Members brimike Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Oh, thank God. We were getting along so well there for awhile, I thought it was Bizarro SON. At least now it feels like "home". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 I am not a fan of MAB but I have to say that Marge/Katherine 2008 was the BEST storyline on soaps in 10 years. But it soon went in directions that were really stupid. It is always tough in a film on how to end the movie, that;s what that storyline reminded me of. But for the 1st 3/4 of it, i felt like I was watching Bill Bell's work. The rest of the show was a bore though.. And, BINGO Toups on your storyline choices.. I find Maria's show very cold, clinical, slow, and not in a good way. There is an understate-edness about the stories, sluggishness. And all of these big events heavily promoted since the Latham days- the garage collapse, the Sabrina/David Chow accident- I am always strangely disappointed, everything comes off too subdued for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 I agree about the baby switching part.. but the death of John Abbott? The man had his FIRST heart attack 25 years ago, jsut how long was the old geezer supposed to live? I agree that JS had writtne John Abbott into a corner, if I were LML, I would have done the same thing. HOWEVER, the intital lfush of LML's reign was good, when Kay Alden was still there to reign her in. When Kay Alden left, it went to hell on the concorde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 As long as Jerry wanted to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brimike Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 I'm really torn on this. Part of me agrees with DeeeDee, that Jerry shoudl have been a part of the canvas for as long as JD wanted to remain active. But on the other hand, I do think it did great things for the character of Jack. Alastair? Bad idea - never should have been done. But Jack/Ashley/Billy now having to make decisions (sometimes bad ones) without the consultation of their dear old dad is fascinating to me, as they struggle through their lives. Honestly, as long as they continue to keep John "alive" in the sense that it's difficult for the Abbott kids to always do the right thing, then I guess I'm okay with the decision to kill John. It was heart-breaking and tragic. It sucks, but hey - it's death. Sometimes it comes out of left field, doesn't make any sense, and leaves a long-lasting wound that never really heals. And that in and of itself is an interesting story. But then again - oh, how I miss John Abbott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 It was horrible. Maureen Bauer horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Someone had to do it. And as always, some of us repeat it ad nauseam, the problem is in the way Latham did it. And the ghost didn't help matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dm. Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Thankfully we didn't see him for more than 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 Well, I kind of agree with bellcurve: she didn't really swallow it and it's not that she is not strong enough. She was just given bad material. She and Michael need to be split ASAP and Lauren needs to be turned into a temptress, husband-stealer and all-round sexual velociraptor — a menace, a lethal combination of beauty and ruthlessness which you just cannot resist. Today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 I don't think it was horrible, I think it was realistic, and considering how many people languish in nursing homes for YEARS before they die... the conflict of whether to disconnect life support, etc... that was heart wrenching, and bringing Beth Maitland in with her acting chops jsut hit it out of the park, the death of John Abbott would not have played NEARLY so well without her. BUT... the subsequent Ghost/Alastair crap took a dramatic, watershed SL and watered it down and made a joke of it. When he died... he just should have DIED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 That's the thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 I TOTALLY disagree with this. It is a disservice to the personal growth the character has showed over the decades, culimnating with that WONDERFUL apology she gave to Traci after Kay's funeral. She MATURED, and I would not have her backslide into come conniving shrew, or a bitch. We have JILL to be the bitch, and we have big red for the Conniving shrew... we don't need another one. To make the character more viable, I would have put her up against Gloria. She's accepted Gloria, but I would have loved to see Lauren finally get fed up with Glo and her machinations, putting her husband at risk with her unethical and sometimes illegal "demands" on him. I could see her not letting Fen bve around her, this causing tension in her marriage... etc.... you don't lay waste to all THIS: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 It wasn't realistic at all to me. It was LML's way of "making her mark" & eliminating another Abbott to prop The Baldwin-Fishers. If John had to die it should only have been if Jerry wanted to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted April 5, 2009 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 BAM! That's not what I was saying. At all. That whole "Conniving shrew" crap and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted April 5, 2009 Members Share Posted April 5, 2009 YES. Lauren's maturity is definitely good but means nothing if all she does is prop The Fishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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