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Ha!!!!!

 

Yes, that was Dolan's Mo..short lived storyline, but you could tell they were testing pairing them to counter Ed/Claire but they didnt go with it.

 

As Kyle Sampson, who only has eyes for Van...pissing Ms. Reva off !!!

 

Well, every garbage can has a lid so its all a matter of taste...if short, sloppy, loud, chewing gum while kissing is you thing....: ) I don't see how anyone can say he understood women..he always controlled them and the women he had became shells, Jenna in particular...(I wont even go into Nola obsessing over him...)

I did like when he was first on the show as "Rex Mancini" before he was the end all and be all, and still a scum, and he was working for Lewis and having a phone convo like he was in a big business deal and Van walked over and said, "This might work better" and plugged the phone in!

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Seeing you guys commenting on the show... these past few days... I started thinking if I should not resume my watching experience. This was one of the first retro soaps I started watching 2 years ago and last night I found the last episode I had seen... youtube still remembered it, thank God. It was October 18, 1993... and had this yummy scene in it.  

I may return to it in the future... I remember being discouraged by people telling me that a lot of bad years are to come... I don't even remember why I stopped... probably because I binged too much of it and then forgot to continue due to my ADHD. 

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My AMC watcher!    If you stopped in late Oct '93, when did you start?  I keep hearing great things about 91-93, so I'm sort of kicking myself by not starting back then, but I really came to start the Brent/Marion saga (for better or worse), so I started Feb 10, '95.  I know this period sort of gets dragged, but as someone who never watched GL pre-2000s, I am REALLY enjoying it so far.  I'm up to April 20, '95.  If you start GL, promise me you won't stop your AMC watch!  Because I really want your take on 1991-1992  

I have to say, the Buzz character is starting to come off as another Fletcher-type to me, where he can do no wrong and comes across as annoying and a bit sanctimonious.  Otherwise, I'm enjoying most of the storylines.  Dinah just hooked up with Roger, which I figured would happen, but wow, he's technically her step-grandfather, so that's... weird hahaha.

 

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My GL watcher!  I remember I started a year and half-maybe even two years ago... just watching on my phone with earbuds. I started with the first complete year that was available back then on youtube - 1992. So I've watched all the way through late 1993 and the arrival of the new Alexandra. I still don't remember why I stopped... but it was probably by procrastination - I was putting off continuing all the time. It was an interesting point that I remember perfectly what was happening still. So I can jump right back and not feel lost.  I remember I got into EON later... and lost touch. But I have always debated if I should resume where I left off. And I remember enjoying the 1992-1993 seasons tremendously. In fact this was my first taste of anything more classic soap operas... if you don't count classic Bold... I LOVED IT. So I recommend if you have the time to go back and watch from 1992... 1990 and 1991 I think are still uncomplete... and I hate watching with missing episodes. It makes me irritated and I lose motivation to watch. 

And I promise I will continue with AMC... - it has been my most pleasurable soap so far, so I don't see myself stopping soon.  AMC attracts me like a magnet. 

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Love to hear it re: AMC  

I'm the same, I hate missing an episode or even scenes, so I get it.  Are you watching the episodes from Blake Marler's YouTube or somewhere else?  I just checked and it looks like he has most of the 1990-1991 episodes now (although both years seem to miss most of Jan, but Feb-Dec seems to be there).  

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Yup, exactly from this youtube channel. And if there are now almost complete... I may go back in time and give them a go. I always heard amazing stuff about 1990-1991 from fans.  

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Especially in this scene, where Alex is being really nasty to Mindy. I think its funny that someone thinks this is really good, as everyone is starting to act OTT constantly (Mindy FREAKING out and throwing something...and that music!) This must be near the start of Marj's run...she has not QUITE gotten into her bad habits (popping eyes and YELLING) as they are still writing with Bev in mind (and the blondish hair they gave her. The Alex/Mindy thing had already reach its expiration point by this time, and with two recasts in the roles, there just was no connection with the audience...they should have just moved on

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You are misrepresenting what I said. I'm sure... not on purpose. I haven't said I think this is "really good". What I said is "yummy"...  I personally find the scene entertaining but far from "really good" as I... believe me... have a very high standard for describing something as "really good". Really good is... EON circa late 1979-early 1980... for example. This scene is just... "yummy". 

P.S In my original message I even specified that I was told that the coming years were very bad... so I was little bit discouraged and lost touch with the show. 

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Oh the good old days...Phillip in his rugby shirt, Mr. Tony Reardon, and Reva flouncing around in a fur coat.  I always liked that apt he and Rick lived in (I think even when they were supposed to be in college..) there is no way the rest of the residents did not think those two were the gay couple..brick accent wall and cozy fireplace and all. Did India say to Warren, "Shut up you FREAK!" (and I love how easy for skinny middle aged Warren pushes strapping 21 year old Phillip aside. 

I never thought Pilon was that bad as Alan..I thought he was better than Raines..but maybe it was the writing. 

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Thanks for watching them. The stories by this half of 1984 aren't that interesting but some of the characters still are.

I don't think he was that bad either. He has the intensity down (which Raines never did). What he lacks is Bernau's charisma. Replacing Bernau was going to be impossible. 

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I never liked Buzz or Deas on the show. Thought he was a waste of time and storyline. I still can't forget that awful accent he did. Granted, I was not watching regularly at that point which was good because I could not have handled his nonsense on a consistent basis. I wish Deas well on his health journey, but as Buzz, I would never have hired him or created the character. 

I did not like how desperate and pathetic they made Alex and Mindy towards the end of McKinsey and Simms' tenure. I'm not surprised McKinsey had enough especially with the workplace troubles she spoke out about in the Logan interview (something JFP and her supporters refuse to acknowledge even to this day).

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