Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I do like how this time around John is just basically not there. Marlena works SO much better without him. I wish WN would return as Roman and John would die and Abe would vanish. All in the same day please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfave06 Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I keep wondering thee same thing. I would love to see Kristen clash with Marlena, I could just care less about John these days, I don't care what story he's in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I think John does serve a purpose on the show, as a moral pillar type, when DAYS has so many skeevy leading men, but they moved that role over to Rafe. They now put John in half-hearted "business" stories, when they bother with any story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I agree. That is why i am already shipping Kristen/Eric. Or even kristen taking a liking to Sami/EJ and her and Sami becoming friends as Sami/Marlena is further strained, but then again why would Marlena care, this is Sami not Carrie afterall. My biggest issue with John is, despite being on the show for long, he has no relationships on the show aside from Marlena. Even Brady and him, in scenes together, seem disconnected and uninterested in eachother (tho i do think EM is a great casting as DH's son). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I think John has some relationships, they just don't write them (John/Kate, for instance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I would never buy a John/Kate friendship today. They were a great pairing, and later friends.. years ago. But i feel that a friendship today would be very forced. Really, Sami is probably the person next to Marlena I would most by john having a friendship with, but that would take a lot of work that writers are too lazy to do today. It might just be a Drake thing though, because well he has never been a master at the art of acting, he always had something about him and that something has been totally missing this go around. John never should have been unkilled when Hogan killed him off, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I just wonder if they think her return will immediately cause a ratings boost, and panic if it doesn't happen. This is the type of short term thinking the show has had so much in recent years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 I dont think so. They seem to actually have story in mind and thats why they wanted her, not for a quick ratings fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 Honestly Id want Kristen to go in a new direction and NOT get involved wtih John and Marlena. Question is I dont know what that direction would be. Theres a serious lack of men in her age group, especially with Bo and Jack gone soon. John, Abe, Daniel and Roman is all thats left? Yuck! I guess Justin but he's pretty much a cameo king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 They always have a story in mind when they bring people on. I think the advantage this character has is that she hasn't already been brought back 100 times. But I hope they don't throw her in a story with John, Marlena, or Sami. John and Marlena are played out as a couple and Sami is not hurting for story. I don't think you can keep her away from EJ because she's a DiMera. Maybe some sort of fight for control of the DiMera holdings with Kate and EJ now that Stefano and Lexie are dead. As for ratings eh. I think this show needs freshness like B&B did to get any kind of real boost particularly in the demos and bringing Kristen back isn't it. Erics not a bad addition if they throw him in with the unpredictable like Abby or Gabi vs. Nicole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 her first run was all about john and marlena and she is ej's mother, no way will she be kept away from them or sami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 Gabi and Abby are too young to be going up against Nicole and Eric around either one would be as gross as when Abby was all over Austin. Susan hated Sami! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 And? Frankly anything with John and Marlena is played out. And I stand by what I said. Sami is not hurting for story. I'm not sure why people keep getting brought onto these shows to give the same tired characters more story. I think a DiMera internal power struggle with Kate and EJ is a heck of a lot more interesting than another round of Kristian with John and Marlena and Sami has plenty. She's not needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 Does anyone think ED will be playing Susan for more than a month or so? Honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted June 28, 2012 Members Share Posted June 28, 2012 So who's returning Kristian or Susan? Everyone hates Sami but at this point its groundhog day. Im not sure how diff it is on Days bringing in yet another enemy for Sami vs on GH bringing on another enemy for Sonny. Its the same BS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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