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TV Guide: Eileen Davidson Returning!
Topic Started: Jan 28 2014, 01:57 PM (26,338 Views)
thepadange
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Yoryla
Feb 6 2014, 07:12 AM
Graceland
Feb 5 2014, 05:11 PM
Why not bring Tony DiMera back?
I have to say, Tony was pretty much done for me after all of the millions of retcons bout who he is (Tony or Andre), and all the Salem Stalker shenanigans. While I did like that storyline as a whole, for providing some good drama and intrigue, I didn't like the way Tony's part was handled in it. IF he does come back someday I would want there to be a lot more seriousness to his character instead of the camp.
OOT, Love your "signature" picture, :D :D .
Edited by thepadange, Feb 6 2014, 01:58 PM.
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Panda Panda
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They could explain Tony/Andre by saying that Tony was on the island but not for 20 years. They could say that he was ashamed of himself for becoming more like Stefano and that he wanted to disappear so he ran away; thus leaving the door open for Andre (who was always waiting for the moment to return) to take Tony' place.
Edited by Panda Panda, Feb 6 2014, 02:32 PM.
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Mouse Mom


I was soooo happy to see Kristan leave, why, why, why are they bringing that character back?
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Panda Panda
Feb 6 2014, 01:40 PM
Sindacco
Feb 6 2014, 01:09 PM
Panda Panda
Feb 6 2014, 12:41 PM
If they ever bring Tony back, Days should retcon the retcon that says he was on the island for 20 years. Go back to the original retcon that said Andre replaced Tony during Aremid.
I agree, but how do you explain everything that happened after?
Ignore it.
LOL!!!

Panda you are a riot, and there are a lot of things I wish we could forget when it comes to Tony/Andre, and the character destruction that happened, even during JER, one of my favorite writers for this show ever. Some characters JER just didn't grasp or write well for, like Tony or Victor for starters. JER didn't plan to make Tony "Andre", it was TP that actually got that one right and had "Tony" start to smoke and worked in Andre's mannerisms. That saved Tony from that round of destruction and it was easy to believe.

It was NOT easy to believe that Andre had been Tony that whole time, and did the Melaswen mess because of "Tony's" actions before the big reveal on the island. It was honestly pulled out of JER's ass because of pressure to bring back the "dead" vets. Mascolo was on B&B at the time, and could not be used, so go to Tony, a crazed bad guy that pulled a bigger stunt for no reason than his ultimately evil father had ever done. It just........stunk,

Then Sheffer has the real Tony show up with a bunch of island girls, and more in character. He then revises decades of history and has Tony on an island with beautiful women for 20 years. It was done kind of knee jerk. Then, once Higley and Tomlin wrote for him, he turned darker again, and not like the 1980's "Tony". It was somewhere in between the gray Tony of old, and the Andre we had been told we had watched, thanks again to revisions. Good God.

I love Tony when he is "Tony", and they don't create a mess out of TP's character and have him going from luke warm anti-hero to all out villain. They just haven't got him right since the 1980's, and I like to forget he ever came back to start with. He did do some GREAT work toward the end of his last run, and it sucked seeing such a strong actor killed off in that way. Tony Dimera dead thanks to an accident caused by Phillip Kiriakis? No.....they could have done much better.

Sadly so much has happened, I can't forget, and he has been all over the map.

Could they bring him back from the dead? Yes and it would be easy by "Days" standards. Like Mitchapoolza said above, a drawn out cancer story like Isabella or Lexie ultimately ends any return. Otherwise it is fair game and the door is open. John was plowed down by a car and flat-lined at the hospital. Then we see John beneath the Dimera Mansion with goggles, and his death was a waste of great drama. "John's Death" was Sheffer's best work and remade Marlena. It was gut wrenching, and it was the biggest fake-out imaginable.

I would never say I don't want Tony, but I only want him with the right writers, and so they can get the characters depth and uneasy feeling about who he is, and how it conflicts with who his father is. Otherwise, spare me the destruction and let it be.

And yes......TP left bitter about the turn of events. He won an Emmy, was promised some great stuff, and was killed as a plot point. He isn't in love with Tomlin, so don't hold your breath. If only someone could write and personify Count Anthony Dimera right..........No one has since Sheri Anderson. Sadly, soaps don't do tortured and torn characters that try to stick to their conscience but occasionally fail anymore, because it uses too much time. Nicole is the closest we have to that sort of character, but she is too far on the dark side for the real Anthony Dimera. It takes work and time to create a character like that.

Legends like Bill Bell, Marland, Nixon, and so on could do that well. JER was a insanely smart, but had an idea of good vs. evil that kept "Gray" characters off the canvas. Sheri Anderson could, but she will not come back.

I'll settle for what I have now with Tomsell and Lorraine.........they are better than anything we have had in a very long time.
Edited by Daysfanatic79, Feb 6 2014, 02:41 PM.
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Yoryla
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LanaluvsBroe
Feb 6 2014, 01:00 PM
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Feb 5 2014, 05:11 PM
Why not bring Tony DiMera back?
Because he's under contract at GH?
He's not under contract, he's on recurring, and I think he's only visiting for a few episodes.
Edited by Yoryla, Feb 6 2014, 03:50 PM.
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Panda Panda,

May I just say I LOVE your avatar!

Bring back Sexy Peter Blake!!!

#Swoon

Lol :D
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Graceland
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My son is not a homersexual.



You switched my birth control pills with sugar pills? :drunk:
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Granted she was sleeping around with John at the time, I always thought they had Kristen's reaction be a little too over the top. I mean it is a pretty big deal, but they way it was written made it seem like Tony just decided to switch the pills for no reason. The writers should have really played up the John/Kristen affair and how it influenced Tony to become even more like Stefano. They affair should have been thrown in J&K's face a lot more during that time, actually. But it never happened. It would have been so much more dramatic of a breakup if they had done it that way.

Edit: I meant this post to be about the s/l in general after the pill switch/aftermath. Not just in relation to the video above. :P
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Yeah Thaao definitely is not on contract at GH. I think he only came in for 12-15 episodes so he should be gone in a couple of weeks. Sadly. He is awesome and Victor is basically a mixture of Tony/Andre. I wish GH would keep him because he has been my incentive to watch while they have a lot of things that I don't like going on.

I am still hoping this is the reverse Ian Buchanan and someone from Days sees how good he is on GH and decides that they need to bring Tony back. Having Thaao on my TV for the past week has been much needed.
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Longest interview ever, but right around 1:30:00, Jen talks shortly about possibly acting w/ED, and I thought it was pretty hilarious & awesome. I won't spoil it for anyone who wants to listen themselves :)

http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=128310&cmd=tc
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Yoryla
Feb 6 2014, 07:12 AM
Graceland
Feb 5 2014, 05:11 PM
Why not bring Tony DiMera back?
I have to say, Tony was pretty much done for me after all of the millions of retcons bout who he is (Tony or Andre), and all the Salem Stalker shenanigans. While I did like that storyline as a whole, for providing some good drama and intrigue, I didn't like the way Tony's part was handled in it. IF he does come back someday I would want there to be a lot more seriousness to his character instead of the camp.
It never made sense to me after they brought him back after Aremid. Tony died in Aremid and that's just how I will always see it, especially since they rewrite major story points like Stefano reading Tony's diary and crying, talking to himself alone in a room upset that TONY killed himself. Then your suppose to believe Stefano planned the whole thing and knew it was Andre? I don't think so, I'll never buy that rewrite.
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Graceland
Feb 6 2014, 01:50 PM
If you're on contract, you can't do more than one show? Eileen was on contract and she did Y&R at the same time.
Maybe because both days and Y&R are owned by Sony?
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Mouse Mom
Feb 6 2014, 02:19 PM
I was soooo happy to see Kristan leave, why, why, why are they bringing that character back?
Because she rocks, is the best actress on the show and was responsible for a huge turnaround in quality in 2013.

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Rosebud
Feb 7 2014, 12:19 PM
Graceland
Feb 6 2014, 01:50 PM
If you're on contract, you can't do more than one show? Eileen was on contract and she did Y&R at the same time.
Maybe because both days and Y&R are owned by Sony?
Her contract is with Sony, not with each individual show....this is how Sony was able to essentially "fire" her from Y&R and then hire her at DAYS back in 2012.
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We're going to close this as the original topic has been discussed. If there are any new interviews with Eileen or any new info, please open a new thread or put it in the twitter thread as appropriate. Thanks!
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