I think you should do away with spoiler tags altogether. If you don't want to know what's going on, then don't read the thread. If you want to participate in the discussion, then go watch the episode.

Absolutely!

You have a point. The reason I stated what I did though is because I *believe* the staff agreed to keep each daily thread open 10-14 days after each episode already aired to keep them inline with how Hulu.com operates. So if someone hasn't watched after day one, they have no excuse for being spoiled in here.

I'd just say try to be careful with some major spoilerish stuff at least for the first 8 hours after the show is up. Maybe only up until the 1:00 PM previous ABC air schedule? We'll see how it goes, I guess.

There's no need to put spoiler tags if you're discussing something that has aired. It's only common sense that if you haven't watched the episode yet, you don't come into the thread. Spoiler tags should only be used if it's about something that hasn't aired yet. (I'll post this in the OLTL thread too).

There's no need to put spoiler tags if you're discussing something that has aired. It's only common sense that if you haven't watched the episode yet, you don't come into the thread. Spoiler tags should only be used if it's about something that hasn't aired yet. (I'll post this in the OLTL thread too).

Thanks Toups, that's how it should be.

Don't want to hear anyone whining they were spoiled cause they read the thread(s) lol

There's no need to put spoiler tags if you're discussing something that has aired. It's only common sense that if you haven't watched the episode yet, you don't come into the thread. Spoiler tags should only be used if it's about something that hasn't aired yet. (I'll post this in the OLTL thread too).

thanks for clarifying bc that's how it works for every other soap. I don't get to watch live so when I come home from work, I stay out of the discussion threads until Ive viewed my recordings. It should be the same for these. Spoiler tags would have made more sense in a weekly thread but since these are daily, it should be easy to stay out of discussion for material you have yet to see

Yay this means I can post screencaps and gifs!

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I do think this venture is much more up Marlene McPherson's alley. If you watch her interview with Errol from when she and DRT were starting at Days you can tell she really wanted to modernize the storytelling ("Let's stop sitting around talking about [how we're going to update these shows] and let's actually do it!"). I don't doubt that she hit a brick wall in NBC/Sony/Corday/whoever in that regard.

Having said that, I'm still concerned her material will be dullsville once the excitement of the show being back wears off. I'm also worried that the Uri/Vlad stuff will end up being as cartoon-y and cringe-worthy as when the DOOL teens were being held captive by the illegal online gambling guys (including Carlos the Fusion handyman!), or that the mystery of Celia's locket will end up being as "make-it-up-as-we-go" as the whole Alice Horton secret bank accounts mess.

I've said it before, but I just can't seriously put anyone's failure at DOOL wholly on them when Ken Corday is in the mix - particularly writers with no real record as HW, or in other writers' cases, a half-decent one prior to coming to the show. I think DOOL, Corday and Sony have a lot to do with what happened there. But I thought from her start over there that she was a good fit for AMC.

I do think it's right that they move slowly with AMC and gradually re-introduce a whole new canvas. I think the different paces and focuses for each show is a healthy thing.

As for whether DAYS can accept good writing into itself, the present team, especially the scriptwriters, is doing great there.

If you say so. Any time I try to watch it I feel the creeping ennui of merciless eternity bearing down on me. They did hire a few decent OLTL scriptwriters, and you can tell their work when you hear it - or I can, anyway - but the stories still suck as far as I'm concerned, and I watched enough OLTL in the last few years to know there's only so much talented scripters can do with shitty stories.

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I do think it's right that they move slowly with AMC and gradually re-introduce a whole new canvas. I think the different paces and focuses for each show is a healthy thing.

If they weren't replacing half the cast and introducing so many of their own new characters, they wouldn't have to take that much time establishing everyone. I disagree that AMC needs its identity reestablished. When it went off air, it was still AMC. Yes, Adam had been gone for awhile, but AMC still had the Martins (Joe/Ruth were even still visiting after the move to LA), the Kanes, Opal, the Chandlers, and the Hubbards.

I think with this being an experimental venture, the show needs to hit the ground running and have good cliffhangers to keep people tuning in ... From what I've seen in the trailers, it looks like some stuff does start happening pretty fast though, so I'm not that worried yet.

I agree with LeClerc about being a little concerned that the Uri/Vlad story might be cartoonish.

Love the header!

Edited April 28, 201312 yr by full hearts

when it went off the air it was AMC in name only, it was a shell of what it should have been.

Previously on All My Children....

DISCUSS!

Assuming this debuts at midnight EST, just a little under 7 hours to go

PLEASE MAKE ONE FOR OLTL!!!

Awesome work, Cheap!

Agreed, the Previously On banner rocks!

There's no need to put spoiler tags if you're discussing something that has aired. It's only common sense that if you haven't watched the episode yet, you don't come into the thread. Spoiler tags should only be used if it's about something that hasn't aired yet. (I'll post this in the OLTL thread too).

Great, because I'm not planning to use spoiler tags for any daily comments about what I just watched. I will use them for anything coming up in the previews.

If they weren't replacing half the cast and introducing so many of their own new characters, they wouldn't have to take that much time establishing everyone. I disagree that AMC needs its identity reestablished. When it went off air, it was still AMC. Yes, Adam had been gone for awhile, but AMC still had the Martins (Joe/Ruth were even still visiting after the move to LA), the Kanes, Opal, the Chandlers, and the Hubbards.

I think with this being an experimental venture, the show needs to hit the ground running and have good cliffhangers to keep people tuning in ... From what I've seen in the trailers, it looks like some stuff does start happening pretty fast though, so I'm not that worried yet.

I agree with LeClerc about being a little concerned that the Uri/Vlad story might be cartoonish.

when it went off the air it was AMC in name only, it was a shell of what it should have been.

No, it wasn't AMC in name only. As Ericmontreal eloquently put it the other day and Jfung did above, Pine Valley still had its main families and reestablished the feel of a community when Lorraine Broderick first returned after Pratt and kept that through the final episodes.

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No, it wasn't AMC in name only. As Ericmontreal eloquently put it the other day and Jfung did above, Pine Valley still had its main families and reestablished the feel of a community when Lorraine Broderick first returned after Pratt and kept that through the final episodes.

We'll have to agree to disagree, having it's main families doesn't mean much if the core of the show is broken and it was on AMC for years