Members Faulkner Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 These current soaps are abominations that make me angry (beyond the overall quality, the racist Black erasure/marginalization we’re witnessing with Y&R/GH/B&B is especially unacceptable in 2024—I don’t follow DAYS at all anymore), but just echoing your excitement about the world that MVJ appears to be building and I’m glad that more information is coming out. (I was begging for some thread of hope for the genre—the three current network soaps are shameful.) These character descriptions for THE GATES sound “specific” in a way characters on the legacy shows are no longer allowed to be. Characters on Y&R/GH/B&B are just tools to be used to serve whatever half-baked “storylines” (if you can even call them that) that TPTB think might sustain their dwindling viewership. Veteran characters coasting on past glories and name recognition—the Victors and the Sonnys—just feel so worn out and picked over. (I’m no longer even gonna acknowledge B&B anymore. That show is the pits.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 I can’t even remember the last time somebody did coke or any other hard drug in daytime knowingly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 Sasha on General Hospital. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanguard Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 I also find it interesting that it sounds like most, if not all of these characters are harboring secrets of some kind. There's this element of mystery to everyone it seems. This alone should make the show interesting starting out 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 Wow had no idea she was a powder head Please register in order to view this content and they have her being the Quatermaine milk maid, what the hell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 Yes, it was during her original modeling days (pre Deception). Major coke hound, with supply coming from Cyrus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 It felt like we went straight to cokehead with a major problem there. I appreciate someone using it casually first, and not immediately going into an afterschool special. This!! Because this is going to be on CBS, after reading your post, I tried to think of my first months viewing Y&R. Everyone was so specific, even if they travelled similar lanes. Jabot/Newman had John, Jack, Ashley, Jill, Victor, Neil, Brad, etc. Every single one of them had a real character, with different wants, needs, backgrounds, and branches away from there into other stories. Hoping The Gates is given a chance to build its world out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 This description really stood out. Possible DL character that could cause problems for the gay married couple? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 That was my thought! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 At this point—from a purely creative standpoint—I feel the old soaps need to be replaced with new shows. To quote Madame VP, we need fresh shows “unburdened by what has been.” THE GATES will be an interesting test case. I’m still skeptical but it’s the only glimmer we have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanguard Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 Now this is my kind of thinking. Lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 10, 2024 Members Share Posted September 10, 2024 (edited) The Gates is an experiment that I hope succeeds and we get 5 more new soaps. However it is a risk. Here's hoping it pays off big. The Gates is not a competitor for GH, Days, BB & YR. It is a new member of the daytime soap family. Edited September 10, 2024 by John 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted September 11, 2024 Members Share Posted September 11, 2024 Ha! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bold Days Posted September 11, 2024 Members Share Posted September 11, 2024 I just read that the role of Rick went to Matthew Atkinson (Thomas, B&B). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted September 11, 2024 Members Share Posted September 11, 2024 Ew. No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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