Jump to content

DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos


DRW50

Recommended Posts

  • Members

I’ve been falling down the The Pawn storyline rabbit hole on YT, and it’s incredible what happened all at the same time (May 1986):

  • John is Roman
  • Kim gave birth to Andrew
  • Bo finds out Victor is his father

Days was firing on all cylinders at the time!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 7.4k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Members

You also had the Andrew's paternity and one of the Bradys is Victor's child storylines at the same time. Really, Days had been humming along pretty briskly since the close of the (underrated) Richard Cates storyline a year earlier, which zipped immediately into Miami.

That said, I love just about everything from late 1983 to mid-1986.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I liked the Richard Cates story too.  It is underrated.  It was shocking we found out he was bad right after he slept with Marlena and how it gave Abe a good story.   It's crazy Marlena has literally only had 4 love interests in 45 years lol.

It is a little gross Kim thought she could be Victor's daughter and pregnant with his child at the same time lol.

Anyhow, I agree 83-87 is really good.  I wish there was more readily available still.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

It was an odd time.  The loss of huge characters didn’t help- Bo, Hope, Marlena all left and came back (Hope briefly) during that period.  Michael T Weiss was also a great Mike, and he left too.  At first Roman/John was paired with Diana, and while I liked her, she was ill defined and didn’t last very long.  Also- as much as I loved people like Justin/Adrienne, and Jack/Jennifer, I think the supercouple formula had run it’s course.  I loved Eve, and Nick, but many did not care for Nick, especially as a lead.  There were also lots of starts and stops to stories due to talent leaving.  And I loved Carly, but I remember thinking she and Marlena returning were two bright spots in an otherwise terrible era.  RKK was a great recast when PR decided to leave again, but he had his own issues backstage and I was very happy when Peter came back.  I also though Peter’s Bo had better chemistry with Carly.

Edited by titan1978
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Starting from the 13:30 mark here, this is one of the funniest sequences I’ve seen on DAYS. Eugene and Calliope were one heck of a couple, and I have no idea how anyone managed to keep a straight face during Eugene’s “memorial service”.

Please register in order to view this content

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Agree...and disagree.

On the one hand, yeah, the supercouple formula, as DAYS had employed it throughout the '80's, had grown stale.  I mean, there's only so many times you can tell the story of a young, star-crossed couple on the run from some mustache-twirling villain before the whole thing begins to feel old hat.  But, on the other hand, supercouples had been part of DAYS' brand since Bill/Laura and Doug/Julie in the '60's and '70's; so, to suggest that DAYS needed to eliminate supercouples altogether -- as even I, myself, have suggested in the past -- would be another way of suggesting that DAYS needed to stop being DAYS and become an entirely different show -- which it didn't need to.  It just needed to regain some depth it had lost in the action/adventure-heavy '80's.

Unfortunately, instead of returning to its' more nuanced, character-driven roots, DAYS, under JER, turned in the opposite direction, becoming more shallower than ever, without even the well-told, if not wholly relatable, action/adventure stories of old to keep it interesting.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I do not disagree.  I think soaps should have an element of romance, and I don’t know why they shy away from it so much.  And I have loved my share of super couples.  But it’s like you said- the formula they perfected, which was very specific to DAYS had grown a little stale by the early 1990’s.  Nobody did supercouples like they did back then.

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

    • I was watching some August 1987 episodes and they brought back so many memories. I had some thoughts: Lisa and Jamie were so dull. Lisa was such a nothing character. It boggles my mind that so much story was centered around her in such a short amount of time. Joanna Going is a talented actress, but the material was just not there.  It was so good to see Wallingford and Mitch again. I know there was talk about Felicia a while back, but these episodes reminded me how integral Felicia was for the show.  Sally Spencer was done so dirty. She is turning in superb performances in an icky storyline. I wish she had stuck around longer. She has chemistry with everyone. The McKinnons should have lasted longer. Spencer had some strong stuff with Stephen Schnetzer and Mary Alexander. AW waster such a talented actress by getting rid of her. Justice for Cheryl too. I also missed Ed Fry when he left. Sandra Ferguson was a star from the moment she came on. She was charismatic and just popped. She had immediate chemistry with RKK and blended in well with Wyndham and Watson. I'd forgotten about the teenage Matthew.  I have no memory of Peggy Lazarus. She must not have lasted long. Was the original plan for John that he was going to turn out to be the twins' real father?      
    • If the new and improved copies that @rsclassicfanforever has uploaded can be manually moved into the "by month, by year" folders, that would be awesome. I personally don't think it's necessary to keep the older versions (which either have Dutch subtitles hard coded on them, or are lesser in picture quality). That's a lot of valuable drive space that could be cleared. Just my view but can appreciate others may feel differently. The structure had been by month by year previously, so I think it would be easier to conform to that, where so much prior work to get it to that format has already been done. Hopefully you can "drag and drop" so the new copies are in the right month/year? Re Clips, I never look at them now we pretty much have the episodes in full. Appreciate others may use, however. Thanks for all your hard work here @BoldRestless!
    • Oh yes defintely, Josh Griffith repeats and repeats the same storylines.
    • Isnt’t this storyline similar to the Cameron Kirsten situation though? Sharon thought she killed him. He ended up being alive and Sharon was being tormented with thinking she was seeing his face everywhere and that’s how we got that iconic scene with her and Nikki in the sewers.   I understand in Mariah’s case this is different circumstances but it does seem like a play on that whole thing. Maybe I’m wrong. I just wish if they were going to make any character follow in Sharon’s foot steps it would be Faith. Mariah wasn’t even raised by her, and her personality is different. I would expect her to take a different path. I understand I could be completely jumping ahead because the storyline hasn’t even played out yet but we’ll see. 
    • Thanks again @Paul Raven Monica was completely without redeeming qualities at this point. I always found the whole Monica = Carly narrative regressive, as I don't think shows comparing characters so heavily is ever a great idea, but she's actually worse than Carly was. Was it the Pollocks who had Leslie have a miscarriage?  Giving her a child, especially by rape, was not a good idea, but a part of me wishes they'd committed to it just to see what story it might have had in later years.
    • @janea4old Your detailed explanation and delving into the psychology and motivations is no doubt the opposite of what we will see onscreeen. As @ranger1rg stated we will get a few scenes and some sketchy explanations. Like the adoption of Aria, most of it will take place off screen.
    • I'm suddenly fearful that DAYS is going to pull a Flowers-for-Algernon stunt and Bo's progress will be reversed.  While @te. is stuck on Abe's tiny bedroom, I can't stop thinking of the size of Bo's huge hospital room.
    • Okay, why are Paulina and Abe sleeping like that?!  I'd take a screen grab if I wasn't lazy, but come on.
    • All caught up on this week's episodes. Deidre Hall has done the best work of her career with this series of episodes. That is her tribute to Drake. Every acting choice has been perfect. From her reaction the moment John flatlined, to her snapping at Abe and Paulina (what a smart, realistic writing choice), to her grief playing the text message over and over. Josh Taylor did the best work of his career in the scene with Kayla telling him John had died. Everything about his facial expression, voice, pronunciation, everything was so different from what he usually does. He was overcome with the emotion of it and any of his acting tics disappeared. Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso were great. One thing I noticed with the flashbacks of John/Marlena and Bo/Hope is that Bo and Hope are constantly smiling at each other. The chemistry those two have cannot be faked. It's clear the writing team decided to clean up Bo and Hope and give fans a happy ending for them, neatly wrapped up in a bow. The juxtaposition of Bo and Hope reclaiming their happiness thanks to John, while Marlena is dealt life's harshest blow from John's sacrifice, was another great writing choice. Marlena even saying that to Eric, that she is paying for Bo's recovery with John's life, was such smart writing. Susan Seaforth Hayes was used very effectively between the two storylines. I really enjoyed the scene of Kate talking to Philip, calmly stating that she will make Xander pay. Overall, the show should be lining these episodes up for the Emmys and Deidre should be carefully choosing her scenes for her own reel. She deserves a Best Actress Emmy for this work. The first time I have felt that way about her work. Peter Reckell should submit himself for Guest for the scenes where he found out Victor is dead because he was genuinely heartbreaking. Josh Taylor should throw his name down for Supporting Actor for his scenes. The show deserves a Writing and Best Show for what they've done with the episodes around John and Bo. It was heavy stuff and I feel for the actors. I am so impressed with what they did.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

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