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Social Media Posts, Week of May 26
Topic Started: May 26 2014, 03:46 AM (48,864 Views)
Rosebud
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Matt
Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 12:07 PM
I don't think it's a very good formula for today's audience, though.
Ahem.

I respectfully disagree. :$
I disagree as well. There is no reason it couldn't be done now. I don't see how today's audience is any different or somehow wouldn't appreciate seeing that SUPERCOUPLE formula. In fact I think it's the reason why soaps are slowly dying.
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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?
I think Corday simply hates the idea of super couples because it makes the actors who are in the roles essential and that means he has to pay them what they are worth to the show. That's why his motto is "DAYS is actor proof", i.e. "No actor is going to demand anything from me".
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somuchwhatever
Jun 1 2014, 06:13 PM
throughthehourglass
Jun 1 2014, 02:32 PM
ShaneDOOLFan
Jun 1 2014, 02:07 PM
Apparently James Scott (EJ) mentioned to someone at the event that the next 4 months are EJAMI fantastic and that there is the most fucking fantastic twist in soaps coming up. Ill believe that when I see it.
Shit just got real.

:run:
The last time James Scott said there was a fantastic twist coming up, we got EJabby.

:rockon:

:popcorn:

:cheers:

The one that stands put to me is when he said there was. "Brilliant twist" coming & it was when Sami shot him in the head.

I hate it when he likes anything on this show.
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daysjahvu
Jun 1 2014, 12:36 PM
Rosebud
Jun 1 2014, 11:32 AM
Supergirlx2
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.
Yea, Perhaps in that photo he's further back and the others are forward instead of them all being in a row which is skewing the perspective. Digital photography tends to be flat without depth of field.
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Mouse Mom
Jun 1 2014, 06:22 PM
Summary of this thread, blah blah blah super couple, blah blah blah super couple blah blah blah super couple.
And your point is....
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blueskies
Jun 1 2014, 12:39 PM
Next week MM has Jade Harlow, Matthew Ashford, and Debbie O'Connor (?).
Debby O? :blulaugh: that could be interesting. I remember back when Drake Hogestyn fired her.
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Marlene


Who's Debbie O?


ETA: I just googled her. I see she sets up fan events. Was she setting something up for Drake at one time?
Edited by Marlene, Jun 1 2014, 07:54 PM.
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Esq
May 31 2014, 06:58 PM
Yoryla
May 31 2014, 06:52 PM
BeeBee
May 31 2014, 12:37 AM
waterlilly
May 30 2014, 05:42 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deephttp://instagram.com/p/omwLvtzPF0/#Posted Image
Most actors/actress look worse once Days get their hands on them.Nathan Owens,Justin Gaston,and the girl that plays Paige all look(ed)worse on screen than the pictures Jason47 posted.Even the woman that played Sally in the scene with Nicole looked better in the picture posted than on screen.Alison Sweeney looks much better in the instagram,twitter,and other photographs than she looks on Days.She also looked great on Ellen and beautiful in the toothpaste commercials.
One thing that I have to say is the lighting. IT makes many actors, ESPECIALLY the women look so BLAND and colorless. It's so visible when you watch these other shows with better lighting and production values.
And the clothes they pick for them. Days has the worst wardrobe on TV. That person needs to be fired. Sometimes I get so frustrated looking at them I feel like volunteering my time to help them pick out clothes. :frustration:
They could use a chimp to point at clothing items for the show to purchase and likely do better .
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daysjahvu
Jun 1 2014, 06:54 PM
somuchwhatever
Jun 1 2014, 06:13 PM
throughthehourglass
Jun 1 2014, 02:32 PM
ShaneDOOLFan
Jun 1 2014, 02:07 PM
Apparently James Scott (EJ) mentioned to someone at the event that the next 4 months are EJAMI fantastic and that there is the most fucking fantastic twist in soaps coming up. Ill believe that when I see it.
Shit just got real.

:run:
The last time James Scott said there was a fantastic twist coming up, we got EJabby.

:rockon:

:popcorn:

:cheers:

Last time I remember him mentioning fantastic twist was the Sydnapping.

Not sure that the fantastic twist to the EJabby story has happened yet. Or it could have been the fake reveal. I think it Is still coming.
Well, "brilliant twist" gave us Sami shooting EJ in the head, LOL.

And no, JS didn't call Ejabby a "fantastic twist." We've discussed JS's viewpoints on that storyline ad nauseum unfortunately.
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lysie


I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
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lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
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tomsawyer
Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
It'd really be to his advantage to take it down a notch or 17 when he describes story, lol.
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lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:09 PM
tomsawyer
Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
It'd really be to his advantage to take it down a notch or 17 when he describes story, lol.
The man loves hyperbole.
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SoapGal1
Jun 1 2014, 03:53 PM
Kaha
Jun 1 2014, 01:59 PM
SoapGal1
Jun 1 2014, 11:31 AM
I think supercouples are a thing of the past. They don't write like that for couples anymore.

I think Ericole was the closest in recent history & then they blew that all to bits.

I liked Ejami alot back in the day but they never got true supercouple writing, IMO.

I don't think Wilson is either. It's like tptb are too scared to really give them any obstacles. Plus, I think GW & To a lesser extent FS would really have to step their game in the acting dept.
If acting skills determined supercoupledom then many people would be out. Take for example, Drake Hogestyn who has zero acting range.

I watched GW on other shows and his acting is good. I think he's been given bad direction but also he's getting used to the soap format and even then I have no problem with his acting. Granted, he looked stiff and somewhat nervous in the beginning but he stepped up. He would probably be good as an edgy and sarcastic guy with an attitude. I think Freddie is great and does good job with the crapy material he gets.
Drake is terrible now, but back during his "supercouple" writing he was actually pretty good, IMO.

I just watched Friday's Days and I thought GW was incredibly stiff. He's not the worst actor ever to be on a soap but I don't think that the writing for Wilson or the acting is going to get them any attention outside of soaps....other than what they've already gotten for being a gay couple.

Freddie is part of an incredibly popular couple and that popularity is testament to Freddie's and Chandler's talent and appeal. I don't think it was only because they're part of a gay couple. But it has a lot to do with the two actors, their charisma, screen presence....as well as acting. GH has gay characters and people didn't fall in love with them as soon as the characters appeared. People felt that way about Sonny. So, I believe Freddie has a lot of appeal that can translate to other things if he makes smart choices.

I can't say much about Guy because he assumed the role recently (January) and most of that time he was not featured, so it's hard to evaluate him. And it takes time to make a role played by someone as appealing as Chandler your own in such a short time.
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Yoryla
Jun 1 2014, 03:35 PM
esp13
Jun 1 2014, 09:23 AM
Yoryla
Jun 1 2014, 07:30 AM
somuchwhatever
May 31 2014, 08:21 PM

Quoting limited to 4 levels deepWhy does Ari "need" to stay with Will and Sonny?WilSon is a supercouple.
But on a larger scale, there are no supercouples anymore. And in that context Wilson imo is the nearest thing of a supercouple these days we can have. They're stable, they clearly love each other, are committed and they're a unit of sorts.
Except that "stable, committed to each other and a unit of sorts"'is everything a super couple is not. A true and traditional super couple is anything but stable. And, for a good portion of the time, they aren't even necessarily committed to each other or a unit of any kind.

A super couple is certainly deeply in love, but the ability to acknowledge that is usually limited to brief intervals of happiness in between the eons of unrelenting angst. The stability comes only after at least two years of a roller coaster ride and then generally only lasts for a brief period after the wedding before the long lost spouse, child, or enemy shows up to blow things up again. True stability and happiness are the death knell of a super couple (generally signaling that one half is about to die and/or the couple is about to leave) not a hallmark.

As others have said WilSon is a very popular couple, but nothing about their story has fit the traditional super couple model. If you doubt this, go watch the first two years of Bo and Hope, Shane and Kim, Steve and Kayla, or Jack and Jennifer and compare for yourself.
Yeah but you missed the point. Firstly I don't consider supercouple some people who always stay apart and have angst and are fighting, imo a real couple doesn't need that. I not only do not agree with the definition made by Matt, looking back at the couples like John and Marlena, Bo and Hope and Jack and Jennifer they were all still together most of the time when I watched, I didn't get to know them as great couples or supercouples because they were constantly apart or with other people, I knew them as units because that's what they were. And in today's world there are none such units anymore. The models have changed. Wilson being a stable couple in today's world is much much more valuable than these come and go relationships that have no real lasting power and can switch on a dime. I mean, which couple is there even on screen now that can be said will probably or likely stay together? Besides Wilson, no one.
What period of time are you talking about? Because John and Marlena were apart for most of the 90s and were only together about a year in the 80s.
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lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
BB said the same thing. Maybe they just hated Alamania.
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lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:09 PM
tomsawyer
Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
It'd really be to his advantage to take it down a notch or 17 when he describes story, lol.
Shippers!
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Yoryla
Jun 1 2014, 03:50 PM
Rosebud
Jun 1 2014, 11:45 AM
iheartwilson
Jun 1 2014, 08:11 AM
Matt
May 31 2014, 11:45 PM
I don't think a lot of the younger viewers quite understand the concept of "supercouple" in relation to soap opera couples. It seems as if soaps have been so determined to jettison the whole supercouple concept that it's now just a generic term for a soap couple that you happen to really, really, really like. A true supercouple has to adhere to a very strong guideline of INTENSE fan devotion (and corresponding front burner status) while haven't nothing but one obstacle after another thrown in their way to keep them apart (i.e. misunderstandings, sacrificing their own happiness for the other, a scheming/crazy ex, a suddenly pregnancy with the wrong person, a sudden marriage to the wrong person, etc.). In truth, a TRUE supercouple typically spends more time apart and longing to be together (either openly or secretly) than they do together. Bless Will & Sonny's little hearts, but I have never once seen longing from them. lol And their road to romance & domestic bliss has been a fucking cakewalk in the park, imo.
How can two people be called a supercouple when they are always apart and not even a couple? Color me confused.

PS. Thanks for calling me a younger viewer ;) Too bad is isn't true. :P

Read Matt's post again. Or tape it to your fridge. It is about the longing to be together and being torn apart. It doesn't mean they have to literally BE a couple.
LOL. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Two people who are not together are two people, not a couple. There is no such thing as a "couple" who have never been together.
You are taking the word couple literally.
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Edited to say: sorry my post got mixed up in the quoting or something. The following is in reply to nanana's post.

I wanted to comment about your Lumi mention. I agree there was something supercouplish about them, because they had true affection for each other before ever getting together. They loved each other even though they didn't realize it. I think I always expected them to grow as characters and eventually become that rootable couple and end up together and go on from there and have those stories that kept them apart. That went astray with certain writers and when they brought in Elvis and decided to keep Sami from maturing as a character.
Edited by Rosebud, Jun 1 2014, 09:07 PM.
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tomsawyer
Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM
lysie
Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
I'm almost positive it will be the complete opposite of brilliant or whatever adjective he's using to describe it now.

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