Members DRW50 Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Unless Shawn Christian is no longer orange I can't watch him. If it wasn't such a tired cliche I would say they should have done a story where Will falls in love with damaged bully T, and has to separate those feelings from being gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted August 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 A fan! I loved Daniel and Chelsea as well. The ONLY time I liked Daniel & accepted him with someone. I like Shawn Christian but not on DAYS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted August 31, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Only thing I hated about it was the fact that they went on a PICNIC. LMFAO. They are in college, what kind of teenage kid in college has a picnic party with their friends at a park?! Embarrassing. And all around, I just find them all a bit awkward together. I think they're all good actors but the way the scenes are directed and the dialogue is written makes things awkward to me. DAYS needs a young writer on the team, or the actors need to put more of themselves into their characters because I know for damn sure they do not act like that completely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 I said this EXACT thing on twitter and was overwhelmed with the response from people my age saying they did go on picnics at the lake or beach all the time. yeah, the writing and direction for all their characters is pretty awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Here's Carrie getting Hope's invitiation! I like how they are doing backstory for the upcoming event, inserting brief small scenes in the middle of the episode to set it all up Nicholas has been in town for days now and he STILL hasnt met Melanie? WTF isnt she being included in Carly's treatment? Man its so hard to defend T. I want to still like him but the writing is just awful. Gross! Thats how it all went down? Yikes! And he dated Kate? I thought they only had sex a few times, not an actual relationship. Thank goodness Billie got out of dodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shawn Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 ^ That picture of Carrie made me smile. Too bad it'll be a few weeks until I can watch Days again. I hope I get my flood damage and repairs taken care of before the reboot. I doubt my office would approve of me watching episodes online while jobs are coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 As I said, I missed most of the initial Daniel / Chelsea / Kate story, but I was aware it had happened. I remember a set of scenes between Chelsea / Daniel from before Chelsea left town where she discussed her fertility issues with Dan, which I thought were well done. To be fair, it's hard to have Daniel have anything to do with a character who is no longer living in Salem. Given the way Daniel / Chloe ended, I'm not surprised they don't have much contact, but, if there was time, I think they could have been able to work past the hurt to be on friendly terms again. To be technical, Daniel didn't cheat on Kate with Chloe because Kate had ended their relationship before hand. Kate told Daniel what they had was nice, but it wasn't serious. By then, it was clear Daniel was attracted to Chloe and probably would have cheated on Kate with Chloe, but I don't think that actually happened. Only later, did Kate become jealous when she learned about Chloe and Daniel's secret relationship because of Chloe's involvement with Lucas and because of her own feelings for Daniel which she had tried to supress. I do agree that good relationships play out for years, and I do believe this was the intention for Carly / Daniel when Carly was brought back to town. There was no way the audience was going to allow Carly / Bo to be end game so they set in motion the Daniel / Carly backstory in order to solidify both characters position on the canvas. The story should have been between Carly / Daniel and built naturally after the break up between Daniel / Chloe and Carly / Bo, but it didn't happen that way. So yes, at the times, the writing has been bad, down right atrocious. As a doctor on staff at University Hospital, I think Daniel's profession gives him a pretty strong base in Salem with his daughter Melanie and his godfather Victor solidify his position. It's not like Daniel's story plays out in its own little orb. Certainly you're not saying because Daniel isn't part of a supercouple or lacks the last name Horton or Brady he doesn't have a place on the canvas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Daniel's connection to Victor has always felt kind of false to me. I get why they did it, but it never really has clicked, IMO. His relationships with Melanie and Carly, though, actually have developed in a genuine way. A lot of the writing and the way they got them there has been crappy, but I actually feel like these three people have formed a weird little family unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members remos Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Patience, Grasshopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted August 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2011 Sarah Horton mention in the mini-episode! I hope that's foreshadowing! And Molly looks cute with bangs. So after one episode of liking Jen/Daniel, they are back to be nauseating. I had to FF their sex scenes. *puke* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members remos Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Really? I couldn't care less about the pairing, but I thought it one of the better love scenes on a soap I've seen in some time. Mostly it's only about sex, but this was much more romantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted August 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2011 I agree in that sense (see Y&R where there's no romance). I just don't like the Jen/Dan pairing so that's why I FF them having sex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted August 31, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 31, 2011 Two episodes in, this business storyline is off to a great start. Kate goes to Victor but he rejects her idea and then tells Brady, "I have much bigger plans. Watch and learn, grandson." Now that is another thing to look forward to. Nice! I also had to idea Maggie and Alice were Billie's first investors of Countess Wilhelmina - that was a cool use of history. The Melanie/Nicholas scenes were really good too. That was a good first meeting. Loved that last scene of Jen looking out the window right after having sex with Daniel. Jack's still on her mind and in her heart. Such awesome subtext right there! Aside from the Jen/Dan sex scenes, another great episode today. I'm once again looking forward to watching the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members remos Posted August 31, 2011 Members Share Posted August 31, 2011 Is it just me, or did it look like Maggie wanted words with Kate afterwards. Loved the whole clearing of throat when Mags walked into the room, basically establishing herself as Mrs. K-in-waiting. I agree about Jen/Dan as a horrible pairing - no spark at all. I think Mel is loosing the wrong parent, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Antoyne Posted September 1, 2011 Members Share Posted September 1, 2011 Definitely a great show today minus Jen/Dan who I actually liked yesterday. The fact that the show waited until it was time for Carlys exit to bring on Nicholas is absolutely stupid. This stuff has been great but it's not going to lead anywhere which is a shame. Love anytime Kate is in the Kiriakis orbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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