Jump to content
Email System Update

OLTL Discussion: Week of December 1-5

Scotty

Recommended Posts

  • Members
rhinohide Newbie

rhinohide

Posted
  • Members
Posted

I think it will be Jared. All the heavy handed references from Renee and some others to his propensity to skirt ethics. I think he's going to figure out that there was a baby switch, and keep it a secret to protect Jessica and the Buchanans. Just my honest speculation.

Today's scenes with Viki and Star were heavy handed too. In a good way though. I find it comforting to have some road map to follow, so if RC wants to lay a trail of bread crumbs for me to follow, I will hope that birds don't eat them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 154
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members
miajere Newbie

miajere

Posted
  • Members
Posted

God NO!!! A dreaded time in OLTL history, in which two seemingly sane women, fought over John McBain....Their names were Evangeline and Natalie...Many were wounded, slaughtered, and some never recovered and continue to war against each other on un-moderated boards. It was a sad time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
Cat Mentor

Cat

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Woah. Miaow! :blink:

And let us never talk of the Jo-Wars again. *shudder* I still have nightmares of Nat and Vange tied to a stake as McNostril jumps in slo-mo through the flames to free -- which one? Tune in next time! What a black hole of SUCK McBain is to the show.

Another good, soapy episode. Jan Brady was great as Dr. Joplin. And TSJ and ES were great. I thought I'd get tired of all the Todd confrontations, but not so far.

Nora really bugs me. Just thought I'd share.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
Antoyne Veteran

Antoyne

Posted
  • Members
Posted

I'm watching the Todd and Viki scenes and I really wish Todd would just tell Viki to shut up..He cut her out of his life months ago back when she wouldn't help him in the Sam custody trial, he had no reason to help or care when she basically said to hell with him back then.

Not justifying Todd's action with Marty, just saying why did Viki really think Todd would care enough..

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
rhinohide Newbie

rhinohide

Posted
  • Members
Posted

Not me. I know there are some who have. I am not a Jessica fan, but I think Bree is one of the more capable performers on the show. Very talented. I sometimes get my digs in at Jessica, but it's purely because of some of her behavior during the Antonio/Jess/Nash stuff and the Tess trying to kill Jared and Natalie. If anything I am far more annoyed with some of my previous allies in the Jowars for their current behavior -- time to move on people! LOL. But I try to keep ALL of that contained elsewhere. SON is such a civil place to come and have sane discussions with people who aren't all caught up in that nonsense.

Agree Cat. Sorry I brought it up.

Nora bugs me too. Always has.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
rhinohide Newbie

rhinohide

Posted
  • Members
Posted

You do sometimes have to wonder at Viki's constant moralizing to Todd and then her consistent suprise that all of it was for naught. He has never had a conscience, or at least not one that prevented him from doing whatever he thought would best serve his interests. At some point, Blair and Viki just look stupid for their expectations that he will behave differently. Reminds me of that fable where the scorpion convinces the frog to swim him across a creek. The frog keeps refusing, insisting that the scorpion will sting him, but eventually agrees. Sure enough half way across the creek, the scorpion stings the frog and as the frog begins to die he says "What have you done? Now we'll both die!" and the scorpion replies "I am just doing what scorpions do."

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Members
rhinohide Newbie

rhinohide

Posted
  • Members
Posted

ITA. That's another reason I don't like Nora very much. And it's so funny, because everybody on soaps lies, cheats, steals, connives at some point. But it's the characters like Nora, Viki, Jessica that do it, and the point is always how hard it is for them and how awful they feel about it, but once they get caught like everybody else, it's almost forgotten and they just continue to go about their business preaching to everybody, even though they themselves have committed similar sins. I just never get it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.


  • Recent Posts

    • Kane
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By Kane · Posted

      I'm pretty sure Lucy and Bridget never even have another scene together for the rest of the time they're both on the show. Bridget isn't even invited to the wedding! The lack of community feeling and continuity of non-romantic relationships during this period is very jarring. Characters suddenly only seem to interact with a handful of other characters, rather than characters across the canvas. I'm deep into 1997 in my watch right now and find that it's even stranger because the show goes back and forth between ignoring history in order to manufacture some kind of separation between characters (for example, at one point Amanda refers to the Coopers as a family that the Spauldings "barely know," despite her and Alan spending the better part of 1996 going to war with Buzz over 5th street, and Alan has absolutely no reaction when he finds out about something bad that's happened to Abby, which seems pretty out of character given how close they were in 95/96) and ignoring history in order to create a sense of community that doesn't quite fit (characters who couldn't stand Amanda are suddenly acting all buddy buddy with her). The wheels really feel like they're coming off in 1997 (although I know some would argue that the wheels started to come off years earlier). Watching the Marcus/Dahlia romance again from a 2025 perspective is so weird. Marcus is a full grown man who must be at least in his mid-20s and he's dating a teenager who is not only still in high school, but is still fully a year away from graduation, and no one says anything about how creepy that is. I feel like the buzz around Marcus gave the illusion that the show was more invested in him than it ever actually was. Even during his "big" story where he's arrested for Cutter's murder, he actually doesn't appear on screen very often. He's imprisoned, Griffin is brought on, other characters make a fuss about trying to get him out, but there's a long stretch of time where he doesn't appear at all. I've been keeping episode counts while I watch and between Cutter's death in mid-November of 1995 and the end of the year Marcus/Mambo only appears 7 times (and of that only twice in December).
    • alwaysAMC
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By alwaysAMC · Posted

      The letter reading was very emotional, and Maeve really got to me too. I was a little worried because Vanessa doesn't give a speech at the funeral, which surprised me, but then we got the private letter reading and her true emotional reaction and I was satisfied there. The YouTube channel I watch these episodes on (if not on our Vault), also had upset commenters talk about how Nola's line about Henry not accepting her at first/seen as a gold-digger was totally untrue. It's sad the writers don't do their homework and give fans the respect (and the characters respect). And yep, Bill got up and spoke at the funeral too, which was nice.  I didn't even realize that was Sharon Leal until you said it!  I had to Google it. I loved Sharon Leal in Boston Public back in the day haha. LOL at your Reva/Josh ALWAYS commentary. What is RME though?
    • ReddFoxx
      BTG: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By ReddFoxx · Posted

      Leslie is an extreme liar and manipulator. I'm not sure what her point was in trying to convince Nicole she wasn't trying to hurt her. As much as Eva did help orchestrate the entire plot I feel like there was too much piling on. Eva never said she wanted to be a Dupree so Anita was extremely out of line for that comment.  
    • alwaysAMC
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By alwaysAMC · Posted

      Thanks!

      Please register in order to view this content

       That's positive and something to look forward to for sure, because you're right, 1996 so far isn't nearly as good as 1995. Ohh - what is Lonatrat?  Sadly you're probably right. I did feel like David was rarely seen once Marcus came on. That would have been an interesting spin, having Frank and Tina be teenage lovers and Dahlia really being his daughter. I'm getting the sense that Tina won't be seen too much anymore, as she just left Dahlia with Frank/Eleni as she's heading to jail for a while. I like the Tina actress too!  Her voice sounds a bit like Rosie Perez to me, which I love. I tried to find her online, but coming up empty. This was the only thing I could find about Tina Crede - a character snapshot video with clips and stills of her (randomly starting just before the 1:00 mark):

      Please register in order to view this content

      That's wild that the David actor is nearly 40 here! Definitely surprises me.
    • Taoboi
      Y&R: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By Taoboi · Posted

      5-6   Meh. It already looks like a scattershot week.    5-5 was actually a good episode. Damian and Lily. Phyllis finally going on the warpath that I knew she could get on with Billy and Sally. Nate started to question Audra and Victor's alliance. And I was not even bugged by Kyle and Claire.   But then there's Cole's off-screen story. Kyle and Claire going back to being whiny. And them even wanting Adam's penthouse just sounded like trying to keep the set around. And Diane shouldn't even give a flying frak about Billy's opinion. And Tessa, Daniel, and the guitars...yeeeah no.   But hey...JM looked good in that short. And those pants.  I agree. One of Y&R's good points with fans has always been that you do at least see the vets. And IN stories. 
    • Efulton
      DAYS: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By Efulton · Posted

      One of the things that I found unnecessary and a bit disturbing about Ambitions was that in almost every episode someone was holding or shooting a gun.  Jamey and Ron seem to have the same fetish.
    • Ryan Mason
      Passions

      By Ryan Mason · Posted

      I had thought that there was a Tommy Biddles on there, but then I realized I was thinking of Dr. Biddles on Santa Barbara. Never mind! 

      Please register in order to view this content

    • Soapsuds
      What Are You Listening To?

      By Soapsuds · Posted

      Please register in order to view this content

       
    • Taoboi
      BTG: May 2025 Discussion Thread

      By Taoboi · Posted

        Same.
    • DeeVee
      Guiding Light Discussion Thread

      By DeeVee · Posted

      I have watched the scene where Vanessa reads the letter and it's lovely, but I'm really glad now that I never got around to watching the funeral. Henry ADORED Nola! He treated her like a daughter and Stacy like a granddaughter. That's why Vanessa couldn't stand her. He was crazy about all the Reardons. He spent a lot of time at the boarding house. He and Bea--they never explicitly said it was romantic, but they certainly were loving friends. This sounds worse than Bert's funeral. I really did not think that was possible.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

  I accept