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Liveblogging "As the World Turns": Date my nana!
After a full week of no Luke (and two weeks of no Noah), the boys are back ... to pimp out Luke's grandma. That's right, in today's show Lucinda (aka Lady Drumstick) will spark up a relationship with a gentleman caller named Brian (AHEM!), whom Luke hires to run his new Luke Snyder Foundation for Kids Who Can't Read Good. When Lady D and Brian hit it off, Luke and Noah go on a double-date with them ... you know, to make sure that they don't get up to any funny business like ratting their hair or dancing with a foot off the ground. Seriously, Luke and Noah playing chaperone to Luke's grandma? I guess it's at least consistent with how much fun the couple has been to have around lately. I just can't wait to see what happens when Luke breaks into the cooking sherry and things really get out of hand! Click on through the jump and refresh often to follow all the madcap, grandma-dating antics, as they happen! "Grandma, these days people don't have sex for at least a year when they really love them. Honest!" 2:56PM EDT: Luke and Noah toast with hot tea because Noah has an early morning. Someone get him a hot water bottle and his flannels! Meanwhile, Lady Drumstick is sticking to champagne. Atta girl. Preview Time! No Nuke, but they'll be back on Wednesday, and so will we. 2:52PM EDT: Ice Truck Killer takes money from a very pleasant mafioso, and with all their talk of "firm terms" and such it's making me a little uncomfortable. Between this, the budding construction orgy and Aaron's bedside nipple-watch with Hotprechaun, is this the HoYayest ATWT ever?! 2:48PM EDT: Am I the only one who can't help wondering how much it's gonna hurt when they pull that bandage off of Aaron's furry pecs? "Let's go hang out with my grandma!" Lady Drumstick asks Wheatables to go to the hotel to see some live jazz and Luke and Noah decide to go along. Boy, that's exciting. Maybe on their next double-date someone will break out the Gin Rummy! Is it just me, or did Luke give Noah that "Why are you Nukeblocking us ... again?!" look when Noah agreed to go? 2:40PM EDT: Henry just called the Ice Truck Killer a "megadeveloper". Get it? Meg-a developer? I'm here all week, try the chicken. Speaking of chicken, Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle is fishing Gilded Lily's KFC out of the bushes and she tells him that she wants their friendship to last even if the sex doesn't. He says that he'd rather the sex lasted, too. 2:35PM EDT: Lady Drumstick and Wheatables show up at Metro, where Lady D quickly tries to fawn him off on Bonnie, but the Cougarslayer apparently isn't interested and he makes her dance. Just then Luke and Noah show up dressed up for a night at the Roxbury and they join them on the dance floor. Okay, Luke's dance move is awesome. He must be watching Swingtown! 2:28PM EDT: Okay, what was up with that feverdream of a French's commercial with the singing Mexican hamburger?! I thought having animated characters yell "Ai-ai-ai-ai!" went out of style with Thee Fasteest Mouse Een All Meheeco? Aaron doesn't want Hotprechaun visiting him in his bed. That makes one of us. He tells Hotprechaun that he can't touch him. Again, not getting it. We meet up with Luke and Noah at Java, where Luke is stroking Noah's arm and telling him that he wished he weren't working tonight. Luke gets a call from his boss telling him he's being released from his shift, and Noah says "I'm sprung." (COUGHNOCOMMENTCOUGH) He asks Luke out on a real date and says that he missed Luke's smile. They kiss and run off to do something other than have sex. BTW, does Noah have a license for those guns? Lady Drumstick and Wheatables's romance lurches forward with all the crackling sexual energy of a Mormon recruitment pamphlet. When's the "Pineapple Song"? Ooh! Hot construction worker extras! Seriously, this whole setup has AVN Award Winner written all over it. Gilded Lily's mad at Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle (who gets dreamier by the day, no?) for making her look like a "desperate bimbo" in front of his crew. Like she needs his help in that dress! 2:17PM EDT: Holden crashes Gilded Lily's pity picnic alone in the woods (BOO didn't like her spontaneous lunch idea) and they spat, leading him to storm off and her to swat her pick-a-nick basket into the bushes. She's apparently a bit pricklier than the average bear. "Honey, that's nothing. I haven't seen action since the Eisenhower administration." Back at the hotel, Wheatables is making some really inappropriate advances on Lady Drumstick and it's making everyone uncomfortable. That laugh again! Lady D is one tough cookie. Meanwhile, Hotprechaun's dad tells him that there's a girl that thinks he's hot, leading Hotprechaun to tell him to quit before they spill into the HoYay abyss. Too late! Over at Metro, Henry and Bonnie are preparing for an onslaught of Cubs fans. Bonnie snaps at Henry for improperly unloading cases of beer. Back at the construction site, there's more talk about contaminated soil and the development being held up. THEY MOVED THE GRAVESTONES BUT THEY DIDN'T MOVE THE BODIES!!! 2:07PM EDT: We start off with Bonnie, Meg and Ice Truck Killer standing behind the biggest podium in history at some sort of zoning committee hearing with the township council. What's up with the pickled fella on the left? Someone got up on the wrong side of the oh wait a minute... The Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle is walking with his shirt open talking animatedly with a rather woofish contractor. I think I saw this one already ... when does Jeff Stryker show up? Gilded Lily shows up with a picnic to ruin everything. Back at Pity Me Ranch, GrammaEmma talks to Holden. Yawn... And at the hospital, Dr. Not-As-Dashing warns Hotprechaun about crossing paths with Allison now that they're back at the hospital. Yawn... Shirtless Aaron on his sickbed? Not-As-Yawn... Okay, where the hell are our gays? Ah! Here they are. They meet up with Lady Drumstick at the hotel, who tells them that she found a good guy to work for Luke's foundation. She introduces Brian Wheatley to Luke and "his friend". Noah's gotten a haircut. Oh, Brian just made creepy-eyes at Lucinda and she laughed like she was about to make a deal that would rob a mermaid of her beautiful singing voice. Submitted by on Mon, 2008-08-18 13:55. |
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that commercial for "the mentalist"
It's really getting on my nerves.
"How did you know he was gay?" "Pedicure"
Hey mentalist...read MY mind!
Mentalist
Apparently his character is some guy who used his powers of observation to be a fake psychic medium, and now he uses his talents to solve crimes. (It's one thing for his character to be a fake, but for him to say that all mediums are fake, By his "there is no other side" confessionals, is pretty ballsy)
Being a gay man and the brother of an actual psychic medium, I'm defintely not pleased with this one.
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Thank you!
I was beginning to think that I was the only one bothered by that. A show that manages to offend (as well as demonstrate that the guy obviously sucks at what he's supposed to do) in the first commercial and that seems to be something of a rip-off of Psych? Yeah, I'm tuning into that! *sarcasm alert*
Established Disestablishmentarian - You've seen worse
LMAO
"Pedicure" is awfully cheezy
OMG! OMG! WHEATABLES!
That's Greg, from "Greg & Jenny" on All My Children! The teen supercouple from the 80's! Until Jenny is murdered with an exploding jet ski.
Now THAT'S how you write a soap!
Jenny and Greg = Loved them.....
I loved them as a couple. My sister and her friends, adored them (along with Jessie and Angie). They cried for DAYS, when Jenny died (because of that psycho that was obessed with her).
Ahh. Those were the days.
That's Greg, from "Greg & Jenny" on All My Children! The teen supercouple from the 80's! Until Jenny is murdered with an exploding jet ski.
Now THAT'S how you write a soap!
Jenny, Greg and Jesse
I can't believe you remember them too. Remember the summer that Jenny, Greg and Jesse ran off to NYC because Jesse was in some sort of trouble or something?
It was the first time I saw a soap use real locations for taping. Jenny died, Greg I don't know what happened to, and Jesse fell in love with medical student Angie. I think they got married.
Yikes I'm getting old.
Don't trouble yourself Doctor -- I'm a celebrity, I'll write my own prescription.
Lily
OK, I know I've said it before, but the new Lily, and by that I mean her new characterization, not the actress, is possibly the most annoying character since Sofie. She is so grating and histrionic.
Am I the only wishing Holden would just tell the family he doesn't want to stay married to Lily, and that he and Carly actually end up together? Because as much as TPTB seem to want to punish Carly, she's a hell of lot more interesting.
Now a Maura West/Martha Byrne showdown would have been a HOT MESS!
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YES!!!! Martha versus Maura - Everybody wins
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How stupid is she becoming?
I mean, she shows up at that site, in heels, with a picnic basket, when it's incredibly obvious that Mike is way to busy to take a break.
You're in a lot of trouble when Ali is showing more common sense.
So, Brian...
...was the fact that the cookies in today's illustration expired a year and a half ago an intended commentary on Nuke's relationship, or just a happy coincidence?
Oh my...
That kind of attention to detail would also mean that the "NOW EVEN SOFTER" banner meant something ... I'm not half so clever.
;)
Don't sell yourself short, Brian
"Now Even Softer" is brilliant! Though in Nuke-context, is that even possible?
Is it wrong for me to be watching ATWT not for Nuke but to see shirtless shots of Hotprechaun (oh for the days when he was poisoned and stripped butt naked) and furry Aaron? I even enjoyed the dream sequence with Alison singing (what a voice!) more than anything with Nuke these days.
Okay, this is going to come off as sort of anal-retentive...
...but I think the AE points and post counter is off.
If you look at the top of your post it says you have 1215 points and 5282 posts, while mine says I have 1613 points but only 307 posts (I also know that I topped 1000 posts much earlier this year), and RJ's says he has 1419 points and he also has 307 posts; What's up with that?
So can you tell it's a slow day at work today? :-)
Prizes
Have you been editing much?
Have you been editing much? They subtract 5 points for each edit. Maybe that would account for the inconsistencies.
But now that I think of it...does it matter? What are those point for anyway? Ive always wondered. Im with with Dennis on this one, there should be some perks, somewhere. ;)
I like the point system
rantsposts. I think it's a thoughtful system. It might even discourage fly by posters who are only here to disrupt.I was wondering
I was wondering that myself. It seemed fitting
Great liveblog Brian!!! Very funny.
Time Warp?
Setting sun....
...Knickie, I immediately thought of this, too. But, just to give them the benefit of the doubt, I figure it was an early evening at the night club, say 8:00 pm. This is suppose to be the mid-west right? So, even here, the sun has just gone down around then and we have mountains. It did look like it was a very late sun, golden and setting on them. (well, in some of the shots! ha) And Lucinda was talking about them going somewhere else for jazz, and around here most bands don't even think about starting up until 10:00 pm.
And who says you can't have an early beer or two even if you do have to get up early? Teadances, indeed. (heck, on Saturday, I had about 5 at a wedding and still got up at 6:30 to work- yes I work on Sunday)
And as someone else was questioning....they have to be of age. For heaven's sake. They were in college all last year. They are through their second year of college. September will be their 3rd year.
Both Meg and dumb-dumb Lily were in high heels even in the woods! I surprised they let them clump around on heels. There is nothing like a twisted ankle to change the script suddenly!
I say we take the warning labels off everything and let nature take it's course.
Meg's shoes were
Dominatrix Meg with newly dyed black hair
Talk about a Project Runway Challenge. The newly-minted Mrs. Meg Ryan was sporting some high heeled Spartacus clunkers and all I kept thinking about was how funky her feet must have gotten with all that dust/dirt/"Caterpillar" product placement. Interestingly enough wasn't handy-man to Oakdale Mikey Mike, who was not wearing heels at the time, the only character who actually took a fall on the site?
Fily was also struggling with her heels, but both actresses showed their acting fortes in yesterday's show.
Side-bar - Guillermo pulls a Suede by speaking in the third person about how he laughs every time someone calls Shrek's wife "Mrs. Meg Ryan" as it brings me back to the days when a once popular actress as known Meg Ryan (he says being snarky) played a character who frequented the Snyder farm.
For those keeping score, the red-head criminologist brought in to shake HL's junk is supposed to be the daughter of the character played by that Meg Ryan actress. Don't send hate mail as I know she's going to be in The Women..... It looks like it's dead on arrival, but that's me off track once again.
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Today's Show
Now that they are doing more live remotes, we get to see stuff that you normally never see on TV.
Did you notice that Meg was wearing 3-inch platform heels at the construction site?
And Roger Howarth has HUGE feet! They must be at least size 13.
By the way, I can figure out most of the nicknames, but I have no idea what Ice Truck Killer means (I know it's Paul, but what does it refer to).
I think Ice Truck Killer refers to...
Thanks
Ice truck killer
I thought it was because he ran into an ice truck with his car. Isn't that how it blew up?
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No....
Paul's car blew up because Craig put a bomb in it. It must've had all the power of a firecracker because Paul escaped from his exploding car with only a few burns.
I always remember that car blowing up because the next day Ameera arriveed in Oakdale. She mentioned something about things blowing up and Luke said 'oh, that never happens in Oakdale'
seriously, I was thinking ice truck killing
Boy, do I feel dumb.
I can't wait for Nuke
To get into bed together so we can see who's the top and who's the bottom. Trust me a night on the town with Lucinda will never rival a hot tub party or even just a skinny deep at Snyder Lake. I have this vague memory of raging hormones when I was their age. And since the boys are underage, what are they doing in a nightclub? Less will be revealed and later than sooner.
INSIDEGUY
RADIATING NUKE POSITIVITY RE TODAYS ATWT...
JUST FOR TODAY
I say, blah, blah, "raging hormones", blah, blah, "what i did when i was young" blah, blah "they're not funky or exciting enough to be relevant". Yes we all want them to have sex. MOVING ON FROM THAT FOR TODAY!
Not every 19year old is sex-scrazed 24/7 and their love and attraction for each other was unmistakeable and irrefutable and sweet in an "it just is" kind of way today. THAT'S RIGHT, I'M SAYING IT!!
Call them, call the writers, call me names, I don't care!
Hooray for little tiny things.
Hooray for gay boys in a small towns who aren't particularly COOL, who think having a date out in the new town hangout is SPECIAL. Who are NOW comfortable enough to get to do so out and proud, and who think hanging out with the coolest Grandma i've ever seen and celebrating the fact that she's helping them start a foundation for sick children (lovely) is a fabulous evening.
HOORAY FOR TEENS WHO AREN'T ALWAYS DRUNK, NAKED AND CUSSING IN PUBLIC! YOU GO! YOU FOXY TEA-SWILLING HOMOS!!!
I defy anyone to say something mean, snarky or jaded about a fricking foundation for sick children. (As a former sickly child riddled with asthma, I say FRICKING YAY!!!)
I wished i could have stayed in my hometown and hang out with my aunts and uncles, etc and kiss my girl in the local coffee shop without so much as a by your leave and dance with her in the local club in front of all my neighbors who'd watched me grow up without fear of bashing. No, even now, I couldn't. For a fact.
And before somebody tells me that it's 2008 and homophobia is OVER and nobody cares if anyone's gay, i suggest they consider a non-coastal, non urban environment perspective. Teens in small towns (and big ones) have been and are being bullied or killed or have killed themselves IN 2008 for doing less than what NUKE has done all year [cockblocking aside])
the boys had adorble outfits on, and were sweet and cuddly and kissy and lovey together and it made total sense to me that they are hanging out with grandma Lucy (um, currently the most consistently pleasant and least problematic person on either side of Lukes family IMO).
If i'd just come home from school TODAY and saw them TODAY and I was a gay teen, I'd have to think it would give me happy, happy pause.
SO FOR TODAY, I'M RADIATING POSITIVITY FOR WHAT IS GOOD AND RIGHT ABOUT NUKE AND SAVING WHAT IS WRONG AND FRUSTRATING ABOUT NUKE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
LALALALALA!
It was lovely
I agree, todays show was lovely, I watched the whole thing. I would love to spend an evening with grandma Lucy, as long as that didn't take away from my time from hotty Noah. But yeah, today seemed natural and lovely and I cherished that.
By the way, Oakdale has sky scrapers, fortune 500 companies, midwestern minorities and an old town. This ain't a one block small town with a courthouse square. They project it as being closer to 100,000 - 500,000 population, which would have gay friendly venues even if not a "gay" bar. It's a college town, too.
Emma's house is located at "Snyder's Corner" (I think that's the name) which is a postal stop township that used to be 15 or 20 miles from Oakdale, but is closer now. They make it ambiguous, so we can all relate, but they couldn't possibly be living in a town with a population less than 100,000 if you ever noticed the sets outside the windows at World Wide Industries.
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It's actually Luther's
It's actually Luther's Corners (and I'm ashamed of myself for knowing that).
Today's episode showed how good the cast can be when the writers aren't trying so hard. I loved the fact that the boys showed actual affection for each other.
I was also worried about
I was also worried about the bandage being torn off Aaron's furry pecs! I was also thinking that I've never been more interested in Aaron than today. Why isn't he showing off those furry pecs more often? Forget Hotprechaun, Allison!
Too funny
Best turn of phrase from today's Liveblog (maybe this could become a regular feature of commentary on the liveblog?):
"...Aaron's bedside nipple watch with Hotprechaun..."
Both funny and the seed of fantasies.
But help me out with this one: What does "HoYa" mean???
Laurence Lau...
I want to know if the actor had to sell his soul to look that good in his mid 50's. He looks like he barely aged since he played a teen on AMC.
Anyway, it was nice to see the boys out having a good time (and looking adorable while doing it). When did Noah become such a romantic? Though why do they keep acting like the biggest nerds in Oakdale? Geez!
But it's obvious that Brian is nothing but trouble. Lack of subtlety is what I thought. This guy is way too eager to work for Luke and Noah and way into Lucinda. Because Brian looks so young, he came across as a gold digger looking for his next mark. I don't think it's money he's after since he's apparently a successful businessman, but he's clearly after something.
This has disaster written all over it.
I Hope Not!
I've loved Laurence Lau since his days as Jamie Frame on ANOTHER WORLD (I'm old but not old enough to have caught the Greg and Jenny craze on AMC).
Lau looks awesome and so good that I would love for his character not to be a mere Winston Mayer-esque plot device. Or I'd like to see Brian have a son come to Oakdale and stir up some trouble for Nuke.
Better yet, I'd love Lau's character to be the one to teach the boys the joys of mansex. Laurence Lau is one hot sexdaddy!
So it isn't just me who
I stop watching the show...
because Nuke is going nowhere and what happens? Aaron is baring beautiful chest in the hospital and Hotprechaun has been stripping off his clothes!
I guess I am going to have to start recording again or go catch up on CBS.com. I'm with you Brian...not getting why Aaron doesn't want Hotprechaun to touch him. LOL
HoYay - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hoyay (it's akin to Wikipedia, but for slang terms it's pretty handy)
Well, the gay boys may have been neutered, but.....
because Nuke is going nowhere and what happens? Aaron is baring beautiful chest in the hospital and Hotprechaun has been stripping off his clothes!
I guess I am going to have to start recording again or go catch up on CBS.com. I'm with you Brian...not getting why Aaron doesn't want Hotprechaun to touch him. LOL
HoYay - http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hoyay (it's akin to Wikipedia, but for slang terms it's pretty handy)
Could we possibly be seeing a new triangle starting - Chris, Alllison and Aaron...hmmm....a lot of fantasies there...and I don't mean about Allison....
Ah, Aaron..
Well, kinda embarrassing here, but if I may say...
For a while now, I've found Luke and Aaron to be the most appealing fellows (in a physical sense) on this programme. And as it turns out, these two really are the most furry of the entire cast; I was quite happy to at last see Aaron shirtless! I guess it says something about my taste in fellows... (Honestly, I'm not usually so shallow..)
I'm like a superhero, with no powers or motivation...
Nuke actually acted like a real long-term gay couple today
So they've gone from puppy love to their golden years...
ATWT highlights 8/18/2008 - 1) Aaron's bedside nipple-watch; 2)
2) Brian's liveblog, filled with some much intertextuality that it makes the show seem dull by comparison. 2 soft cookies? I don't LOL much, but these are true LOL's for me. Kudos Brian!
3) The overt sexual chemistry between Aaron and Chris. Darcolover55 makes an interesting point about Luke and Noah representing small town boys.
Jumping from the point of departure, Aaron and Chris (who share zero chemistry with Ali or any of the chicks they've thrown their way) could serve as the "others": Gay boys who are and know that they too hot for their small town and have to have sex 24/7 in that bed. Furry Aaron being fondled by Chris was HOT!!! The fur brings out his talent.
4) 4 injections of antibiotics a day??? WTF? I know that the current scribes need to find a way to include a syringe in every single episode, but let's give the guy a drip and sue Memorial Hospital as it takes failing nursing student Ali to determine that maybe shot-gun victim might need antibiotics. Classic soap moment so I smile. More shirtless Aaron.
5) It was great to see so many outdoor shots in varied locations. Props go out to my maligned Chris Goutman as the remote shoots in this episode were as good as they've been. Light years ahead of when all we got were the stairs and the same tired background was presented as the farm/Bab's cabin/secret cabin/and even Montana when Carly was "dying."
6) Live jazz at The Lake View?
OK, it's never happened (even when the Lake View actually had a dining area) but I'll work with it.
Lucinda must be having some memory problems (possibly based on Craig having poisoned her twice - last time it was chocolates) thinking of the old days at the Mona Lisa... Yes new fans, in the old days Lisa owned a swank eating establishment and used to break out into song & dance a little too often and looked like something into what resembled Nathan Lane's show in The Birdcage. Pretty unintentionally funny and lots of feathers.
7) HL being called "hot" by daddy. Embarrassing. HL knows that he's all looks already, but was at his hottest when naked in the on-call room. Or "buck naked" as Aaron made reference to several times. Me thinks the writers are having some fun with the audience as "Chraaron" is providing more laughs for me than Nuke.
8) Oh Nuke - God bless them. They got a kiss, a little talk, and Van's imperfectly perfect teeth/smiling face telling Noah that he wanted to have sex with him. I am going with the flow and just pretend that Nuke is like those couples who can't read one another if their lives depended on it. "A real date?" Nuzzling by the Snyder pond and some hand/
over the pantspackageholding would have been more fun, but at least no toxicity today.9) The mole on Fily's arm? Mike having the same Jeff Prost from Survivor like shirt in every possible puke green/brown color? The heels on the lasses at the farm? Henry's colorful shirt collection? The Ryans both having dye jobs on the same day? Lucinda sporting a hot blonde look? Bonnie multi-tasking? Shrek getting what looks like the same brief case with about the same loot that was confiscated from Babs by Clarice last week? A black guy on the show, even if a high level thug?
10) No Parker, Faithless, Gnat, or almost talk about "the children."
Now time for the non-fun tragedies in motion...
A) Metro - That place is as tired as Java after it closes, but you gotta love
notthese cheesy writers making la grand dame break into The Charleston with Greg Nelson wearing a faux Chanel frock that did not travel well from the office to the "club." Calling PR designers from last week... Screw Brook Shields and her Cashmere Mafia and give the outfits to La Walsh.B) As much I adore my Lucinda, did they have to pick the only actor/actress/door knob that she has had no chemistry to speak of. I am bummed as TPTB are missing the boat with "Brian" as Lucinda used to have a masseur who was like 25 and I thought that they were hot. Dusty and Lucinda? HOT and never explored. She got him to smile once a year. It's not the age difference at play. Lucinda needs a hip guy (older or even half her age) as the Brian character and portrayer are too Michael J. Fox unsexy to really create some heat. No hate letters as I loved Greg and Jenny and remember crazy bat Sylvia Miles playing a would-be pornographer drugging innocent Jenny when she ran off to "New York' to model.
C) Brian/Nuke - It smells real bad and I have a feeling that Luke will play the subservient good grandson in a storyline that will be joy-free at best and will do little to bring Nuke closer. I am not talking sex here, but just some carefree romance as there is no need for bells and whistles. Just say no to "plot." It's as easy as that for these guys.
D) Shrek and the mob - Yawn and more of the same. Give Paul and his gal-pal a rest.
Dialogue in a few weeks:
Meg: You lied to me Paul
Paul: But I love you, promised to take care of you, and wanted your mom's approval
Meg: By putting all of our lives in danger and ......... _______ It's over. (Of course it's not) Even more boring/annoying than Nuke's "storylines."
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Lots To Cover....
..... geez, does the show realize how boring the Ali/Aaron/Chris triangle is? It's just so dull. The show is trying to present Ali/Chris as this star crossed couple who just need to get it together and Aaron as the interloper. Lack of chemistry makes me no buy it one bit. But one of the worst parts of this story is that there are years and years of history between these three characters that the show never plays upon and barely mentions. You'd never guess that Ali and Chris were once engaged and expecting a baby. Back then one of the major problems in their relationship was that Chris was about 10 years older than Ali, something the show made a big deal about. Ali was a bubble headed teenager and she acted like one. Of course now with the recasts they're all the same age. And why did Ali and Chris break up? Because he cheated on her with Em. Again, it's like all that history never happened. But even if they did use it, it still wouldn't be interesting.
I was shocked to see all that hair on Aaron's chest because in the past the show has always made him shave his chest. Aaron used to be shirtless a lot (back when he was a garage mechanic) and he was always smooth.
The show is using location shoots more and more. And while it looks nice and add reality to the show, it creates havoc with continuity. Luke, Noah, Lucinda and Brian were ending their evening but it was midday in the rest of Oakdale. Paul actaully travelled through time because he was at Metro the same time as Luke and company, but went back to the farm where it was day again.
Oh God, I remember the Mona Lisa and Lisa's breaking out into song. And I don't remember it fondly.
Say what you will about Luke and Noah, but they were as sweet and adorable as can be, especially at the scene at Java. Noah doesn't often treat Luke with any sense of consideration, so it's nice to see. However, Noah was at Java so why did his boss need to phone him? He wasn't on site? And exactly what roles will Luke and Noah serve at the foundation? Luke's made it clear he's going to be involved with the project as will Noah. But what are they doing to do? But at least they'll have offices. I was afraid they'd hold all business meetings over coffee at Java.
I'm not getting Lily and Mike. Sometimes in life you actually are alone for awhile before you start dating, especially in a marriage that lasted as long as Holden and Lily's did. The thing is Mike is aware of the Holden and Lily's history. They ALWAYS wind up back together. I can't believe he would even get in the middle of that. Then again, Mike was always a bit of a slut and Lily is giving it up easily.
Yes, thank God we didn't have to deal with Liberty and Parker. However, on Wednesday we won't be so lucky. But at least they won't be having sex.
I actually don't think the show went looking for an actor who had chemistry with Liz Hubbard since I don't believe a romance for Lucinda is what this story is about. The show wanted a name actor for the role and he's a friend of Chris Goutman's. Done and done. That said, Larry Lau is a good actor and I've always liked him, but he is not sexy. That's why I'm hoping Brian doesn't turn out to be a closet case looking to Lucinda as a beard while he chases Luke around the conference table. Though I wouldn't be shocked if that's how this all shakes out.
Can this show give Paul and Meg (and us) a rest? They NEVER have downtime. They are never without an in your face front burner storyline. Everybody on this show, even Carly has had periods where they weren't on the front lines storywise. But not Paul and Meg. They went from the never ending Quad of Doom to the Mike/Meg/Paul/Sofie quad to Sofie's murder, then the Rick Decker thing, now the loan shark story, Meg's pregnant and James is back next week! ENOUGH!
Lily's Boob
Lily had something on her left boob for the entire show. It looks like she brushed up against something and no one had the courtesy to tell her or clean it off between shots.
From now on, the show really needs to reserve the remote shots for Aaron, Chris and Nuke skinny-dipping in Snyder's pond or at the Yacht Club.
Well I does not surprise me as poor Lily has been trying to.....
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Nickname question
i knew where "Ice Truck Killer" came from, but where did "Lady Drumstick" come from?
You really need to have a glossery of nicknames (and their meanings) available. While some ("Hotprechaun") need no explanation, others do.
Lady Drumstick...
I believe the first time Brian saw Lucinda she was eating an ice cream cone. Hence, Lady Drumstick. Lucinda was on her way to the hospital to see Luke (when he was paralyzed) when she ran into Dusty. Of course, she never made it to the hospital.
Actually, I believe she did make it, but she left to chase after Holden to tell him to stop fighting with Lily. Oddly enough, that was last October/November and Holden and Lily are pretty much still having the same arguement.