3 hours ago, Khan said:

Perhaps, instead of "hedging" her performance and complaining publicly about Martinez's, BE should have worked with him the way Stanwyck worked with Holden.

Beth Ehlers - the 'Barbara Stanwyck of soaps'...if only she'd realized...

 

3 hours ago, Khan said:

Whoda thunk that Brittany, brought on board to be a spoiler in Catlin and Sally's romance, would end up with Catlin in the end, while Sally's body lay a-moulderin' in the grave?

Kinda sums up AW's lack of direction in the 80's.

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ALICE MATTHEWS FRAME NEARLY CORY

Talk about a Wasted and Aborted Character, Pat also seemed interesting but I'm not very well acquainted with her

14 hours ago, Vee said:

IIRC, what Ehlers said was she couldn't exactly do Shakespeare with an untrained actor, or that she was trying to work at a higher level than he was capable of. I don't think she said she was actually doing Shakespeare, but I haven't listened to it or seen the transcript in a long time. Nonetheless, it was a tactless, stupid thing to say while still on the show with a performer who the audience liked while it wasn't exactly feeling her.

As for Jensen Buchanan, let's not kid ourselves. Her character sucked, period. She was forced onto the show by JFP (who even invited a lawsuit from CBS to get her on as quickly as possible from ATWT), she was used to try to run down Bobbie's character and pushed into a frontburner pairing with A Martinez no one liked, only Tony Geary was able to save Jackie Zeman's job and Bobbie from being sent to the asylum or something, and she was loathed by the audience. Melissa was DOA. But if it hadn't been GH, the flagship soap of the network, we would've had at least another year of frontburner Melissa and Roy while Bobbie got sent off to Ferncliff. That's how JFP was allowed to run wild at OLTL. Not so much at 3 PM.

Well that's your opinion, I'll take it because I didn't get the chance to see much of her

20 hours ago, j swift said:

Remember the "adult" Tim Dillon on AMC played the hunky, but not charismatic, Dylan Fergus? 

He was excellent candidate for SORASing, as he had been off the canvas for bit, he was an heir to Alex Hunter's fortune, and he had ties to Trevor, Amanda, and Hayley.

But, he flew back into town, took off his shirt, got little to no reaction from the female characters, and then disappeared with a  month.

Tim was a great choice to bring back! Definitely needed the same care and attention that they gave to Leo And Ryan. I have finally accepted the fact that AMC wasn't a show that cared too much about history. If it wasn't some silly trivia Tad the Cad mess or stuff with Erica they couldn't care any less.

19 hours ago, Joseph said:

You know I stopped to think and Lauralee "Lorie" Brooks was both aborted and wasted, Bell certainly still had a lot in store for his daughter's namesake when Jamie decided to quit, a real pity! Then when they brought her back in 2002 well they lost soooooo many opportunities!

Also I'm not sure but I believe Jensen Buchanan's Character on GH and Y&R got some potential too

Lorie has to be my ultimate fave Y&R character. Yes, she needed to be recast. She was the show, and deserve to stick around along with Jill.

3 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Tim was a great choice to bring back! Definitely needed the same care and attention that they gave to Leo And Ryan. I have finally accepted the fact that AMC wasn't a show that cared too much about history. If it wasn't some silly trivia Tad the Cad mess or stuff with Erica they couldn't care any less.

Lorie has to be my ultimate fave Y&R character. Yes, she needed to be recast. She was the show, and deserve to stick around along with Jill.

imagine Jill and Lorie fighting for a man? an epic Catfight certainly would ensue! Instead They had Jill fighting Peggy don't know how it went

10 hours ago, DemetriKane said:

Lorie has to be my ultimate fave Y&R character. Yes, she needed to be recast.

I guess there is no role that can't be recast but those are big shoes to fill. Any suggestions of who was around at that time that could play Lorie?

Maybe its my head but Carla Borelli had the Sexiness Lorie had, but i'm not sure how she would do

On 2/17/2022 at 12:28 PM, Joseph said:

Talking About AW 

ALICE MATTHEWS FRAME NEARLY CORY

Talk about a Wasted and Aborted Character, Pat also seemed interesting but I'm not very well acquainted with her

They didn't seem to know what to do with Alice in the early 1980's, or on Jacquie's Return or her return in 1989, I would have loved that they had brought Alice Back to the show and reestarted the Feud between her and Rachel because Rachel married Carl her daughter's killer

2 hours ago, Joseph said:

I would have loved that they had brought Alice Back to the show and reestarted the Feud between her and Rachel because Rachel married Carl her daughter's killer

Carl didn't kill Sally. Her car accident was ordered by Reginald because she had witnessed some other murder. 

23 minutes ago, Xanthe said:

Carl didn't kill Sally. Her car accident was ordered by Reginald because she had witnessed some other murder. 

really? i must have been misinformed

On 2/17/2022 at 12:21 PM, Joseph said:

imagine Jill and Lorie fighting for a man? an epic Catfight certainly would ensue! Instead They had Jill fighting Peggy don't know how it went

Yes, they would have been much more worth watching.

On 2/17/2022 at 10:30 PM, Paul Raven said:

I guess there is no role that can't be recast but those are big shoes to fill. Any suggestions of who was around at that time that could play Lorie?

Tina Louise maybe.

43 minutes ago, DemetriKane said:

Yes, they would have been much more worth watching.

Tina Louise maybe.

Tina is about 15 years older than JLB.

14 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Tina is about 15 years older than JLB.

I Must agree Lorie was 21 in 1973, Tina being born in 1934 was way too old, especially if she was 14 years older Than either Victoria or Janice, it's not like Beth Maitland who was just a year older than Eileen Davidson and played her little sister, 

AMC

Adrian Sword, I had a lot of hope for this role. tying him to Opal and Tad was genius. They could have went a lot of places with this character on canvas.

GL

Sean.  He was on the island with Reva.  Quickly upgraded to contract and given history with Ben Warren.  His ex-wife faked her death and he was on the lam for it and Ben was involved with it.  Sean quickly disappeared after that.  

Sugar Hill.  The record producer working with Jesse and Dru.  He was gonna be a spoiler in the relationship but Taye Diggs hit it big and was gone.

Sean Reardon.  Bridget and Matt's dad appeared for about a week.  His character was kinda similar to Buzz's 

Cain.  Originally Cain and Reva was going to be a Beauty and the Beast type romance but they decided to make Cain a villain.

Harley's Prison Cellmate played by Linda Dano.  Seemed like there was a possibility  of her sticking around for awhile like Abby's celibate Selina years prior.  Dano's character mentioned having a daughter.

J Chamberlain.  First of all he should've kept him as AJ Cjambetlain and developed his character more. Yet another wasted legacy character like Ben Reade.

ATWT

Bryan Montgomery.  So much wasted potential.  He could've been blinded or in a coma to get a similar effect.

Evan Walsh IV and Dani.  More wasted legacy characters.  

Camille.  She should've been John Dixons daughter.  They were hinting at it so hard with no payoff.

Judi Evans character that had a fling with Holden.  She really gave a filler character some serious presence.  I would've  preferred her sticking around over recasting Lilly.

 

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SB missed a HUGE opportunity by not exploring the Count Armonti. In fact, they never cast him. Or even told the story about him. 

I also think AW missed the boat with Miranda Bishop. I think she could have been an interesting character instead of the Iris 2.0 she wound up being. 

 

9 hours ago, Spoon said:

GL

Sean.  He was on the island with Reva.  Quickly upgraded to contract and given history with Ben Warren.  His ex-wife faked her death and he was on the lam for it and Ben was involved with it.  Sean quickly disappeared after that.  

I liked Sean..despite his muscle boy Island Hunk thing, he had good chemistry with Reva and believe it or not Dinah. He reminded me a bit of Fletcher when he first came on and he had loads of friendship chemistry with all the women, from Hillary, to Maureen, to Reva (I actually liked both Reva and Fletcher best at that point..they were working together and were friends..the show stunk at that time but got that right) this was of course before they started shoving Fletch into romances with all the divas and Hammer started chewind scenery and stepping on everyone's lines..I wonder why they didn't put him with Holly..she needed a hunk in her bed and she would be okay with his rather ambiguous vibe.

 

10 hours ago, Spoon said:

Sugar Hill.  The record producer working with Jesse and Dru.  He was gonna be a spoiler in the relationship but Taye Diggs hit it big and was gone.

Was he really named..."Sugar"? That sounds like a pimp on Starsky and Hutch...anyway, I HATE record producing storylines and GL has a bad track record with them..(remember the Infinity storyline when Lujack became a hot recording talent???) But I can't imagine dippy Jesse would have anything on Tye but..

 

10 hours ago, Spoon said:

Cain.  Originally Cain and Reva was going to be a Beauty and the Beast type romance but they decided to make Cain a villain.

I remember Pam Long saying it was going to be like a Tarzan and Jane thing, but really, what was the direction she was headed in? How far could that have gone? I was glad they just made him a pyscho and loved the hilarious scene of him holding equally crazy bitchy Claire hostage on the bridge. Wasnt he also wanted for his wife's murder?

 

10 hours ago, Spoon said:

Harley's Prison Cellmate played by Linda Dano.  Seemed like there was a possibility  of her sticking around for awhile like Abby's celibate Selina years prior.  Dano's character mentioned having a daughter.

Dano I think just did that as a favor for Wheeler and to keep her union credentials? We had enough ladies of that age, Alex, Holly, Van, who were on recurring and they didnt know how to write for. Anway, speaking of Selena I think she would have fared better if they kept her in the Bauer sphere...she was living in the garage apartment and I think she would have made an interesting romance with a recast Ed. Instead they suffled her off to Coopertown and she began competing with Deas on scenery chewing and PDA tried to manufacture a super couple of the two of them with the unlikely name of Suzz!

 

10 hours ago, Spoon said:

J Chamberlain.  First of all he should've kept him as AJ Cjambetlain and developed his character more. Yet another wasted legacy character like Ben Reade.

What a waste. Ethan Erickson was of course, good looking and seemed to have some talent. He had at least more talent then the guy playing Jesse, but the problem was that Chelle was the only one in his age range, and as try as she might, McTavish could not make people swallow cousin love..even if they werent bio cousins...this was of course before Jonathon and Tams revolted a lot of the audience. I never understood why they just didnt follow his Uncle Matt and go for an older woman..I would have much rather watched Reva have a sexual thing with AJ then..Buzz. Imagine Nola finding out that Reva was doing her little boy.