As The World Turns Discussion Thread

[DramatistDreamer]

Those fringes were usually done with a razor that made that wispy look.

[Planet Soap]

I think the short hair was good because it set her apart (minus Emily and Molly), as she was an anti-establishment character in the beginning.

What do you guys think about her baby daddy hopping storyline in the late 90s?  Was it was excessive to have her go between so many men like Jack, Hal, John and Brad? How exactly did it work out that John inseminated Carly with his sperm? Did he not tell Carly that he was using his own sample?

 

Edited January 11, 2023 by ironlion

[DRW50]

He didn't tell her, no. He was desperate for another child.

I thought the whole story was gross and cheap, and showed how directionless the writing was by that point. 

[Markjeh]

Keith Coulouris in 1999 can kind of get it. And he really pulled off the role as well. 

[P.J.]

It's probably the best example of the damage that can be done by the hiring/firing carousel. I think there were three different sets of writers helming that story, and none of them paid attention to what the other wrote. 

And for being a thrice-married woman (in about fourteen months) she was practically a nun. Her marriage to Hal collapsed in months, she didn't sleep with John (thank God...) and she slept with Brad TWICE.  

 

[victoria foxton]

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[adrnyc]

 

Agreed! And he had chemistry with everyone. I can understand why people enjoyed Scott Bryce - having see so much of the 80s/90s, I like him as well -  but one thing that can be said about him: he was in no way smokin'.

Edited January 13, 2023 by adrnyc

[MarlandFan]

While I feel Hunt Block was very sexy in his "Knots" days, I'm apparently in the minority in preferring Bryce over Hunt.  Bryce -- while not sexy/hot in the traditional sense -- had a confidence and swagger that was VERY sexy and far-outshined the wooden Block.  (lol ..."wooden" Block.)  Sex with Bryce/Craig was probably way more better.

[Vee]

Yeah, I liked Hunt Block but I thought Scott Bryce was pretty hot and suave in the '80s.

Edited January 13, 2023 by Vee

[Fevuh]

Oh I didn't plan on comparing them at all - but Scott was also hot back in the day, and was his own bad boy as well.  I liked both of them too.  

[DramatistDreamer]

Julianne Moore is the truth!

She is such a proud ATWT alumni. Here she gives a shout out to both her time at ATWT and her soap co-star (and distant cousin) Marisa Tomei.

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[P.J.]

maybe in the thread, but Block was a controversial recast. I never accepted him in the role. And I didn't find him appealing in any sense of the word. Or empathetic. Even in the scenes around Bryant's death, I felt nothing for him. 

[kalbir]

Julianne Moore also had the good fortune of being on As the World Turns during the Robert Calhoun/Douglas Marland era when it was at its peak.

[DramatistDreamer]

No doubt, but she also had great judgement to leave on good terms before the next decade when quality would dip. She wasn’t the only one to do so.