B&B: Old/Classic Discussion & Articles

[BoldKara]

Yes I think they've accidentally put 2651 onwards in the 2751 onwards folder. 

Thank you besides for all these added season 11 episodes to the vault! 

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[Troppo]

Thanks angel for the fresh uploads. I noticed immediately that all but four of the episodes are in true stereo sound. And what is that godawful CGI at the end of episode 2667? Dear god

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1997 is the year of really fast credits. I was having to rewind every so often because they would change so quick. Holy moly.

Edited August 24, 2024 by Troppo

[Troppo]

That's a good list. I've been thinking of making one myself. Just not entirely sure how to present it and whether or not to put episodes into different categories (such as marriages, births, deaths, milestones et cetera).

I would also like to create a specific list of select quotes from a character and episode. There are plenty of good ones that people love to refer back to but can't hunt down the specific episode. The official channel attempts to do it with video shorts, but they don't always pick the best scene.

[JamesF]

I am so so grateful to the uploader for continuing on. I've already mentioned in this thread that when B&B aired in the UK, they did a time jump from 1997 to 1999. The Friday episode was Sheila turning up on Maggie's doorstep to "get my baby back" and the Monday we jumped forward to Rick and Amber's first wedding. As Sheila was my favourite character and I had some knowledge of her exit storyline, that was incredibly frustrating.

So I've never seen 1998 at all and it's never been very well represented online coincidentally - getting to see this for the first time is an absolute thrill.

That said... something is clearly going on behind the scenes with Bradley because post Lake Como the show goes absolutely batshit ridiculous. Killer twins and plane crashes in Greenland, the completely bizarre Psycho house kidnapping, Maggie being trashed - also interesting that for once there almost seem to be too many character groups and stories going on. Obviously later in 1998, things reset quite significantly with Sheila and Grant gone and Amber taking  the greatest prominence. It's interesting to see it play out.

[Maxim]

Ugh I hated the period after Lake Como - the bizarre Killer twin story that was borderline cheap erotic novel for the lunch hours, sold at 0.99 cents at the grocery store... one of the top worst storylines ever in my opinion. With some of the cringest acting I've seen in my life. But after that ends, the show improves and we have some really iconic moments like Sheila vs Stephanie final showdown. 

Edited August 24, 2024 by Maxim

[Videnbas]

I am so excited that if this continues, we will have the complete 1987-2003 era within the next year!

[kalbir]

Early 1998 Kimberlin Brown and Hunter Tylo were both on pregnancy leave, so that affected the storylines.

I think Sheila suicide attempt was the exit story for KB and Taylor and baby Thomas visiting Jack was the exit story for HT.

[Maxim]

Yep, they are skipping episodes left and right on youtube. Did not respond to my email.  I guess we'll never have these episodes till Videoland catches up in couple of years. 

[Troppo]

Hate to break it to you but I think Videoland will stop at the end of S12. Why would they continue to pay for exclusivity rights to a show that's already on YouTube?

[Maxim]

Hmmmm

[Pedro]

VL is on Season 13 now but I get your concern, I was thinking the same thing. 

[BoldKara]

VL misnumbers the seasons. They are currently showing what is the true Season 11. I agree, I suspect VL will stop with season 12 because why pay for something that is already on youtube? The sad thing is we may never have all episodes in English as a result. Every skipped episode on youtube of an episode that's only available in non-English is an episode we may never recover in English. These are the episodes from Season 13 that we don't have in English as a result - 3152, 3159, 3165, 3170 and 3255. 

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[Maxim]

I'm quite sure they will continue - I remember a person on twitter months ago that said they had been in contact with VideoLand and that they planned to show all the episodes... don't forget guys that VL is streaming what is shown on RTL Lounge and couple of other RTL channels and that a looot of people from the Netherlands don't know English and watch with subtitles. Believe me, I live in Germany and they are plenty of people who are not able to watch with just English audio. And the automatic captions on youtube do not cut it. 

So, I am quite calm that they will air it and it will be streamed, it just... will take more time. But... for the episodeS we don't have - I can always take the pristine German video and add the english audio and put them in the vault. 

 

[boldau]

Respectfully, I disagree with several points. First, Dutch folk are very fluent in English. Bold airs there with the original English soundtrack and has done so since day one, it is not dubbed. Second, Videoland premieres current episodes and classic episodes before they air on RTL linear. Third, like every other broadcaster, RTL is a business. Knowing the product you’ve been paying for is available for free elsewhere (and in HD); why would said business continue to pay tens of thousands of dollars - this does not make commercial financial sense, especially for an aged product that has a narrow demographic. I have said this before and I guarantee you, classic episodes will cease on RTL at some point given the YouTube release. Casey Kasprzyk advised (last year), episodes will be released to YouTube in full HD (those seasons in SD, will be re-released in HD).

Edited August 26, 2024 by boldau

[Rmodelboy]

Still in 1996. Jessica has just told Sly she was never pregnant. This story still gives me the ick and if I remember it's about to get worse