Members Khan Posted December 11, 2023 Members Share Posted December 11, 2023 Although I don't feel the same way as you about PASSIONS or JER, I am glad that both have had such an impact on your life. That's important to remember as more and more of this genre disappears. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 11, 2023 Members Share Posted December 11, 2023 Thank you. I was in the official fan club for a few years and got some cool stuff from it. I’ve also got some autographed photos of some of the actors and I’ve met Eric Martsolf (even though Travis Schuldt is the superior Ethan). And of course I still have my hardcover copy of Hidden Passions. I also loved JER’s Days. The first run was excellent and the second started out great until Corday interfered and forced him to bring back the dead. But that’s a conversation for the classic Days thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted December 12, 2023 Members Share Posted December 12, 2023 Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mitch64 Posted December 13, 2023 Members Share Posted December 13, 2023 The things you mentioned above were the things that ruined PASSIONS. I actually like it for a bit when I would watch it once in a while when I came home from work to each lunch...somedays it was fresh and funny and a riff on soaps when it first started and was more good humored..(at Christmas when Tabitha tried to get Santa drunk to screw her...or when they had pop up bubbles to have Tabby warn the young viewers not to do whatever ridiculous thing she and Timmy were up to..."NBC's lawyers would like me to tell you not to drive a motorcycle at midnight without a helmet, but I told them how would you be able to see my face...") but I never became invested in it..it was just a collection of skits tied loosely around a really bad soap opera. But then I tuned in years later and there was a lot of rape and serial killing and I missed the days of Tabby and Timmy fighting their "Friends in the basement," It just got mean spirited and I think mirrored JER's state of mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 30, 2023 Members Share Posted December 30, 2023 It’s been 23 years since the oh-so-satisfying Christmas Eve episode where Ethan chose Theresa over Gwen while Sheridan showed up alive at the church during Midnight Mass and reunited with Luis. The double-whammy payoff was soooo good! I couldn’t stand the Gwen recast so I thoroughly enjoyed seeing that smug smirk wiped off her face. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 This thread ought to be for fans only. You can bash JER and my soap elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 The conflict between id and superego was so strong in JER that it seems like he couldn't help but project it into every script. For example, once you write a story about the Pope and a novice nun escaping an incestual relationship, maybe someone should have just suggested psychoanalysis, rather than giving him a writing contract. To me, Passions was such a tease because they constantly contrasted images of sexy shirtless men and then punished women for looking at them. It was the most juvenile depiction of sensuality for a network that just years earlier was producing much more deep explorations of women's desires on AW and HtSaM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 In a forum, people are allowed to have dissenting opinions... so long as there is mutual respect between both parties. I watched Passions when it was first came on in 1999. It had a lot of strong elements/potential that sadly weren't followed up on or developed. The Russell family had such a strong foundation with potential for years of story. T.C had a steady job as a gym teacher, but was still resentful over the accident that caused him to give up a promising career as a professional tennis player.. and also had that shed in the backyard that he would go to. He put all of his hopes and dreams onto his eldest daughter Whitney and kind of ignored his 2nd eldest daughter Simone. Eve was a successful doctor, wife, and mother.. but she felt something was missing in her life. She had a less than stable upbringing, was a jazz singer, did drugs, and had a forbidden love/romance with Julian Crane that no one knew about. So while she was giving her daughters the life she'd always wished she had growing up, a part of her still longed for the past.. and she was careful never to reveal her past and feelings to her husband T.C. Whitney was the straight A level headed eldest daughter that did everything by the book, and was driven to be the professional tennis player that her father wanted.. even if she might have secretly wanted something else for her life. She had this drive for perfection and approval due to her parents seemingly happy marriage and her mother Eve's 'perfection'. Simone was the younger daughter, always feeling like she was in the shadow of her perfect older sister Whitney. Deep down, she knew she could never be like her sister Whitney so she just lived her life.. while secretly wishing her parents loved/valued her as much as they did her older sister Whitney. These elements could have created years of stories for the Russel family that could have been done without repetitive scenes and hamster wheel stories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCOLTLLover Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 Wow!! A bit rude lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JellicleCat Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 This board ought to be for grownups only. This kind of attitude belongs in kindergarten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 (edited) I was instructed to come here. It’s supposed to be a safe haven for Passions fans. Since you’re trolling me, I’m adding you as one of my ignored users. Edited January 6 by Lye-C 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JellicleCat Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 You call that trolling?! Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 Weird how they hate Passions but they can’t stay out of the Passions thread. Also weird that they don’t post on the main forums. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j swift Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 (edited) It is ironic that if one cannot respectfully engage with others, they wind up like a Passions character, alone yelling their thoughts aloud with nobody to hear them. Please register in order to view this content Edited January 6 by j swift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCOLTLLover Posted January 6 Members Share Posted January 6 (edited) There was another thing with that user about her beloved Deidre/Marlena from Days and she already gave me Theresa Vibes lol No offense of course Edited January 6 by AMCOLTLLover 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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