Jump to content

As The World Turns Discussion Thread


edgeofnik

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 17.1k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • DRW50

    2971

  • DramatistDreamer

    1958

  • Soapsuds

    1716

  • P.J.

    823

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted Images

  • Members

From the outset, Marland planned to make Daryl Carolyn's killer.  I wonder why he changed his mind at the last moment.  It robbed the story of an amazing climax and both Daryl and Frannie exited the show (separately) not with a bang but a whimper.  It made the entire 18-month mystery a waste of time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members
Posted (edited)

But Marland wrote Rex Smith out of the show a few weeks after the story ended.  And Frannie was written off as well.  I'd love to read Marland's story projections for late 1992 and early 1993.  Perhaps he had written some future ideas/plans for the two characters? I'm assuming he finalized a 6-month projection prior to his scheduled surgery.

Edited by MarlandFan
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Darryl was so boring the only redeeming quality would be if he was a murderous villain. I like Marland's idea that he is a true sociopath, but we never saw that play out, he was always polite (I guess in Marlandland even psycho sociopath's have manners) and nice. It would have been interesting if Margo instead of calling him "Dreamy Darryl" or whatever she kept repeating cause she knew him in high school, was a bit wary of him, as he was "popular" in hs and she was in a fringe group and she saw how he used girls back then (I always thought Margo would not be "popular" girl as she would be loud and pushy and stick up for the geeks, etc...maybe I am thinking more of Collin's Margo.)

The only way for this mystery to work is if it wasnt a mystery and we the audience see that Daryl is a freak and are just biding our time to see who is next. I wonder if Leslie Dennison ever got sick of playing an invalid on PG soaps (it seems most of her time as Maeve was spent in bed while preggers with Ben.)Come to think of it, this storyline would have worked on GL with Kyle killing boring Maeve to keep the kid and have Reva...Reva gets together with Kyle again to get married, Fletcher is suspicious, and Josh could have come it to save her from getting her loud mouth silence..FOREVER..mwhahaha... Larkin Mally gave out serious psycho vibes as Kyle so it could work.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

What a privilege to see all this now. The idea that Hal's niece(?) in 1991 is so out of the modern world that she is mesmerized by washing machines and phones is a bit much - especially played by Parker Posey. (Upon doing some digging given her recent role on The White Lotus, it seems she's always been largely complimentary of her time on ATWT in interviews - she name-checks Colleen Zenk as being especially good.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Amanda Seyfried (Lucy Montgomery) rolls her eyes when asked about her time on ATWT in a new interview this week - this was not a happy experience for her. Few years ago when she was asked about ATWT she remembered that the character came from Montega and she is good friends with Peyton List who later played the part of Lucy!

Please register in order to view this content

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

She was on when ATWT sucked. I don't even recall her being on ATWT. That's how memorable she was on the show.

PP was there during the Marland years. She was there during the good times.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Oh I knew they were still close - I think it was talked about on Locher Room (Melanie popping up on there repeatedly is why I'll always be glad for its existence - one of the reasons, anyway). Glad to see them though.

She has repeatedly spoken about how horrible the show was for her. I think she outright said it was scarring or traumatic. That was her first acting job, IIRC. She said she knew she wasn't good but she did not think she was treated with kindness. 

Not exactly atypical of the industry, so I shouldn't put all the blame on Goutman, but it does exhibit a callousness and ugliness that also bled through onscreen at the time - one of the reasons I could barely stomach those years.

I haven't seen a lot of her early early material as Tess but if they kept this in I wonder if it matches what we soon got of Tess - she was a liar and schemer who played up the "hills" persona.

ATWT is where I first saw Parker and I just adored watching her, especially given how unbearably earnest all the other young characters were, aside from Evan Walsh. I'm glad she speaks well of the show. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

She definitely says it was a different kind of acting in an certain older style she loved, and that she tried to have fun with it when they would try to do melodramatic flashbacks or something. She also says that it was great training and she learned from the vets like CZ. The usual stuff.

Apparently she even ran into Alan Locher in P-Town a couple years back and the show came up. Small world.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • lol he sounds like he's speaking as Randy    
    • Dani going to Bill's house is karma for how he messes with Martin. It is totally separate, but I can't feel sorry for Bill when he's constantly antagonizing a family he says he wants nothing to do with.
    • I understand what Lois did. I can see everyone's side, even if I don't agree with them.  That  proves it's a good story    Lois is far from ruined
    • Oh wow. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
    • The character of Lois has been ruined and trashed. There's no coming back from this mess. The current production and writing team have had no idea as to what made her special to begin with. She had a bit of moral fiber. Her treatment on the show is not atypical though, as most characters will get trashed, even beyond redemption, if it serves the current flavor of the month plotline.
    • No idea if this one had ever been up before or what the exact date is, but it's always good to look at/save the new AMC content while you can. If you're here for the drama there is some delirium with Adam and Erica about 10-12 minutes in.

      Please register in order to view this content

      @Vee @Jonathan @Maxim @All My Shadows @alwaysAMC @Contessa Donatella @Soaplovers @DemetriKane @dragonflies @AMCOLTLLover @Khan @Paul Raven @slick jones @Wendy @DeeVee @j swift @EricMontreal22 @AmandainNC28655 @Wilsoky @Franko @Liberty City @robbwolff @Soapsuds @soapfan770 @FrenchFan
    • I think there's a story to tell in someone who always believed in honesty and integrity being emmeshed in so many lies, but I agree that it wasn't very well laid out over the last few months. I think if I was more invested in Lois, I would have more of an issue than I do. Few can hold up against Jane. This is one of those cases where I think mentioning who already switched babies or have long-lost children would just take away from the fallout. If Lulu wants to drag Brook Lyn for hypocrisy there is probably still time (if the show bothers). I don't think anyone would claim these are the best GH episodes ever. It may be very lowered expectations at play. But I do think that scenes like yesterdays were some of Tracy's best, as she is a character who is often not allowed that type of moment.
    • You would think that, wouldn't you? I'd almost think they needed the money to get Robert Newman back, but they also had to know Larkin wasn't going to stick around and play second banana either. I don't get what the writers thought they were doing with Calla. Long liked using actors from Texas, but other than Alex/Bev McKinsey, the characters she wrote for them seemed blah.
    • Bo has a bad history with kids named Zach. (too soon?)
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy