The only silver lining to all this, Annika Noelle is really bringing IT with her scenes.  Matthew Atkison for some reason, not as much, for me.  Well we've established the females on this show have a stronger presence than the males.

Edited March 28, 20241 yr by Jeff

18 minutes ago, Jeff said:

The only silver lining to all this, Annika Noelle is really bringing IT with her scenes.  Matthew Atkison for some reason, not as much, for me.  Well we've established the females on this show have a stronger presence than the males.

Matthew Atkinson has been much too lethargic for me. I understand the character being down and even depressed, but that doesn't mean the character should be played without any energy at all.

Atkinson looks like he's ready for another vacation.

 

10 hours ago, Althea Davis said:

Brooke to Steffy  - I can't take all the Hope bashing.

LOL.

Said like it was quoted from a fan on an internet board.

The dialogue is so so bad. SO BAD. And Steffy telling Brooke that Hope is TARGETING her brother. It's back to LOL level of cringe.

P.S Something needs to be done to Steffy's hair.  

 

Yeah, that black hair on Steffy does not work.

 

1 hour ago, Jeff said:

The only silver lining to all this, Annika Noelle is really bringing IT with her scenes.  Matthew Atkison for some reason, not as much, for me.  Well we've established the females on this show have a stronger presence than the males.

I second this 💯

Okay, so I caught a few mins of B&B today after boycotting the past couple weeks, only to get to the line that Douglas told Hope that dead. “Dad was good enough for her,” when talking about Caroline.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

How soon Thudley forgets about the rape and the fake dying story.

Also Thudley needs to see a therapist. 

45 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Okay, so I caught a few mins of B&B today after boycotting the past couple weeks, only to get to the line that Douglas told Hope that dead. “Dad was good enough for her,” when talking about Caroline.

🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

How soon Thudley forgets about the rape and the fake dying story.

Also Thudley needs to see a therapist. 

Such an offensive line and a new low for Thudley.....GET HIM OUTTA THERE!!!! 😡😡

This storyline is honestly more disgusting than the Luna one.

Am I the only one who gagged when Thomas said to Brooke - I wanted to provide for her.

 

P.S - Annika gave A PERFORMACE. Amazing actress. Can't get better than this.

P.S 2 - Well... Thomas... is gone. For now... MONTHS of storyline - killed in 3 episodes. 

Bradley builds up things to kill them in a second... and kills things without building them up.

 

P.S 3 - Steffy coming to gloat at Hope losing everyone is copy/paste Stephanie gloating at Brooke when Brooke broke up with Ridge back in the 80s, JUST before Brooke hooked up with Eric. So it's official, girlies... Hope and Finn are the next goal of this master storyteller. 

Edited March 29, 20241 yr by Althea Davis

I wanted to add... the way they are removing Douglas out of Hope's life... with 1 freaking scene in 1 episode... is really mind-bogglingly bad writing. The only thing I can compare it is... to Sheila dying after being gone for weeks... dead in 3 episodes without build up.

What this show now is telling it's viewers is - DON'T BE INVESTED in ANYTHING, darlings, cuz We can UNDO it in 1 scene after 3 months and you'll never hear about it again. Cuz we don't care.

That's the whole vibe I am getting - he, who is in charge, doesn't care what we feel or think or if we are invested or not. It's this... or he has really lost it in a way that makes him completely inadequate to write anymore.

Everyone in this storyline is acting foolishly and completely unrealistic. You don't tear a child from a woman like that. You don't do things like that.

It's so premature and so fast... that your head spins. 

Trust me... soon there will be Finn and Hope in love without build up... and even SOONER it will be Steffy and Liam AGAIN. 

This show reminds me of a bad Sims simulation, where the player has stopped playing and forgotten about the laptop months ago and the laptop is still plugged in and the game plays on auto-pilot.

There is no direction, no atmosphere, no real emotion, besides what the great actors are basically squeezing out of  BAD SCRIPT.

 

 

How would you guys like to see the Hope character evolve?

1 hour ago, Boldsoaps said:

How would you guys like to see the Hope character evolve?

I'd like to see her go to therapy to understand how her conception and her mother's past have made her romanticize the idea of taking a walk on the wild side, and realize that giving into her lust for an abuser was dangerous, and that what she and Thomas have is codependency, not love. I'd like to see her obtain full custody of both children and sue Forrester for creating a hostile work environment and take a big piece of the company, similar to Brooke's Belief lawsuit.

15 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

I'd like to see her go to therapy to understand how her conception and her mother's past have made her romanticize the idea of taking a walk on the wild side, and realize that giving into her lust for an abuser was dangerous, and that what she and Thomas have is codependency, not love. I'd like to see her obtain full custody of both children and sue Forrester for creating a hostile work environment and take a big piece of the company, similar to Brooke's Belief lawsuit.

Yes to all of this!!!! 
 

it’s really sad how Thudley would never take any form of therapy seriously as Hope isn’t the only one who needs it. Imagine if Brooke, Taylor and Steffy were actually on a mission to seek help for all the abused they endured at the hands of Ridge/Liam, and they actually all bonded together to kick those creeps to the curb! 

This seems to me like Douglas feels that he's responsible for Thomas's happiness.   Written as if it's fine for the child to parent the adult.
 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Althea Davis said:

I wanted to add... the way they are removing Douglas out of Hope's life... with 1 freaking scene in 1 episode... is really mind-bogglingly bad writing. The only thing I can compare it is... to Sheila dying after being gone for weeks... dead in 3 episodes without build up.

What this show now is telling it's viewers is - DON'T BE INVESTED in ANYTHING, darlings, cuz We can UNDO it in 1 scene after 3 months and you'll never hear about it again. Cuz we don't care.

That's the whole vibe I am getting - he, who is in charge, doesn't care what we feel or think or if we are invested or not. It's this... or he has really lost it in a way that makes him completely inadequate to write anymore.

Everyone in this storyline is acting foolishly and completely unrealistic. You don't tear a child from a woman like that. You don't do things like that.

It's so premature and so fast... that your head spins. 

Trust me... soon there will be Finn and Hope in love without build up... and even SOONER it will be Steffy and Liam AGAIN. 

This show reminds me of a bad Sims simulation, where the player has stopped playing and forgotten about the laptop months ago and the laptop is still plugged in and the game plays on auto-pilot.

There is no direction, no atmosphere, no real emotion, besides what the great actors are basically squeezing out of  BAD SCRIPT.

 

 

Totally agree. I don't think I've ever seen B&B be as bad as it is right now. Brad Bell has completely lost the plot.

18 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

Totally agree. I don't think I've ever seen B&B be as bad as it is right now. Brad Bell has completely lost the plot.

You are on point! I agree. And I have watched 99.0 percent of Bold. 70 percent I have watched dedicated. So I know I can compare.

This current period is... just junk... Not 1 story works. Not even 1. And this has been going on for months and months. In the past there have been crutches to move along... and before 2012... It was Stephanie who was the crutch for every bad period the show had. 

I am watching now...  in amusement how bad it is and sickly interested... how much worse it can get. It's like watching a rotting egg and checking it every day to see how disgusting it has gotten.

 

Umm Steffy called Hope a slut today🥴?