So funny that they used Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Collins intermittently.

8 minutes ago, j swift said:

So funny that they used Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Collins intermittently.

From what I can tell of the narrative, Joan is Alexis, and Elizabeth is a different character tied to Blake who comes to a bad end.

13 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

From what I can tell of the narrative, Joan is Alexis, and Elizabeth is a different character tied to Blake who comes to a bad end.

As everyone did eventually on DYNASTY.

That was such fun.

Now they need to get digging through old movies/TV shows for a Dallas backstory.

This is probably around the time Bo Hopkins was briefly back on Dynasty. 

For any Martin Kove fans as well.

 

Joan Collins with Gary Collins on Hour magazine. Only a partial episode.

 

Nice article - thanks for posting. I always liked her. She seems grounded and happy.

Thanks. I'll always enjoy her work as Fallon.

I wish someone would interview her about her TV-movies or the episode of SNL she hosted. 

@Chris 2 @DRW50

You're welcome. I always enjoy reading your posts.

 

Kate O'Mara talks about The Colbys and Dynasty at the 5:00 mark.

 

 

Great article. I'm glad she looks back at Nancy Drew and Dynasty with fondness. She left ND because they wanted to combine her series with the Hardy Boys full time. Pamela Sue looks a little bit like Valerie Harper as she has gotten older. 

PSM:  "And then Joan Collins came in with her caricature, and it became less and less real."  

My sentiments exactly.  

26 minutes ago, Broderick said:

PSM:  "And then Joan Collins came in with her caricature, and it became less and less real."  

My sentiments exactly.  

Once you have the likes of Joan Collins/Alexis Carrington Colby etc. putting down roots with her Nolan Miller wardrobe in Denver, CO, you've absolutely reached the point of no return, lol.

I'm about to wrap up season 8 of my rewatch which has for the most part been more of a first watch. Something that surprised me as I'd missed it for all of these years was the mention of AIDS. While watching, I wondered if Reagan had even said the word publicly by that point. The scene between Blake and Steven felt uncharacteristically real and really snatched the confectionery quality out of my mouth. 

Lesley Carrington gets on my damn nerves.

It's weird how Amanda's existence is wiped by the repeated mention of Alexis' three children: Adam, Steven, and Fallon. I don't think the Oxenberg/Cellini situations were egregious enough to ignore Amanda's existence.

For me, Season 7 ushered in a feeling that the party was over. We'd seen the best years of the glitz and glam OTT Dynasty that made it famous. The death of La Mirage and the move to The Carleton, saying goodbye to Alexis' penthouse and hello to her career as the head of a newspaper... it felt like the show had gotten too expensive and was trying to transition into being more grounded which was less exciting. It still holds my attention, but the tone is undeniably different. I'm looking forward to seeing Sable again.