| Happy Monday, All! |
[13 Aug 2001|01:21am] |
AMC
Be gentle with me. I'm a newbie. I just started watching AMC a
few months ago out of necessity because I was getting too lost
doing Eye on AMC when I didn't watch AMC. Some of the things I
comment on are probably going to ring weird with the veteran
viewers, so be patient with the baby here.
WOW, WOW, WOW, HOLY FREAKIN' COW! I about fell off my chair when
Ryan and Liza started making out on Friday. Was that EVEN in the
spoilers?? I was at the park when it aired and just happened to
set my VCR to record it. Normally, I wouldn't bother because,
like I said, I'm new at this and if I miss one here or there,
it's not that big of a deal, but I thought, "hey, it's
Friday, *something's* going to happen" and YOWZERS! Did it
ever!
I mainly, in addition to site related stuff, started watching
for two reasons: Opal and Myrtle. I guess if you have to take
one of those personality tests and you pick "Opal" and
"Myrtle" for the reasons you started watching AMC, it
probably charts you as mental or something. I saw Myrtle when
she crossed over to OLTL and thought she was just great. She was
giving Skye the business about something and was really up in
her face, doing that little old woman curse out without the
swearing and I thought I was going to pee my pants laughing at
her. You GO, Myrtle!!! Then I accidentally had the TV on when
the whole libidozone-on-the-boat party was happening (I won't
even pretend to know what was going on or what the party was
about and insult all of you regular viewers), but that show was
so full of things going on that I couldn't NOT watch. Here was
that freak, Leslie, climbing all over Tad and Arlene getting in
bed with Mateo and Greenlee dumping Laura (I hope I'm
remembering that one right) off the boat and Vanessa yapping
about how much the necklace Palmer gave her cost…I mean, how
could you NOT watch? Then the clouds parted, the sun came out
and a goddess in the coolest outfit I'd ever seen and a voice
that sounded remarkably like mine swept onto the scene and I
knew I'd found the mother from whom I'd been sorely separated at
birth: Opal. I wanted to raid her closet in the worst way. I
wanted to talk to her about where she'd been and who she'd done
and what her life had been like. So Opal and Myrtle got me
hooked and after that, I never saw them again. Thank God Gillian
died so that I could see Opal actually do something. It's sad
that she had to talk like Gillian to get some air time. Knowing
that Esta TerBlanche has signed on supposedly until December
makes me wonder where this can go from here. Will Gillian be
watching Ryan and Liza's carnal buffet on Monday? Will Jesse
distract her in time? After the way she flipped out over Mia
just playing cards with Ryan, I doubt she will take this
lightly. Is Wildwind still burning (I have images of Nero/Ryan
fiddling)? Whew! What a loaded pistol this situation is,
especially with Ryan back at work for Liza. I think a raise is
in order.
OK, they've talked about it. Will Anna PLEASE call Mac now? Why
hasn't Robin? Sure, she's on vacation, they mentioned, but
wouldn't she be breaking her legs to get to Mac and tell him
Anna is alive and that maybe, just maybe, Robert is around as
well? Since she has pushed Edmund off on poor, unsuspecting
Brooke and Gabriel is leaving (or being killed off by the
teen-killer of PV), she has no ties left there and can finally
get back to GH where she belongs!
Speaking of Gabriel, I'm not sure why he was on the show to
start with since they never really did anything for his
character except have him stand still while everyone beat on
him. He can't have his woman (either of them), he doesn't have
much interaction with his sister or her family (who hates him),
he is only ever seen at SOS any more. Given that, I can see why
the powers that be decided to cut him loose. What a
disappointment it must have been for him to be brought on and
then left as Dog Boy.
Can Jake wield a crutch or WHAT? He turned into revenge man on
one leg when David's case was dismissed. I thought he was going
to take out the whole courtroom with that thing.
Am I hearing things or is Dixie actually speaking to Tad with
some degree of intelligence about staying out of other people's
business and just living their lives. Granted, if everyone did
that, the show would be fairly boring, but I think they've more
than done their time with interaction and need some quiet Martin
home time. Of course, Tad's not listening and will go ballistic
when JR tells them about Adam and David and the blackmail and
the judge, but at least she gave it a shot.
I hope we get a good birth scene when Kelly Ripa gets back from
maternity leave. A little known fact about Katrina is that I was
a Lamaze instructor of the highest order for 18 years and I
*love* a good birth scene. I just pray they don't hold up some
three month old with a smear of blood on his head and piece of
aquarium tube taped to his belly. I can't believe they are
having their first baby and don't have a name for it. Most first
time parents I know roll over in bed after conceiving and name
the kid. It's when you get to #5 and #6 that the names no longer
come easy. For #5, I was trying to think of a good name and
decided on David, only to realize that I already had a son named
David. Then I ended up inadvertently giving him pretty much a
shortened version of his sister's name: she's Delena and he's
Dylan. Just leave off the "a." For #6, I just told my
husband to name him and anything was fine (I knew that was
dangerous because when I asked my first husband to give David a
middle name, the poor kid got saddled with "Uriah"). I
was lucky that he picked "Nathan," a really good name
I had never considered. ANYWAY, back to the soaps. Name the kid
already.
OK, so if Chris Stamp is an FBI guy, we can assume that he
didn't kill Sweeney as I thought, so that leaves some mad teen
killer on the loose, presumably in relation to the drugs, but
not for certain. I vote for Rosa with her pent up, Catholic girl
rage, but it's most likely some faceless, nameless drug dealer
or some similar thing. We know it wasn't Tad because that's just
too easy and Tad would end up in jail. We can also figure that
Rosa screamed and ran away after Marcus tried to attack her and
someone else popped him for her. Maybe Shannon is the one
killing all these people. Maybe THEY are the ones who beat her
up in self defense! That's my vote (I was right about Nora, mind
you!)
OLTL
And speaking of Nora, I have a feeling she is going to be more
than a little bit intrigued by Troy the Brother. I was intrigued
the minute he took off his shirt and showed that ol' Ty has been
hitting the gym with some gusto! I feel a Troy-Nora-Sam triangle
coming on and I dearly hope it is more entertaining than the
Bo-Nora-Sam triangle of days gone by. I think the fatal error
they are making here is that the fans needed to be more invested
in Sam and Nora as a couple before bringing on a passenger.
Since Nora has no memory of their time together, we needed more
time to see Sam court and woo Nora and the two of them getting
back together, only to find her swept off her feet by Troy and
her pull toward him. I always thought that Nora had the hots for
Colin and was making excuses to be around him until he started
acting so strangely. I just wish that the truth about Lindsay
injecting Nora and having Colin keep her prisoner would finally
come out. This is as bad as the Matthew Paternity issue and the
long arc is really causing a loss of interest. I will be very
pleased when writers figure out that the long story arcs just
don't work. People need a fast pace to hold their interest. This
isn't supposed to be real life, after all.
Roger Howarth is on vacation this month and that means that it
would have to involve sushi, plaids and electronic technical
talk for me to be any less interested in what goes on between
Blair, Max and Gabrielle this week. The return visit has showed
me that I really couldn't stand the character of Gabrielle when
she was on the show the first time around and if anything, the
feeling has only grown. I don't like how she's written. I don't
care for the actress (just my personal opinion - I think she's
pretty over the top, even for Gabrielle), I don't think she has
chemistry with either Phil Carey or James DePaiva and I'm
finding the whole story to be cumbersome. The only thing I've
enjoyed about it is Todd, Starr and the occasional glimpse of
Nigel. Just my opinion, folks!
It's good to see Jessica starting to look like she's coming back
to her senses after her visit to Will Rappaport Land, but I
wonder when she'd going to start to notice that Seth is acting a
little more odd than even his situation, odd as it is, dictates?
GH
Random GH Thoughts:
Someone please kill Sorel soon. This story is making my eyes
bleed.
My, my! Is there anything Melissa can't do or any day she can't
save?
Goodness, Roy sure got over Bobbie fast!
Did Tony Geary actually WRITE the crap he's being given as Bad
Luke?
Man, I almost felt sorry for Flea. Almost.
Constance Towers is brilliant. When she was watching Nikolas and
Gia, even though it was obvious that the power that be wanted
her to look concerned over their connection, I felt like CT was
given us her own private performance and showing us that Helena
was touched and even intrigued by her grandson's obvious
affection for Gia.
Nancy Lee Grahn is taking garbage writing and giving it flair
and spunk. The scene where she tells Ned about the statue and
why she wants it was moving, despite the saccharine sweetness of
it. I can't wait to see her with Ingo again. She really brought
out a spark in him that I never saw elsewhere. If only…
Why in the world did Carly not ask about the white dresses while
she was staying at the lake house? If ANYONE would ask, it'd be
Carly. That would have been the perfect opportunity to get it
all out once and for all and actual have people interested in an
Angel/NuCarly scene.
Exactly what right did Bobbie have to open her big yap about
Carly not being pregnant? Guess patient confidentiality is a
thing of the past.
Sorry, they just don't make purses, envelopes and auction
programs big enough any more, Elizabeth. They should have
written in the pregnancy.
Hurray! We've actually gotten to see some Stephen Nichols
scenes! I've loved seeing him with Chloe, actually opening his
heart to her, just in time for Jax to show up and tell her about
the fake letter Stefan sent. Stef just can't get a break and
it's only going to get worse. Nikolas is chewing him out, Chloe
is going to turn her back on him (no doubt there) and then he's
going to find out Stavros is alive. He'd better get some good
screen time out of this.
I'll be glad when Stavros can be menacing again without looking
like he's going to laugh like a girl at any minute.
I loved the scene where Mike was contrasting and comparing
Sonny's behavior with those around him that he has cut out of
his life. You could see the wheels turning in Sonny's head, but
still, he didn't want to hear it. Get that guy to a therapist
and fast.
I really, really, really miss Jonathan Jackson as Lucky.
I'd like to see more than the two extremes of Monica. All we
have any more is Monica the Shrew and Monica the occasionally
loving. Newcomers, she used to be a real character with many
layers. Alas, it is no more. Both she and Alan have been
rendered down to cut out cardboard stand in's of themselves. A
moment of silence.
I really like Robin Christopher (Ha! Just realized that is
Christopher Robin - Pooh's boy - backwards…OK, I'm slow) as an
actress and I wish Tracey or Lois would come back and give her a
decent female to work opposite. She's going to wear out Billy
Warlock in nothing flat since he's the only real actor of
caliber she's with for any amount of time. John Ingle is
wonderful, as is Stuart Damon (when his material is good), but
they are seldom in a scene with her for more than a few minutes.
I am eager to see what she makes of Jax.
Speaking of Jax, not only is he back but he's evidently really,
really rich again (a million bones on a ring??) and has an
Australian accent now. I'll stay off of that bad hair cut since
it was at least better than the one at the Daytime Emmy Awards.
I keep saying it's got to get better, but the ratings just keep
falling! See you next week! |
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