimes and make her relevant today with the current canvas. Simply not having Kristen is in no way a death sentence for a well-written, well-produced show. DOOL is still a few ticks away from that, but it's much, much better than it's been in over a decade as far as I'm concerned. I am not going to throw in the towel because it does not resemble hazy, badly lit memories of Aremid from when I was like thirteen.

For the record, I would be all for Kristen's return if she was not a cartoon villainness and they did not immediately try to roll the show back to her dubious "glory days." By the end she had jumped the shark for me.

I don't watch DAYS for diversity. And I don't watch it for family.

Then what do you watch it for? Without family and consistency and quality in Days, you have Passions.

Edited May 15, 200718 yr by Vee

I answered that right after I said what you quoted me on. I watch to be entertained by characters I love in interesting storylines. Adding on new Brady's and Horton's does not get me watching and neither does adding on minority characters. Neither of those will do anything to help the show.

I prefer to judge now and re-evaluate again later. I am not happy about this news of two new faces. And I am going to say it and not wear rose-colored glasses. DAYS has been sucking for LITERALLY 90% of 2007, and I don't trust this. I can't defend or have a wait and see attitude with a show that has dropped the balled for every episode with the exception of about 20 in a 5 month period. That's pathetic!

I don't watch DAYS for diversity. And I don't watch it for family. I watch it because I want to be entertained and love it, and that is something DAYS has failed to do for 5 months now. Things were looking up with all the casting news, but now this is major Zzzzz.

And that is your opinion my friend and, while I respect it, a good deal of the time things that sound bad on paper can be much better on screen. That also occurs vice versa at times. Look at Passions. Often times there spoilers sound like crap and they end up being good onscreen but, when they sound good, they come up bad. The bottom line is we don't get every last detail in spoilers so until one watches something we don't know how it will come out. The feel, tone, etc.-it could all turn out much better then it sounds. It's not rose-colored glasses. You can't have an opinion about something unless you see it first, which brings up another point. You said that you didn't watch the show for weeks earlier this year so how can you formulate an opinion on how good or bad it was? Not calling you out and, yes, the ratings went down and alot of people were not pleased with the show but unless you personally watched it your opinion of those months is lacking. I was ok with the show during those months and there were episodes I bashed (Yes, I know, the Days optimist bashing something....SHOCKING ).

All I am saying is no one knows how it all will play out. If you don't like the newbies, fine. However, to say such and such is bad for the show and so on can't be judged yet when we haven't even saw them here yet. We may see them once or twice a week.

You watch the show to be entertained and that is what we all do. However, there are also some who care about diversity and new blood so we can avoid incest and other roadblocks. It's subjective to the individual but nothing can be determined until June 1 and beyond when we see these characters come aboard.

You can't have an opinion about something unless you see it first, which brings up another point. You said that you didn't watch the show for weeks earlier this year so how can you formulate an opinion on how good or bad it was?

You know the answer to this. I did watch during January through late April - I just tuned out ten minutes (or less) into the episode because they sucked so badly. It was a horrid, horrid time.

You know the answer to this. I did watch during January through late April - I just tuned out ten minutes (or less) into the episode because they sucked so badly. It was a horrid, horrid time.

Hmm...well, I remember you saying around the week of the fire at Bo and Hope's house that you had not been watching AT ALL since mid-January due to being busy and all and that it was the first full week you had caught and you had said it wasn't bad. Then, I think it was towards mid-April or so, you said that you would have to tune back in because you were hardly watching or something. If you were busy, fine and really that is all beside the point. I just think it's hard to judge something that is based off of the story and execution without seeing it first. Something that seems bad can be saved by the execution of it or by the writing. One never knows. I just think it's the fair way to go about it but to each their own.

You think it's far too early to be so negative about it, and I think it's far too early - and we've been burned too many times - to be so positive about it. So, there's no winning here, so let's just move on from it then.

I'm very uninterested in the DiMeras, more newbies, and Hogan Sheffer's writing....there's nothing for Matt Ashford/Missy Reeves fans to get excited about!

Edited May 15, 200718 yr by Evan

I'm very uninterested in the DiMeras, more newbies, and Hogan Sheffer's writing....there's nothing for Matt Ashford/Missy Reeves fans to get excited about!

Well, for general fans of the show and of those characters, there is.

Aw, come on Evan! You know Missy Reeves won't be coming back. I do think Matt Ashford and Jack have a place, though. I think they should at least show him ocassionaly.

Phoenix, I usually love your positiveness, but you're totally sh*tting on everyone's right to complain if they want to.

Andre, it may seem that way and yes, I am always optimistic, but that isn't really the case.

There are just some instances where things get overblown and I feel there are some issues that are. I always preach watching and seeing because you can't judge anything until it's on the screen. Period. Otherwise, how can you really know how good it is? Not by spoilers? Spoilers don't have dialogue or music or anything like that. They are just detailed reports of what happened. That is all I am saying in this thread and others.