DisneyBoy January 20, 2022 Share January 20, 2022 (edited) Remember the last time characters were stranded on a deserted islsnd? Sonny, Chad, Gabi, Paul and whoever else? Yeah...this is how bad they looked after several days exposed to the elements... Suuuuure. Look at those clean khakis! 😄 Edited January 20, 2022 by DisneyBoy 5 2 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 So...they fired her then? I really thought she'd chosen to leave last year... Didn't she also come out as bi/queer? I thought the article would mention that... Hopefully Sarah is around for a decent amount of time. They dragged this out for a year...they need to give it a few weeks of resolution. Does she still love Xander? 3 Link to comment
WendyCR72 January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, DisneyBoy said: So...they fired her then? I really thought she'd chosen to leave last year... Didn't she also come out as bi/queer? I thought the article would mention that... Hopefully Sarah is around for a decent amount of time. They dragged this out for a year...they need to give it a few weeks of resolution. Does she still love Xander? Just makes me really think either Godfrey wasn't in a good place and/or Ron really did want LG/Sarah out of the way to sell Gwen/EOB. 4 Link to comment
Saturn January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 On 1/20/2022 at 11:07 AM, DisneyBoy said: I wonder how this will pan out given Gabi is supposedly leaving in a few more weeks... Sorry to disappoint you but Camila is not leaving in a few weeks. She's still filming on the show right now (neither is Brandon, sorry to disappoint again). Link to comment
bubble sparkly January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 DOOL now seems to have more people go away for a while and then come back for a bit etc. I'm assuming it's a budget thing because the show is too poor to have everyone as permanent cast members at once, so they get rid of some for a little while to make payroll. It appears that Sami and Lucas will be off for a couple of months and then be back for a while to presumably reveal the stupid kidnapper thing. Kristen is always on and off. They could easily have Gabi go to visit Ari for a month or so, which may even segue to bringing Will and Sonny back (as everyone seems to think they are coming back). Jack and Jen left, but again indications are they return at some point. 1 3 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 2 hours ago, bubble sparkly said: DOOL now seems to have more people go away for a while and then come back for a bit etc. I'm assuming it's a budget thing because the show is too poor to have everyone as permanent cast members at once, so they get rid of some for a little while to make payroll. Bingo! 2 Link to comment
Saturn January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 3 hours ago, bubble sparkly said: DOOL now seems to have more people go away for a while and then come back for a bit etc. I'm assuming it's a budget thing because the show is too poor to have everyone as permanent cast members at once, so they get rid of some for a little while to make payroll. It appears that Sami and Lucas will be off for a couple of months and then be back for a while to presumably reveal the stupid kidnapper thing. Kristen is always on and off. They could easily have Gabi go to visit Ari for a month or so, which may even segue to bringing Will and Sonny back (as everyone seems to think they are coming back). Jack and Jen left, but again indications are they return at some point. They're not doing that at all. These people leaving and coming back are because of scheduling conflicts, not budget. Sami and Lucas are off because Ali S. is busy filming Hallmark movies in Canada and is not interested in being on the show full time. Jack and Jennifer left because Missy R. lives in Tennessee and isn't interested in being on the show full time either. Completely different situation than Camila and Brandon who are on contract and have never stopped filming. That person on another board who started this rumor based it on random facts including an interview from 2020 where Camila said she was interested in doing other projects. 1 Link to comment
buffynut January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 (edited) Thanks for posting the interview, brisbydog. 🙂 Glad it didn't give away any major spoilers like those interviews sometimes do. And, yes, I realize this is the spoiler thread. LOL Edited January 21, 2022 by buffynut 1 3 Link to comment
brisbydog January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, buffynut said: Thanks for posting the interview, brisbydog. 🙂 Glad it didn't give away any major spoilers like those interviews sometimes do. And, yes, I realize this is the spoiler thread. LOL I'm just glad she did say she eventually got to play Sarah again. I need to see that the real one is ok 5 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 12 hours ago, Saturn said: Sorry to disappoint you but Camila is not leaving in a few weeks. She's still filming on the show right now (neither is Brandon, sorry to disappoint again). I like Gabi, so I'm not sad she's staying. Just wish CB was less anti-vaxx. Brandon seems cool, but Jake has been caught between annoying storyline after annoying storyline. 4 Link to comment
brisbydog January 21, 2022 Share January 21, 2022 (edited) As expected Steve will join Abby and Sarah on the island Edited January 21, 2022 by brisbydog 4 1 Link to comment
FilmTVGeek80 January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, brisbydog said: So, now Gwen knocks Abigail out with a shovel and helps send her off to a deserted island. I wonder how the show is going to twist logic into pretzel to have Jack forgive Gwen for this. How dehydrated will Gwen get crying her crocodile tears to Xander and Jack about how because of her sad, sad, childhood she had no choice. 1 8 Link to comment
brisbydog January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 1 minute ago, FilmTVGeek80 said: So, now Gwen knocks Abigail out with a shovel and helps send her off to a deserted island. I wonder how the show is going to twist logic into pretzel to have Jack forgive Gwen for this. How dehydrated will Gwen get crying her crocodile tears to Xander and Jack about how because of her sad, sad, childhood she had no choice. I think the show is presenting Sarah as the better option for Xander at this point. What Ava and Gwen are doing to prolong this situation for Sarah is disgusting 11 Link to comment
Peanut6711 January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, brisbydog said: I love (read laughed out loud) the indignation and appall in Chad's voice. "Someone is running around Salem in a MASK." Oh the horror! 😆 The devil is living in Chad's house masquerading as his nephew after embodying the town shrink through the holidays, but hey masks are scary. Just ask the anti-science crowd. 🙄 3 6 Link to comment
Artsda January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 So Gwen hits Abby now with a shovel on-top of everything she did to her. Gwen will get poor me from this too? This is not her fault, it's her childhood and how Abby got everything. Gwen needs jailed or gone. 5 Link to comment
bunnyblue January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 40 minutes ago, FilmTVGeek80 said: So, now Gwen knocks Abigail out with a shovel and helps send her off to a deserted island. I wonder how the show is going to twist logic into pretzel to have Jack forgive Gwen for this. How dehydrated will Gwen get crying her crocodile tears to Xander and Jack about how because of her sad, sad, childhood she had no choice. No amount of crying can excuse this latest assault on Abby, and Jack should never forgive Gwen for this. Unfortunately this show is determined to make Gwen the perpetual victim so dumbass Jack will fall for her crocodile tears after a day or two of being angry with her. And if he does, Abby needs to cut Jack out of her life. I like Gwen but she does need to suffer consequences for her constant attacks on Abigail. Jack spent years earning Steve's forgiveness and a decade earning Kayla's. For all she's done, Gwen also needs to spend years earning her family's forgiveness - not just a few months. I am looking forward to Steve & Abby spending time on the DiMera island. Those 2 rarely have scenes together but I do like their uncle/niece dynamic. Hopefully they won't be isolated from each other. Honestly, I think I may enjoy Steve, Abby, Sarah, and Kayla (maybe?) working together to get off the island. 7 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Peanut6711 said: I love (read laughed out loud) the indignation and appall in Chad's voice. "Someone is running around Salem in a MASK." Oh the horror! 😆 The devil is living in Chad's house masquerading as his nephew after embodying the town shrink through the holidays, but hey masks are scary. Just ask the anti-science crowd. 🙄 I would be howling at this post if my friend hadn't just cracked me up over the phone. 😄 1 hour ago, Artsda said: So Gwen hits Abby now with a shovel on-top of everything she did to her. ...first good thing she's ever done? ☺ 2 2 Link to comment
buffynut January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 I'm kind of impressed that Ron has decided to, instead of just rescue Sarah, send others to the deserted island as well. It may end up being stupid, but for me it's an unexpected twist. And since I wasn't watching during Possession 1 or Melaswen, neither story feels like a rehash to me. Gwen, though, really is getting worse and would seem unredeemable, but this is Days, so likely a stay at Bayview, and all will be forgiven. 6 Link to comment
brisbydog January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 I get why Gwen is so desperate to keep Sarah's actual circumstances secret, buy what's in it for Ava? 5 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 9 hours ago, buffynut said: Gwen, though, really is getting worse and would seem unredeemable, but this is Days, so likely a stay at Bayview, and all will be forgiven. Exactly. No one in irredeemable on a soap. Now, you hope they put in some effort with it as opposed to the 'He was sick but he's not now so you better love this serial killer!' Ben-style (or hell, even Abby-style) treatment, but that's more rare nowadays unfortunately. Or, if you're me, you hope they simply don't try to redeem her and let her be a bad girl, which any soap needs. 7 hours ago, brisbydog said: I get why Gwen is so desperate to keep Sarah's actual circumstances secret, buy what's in it for Ava? She's bored and misses being evil? lol but that's the vibe I'm getting and I like it. 4 4 Link to comment
Retired at last January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 1 hour ago, brisbydog said: I get why Gwen is so desperate to keep Sarah's actual circumstances secret, buy what's in it for Ava? They both helped Kristen escape, so she is blackmailing both if them to do whatever she says. Plus, Ava wants to keep Gwen from telling about Ava's part. And, Ava now sees how vulnerable Gwen is and that she will be able to get her to keep doing evil deeds or else she will tell Xander. 2 7 Link to comment
Pearson80 January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, peachmangosteen said: Exactly. No one in irredeemable on a soap. Now, you hope they put in some effort with it as opposed to the 'He was sick but he's not now so you better love this serial killer!' Ben-style (or hell, even Abby-style) treatment, but that's more rare nowadays. Or, if you're me, you hope they simply don't try to redeem her and let her be a bad girl, which any soap needs. 3 hours ago, brisbydog said: This is why there are only 4 soaps left, when I was a kid in the 80's, there was a dozen to watch between the hours of noon till 5pm. Each soap had it's own unique identity. For example: The soap "Capitol" was based on political intrigue and "The edge of night" was about mysteries. Over the years, incompetent writers like Ron and awful producers like Jill Pharren Phelps, trashed the heroes, spat on established histories in order to push their agenda deified the villains pushed the soaps core audience who were mostly women to stop watching in droves.. Edited January 22, 2022 by Pearson80 1 7 Link to comment
RedElf January 22, 2022 Share January 22, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 4:22 AM, bubble sparkly said: DOOL now seems to have more people go away for a while and then come back for a bit etc. That's why Kristian Alfonso quit. She didn't want to go away for a while and then come back. 1 1 1 Link to comment
WendyCR72 January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 On 1/21/2022 at 7:56 PM, FilmTVGeek80 said: So, now Gwen knocks Abigail out with a shovel and helps send her off to a deserted island. I wonder how the show is going to twist logic into pretzel to have Jack forgive Gwen for this. How dehydrated will Gwen get crying her crocodile tears to Xander and Jack about how because of her sad, sad, childhood she had no choice. I wish things were reversed and Abigail hits Gwen with a shovel, kills her, and no one cares. 2 6 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 Funny because Gwen sucks and Abigail gets away with hitting people all the time... 3 1 Link to comment
chediavolo January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 Just read there was a blind item on a soap site. Calling for casting for someone who fits Hopes description. I am pulling for this one. She needs to be recast! 2 3 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 I disagree. I think they need to eat shit, apologize to KA sincerely, show her what the return story will be so she can trust them, get her okay on it to some degree, and give her a proper six month send-off. Write her out with some of the fanfare Peter got. It's not that hard. Once you start recasting characters who have been on the show for decades, you erode the character's appeal (See: Roman, Kristen, Vivian, Billie). We're beyond the point where this can work. The show won't likely last much longer and the audience will have no time to warm up to whichever poor soul has to take on this part. If they're a younger character, okay, try a recast. If they're not? Write them out. 11 Link to comment
nilyank January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 8 hours ago, chediavolo said: Just read there was a blind item on a soap site. Calling for casting for someone who fits Hopes description. I am pulling for this one. She needs to be recast! So that she can hold Ciara's hand as she tells Ben how awesome he is? No thanks. 2 10 Link to comment
Pearson80 January 23, 2022 Share January 23, 2022 46 minutes ago, nilyank said: So that she can hold Ciara's hand as she tells Ben how awesome he is? No thanks. I would rather see Hope fall into a vat of acid again than see her debase herself kissing up to the man that terrorized her family.. 1 11 Link to comment
CanaryFan98 January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Pearson80 said: I would rather see Hope fall into a vat of acid again than see her debase herself kissing up to the man that terrorized her family.. They should just have Hope find a lead on Zach and spend the rest of her days finding out whether he's alive or not offscreen. I rather see that ending for her (or killed off) 1 3 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 Leave Zach dead. Have Hope send a letter saying "call me when you've ditched the serial killer". 4 hours ago, Pearson80 said: I would rather see Hope fall into a vat of acid again than see her debase herself kissing up to the man that terrorized her family.. Yeah same. 2 3 Link to comment
methodwriter85 January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 53 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said: Leave Zach dead. Have Hope send a letter saying "call me when you've ditched the serial killer". Wasn't Ron responsible for the undeadening of Jake on General Hospital? (Who, you know, donated his kidneys to Joss after his death but they handwaved that.) I can see him being all over that, but yeah, Zach should be left dead. KA apparently agreed. It'd be weird though, because you'd have to bring Zach back as someone at a minimum in their late 20's because Zach was older than Ciara, who seems to be about 25 these days. This show was always good at casting good-looking kids that resembled Bo and Hope and I'd love to see a handsome swarthy brunette dude running around, but nah. 4 Link to comment
Peanut6711 January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 Maybe Steve and Kayla will find Zack on Melaswen 2.0. 3 Link to comment
Pearson80 January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, DisneyBoy said: Leave Zach dead. Have Hope send a letter saying "call me when you've ditched the serial killer". 10 hours ago, Pearson80 said: Years ago, the show wanted to bring Zack back but Kristian said a big fat No! I agree with her even though I always felt that Zack's death was a big f you to the Bo and Hope fans by JER who hated them and did everything possible to trash them for his precious Billie. It is why I have always hated Billie. Bo choosing Billie over Hope and treating Hope like she was a nuisance was such utter bullshit.. Edited January 24, 2022 by Pearson80 8 Link to comment
MsTree January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 14 hours ago, DisneyBoy said: Once you start recasting characters who have been on the show for decades, you erode the character's appeal (See: Roman, Kristen, Vivian, Billie). We're beyond the point where this can work. The show won't likely last much longer and the audience will have no time to warm up to whichever poor soul has to take on this part. If they're a younger character, okay, try a recast. If they're not? Write them out. So you're calling KA old??🤔 Sorry, but I don't think it makes a difference if the character is younger or older. Bold & Beautiful recast the ever-long (and older) character of Ridge Forrester (originally played by Ronn Moss from day one!) with Thorston Kaye quite successfully. Thorston was well-received, and now owns the role. It CAN be done. I believe all depends on the actor/actress taking over the role. 3 Link to comment
DisneyBoy January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, MsTree said: So you're calling KA old??🤔 Sorry, but I don't think it makes a difference if the character is younger or older. Bold & Beautiful recast the ever-long (and older) character of Ridge Forrester (originally played by Ronn Moss from day one!) with Thorston Kaye quite successfully. Thorston was well-received, and now owns the role. It CAN be done. I believe all depends on the actor/actress taking over the role. A) definitely not insulting her 😄 but I mean characters that have been leads for 3 decades. B) Ron Moss is Ridge in the eyes of many. Thorston is....playing the role. Look, they were struggling to figure out what to do with Hope for what...five years? Her OTL is dead-dead, her career ended, so all she was left was maybe being into boring Rafe (saddled with him is more apt) and worrying about Ciara. This show is not on steady footing. TBatB has been in a better overall situation (ratings, location shoots, global appeal) for years, and Ridge was *the* leading man. The character only had one portrayer and recasting him stabilized things for their leading lady Brooke in the longterm. It made total sense they'd recast him. And many still don't feel ok with that. Hope may have some story left in her, but there isnt much time left in DOOL. Would you recast Marlena if Deidre left? I wouldn't. There's just less of a reason to do it at this point...and less likelihood that anyone will see the replacement as *the character* instead of an actor trying their best. The Jennifer replacement was fine...but kinda pointless. Yes, she won an Emmy but...the old guard are just too memorable to replace. KA's exit made headlines because she is an iconic part of DOOL. Peter's return and departure did too. Could they recast both and keep writing story for them? Sure. But it would probably just look really dumb. Wouldn't it be nice if they could create some NEW characters with that kind of appeal? I weep inside when I see good new actors come aboard only to be given schlock to play. The show misses opportunities every year to create great new leads. (Hi Tripp!) I think their energy would be better focused there. Hope would probably return to exist only on the nostalgia of her glory days anyway. The show isn't written well enough to evolve characters anymore. I think that's largely why KA left. It wasn't going to get better. Edited January 24, 2022 by DisneyBoy 8 Link to comment
Peanut6711 January 24, 2022 Share January 24, 2022 (edited) On 1/23/2022 at 12:07 PM, DisneyBoy said: I think they need to eat shit, apologize to KA sincerely, show her what the return story will be so she can trust them, get her okay on it to some degree, and give her a proper six month send-off. Write her out with some of the fanfare Peter got. It's not that hard. Once you start recasting characters who have been on the show for decades, you erode the character's appeal (See: Roman, Kristen, Vivian, Billie). We're beyond the point where this can work. The show won't likely last much longer and the audience will have no time to warm up to whichever poor soul has to take on this part. If they're a younger character, okay, try a recast. If they're not? Write them out. I agree. Hope via KA is not a character that can be recast successfully at this point. She made the character what it was and once that happens a recast is a huge uphill battle. It's like when Roman comes on my screen even after all these years I still see Chris Kosticheck. I've been saying this for months, but I honestly think the best writing resolution for Hope is to say that she took a case, per Shane, and is undercover with the ISA somewhere. It makes sense and is far less ridiculous than her being stranded in an African airport every time she's due to come back, especially since Theo seems to fly in and out just fine. And if they manage to get KA back for a short stint, well then she can just say the case is still on-going but she got some time off. 32 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said: definitely not insulting her 😄 but I mean characters that have been leads for 3 decades. Look, they were struggling to figure out what to do with Hope for what...five years? Her OTL is dead-dead, her career ended, so all she was left with was maybe being into boring Rafe (saddled with him is more apt) and worrying about Ciara. This show is not on steady footing. TBatB has been in a better overall situation (ratings, location shoots, global appeal) for years, and Ridge was *the* leading man. The character only had one portrayer and recasting him stabilized things for their leading lady Brooke in the longterm. It made total sense they'd recast him. And many still don't feel ok with that. Hope may have some story left in her, but there isnt much time left in DOOL. Would you recast Marlena if Deidre left? I wouldn't. There's just less of a reason to do it at this point...and less likelihood that anyone will see the replacement as *the character* instead of an actor trying their best. The Jennifer replacement was fine...but kinda pointless. Yes, she won an Emmy but...a old of the old guard are just too memorable to replace. Wouldn't it be nice if they could create NEW characters with appeal? THESE! You aptly described how I see NuEJ, another character who I could never accept as a recast, but yet here we are and it's not the same. Maybe he could have worked as Andrew Donovan though, I've never understood why Andrew has never been brought on screen. So many possibilities there as a legacy character and yet a blank slate to work with for an actor to make the character his. But I also wholeheartedly agree we need new characters too that actors/actresses can make their own. Stephen Nichols is a perfect sucess story of this. Steve had no family ties to Salem when he showed up, only an old estranged friendship with Bo. And yet his chemistry with so many of the actresses and actors he worked with made the character so integral to Salem and then down the road created a new family in town. Edited January 24, 2022 by Peanut6711 5 Link to comment
brisbydog January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 (edited) #DAYS Spoilers Week of January 31st Chad and Kate attempt to figure out what happened to Abigail. Abigail realizes she’s not the only one Kristen is holding captive on the deserted island. Nancy is devastated by Craig's bombshell. Julie is unnerved when Johnny pays her a visit. Steve and Kayla are happily reunited. Chanel inadvertently reveals the truth to TR. Tripp shares his secret plans with Roman. Edited January 25, 2022 by brisbydog 1 Link to comment
CanaryFan98 January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 23 hours ago, methodwriter85 said: Wasn't Ron responsible for the undeadening of Jake on General Hospital? (Who, you know, donated his kidneys to Joss after his death but they handwaved that.) I can see him being all over that, but yeah, Zach should be left dead. KA apparently agreed. It'd be weird though, because you'd have to bring Zach back as someone at a minimum in their late 20's because Zach was older than Ciara, who seems to be about 25 these days. This show was always good at casting good-looking kids that resembled Bo and Hope and I'd love to see a handsome swarthy brunette dude running around, but nah. Yes and I'm torn on that on the one hand there was a lot of good drama that came out of his death and on the other it caused a lot of damage when it did happen and the reunion scenes were pretty good(I ended up in a rabbit hole of old GH clips and stumbled onto this storyline). That being said since Bo and Hope are both gone there's no need to bring back Zack however I preferred him since if it wasn't for his death we wouldn't be stuck with Ciara and Cin like we are now. They could've brought back JT for the family dynamic where he was switched for Zack and not dead. 2 Link to comment
RedElf January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 So "TR", Lani's father Ray, is going to show up as a movie producer. He's played by William Christian, AMC's Derek Frye. 2 1 Link to comment
bunnyblue January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 2 hours ago, brisbydog said: Steve and Kayla are happily reunited. On the DiMera island or does Kristen let Steve go?? 2 Link to comment
ByaNose January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 I watch DOOL but I don’t care about it. It is sooooo bad and so beyond what it used to be. Every (almost) soap has their outlandish or unbelievable storylines but Days has them every day. GH had the Ice Princess and OLTL had Eternia but Days keep going on and on and on. There is no reality in it. Do where’s really want this? I think the most “realistic” soap now is Y&at but it’s way to slow for people. I just miss the old days. I think Days in the 70’s and early 80’s before things got all crazy. And, from what I’m reading her it’s gonna going to get crazier. Link to comment
methodwriter85 January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 10 hours ago, Peanut6711 said: But I also wholeheartedly agree we need new characters too that actors/actresses can make their own. Stephen Nichols is a perfect success story of this. Steve had no family ties to Salem when he showed up, only an old estranged friendship with Bo. And yet his chemistry with so many of the actresses and actors he worked with made the character so integral to Salem and then down the road created a new family in town. Sonny actually has like three brothers- Alexander, Joseph, and Victor. We've never seen adult versions of them. They are total blank slates and we could definitely use leading men in the thirtysomething range since all we really have there are Chad and Ben. Although knowing our luck Ron would probably try to cast David Allen Gregory as Alexander or something. LOL. 1 2 Link to comment
boes January 25, 2022 Author Share January 25, 2022 4 hours ago, RedElf said: So "TR", Lani's father Ray, is going to show up as a movie producer. He's played by William Christian, AMC's Derek Frye. I can't wait to see him again! He was terrific as Derek Frye. 3 Link to comment
MsTree January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 14 hours ago, DisneyBoy said: A) definitely not insulting her 😄 but I mean characters that have been leads for 3 decades. B) Ron Moss is Ridge in the eyes of many. Thorston is....playing the role. Look, they were struggling to figure out what to do with Hope for what...five years? Her OTL is dead-dead, her career ended, so all she was left was maybe being into boring Rafe (saddled with him is more apt) and worrying about Ciara. This show is not on steady footing. TBatB has been in a better overall situation (ratings, location shoots, global appeal) for years, and Ridge was *the* leading man. The character only had one portrayer and recasting him stabilized things for their leading lady Brooke in the longterm. It made total sense they'd recast him. And many still don't feel ok with that. Hope may have some story left in her, but there isnt much time left in DOOL. Would you recast Marlena if Deidre left? I wouldn't. There's just less of a reason to do it at this point...and less likelihood that anyone will see the replacement as *the character* instead of an actor trying their best. The Jennifer replacement was fine...but kinda pointless. Yes, she won an Emmy but...the old guard are just too memorable to replace. KA's exit made headlines because she is an iconic part of DOOL. Peter's return and departure did too. Could they recast both and keep writing story for them? Sure. But it would probably just look really dumb. Wouldn't it be nice if they could create some NEW characters with that kind of appeal? I weep inside when I see good new actors come aboard only to be given schlock to play. The show misses opportunities every year to create great new leads. (Hi Tripp!) I think their energy would be better focused there. Hope would probably return to exist only on the nostalgia of her glory days anyway. The show isn't written well enough to evolve characters anymore. I think that's largely why KA left. It wasn't going to get better. I honestly don't miss KA, so IMO she can stay away forever. All I'm saying is that IF a storyline needs to bring a character back and the original is no longer interested or just not available, then I have no problem bringing in someone new. Whether the viewers like it or not is subjective. OTOH, if the show can get away with not bringing said character back, then I say carry on. As an aside, B&B also brought Krista Allen (ex-Billie) on to play Taylor Hayes Forrester (previously played by Hunter Tylo from the beginning). So far, so good...and even better once she loses the wig😉 2 Link to comment
brisbydog January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 10 hours ago, bunnyblue said: On the DiMera island or does Kristen let Steve go?? Definitely on the island. SN tweeted that he got to be shoved in a trunk, and we never saw what happened to Kayla but I highly doubt she caught Kristen given she's on the island taunting Abby next week 3 Link to comment
peachmangosteen January 25, 2022 Share January 25, 2022 14 hours ago, brisbydog said: #DAYS Spoilers Week of January 31st Chad and Kate attempt to figure out what happened to Abigail. Abigail realizes she’s not the only one Kristen is holding captive on the deserted island. Nancy is devastated by Craig's bombshell. Julie is unnerved when Johnny pays her a visit. Steve and Kayla are happily reunited. Chanel inadvertently reveals the truth to TR. Tripp shares his secret plans with Roman. I am excited for all of this, yay! 2 Link to comment
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