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[YRfan23]

It’s crazy how surreal it’s becoming that I’m actually going to be around to see a soap operas premiere! I mean I was alive when Passions debuted, but to actually be there for the very beginning to me is crazy!

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[ReddFoxx]

Like Anne Sward on ATWT playing mother to actors who were only 5-8 years younger than her. Looking at those old clips and hearing Scott Bryce and Ellen Dolan calling her "Mama" just was a hard sell.

[Errol]

Agreed. 

Even though I did see the first couple of episodes of Sunset Beach (missed first two episodes), Port Charles and Passions, this is the first time I get to watch a brand new soap as an adult. The previous occasions, I couldn't tune in daily due to being in middle/high school so I wasn't as aware of everything going on early on. I only really kept up with Passions in its latter years due to SON.

[YRfan23]

I only started watching Passions daily after it's second year, even though I saw a handful of episodes beforehand. It will definitely be nice though, going into a new soap with a more "adult" perspective, if that makes sense? LOL

I'm also still trying to visualize how a brand new soap opera will even look in 2025. Like will it look modern, old fashioned, or  will they kind of use more of a modern UK approach to the production of the show? 

Here's hoping for a sneak preview soon of what we will actually be looking at! 

[Taoboi]

It does. I feel the same.

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Ooooo

[soapfan770]

Oooh that’s actually something I hadn’t even thought about. I’d go with the modern UK approach but for whatever reason when US soaps have tried that it looks rather bad. Then again the last thing BTG should look like is how Y&R looked right before Ed Scott’s recent return lol. 
 

And hopefully this will be better than Passions my friend! I still remember watching live and letting my jaw drop and saying WTF? in the 1st 10 minutes when the little Angel girl appeared right before the opening credits

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[skiman12082004]

I've had the pleasure of being able to watch Loving, Santa Barbara, Bold & Beautiful, Generations, Sunset Beach, Port Charles and Passions premieres. It is beyond surreal that I/we're getting to do it again with BTG.

[YRfan23]

Not that I'm not hoping for a lot of fresh ideas and content, but It will be fun to see if we all end up seeing nods to the other soaps during the first week! Particularly since it's airing on CBS if we see any early Y&R or B&B parallels that Michele might borrow? 

[All My Shadows]

Just put in to leave work early on February 24! The first new daytime soap to premiere in over 25 years, and the first one that I'm actually old enough to really understand, absolutely deserves me parked right in front of the TV on a Monday afternoon to watch it live. I'm very tempted to go watch it at my mom's house with a sandwich and Crystal Light lemonade, the way I watched soaps twenty years ago.

[Soapsuds]

In my area, both soaps will compete head-to-head. I can't wait! We haven't had a head-to-head competition since Days was canceled. It competed opposite B&B.

[Taoboi]

That would be sooo cool. 

 

I wonder if she will do some kind of shoutout/easter egg.

 

I would love to see it. I am sure Toups will let us know, too.

 

 

[YRfan23]

Given that this isn't being filmed in LA (Right?) That definitely gives it an opportunity to have a slightly better production then what we are seeing now on the soaps (Even though Y&R has slowly improved I agree) I admit though it will be weird if it does look more like a "primetime" show then a typical looking soap opera, if they do indeed go with the UK approach. I'm not saying I could get use to it, but right now it's just me visualizing watching this 5 days a week. 

Haha, if we see no angels, Witches, Dolls, demons, and an outside carnival during it's first weeks on air I think we are in good shape for BTG! 

Given that MVJ worked at B&B, I do hope down the line we do have a modern day version of Stephanie vs. Brooke, or Katherine vs Jill, or any story about a Poor young vixen daughter turning the town's older wealthy Bitchy Matriarch's life upside down! LOL   

Edited November 13, 2024 by YRfan23

[ReddFoxx]

When the last soaps debuted I wasn't allowed to watch them and wasn't really interested so this will be new for me as well. To be there at day one for any show is special, but with a soap that airs daily feels next level.

[Paul Raven]

Beyond The Gates February 2025 Discussion Thread will go off!!!

I'm sure there's been much discussion on how the show will look-daytime soapy or a more primetime feel? Will one day take several days onscreen to unfold or will there be time jumps, even within an episode?  Will there be fake outside scenes or regular location work?

So much to ponder...

[All My Shadows]

I would hope it's not multiple time jumps in an episode, giving it'll still be on five days a week. I don't want it to be old school Passions style with one year in our world amounting to only ten days in theirs, but we need our weddings and parties to last a few days.

Based on the teaser promo, it seems like it'll look like classic daytime soap, which I know there are people who would rather it not, but I figure...it's daytime. The people tuning in to a new daytime soap will expect it to look like a daytime soap. The people turned off by that probably aren't interested in tuning in to a new daytime soap.

Edited November 13, 2024 by All My Shadows