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I Dream of Jeannie · 01-05-2004, 01:02 PM

With Tony dieing soon, Stefano off the show, Lexie disowning her name as DiMera, Rex being a Brady, and Lucas quiting his job working for Tony, is this the end of the DiMeras? Could it be the end of the super villians? Maybe there is hope, due to the whole killer identity and the fact that many believe, including myself that Marlena has been switched, that Stefano will return. It's truly a sad thing to think about, the DiMeras were the great super villians, before them conflicts were based upon the inside, Maggie's alchohal abuse, Julie getting into trouble with the law and such.

Will the show go back to that, go back to basics, no it can't. At least not in the eyes of the producers and writers, because of the ever changing genre. Everyone's looking for something BIG to happen, so the soaps all try and out do one another, because they believe that's what the "new" audience wants. But have they ever stopped and took a good look at they're audiences, long time viewers are what keep them on the air, please them and you get more viewers. Tick them off, lose them and get no new viewers, because no one is talking about how good a show is, but how the show screwed them over. Maybe, if the head's of the soaps would stop their conquest for glory and look around they'd realize, that we aren't the ones wanting ENORMOUSLY big things to happen, I mean by the time I'm 20 they are going to have storylines about nuclear bombs going off on Mars on the soaps. Totally ridiculous, if they'd only realize, that though the times change, the basics stay the same, BIG things can happen, but you look at the way the soaps are now. Most of them are bankrupt at least that's what they claim, we'll duh, you spend a zillion dollars on some giant set for a storyline the audience doesn't even care about then of COURSE you're going to lose money. Sometimes I just dont' understand it, I wish they'd all wake up and smell the coffee.

Dianne3 · 01-05-2004, 04:34 PM

At first, when I saw this article, I thought it was from some soap magazine, but now I think, that the above poster wrote it.

Wow! Great Article.

The actor who played Stefano, Joe Mascolo, is now on the Bold & Beautiful.

bry · 01-05-2004, 04:42 PM

it would be cool if they could do a network crossover and make the killer be stavros cassidine. make them out to be cousins of the dimeras. ah, fantasy.......

I Dream of Jeannie · 01-05-2004, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by lurkernomore
At first, when I saw this article, I thought it was from some soap magazine, but now I think, that the above poster wrote it.

Wow! Great Article.

The actor who played Stefano, Joe Mascolo, is now on the Bold & Beautiful.

Yeah I wrote it. lol

db108108 · 01-07-2004, 08:44 PM

Great way to say it! The soaps latests moves reek of desparation- and they have for years. They're losing massive amounts of viewers and are desparately trying anything to bring them back. "Days" murder mystery is great for the ratings- for now. But what happens when it's over? All the characters people loved are gone.

Converesly, "Passions" is going the other way. Passions was always looked down apon (by many) for being too outlandish, but those naysayers should check it out now. It's becoming so conventional it's amazing. but it's not becoming conventional in a bad way- I think it's redifining how good conventional can be. What do I like the most? There are no forgotten characters- everybody is envolved in some storyline. On other soaps, especially AMC (the only other one I currently watch sometimes), there are too many characters who are lingering in soap pergatory- without a storyline. This isn't the case on Passions.

01-05-2004, 01:02 PM	#1
I Dream of Jeannie Undisputed.......... Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Location: Rebelling againist a group, defining a genre, and supporting Deidre -n- Drake and John and Marlena no matter what, and thanking Mr. Reilly for this magnificant storyline. Woohoo!! Life is good! Dee and Drake are bad. he he he Posts: 4,925	Days: The End of an Era (spoilers included & touches on the soap genre) With Tony dieing soon, Stefano off the show, Lexie disowning her name as DiMera, Rex being a Brady, and Lucas quiting his job working for Tony, is this the end of the DiMeras? Could it be the end of the super villians? Maybe there is hope, due to the whole killer identity and the fact that many believe, including myself that Marlena has been switched, that Stefano will return. It's truly a sad thing to think about, the DiMeras were the great super villians, before them conflicts were based upon the inside, Maggie's alchohal abuse, Julie getting into trouble with the law and such. Will the show go back to that, go back to basics, no it can't. At least not in the eyes of the producers and writers, because of the ever changing genre. Everyone's looking for something BIG to happen, so the soaps all try and out do one another, because they believe that's what the "new" audience wants. But have they ever stopped and took a good look at they're audiences, long time viewers are what keep them on the air, please them and you get more viewers. Tick them off, lose them and get no new viewers, because no one is talking about how good a show is, but how the show screwed them over. Maybe, if the head's of the soaps would stop their conquest for glory and look around they'd realize, that we aren't the ones wanting ENORMOUSLY big things to happen, I mean by the time I'm 20 they are going to have storylines about nuclear bombs going off on Mars on the soaps. Totally ridiculous, if they'd only realize, that though the times change, the basics stay the same, BIG things can happen, but you look at the way the soaps are now. Most of them are bankrupt at least that's what they claim, we'll duh, you spend a zillion dollars on some giant set for a storyline the audience doesn't even care about then of COURSE you're going to lose money. Sometimes I just dont' understand it, I wish they'd all wake up and smell the coffee.
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01-05-2004, 04:42 PM	#3
bry Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 21, 2003 Location: n.c. Posts: 819	it would be cool if they could do a network crossover and make the killer be stavros cassidine. make them out to be cousins of the dimeras. ah, fantasy.......
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01-05-2004, 04:34 PM	#2
Dianne3 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 07, 2002 Posts: 1,057	At first, when I saw this article, I thought it was from some soap magazine, but now I think, that the above poster wrote it. Wow! Great Article. The actor who played Stefano, Joe Mascolo, is now on the Bold & Beautiful.

01-07-2004, 08:44 PM	#5
db108108 Teacher (for now) Senior Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2003 Location: 2 hours north of Detroit, 2 hours south of Toronto Posts: 1,023	Great way to say it! The soaps latests moves reek of desparation- and they have for years. They're losing massive amounts of viewers and are desparately trying anything to bring them back. "Days" murder mystery is great for the ratings- for now. But what happens when it's over? All the characters people loved are gone. Converesly, "Passions" is going the other way. Passions was always looked down apon (by many) for being too outlandish, but those naysayers should check it out now. It's becoming so conventional it's amazing. but it's not becoming conventional in a bad way- I think it's redifining how good conventional can be. What do I like the most? There are no forgotten characters- everybody is envolved in some storyline. On other soaps, especially AMC (the only other one I currently watch sometimes), there are too many characters who are lingering in soap pergatory- without a storyline. This isn't the case on Passions.