One Life to Live Tribute Thread

[DRW50]

If you watch long enough this will not be the last time OLTL is a bit too fascinated with hand and mouth action under a table. 

@mar4331 is probably right...but...if you last that long I'd be fascinated with your take on the very strange Labines era of spring 1997-early 1998.

[Maxim]

Oh my....

Please register in order to view this content

 

I feel very lucky that I haven't gone through all these years yet. Especially the rest of the Malone period. But I know that eventually... I'll run out of good episodes to watch. It always happens. Maybe then I'll just continue... for the hell of it... until I can't take it anymore. I don't know exactly how much OLTL was destroyed over time... but I can guess there were some really bad times from what I've heard. So yes, if I reach that point, I'll share my thoughts and I still hope to find things to like and love. The roses in the midst of the weeds. Who knows, maybe I'll think it's better than Malone. 

Edited Monday at 08:28 PM by Maxim

[mar4331]

Can you tell me your take of the Labines era?? It is strange as you put it, but I also kinda like it compared to what we get after (JFP).

[DRW50]

I would agree it was better than what we got after. It was a fascinating, very awkward hybrid. I was probably harsher to it at the time than I would have been if I had known what was to come, but some aspects, like the way Blair was treated (don't want to give too much away), I will never support. I do appreciate their attempts at social awareness and reviving the moribund black cast.

Edited yesterday at 12:31 AM by DRW50

[mar4331]

What do you think their original plan/ending to the Georgie storyline was? I have a feeling it wasn't going to end in murder, and they especially wouldnt have made the killer who JFP did

Please register in order to view this content

[Maxim]

Do you have a favorite period/periods of the show @mar4331 ?

Please register in order to view this content

[DRW50]

I still think she may have become obsessed with Nora - not with all the rest of the ugliness though.

[Vee]

I do think it was probably always going to end the way it did.

[mar4331]

The storyline would have made more sense if she was in love with Nora, not Bo. But I guess 1998 was too soon for that kind of story lol.

[mar4331]

I can watch up until early 1998 and 1993 is my favourite year!

[Maxim]

1993? Oh my god... Now I'm even mooore excited that I'm going into it. I love hearing different fan opinions and takes on favorite periods and years. I always remind myself of what people told me while I'm watching even if I end up with entirely different impressions sometimes. 

Btw, I remember you said you liked Bo... and these past two episodes I just watched, while he locked himself with Sarah's body... What a performance! I had tears in my eyes. I didn't know the actor was THIS good. I'm beyond impressed and have to gather my thoughts for the long review.

[DRW50]

@Maxim Thank you for the mini-review and clip from several pages ago. I appreciate you using the Bo/Alex clip as them meeting again by this point was a real surprise to me. The scene has some layers, getting a glimpse of Alex genuinely wanting the best for Bo rather than gloating. I was disappointed it ended with Tina dragging her out of the room for some much less interesting sparring (I did enjoy Alex pointing out just how quickly Tina got over Cord).

[Maxim]

Yeeeeees. It was a nice touch to have here there with Bo. It would have been stupid if they ignored the history. A part of me wishes they would re-ignite the obsession, even though I know it won't happen. (giving Morty a public handjob is a sign she has other priorities now) Still... it was so fun seeing Alex fake her own stalker, talk on a voice distortion device and send herself death threats. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. That's why I recommended April to the person wanting to start somewhere in 1991... because the build up to Loon Lake is very entertaining. Tonja was so in her element.  

P.S. I have this lovely promo that I don't know if it's uploaded or not, but it was in one of my folders of 1991. 

Please register in order to view this content

Edited 1 hour ago by Maxim

[soapfave06]

Does anyone know when Mia Korf started as Blair? I think I might pick up there. 

[Maxim]

Blair's first episode is October 10th, 1991... that's where I started off with only going back to see Alex's storyline from spring-summer 1991. Excited for you! Have fun!