Lifetime Original Movies - General Discussion

[Madding crowd]

Did anyone watch “You Are Not Dumping My Daughter “? This was based on a real life case from 1993 when a mom hired a hit man after a 16 year old boy dumped her daughter. This woman was crazy! I felt so sorry for the boy and the daughter who just wanted to live a normal life. 

[Spartan Girl]

On 10/13/2024 at 6:54 PM, Madding crowd said:

Did anyone watch “You Are Not Dumping My Daughter “? This was based on a real life case from 1993 when a mom hired a hit man after a 16 year old boy dumped her daughter. This woman was crazy! I felt so sorry for the boy and the daughter who just wanted to live a normal life. 

Yeah that was nuts.

Even more nuts was The Alyssa Pladl Story that aired last night. Her husband basically married their daughter had a baby with her, then killed her, the baby, and the daughter’s adopted father before killing himself! It was awful. 

[Madding crowd]

Yes I watched that one too. That poor girl and baby. One thing I wondered about: it was clear Katie grew up in a nice and stable home but her personality seemed to change so fast when she came to stay at the birth parent’s house. Suddenly she was no longer interested in the family she grew up with or college or anything but her birth father. And how was he paying the rent since he never seemed to work. I felt bad for Alyssa and especially the poor baby.

[Spartan Girl]

1 hour ago, Madding crowd said:

Yes I watched that one too. That poor girl and baby. One thing I wondered about: it was clear Katie grew up in a nice and stable home but her personality seemed to change so fast when she came to stay at the birth parent’s house. Suddenly she was no longer interested in the family she grew up with or college or anything but her birth father. And how was he paying the rent since he never seemed to work. I felt bad for Alyssa and especially the poor baby.

Ugh. Not that all babies aren’t cute, but that poor baby was so adorable that while I am extremely grateful they didn’t show what happened to him, the fact tha5 it was so obvious what was about to happened made me ill.

Katie proved that anyone can get vulnerable to grooming, even those with a stable (adopted) family.

[DanaK]

Watching “Mormon Mom Gone Wrong: The Ruby Franke Story” that broadcast tonight. Such a crazy real story. I thought the marriage therapist gaslighted the family from the start, including telling Ruby what her husband was saying in marriage counseling. Of course, Ruby and her husband were also wrong to force their older son to be part of their web series about the family when he didn’t want to and really, including the children to begin with in their business 

[Madding crowd]

I watched it and wondered why in the world the dad didn’t get a lawyer and seek custody. His wife was talking crazy and the so called therapist was threatening and he just agreed to leave and sign everything over to Ruby. The actress that played Ruby came across much warmer than the real Ruby did. Glad they didn’t show too much of the abuse.

[DanaK]

32 minutes ago, Madding crowd said:

I watched it and wondered why in the world the dad didn’t get a lawyer and seek custody. His wife was talking crazy and the so called therapist was threatening and he just agreed to leave and sign everything over to Ruby. The actress that played Ruby came across much warmer than the real Ruby did. Glad they didn’t show too much of the abuse.

Well, I think part of it may be they were Mormon and used to being told what to do and I guess used to people have heavenly revelations. Or the husband was in so deep and so gaslighted by his wife and therapist up until then, he just wasn't able to think clearly

And Ruby mentioned divorce. I thought that wasn't allowed with the Mormons or at least was very frowned on?

[Madding crowd]

I guess that was part of it but this woman seemed pretty far off the usual Mormon teachings. Most of them have a lot of kids and she seemed to suggest having any sort of sex was wrong. Of course the dad didn’t think anything was wrong with her family blogging stuff which her kids clearly hated.

[Spartan Girl]

 

5 hours ago, DanaK said:

Well, I think part of it may be they were Mormon and used to being told what to do and I guess used to people have heavenly revelations. Or the husband was in so deep and so gaslighted by his wife and therapist up until then, he just wasn't able to think clearly

Well, give the dad credit for finally finding his spine and divorcing her at the end for everything she put him and the kids through. 

[DanaK]

Lifetime has announced biopic movie "Can You Feel the Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story", about the 80s girl band Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam and will star and be executive produced by Lisa Velez, said lead singer of the band, though Lisa will apparently play her mother. The movie will premiere in 2025

https://deadline.com/2024/10/lisa-lisa-cult-jam-lisa-velez-lifetime-biopic-jearnest-corchado-1236158754/

Edited October 28, 2024 by DanaK
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[DanaK]

Lifetime has announced a Gloria Gaynor biopic set for 2025: "Robin Roberts Presents I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story"

http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/10/30/joaquina-kalukango-and-lance-gross-set-to-star-in-lifetimes-robin-roberts-presents-i-will-survive-the-gloria-gaynor-story-12211/20241030lifetime01/

[DanaK]

Lifetime has announced a TV movie on Octomom Natalie Suleman, titled "I Was Octomom: The Natalie Suleman Story". It will premiere Saturday March 8 at 8pm ET

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2025/01/24/lifetime-announces-all-new-octomom-movie-and-six-part-documentary-series-this-march-with-natalie-suleman-271514/20250124lifetime01/