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Post by leafs27 on Sept 19, 2021 2:40:59 GMT
Finally, Xander learns Sarah is missing/stranded on an island.
Marlena is possessed again and levitates.
Abe and Paulina get married.
Lots of romance with Chad/Abigail, Nicole/EJ, Philip/Chloe, Ciara/Ben...
Looks pretty decent, I have hopes it will play out nicely!
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Post by bookworm on Sept 20, 2021 3:56:15 GMT
I'm excited about the possession storyline! I was a kid when the original Marlena possession happened and only saw pieces of it.
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Post by leafs27 on Sept 20, 2021 13:47:07 GMT
I remember it being so ridiculous and campy but like EVERYONE was watching it and it was a big deal. DH played it so well, the levitation was shocking, and it was well done.
I am hoping for more of the same this time around. I am excited too.
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Post by flyboyla on Sept 21, 2021 1:12:58 GMT
Love this promo! It really looks great. I hope they can pull it off. It was truly the most exciting soap opera in the 80s and 90s. Heck, even the early 2000s was still very good. As soaps started getting canceled and budgets slashed, DOOL seemed to have suffered the most. Especially because it filmed so many months in advance. I know they’re doing that again, but hopefully not like they did when they were at least 8 months ahead with filming. I believe they’re 3 to 4 months ahead now?
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Post by leafs27 on Sept 21, 2021 15:55:50 GMT
I agree, it does look great. Doug and Marlena's scenes were so fun, although I thought DH has played it better before. I am excited to see how it plays out. I enjoyed the stuff about Johnny and Allie trying to find out more details. I did think the whole stuff with John worried about Marlena's possession being rehashed was silly - he and Abe just sitting there talking about it, SHOW US THE FLASHBACKS MAN! Especially since all these people were on the show back then, they showed barely anything.
I did find it amusing they brought up Melaswen - I thought for sure they were trying to make us forget that ever happened. But there are rumours Sarah is on Melaswen...and I wonder who else might be there!
I don't think they are filming TOO far in advance. Marci Miller had her baby in March and she is already back filming. I assume she would have taken some time off and not just 1-2 months. so maybe what we are seeing now was filmed in July? I know they said in August Alison was back filming and I think Sami is back on in October so maybe it's only 2.5/3 months. But yeah, better than 6+!
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Post by flyboyla on Sept 21, 2021 22:48:11 GMT
I actually loved Melaswen! I know it was a cheap cop out but the most vital characters were killed off by then. They couldn’t allow that many deaths to stick. Plus, it made it that much more emotional to see them alive and healthy once Marlena thought that she was dead. Especially since Alice was the one to welcome her. Plus, I loved how tropical they made the sets of Melaswen! This last undoing of all the deaths was sloppy and lazy imho. It wasn’t emotional at all. I just wonder how long this story is going to last. The first time it was very slow in building up to it. This seems very fast. I also hope that they show a lot of flashbacks as well.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Sept 22, 2021 0:12:44 GMT
I agree, it does look great. Doug and Marlena's scenes were so fun, although I thought DH has played it better before. I am excited to see how it plays out. I enjoyed the stuff about Johnny and Allie trying to find out more details. I did think the whole stuff with John worried about Marlena's possession being rehashed was silly - he and Abe just sitting there talking about it, SHOW US THE FLASHBACKS MAN! Especially since all these people were on the show back then, they showed barely anything. I did find it amusing they brought up Melaswen - I thought for sure they were trying to make us forget that ever happened. But there are rumours Sarah is on Melaswen...and I wonder who else might be there! I don't think they are filming TOO far in advance. Marci Miller had her baby in March and she is already back filming. I assume she would have taken some time off and not just 1-2 months. so maybe what we are seeing now was filmed in July? I know they said in August Alison was back filming and I think Sami is back on in October so maybe it's only 2.5/3 months. But yeah, better than 6+! Didn't they shut down again for a couple of weeks last spring for quarantine? I don't think it last long, but that seems vaguely familiar. I thought Melsawen sank...? Didn't "Tandre" hit the selfdestruct or something? They all had to make a dash out to sea, some of them got picked up by the Navy, others, like Roman and Marlena, got picked up by Tandre and recaptured and held in whatever ambiguous castle in "Europe" he was hiding out in.
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Post by leafs27 on Sept 22, 2021 13:53:07 GMT
I think you're right, there was the explosion or something and isn't that how Patrick Lockhart died? JJ was born on the island...but then Roman and Marlena got washed out to sea and there was the castle. Was Victor at the castle as well? This is reminding me of all the discussions we used to have on the old board about what happened to Colin Murphy lol
Melaswen was a typical ridiculous Days story. I don't remember hating it that much at the time.
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Post by stargazer1682 on Sept 23, 2021 1:53:26 GMT
I think you're right, there was the explosion or something and isn't that how Patrick Lockhart died? JJ was born on the island...but then Roman and Marlena got washed out to sea and there was the castle. Was Victor at the castle as well? This is reminding me of all the discussions we used to have on the old board about what happened to Colin Murphy lol Melaswen was a typical ridiculous Days story. I don't remember hating it that much at the time. Yes, Victor ended up in the castle too, as I recall; and I feel like at least one or two others. It was almost like half the people on the island ended up in the castle. I think Caroline might have ended up in the castle too. God, that took forever to resolve. Colin fucking Murphy, wow... Yeah, I remember they found him on Melaswen and there was a blink and miss it throw away line that he was pulled aboard the rescue boat with the others, which cleared Nicole of his murder. And then they promptly never talked about him again. Then Kate and John had hairy roof sex, which Tandre made Roman and Marlena watch; which lead to them having sex and... somehow conceiving a child.... I mean, Josh and Dee were already so old then, I'm pretty sure even Roman had to have gone through menopause by that point.
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Post by flyboyla on Sept 23, 2021 17:41:56 GMT
Wow! You guys have such great memories! I do remember how Colin Murphy was brought back for a hot minute then disappeared forever. I’m really glad that the writers really seem to be doing some great research on what was going on during that time. I also wonder if part of the island survived the explosion? I think it would add to the storyline if Sarah was stuck there and especially with Maggie. After all, Victor is back but where’s Maggie? And, could an alive Adrienne, Paige, Serena and Wendy be on the island as well? That would make for another interesting story if Ben was being drugged to believe he actually murdered his victims. There’s a lot DOOL could go with this storyline and take advantage of some great opportunities. Just think how Justin is going to feel if he does marry Bonnie and Adrienne returns?
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Post by stargazer1682 on Sept 23, 2021 21:11:21 GMT
Wow! You guys have such great memories! I do remember how Colin Murphy was brought back for a hot minute then disappeared forever. I’m really glad that the writers really seem to be doing some great research on what was going on during that time. I also wonder if part of the island survived the explosion? I think it would add to the storyline if Sarah was stuck there and especially with Maggie. After all, Victor is back but where’s Maggie? And, could an alive Adrienne, Paige, Serena and Wendy be on the island as well? That would make for another interesting story if Ben was being drugged to believe he actually murdered his victims. There’s a lot DOOL could go with this storyline and take advantage of some great opportunities. Just think how Justin is going to feel if he does marry Bonnie and Adrienne returns? I'd have preferred them finding out that it was really Jordan who was responsible for the necktie murders; and she like, confessed everything to him while he was asleep or something and it seeped into his subconscious making him think he was the killer.
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Post by flyboyla on Sept 24, 2021 18:56:45 GMT
Wow! You guys have such great memories! I do remember how Colin Murphy was brought back for a hot minute then disappeared forever. I’m really glad that the writers really seem to be doing some great research on what was going on during that time. I also wonder if part of the island survived the explosion? I think it would add to the storyline if Sarah was stuck there and especially with Maggie. After all, Victor is back but where’s Maggie? And, could an alive Adrienne, Paige, Serena and Wendy be on the island as well? That would make for another interesting story if Ben was being drugged to believe he actually murdered his victims. There’s a lot DOOL could go with this storyline and take advantage of some great opportunities. Just think how Justin is going to feel if he does marry Bonnie and Adrienne returns? I'd have preferred them finding out that it was really Jordan who was responsible for the necktie murders; and she like, confessed everything to him while he was asleep or something and it seeped into his subconscious making him think he was the killer. That would actually be a great solution to the controversy with Ben. And it would make most sense since Jordan would have had access to mind altering drugs since she worked at the hospital. It would make it better for the audience as well to have Ben framed for the murders since many fans can’t get behind him because of his former murder spree. Regardless if he’s rehabilitated. |
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Post by leafs27 on Sept 24, 2021 21:20:42 GMT
Meh, I would just prefer Ben and Ciara leave at this point. They are so nauseating, mainly because Ciara is the worst and unlikable and unwatchable. I don't understand what happened to VK, she was great, now she's awful and has made me hate Ciara so much. Ben sucks but he looks like the best thing ever compared to her. Although I shouldn't be surprised I don't like Hope's daughter lol I always thought they wanted to model Ciara after Bo, have her take after her dad. Bo was nothing like this. Bo was one of the greatest characters Days ever had!
Anyway, I think it would be interesting if Bonnie was really Adrienne, vs that Adrienne was alive somewhere. Bonnie sucks and we don't need any more of these lookalike people running around Salem.
I am going to have to go back and read about Melaswen. I vaguely remember what happened, just snippets. That was super long story-arch - they killed everyone with the Salem Strangler (Marlena but drugged? Or Tandre? I can't remember) then brought them all back on the island. Then everyone from Salem went to the island to rescue them, and then there was an explosion/destruction of the island, everyone was washed out to sea or on the boat, then Tandre picked up some people and took them to a European castle...what happened after the castle???
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Post by stargazer1682 on Sept 24, 2021 22:00:21 GMT
Meh, I would just prefer Ben and Ciara leave at this point. They are so nauseating, mainly because Ciara is the worst and unlikable and unwatchable. I don't understand what happened to VK, she was great, now she's awful and has made me hate Ciara so much. Ben sucks but he looks like the best thing ever compared to her. Although I shouldn't be surprised I don't like Hope's daughter lol I always thought they wanted to model Ciara after Bo, have her take after her dad. Bo was nothing like this. Bo was one of the greatest characters Days ever had! Anyway, I think it would be interesting if Bonnie was really Adrienne, vs that Adrienne was alive somewhere. Bonnie sucks and we don't need any more of these lookalike people running around Salem. I am going to have to go back and read about Melaswen. I vaguely remember what happened, just snippets. That was super long story-arch - they killed everyone with the Salem Strangler (Marlena but drugged? Or Tandre? I can't remember) then brought them all back on the island. Then everyone from Salem went to the island to rescue them, and then there was an explosion/destruction of the island, everyone was washed out to sea or on the boat, then Tandre picked up some people and took them to a European castle...what happened after the castle??? Did the castle catch on fire? That seems vaguely familiar. When they came back, Marlena was pregnant, then fell down the steps at the penthouse, lost the baby and her memory; which is when they brought in... (sight) Alex North... who gaslighted her. He at least claimed to have previously been married to her and that they had a child who died, but I want to say it later came out that he was using her real memories to plant false ones and that everything he claimed was a lie - but at the very least I don't know if they actually came out and spelled that all out and just heavily implied that that's what happened. Or if that was a retcon I made up because it was so stupid. I am remembering now - I don't think Patrick died on the island, because didn't he end up helping or working for Alex? I don't think Patrick died at all, I think he ended up going to jail Wait, that's right, because... Jesus Christ... Hope ended up pregnant and wasn't sure if it was Patrick's or Bo's - even though there was ZERO chance it could have been Bo's. If I'm recall correctly, Patrick convinced Hope to go on a vacation with him to the same island that Alex to Hope to, John followed (and maybe Bo too...) I think Patrick and Hope had sex on a boat. This was all in the wake of Zack's death and Hope finding out Chelease was responsible. Hope finds out like, a year after Zack's death that she's pregnant. Something, something, Hope gave birth in the birthing cabin, as you do... Did Patrick kidnap Hope and take her to the cabin for some reason? He did something where, after Ciara was born, Patrick was arrested and he confessed to doctoring the DNA results and that Ciara was (somehow) Bo's and Bo and Hope got back together as a result. But I forget why he was arrested. Did Patrick have something to do with the "Black Glove" bullshit, which turned out to have been EJ? I might be screwing up the timeline... But I think that's gotta be about right. Because I want to say, after either the island or the castle Abe - I can't remember if he ended up in the castle too - but he started going blind and got Zack's eyes; and Claire got some sort of transplant from Zack and that's right around the time they found out Claire was Shawn's. So the whole thing with the Black Glove would have been before that, possibly around the same time everyone was locked in the castle. I know I could look this shit up, but... I don't want to. 🤣
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Post by leafs27 on Sept 27, 2021 23:13:25 GMT
OMG my brain hurts. I thought Patrick was dead but maybe you're right lol
I gotta go back and read all about it now.
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