I tell ya, the only thing I didn't love about GL in the '80's - and the story that chased me away to SaBa for a brief period of time - was Johnny Bauer's cancer battle.  That just seemed to go on forever.

10 hours ago, titan1978 said:

Deep Space Nine. Kira was originally Ensign Ro, from MF time on TNG. Forbes did not want to be typecast.

As far back as her tenure on Homicide, when she did do any press it always seemed to me that she wanted to be a character actress, and was very selective about her choices. I think she has had the career she has mostly by design.

Yes… from DS9 to Homicide, to later True Blood, where she played a witch or demon or something. My favorite scene was her serving guests “Hunter’s Pie”, an enchanted meal composed of chopped-up human bits.

6 minutes ago, yrfan1983 said:

Yes… from DS9 to Homicide, to later True Blood, where she played a witch or demon or something. My favorite scene was her serving guests “Hunter’s Pie”, an enchanted meal composed of chopped-up human bits.

I love her the most on Battlestar Galactica. I mean, that Admiral, is so kick-ass, it is hard to credit it!!!

11 hours ago, Khan said:

I tell ya, the only thing I didn't love about GL in the '80's - and the story that chased me away to SaBa for a brief period of time - was Johnny Bauer's cancer battle.  That just seemed to go on forever.

LOL...James Goodwin was likeable. It was just all the baggage around Johnny that turned me off. His family who are arguably the most annoying ever introduced, his romances with Roxie (she wasn't the only one driven insane...) and Chelsea (the faux Reardon who sung too loud in every scene...), and his "miracle" cure, not to mention the Paul Valere murder. 

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I found GL watchable, at times entertaining, during the Rauch/B&E period. The wheels come off in the last year or two and looking back I know what I was initially fine with was a big mess in the long run (the Santoses and San Cristobel - although GL actually did manage to move away from them, which some soaps never do). 

It wasn't until the Labines came in with Rauch that something shifted for me and the show started to feel very sour and unpleasant. It wasn't just their fault, but I lost my interest and other than a brief period in the last months of 2002 that didn't change (and then Conboy/Weston and the later arrival of Jonathan finished my viewing experience until the cancelation news).

As for Alan...Ron Raines was a decent enough actor. I wasn't surprised that he had a real following onstage, in musicals. I just don't think he was tough enough or sexy enough to be Alan. To be Alan you need to be cutthroat and charismatic. Chris Bernau was a very tough act to follow. 

I would have chosen Dennis Parlato, although he was still on Loving at the time Alan was cast. I would have waited a lot longer to find a more suitable figure, whether it be Dennis or someone else. 

So Solita was the good girl?

I think the DID element also confused people, especially as the end, IIRC, implied that she had become the bad sister again.

Sorry, my fault...getting the two confused as I was typing! Sonni is the "good" girl (to her father, to her family to everyone as she goes to Mass an is quiet/and in the alters she is good..) Solita is the "bad" girl (to everyone as she is adventurous and bucks authority/ and "evil" in the alters.) And yes, we were led to believe Sonni may still be fighting the Solita personality, when she is getting on the plane to leave SF they ask her is she wants "smoking, or non smoking" and you can see Sonni confused thinking about it...(Solita smoked of course!)

I am glad no one ever revisted Sonni/Solita...Rauch would have made a cartoon mess of it!

13 hours ago, titan1978 said:

What is this about? Were they rumored to be beards for each other?

 

That is the rumor...I do think it interesting that Malloy would choose a party with his castmates to "break up" with someone, what, are you in high school?  Malloy always, post the first few years of Edge, to be one of those Irish guys who are complicated, especially if you get some booze into them.

But again, Sharon Rose Gabbot says he was not gay, but she, while being very open and friendly on FB with Edge fans, seems a bit eccentric.

The Sonni/Solita story sounds interesting. Is it available on YouTube? 

30 minutes ago, Mitch64 said:

But again, Sharon Rose Gabbot says he was not gay, but she, while being very open and friendly on FB with Edge fans, seems a bit eccentric.

I figured as much when she showed up on an episode of "Family Feud" dressed like a gypsy.

40 minutes ago, Matt Powers said:

The Sonni/Solita story sounds interesting. Is it available on YouTube? 

There's a fair amount of 87-89 Guiding LIght up. But I've never seen a playlist of the triangle. Classic GL covers some of it in A Woman in Mind. 

 

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1 hour ago, Khan said:

I figured as much when she showed up on an episode of "Family Feud" dressed like a gypsy.

LOL..she is like someone's cool, weird aunt, that you would smoke pot with ("Just don't tell Mark's mom...she will freak out and that is not my vibe!") and have to look at her "art."

52 minutes ago, P.J. said:

There's a fair amount of 87-89 Guiding LIght up. But I've never seen a playlist of the triangle. Classic GL covers some of it in A Woman in Mind. 

Even all these years later I'm still impressed with the dogged work the man who ran the channel did, not only with so many classic clips (most of which I'd never seen until I found his channel), but he also had a blog where he tried to find positive moments in the show's last years. He truly loved the show. It was awful to learn he'd passed away, but at least he never had to see GL end.

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

I am glad no one ever revisted Sonni/Solita...Rauch would have made a cartoon mess of it!

You can say that again!

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

That is the rumor...I do think it interesting that Malloy would choose a party with his castmates to "break up" with someone, what, are you in high school?  Malloy always, post the first few years of Edge, to be one of those Irish guys who are complicated, especially if you get some booze into them.

Hmm. Interesting, I guess. Does anyone know what his rep is on, say, Datalounge?

1 hour ago, Mitch64 said:

But again, Sharon Rose Gabbot says he was not gay, but she, while being very open and friendly on FB with Edge fans, seems a bit eccentric.

It's Gabet. And, I think she might be. Eccentric, I mean. And, not that there's anything wrong with that.

2 hours ago, Mitch64 said:

But again, Sharon Rose Gabbot says he was not gay, but she, while being very open and friendly on FB with Edge fans, seems a bit eccentric.

She's great...she just gives no f*cks and says whatever is on her mind. She tells a story about her time on AW, where they shared a studio with Bill Cosby, and Bill constantly trying to perve on her and the other actresses, which, while sad, is funny too (cause they were all, "Uh, no...YUK!")

37 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Even all these years later I'm still impressed with the dogged work the man who ran the channel did, not only with so many classic clips (most of which I'd never seen until I found his channel), but he also had a blog where he tried to find positive moments in the show's last years. He truly loved the show. It was awful to learn he'd passed away, but at least he never had to see GL end.

The time he put into the blog and organizing the clips is a true act of love. God bless the man for finding positive things to say about late 00's GL. Although I'm still a little offended that in his blog on Masquerade (Alex's arrival/Billy and Van's 1st wedding/Tony's health crisis) he says it was before Maeve learned how to act. 

My unpopular opinion was that I enjoyed the Infinity story.  It was an umbrella story that involved a large number of the canvas...and ended with the death of Lujack.

I also enjoyed the Tory/Blake/Ross story in the early 2000s.  It had a good start, middle, and end with a twist where Tory was really fixated on Blake...not Ross.

LOL...another (probably) unpopular opinion--while I prefer Judi Evans' Beth, there are times she is just too damn chipper.