2 hours ago, j swift said:

Also, someone mentioned the scoring the other day, and now I can't get it out of my head.  Part of the reason that the Abe story lacks any sense of mystery or suspense is the silly music that underscores all of their scenes.  It makes it seem like a wacky caper rather than a life-threatening situation.

The bulk majority of DAYS is written as parody. The music exacerbates all the wacky, silly, goofball hijinks. 

It's like Carlivati went to the writing school of Marc Cherry but dropped out because there weren't enough doppelgangers, so he never learned how to properly blend shades of humor with drama. 

 

Edited June 23, 20232 yr by Gray Bunny

1 hour ago, Michael said:

I thought the Bope arc was terrible for a variety of reasons, but anyone who thinks the actors weren't largely responsible for it -- at least in terms of logistical stuff -- should go back and read every interview KA has given since 2020. I know Jamey backtracked in his tweets, buuuuuuut...

I'd like to know more about this.

24 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

That is a good point that should be addressed in the writing. It could be the main source of conflict for the two of them once they get together. 

To be fair, Jada's only other co-workers on-screen are Shawn (the drunk), Trask (the drunk who sleeps around with former witnesses), and Abe (the kidnap victim with a head injury), so maybe she not that concerned?

Edited June 23, 20232 yr by j swift

2 minutes ago, j swift said:

To be fair, Jada's only other co-workers on-screen are Shawn (the drunk), Trask (the drunk who sleeps around with former witnesses), and Abe (the kidnap victim with a head injury), so maybe she not that concerned?

Don’t forget the cop with the big fake mustache 😂😂😂

 

2 hours ago, Michael said:

I thought the Bope arc was terrible for a variety of reasons, but anyone who thinks the actors weren't largely responsible for it -- at least in terms of logistical stuff -- should go back and read every interview KA has given since 2020. I know Jamey backtracked in his tweets, buuuuuuut...

What did KA say? I remember social media blaming her for what we saw onscreen.

PR was asked about the terrible ending of the story. He said his expectations where storylines are concerned are very low.

She said numerous times she would never be back "in Salem," for one thing. That's why she agreed to do a BS special but not the main show originally. 

Editing to avoid drama even though my post has been quoted. I still think the recent Bope arc was a mess and there were a lot of production constraints at play, which have been discussed elsewhere.

Edited June 23, 20232 yr by Michael

10 hours ago, te. said:

Oh, I don't blame them - I think both initially agreed to do Beyond Salem though and the logistics of filming that probably looked different than doing the regular show. I fully blame Ron for not changing it into something more satisfying for long time fans and not some cliffhanger for BS4 (that'll never happen) and that might or might not be followed up on. 

I hear you. I just don't think that Bo & Hope storyline would have worked on Beyond Salem 3, either. There's no DAYS universe where that story works.

16 minutes ago, Michael said:

She said numerous times she would never be back "in Salem," for one thing. That's why she agreed to do a BS special but not the main show originally. And her interest in primarily sharing screen time with guys/love interests 10 years younger than her has been a thing since PR left the show in 2012. She's sort of a known pain in the ass with this stuff, and they were clearly catering to her to get what they could out of her.

I've read numerous interviews with KA, but I've never seen one that mentioned she'd never be back in Salem. If she had said that, soap Twitter would have blown up. Do you have a link?

I'm not Alfonso fanboy, but what you're implying just sounds like unfounded gossip to me, all under the "Kristian Alfonso is Difficult" umbrella.

She had a problem with younger love interests and expressed that for years? She was a pain in the ass with that stuff? DAYS catered to get out of her what they did?

I cannot remember reading any of this except as rumor. If it came out of KA's mouth, I'd love to read the interviews.

8 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

I hear you. I just don't think that Bo & Hope storyline would have worked on Beyond Salem 3, either. There's no DAYS universe where that story works.

I think the biggest problem was that we never had a sense that Hope was looking for Bo or had any idea that he was "out there somewhere." The audience was longing for it, but that was never baked into what we saw onscreen. Super-weird. 

I also have a (completely unfounded) theory that the showdown where Bo was about to shoot Kate was the original climax of the BS3 story, and that was supposed to be Hope on the other end of the gun and that's where Shawn would've shot Bo. So perhaps BS3 itself would've been confined to that lab setting rather than all the crap with "Bo Kiriakis" taking Kayla to Greece.

It says a lot that the absolute best part of the entire arc was that final episode where Hope was at the hospital with Shawn and Ciara.

Oy! Disaster. Disaster. Disaster. Good luck, DAYS fans!

1 hour ago, Errol said:

Oy! Disaster. Disaster. Disaster. Good luck, DAYS fans!

Sounds ominous 

1 hour ago, Errol said:

Oy! Disaster. Disaster. Disaster. Good luck, DAYS fans!

At this point I'm not sure viewers would be able to tell much difference.

I do wonder just what this involves (like a certain writer whose name starts with D)

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

I do wonder just what this involves (like a certain writer whose name starts with D)

Well, if Gabi becomes a huge focus again and we get another Dimera/Kiriakis war, then this would be true 😂

I have to say, I'm liking Cameron Johnson more as Theo this go-round. I wish they'd invest in this character more.

It's ironic that the Salem PD has such strict rules about dating, but they'll let any former cop (Eli, Shawn, Hope) interrogate a suspect.  

6 hours ago, Errol said:

Oy! Disaster. Disaster. Disaster. Good luck, DAYS fans!

When we will get the bad news?