sunnyheart

God, me neither. It will be endless. I'm just not up for it. My secret wish is that he's dead for real and Sami and Kate are the ones who did it.

OMG, yes. They all act like they are still in junior high. It's embarrassing.

Sami needs to stop thinking like she's 14. Kate knows that the best way to have a man is on speed dial for booty calls and not living in her lovely, pristine home.

If they are gonna start classifying internet folks as stars, then they need to check out some of the Vine people. There are some really hilarious people on Vine. Much more entertaining than "what's in my purse" videos or "here's how to create a messy up-do". And yes, I would like to see what Mark or Derek could do with a cat on the dance floor. Let's take those challenges to the next level, people! I see your one-legged athlete and I raise you a Talking Cat! Now let's see how really creative and talented you are, Derek!

I am not happy that Sami is being bamboozled by EJ. Nothing would make me happier than to find out that Sami is playing EJ. Sadly, I don't think that's what is happening here. I think before Sami leaves, she will forgive EJ and take him back. Hopefully someone will kill his ass so all she gets is his lifeless body.

I just happened to see Antonio's DWTS publicity photo with Cheryl. He looks like Tony Dovolani's grandpa in that outfit. I don't know what's higher in that picture - his pants or his eyelids. It's pretty bad when Tommy Chong looks 1000 times sexier than Antonio.

I think Marlena is Marlena's favorite.

But she did kiss him a whole bunch with lots of John Black slobber. I forget how she got out of the room after rolling around on the bed with him. I was too grossed out by the yawning cavern of John's mouth as it descended on Kristen's face.

I think the way Eric is being treated is gross and sickening. His whole life was turned upside down after the rape and then he had Nicole (his supposed True Love) lying to his face and making decisions for him and then he had the people of Salem acting like it's No Big Deal that he was raped and lost his career over it and then his rapist disappears after ruining his life and then she's magically brought back for justice and now his fucking Worst Mother Ever is asking him to drop the rape charges so she can get some drug that may or may not allow her lying ex-husband to recover from his coma. Which by the way, has been wonderful for the audience. John can stay in a coma forever as far as I am concerned. I don't care for Eric as a character and I think he's got some major issues, but I feel terrible for him. I wish he would tell all these people to fuck right off and then join a foreign monastery with no telephones and an excellent counselor on staff. He didn't do anything to deserve the way he's been treated by the people who "care" about him. And as far as him hating himself for wanting to have sex with Nicole - well, the guy was a priest and took a vow of celibacy. That's a big deal. Maybe Nicole should have thought about that and also considered that Eric was a rape victim before she started trotting out her lingerie selections for review. I don't know why it surprises me that Marlena acts the way she does, but she's a freaking selfish monster.

Ha! Well, HO-den is not appropriate, but I think Aipe has a nice ring to it. I second the motion to use Aipe and from hereon will think of Aiden and Hope as Aipe!

I HATE combined names and I refuse to use them. I'm looking forward to the death of that trend. I do find it amusing that Days is so anxious to make Aidan and Hope happen that they are initiating the combined name rather than let it happen organicallly. LOL that Haiden sounds like Hate 'Em!

Oh Steff, let me fill your ear! Kristen came back in town a while back to seek revenge on John, Brady's dad. She decided the best way to do it was to make Brady fall in love with her and then John and Marlena would be MAD, see? Brady, being the stupid dumbass that he is, fell for Kristen hard and asked her to marry him. But while this was happening, John saw through Kristen's wicked game and tried to make her sleep with him so that Brady could see what a duplicitous bitch she was. John was married to Marlena but failed to tell her about his grand plan because it was hella stupid as we all could see. Kristen saw through John's tricks but decided to make him sleep with her to get back at Marlena because why not? Well, John and Kristen fell on a bed and did a bunch of really gross kissing (John's kissing technique is yuk), but all it accomplished was making Marlena break up with John (and who could blame her?) and Brady to hate his dad for his scheme (and who could blame him?) and Brady still want to marry his precious flower blossom Kristen. So all John accomplished was making his wife and son hate his guts. You can see where Brady gets his smarts from. Meanwhile, Kristen (even though by now she loves Brady for realz because why not) decides to take further revenge on John and Marlena by hatching the dumbest fucking plan since time began and rapes Father Eric (Marlena's son) by drugging him and dressing up as a french maid. Eric doesn't know what happened when it's all over except he's really sick from the drugs. But never fear! Kristen thoughtfully videotaped the rape and put it on a flash drive that she paraded around town and lovingly caressed at every opportunity. Marlena and Victor knew that if they could just get their hands on the flash drive, they could prove what a duplicitous bitch Kristen was and stop the wedding to Brady. Well, they finally got the flash drive and Victor gave it to Marlena and told her to play it DURING THE WEDDING!! and it would stop the wedding cold. No shit. Day of the most WTF wedding arrives and Kristen comes out like Disco Princess Barbie (you MUST see the wedding dress!) and she and Brady are saying vows and then Marlena plays the rape tape IN THE CHURCH! with everyone watching! Brady thinks Kristen and Eric had real sex not rape and he's mad at Eric and punches him out. Drama, tears, etc, etc Anyways, he now knows the truth about Kristen and hates her for all her bad deeds. But he still wants her too so he hates her for that also. Dude has rage issues in case you didn't notice.

Actually, I do think Brady is that stupid. I have no problem at all believing Brady would get back with Kristen because he is the King of the Dumb. I used to love Nicole, but I despise this version of her. I hate the Sad Trombone faces, the boomeranging between her begging for Eric's love and her flippancy over her wrongdoing (What? You mean you wanted to be a priest?!) and her blaming everyone else for her troubles. If this is what Nicole is going to be like from now on, I would prefer that they kill her off. She sucks that bad.

It may be that Sami and Eric do well together because Sami is the one female he doesn't want to have sex with. Lust and desire seem to make Eric very, very angry and petulant.

truthaboutluv, you have a point. I think the truth of the matter is I'm sick of the show. So with that, I'm gonna skedaddle outta here!

I started watching DWTS in season one and I remember the very early days fondly. I don't think they've had a good cast in a very long time and really, after the crapfest that was the All-Star season, I should have stopped watching. I agree with you that last season's cast wasn't much better than this cast. I stick by my earlier opinion that the show is increasingly picking "stars" from reality shows - I don't care how highly rated they are, they are still reality shows. And now they are casting from YouTube? Alrighty then!

I think the pro dancers are the stars now. They certainly have more name recognition than the supposed "stars". You can really tell how excited fans are by the cast with the relatively few posts about the cast announcement. In the old days, we would all have been fangirl squealing and arguing over who got cheated in their pairing and sharing new cast pictures. You guys have fun watching the Carlton Dance and the faux hillbillies yukking it up in the audience. I believe I am opting out for this season.

I guess my disappointment mostly stems from the amount of people they've pulled from reality shows and other fringe entertainment. I don't have a big problem with models and barely known pop stars and C-level character actors, but I do object to YouTube celebs and reality show wannabes and the show is increasingly pulling from those sources. But it also could be that, for me, the bloom is off the rose and I really don't care all that much anymore. I felt this way about SYTYCD when they futzed up the show with ridiculous changes and white bread contemporary dancers and I eventually just lost interest. I think that's where I'm at now with DWTS.

ITA. I would like to think that his ridiculous anger and rage is leading up to a big storyline in which Eric has a breakdown and realizes that he needs therapy after his rape, but then I remember that this is Days and there's no chance of that happening. Remember how excited we all were when Nick was almost killed by his prison rapist and he began to examine his own behavior and we thought he was going to seek counseling and become a better person? Remember that? That was right before he reverted back to his old self with zero explanation and started stalking Gabi. Yeah. I don't think Eric is going to get any better.

YES! Days of Our Coven

I haven't noticed, but this made me laugh. It would be just like Days to use that music. They are Masters of Subtlety. I don't get this either. Even as a priest when he was being nice to Nicole (and kind of condescending IMO), I didn't get his appeal. He's handsome, but in a town like Salem where most every guy is a hottie, who cares about that. He's got no personality at all. There's just nothing there. And now that he's permanently angry at Nicole - and not that I blame him - but why does she stick around for his abuse? The whole relationship dynamic is beyond repair and the writers need to move on from this mess. I'm never gonna buy them as a loving couple. Never. And ITA about his pissy face. It makes me want to slap him.

AS is so pretty and luminous in the food fighting video. It's funny that Sami was supposed to be the Ugly Duckling to Carrie when IMO, she surpassed Carrie in attractiveness somewhere along the way. LOL at the little girl dressed up as Sami the Serial Killer.

Ha! Yeah, it's kinda hard to guess when you've never even heard of the person before. Unless they plan on springing someone big on us, I plan to pass. The whole cast is ridiculously underwhelming. And I'm pretty freaking sick of a lot of these pros and their same old bag of tricks too.

Particularly on a show where the majority of viewers are over 40. They can cast all the YouTube and Vine stars they want - DWTS ain't even gonna be popular with the under 25 crowd. I'm not really sure why they would care about those viewers anyhow. Back in the day, DWTS was on top of the heap in ratings. I get that advertisers want the 18-25 demo but what they really want is to have ads on a show with a shitload of viewers. And not just that, old folks are about the only ones who watch the show live. Most young people will watch clips on YouTube or the show on Hulu and just vote for their favorite Disney star online, whether or not they actually watch the show. It's crazy how much they are trying to alienate their loyal following. I'm pretty sure that unless they are making some major STAR announcement, I'm not watching this season. But I do appreciate them freeing up my Monday nights.

I would love for Derek to get Lolo Jones. I think she's gonna be super-high maintenance with a lot of sobbing and angst and it would be fun to watch Derek deal with that. I haven't seen Derek have a meltdown since Jennifer Grey couldn't get the steps right and needed to take a break and then she walked out on him. Plus I hope I get to hear lots and lots about Lolo's virginity and how the haters can't get her down cause she's got SPIRIT and SASS and JESUS on her side! I mean, if they are gonna cast a lot of reality stars and head cases, we might as well get in the dirt with the rest of the reality shows. Who cares about dancing when you can have FIGHTS and CRYING and BACKSTABBING!!