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Social Media Posts, Week of May 26
Topic Started: May 26 2014, 03:46 AM (48,870 Views)
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six
Jun 1 2014, 12:14 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 12:07 PM
I don't think it's a very good formula for today's audience, though.
I sort of agree. One supercouple would be fine, but we don't need four or five at the same time. I think the current crop of shippers should be glad their couples aren't supercouples.
I just feel like now the audience (myself included) doesn't care for having the show tell them who to root for. In the hands of a different writer, it could still work, but TomSell's idea of a supercouple is pretty obviously Dannifer, and I don't wish that on any new couple.
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I view Matt's definition as "super couple writing" but to me a super couple is a pairing that has made an impact in pop culture. For example, I don't watch General Hospital but I know who Luke and Laura are. IMO WilSon have the ability to be a super couple, they have made an impact outside of the soap world.

JMO Ejami have never had super-couple writing.
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thepadange
Jun 1 2014, 12:21 PM
Ken Corday is quoted in Wikipedia:
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Days of our Lives executive producer Ken Corday said that while he feels that "love in the afternoon" is still important to the genre, he takes exception with the supercouple title. "It disappeared from my vocabulary when Al Rabin left the show," he said.[14] Rabin, Corday's former supervising producer, had continually credited the word as the secret to the show's success.[14] "By definition, supercouple excludes others on the show," said Corday. "Every time they walk into a room, every other character, no matter how important, becomes window dressing, I've never believed in it. Either people are involved in a good story or they're not. They're an interesting couple or they're not."


Hmm... ? I'm kinda confused. What did he mean? It was ok to have supercouples and other characters as window dressings under Rabin but post-Rabin it's not ok anymore?
Ironically, I've always thought that DAYS started going downhill when Rabin left...
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lysie
Jun 1 2014, 12:22 PM
six
Jun 1 2014, 12:14 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 12:07 PM
I don't think it's a very good formula for today's audience, though.
I sort of agree. One supercouple would be fine, but we don't need four or five at the same time. I think the current crop of shippers should be glad their couples aren't supercouples.
I just feel like now the audience (myself included) doesn't care for having the show tell them who to root for. In the hands of a different writer, it could still work, but TomSell's idea of a supercouple is pretty obviously Dannifer, and I don't wish that on any new couple.
Yeah, I get that. Especially in cases where a character has been around the block a few times, and it's going to be hard to sell them as having one true love. The reason I think it could work in small doses, though, is that ericole was getting the start of supercouple writing and they appeared to be really well liked. And I think Days could have taken it all the way and made them into a modern, successful SC. It's just such a limiting formula though, so giving every character a soulmate just isn't going to work.
Edited by six, Jun 1 2014, 12:34 PM.
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Jun 1 2014, 10:54 AM
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Jun 1 2014, 10:21 AM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:12 AM
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Jun 1 2014, 07:59 AM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepWhy does Ari "need" to stay with Will and Sonny?WilSon is a supercouple.
If you go by Matt's definition then without a doubt Ejami are a supercouple.

I love WilSon and I want them to be happy and in love but I want them to have an exciting s/l. I don't care if they fit some people's definition of supercouple or not.
Supercouples only existed in the 80s and maybe even the 90s when the writing was spectacular in pairing people together. We didn't question it or even have these back and forths, it was (almost always) a universal understanding by the fans/actors/writers that person A belonged with person B no matter what nonsense was thrown at them to keep them apart. In my understanding this is not Wilson and it definitely is not Ejami and according to this show supercouples are now only good for one thing, destruction: Marlena&Roman(WN)/Jarlena/Bope/J&J/Steve&Kayla. The only couples in recent history that have even come close to true supercoupledom were Ericole 1.0/Lumi/Austin&Carrie but the today's writing has just about ruined them. The only surviving supercouples are Julie&Doug and Kim&Shane but they are off screen so we have practically forgotten about them.
I've always considered Justin and Adrienne a supercouple.
Yes. I forgot about to list them, an oversight on my part.
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Jun 1 2014, 11:32 AM
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May 31 2014, 07:22 PM
DawnElicia
May 31 2014, 02:25 PM
Anyone at the Toronto event.
No, but here's a fan shot of the guys at the event:

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Source: https://twitter.com/rissyrichter/status/472802057720561665
You would never guess that GV on screen on Days just alone, is as small as he is in real life.
I think that picture is misleading because there are more pics & he looks to be only 1/2" or so shorter than EM, GG & SC. In one pic, he has his arm bent and he would give EM a run for the money for best guns. Sorry but I too have no idea how to bring those pics over to show you.
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Next week MM has Jade Harlow, Matthew Ashford, and Debbie O'Connor (?).
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I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but I just finally read the current SOD & there's a "Catching Up" interview with Kevin Spirtas (ex-Craig) and he said he would come back to the show if asked. Immaneed this show to get right on that ASAP.
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Jun 1 2014, 12:44 PM
I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but I just finally read the current SOD & there's a "Catching Up" interview with Kevin Spirtas (ex-Craig) and he said he would come back to the show if asked. Immaneed this show to get right on that ASAP.
:o And John's out of Marlena's orbit, so I could get craiglena!
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lysie


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Jun 1 2014, 12:30 PM
I view Matt's definition as "super couple writing" but to me a super couple is a pairing that has made an impact in pop culture. For example, I don't watch General Hospital but I know who Luke and Laura are. IMO WilSon have the ability to be a super couple, they have made an impact outside of the soap world.

JMO Ejami have never had super-couple writing.
I realize that TPTB and various media outlets keep claiming WilSon had made an impact on pop culture, but have they really? I mean, I haven't even heard them get mentioned at Days events I've gone to, and I can't imagine that if I weren't a Days viewer I'd have the slightest idea who WilSon were.
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thepadange
Jun 1 2014, 12:21 PM
Ken Corday is quoted in Wikipedia:
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Days of our Lives executive producer Ken Corday said that while he feels that "love in the afternoon" is still important to the genre, he takes exception with the supercouple title. "It disappeared from my vocabulary when Al Rabin left the show," he said.[14] Rabin, Corday's former supervising producer, had continually credited the word as the secret to the show's success.[14] "By definition, supercouple excludes others on the show," said Corday. "Every time they walk into a room, every other character, no matter how important, becomes window dressing, I've never believed in it. Either people are involved in a good story or they're not. They're an interesting couple or they're not."


Hmm... ? I'm kinda confused. What did he mean? It was ok to have supercouples and other characters as window dressings under Rabin but post-Rabin it's not ok anymore?
That Corday's not interested in making Days a successful show. That's how I read it anyways :P
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Jun 1 2014, 12:39 PM
Next week MM has Jade Harlow, Matthew Ashford, and Debbie O'Connor (?).
Debby O'Connor is the person who does the GH fan events, and she's doing the Days fan events that are happening in June. MM and Lily are a part of the Days fan weekend (I know...) so she's probably publicizing that.
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Jun 1 2014, 12:30 PM
I view Matt's definition as "super couple writing" but to me a super couple is a pairing that has made an impact in pop culture. For example, I don't watch General Hospital but I know who Luke and Laura are. IMO WilSon have the ability to be a super couple, they have made an impact outside of the soap world.

JMO Ejami have never had super-couple writing.

I felt that the Santeen storyline was a bit of supercouple writing for Ejami that made them soulmates, but they havenīt gotten any since then at first I was just glad that they put Ejami together last year but now I can see it would have been a lot better if they had made a proper build up first and they shouldnīt have written EJ to be such an ass last fall.

Still even if I would have loved for Ejami to have gotten super couple Writing Iīm not sure if it really fits EJīs character he is suppose to be a bad villain not Everett the romantic guy. I Think it hard to combine villain and romance.
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Jun 1 2014, 06:26 AM
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Jun 1 2014, 06:06 AM
This popped up in my TL about the event (I'm paraphrasing) James said the guy playing Chad is one of the best actors that could carry the show and the Dimera's.
Let's hope they don't pair him with lame ass Abigail. She belongs with the boring vortex that is Rafe/Jordan/Ben. This might be a good time to bring back a non desperate version of Stephanie Johnson. They already have a natural angst, if they do it right and there's a good chemistry between the actors.
Why not keep Chad away from any woman on show.Stephanie should not be wasted on lame ass Chad if they keep writing as the same chacracther and Abby she will always his second choice after they wrote Melanie as his love of his life. I do not get why they did not recast Andrew or one of Ssonny brothers instead of Chad Is not not need at all
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I'm sorry, absolutely no disrespect to anybody but the fact that to supposedly be a "supercouple" you have to follow all these rules and guidelines is just amusing me. "You don't get to join this group because you haven't suffered enough." It just has me thinking that there are some clinging to old traditions and that's perfectly fine, obviously, but I certainly don't care about a favorite couple of mine being held to an old set of rules. Supercouple or not it's all just somebody else's opinion no matter if the label gets used or not.
Edited by sillibella, Jun 1 2014, 01:13 PM.
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Matt
Jun 1 2014, 11:49 AM
Also, another thing to factor in, is that typical soap opera supercouples traditionally have a 3-5 year shelf life from introduction/launch until one or both of the partners leaves the show (be it by the actor's own choice or by a storyline dictate). It is very, very, VERY rare for a supercouple to hang around on a show indefinitely (especially front burner) while still getting supercouple style writing. John/Marlena are probably the longest term supercouple still on the show, but they're currently apart (after having been sent off the canvas for a couple of years) and their later stories became more and more outlandish (IMO). Also, as mentioned above, with true supercouple writing, there was never any doubt who each 1/2 belonged with even when there was an interloper. We were never led to believe that there MIGHT be a chance Roman wanted Anna. Larry or Diane was ever implied to be a TRUE rival to Bo & Hope's love. It was never written that fans should've ever rooted for Jack & Kayla. No one EVER thought that Justin might legitimately end up with Anjelica or Adrienne with Emilio (or Jennifer with Emilio, for that matter). Over the last 15 years or so, it seems the pattern has been "How many different couple configurations can we come up with for the same characters, how many different fanbases can we cultivate, how long can we string each of them along making each one of them think that their couple is the one who should be together by throwing them crumbs, & how viciously & bitterly can we make them fight against one another". Not supercouple writing.
Very true. And even if you look back to the Bo/Hope/Carly triangle, after a brief initial "let's try to get the fans to like & want Bo to be with Carly" arc (and boy did Tomlin try his hardest to force that pairing on people), it was obvious to everyone that Bo still deeply cared about Hope and that Hope wasn't ready to fully let Bo go. We saw it first in the hospital scenes where Hope had been admitted after having boxes fall on her during Vivian's escape (this was the same day as Melanie & Philip's wedding). There were quite a few conversations between Bo & Carly about Hope, again showing that Bo still cared deeply. And then there was a large shift after the NT Hope reveal where everything in Bo's life started to revolve around trying to keep Hope (a) out of prison (which wasn't gonna happen since Hope was determined to pay for the crimes her physical body had committed), (b) in prison for the shortest amount of time (which took quite a bit of effort from Bo, especially since Hope was determined to take a plea deal with a 10 year prison sentence), and (c) safe while in prison (since she was a cop & would potentially run into inmates she'd helped put there). Even Carly's realization that Bo still loved Hope and that they were meant to be together was written into the script.
This is an example of that "supercouple formula" that Bo & Hope's triangle stories had always followed.
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Jun 1 2014, 01:07 PM
I'm sorry, absolutely no disrespect to anybody but the fact that to supposedly be a "supercouple" you have to follow all these rules and guidelines is just amusing me. "You don't get to join this group because you haven't suffered enough." It's just has me thinking that there are some clinging to old traditions and that's perfectly fine, obviously, but I certainly don't care about a favorite couple of mine being held to an old set of rules. Supercouple or not it's all just somebody else's opinion no matter if the label gets used or not.
It's a word. It's a word with a meaning. I have pillows on my bed. As much as my t-shirt may want to be a pillow, it's still a t-shirt because words have meanings.

Again. It's not an insult. It's not a group to join. It's not a comparison of good and bad.
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Jun 1 2014, 12:13 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM
I wonder who the person was who was told not to get any more plastic surgery. MM seemed to know who it was, so it made me wonder if it was a Days cast member.
yeah, i just got to that part. Only person I could think of is LK or possibly Lisa Rinna. Everyone else looks pretty normal.
Or Deidre. She's had quite a bit of work done.
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Jun 1 2014, 12:30 PM
I view Matt's definition as "super couple writing" but to me a super couple is a pairing that has made an impact in pop culture. For example, I don't watch General Hospital but I know who Luke and Laura are. IMO WilSon have the ability to be a super couple, they have made an impact outside of the soap world.

JMO Ejami have never had super-couple writing.
Are you confusing pop culture with subculture? L&L were a phenomenon. They were on the cover of Time magazine. Pop songs were written about GH during the height of their reign. Songs climbed the charts after being played on the show.
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Eric Martsolf @ericmartsolf · May 30
Downtime at LAX is best served strengthening your work ethic and digging into character development.
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