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| lysie | Jan 20 2010, 03:12 PM Post #141 |
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I don't know if that's really coming from James or if it's just coming from fans. I think it's coming from fans because some of the ones saying that think he's happiest doing one thing and others say he's miserable doing that. |
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| Liz<3Days | Jan 20 2010, 03:14 PM Post #142 |
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Its a total disservice to the character of EJ to keep him with the succubus (Sami.) Even Steffy had his YEARS off his Marlena crack, damnit! I want a bad EJ....WITHOUT THE SUCCUBUS! |
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| peaches179 | Jan 20 2010, 03:15 PM Post #143 |
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I would love to see that. JS/LH have so much chemistry it would be shame to see it go the waste. |
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| Sindacco | Jan 20 2010, 03:15 PM Post #144 |
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He came on as a newbie that got frontburner stories right away and has so ever since, while vets were backburned or used to prop him in stories that should have been about them. When did they push him out the door? They are writing him as a bad guy again, something James has said he likes, anything except rape and murder. Edited by Sindacco, Jan 20 2010, 03:17 PM.
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| Liz<3Days | Jan 20 2010, 03:17 PM Post #145 |
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Does faking a murder of a baby count as murder? |
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| Miss Rhi | Jan 20 2010, 03:17 PM Post #146 |
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It reminds me of the "feelings" Steffy had for Marlena and the things he did to her and her loved ones to "express" them.... |
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| Sindacco | Jan 20 2010, 03:18 PM Post #147 |
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No murder is murder. |
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| Paxton | Jan 20 2010, 03:19 PM Post #148 |
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They could very well put EJ and Arianna together for a while--they've certainly chem tested them and they'll have more scenes together soon. The problem is that if they're STILL having EJ sniff after Sami's hooha, after everything that's happened, then I doubt they're ever going to change that particular pathology on his part. He's not getting better, he's getting worse, to the point where it seems the character honestly enjoys torturing her but we're supposed to believe that's love? Please. I really will be curious to see how they "fix" this and make him seem less monstrous or if they're just going to do what they did last time, i.e., have him push a few strollers and change a few nappies and utter a quick apology and wham! It's love . . . until But hey, on the bright side for those of you who want EJ and Arianna, as long as Alison doesn't get pregnant again you may get a fair shot. Edited by Paxton, Jan 20 2010, 03:20 PM.
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| Liz<3Days | Jan 20 2010, 03:24 PM Post #149 |
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But the problem this that is NOT an interesting story...so all the while he goes on with his plans, lots of people are complaining now that the story's too long...now those people that have waited are supposed to wait some more to see him redeemed? Who the hell cares by tht point?! Sure, theyll always be a segment of the viewing audience that would be willing to throw themselves off the cliff and twist themselves in knots with explanations...but everyone else just gives up! Edited by Liz<3Days, Jan 20 2010, 03:28 PM.
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| TINA222 | Jan 20 2010, 03:31 PM Post #150 |
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He doesnt freaking need redeeming. That is their big mistake. He is fine as the villian. I dont think the fans can go through another arc of them trying to redeem EJ. It just doesnt stick. So he can seem acceptable to the glitter? :puke: |
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| Angie79 | Jan 20 2010, 03:35 PM Post #151 |
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I would like to see an EJ and Arianna pairing too. |
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| IMissAremid | Jan 20 2010, 03:37 PM Post #152 |
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After all... tomorrow is another day!
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The thing is they don't even let him ENJOY torturing Sami any more. I doubt it will be like early 2007 when he was 100 percent BSC sweevil and it was fun for him being a sociopath. And it won't be written well enough to be a true gray character with angst. Instead we have to watch him still fuck up and not learn any lessons yet at the same time feel guilty and brood about it and we know the whole damn story won't go any where from the very beginning. What is the fun of that? Ugh. And I don't see how taking EJ in this direction makes EJ and Arianna any more likely. She's too much of a goody goody glitter girl to be with somebody like EJ after all of this is revealed just as much as Sami right now. BTW, wasn't there some stupid spoiler about "EJ decides to turn over a new leaf" or some bullshit? :rolleyes: Good job, writers! More wishy-washy characterization to torture us with. EJ can just go around town saving the lives of the worthless Hernandezes and plot secret SURPRISE TWIST revenge schemes that don't make any sense and accomplish shit while he fucks up the relationships with the people he actually gives a damn (or at least used to give a damn) about. |
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| Paxton | Jan 20 2010, 03:40 PM Post #153 |
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I think that happened the other day, when Stefano and Rafe had both questioned him about selling off assets and he said he was distancing himself from the DiMera name (though not moving out or refusing any of the DiMera assets in the first place). He later told Anna or actually, maybe it was Sydney who he was talking to, that he had covered "expertly" so it was clear to me it was a lie, and not quite as expert a one as he thought, lol. I think this might have been the same day he was waxing on about his flawless, seamless, nothing-could-possibly-go-wrong plan. |
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| Paxton | Jan 20 2010, 03:45 PM Post #154 |
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Oh, and on this, I don't really disagree at all. That ties back into my earlier point about what are they going to do with EJ when this is all out in the open. I thought and still think a Brady/Nicole/EJ/Arianna quad is possible but if EJ is going around faking his own child's death and letting Sami suffer I don't see anyone--much less Sami--being interested in getting involved with him at all. I really don't see how or why Sami would ever forgive him after this. I suppose it's possible that we might see EJ go through the same guilt/remorse arc that Nicole did--feeling bad he's hurting Sami but not feeling bad enough about it to tell her the truth and end her suffering. Even if he weren't involved in the death-faking, and Corday certainly makes it sound like he is, he still faked the napping and has been purposefully torturing her (and I have to say, I don't agree that RIGHT NOW he isn't enjoying it--right now I think he is, though that may change). That is not the kind of thing I see Sami letting go. |
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| TINA222 | Jan 20 2010, 03:49 PM Post #155 |
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So where do they do with EJ after all this comes out? I can see Arianna defending EJ just as Brady does with BSC Nicole. Im more interested in that then the actual storyline right now. |
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| dc cubs | Jan 20 2010, 04:02 PM Post #156 |
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I'm not a big EJ fan but I agree that Days doesn't seem to know what to do with him. They should just have him be a villain and not try and write him like a misunderstood guy from a bad family who wants to be good. As far as romantic partners go I don't think Sami or Arianna will work. I will never accept EJAMI because of the rape. While I think EJ and Arianna have chemistry I don't think they can work as a couple as good girl Ari won't accept EJ for who he is. That's why I think EJ and Nicole worked as a couple in the beginning. Nicole knew what EJ was capable of and still accepted him. She knew he ordered the hit on Stephanie. |
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| Snowing Fan | Jan 20 2010, 04:19 PM Post #157 |
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It really disturbs me how Dena Higley only knows how write kids either being kidnapped,miscarried or falling down all the time (Theo).This show is just sick,what EJ is doing is sick.I wanted EJ and Arianna together,but I don't want her with someone like that,you'd have to be half insane to wanna be with EJ,James and Lindsay have great chemistry, I don't care about chemistry anymore in this situation,Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn had awesome chemistry and they'll always be my fave soap pairing,BUT if John had done what EJ is doing to Sami to Marlena,there is no chance in hell I would have rooted for them.
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| kitkat | Jan 20 2010, 04:28 PM Post #158 |
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no but it does count as faking a death, and that is illegal. And I think that JS knew this is the way they were heading that's why he was so happy, I read an article in which he said... (this is me summarizing) That he doesn't mind playing the loving scenes but he rather be doing the bad guy parts, you know most actors and actressess would. |
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| six | Jan 20 2010, 04:35 PM Post #159 |
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Not only that, from my understanding of the stories that Matt is retelling, they weren't the main story for years on end. If I'd have been around and watching Days back then, and watched Laura and Bill continually talk about Mike's paternity just out of Mickey's ear shot every other day, I would've been complaining then, too. It's time for this to stop being the main story, but if Sami's going to think her baby is dead (which is a new low, even for EJ Dimera to go to), we're definitely going to have weeks focused on her, and her pain, and Rafe feeling responsible, and EJ plotting, etc. |
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| mer4santo | Jan 20 2010, 04:45 PM Post #160 |
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Exactly. Extending a storyline has to do with the pacing. Having Nicole get away with her baby switch confidently for months while she was involved in some other storyline would have made this all the more tolerable. Instead we saw her repeatedly talking to herself about how she was going to get away with it. They needed to rest the storyline. I also agree with Paxton, that at that time the story was being told with insight from Nicole. Since her disappearance we haven't heard a word from EJ or Sami about their feelings, motives, etc. The fact that the viewers can only theorize why EJ is doing this is easy stunt writing to set up the next 'big twist'. Do the writer's even know his motive? Sami has a 12 hour connection to little Syd and she is way over the top with her dispair. They should have let the baby napping commence after she actually connected to the baby because currently I could care less if she ever sees the kid. Let EJ have her for whatever his supersekrit reasons are. Having EJ go back down the road to Sami after dumping some bloody clothes in the river seems like a really bad idea and if that pairing were viable I'd rather it be Sami spoiled as having feelings for him, that would make EJ's guilt all the more delicious. Instead we get EJ, the wackadoodle, pining again over a glittery girl that doesn't want him. We've already seen that story but at least then Sami was interesting....MMV. If they are molding EJ into the next Stefano then I prefer him to be single and not forced into an ill-fitting relationship because a shitty female character needs to be hooked up. |
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