Don't you dare feel bad for one second, Augie! Debs is exactly right...Passions is SUPPOSED to be campy! DAYS just makes me sad because I remember the "good old days" of Doug and Julie, Mike and Margo, Liz and Neil, Mickey (the REAL Mickey, not Edward from GH Mickey) and Maggie, Marlena and Roman (the REAL Roman, not the Chris Kositchek Roman), Bill and Laura, and Tom and Alice (my sentimental faves) and EUGENE AND CALLIOPE (my all time favorite couple.......soooooo freaking hilarious!!). They took a wonderful soap that I had watched from birth and turned it into a farce. I still watch because I do like Bo/Hope and Sami/Lucas. But I miss the DAYS of old. On a bright note, my mom just gave me all of her old Days books (cheesey paperbacks that chronicle DAYS from the time Julie was a teenager up until the Liz/Neil time). And here is some good news for you, Augie...Gelhan Gering (or however you spell it...the guy who plays Luis) is RE-SIGNING his contract!!! HOORAY! I can't wait for it to come out that Sheridan is really Marty's mom! This has been far too long!
Bold and Beautiful.......the Bridget/Ridge thing was just too gross for words. Do the writers forget that we remember that Bridget got her very NAME for the fact that they thought Ridge was her father and Bridget was a combination of Brooke and Ridge??!?!?!? Ridge creeps me out anyway.....but HOW on EARTH could you possibly make out with a girl that you at one time thought was your DAUGHTER?!? ACK!
AMC- this is my MUST SEE show. I love love love Kendall and Tishy you are so right, she has chemistry with everyone (and especially with Greenlee....I love their scenes together!!!). Ryan bores me. But the Maria falling down drunk at the ceremony to honor Edmund? FABULOUS! Every scene was dead on...Brooke was great, Maria (St. Maria of the push up bra ---LOL), Erica....those three played every beat so well! And Adam comforting Brooke? How wonderful! AND they even showed Palmer (who I adore).
The big thing that soaps have to remember is HISTORY HISTORY HISTORY! Nothing thrills a soap fan more than when the long-time viewer is given a *wink* with simple scenes like Kendall talking to Bianca on the phone for Miranda's birthday. And nothing pisses a soaper MORE than glaring holes like Edmund's funeral with NO MENTION of Dimitri (his brother) or Mateo and Hayley (Maria's brother and his wife). And DO NOT shove newbie teens in our faces and FORCE us to watch them learn to act ALL THE TIME EVERY DAY! Give us our veterans!!! Heck...when I was little, one of my favorite couples was Kim and Dan Stewart from As The World Turns....I was like 8 and they were in their 40's! It doesn't take young actors to attract young viewers...it takes well-written, consistant storytelling!!!!!
Off my 'soapbox' for now! And Kathliam, so nice to meet you....it sure is fun to spout off about our shows, isn't it?
MM Soap Lover since the age of 4!