Members AlexElizabeth Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I loved every second of the premiere. Well, minus Rex. And what the hell is the point of Shaun/Cris scenes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MontyB Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I concur. I don't get the TSJ being thrown under the bus nonsense as posted on another site. You're right, he was leaving the show anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 But for some reason people think it is some big cover story to cover up the actual truth. LOL the show was ending when they wrote him out, why would they have cared with the fans thught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 That's your opinion. I thought it was very good and entertaining In writing terms simply : FILLER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MontyB Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 +1 Everyone knows when a whole lot of stuff is going on in an episode, those throw away scenes are always inserted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 The two most entertaining episodes in recent memory and the boards were down!!! I thought that everything OLTL has tried to be under FV and RC (satirical, suspenseful, innuendo-laden, with nods to history) actually fell into place and really worked with minimal groan-worthy moments. I was literally laughing out loud at some points. AP is actually very good at playing this sleaze and I'm beginning to think it comes a little too naturally to him. The joy of seeing Ford relegated to waitstaff. Markko (who looks ten years older with that beard... and I thought of you all when Dorian mentioned "beard" and "Langston" in the same breath :roll: ) sticking it to Ford without a tacked on "Poor Ford " moment was very much appreciated by me. I know the propping will resume soon enough, but I was thankful for that scrap from the writers table. I didn't care for the Dorian/Ionia stuff which was so disappointing as Dorian is historically my favorite player at these big Gllamview events (as was the late, great Asa). Though she had a couple of moments that really reminded me of Carolyn Jones as Myrna on Capitol. I really like the RHTodd and John stuff and I don't see their banter as "gay" so much as The Odd Couple (though I suppose if you wanna go all Tony Randall with it...). They work really well together and it's interesting seeing Todd have a "friend". It would be even more interesting if they remained "friends" should these two characters live on in the online version instead of the more likely development that they'd establish an adversarial relationship once Todd was fully back to his old self. And of course if either of them even do the online version. LOL @Vicker Man-Blair being portrayed by an "Asian-American actress" Mia Korf! Oh Lawd, those closeups of Cristian making the sundaes with bananas and cherries, that was just straight up "We don't give a [!@#$%^&*]!" blatant. And notice that shots of Deanna were never shown, only Nate? Hmmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MontyB Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I think that had everything to do with budget. I'm guessing she not on the show anymore, so they won't have to pay her for those scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 Myself as a writer, when I do big events like these you need filler in between those big scenes It should always be your weakest story as filler And a plus one from me.. Very good post. Right on esp with the first paragraph. I do think RC and FV have finally found their niche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 except there was no story there. Cris and Shaun was purely nothing.They were just there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexElizabeth Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I thought he was really funny as Rick on Friday. He's actually pretty entertaining. I loved him dancing in the background when the porn was playing, and jumping up in front of everyone and introducing himself, it was such a hot mess but it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 Nafessa Williams (Deanna) wasn't listed with the contract cast in the ending credits after Friday's episode. I think that was it for her. And OLTL should submit Friday's episode for the Emmys but considering their choices from the past three years... they won't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted July 31, 2011 Loved the Thursday and Friday cliffhangers! Thursday's cliffhanger was hilarious - as was the "Hold The Diploma" scenes: "I heard you failed sex ed.....luckily for you, I aced the class." "My diploma is so huge.....it's because I have a double major." Friday's cliffhanger was classic soap. This Two Todds storyline has been excellent so far. Can't wait until Monday! He's pretty good at playing the light funny stuff but that's it. He can't do anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I've never understood why they had a story about a fun-loving guy who blackmails people into porn. It's like casting him as Coco's pornogorapher in Fame. Why not have people who are willing to do porn? You have all kinds of characters on the show who would probably drop their drawers in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OLTL_fan Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhinohide Posted July 31, 2011 Members Share Posted July 31, 2011 I think the Cris and Shaun stuff is just filler and was there to juxtapose the Rama/Vimal reunion. I also think it was something to provide a transition to Cris's exit. A bridge. We would have complained if he'd just disappeared into the Martin's attic. At least I would have. I don't have a problem with him exiting (although I love the character and will miss him -- I've been missing him since Evangeline left because he really hasn't had a good story since then), but I would have screamed foul if he'd just vanished. Tried to spoiler tag the casting spoiler. Things have changed. :/ Don't hurt me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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