Days: November 2019 Discussion Thread🦃

[Khan]

I don't see why FS should have to struggle with his weight.  If he tends to be heavier, then let himself be heavier.  This industry is too damn obsessed with everyone being a size-0 or having a 12-pack, it's no wonder so many actors end up with drug problems and/or eating disorders.

[SFK]

 

I see no reason why anyone should have an issue with his weight, this is a serial, not pornography, and even if it were pornography, "There's a porn for that." I think being an awful actor delivering awful scripts is what's truly egregious in this industry, I don't care about anyone's body type. Look at the UK soaps, I'd rather be taken by good storytelling and good acting than being preoccupied by an actor's looks.

[KMan101]

 

lol all of this!

 

THIS!

 

I do notice when he bloats but as someone who can kinda relate to his problems of weight, I try not to judge anyone. As long as someone is happy and healthy, it doesn't matter. But I understand the shallow soap viewers who want abs and hunks running around, but then again, you can always go watch porn.

[KMan101]

*NOBODY* cares about Eli/Gabi and Kayla/Justin. Chemistry free. Goodie. We time jumped for this?

[xtr]

 

There really are a lot of shallow fans in the Days fan base. I think even more so than any of the other soaps fan bases. Or at  least more so than the Y&R/B&B fans who usually don't act like this. (An exception being when some mean (mostly bitter Lane fans) went after Beth Maitland's looks.)

 

They mostly seem to focused on stuff like Freddie/Sonny's weight/looks. They ask how could Evan like Sonny, even though at this point Sonny hasn't done anything to warrant Evan NOT liking him. They have nice/pleasant conversation. There is no reason for Evan to dislike Sonny. But according to some people he should because in their minds Sonny is not attractive and doesn't deserve anyone liking him. That's what a lot of them are pretty much saying. Heck, some of them are flat out saying that. And it's based off nothing but being shallow. It's one thing if Evan got to know Sonny and decided he didn't like his personality and left him alone.

 

But at this point, they've both been nice to one another and there's no reason for him to have ill feelings towards Sonny. Let alone dislike him the way some of the Days fans wished he would and do. There is enough going on with this show with the time jump, characters exits and the overall fate of the show being up in the air, that people could talk about, instead of the same annoying shallow stuff regarding Freddie/Sonny's looks/weight.  

 

 

 

I would like to see more Kayla/Justin before I come to a conclusion of them, but I agree about Eli/Gabi. Eli/Gabi really don't have any chemistry. I think they are pretty together and that's it, lol. I don't think they've ever had much in the way of chemistry. They might have less chemistry than him and Lani. But they put them together because they wanted to push this lopsided rivalry between Gabi/Lani,. Even though prior to Lani shooting Stefan, they didn't interact much together at all.

 

Before Stefan's death, there was the drama when Gabi found out that Eli slept with Lani/got her pregnant. But after that Gabi went her separate way and got tied up in the stuff with Abigail/Stefan. Gabi really didn't harp on the betrayal too much, she dumped Eli and moved on relatively quickly. JJ was the one who really struggled with the betrayal and hovered over Eli/Lani. Prior to Stefan's death, her and Lani really weren't interacting much and that's one of the reasons why this "rivalry" falls flat for me. I think that Ron is doing this because he loves Gabi/CB and needed something for her to do (like wreck more havoc) between the time that Stefan left the show & they decided to bring him back. 

[te.]

I'm assuming that Lani might be in the convent for mysterious undercover work reasons? It seems a bit far-fetched that two characters would randomly join a convent unless they're going to reveal Lani and Kristen are scissor sisters.

[KMan101]

 

Agreed! It's basically saying "he's chunky again so why would anyone like him" and that says a lot about some people and personally plays on my own insecurities. Anywho ...

 

I agree the Gabi/Lani rivalry falls flat. It's very plot driven and it just doesn't quite work. Lani could have recorded Gabi and exposed her. But then we'd have no story. Unfortunately also, Lani and Eli were poorly developed too so it makes it hard to root for them. I like them but I really don't care as much as I'd like to.

 

Eli/Gabi have NO chemistry. I guess I can buy them getting together but it still feels plotty and filler. Like they needed to bust up Eli/Lani (and had no real good reason to bust them up, so the pacemaker thing came up) and give Gabi something to do (why I also think Chabby are back conventiently until Stefan comes back). I like Gabi better this way for sure but it's cartoonish at times. IDK. I want to love all of this more than I do.

 

I agree I maybe judged Kayla/Justin too fast. I do think Wally and MBE have *some* chemistry. But it feels pointless because we all know Kayla's riding Steve again once he's himself (if that happens) .... also sounds like we'll get "Steve"/Kate ... I get Ron wants folks to be talking but none of these "couples" will do that and could have the opposite effect. I get what he's going for but for me, it's meh ...

 

lol! Maybe Lani has ulterior motives. I can buy Kristen hiding out in the convent and turning to God. Reilly's Kristen loved her some church I believe before she went bonkers.

 

I think both have pure and ulterior motives. It's also a convenient way to hide out and not be found, which is what they both want. It does sort of make sense the more I think about it. Still kind of out of left field but I'm surprisingly here for this.

[Vee]

Justin and Kayla screams one of those pointless vet subplot pairings Ron loved to push on GH. In lieu of an actual substantive storyline for those characters of a certain age, he'd awkwardly jam people like Lucy and Duke (or Laura/Bobbie and Scott again) together for a C-storyline to appear once or twice every two weeks, play superficial romantic triangle follies for them as a background plot where most of the beats are offscreen, and call it a day. He tried this with Viki, Charlie, Dorian and David a bit at OLTL too but there at least there was a wealth of history for the fluff, and they'd cycle back into bigger story later.

 

There is no legitimate reason to pair these two on DAYS other than to fill space and waste time. Ironically, I suspect this old vet formula for Ron is also why SN turned down a proposed return to GH in 2013 - they wanted him back as Stefan but not on contract, and I'm pretty sure they intended to use him as the 'Justin' to Laura's 'Kayla' vs. Luke. How do you play Luke, Laura and Stefan as a C-plot every other Wednesday?

 

As for Freddie Smith, I don't care about his grift or Sonny one way or the other but I feel like it might be hard for me to care about the feelings or personal life/health/weight/age struggles of my fellow posters if they spend all their time fatshaming an actor half their age and giggling about penis like the neighborhood pervert.

 

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[te.]

I'm always shocked when I remember that Bill Hayes is 94 years old.

 

Damn, that man seems at least 20 years younger. 

[Soapsuds]

+1 Same boring sh!t. MBE looked very awkward kissing Wally Kurth. That spoke volumes to me. 

[te.]

 

In all honesty, it reminds me when Ron first came on and brought back Hattie and Bonnie - clearly it wasn't well written or anything, but it was clear that both Deidre and Judi got a shot in the arm and enjoyed playing them again so that sort of ended up selling it more than it should've been sold. I assume that Kristian is just enjoying not playing dreary Hope for now.

 

I still think Princess Gina should revert into being Salem's Heidi Fleiss in a nod to Kristian's Melrose Place character.

[Soapsuds]

I noticed that Days has brought in some heavy hitters in the directing department to start off the leap forward episodes. Too bad the writing isn't even close to the directing. 

[dragonflies]

I love that random people who I have never heard of are commenting on the time jump. LOL

 

 

[edgeofnik]

Somehow I think the overwhelming majority of FS (FatShamers) are the same people who DEMAND unconditional acceptance from others. I always find it sickly ironic that members of so-called oppressed groups are pretty quick to shame folks on any number of topics, but completely melt down when it’s turned back on them.

 

I say if you’re gonna shame on a topic, you need to post pix or data on where you fall on that spectrum. Now that would be interesting! 

 

 

[dragonflies]

Sadly fat shaming happens A LOT on this board. For example those who've commented on Billy Miller's (supposed) weight. 

 

Anywho back on topic, I'm enjoying the time jump so far