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SOD: 2010 Preview!; January 5th issue
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Dec 23 2009, 11:08 AM
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The Bo and Carly stuff make good sense. Carly is the only woman in his life right now that treats him like a man. She treats him as an equal. Hope treats him like a pet. Hope deserves to lose her man (for a while).
Anna and Sydney make no sense to me. Why would Anna ransom Sydney? If she was left penniless when Tony died that would be a strong motivation but she has other resources like Roman. A nice twist to this story would be Stefano finding out Anna has the baby. Stefano could swoop in and take them both away to some undisclosed location. He would have access to his grandaughter and punish Anna at the same time. Kate could help him with the plot (I like them together). Sami and EJ could become suspicious and look for Sydney together. Roman could help out and when she is rescued him and Anna could get remarried. Or better yet, they find Tony alive and Anna could be reunited with him. This would be classic Stefano.
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Dec 23 2009, 11:17 AM
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Does anyone remember back when Bo and Hope first started falling in love that Peter Reckell gave Kristin Alfonso a really hard time about her weight and told her she was fat? She left the show and lost a ton of weight. When she came back all skinny KA and PR became great friends and lived next door to one another for a while. She may truly have a problem with anorexia and maybe we should be concerned about her. Maybe she needs to be out of the spotlight on DOOL for a while.
Plus, I totally love Bo and Carly. They were great together and still have that today.
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Dec 23 2009, 11:29 AM
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This needs to end NOW! Nicole is gone, so there is no longer anything worthwhile about this baby drama. AZ's acting is what kept it interesting the whole time.
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Dec 23 2009, 11:40 AM
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THanks for posting, these Spoilers for January sound interesting. I wonder what the Anna and Sydney twist is?? I wonder who tries to stop Phelanie wedding? Probably Vivian!! Can't wait to read about Feb sweeps spoilers next mth!! :)
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Dec 23 2009, 12:33 PM
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- Dec 23 2009, 11:17 AM
Does anyone remember back when Bo and Hope first started falling in love that Peter Reckell gave Kristin Alfonso a really hard time about her weight and told her she was fat? She left the show and lost a ton of weight. When she came back all skinny KA and PR became great friends and lived next door to one another for a while. She may truly have a problem with anorexia and maybe we should be concerned about her. Maybe she needs to be out of the spotlight on DOOL for a while.
Plus, I totally love Bo and Carly. They were great together and still have that today. That's ironic, since Peter Reckell's wife is hardly a lightweight, but is a real person. I would hope he was a better person than that. Can anyone corroborate this story?
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Dec 23 2009, 12:40 PM
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Both KA and PR have publicly admitted that they didn't get along in the 80's when they were first on the show. However, I have never heard that it was due to KA's weight.
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Dec 23 2009, 12:42 PM
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Anyway, interesting preview for Bo/Hope because it almost look they will make their separation much longer than we thought. Seems Hope will get comforting sex from Justin, but she will not be really in love with him, and eventually moves on with a story on her own. And Bo/Carly could grow really serious together, especially if the story will really heat up post the wedding/February with Vivian knowing who is the daugher and Daniel probably getting involved as well. I quess this is a definite end of supercouples on DAYS but I like it. Atleast the vets will have something major to play.
Don't count out Bope just yet. I doubt they are going to end them. Hope's story coming up is going to involve more then just her. You can count on it. Days won't survive without Bo and Hope together. They are days! Bo and Carly are just a speedbump to Bope getting back together. They have got together too quickly. Therefore they won't be together long! Everyone seems to forget Bope share a child. What about Ciara? She will be what brings them back together! The longer they keep them apart the worse days will get! The spoilers in SOD are going to happen in the next 3 weeks then from what I've heard there is supposed to be some Bope stuff. And from what I've heard it's not a divorce! I think Mikey dying changes things. It may be the wakeup call Bope need to fix things.
J/M ending, i.e. broken up for a long time and ONLY brought back together to EXIT. People swore DAYS would never survive without J/M. Guess what. It has. In fact, DAYS has survived the loss of every supercouple at some time or the other. DAYS did quite well when Hope was "dead" and Bo was with Carly. It's pretty clear that even 16 years later there is a substantial fan base that LOVED Bo and Carly. Peter, Kristian, Crystal and most actors PREFER to work, to get good stories than to be a boring duo stuck in a bubble so that a few fans won't get upset. I do believe the insistence of certain fan bases to not DARE allow supercouple actors to move outside the box is the reason why so many of them are without jobs. ACTORS matter more than fictional characters for many of us. I am sick and tired of my favorites being stuck to appease a minority of fans. I am so glad DAYS is finally recognizing this and getting rid of the supercouple silliness. It's over. It's so over/ I got a novel idea... why don't we just rip apart all of the couples? Give each person an individual story and don't have them interact with anybody. ;)
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Dec 23 2009, 12:49 PM
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Both KA and PR have publicly admitted that they didn't get along in the 80's when they were first on the show. However, I have never heard that it was due to KA's weight. That I did hear. Just shows what good actors they are! :D But I've never heard anything about the weight issue. Allison Sweeney getting slammed about her weight, yes. KA, no.
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Dec 23 2009, 12:54 PM
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I am wondering what the huge twist concerning Anna and Sydney is?!?
Anna is in cahoots with another Salemite. Speculation: I still think it's Sami who has orchestrated the entire kidnapping. now that would be interesting
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Dec 23 2009, 01:08 PM
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I'm not a Hope fan but I hope that KA is okay.I don't get the obession that everyone needs to be stick thin.
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Dec 23 2009, 01:09 PM
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Anyway, interesting preview for Bo/Hope because it almost look they will make their separation much longer than we thought. Seems Hope will get comforting sex from Justin, but she will not be really in love with him, and eventually moves on with a story on her own. And Bo/Carly could grow really serious together, especially if the story will really heat up post the wedding/February with Vivian knowing who is the daugher and Daniel probably getting involved as well. I quess this is a definite end of supercouples on DAYS but I like it. Atleast the vets will have something major to play.
Don't count out Bope just yet. I doubt they are going to end them. Hope's story coming up is going to involve more then just her. You can count on it. Days won't survive without Bo and Hope together. They are days! Bo and Carly are just a speedbump to Bope getting back together. They have got together too quickly. Therefore they won't be together long! Everyone seems to forget Bope share a child. What about Ciara? She will be what brings them back together! The longer they keep them apart the worse days will get! The spoilers in SOD are going to happen in the next 3 weeks then from what I've heard there is supposed to be some Bope stuff. And from what I've heard it's not a divorce! I think Mikey dying changes things. It may be the wakeup call Bope need to fix things.
J/M ending, i.e. broken up for a long time and ONLY brought back together to EXIT. People swore DAYS would never survive without J/M. Guess what. It has. In fact, DAYS has survived the loss of every supercouple at some time or the other. DAYS did quite well when Hope was "dead" and Bo was with Carly. It's pretty clear that even 16 years later there is a substantial fan base that LOVED Bo and Carly. Peter, Kristian, Crystal and most actors PREFER to work, to get good stories than to be a boring duo stuck in a bubble so that a few fans won't get upset. I do believe the insistence of certain fan bases to not DARE allow supercouple actors to move outside the box is the reason why so many of them are without jobs. ACTORS matter more than fictional characters for many of us. I am sick and tired of my favorites being stuck to appease a minority of fans. I am so glad DAYS is finally recognizing this and getting rid of the supercouple silliness. It's over. It's so over/ I agree completely.
I think the concept was dead once the 80's ended. GH even knew to abandon it. Supercouples compromise your show in the long run. It's all fine and good when the couples start out and go through early trials and tribulations. It's even fine after they get married for the first few years but once you establish the feeling that no matter what that couple is going to be together, what incentive do you give the masses to watch? Maybe the die-hard fans of the show or the couple fans tune in but how much of the show's viewing audience that is counted in the ratings do they encompass? People like to point to the 90's but I think it's safe to say a big part of JER's success in the 90's was the stories and the fact that you still felt some suspense in whether or not certain couples would actually get together. There is none of that this decade. It got to the point where I'm sure some fans checked out the show and said "Why bother?" You already know the end result (and not just because Corday opened his mouth LOL) and that isn't good drama or storytelling. How do you sell that kind of stuff to general and new viewers? I think that is the biggest reason behind Days' surge. You have a bunch of couples now that are just starting out and also that you don't know for sure will make it. Now people will tune in to see if they do. That is why I feel you have to give Bo and Carly a chance because that helps make Bo and Hope more viable. Whether you reunite them or not, you get viewers to invest because the outcome is a bit more in doubt and that is the key to getting people to tune in day after day.
As for PR and KA, they both have mentioned in the past that they did not get along initially but I don't remember it being about her weight. In fact, I seem to remember (could be wrong on this) that they started to get past their differences while she was pregnant with her first child.
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I'm looking forward to Suzanne Rogers performance during the tragedy - she will break my heart I'm sure.
Bo/Carly? Meh. I really disliked Carly the first time around (REALLY disliked - ok HATED) and am disappointed TPTB decided to go a romantic route/triangle with Bope and Carly. First off, I'm more than tired of the played out triangle scenario and in the second place, I simply don't buy it. Yes Carly/Bo connected when Hope was 'dead' because Hope was DEAD. Hope is very much alive and I would prefer to see Bo/Hope have their marriage play out - dealing with their struggles and angst, whatever - than go down this route. It cheapens everything IMO.
The Ejami/Safe stuff - I will be sorely disappointed if EJ is remotely attached to this kidnapping. It's too easy - and too obvious. I'm looking forward to seeing Rafe fall off the pedastal GT created for him - I don't think it could get much higher unless he was written to be able to walk on water. Maybe TPTB are getting a clue?
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Dec 23 2009, 01:58 PM
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Bo/Carly? Meh. I really disliked Carly the first time around (REALLY disliked - ok HATED) and am disappointed TPTB decided to go a romantic route/triangle with Bope and Carly. First off, I'm more than tired of the played out triangle scenario and in the second place, I simply don't buy it. Yes Carly/Bo connected when Hope was 'dead' because Hope was DEAD. Hope is very much alive and I would prefer to see Bo/Hope have their marriage play out - dealing with their struggles and angst, whatever - than go down this route. It cheapens everything IMO. This was a story where the writers really had to craft it just right in order for it to be a success, and I'm not sure if they've done that so far. I don't know if it's because I just don't buy the pre-existing "issues" in Bope's marriage or if I just don't care, but something isn't clicking. I feel like they didn't dot all their I's and cross all their T's before jumping into this with both feet.
Remember back in 2002 when Bo learned the truth about JT's paternity and it completely shattered his marriage to Hope? That was a breakup I could buy. It was legitimate. Bringing Carly into the picture back then would've made sense because Bo was vulnerable and his marriage had reached its lowest point ever. I would've bought it completely. The stuff we're seeing now though just seems so forced. Yeah, it might be "realistic" for couples to fight like this, but on a soap opera it just seems like a cheap way to break up a legacy couple. After everything that Bo and Hope have been through, are they really going to get a divorce over a lack of healthy communication and misinterpreted situations? It just seems so lightweight to me. The original "issues" in their marriage don't even seen to matter anymore. It's all so fluffy. So lightweight.
If the writers are going to fracture Bo and Hope's marriage, they need to do it in a legitimate way so that Bo/Carly are a duo to be taken seriously. Tear them apart with something that has weight and substance -- like the paternity reveal in 2002. Don't just turn Hope into a paranoid bitchy shrew and have her misunderstand every word that comes out of Bo's mouth so they have something to fight about. That's cheap and lazy. And for God's sake, don't have Bo saying all this stupid shit that he knows Hope is going to misunderstand and go cuckoo over just to get under her skin. Again... it's cheap (and boring) and lazy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the Bo/Carly interaction, but Bo and Hope are pretty much being tossed to the wolves in order to facilitate this story. When they're on the screen together, I just want to punch the TV set and I've never felt that way before when watching those two. This shouldn't be a story where I have to hate "Bope" in order to love "Barly." I should enjoy both couples and feel torn about who I want with who. Instead, the writers are making Bo and Hope completely unlikable when they're together just so viewers will love "the other couple" and it's driving me bonkers.
Bo and Hope as brainless assholes = BIG thumbs down.
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Bo/Carly? Meh. I really disliked Carly the first time around (REALLY disliked - ok HATED) and am disappointed TPTB decided to go a romantic route/triangle with Bope and Carly. First off, I'm more than tired of the played out triangle scenario and in the second place, I simply don't buy it. Yes Carly/Bo connected when Hope was 'dead' because Hope was DEAD. Hope is very much alive and I would prefer to see Bo/Hope have their marriage play out - dealing with their struggles and angst, whatever - than go down this route. It cheapens everything IMO.
This was a story where the writers really had to craft it just right in order for it to be a success, and I'm not sure if they've done that so far. I don't know if it's because I just don't buy the pre-existing "issues" in Bope's marriage or if I just don't care, but something isn't clicking. I feel like they didn't dot all their I's and cross all their T's before jumping into this with both feet. Remember back in 2002 when Bo learned the truth about JT's paternity and it completely shattered his marriage to Hope? That was a breakup I could buy. It was legitimate. Bringing Carly into the picture back then would've made sense because Bo was vulnerable and his marriage had reached its lowest point ever. I would've bought it completely. The stuff we're seeing now though just seems so forced. Yeah, it might be "realistic" for couples to fight like this, but on a soap opera it just seems like a cheap way to break up a legacy couple. After everything that Bo and Hope have been through, are they really going to get a divorce over a lack of healthy communication and misinterpreted situations? It just seems so lightweight to me. The original "issues" in their marriage don't even seen to matter anymore. It's all so fluffy. So lightweight. If the writers are going to fracture Bo and Hope's marriage, they need to do it in a legitimate way so that Bo/Carly are a duo to be taken seriously. Tear them apart with something that has weight and substance -- like the paternity reveal in 2002. Don't just turn Hope into a paranoid bitchy shrew and have her misunderstand every word that comes out of Bo's mouth so they have something to fight about. That's cheap and lazy. And for God's sake, don't have Bo saying all this stupid shit that he knows Hope is going to misunderstand and go cuckoo over just to get under her skin. Again... cheap and lazy. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the Bo/Carly interaction, but Bo and Hope are pretty much being tossed to the wolves in order to facilitate this story. When they're on the screen together, I just want to punch the TV set and I've never felt that way before when watching those two. This shouldn't be a story where I have to hate "Bope" in order to love "Barly." I should enjoy both couples and feel torn about who I want with who. Instead, the writers are making Bo and Hope completely unlikable when they're together just so viewers will love "Barly" and it's driving me bonkers. Bo and Hope as brainless assholes = BIG thumbs down. So unresolved issues having to do with the recent kidnapping of their child, the death of their child and how Bo lied about it as well as the whole Patrick saga, and whatever other crap Bo and Hope have been through in their last two decades together is not enough?
This should've happened EONS ago. The writers have perfectly crafted this. They've even had Bo and Hope acknowledge how they just put aside their differences over the years for whatever reason (family, etc) rather then properly resolving them. The result was it all came crashing down when yet another one of their children was threatened and they both were too stubborn to listen to each other in the end. It's all blown up now. I LOVED yesterday when Bo and Hope talked about how they don't want to just make up for Christmas and go through this again 3 months later. It's always been a cycle with them and it always comes back to trust and both wanting to control things THEIR way.
I have concerns about Bo and Carly too but it all depends on how they sell them sleeping together. For all we know. Bo gets divorce papers or he's a wreck and gets drunk or whatever. I think Bo and Carly can only be viable if the writers believe they can be. So far, I get the sense they want to go there but that won't matter if that mindset doesn't remain.
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I feel like they did a decent enough job with tension in Bo/Hope's marriage, probably because I've always thought she was like this with the misunderstandings and overreactions. What's weak for me is Carly- I don't care about her one way or another yet. Justin too, actually. Fine supporting character but...just not motivated to get into it.
I hope (no pun intended) they do something with Hope that spins her off in another direction because this could get very...Patrick.
Curious about Anna more than anything else.
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Does anyone remember back when Bo and Hope first started falling in love that Peter Reckell gave Kristin Alfonso a really hard time about her weight and told her she was fat? She left the show and lost a ton of weight. When she came back all skinny KA and PR became great friends and lived next door to one another for a while. She may truly have a problem with anorexia and maybe we should be concerned about her. Maybe she needs to be out of the spotlight on DOOL for a while.
Plus, I totally love Bo and Carly. They were great together and still have that today.
That's ironic, since Peter Reckell's wife is hardly a lightweight, but is a real person. I would hope he was a better person than that. Can anyone corroborate this story? I was thinking the same thing (his wife). I have never heard about the weight thing with PR and KA either though.
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Bo/Carly? Meh. I really disliked Carly the first time around (REALLY disliked - ok HATED) and am disappointed TPTB decided to go a romantic route/triangle with Bope and Carly. First off, I'm more than tired of the played out triangle scenario and in the second place, I simply don't buy it. Yes Carly/Bo connected when Hope was 'dead' because Hope was DEAD. Hope is very much alive and I would prefer to see Bo/Hope have their marriage play out - dealing with their struggles and angst, whatever - than go down this route. It cheapens everything IMO.
This was a story where the writers really had to craft it just right in order for it to be a success, and I'm not sure if they've done that so far. I don't know if it's because I just don't buy the pre-existing "issues" in Bope's marriage or if I just don't care, but something isn't clicking. I feel like they didn't dot all their I's and cross all their T's before jumping into this with both feet. Remember back in 2002 when Bo learned the truth about JT's paternity and it completely shattered his marriage to Hope? That was a breakup I could buy. It was legitimate. Bringing Carly into the picture back then would've made sense because Bo was vulnerable and his marriage had reached its lowest point ever. I would've bought it completely. The stuff we're seeing now though just seems so forced. Yeah, it might be "realistic" for couples to fight like this, but on a soap opera it just seems like a cheap way to break up a legacy couple. After everything that Bo and Hope have been through, are they really going to get a divorce over a lack of healthy communication and misinterpreted situations? It just seems so lightweight to me. The original "issues" in their marriage don't even seen to matter anymore. It's all so fluffy. So lightweight. If the writers are going to fracture Bo and Hope's marriage, they need to do it in a legitimate way so that Bo/Carly are a duo to be taken seriously. Tear them apart with something that has weight and substance -- like the paternity reveal in 2002. Don't just turn Hope into a paranoid bitchy shrew and have her misunderstand every word that comes out of Bo's mouth so they have something to fight about. That's cheap and lazy. And for God's sake, don't have Bo saying all this stupid shit that he knows Hope is going to misunderstand and go cuckoo over just to get under her skin. Again... it's cheap (and boring) and lazy. Don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying the Bo/Carly interaction, but Bo and Hope are pretty much being tossed to the wolves in order to facilitate this story. When they're on the screen together, I just want to punch the TV set and I've never felt that way before when watching those two. This shouldn't be a story where I have to hate "Bope" in order to love "Barly." I should enjoy both couples and feel torn about who I want with who. Instead, the writers are making Bo and Hope completely unlikable when they're together just so viewers will love "the other couple" and it's driving me bonkers. Bo and Hope as brainless assholes = BIG thumbs down. Great post! This is exactly the problem I have with this story. Bo and Carly are fine - but the interactions between Bo and Hope make absolutely no sense. And particularly considering the fact that just a few years ago he was turning himself inside out to convince her they belonged together WHILE they thought she was pregnant with Patrick's baby. If they could weather all the storms that have happened before now it's pretty unrealistic to think that Bo would be declaring things are over between them because they can't seem to have a conversation without irritating each other these days. And to have Bo and Carly sleep together in the next month or so? Way, way, WAY too rushed. :shame:
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- Dec 23 2009, 01:09 PM
- Sam09
- Dec 23 2009, 08:14 AM
- AlisonLou
- Dec 23 2009, 07:04 AM
- jane1978
- Dec 23 2009, 06:19 AM
Anyway, interesting preview for Bo/Hope because it almost look they will make their separation much longer than we thought. Seems Hope will get comforting sex from Justin, but she will not be really in love with him, and eventually moves on with a story on her own. And Bo/Carly could grow really serious together, especially if the story will really heat up post the wedding/February with Vivian knowing who is the daugher and Daniel probably getting involved as well. I quess this is a definite end of supercouples on DAYS but I like it. Atleast the vets will have something major to play.
Don't count out Bope just yet. I doubt they are going to end them. Hope's story coming up is going to involve more then just her. You can count on it. Days won't survive without Bo and Hope together. They are days! Bo and Carly are just a speedbump to Bope getting back together. They have got together too quickly. Therefore they won't be together long! Everyone seems to forget Bope share a child. What about Ciara? She will be what brings them back together! The longer they keep them apart the worse days will get! The spoilers in SOD are going to happen in the next 3 weeks then from what I've heard there is supposed to be some Bope stuff. And from what I've heard it's not a divorce! I think Mikey dying changes things. It may be the wakeup call Bope need to fix things.
J/M ending, i.e. broken up for a long time and ONLY brought back together to EXIT. People swore DAYS would never survive without J/M. Guess what. It has. In fact, DAYS has survived the loss of every supercouple at some time or the other. DAYS did quite well when Hope was "dead" and Bo was with Carly. It's pretty clear that even 16 years later there is a substantial fan base that LOVED Bo and Carly. Peter, Kristian, Crystal and most actors PREFER to work, to get good stories than to be a boring duo stuck in a bubble so that a few fans won't get upset. I do believe the insistence of certain fan bases to not DARE allow supercouple actors to move outside the box is the reason why so many of them are without jobs. ACTORS matter more than fictional characters for many of us. I am sick and tired of my favorites being stuck to appease a minority of fans. I am so glad DAYS is finally recognizing this and getting rid of the supercouple silliness. It's over. It's so over/
I agree completely. I think the concept was dead once the 80's ended. GH even knew to abandon it. Supercouples compromise your show in the long run. It's all fine and good when the couples start out and go through early trials and tribulations. It's even fine after they get married for the first few years but once you establish the feeling that no matter what that couple is going to be together, what incentive do you give the masses to watch? Maybe the die-hard fans of the show or the couple fans tune in but how much of the show's viewing audience that is counted in the ratings do they encompass? People like to point to the 90's but I think it's safe to say a big part of JER's success in the 90's was the stories and the fact that you still felt some suspense in whether or not certain couples would actually get together. There is none of that this decade. It got to the point where I'm sure some fans checked out the show and said "Why bother?" You already know the end result (and not just because Corday opened his mouth LOL) and that isn't good drama or storytelling. How do you sell that kind of stuff to general and new viewers? I think that is the biggest reason behind Days' surge. You have a bunch of couples now that are just starting out and also that you don't know for sure will make it. Now people will tune in to see if they do. That is why I feel you have to give Bo and Carly a chance because that helps make Bo and Hope more viable. Whether you reunite them or not, you get viewers to invest because the outcome is a bit more in doubt and that is the key to getting people to tune in day after day. As for PR and KA, they both have mentioned in the past that they did not get along initially but I don't remember it being about her weight. In fact, I seem to remember (could be wrong on this) that they started to get past their differences while she was pregnant with her first child. I don't think that's the problem. I think the problem is that they instead of finding something different for the characters to do, they keep putting them in stories that involve relationship trouble. So, yes. That gets old. But everything doesn't have to lead to a break-up/divorce. For one, we're lead to believe they have such strong bonds, so it's not very believable that they'd break up over sometimes very trivial things. And also, it's repetitive. Illness stories could work, but when they do them they don't last long. Children drama could work, but when they do that they immediately take it to the break-up/divorce route. Married couples do have drama that doesn't necessarily included interlopers.
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Dec 23 2009, 02:18 PM
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- PhoenixRising05
- Dec 23 2009, 02:05 PM
So unresolved issues having to do with the recent kidnapping of their child, the death of their child and how Bo lied about it as well as the whole Patrick saga, and whatever other crap Bo and Hope have been through in their last two decades together is not enough?
This should've happened EONS ago.
and that is exactly the problem. They're fighting over things that they would have EONS ago. Now they're in their 40s with a grown child and they're STILL fighting over the same stupid shit. No forty year old couple I know (whose marriage isn't disintegrating just because they stayed together simply to raise their kids) fights over the same stuff they did when they were in their 20s. They've matured and moved on to new arguments lol And there is never a shortage of those, which is why I don't have a problem with Bope breaking up but the way they're doing it is a joke
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Dec 23 2009, 02:20 PM
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- PhoenixRising05
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So unresolved issues having to do with the recent kidnapping of their child, the death of their child and how Bo lied about it as well as the whole Patrick saga, and whatever other crap Bo and Hope have been through in their last two decades together is not enough?
This should've happened EONS ago. The writers have perfectly crafted this. They've even had Bo and Hope acknowledge how they just put aside their differences over the years for whatever reason (family, etc) rather then properly resolving them. So basically the writers said, "Hey... rather than coming up with a new conflict to threaten Bope's marriage, let's just dwell on the past and dredge up old shit for them to fight over/misunderstand each other/be paranoid over so Bo has a reason to fuck Billie -- er, Carly." Exciting! LoL.
Like I said in my post above, it might be realistic for Bo and Hope to fight over past issues like this because that's what (some) real couples do, but for a soap opera it doesn't feel weighty enough. Not to me anyway -- and not for THIS couple. As for the kidnapping aftermath, maybe I would care more about it if I cared about the kidnapping itself, LoL. I dunno. There's something about this whole thing that I'm just not buying. It feels so lightweight and fluffy. There's not enough impact. To me, it feels like Bo and Hope have made a mountain out of a molehill. How many silly misunderstandings and misinterpretations can they bicker over and blow up into a huge issue before they finally get to the heart of the issue and move the fuck on? It's tedious! I don't have a problem with Bo and Hope being broken up, but the way it's being done just makes me want to shoot myself.
Anyway, I do love Bo's scenes with Carly and I think he has an electric chemistry with Crystal Chappell, but I also love Bo and Hope and their current situation is tempting me to turn the TV off. I'm pretty sure that's not what the writers intended, so something needs to change.
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