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| Friday, July 13th Daily Discussion | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 12 2012, 01:18 PM (10,886 Views) | |
| brazen | Jul 13 2012, 12:57 PM Post #141 |
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It's a soap, couples come couples go. It could be one couple now but they won't be together forever and they'll be another version of a pairing a few months after. Packing up your toys and refusing to play because the couple you want isn't on right now does not make sense. It's a soap. |
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| Star784 | Jul 13 2012, 12:58 PM Post #142 |
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I cant believe im saying this but i am impressed with todays episode. Havent been in a long time. |
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| elci525 | Jul 13 2012, 01:03 PM Post #143 |
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Why does that matter? What doesn't make sense? Yeah it's a soap. I understand how soaps work. It's also a show. And if people don't want to watch it for whatever reason, this one or these three or these 18 storylines are boring, or silly, or annoying, or insulting, or not perceived as worth someone's time, that is fine. And it's not childish, if that is what your "pack up toys" is meant to suggest. It's a legit fan reaction. That would go with any form of entertainment anywhere. If the show isn't interesting to me, I won't watch. Simple as that. And knowing it's a soap, I will indeed bide my time until the tides change. |
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| Matt | Jul 13 2012, 01:09 PM Post #144 |
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I refuse to even start to read 10 pages of fanwank. I was honestly hopening EJ's answer to "Who do you love?" (of course, I kept hearing Kojak going "Who loves ya, baby?" in my head) was going to be "William". No, Sami, you are most definitely NOT a prize. So Chad had flashbacks to him and Melanie. With him having shorter hair. Which is didn't get cut until AFTER she disappeared. mmkay. And Melanie had a fantasy about Chad coming to rescue her. With shorter hair. mmmkay Did you plan this thing out much? Didn't think so. In that picture of Melanie, all I could see was teeth, gums, and hair. Pretty accurate description, IMO. I would no be opposed to EJ, Sami, & Lucas all shooting each other in a daisy chain. I would also like TPTB to fucking pick a solid story direction for these characters because it changes from day to day. Sami hates EJ. Sami is soft to EJ. EJ is soft to Sami. EJ hates Sami. EJ loves Nicole. EJ thinks Nicole is a whore. Nicole is soft to EJ. Nicole wants Daniel. Nicole has feelings for Rafe. PICK. A. FUCKING. DIRECTION. This is not "character depth". It's inconsistant storytelling drowning in WTFery. When I wear gloves to shoot someone, I plan on holding on to them and taping them to the back of a painting. Isn't that what any logical person would do? Seriously. This show lately has me really looking forward to the Olympics. |
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| miou07 | Jul 13 2012, 01:11 PM Post #145 |
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I actually agree with this. No one should feel obligated to watch any soap opera. If a person doesn't like what he/she is seeing, I say, tune out. I've done it several times with a bunch of soaps. Eventually, I returned. I did it with Days a few years ago and only recently started watching again. The break did me good and I am watching the show with fresh eyes and no expectations. Just going with the flow. I think one thing that has changed with me after my break from Days is now my reasons for tuning out from any show have more to do with boredom than pure misery. If a show starts putting me to sleep, I am out. |
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| Deleted User | Jul 13 2012, 01:11 PM Post #146 |
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For the record the reason I'm not watching isn't because my couple isn't together, its because they threw several characters and pairings I cared about under the bus to make one pairing work. When you have to go to that much trouble, its not worth it. :shame: |
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| Helpless Romantic | Jul 13 2012, 01:14 PM Post #147 |
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For me MarDars whole package SUCKED! It has nothing to do with which couples I like but the non sensical garbage I am supposed to swollow because everyone is behaving like nitwits who are dogs in heat panting after someone else. I want orgy of our lives to END! :puke: Edited by Helpless Romantic, Jul 13 2012, 01:16 PM.
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| michelle | Jul 13 2012, 01:18 PM Post #148 |
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These three things, have me laughing my booty off. Love you Matt, despite your abhorrence to fanwanking. (some of us can't help it) |
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| Matt | Jul 13 2012, 01:21 PM Post #149 |
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I am long past carrying who wins the fairest Sami's glittering vajayjay. She can have a gaggle of Brother Husbands for all I care. It's really barely more than a gag gift, anyway. |
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| Caylee | Jul 13 2012, 01:26 PM Post #150 |
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I thought today was good. Even though I wish Gabi would get hit by a bus. I thought the Chelanie flashbacks were really sweet. JMHO. |
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| LucasHortonFan | Jul 13 2012, 01:30 PM Post #151 |
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Please write 4 Bryan Dattilo, Give him a love interest.
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I can watch or not watch when I want to and for who I want to. If I want to watch bc I like Lucas and Sami and Jarlena and Lucas and Will, then I will watch. But if I don't want to watch bc of the Melanie crap or the Ejami crap or the Dancole crap then I don't have to. Its my choice as a viewer to watch when I want to and for whom I want to. If I want to watch for Ej and Nicole then I will. Its really that simple. I watch for who and when I want to and no one is ever going to change my mind on that. And I can also use the ff key when I want to. My choice as the viewer. |
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| brazen | Jul 13 2012, 01:35 PM Post #152 |
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Lucas's shouting today was worse than described. They had BD play that way too over the top. It just gave me a head ache and made all 3 of them want to go away. |
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| michelle | Jul 13 2012, 01:37 PM Post #153 |
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I wish he would shout himself to death. Can you die from that? I hope you can. |
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| Cerulean | Jul 13 2012, 01:48 PM Post #154 |
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I agree that Lucas's concern for Will is well-founded, and earlier I wasn't finding his reactions as Will's father to be ridiculously over the top. Today's dialogue and Bryan's take on it did the character no favors. Yes, I like EJami, but that doesn't preclude me from wanting other Salemites to have a decent story and an understandable POV. I know I hated spending the last few years watching my favorites repeatedly run over by a Big Mack, and I really don't need to see the same done to others, except possibly Rafe. :wave: |
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| vettejb | Jul 13 2012, 03:27 PM Post #155 |
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Speaking only for me. I don't watch whenever there is a heavy Sami day. I hate that character like I have never hated a character in my entire life. And I am not young. I don't want to see her with EJ, Marlena, Will, Lucas, etc. I have only watched DOOL the last several years strictly to ogle James/EJ. When he is with Sami I can't even do that because I can't stand Sami. Her shooting the pretty in the head was the last straw for me (and yes I know it is fiction). She can never be redeemed to the point that I will support her character again. Even if they write her saving EJ's life (which I'm sure they will do soon). But the good new is Days is my only soap, so I'm almost weaned from a long addiction. |
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| Cupcake06 | Jul 13 2012, 03:35 PM Post #156 |
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You forgot Rafe loving Sami and then Carrie 3 hours later. Sami loving Rafe and then deciding she loves Lucas while taking a dump. And of course Brady may make a reappearance as the one Nicole really wants, but probably not because the next soon to be hired and then fired love of Brady's life might be coming along. |
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| EJamandBread | Jul 13 2012, 03:36 PM Post #157 |
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I would agree with a lot of this. I've just gotten a sense from some comments here that some are tuning out because they're not getting their one dream pairing, and I just find that rather odd. |
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| LucasHortonFan | Jul 13 2012, 03:55 PM Post #158 |
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Please write 4 Bryan Dattilo, Give him a love interest.
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Folks can tune in or out for whatever reasons Folks want and as for not getting our pairing, FOLKS already now there are Lumi scenes after the break. As for being odd, guess I'll be odd then if I refuse to watch a non couple or two I don't like. I don't have to follow the hoard. I'll like whom I wanna like and thats all there is to it. I'll take Lucas's shouting to Ej's raping and Sydnapping any day as well as to Sami and Will both shooting Ej. |
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| elci525 | Jul 13 2012, 04:05 PM Post #159 |
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double post
Edited by elci525, Jul 13 2012, 04:06 PM.
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| elci525 | Jul 13 2012, 04:05 PM Post #160 |
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For me personally, it is not just that I am not getting Lumi. That is sad, but that isn't the worst of it. I don't really want to watch Ejami in any capacity, but I might be able to stomach it. It's what is being done to other beloved characters in order to pursue the Ejami s/line. And like I have said, if Ejami was the end result, I am not sure why Lucas was needed in any of this. They could have spared me this. And I realize that this behavior is not completely OOC for Lucas...but to see it to this extent, to this degree, when he was written a bit differently before getting involved with Sami again, even more recently than that, before all this very Ejami heavy writing....that is uberly annoying, frustrating and downright upsetting. I realize this is not the first time characters have been destroyed or portrayed unflatteringly in some way in order to support a certain storyline direction. Nor do I think it will be the last. But, be that as it may, I don't want to watch it. I don't want memories of things I hold dear to be sullied. Is it because I am an obsessive shipper? Probably. But if this is what the show wants to do, the show holds very little interest for me. And I am entitled to decide I don't any part of it - I don't think that's odd. Edited by elci525, Jul 13 2012, 04:17 PM.
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