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OLTL: Discussion for the week July 28th-August 1st

Scotty
in Discuss The Soaps: Archive (2007 - 2009)

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Don't know about you, but I am feeling pretty cheated out of the 'don't miss' Viki and Charlie scenes. :angry:

1 scene? Come on. There is way too much clutter today.

Yeah, I'm right there with you. I did like that he made sure that Viki knew he was going to be there when she got back, but I wanted so much more.

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I totally stepped and squashed on your couple, rhinohide. Sorry.

I'm just not over what they did to the Buchanans and how neither paid for it. WTF is that about?? and Natalie blackmailing her dad for a dude that she doesn't even really know who blackmailed her sister and her husband in the first place? NO MORE OF THOSE TWO, PLEASE!!

Agreed on Bree's performance.

Spent Sunday afternoon catching up on the OLTL I've missed since I briefly switched over to ATWT-- back in the good ol' days-- (LOVED LOVED LOVED Dorian leading Vicki into the secret room in '84 at Llandfair when she turns into Nicki, briefly). Anyway, Erin was so much more subtle, so much more fleshy than Bree is, even as the ho-hum Jessica. The scene when she leaves the show, weeping at the airport with Vicki: although it isn't comparable to Nash dying at all, and the reasoning behind her leaving was definitely more contrived, it was a lot more emotional. Erin really brings more to the table than Bree does, who's more obvious with her choices.

There were other scenes, like when Jessica finds out that Natalie is her twin and Erin's all trying to be bitchy and whatnot, and her acting is subpar. But, then again, she wasn't supposed to stand out in those scenes anyway, as they belonged to Natalie and Vicki. On the other hand, when she finds out she's Mitch Laurence's daughter, that was yet another great exhibition of her talents. Subtle, but very real.

Anyway, I would've loved to have seen what Erin would've done with Tess. I guess we'll never know.

Absolutely no worries. I love Jared and Natalie, and totally get that not everyone does and I don't take it personally. My thing is Tess right now, and I can't figure out whether it's Bree's acting choices or the intention of the writers and directors. It's no secret I have never been a Jessica fan under ET or BW. She's just not my thing. But I've always said I think Bree is one of the more talented actresses on the canvas. Unfortunately, it's not showing at the moment. I think both ET and BW brought very different nuances to the character, but none has made me like her any more (although I did like Tess and Nash in the beginning).

The Tess story is just getting on my nerves, and I think part of it's because it's so campy and OTT (like many of the other stories on the show right now) and part of it is because I am disappointed that it's not more about the Buchanan FAMILY dynamics that I think are so out of kilter. It's all about creepy Tess, twirling her knives. It's just not very deep. Perhaps one of the reasons you're still bent out of shape about the Jared reveal and everything else is that there's really been no movement or transition since the BE board meeting that would make you feel any differently. No body has done anything. All that has pretty much been dropped except for the occasional run in with Clint and the rare interaction with Jared and Viki. How is the family ever supposed to heal (with or without Jared) if they're not even scratching the surface?

I am also really annoyed that Natalie and Jared aren't doing anything to try to recover BE.

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OK, that David/Addie montage was really ridiculous. As much as I love them, they weren't this big, drawn-out love story. The music is awesome though.

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Aww....that was a nice Addie/David montage. :lol: They were hilarious together. I'm gonna miss them.

I'm surprised Cole is giving up his baby! :o I thought there was going to be custody battle. This seem to come out of nowhere. I'm finding that suspicious. <_<

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