There were a couple of elements that I hated about the Princess Gina:

- Stefano was obsessed with art! (really??!...like who cares about stealing art) LOL

- John was never a Priest. He only pretending to be a Priest to steal art. It totally retconned the Possession which pissed my off so much.

- Subsex. Ewwwww

And I'm sure there are more but I blocked it out. LOL

There were two version of Princess Gina. Under SSM, it was Princess Gina in Hope's body and under Langan it was the "real Princess Gina."

The upside of course was seeing Kristian in doubles roles and having her wear sexy outfits and hairstyles. LOL

Here is a GREAT one:

I know not everyone was crazy about the Princess Gina storyline under Sussman-Morina that went on FOREVER and made no sense at all (I actually loved it at the time, don't know that I would if it were on again now) but this scene is really SO well done. Really cinematic and the freeze frame was such an intense way to the end episode.

Days in the 90s <3 Best soap ever possibly.

I LOVED the Princess Gina saga. I always preferred Kristan Alfonso when she was playing bitchy and OTT over plain old Hope. I thoroughly enjoyed the real Gina in town even though it made no sense..lol

The upside of course was seeing Kristian in doubles roles and having her wear sexy outfits and hairstyles. LOL

I hated the "skunk" hairdo!

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by Cheap21

There were a couple of elements that I hated about the Princess Gina:

- Stefano was obsessed with art! (really??!...like who cares about stealing art) LOL

- John was never a Priest. He only pretending to be a Priest to steal art. It totally retconned the Possession which pissed my off so much.

- Subsex. Ewwwww

And I'm sure there are more but I blocked it out. LOL

There were two version of Princess Gina. Under SSM, it was Princess Gina in Hope's body and under Langan it was the "real Princess Gina."

The upside of course was seeing Kristian in doubles roles and having her wear sexy outfits and hairstyles. LOL

Stefano loves opera and strega so I thought it was in character for him to love art as well.

Stefano was the best part of the Gina storyline.

Stefano loves opera and strega so I thought it was in character for him to love art as well.

I agree that Stefano would love art. But to write a storyline about stealing art? Come on. I didn't want to see Stefano doing that.

There were a couple of elements that I hated about the Princess Gina:

- Stefano was obsessed with art! (really??!...like who cares about stealing art) LOL

- John was never a Priest. He only pretending to be a Priest to steal art. It totally retconned the Possession which pissed my off so much.

- Subsex. Ewwwww

And I'm sure there are more but I blocked it out. LOL

There were two version of Princess Gina. Under SSM, it was Princess Gina in Hope's body and under Langan it was the "real Princess Gina."

The upside of course was seeing Kristian in doubles roles and having her wear sexy outfits and hairstyles. LOL

Toups, who did you vote for in the "who should be the father of Hope's baby?" poll. I voted Stefano.

And yeah, revealing that the real Gina was alive all those years made the entire previous year and a half make no sense. Why did Stefano need to have Hope fill in as Gina for 4 years if the real Gina was alive locked in a turret? It didn't make any sense lol. But Gina posing as Hope was still a good storyline.

As for retconning John's past, I think it's just a rite of passage for Days HWs. You simply aren't a DAYS headwriter until you retcon John's past.

And boo at whoever said they hated the "skunk" -- my favorite Hope hairstyle EVER is the "skunk." And the red hair of Gina posing as Hope was great too. lol they needed to have her have a different hairstyle so we wouldn't all be COMPLETELY confused.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by juppiter

Toups, who did you vote for in the "who should be the father of Hope's baby?" poll. I voted Stefano.

I didn't vote!! I hated Subsex. I don't even remember when Stefano raped Hope's body - was that in the submarine too? I was very happy when Brash & Cwikly rewrote that Mime-Bo (oh Tom Langan!! What the hell was that?? LMAO!) had sex with Gina.

And yeah, revealing that the real Gina was alive all those years made the entire previous year and a half make no sense. Why did Stefano need to have Hope fill in as Gina for 4 years if the real Gina was alive locked in a turret? It didn't make any sense lol. But Gina posing as Hope was still a good storyline.

I think Stefano couldn't use real Gina because she was really really old. How did real Gina de-age to look like Hope? I forget.

As for retconning John's past, I think it's just a rite of passage for Days HWs. You simply aren't a DAYS headwriter until you retcon John's past.

True! LOL But it's gotta at least be possible and to make some sense even if it's a stretch. John being a fake priest made ZERO sense. That means during The Possession, the devil was fooled and thought John was a Priest? And wouldn't Stefano have been like, "Hey a minute, John can't to the exorcism! He's not a real Priest!" LOL

Okay, someone post more Princess Gina freeze frames or special effects because we're getting off topic.

And boo at whoever said they hated the "skunk" -- my favorite Hope hairstyle EVER is the "skunk." And the red hair of Gina posing as Hope was great too. lol they needed to have her have a different hairstyle so we wouldn't all be COMPLETELY confused.

that was me and yikes! The blond pieces they had mixed in with her hair were awful...lol. I did like when the real Gina was posing as Hope and she cut her hair. That style was good

I think Stefano couldn't use real Gina because she was really really old. How did real Gina de-age to look like Hope? I forget.

They didnt explain it...lol. One week, Gina was old and haggard and the next, she was 20 years younger and beautiful. I guess they finally being out of that tower got her to freshen up...lol. That was one of the many things that made no sense but I didnt care

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by Cheap21

Freeze-frame of Drake Hogestyn's favorite facial expression at 11:52 made me rofl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jWNByytY9o&feature=related

LOL! That freeze has me so excited for Drake's return...He's so campy and soapy, and totally in on it.

Were these special effect laden freeze frames done away with becauase of budget problems or because of viewer complaints?

Were these special effect laden freeze frames done away with because of budget problems or because of viewer complaints?

It would take time and money to put those endings together, and they were so minor I'm sure the show figured it wasn't worth keeping when they could just end the scene by fading out.

They were doing those endings for five years, and during periods of time where a lot of more important things could've been complained about Despite them not being too popular on this board, I doubt there was an outcry to have them removed.

Edited July 16, 201114 yr by Ky_D

Were these special effect laden freeze frames done away with becauase of budget problems or because of viewer complaints?

They ended when Stephen Wyman was replaced with Ed Scott.

Freeze-frame of Drake Hogestyn's favorite facial expression at 11:52 made me rofl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jWNByytY9o&feature=related

LOL!! That's when the freeze frame is not needed.

LOL! That freeze has me so excited for Drake's return...He's so campy and soapy, and totally in on it.

Same here. I love his acting style.

It would take time and money to put those endings together, and they were so minor I'm sure the show figured it wasn't worth keeping when they could just end the scene by fading out.

I don't think it cost money. They just do the effects in editing.

I don't think it cost money. They just do the effects in editing.

The effects themselves wouldn't have cost the show money. But someone was on company time brainstorming, creating, and implementing them for almost every episode which I'm sure wasn't free for the show.

Brainstorming and implementing a flash? The regular editor would just do that. No one would be paid extra for that than them doing a simple fade.