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Best and Worst — TVGC
Topic Started: Dec 10 2008, 01:58 AM (1,816 Views)
hunterforrester
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ELLIE — Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, that was his first air date — that's just mean! LOL!
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Ellie


hunterforrester
Dec 10 2008, 08:04 PM
ELLIE — Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, that was his first air date — that's just mean! LOL!
Yes, absolutely!!!! I realized it the other day and looked it up and confirmed it in a few places. (Deidre's is June 21, 1976.)

The famous "John meets Marlena" handshake was January 29, 1986 - one day after the Challenger explosion.
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DolceDiMera
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Interesting list, though I agree with less than half of the choices.
What did Sam do that was so slutty this year? I could probably think of at least ten other characters, male and female, to whom I would have given that title before Sam.
As for best and worst new characters, I would switch that to Janet as the worst and Claudia as the best (though I do like Janet with Jack somewhat).
Totally agree about Peg as the worst couple and Balsco as the most overrated. Speaking of overrated, that's what I think of Lisa LoCicero as an actress and Olivia as a character. Now I know how people felt about the Zaccharas' overexposure when I couldn't get enough of them. I can't stand Guza's latest plaything.
Also agree about Mark Lawson as the best newcomer and Billy Miller as the best recast.
I am surprised Patrick and Robin didn't get any recognition (unless I missed it). Although I despise that pairing everyone else seems to think they're the bestest couple that ever was, lol.

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Mason


Drake's acting is still bad. It's just a different kind of bad, now.
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hunterforrester
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LOL MASON!
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DrewHamilton
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I have to disagree with a lot of these.

WORST HEAD WRITER:
Dena Higley, Days of our Lives


She's bad, but Jean Passanante is so much worse.

MOST DISAPPOINTING SOAP:
One Life to Live


I think the 40th anniversary and the strike screwed up a lot of things. I still loved every second of it, all of it, Mendorra, Toddy/Marty and 1968.

BEST LOVE STORY:
Amber and Daniel, Y&R


If it weren't for Adrienne Frantz and Michael Graziadei's chemistry, this couple would be totally horrible. The character's just don't work well and they've had to give Daniel so many personality changes just to make him logically attracted to someone like Amber.

MOST OVEREXPOSED AND OVERRATED COUPLE:
Rex and Gigi, OLTL


They're great. I could watch them seven days a week.

WORST CASTING:
Erin Sanders (ex-Eden, Y&R), Molly Burnett (Melanie, DAYS) (tie)


I agree about Sanders, but not Burnett. I think she's decent.

WORST STORYLINES:
Todd and Marty Rapemance and Mendorra, OLTL (tie)


Loved both of them!

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Mason


At least with Passanante, she's written some good, entertaining stuff, like the 2005 baby switch, the beginning of Luke being gay, and Jennifer's death. I still hate her and think she's a hack of the highest order, though, don't get me wrong. But Higley, on the other hand, has never produced anything interesting - at least not that I've seen (I didn't see her OLTL work, but I know it was not popular in the least). Every single thing she's written has bored the living daylights out of me. The Ava story this year might have come close to being entertaining, but frankly, I attribute a lot of that to Tamara Braun.
Edited by Mason, Dec 10 2008, 11:45 PM.
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DrewHamilton
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^ Maybe you should look at some of the episodes she wrote on OLTL during Todd's trial and execution. It was pretty good. Now as far as her time on DAYS, I thought she was doing well in the fall and I'm still enjoying the show, but upcoming spoilers are making me start to doubt.

Passanante, on the other hand, I can't get into ATWT and it's because of her random writing.
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Mason


ATWT is definitely a lot worse than DAYS at the moment, I'll give you that.
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ladyofthelake
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Well, I'll have to take issue with your most disappointing soap. Even with the Tarty stuff, I would have to say OLTL still blows Days of the water. With all the backstage crap that has been going on during DAys, and the ripping of a such a historic show, Days, in my opinion, should be the most disappointing soap. It is for me. And, with the other kudos that you gave OLTL, how is it the most disappointing soap except for Tarty and maybe Mendorra? You're rating everything on two storylines? Oh, well, YMMV.

And, Rex and Gigi are overrated, but not that overrated.

Worst casting decision in HISTORY??? Sorry, but I think that's a little dramatic. There's a heck of a lot of soap history here, starting with radio. Marlena and John are popular, but I don't think they rank up there with the lot of soap history, what, 70 some odd years? Maybe the worst casting decision this year, but hardly in history.

I do agree on a few things, though, so it's not all bad. :D I can't attest to anything other than DAys or OLTL, so it's possible I would even agree or disagree more if I watched other things.
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Mason


After a kickass Fall '07 and early '08, before plunging into a pit of crap in the spring, DAYS should definitely be Most Disappointing Soap.
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MichaelGL
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MOST MISMANAGED WRITING TEAM:
The 5348 head writers of Guiding Light

Bwahahaha I love that!
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Kyrai
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Ellie
Dec 10 2008, 08:01 PM
hunterforrester
Dec 10 2008, 07:44 PM
He was BETTER when he began Days, I think. In fact, he was one of the recasts EVER but Days screwed that up FAST! LOL!
I agree that Drake's acting has improved this year. He said himself that he really enjoyed the acting classes he took last year. It's nice to see him get recognition for it!

In terms of recasts, lol - I know I'm disagreeing with many of my fellow J&M fans, but I never really saw him as Roman Brady. Not that Drake didn't do a good job - I think he was excellent and I like his acting style in those years. But I liked the "John Black" character-without-a-past without having to bring Roman into the picture. Marlena could have just fallen for the new guy in town, and when she and Roman came back from the dead, she still would have been torn.

And know what Drake's first airdate was? January 24th, 1986. Kinda scary, huh?
I loved him as Roman. I thought he was much better with his family than WN or JT. I like him better as John Black though because there is so much to explore, if we only had writers... I can't imagine anyone else playing John Black. Whether Roman or John, it seemed like Drake's soul came through and that is what I loved, that is what sold me on the stories. He gave this fan exactly what she wanted. A character who was/is fun to watch.
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