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Nelson Branco Soap Uncensored: Is Eileen Davidson back?
Topic Started: Jun 26 2012, 02:29 PM (30,996 Views)
ShaneDOOLFan
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the background music really helps these scenes, wonder who composed them?
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Sindacco
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ShaneDOOLFan
Jun 30 2012, 11:00 PM
the background music really helps these scenes, wonder who composed them?
The same ones that are doing it now. I know it's hard to believe.
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Kenny
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I love the clip below. My favorite part is Kristen strangling the phone from 3:00 - 3:10, LoL.

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BenjyM
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wow, I started watching the clips and couldn't stop! I'm just afraid that the current writers won't be able to deliver. No matter how good Eileen Davidson's acting is, if the writers don't provide non-stop suspense like this, then I don't know how good the return will be. Kristen Blake DiMera/Eileen Davidson is a goldmine. They better not f*ck it up.

Another thing: no matter how crazy JER's writing was, Kristen's desperation was always believable. And all the acting within acting within acting made ED's performance that much impressive. I hope they can do this again.
Edited by BenjyM, Jul 1 2012, 04:06 AM.
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CarlD2
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I really wish we could see Mary Moira again. I know she was ridiculous but I preferred her to Susan. In a montage I saw some old scene where she dragged Sami by the ear and threatened her with a ruler. I wish someone was around to do that to various characters now.
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dooldooldool
Jun 29 2012, 08:09 PM
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Jun 29 2012, 12:08 PM
I'm mad that everyone (Michael Fairman, now Jamey Giddens) keeps posting the news about Greg Vaughan and Eileen Davidson but they are all citing Nelson for Davidson and SOD for Greg Vaughan. Ugh. This show needs to just come out and say it. Unless Eileen Davidson can't start taping for a while. Then I don't want them to confirm it because we won't see her until November.
Sometimes this message board reminds me of my nieces and nephews on XMAS Eve. Why the hurry? Nothing is going to change on our screens for weeks/months.

It seems pretty clear that the show (the producers? the network?) have decided to chill with their PR machine for a bit, which is entirely understandable given how the past 5 years of returns have fallen flat. They announced the John return, and it fizzled once he finally returned to Salem. IT was old news. They announced the Carly and Viv returns months in advance, and they too fizzled. They announced the relaunch weeks in advance, even titillating viewers for weeks with 10-second clips that actually made no sense to the storyline and only confused matters. And that failed to move the (public) ratings.

I suspect they are opting for the element of surprise. Think about all the great moments in DOOL history and how often they were unspoiled to the masses. From Bo storming in to save Hope from Larry Welch while Howie Hofstedder was under the veil, from Melissa dissing Jack at the altar to the delight of the Hortons, from Stefano being revealed as alive a dozen times after death, from Marlena's eyes revealing the possession, from Peter Reckell resuming his role from RKK on the Fancy Face. The most recent successful "surprise" brought us Anna as the Sydnapper.

Can they keep things under wrap forever? Of course not. Will this tactic work? Probably not. It's worth a try though, especially since the conventional wisdom is that the summer is a time of sporadic viewing, outdoor diversions, and low ratings. Plus, the Olympics are four weeks away and the show will be off-air for two weeks.

The network has a lot of fixing to do. The Today Show just fired its co-host. Primetime remains anemic. DOOL is likely to get near-zero promotion, so why should they ramp up the PR now, only to have a two-week death valley. Once we get to mid-August, the new regime will start airing shows, and the promotion can start.

November sweeps begin Thursday October 25. That's when they need to pour it on.

That said, I still suspect there's a chance that we will be treated to a surprise very quickly. It wouldn't take much to have ED film a handful of scenes that could be dropped into episodes. She can be shown tending to Stefano For all we know, she came in last week, shot two dozen 30-second scenes that can debut on the eve of the Olympics and run through August, allowing her full debut to hit the airwaves just as the fall season kicks off.
100% agree.

There is no need to rush the PR. The less people know ahead of time, the better. I hope they keep limiting spoilers. It can only help the show. Just give people enough to wet their appetites.
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CarlD2
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Kristen as the Wicked Witch, literally.

I wonder if Eileen briefly thought, "Oh no not another new character!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nXus0dg0g
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tylerbo20


She did and that's why she quit she was soooo tired working long hours almost everyday I wonder how she will like the new taping schedule
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Dreamy
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I cannot believe SOD hasn't said anything. :(
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Mason


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Jul 5 2012, 12:27 PM
I cannot believe SOD hasn't said anything. :(
I can understand wanting to make her on-air return a genuine surprise, but when the show's not currently offering anything to keep many people particularly enthralled in the meantime, they need to make this kind of announcement to keep people from totally washing their hands of it (I already have, but, grudgingly I will come back to it solely for Kristen).
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Marlene


So when was it that ED first tweeted that she was fired and lost babysitter?

Then a day or two later she tweeted that she had a new babysitter. Also that week MTS was quoted as saying that ED WAS going to Days.

OK found it. It was May 9. Does anyone think, based on all the BTS stuff with SONY that ED could possibly have begun filming in May and we may see her in August/September?

I haven't watched Y&R since Comcast decided to jettison Soapnet. Is Ashley still on Y&R or has she been written out/killed off already?
Edited by Marlene, Jul 5 2012, 12:34 PM.
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