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  1. And they need to do a far better job with the next generation who stand to inherit the show. There hasn't been much narrative stability for many of them. Or bonding with their children.
  2. Oh wow. What a gift! I hope Ron, Ken and the writers made them count.
  3. Now that I think about it, I wonder if that last Xmas scene was meant to be a send-off. Perhaps they just won't mention Doug for a while. Or maybe he still has a few appearances left. All I know is they'd better get KA to return. Doug is Hope's father FFS. She and Julie should get some time, or better yet, spare Susan from having to act anything out and bring Hope back to do the grieving for both of them. And bring back Peter too. Just wrap up the endless Bo drama already and pull focus a bit so Susan can be spared the spotlight.
  4. Such a warm, vivacious spirit. Such sad news. Yes, indeed, the show screwed up Bo's last return, which would have also given us a Bo/Victor reunion scene, but I'm so glad Doug appeared in family scenes with his loved ones these last few months. I was worried the dumb MarDevil stuff might be his last material, and thankfully that wasn't the case. I wonder if he saw it coming. I felt those tears at Christmas were a bit too real. Hopefully he passed peacefully and with great pride in what he'd accomplished. I just want to support Susan somehow. This will be so hard on her. I hope Corday really keeps things respectful, for her sake. I don't want her to lose her husband and her job all at once...or have to spend her work days mourning for the cameras either. Thank you Bill. We'll really miss you and your smile.
  5. I mean...kinda? Some of them? There's an overall sloppiness that's still there. And they're still awkwardly trying to signal us to care about things without having done the work to establish them in such a way that our interest is naturally piqued. And I'm not sure why they've bothered with certain storylines like Paulina getting sick or Nicole stealing Jude for an hour. Melinda still has zero plausible motivation for participating in the baby swap. Maybe give her one? There's just too many holes for me to really say "this is significantly better!" But I'm also not watching every day, so maybe y'all are seeing it more clearly than I am. ...I'm still baffled as to how Nicole stole back the kid she thought was her baby, but didn't swab his mouth or cut off some hair for analysis. I mean...GIRL! You KNOW he's your baby and you kidnap him and you DON'T get some samples to DNA test him one more time??? For REALS? There have been good acknowledgements here and there (Eric having left for Africa, Brady and Theresa having been addicts, etc) but it isn't some super tight ship suddenly with believable stories and characters. EDIT: The other day Konstantin (I'm never going to get the spelling right, am I) was saying John and Steve kidnapped him. When did that happen? Has he been thrown out of Maggie's life officially? If so, I feel like I missed the ending to that plotline. She took him to Doug and Julie's for Xmas. When did things go south?
  6. I'm getting the eerie sense that the writers read our comments because Eric's "I screwed up - you are more important than Africa, Holly..." moment felt like it was written to appease me. It...didn't quite manage it. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it was said, but the show is trying (apparently) to address Eric being a deadbeat "Dad" in the same episode that it has EJ saying he understands how close Eric and Holly are. ...how close ARE they, Show? Did he walk out on her when she was little and never come back into her life in any meaningful way (what was shown on screen) or did he always stay in touch and bond with her as a kinda-Dad (what they're claiming now in dialogue). 😒 I guess both. Somehow. But take notice, writers - there COULD be a really interesting relationship here. It's certainly the most genuine emotion I've seen from Greg V in a very long time. Please have Eric and Holly build a real relationship once this coma nonsense is over. Since when is Theresa a nut for dark chocolate? Any other random details you want to throw in there to make her seem better developed? You DO realize she was running her own business when she left he show...right? So maybe stop making up pointless details and instead play with what's already been established, please. But of course you won't, because that would derail your preposterous "she's after Alex's money!" plot, that makes zero sense. (I know it shouldn't upset me that they said she likes chocolate - don't we all - but the writers are doing this BS all the time now, where they think they're compensating for never showing us meaningful interactions or character beats by having people just "Remember!" them, even though they were never filmed or shown to us, ie: "oh remember that time we watched Mary Poppins?" or "remember the day Tate went to boarding school?" or "I know you love pigeons, right?" or "I got you a roll of your favorite brand of toilet paper!" or whatever. I feel like they just make it all up without much thought to fill a scene with dialogue and promptly forget it. Tomorrow, Theresa's favorite thing will suddenly be apricots or something equally random, just because the next writers say so, and failed to remember the dark chocolate detail.) Look, y'all, I didn't even finish the episode, I was so bored with this overblown tempest in a teapot over whether or not Holly and Tate are hardcore heroine addicts shooting up in the middle of Horton Square. They're not, they'll both be fine, this is wasting time for no reason, and attempting to milk it for drama is particularly absurd because the writers chose not to properly establish deep relationships between any of the vets and these two new actors. Are we supposed to think Holly spent most of her life growing up in the DiMansion just because she shot from 5 to 16 overnight? I guess so, if EJ is going after Tate this hard. But then, I didn't see them having a father/daughter relationship so... ?? What is their bond at this point?? And didn't Eric just say this week that he accidentally killed Daniel only 8 years ago? When Holly was still a toddler? Or when she was 8 and therefore old enough to have known Daniel..? Anyway, nice to see Lucas and Kate (nice fur coat, gal!) but was Lucas not wanting to know why the warden owed Kate a favor supposed to suggest that he thinks that his Momma turned tricks again to help him? Cause that's how it came off, especially with Momma wearing that coat. And...no. Just no. Kate don't need to do that no mo. Don't even suggest it, Show. Kate trusting Harris is the new Will loving Ben. Glad Lucas at least called him out for almost killing Hope but alas...the propping is too strong! Even Lucas cannot resist it much longer! Soon, he'll be hugging Harris and going after anyone who doesn't agree that the sun rises and sets in his eyes. How exactly can Harris "I'm doing this on my own, unofficially" grant Lucas any kind of binding deal, exactly? Not quite grasping that. Thomas is still a good actor and very sweet, but I genuinely wanted him to throw the ball into BenAlex's crotch. Hard.
  7. I'm bummed, but not surprised, they'd take it this far. Theresa doesn't need anyone's money! I'm hoarse from saying it.
  8. Oh JESUS. I don't have the strength. Why the f would Paul be there? And did they rebuild the whole freaking church again just for His Holiness?
  9. Well here's where I'm confused. 12 weeks of shooting equals what...three times as many episodes? And how many episodes was Jen actually in? Because that was supposed to represent 4 weeks of filming. So I'm not sure if they extended the Theresa material or if its due to wrap up shortly.
  10. Neither of them have diningrooms so that should be interesting. Huh? Is she exiting the show? Dude....no. Date her? Fine. But that's it. She was all over your sister, remember? Maybe take it slow and see how this relationship fares with Allie back in Salem. THEN, if Chanel is over her, consider marriage.
  11. I profoundly do not care about Everett. If he'd been a fresh face, there could have been some potential here. Casting BB was the big mistake. I can't get to know this new guy when it's the old guy staring me in the face. This "Wendy Is Moving!" fakeout doesn't make me more invested in their tepid romance. And Holly, who we barely know, is now supposed to get our tears of genuine concern? ...I swear, it's like the Show doesn't understand how to get an audience invested anymore. Do they really think if they kill/maim/move a character away that suddenly we'll love said character? It doesn't work that way. But they keep repeating the same tricks. If Holly and Nicole had spent half a year being a fun mother/daughter duo...and then she'd had a medical emergency, alright, I'd be concerned. Right now, the two barely seem related in their scenes together. If Wendy and Tripp were smoking hot with obvious chemistry or really connected on some level, then fine, we'd care if something tore them apart.
  12. I'd like to think Ben was immediately sent to prison after the Necktie killings, after which be escaped, returned to the DiMansion and got played by Abigail. I know he ended up in cushy Bayview prior to Will's resurrection and then later in prison with Will after the timejump (thanks for the refresher brisby), but he really shouldn't have gone to Bayview after all those killings. I'd like to think the "he was only ever mentally ill!" retcon BS started once Ron came aboard to prop him. Crazy as the legal system in Salem is, he had to have only been transferred to Bayview after like, a year in prison...right?
  13. Let's get Lucas out of prison without him dying please. Feels like he's been in there longer than Ben and Kristen ever were combined.
  14. Happy New Year one and all. I just wanted to say again how much I enjoy checking in with you guys every few days and sharing in our love of and annoyance with this show. It feels like message boards like these are starting to disappear and become extinct, and it got me wondering, with DAYS seemingly always hanging by a thread...how much more time we have together, and how much it'll hurt once the show goes off the air to lose this place and the wonderful dynamics we've created over the years. A downer of a subject, I know, but I guess I'm trying to prepare myself for the void I'll feel when we don't have this board anymore or the excuse of the show to unite us. Does anyone else think about this too sometimes? Anyone else dealt with a special online forum closing or a show ending and the feeling of loss when the fandom disperses? The online world has changed so much, it's not like message boards like these are a dime a dozen anymore. People have migrated to other platforms, and I just like this one, honestly. Simple. Basic. Classic. ...you know what? I still miss TWOP and all the hilarious and insightful conversations we once had. Can't believe that was 20 years ago now. That place was hopping. New episodes of Days and Smallville would get dozens of comments and pages of analysis as soon as they aired. This place is almost like a mini-TWOP, carrying on the legacy of snark and sincerity that made that site so special. I'm grateful to everyone who brings their passion and politeness here. I guess that sounds drippy to say, but who cares, I'll say it. I've seen boards disappear and felt the absence afterwards. This place is special. I don't want to pretend it'll go on forever, so I guess I thought I'd bring the subject up now, randomly, so we can discuss it a bit. And maybe it won't hurt so much later when it finally comes to pass. Wow, that sounds soapy as hell, doesn't it? Salem is rubbing off on me.
  15. Is Ava going too? Please take Ava. It doesn't count unless you take her with you!
  16. I missed the episode, but did Tate reference seeing them at their worst? Cause yeah...he didn't. No way.
  17. Yup. And Clyde was ruthless about loyalty and business. He even had EJ killed. I don't buy that Ava the career criminal suddenly managing a restaurant is a believable cover, but I do believe Clyde could have most anyone killed.
  18. A stunned audience notices that Ben, Gwen and Nick are too. ...in a deep, permanent coma? Marlena unleashes all the satanic powers of hell in retaliation? Please?
  19. Considering the years she's put into the show, and how odd things can be BTS from what we've heard alone, I don't doubt Sherri looks at the situation with some disappointment. They've kept Ron over her, someone with years of experience with these characters, and the show is clearly suffering for it, but she's "just a scab" now. Ouch :( That's not ideal. I don't know if she retired willingly from DAYS years ago or was phased out. Maybe she was done with it all and doesn't care much anymore. Maybe she was waiting for another turn at bat. But I'd guess for a creative person to pour years of their life into characters and storylines and see so much of it go sideways once others took over? That's gotta hurt. I hope for her sake that it doesn't, but something tells me it does. ...so I'm catching up on last week's episodes. It was an awful holiday so I wasn't really in the mood for bells and all that stuff, but there were some nice moments. The Doug and Julie moments with the tree - and those glorious flashbacks! - were so appreciated. It did look like Doug was about to totally lose it at the end, though, and that was rough to see. I hope the crew applauded for them. We've had some weird stuff happen during holiday episodes...but that kind of scene - with two vets cuddling up and just savoring the moment - is what drives home the magic of the season. The tree is still a rather mobid thing, with all the names of the departed and all, but I like the general sentiment. Nicole telling Holly she's right to be sad with Mommy having left her alone on her birthday, and Mommy having lost a baby, and then Mommy kidnapping a child...was not really comforting. Jesus, Show, you think just by listing that stuff it covers for the inexcusable fact that you left Holly totally alone on the bleakest Xmas/birthday of her life? So weird. Can we take a poll: Is Suzanne wearing a wig permanently? It doesn't matter at all, she's lovely, but I'm still curious. I know she said she had her hair cut off during her medical event a few years ago and had to wear a wig afterwards...but that much hair, at her age, even with hairpieces and hairspray? I find it hard to believe. I feel like a wig is just easier. Right? Melinda has gotten the weirdest arc lately but I rather enjoyed her and Wendy chatting. Melinda's missing her dead daughter, Wendy needs advice about following her parents or her heart...smart idea bringing them together.
  20. I doubt Sheri got carte blanche to do whatever she wanted with the characters. I wonder how painful it is for her to see what's been made of these people she spent so many years carefully crafting. Or to only be brought back in to fix things when its dire circumstances.
  21. Lisa R apparently (Billie). I've forgotten some of the details, but it rings a bell.
  22. John and and Isabella's troubled baby boy. In spite of the various addictions, sleeping with his almost step-mother, resenting his real step-mother, having general rage towards women, obvious parental shortcomings, lack of professional ambition, little direction in life, two faces and the heart of the town's least missed doctor beating in his chest...we still kinda like him. Sometimes. 2
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