Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]



Hello, soap fans -- and welcome to Daytime Royalty!

For those unfamiliar, we are an uncensored community for fans and lovers of the daytime genre. We have a no-holds-barred atmosphere in regards to the shows, writers, actors etc. but we do not allow member suffering succotash in any form.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member, please log in to your account to access all of our features.

Username:   Password:
Add Reply
Spoilers for the week of June 25th; *updated 6/19*
Topic Started: Jun 14 2012, 05:36 PM (77,603 Views)
SocRMum1
Member Avatar
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.

Helpless Romantic
Jun 20 2012, 08:53 PM
No one is denying MarDar were wanting EJAMI
Actually, there have been several people in this thread (myself included) that have argued we're not convinced MarDar wanted EJami.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
James&AriFan
Member Avatar


Ej_Sami
Jun 20 2012, 09:55 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:45 PM
alex
Jun 20 2012, 09:39 PM
Dreamer
Jun 20 2012, 09:36 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepYes! I don't remember seeing anyone ever advocating for Dicole, but many like myself were very pro-Jacole. Jack & Nicole would be awesome. Dr. Tang & Nicole are a puke-fest. Gross! MA is the better actor & IMO the bigger hunk. SC can't compare! :shame:
If you watch the Jacole scenes from a few years back, they had great chemistry and played off of each other comedically. Dicole is all icky sex and boring conversations :sleep:
Dicole is forced and MarDar's way of destroying Nicole's character!
IMO this is in character for Nicole. She uses her body to get what she wants. I don't think it's out of character at all. Now I'm just waiting on the spoiler that reveals her ulterior motives for sleeping with Daniel.
Nicole's character has come a very long way. When is the last time Nicole used her body to get something out of someone?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
SocRMum1
Member Avatar
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.

lysie
Jun 20 2012, 09:57 PM
SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 09:49 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 08:43 PM
The Scorpion
Jun 20 2012, 06:49 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep
then why allow TomSell to clearly cut the near kiss that Sydney was suppose to interrupt? I don't get it?
I have never understood why people assume there was a near kiss that was cut. As I recall the spoiler indicated EJami would share a close moment interrupted by Sydney. The wording of spoilers is often misleading. I didn't find that scene to be disjointed or appear to have been cut. I think people leaped to the wrong conclusion based on the spoiler. I don't think anything happened behind the scenes or with the editing of the scene that had been shot months before.
It was supposed to be "an electric moment" but it didn't even play that way. IDK if anything was cut or if it was just bad spoilers. It didn't seem edited.
Ahh...that's right - that was the wording. And while I agree that it didn't seem too electric to me - it didn't appear to be edited, either. I don't quite understand who writes the spoilers or at what point they are written versus released - but I just saw that as another instance of a spoiler not quite playing the way it read. Of all the things to bother cutting why cut that? If all positive EJami interaction had ceased immediately after that I might concede there could be some substance to it but that's not what happened. People that don't care for EJami are arguing passionately in this thread that MarDar must have wanted EJami based on what's been spoiled coming up. Why bother going to the expense/hassle of cutting that one scene?

Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
SocRMum1
Member Avatar
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.

James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:59 PM
Ej_Sami
Jun 20 2012, 09:55 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:45 PM
alex
Jun 20 2012, 09:39 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepYes! I don't remember seeing anyone ever advocating for Dicole, but many like myself were very pro-Jacole. Jack & Nicole would be awesome. Dr. Tang & Nicole are a puke-fest. Gross! MA is the better actor & IMO the bigger hunk. SC can't compare! :shame:
Dicole is forced and MarDar's way of destroying Nicole's character!
IMO this is in character for Nicole. She uses her body to get what she wants. I don't think it's out of character at all. Now I'm just waiting on the spoiler that reveals her ulterior motives for sleeping with Daniel.
Nicole's character has come a very long way. When is the last time Nicole used her body to get something out of someone?
Just off the top of my head she tried to seduce Chad when he was threatening to fight the 'adoption' of baby Sydney.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
tomsawyer
Member Avatar


SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 09:49 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 08:43 PM
then why allow TomSell to clearly cut the near kiss that Sydney was suppose to interrupt? I don't get it?
I have never understood why people assume there was a near kiss that was cut. As I recall the spoiler indicated EJami would share a close moment interrupted by Sydney. The wording of spoilers is often misleading. I didn't find that scene to be disjointed or appear to have been cut. I think people leaped to the wrong conclusion based on the spoiler. I don't think anything happened behind the scenes or with the editing of the scene that had been shot months before.
We often discuss how some spoilers don't play out as written (e.g. spoiler said Lumi have sex, but they only showed kissing) and how other spoilers don't play out at all (e.g. Will trying to convince Nicole to take back EJ). Maybe TomSell is making frequent tweaks to all the shows, but I think the more likely answer is that spoilers are written based on show breakdowns and not based on what is actually shot and edited. If you pay attention to spoilers, you see it happen ALL the time on this show because it's a cheaply produced piece of crap.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
James&AriFan
Member Avatar


SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 10:08 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:59 PM
Ej_Sami
Jun 20 2012, 09:55 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:45 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepYes! I don't remember seeing anyone ever advocating for Dicole, but many like myself were very pro-Jacole. Jack & Nicole would be awesome. Dr. Tang & Nicole are a puke-fest. Gross! MA is the better actor & IMO the bigger hunk. SC can't compare! :shame:
IMO this is in character for Nicole. She uses her body to get what she wants. I don't think it's out of character at all. Now I'm just waiting on the spoiler that reveals her ulterior motives for sleeping with Daniel.
Nicole's character has come a very long way. When is the last time Nicole used her body to get something out of someone?
Just off the top of my head she tried to seduce Chad when he was threatening to fight the 'adoption' of baby Sydney.
OH OK if that's what you call using her body to get something then my bad :sarcasm:
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
lysie


tomsawyer
Jun 20 2012, 10:10 PM
SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 09:49 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 08:43 PM
then why allow TomSell to clearly cut the near kiss that Sydney was suppose to interrupt? I don't get it?
I have never understood why people assume there was a near kiss that was cut. As I recall the spoiler indicated EJami would share a close moment interrupted by Sydney. The wording of spoilers is often misleading. I didn't find that scene to be disjointed or appear to have been cut. I think people leaped to the wrong conclusion based on the spoiler. I don't think anything happened behind the scenes or with the editing of the scene that had been shot months before.
We often discuss how some spoilers don't play out as written (e.g. spoiler said Lumi have sex, but they only showed kissing) and how other spoilers don't play out at all (e.g. Will trying to convince Nicole to take back EJ). Maybe TomSell is making frequent tweaks to all the shows, but I think the more likely answer is that spoilers are written based on show breakdowns and not based on what is actually shot and edited. If you pay attention to spoilers, you see it happen ALL the time on this show because it's a cheaply produced piece of crap.
At one point, I know for a fact, someone was releasing wrong spoilers and it wasn't coming from the show.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
elci525
Member Avatar


SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 10:06 PM
lysie
Jun 20 2012, 09:57 PM
SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 09:49 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 08:43 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep
I have never understood why people assume there was a near kiss that was cut. As I recall the spoiler indicated EJami would share a close moment interrupted by Sydney. The wording of spoilers is often misleading. I didn't find that scene to be disjointed or appear to have been cut. I think people leaped to the wrong conclusion based on the spoiler. I don't think anything happened behind the scenes or with the editing of the scene that had been shot months before.
It was supposed to be "an electric moment" but it didn't even play that way. IDK if anything was cut or if it was just bad spoilers. It didn't seem edited.
Ahh...that's right - that was the wording. And while I agree that it didn't seem too electric to me - it didn't appear to be edited, either. I don't quite understand who writes the spoilers or at what point they are written versus released - but I just saw that as another instance of a spoiler not quite playing the way it read. Of all the things to bother cutting why cut that? If all positive EJami interaction had ceased immediately after that I might concede there could be some substance to it but that's not what happened. People that don't care for EJami are arguing passionately in this thread that MarDar must have wanted EJami based on what's been spoiled coming up. Why bother going to the expense/hassle of cutting that one scene?

I've been arguing that MarDar were writing for Ejami based on what I have seen since March. And while I was grateful not to see an "electric moment" pass between EJ and Sami, not sure why cutting that would be significant given all the other hinting/suggestive EJ/Sami moments I have seen since. So I have to kind of agree that I am not convinced it was cut, versus vague spoiler wording that didn't play out that way.

Now, if we don't get an Ejami dance this week or Johnny (I love the little guy, but no, Johnny, no! no one attack me - I get it's his parents, it just a moment I don't want to see) asking them to dance, that would likely definitely be a cut. I very much doubt we won't see it though.

Ugh, but whatever....who knows what these crazy ptb are thinking anyway.
Edited by elci525, Jun 20 2012, 10:32 PM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
SocRMum1
Member Avatar
Much prefers sweevil, snarky EJ over Father Figure Fucktard Eejiot.

James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 10:10 PM
SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 10:08 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:59 PM
Ej_Sami
Jun 20 2012, 09:55 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepYes! I don't remember seeing anyone ever advocating for Dicole, but many like myself were very pro-Jacole. Jack & Nicole would be awesome. Dr. Tang & Nicole are a puke-fest. Gross! MA is the better actor & IMO the bigger hunk. SC can't compare! :shame:
Nicole's character has come a very long way. When is the last time Nicole used her body to get something out of someone?
Just off the top of my head she tried to seduce Chad when he was threatening to fight the 'adoption' of baby Sydney.
OH OK if that's what you call using her body to get something then my bad :sarcasm:
Well...yeah, if Chad had taken her up on the offer then I definitely would call it using her body to get something. The fact that it didn't happen was due to his choice - not hers.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
tomsawyer
Member Avatar


James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:57 PM
I respectully disagree. If you go back and watch the episode, it is very clear that those scenes were missing something...sorta of like the middle of a story.
You just described 75% of the scenes on Days.

Seriously, Days is such a poorly produced, poorly shot, poorly written piece of crap that I don't think we can make any assumptions about stuff being "edited" based on non-sensical scenes or spoilers that don't play out exactly as written. If the Ejami scene was the ONLY one that was non-sensical or didn't play out exactly as spoiled, then I'd raise an eyebrow. Since it happens pretty much every show, I don't think it means a damn thing,
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Dee-anne


Dreamer
Jun 20 2012, 09:54 PM
Daniel comes across as all about sex, very little has to do with meaningful relationships. It is definitely the fault of the writers, not sure what is so appealing about the shallow, fickle and egotistical 40+ ish year old man that is one the loose? Maybe it works for EJ, whose in the 30 ish scene. Daniel needs to grow up. He's an old man, sans wife and real family. Make Daniel a bad-boy and keep him roving the circuit, because he will never amount to anything else!
Daniel just needs exactly what the rest of the characters on this show needs, A well written and well executed story. The actor like the rest of the actors and actresses on the show are just doing their jobs and acting out what is written for them. The majority of the characters on this show, I do not like the way they are being written. I hate what they have done to Ejole. There have been brief scenes where their performance as usual has been very good but, their story has too many flaws to be enjoyable.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
brazen
Member Avatar


MarDar, TomSell, heck Guza. None of it matters, what matters is what NBC is telling them. MarDar have said that NBC controlled them.
NBC is going to control TomSell and who ever is after TomSell.

In 3 months, Lucas won't suddenly have a major story, Rafe won't be backburned, EJ and Will won't not be interacting. I really don't know what people expect to see suddenly in a snap between MarDar and TomSell's transition considering the editing now is already in transition.

Quote:
 

No one is sticking his or her heads in the sand. To me the anvils are obvious which is why I pretty confidently said MarDar were writing for Ejami, and I didn't mean immediately....I meant building towards something for later down the road. Some might say MarDar's Ejami stuff, in addition to the OCC and all-over the place writing, was a reason for the firing, others might say the anvils weren't good enough and higher-ups wanted to move things along. I really have no idea what is happening behind the scenes to speak for any writing regime or tv executive.

But anvils are just that - signs that hint that something might happen, but nothing clear-cut, unequivocal and declarative just yet. I don't think Lexie saying Ej and Sami should be together seals any kind of a deal. It's a big juicy anvil that, were I an Ejami fan, I'd probably be all over. But it doesn't mean anything is set in stone. It could be a red herring. It could be any number of things. Even when events that you think might seal the deal happen -- weddings, births, etc. -- that is never the case it seems. So I still maintain that we can't know anything until we see it, and even then, events and history on Days are funny fluid and changeable sorts of things.


If the roads the writers are on isn't the road they want to be on, then the scenes will be cut. Simple as that. The new writers are editing to suit their own needs and vision.

People see anvils in lots of things that are random. However a major character of Lexie being dead and her last words of wisdom for EJ isn't just any anvil. It's huge. Had she said it about EJ and Nicole, EJ and Will, EJ and Melanie. It would be the same thing.

If the scene is cut, that's the answer right there. If the scene plays, then there's one road that character is on.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
outrageous
Member Avatar


The way I see it, MarDar cared about stringing all the viewers along, or better said, keeping them all watching. They really did try to please ALL the fan bases, which could have been a good thing, or a bad thing. Good thing: everyone watches. Bad thing: people don't like to be strung along, no one is satisfied, and eventually they stop watching. Let's analize what happened so far:

Safe: got their second wedding where Sami declared her everlasting love to Rafe, and told him that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him (trying to please Safe fans) while

Lumi: was in the works, with the return of Lucas, the man Sami referred to as "the love of her life", together with cutsey "teenagey" banter, kisses and "off set" love scenes to make the Lumi fans squeel with delight, while

Ejole: had months of bed scenes and tickling matches, plotting together, declaring everlasting love to each other and the big biggie, Nicole getting pregnant, resulting with all the Ejole fans swearing that their couple is "the end game", WHILE

Ejami: is getting closer and closer, both knowing that there is "something there" but still not acknowledging to be "it", still under production.

The way I see it, Mardar were true soap writers, writing in true soap fashion, and personally I dread Tomlin's return.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Aliaron
Member Avatar


DOOL needs to remember that couples come out of stories. Stories do not come out of couples. If they want to write a couple together, they are supposed to right a story that's true to the characters involved and let the couple come from that.

If they did that then their couples could be flexible. I've seen some of my favorite couples come together and break up completely. And while it hurt my heart, I moved on like they moved on. Because the storytelling was so authentic you understood where everyone's heart was.

That's why I hate the "my couple didn't get a chance" argument. Maybe the story doesn't make sense for your couple to get a chance. John/Sami fans should never get John and Sami hooking up because it would ruin both characters, especially John.

Stories that come out of couples is nothing but fan fiction. And I think we have been seeing for the last several years, DOOL sucks at fan fiction.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
lysie


brazen
Jun 20 2012, 10:28 PM
MarDar, TomSell, heck Guza. None of it matters, what matters is what NBC is telling them. MarDar have said that NBC controlled them.
NBC is going to control TomSell and who ever is after TomSell.

In 3 months, Lucas won't suddenly have a major story, Rafe won't be backburned, EJ and Will won't not be interacting. I really don't know what people expect to see suddenly in a snap between MarDar and TomSell's transition considering the editing now is already in transition.

Quote:
 

No one is sticking his or her heads in the sand. To me the anvils are obvious which is why I pretty confidently said MarDar were writing for Ejami, and I didn't mean immediately....I meant building towards something for later down the road. Some might say MarDar's Ejami stuff, in addition to the OCC and all-over the place writing, was a reason for the firing, others might say the anvils weren't good enough and higher-ups wanted to move things along. I really have no idea what is happening behind the scenes to speak for any writing regime or tv executive.

But anvils are just that - signs that hint that something might happen, but nothing clear-cut, unequivocal and declarative just yet. I don't think Lexie saying Ej and Sami should be together seals any kind of a deal. It's a big juicy anvil that, were I an Ejami fan, I'd probably be all over. But it doesn't mean anything is set in stone. It could be a red herring. It could be any number of things. Even when events that you think might seal the deal happen -- weddings, births, etc. -- that is never the case it seems. So I still maintain that we can't know anything until we see it, and even then, events and history on Days are funny fluid and changeable sorts of things.


If the roads the writers are on isn't the road they want to be on, then the scenes will be cut. Simple as that. The new writers are editing to suit their own needs and vision.

People see anvils in lots of things that are random. However a major character of Lexie being dead and her last words of wisdom for EJ isn't just any anvil. It's huge. Had she said it about EJ and Nicole, EJ and Will, EJ and Melanie. It would be the same thing.

If the scene is cut, that's the answer right there. If the scene plays, then there's one road that character is on.
Here's the thing with anvils. Remember a few months ago when we were getting anvils every other day that EJ was going to be John's son? Then we started getting anvils that Lucas was going to be Ian's son, but then we heard that Ian was supposed to EJ's father. Even moreso, these are anvils from MarDar, not TomSell. I think there's probably something coming up with EJami, but whether that something will be positive or negative or part of MarDar's story or part of TomSell's story, I don't know. I know what my guess is, and my guess is based on just as much and just as reliable information as your guess.

Nobody knows what's going to happen, and at some point we're all going to have to stop pretending we do. The show isn't speaking. We.Don't.Know.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Deleted User
Deleted User

brazen
Jun 20 2012, 10:28 PM
If the scene is cut, that's the answer right there. If the scene plays, then there's one road that character is on.
Not necessarily. The actors have already said that what's happening on screen right now is pretty pointless. :shrug:
Quote Post Goto Top
 
James&AriFan
Member Avatar


tomsawyer
Jun 20 2012, 10:21 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 09:57 PM
I respectully disagree. If you go back and watch the episode, it is very clear that those scenes were missing something...sorta of like the middle of a story.
You just described 75% of the scenes on Days.

Seriously, Days is such a poorly produced, poorly shot, poorly written piece of crap that I don't think we can make any assumptions about stuff being "edited" based on non-sensical scenes or spoilers that don't play out exactly as written. If the Ejami scene was the ONLY one that was non-sensical or didn't play out exactly as spoiled, then I'd raise an eyebrow. Since it happens pretty much every show, I don't think it means a damn thing,
I do agree that the show is poorly written. Finally something we agree on. ;) But my "something was missing...sorta of like the middle of a story" comment was that the scenes were off...it was not just "poorly produced" or "poorly shot"...IMO scenes were missing!

Also, there were two screenshots of Ej with the Sami! One punching the air and one hugging her that didn't happen either. I think that was the week Ej was supposed to give Sami advice about Will. I am not saying that the ejami scenes are the only ones being cut...Just recently there was a spoiler that Will tells Nicole to take back Ej....but we clearly did not see that scene...For some this may be false spoilers but for me the show feels like it has been tweeked here and there! Again JMO!!!!!!

Either way, we all see and interpret things differently and it doesn't really matter because come Mid-August some stories, couples may remain and some may not. Who knows what TomSell is cooking up for us! We shall see!
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Helpless Romantic


outrageous
Jun 20 2012, 10:28 PM
The way I see it, MarDar cared about stringing all the viewers along, or better said, keeping them all watching. They really did try to please ALL the fan bases, which could have been a good thing, or a bad thing. Good thing: everyone watches. Bad thing: people don't like to be strung along, no one is satisfied, and eventually they stop watching. Let's analize what happened so far:

Safe: got their second wedding where Sami declared her everlasting love to Rafe, and told him that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him (trying to please Safe fans) while

Lumi: was in the works, with the return of Lucas, the man Sami referred to as "the love of her life", together with cutsey "teenagey" banter, kisses and "off set" love scenes to make the Lumi fans squeel with delight, while

Ejole: had months of bed scenes and tickling matches, plotting together, declaring everlasting love to each other and the big biggie, Nicole getting pregnant, resulting with all the Ejole fans swearing that their couple is "the end game", WHILE

Ejami: is getting closer and closer, both knowing that there is "something there" but still not acknowledging to be "it", still under production.

The way I see it, Mardar were true soap writers, writing in true soap fashion, and personally I dread Tomlin's return.
I disagree that true soap fashion is contrived BS to appease everyone. Good writers focus on character development and make CLEAR who the characters wanted to be with regardless of angst:
Jennifer CLEARLY wanted Jack in the early days.
Same with Kayla wanting Steve etc etc.
With Sami she did want Lucas but then since 06 had her flip flopping and then they put her with Rafe where she CLEARLY wanted him throughout 2009- 2011.
Until MarDar made it a bone throwing free for all with the 30 somethings. That is not good soap when their stories sucked to boot because they lacked a behommomg, middle and end. Everything happened over night with little to no buildup or explanation. As they were just going for shock value at the expense of all the characters.
Edited by Helpless Romantic, Jun 20 2012, 10:46 PM.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
LuvingLumi
Member Avatar
Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!

SocRMum1
Jun 20 2012, 09:49 PM
James&AriFan
Jun 20 2012, 08:43 PM
The Scorpion
Jun 20 2012, 06:49 PM
elci525
Jun 20 2012, 06:43 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deep
hmm, I feel split in terms of what the writers wanted in terms of pairs, there are things that indicate that Ejami was not at all what they wanted, while one can see that from April and up until now there has been positive scenes between EJami to suggest that in the end, they will get back together. The question is, is it really the writers who want to write for EJami or is the case that NBC wants a story with them? It remains to be seen.
then why allow TomSell to clearly cut the near kiss that Sydney was suppose to interrupt? I don't get it?
I have never understood why people assume there was a near kiss that was cut. As I recall the spoiler indicated EJami would share a close moment interrupted by Sydney. The wording of spoilers is often misleading. I didn't find that scene to be disjointed or appear to have been cut. I think people leaped to the wrong conclusion based on the spoiler. I don't think anything happened behind the scenes or with the editing of the scene that had been shot months before.
Their dialogue after was off, made no sense because the scene that came before it didn't go with the dialogue. Two spoiler sites and the dvr alert had the near kiss and the electric moment the day before didnt happen either. Something was missing from those scenes IMHO since the dialogue was off.
Edited by LuvingLumi, Jun 20 2012, 10:44 PM.
Online Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
outrageous
Member Avatar


Helpless Romantic
Jun 20 2012, 10:38 PM
outrageous
Jun 20 2012, 10:28 PM
The way I see it, MarDar cared about stringing all the viewers along, or better said, keeping them all watching. They really did try to please ALL the fan bases, which could have been a good thing, or a bad thing. Good thing: everyone watches. Bad thing: people don't like to be strung along, no one is satisfied, and eventually they stop watching. Let's analize what happened so far:

Safe: got their second wedding where Sami declared her everlasting love to Rafe, and told him that she wants to spend the rest of her life with him (trying to please Safe fans) while

Lumi: was in the works, with the return of Lucas, the man Sami referred to as "the love of her life", together with cutsey "teenagey" banter, kisses and "off set" love scenes to make the Lumi fans squeel with delight, while

Ejole: had months of bed scenes and tickling matches, plotting together, declaring everlasting love to each other and the big biggie, Nicole getting pregnant, resulting with all the Ejole fans swearing that their couple is "the end game", WHILE

Ejami: is getting closer and closer, both knowing that there is "something there" but still not acknowledging to be "it", still under production.

The way I see it, Mardar were true soap writers, writing in true soap fashion, and personally I dread Tomlin's return.
I disagree that true soap fashion is contrived BS to appease everyone. Good writers focus on character development and make CLEAR who the characters wanted to be with regardless of angst:
Jennifer CLEARLY wanted Jack in the early days.
Same with Kayla wanting Steve etc etc.
With Sami she did want Lucas but then since 06 had her flip flopping and then they put her with Rafe where she CLEARLY wanted him throughout 2009- 2011.
Until MarDar made it a bone throwing free for all with the 30 somethings. That is not good soap when their stories sucked to boot.
I'm not talking about soaps in the 80's or even 90's. I'm talking about modern writing, and on almost all the soaps, couples rotate in order to keep all the fans happy. Some storylines are better than others, and in Days' case, they sucked, but rotating couples happens all the time.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
ZetaBoards gives you all the tools to create a successful discussion community.
Learn More · Sign-up for Free
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · DAYS: News, Spoilers & Discussion · Next Topic »
Add Reply