Members DemetriKane Posted July 21, 2022 Members Share Posted July 21, 2022 It's just sad that they weren't able to go ahead with them. Especially, considering that 90210/Melrose Place enjoyed some great success not too far after. Both shows seems to be loosely inspired by Knots, Imho! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) @DRW50@Faulkner@titan1978 Jordan Peele discusses Donna in this interview re: Nope briefly (she's great in it in a small role early on, and it's his best film IMO and a real throwback to a genre and specific film I won't mention though many reviews have, bc I don't want to spoil it): Edited July 22, 2022 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 Thanks. It's interesting to see how much famous soap, even many years in the past, can still negatively influence a career. I'm glad he didn't know about her past work. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 (edited) I'm sure he knew about Knots, he just hadn't seen it. I think he meant he would not have made her audition because she's a legend, not anything negative. Edited July 22, 2022 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 Thanks for sharing that, @Vee. Glad to see her getting this spotlight so deep into her career. It’s rare. And thanks for the note on Nope. I’ll have to see it soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 I cannot wait to see this, hopefully next week. Donna said in her interview that he told her it was the best audition he had seen. I love his other films! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted July 22, 2022 Members Share Posted July 22, 2022 I got to see Nope yesterday and Donna did have a fun little part and she looked great! Jordan Peele's movies don't feature many speaking parts, but you can tell great care is given to each actor cast so your attention is grabbed during each scene. At first I didn't understand the purpose of her scene, but as the film goes on it made perfect sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted July 26, 2022 Members Share Posted July 26, 2022 Never saw this, but a scene between Donna and Cicely Tyson in the TV movie “Intimate Encounters”: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted July 29, 2022 Members Share Posted July 29, 2022 Life and work has gotten in the way but I promise I'll be back at it in here! Knots is just such a deep watch at this point with a lot of note-taking; I've already gotten through an episode or two since last time, but I feel obligated to write 'em up (and will probably continue to do so through most if not all of Season 5, we'll see about Season 6, but I intend to keep going as a viewer either way). Cheers all. Go see Nope with Donna Mills, it's amazing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted July 29, 2022 Members Share Posted July 29, 2022 How would Knots Landing have fit in the mid-1990s network drama landscape? Fall 1993 Melrose Place took off, Beverly Hills 90210 was at its peak, NYPD Blue premiered, and ER was a year away. Knots Landing might have looked old school in comparison. CBS had so much of their own daytime talent that could have worked on their primetime soaps but for whatever reason CBS's primetime soaps grabbed ABC/NBC daytime actors instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members te. Posted July 30, 2022 Members Share Posted July 30, 2022 Yes, I think that the advantage that Grey's has is that culturally, there hasn't been as big of a change between now and 2005. Compare it to 1979 and 1993. Knots did well to survive the 70s into the 80s and into the 90s. I can't imagine it going much further than the season it ended though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted July 30, 2022 Members Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) I imagine the only way it could've is if they'd kept a much larger and stronger younger ensemble vs. a few young players. It would've meant a substantial shift. I also very much doubt it would've survived the Les Moonves purge of female-centric sitcoms and dramas that came not long after. Edited July 30, 2022 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 30, 2022 Members Share Posted July 30, 2022 Oh it definitely wouldn't have lasted past 1996 or so. It is interesting to wonder what might have been - a part of me wishes they'd had at least one more season free of some of the dead weight like Kate and Claudia and so on, and possibly pivot (I think if Nicolette had been interested Paige could have carried her own show). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted July 31, 2022 Members Share Posted July 31, 2022 Knots was always able to go with the times and I'm sure if they had the money they could've kept the show interesting and the ratings good enough to sustain itself. I mean look at how many similar shows the network tried to launch once Knots went off the air. The cul-de-sac and Sumner Group made it easy to bring in new characters. As long as they had Karen, Mack, Gary and Greg around they would've been fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfave06 Posted July 31, 2022 Members Share Posted July 31, 2022 Who all would they have lost cast wise from the long term characters had the show continued on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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