14 hours ago, Mona Kane Croft said:

Julia was a complete retcon.  She was never mentioned on AW until shortly before she started appearing.   

Right. And while I generally loathe insta-relative retcons, I swallowed my distaste because because bringing in another Matthews at least gave Aunt Liz more to do.

21 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

As i posted earlier, had JC stayed on as Alice, audience might have been more receptive to a new Steve or other males cast against her.

ITA. The audience might have been more agreeable to accepting a new Steve if the true version of Alice did.

Edited March 4, 20241 yr by vetsoapfan

8 hours ago, Xanthe said:

It's not so very different from the timeline for Sally to get pregnant and give up Kevin in order for him to show up as a 5- or 6-year old child in 1983.

Didn't Sally give birth to Kevin in Boston?  I hope the Shearers didn't use that nefarious Royal Dunning to adopt Julia.

2 minutes ago, j swift said:

Didn't Sally give birth to Kevin in Boston?  I hope the Shearers didn't use that nefarious Royal Dunning to adopt Julia.

Julia (like Sally) was not an infant when she was adopted, so I trust Dr Dunning was not required for any part of the procedure.

Sally was supposed to be in Boston for boarding school between Cathy Greene and Julie Philips and she had a lot of SORASing to fit in in about 7 months. I have always imagined that Kevin must instead have been born between Julie Philips and Jennifer Runyon which was a gap of about 6 months in real world time. According to the AWHP during that period Sally was supposed to have left for Chicago (to study nursing). Being in Chicago seems to fit better with the proximity to Dr Dunning and David Thatcher as well. I know that the Thatchers and/or Royal Dunning were said to be located in relatively nearby Crystal Lake and that was the inspiration for Cass' drag name.

 

On 3/2/2024 at 12:08 PM, Contessa Donatella said:

On 3/2/2024 at 11:56 AM, Xanthe said:

I know I've talked before about not understanding Mitch as a character but I don't know if I'ever said that I never bought a sexual attraction to him. 

The only time I felt some sexual heat between Rachel and Mitch was in St. Croix, but of course Rachel was faking that. And i certainly never detected any intellectual connection, given that Espy played Mitch as if he’d had part of his brain surgically removed.

9 minutes ago, teplin said:

The only time I felt some sexual heat between Rachel and Mitch was in St. Croix, but of course Rachel was faking that. And i certainly never detected any intellectual connection, given that Espy played Mitch as if he’d had part of his brain surgically removed.

Dadgum you! Made me snort laugh. Clearly none of us are Mitching It Up!!! 

And, the only people I ever bought Felicia with were Wally & Cass, non-romantic and Zane. So, as far as marrying Felicia, well they both wore the suit well. 

St. Croix was sexy because it was exotic & the danger level was so incredibly high. It could easily have been Rachel who died instead of Janice!!! 

(I know she wasn't in a suit for that wedding. J/K.) 

I know some aren't going to like this but today is the anniversary of the unpopular 1996 intro. I mean I liked it...

 

#OnThisDay in 1996, #AnotherWorld premiered this new opening. This version would remain until the show ended in 1999, although it would be drastically shorter by then, due to cast changes and a lack of updates #AW pic.twitter.com/2PcEkjpLX4

— Another World Memories (@NBCAnotherWorld) March 4, 2024

17 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

I know some aren't going to like this but today is the anniversary of the unpopular 1996 intro. I mean I liked it...

 

Its giving ER

21 minutes ago, Cheap21 said:

Its giving ER

It does. But the hospital didn't even play a major role after JFP left, so the intro was quite unnecessary. 

I just liked theme song as it had hints of the "Take Me Away" theme. I loved the shot of the gyroscope as it brought back the theme of interlocking rings. The shot of the shadowed-out couple was a hint of the kissing couple in the early 80s theme. 

I never got the visual shots though of them walking around a city. That just did not go with the theme at all. 

1 hour ago, NothinButAttitude said:

I know some aren't going to like this but today is the anniversary of the unpopular 1996 intro. I mean I liked it...

 

Hey, I hate it but that doesn't mean it's not appropriate to post it & make a note of when it began, etc. I call the finale the most hated soap finale ever & I still post it on June 24-25, ya know?!

With the percussion & coloring it also evokes NYPD Blue, as well as ER. 

Edited March 4, 20241 yr by Contessa Donatella
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23 minutes ago, NothinButAttitude said:

It does. But the hospital didn't even play a major role after JFP left, so the intro was quite unnecessary. 

I just liked theme song as it had hints of the "Take Me Away" theme. I loved the shot of the gyroscope as it brought back the theme of interlocking rings. The shot of the shadowed-out couple was a hint of the kissing couple in the early 80s theme. 

I never got the visual shots though of them walking around a city. That just did not go with the theme at all. 

I liked the closing theme 🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Hey, I hate it but that doesn't mean it's not appropriate to post it & make a note of when it began, etc. I call the finale the most hated soap finale ever & I still post it on June 24-25, ya know?!

With the percussion & coloring it also evokes NYPD Blue, as well as ER. 

Again, I am in the minority as I loved the show's finale. Yes, the Carolyn the Gorilla bit was stupid, but those last few minutes with Vicky Wyndham touching the picture frames, ascending up the stairs with Charles Keating, and the final shot of Douglas Watson was chef's kiss for me.

1 hour ago, MichaelGL said:

I liked the closing theme 🤷‍♂️

I loved the closing theme too. I also miss Another World's freeze frames as the end of the episode too. I feel like they elevated the drama. 

1 hour ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Hey, I hate it but that doesn't mean it's not appropriate to post it & make a note of when it began, etc. I call the finale the most hated soap finale ever & I still post it on June 24-25, ya know?!

With the percussion & coloring it also evokes NYPD Blue, as well as ER. 

The thing for me is that I don't hate the theme music as much as the actual opening puzzles me at points. Why did Grayson McCouch get like six shots throughout, but Alice Barrett and Stephen Schnetzer only get one that you blink if you miss? Well, I can guess why, but still. 

Not to mention, did JFP think Another World was set in NYC or Chicago because they were walking around the city? It's no doubt she was inspired by ER, Chicago Hope, and NYPD Blue. 

15 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

The thing for me is that I don't hate the theme music as much as the actual opening puzzles me at points. Why did Grayson McCouch get like six shots throughout, but Alice Barrett and Stephen Schnetzer only get one that you blink if you miss? Well, I can guess why, but still. 

Not to mention, did JFP think Another World was set in NYC or Chicago because they were walking around the city? It's no doubt she was inspired by ER, Chicago Hope, and NYPD Blue. 

Yes, walking around a city & looking, like confused? Sure looks like a huge city, very urban. But, remember, JFP said she couldn't understand who was who & what was what? In both sets & in people, she didn't understand, at all, and that's from what she herself said. So she tied us to a new block set of 4 sets from her point of confusion. And then we were stuck. because the studio had very finite amount of set space, where these sets then dictated story location. Everything had to be about the hospital, or the cop shop, or the newspaper or Carlino's Restaurant, unless it was in the Cory home. Why didn't she just ask to have the town history & the character's histories explained to her?

In order to inspire a new line of discussion, I thought we could play a little game.

Match the Thumbnail to the Love Twin - Victoria or Marly?  I've taken random thumbnails from Eddie Drueding's page and you must guess, Victoria (a) or Marly (b).

#1

 

 

 

#2

 

 

 

#3

 

 

 

#4

 

 

 

#5

 

 

 

#6

 

 

 

The person with most correct, in the fastest time, wins a night in the hidden basement room of the Love Mansion

Edited March 5, 20241 yr by j swift

1 minute ago, j swift said:

In order to inspire a new line of discussion, I thought we could play a little game.

Match the Thumbnail to the Love Twin - Victoria or Marly?  I've taken random thumbnails from Eddie Drueding's page and you must guess, Victoria (a) or Marly (b).

#1

 

 

 

#2

 

 

 

#3

 

 

 

#4

 

 

 

#5

 

 

 

#6

 

 

 

The person with most correct, in the fastest time, wins a night in the hidden basement room of the Love Mansion

1, B

2, A

3, A

4, A

5, B

6, A

I win! 😂😂😂