From: sally@anableps.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: DOOL: Thursday, August 20th
Date: 21 Aug 1992 04:38:19 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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Okay,

Actually there were elements of the  show which I did like: this was
the first day in quite some time that I found myself liking some
scenes.  Although, sadly, there were still parts which I found boring,
and unwatchable..

Again, why oh why did we have to have yet more of Days of Carly's
Lives--with Bozo.  I mean the whole thing was rediculous...If I cannot
have scenes with Jack, Julie or Marcus, why oh why atleast could there
been some scenes with Molehill and Tanner, and/or Brian and Ginger--I know
I have not written positively about them in the past, but still--since
they all are leaving, I think that we should have more scenes of them,
and give we the viewers a chance to see their story wrapped up over a
few episodes rather than in a day or two. According to SOD Molehill and
Tanner get hitched. Now, this is so unbelievely out of the blue; however,
if they took just a little time to set this up, it would be so much nicer,
and it would give us a break from Carly and Bo moaning about the Medivan
and the police stuff. Well, I watched all the scenes with Carly, and cannot
believe Crystal's facial expressions, they are so unattractive. And she
seems so haughty, again it would work if she were a villanous, but it
makes her "out-to-save-the-world" image a joke. No matter what Corday
writes, or how often, she is just plain mediocre, and is undeserving of
the attention.  And the scene at breakfast, come off of this milking
the dead child, yet we know it is Nikki junk, it is stupid. The scene
proved that neither Carly, Bo, or ShawnD had any chemistry with Nikki.
Keep the kid with Viv and Lawrence there IS chemistry there, and it is
a television show and that is what counts.

Well, I did not like Ickie...Though it was nice seeing John and Victor
friendly. They work so well together. And I thought it was a nice touch
having Vic ask John's premission to dance with Ickie. Well the illness
storyline seems to be starting in full force. I still would have prefered
a murder. I don't think the actress nor the writers can handle such a
serious subject as dying from a fatal illness. If it had been an interesting
murder we could have one of the DOOL stories of old, a nice mystery were
nearly the whole cast were involved, had a part, had a function; and it
was less touchy and less of a sensitive issue for the fans.

Now, shock of shocks. I really enjoyed Kim freaking out, it was so funny.
And I think it was meant to be funny. This split personality might not
be that bad. And I think--even though I am in the minority--that Patsy
is a far better actress than Crystal, and that she might carry this whole
thing off. I look forward to this far more than the Carly/Bo/Lawrence
triangle. I do like Philip. The actor is not bad looking. And I think
he could be an interesting character. Oh, oh, is this grounds for being
kicked out of the famiglia? Are the Timinator and I going to be ostercized
from the group?

Though the best part of the day was Lisanne buttering up Viv. And Viv
and Lisanne calling a truce to topple Ickie, who single-handedly won over
the board of directors. Viv's comment about if she had been there she would
have shut her up was a riot. And Lizard/Auntie Mame from Hell/Lisanne
are so great. Better yet Lisanne was a little less of floor mate today.
Again Lynn sure outshines Crystal. The friction between her and Viv is
great. And they both are equal matches. I don't know whom to root for.

Well, those are just my unhumble opinions...


Spud--a week a number of hours untill FWWM; finished watching all the
first season, the two-hour season premiere, and the following episode,
20 more episodes to go to get caught up before next week--Peel

Hoot, hoot



-- 
There's the progress we have found                ||  Sally A. Wilson
A way to talk around the problem                  ||  Potato "Spud" Peel
Building towered foresight isn't anything at all  || sally@mica.berkeley.edu
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky--R.E.M.