From: cf@planck.physics.purdue.edu (Coleen Flanagan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: Current Storylines
Summary: Gives "Days" some "Hope"!!
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:55:56 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Physics Department

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Pinyan writes:
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>I know there is still a lot of Carly-bashing going on, so I thought it
>was time to stick out my neck again.  I haven't been flamed in a while
>and I guess I just miss it.  :)

>Anyway, I LIKE the story now - things are moving fast and some of the
>things that really bother most of you don't bother me:

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     Moving Fast?  This "Nikki business" has been going on for weeks
     on end.  Vivian keeps the truth from Larry and Carly, Lisanne 
     tells Larry about Nikki, Larry confronts Vivian who denies the
     charge but Larry tricks her into admitting the truth, Larry tells
     Carly, Carly confronts Vivian with what she did, and now everyone 
     in Salem and the free world know that Nikki is indeed Lawrence 
     and Carly's son.  Just when I thought it was safe for everyone 
     to move ahead with their lives Vivian has to steal Nikki. YAWN!!
     Yeah, this story is just zipping right along.  After the search
     is over, on Christmas (naturally), and Carly and Larry can spend
     quality time with Nikki with no interference DAYS will stick
     Nikki up in the attic with the rest of the other children so the
     show can concentrate on the relationship of Lawrence and Carly.

> 1) Carly didn't tell Bo.
>	Bo's an asshole and very immature.  Besides that, Lawrence is
>	still as evil as ever because he IS manipulating Carly.  I love
>	that he hasn't lost his edge yet.  He has manipulated her into
>	believing that Bo wouldn't understand and that it could hurt
>	Nikki.  It is very believable (to me) that she would do
>	ANYTHING to protect her son especially because of all the lost
>	time.

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      I agree.  Bo's a jerk but Carly managed to live with that jerk
      for quite some time now.  If Carly can be intimate with him she
      can certainly confide in him.  One would think Bo deserved more
      credit considering all the pampering he's given her in the past.
      Larry has not only lost his edge he's lost most of what made him
      interesting.  Instead of causing havoc for all of Salem his sole
      purpose in life is to run after Carly.  It's all he lives for.
      Sabatino must be bored with doing the same scenes day after day.
      Carly is allowing Lawrence to manipulate her now because she
      wants to find Nikki.  Later on his manipulation will become second
      nature to her. 


> 2) Jenn went over to Lawrence's.
>	I would run through fire for my best friend.  If Jenn had gone
>	over to console and be with <insert character name>, would you
>	still think it was bad?

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      No, I wouldn't but Jennifer didn't go to just anyone but to
      talk with HerBestFriendInTheWorld and in order to do that she
      had to enter the house of the man who raped her.  I would
      definitely call that running through fire.  Jennifer cares
      about her so-called friend Carly who isn't worth her concern.
      Their friendship has been one-sided from the start.  Jennifer
      keeps giving and Carly gives nothing back.


>And finally, it seems that the Carly-bashers love Jack and Jenn - let's
>talk about using the FF button and a stupid storyline.  This one hasn't
>caught me at all.  I'm down to watching 2 stories -

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      I agree again.  J&J's storyline are stupid but how can you expect
      the writers to pen anything halfway decent when they are spending
      their days, nights, and weekends scripting daily episodes for Carly? 
      I guess they're just too exhausted.  Notice all J&J stories tend
      to lose all sense of direction.  That's because the writers are
      burnt out.  Your FF button can't be too strained to the max becos
      by the time your finger exerts any pressure on that button J&J's
      scenes are over.  Yep, they're that fast!!  What I find absurd is
      how anyone can watch J&J's story and complain about FFwarding it. 
      It doesn't conflict with Carly's stories or Crystal's air time in
      any way, shape, or form.   Without fail Carly fans are assured of
      seeing her everyday with decent dialogue and a continuing story.
      In most cases to FFward every Carly scene should cause most viewers
      remote fatique.  My one "Hope" for 1993 is that Kristian kicks
      some butt.   I "Hope" she takes up so much story that, for the
      first time since Crystal's been on DAYS, this actress will finally
      understand what it's like to be on the backburner.  There may be
      "Hope" for "Days" yet!
      

>Carly/Lawrence/Nikki/Vivian, and Marlena/Roman/John (because the John
>and Marlena stories were SO good that I see some promise here - I've
>even found Roman and Marlena easier to watch).

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      I wouldn't call Carly/Lawrence/Nikki/Vivian a story.  A story
      is one out of three on a given show.  Their story encompasses
      three fourth of any one show on DAYS, and hogs 4 episodes out
      of 5 a week (and sometimes the entire week) devoted to furthering
      the belief that if DAYS isn't about Carly then it just isn't
      worth your time.


>OK - there it is - flame away.  :)
>Ann



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        Coleen
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From: daveo@hpcvra.cv.hp.com (Dave Ochs)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:44:35 GMT
Subject: Re: AMC:TAN:This Xmas thing with the outdoor stuff 'n all...
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA