Liveblogging "As the World Turns": It's Ameera's party and she'll bore us to tears if she wants to
So today an already disastrous storyline gets even more thrilling when Nameera and Cake plan a birthday party for Ameera. So what kind of party does one throw for a sham wife from another country who has designs on her gay husband and a questionable past? One word: Pinata! Okay, there probably won't be a pinata, and body shots and a Strip-A-Gram are probably out of the question. Actually, considering the underwhelming production values lately, the kids will likely have to reuse the party festoonery from Brad and Katie's ill-attended engagement party a few weeks ago. Sorry, Ameera ... it's a hard candy Christmas. Will Ameera's bridezilla birthday demands finally open Noah's eyes to the fact that he's married to a sociopath? Will Luke hire an ICE agent to jump out of her cake? Click on through the jump and refresh to find out, as it happens! UPDATE: Ladies and gentlemen, we have liplock!
More after the jump... Happy Birthday to Me ... Happy Birthday to Me ... 2:55PM EDT: Noah comes home and Ameera is tarted up, as expected. How will he react? We cut back after a hilarious fight scene (more on that in a minute) and Noah tells her that she looks great but that's not what he wants, that he's been with women and it didn't work. Ameera says, "you haven't been with me" and she plants one on him. Meanwhile, over at Emily's office, some guy she apparently slandered in her paper charges into her office, throws Casey against the wall, tosses coffee on her computer, and threatens her with a lead statue. Seriously? Same thing happens every time I write about Richard Simmons, I swear. Oh, hold on - someone's ringing my doorbell... Preview Time! Luke tells Noah and Ameera that he thinks he should move in. Atta boy! Way to grow a pair. 2:52PM EDT: I rewatched the kiss. (Duh...) Noah looks around, and Luke asks "What about the ICE?", and Noah touches noses with him (Eskimo kiss?) and pulls him over to the wall and lays one on him. Then another, then another. There's a kind of gross, kind of hot spit strand after they part (hey, I'm the guy who won't touch his food, remember? ISSUES.) and they kiss real quick again, then they part, presumably for Noah to go find his wife all Sex and the Citied out and Luke to go hump a fire hydrant.
2:50PM EDT: Okay, I'm still getting over the kiss. Out of nowhere, and very sweet. Good for them. But even better is that immediately following the kiss, there was an extended commercial for Richard Simmons' Sweatin' to the Oldies DVD collection. What, the boys kiss and there's no more Christian anthems? Seriously, they had to have planned this. 2:45PM EDT: The Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle confronts Ice Truck Killer while he's at lunch and tosses the fake love note onto his club sandwich, which would drive me absolutely NUTS. He let paper touch his food! Then again, I eat cookies with a knife and fork. Meanwhile, AFD and BO get into a spat on-air where she accuses him of sleeping with the entire Chicago Bulls cheerleading squad. Trying... not... to let... mind... wander... Luke and Noah wander around together and talk about how nice it is to wander around together. They of course realize that they feel about 120 pounds lighter than usual and start panicking that Ameera isn't with him. Luke calls Noah a "stand-up guy". Uh, yeah - that's part of the problem. Standing up is all he can do! OOH OOH! Ameera gets a hot makeover montage! She lets her hair down and puts on lipstick and -- THEY KISSED! Luke and Noah kised! HOLY EFF!! Yes, Luke and Noah kiss in public. YAY! We'll reset our clock now, thanks. 2:38PM EDT: Okay, Casey is officially my favorite character on this show now. He tells his mom to lay off and stop harassing his boss. You tell her, tiger! Luke and Noah meet back up with Ameera. She says that she'll meet Noah at home, that she forgot that she had to do something. Luke and Noah don't find this the least bit odd despite the fact that she's normally attached to Noah like an alien facehugger, and they go home. Ameera goes into the store that Luke and Noah just visited and asks the dayplayer behind the counter for her help. 2:32PM EDT: Okay, this Lean Cuisine commercial with the women talking about "losing themselves in a chicken Philly" sounds uncomfortably reminiscent to Luke and Noah's "meat sandwich" conversation from the Oakdale Frisky Gay Hot Tub Party episode...
Austin From Days and The Blonde Obstacle's live broadcast is interrupted by the Blonde Obstacle's Obstacle! I love when people live up to their nicknames. 2:29PM EDT: Luke wonders if buying Ameera jewelry might not be the best way to get her to cool off on the whole "you're not my real wife" thing, and Noah says he just feels bad that she's not having a proper birthday. Luke tells Noah that he's a really gullible great guy and that Ameera is lucky to have a sucker friend like him. Meanwhile, Detective Clarice Starling and Emily get into a hot sass-off, which Clarice shouting through the office that Emily used to be a hooker. Zing! Casey of course is less-than-thrilled that his mom is calling his boss a whore. (Note to self ... tell mom not to bring up Michael's past as an exotic dancer...) 2:21PM EDT: Luke meets up with Noah and of course Ameera shows up, too. She's like a remora. Noah and Luke say they need to do something without her and she's all "meow meow ICE, meow meow..." but they ditch her on Maddie Bench and head off. Casey comes along while she's sitting there and they talk about something. In the store, Luke and Noah shop for Ameera. Luke notes that he never pictured himself buying women's jewelry with Noah. Buying a house and going to Paris, yes; shopping at Kaye's ... not so much. They touch fingers covertly in the shop. Yeah, because nothing about two men shopping in a women's boutique is odd in the least. Hey -- the guy in the commercial that accidentally sucks up the drapes with the vacuum used to date a girlfriend of mine! He's Canadian.
2:16PM EDT: Casey tells his mom that in prison he learned how to answer phones, take orders, and keep his mouth shut. What, do the inmates at Oakdale Maximum have to work as operators for Fingerhut or something? And I'm rather alarmed at the implication that he didn't know how to answer a phone until he was incarcerated. I wonder if he expects there to be someone sitting across from him behind bulletproof glass every time he picks up Emily's line? Austin From Days and BO are making their producer barfy with all their lovey-doveyness, too. Thank heaven. She wants them to argue on camera or follow the script rather than just moon over one another on camera. She says that while their love may be wonderful to them, it's painfully boring to the rest of us. CHURRRRRRRCH! 2:06PM EDT: Emily and Ice Truck Killer blah blah. Sophie and Meg blah blah blah. Austin From Days and Blonde Obstacle blah blah blahbitty blah blah. God, they're just so in love I could barf. Ice Truck Killer asks Emily to drop off a love note for Mike (the Blonde Obstacle Obstacle) at the hotel, and she asks if he's in love with him. Of course, he's not. Casey, who has been hired as Emily's assistant, and he has to pick up donuts on the way to work, although he jokes about buying coke to his mother. Ameera, in fully Westernized garb (Comfort Zone?) and no scarf, is cleaning up and Noah mentions that Casey sucks for blowing them off. Noah mentions that he misses Luke and Ameera storms out, and when he presses her, she says that it's her birthday and it's really hard being away from home. She storms off to cry in the bathroom (did she watch Viva Hollywood!?), and Noah calls Luke, who is at the coffee shop studying. Luke tells him to come meet him and he'll help to buy her a present. Submitted by on Wed, 2008-04-23 13:59. |
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As The World Turns - Luke Needs A Plan
Luke says they have to find a new way to deal w/their situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueN1pcceT80
Locked, Loaded and Ready to Aim
BEST.POSTER.EVER
"She's Like a Remora"
That's a terrific line!
did you see the spit string?
I'll have to wait for the clip to go up on YT
Glory, Hallelujah!!
NUKE were finally able to kiss ON SCREEN.
Spit
Everyone's been complaining about how ATWT has been spitting on them with this storyline. It's nice to see that now they're having Nuke spit on each other - in a sexy way! (Actually, it WILL be nice to see it when I get home tonight.)
I predicted more kissing a couple of days ago. And I'm virtually guaranteeing that they wind up in bed sooner or later. (I hope it's sooner rather than later, but this IS a P&G soap. But it WILL happen.)
Screencaps, pretty please? :-))
oh, i can't wait to see today's clip. can you guys get screencaps up meanwhile :-)
brian, your liveblog's just hilarious as always.
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The Gays Of Daytime
a couple of screencaps i just made
THX! i hope you don't mind
THX! i hope you don't mind me hijacking those for below:
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The Gays Of Daytime
by all means!
Ok
TOO little, TOO late for me, thanks...
Casey
I haven't switched my fascination, but I agree with you about Casey. The funny thing is that when this new Casey first showed up I didn't like him at all. His hair was goofy and his grin seemed self conscious and also goofy. Now he has cool hair and his grin just looks sweet.
I think you can count on Emily getting him into bed. I started watching the show about the time Emily (though a different actress) seduced Paul when he was 16 or 17. So she has a history of seducing young guys.
The transformation of Casey
Casey In Peril
And then he got himself tied up with Matt and a couple of women while the bomb was ticking. A hot guy in peril! Yum!
Though is it just me, or does Casey have the LARGEST neck in comparison to his body of anyone on TV? Maybe it's just because I have a skinny neck, but his seems overgrown....
A Matt/Casey/Emily triangle!
That could be fun...I'd love to see Casey and Emily have an affair, that would be such a riot, and dontcha know Margo would explode...and then Matt can return to reclaim his prison amour!
Serious, I hope Matt returns soon...until today's Nuke liplock and the Casey/Emily/Margo scenes, I've been thoroughly uninterested in the show...really missing Matt!! Wah!!!
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YAAWWWNN, -cough- WHAT!? Finally.
It's about freakin' time.
I guess I have to start watching again. damn.
I suspect Jake is leaving the show soon then. It would be on par for ATWT et al.
Jake-no way.
Really!!!
Andy has the clip up and ready on his YT account
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR17TxyE_nk
Thank you, Andy.
I'm proud of Noah, believe it or not
Does he set her straight
NUKE has been redeemed (somewhat)
I never expected a kiss today....shocked my senses completely...but made me happy that it was a good one and really passionate.
Now get rid of the plot device and we may have lift-off!
ouch, my ear....
goddamn. I knew something was going on when my phone rang and I got this loud scream in my ear and crazy giggling..added with incoherent babbling.
I am pretty shocked. hell, VERY shocked.
...but I'm going to wait and see how many more days + months it will be till the next. wonder if the scene today was taped after the media attention.....i'm assuming it was.
Are we going to have a shark dinner?
or just h'ors d'oeuvres?
In any event it was nice to see the boys going at it. Casey continues to shine while Ameera's new look suggests she's trying out for America's Top Muslim.
WHO WILL RID US OF THIS CREATURE?
Noah, head out of the clouds please...
Okay, I need a little help here, because clearly I missed something since I started neglecting the YouTube clips of ATWT.
"It's hard being away from home" she says!?!?
I'm confused. I thought that she fled "home" because it was horrible and violent and she was impoverished and reviled by her relatives there as a bastard child. Wasn't the whole point of this sham marriage so that she wouldn't have to go back there? !
My God Noah is SUCH a tool! Also, his grasp of the obvious is breathtaking (in the time it requires to take hold). "This hasn't been easy for you" he says to Luke! DUH!!!
Luke seems to have occasional bursts of clarity now. That's a step up. Maybe he might eventually develop sufficient sentience to actually take notice of all the glaring inconsistencies in her actions and behavior.
The kisses were okay. Not great. Definitely not Ollian quality, but then you don't see VL grade same-sex kissing on U.S. daytime or primetime.
But as I've said in the past, they save the Nuke kisses for thematic purposes. They're never casual kisses like other characters have. Today we had a Nuke kiss to build up dramatic tension since Noah was subsequently going home to Ameera (who was disguised as a piano bar singer) where he was about to receive an outright play for sex. Well, it is her birthday I suppose.
Luke better be careful moving in, because he may end up getting pushed down the stairs and back into his wheelchair.
Is Nuke copying Ollian to save their audience?
My God Noah is SUCH a tool! Also, his grasp of the obvious is breathtaking (in the time it requires to take hold). "This hasn't been easy for you" he says to Luke! DUH!!!
Luke seems to have occasional bursts of clarity now. That's a step up. Maybe he might eventually develop sufficient sentience to actually take notice of all the glaring inconsistencies in her actions and behavior.
The kisses were okay. Not great. Definitely not Ollian quality, but then you don't see VL grade same-sex kissing on U.S. daytime or primetime.
Luke better be careful moving in, because he may end up getting pushed down the stairs and back into his wheelchair.
You had me rolling on the floor with that last statement! Shades of the "fairy down the hill" episode.
On another note, someone mentioned that TPTB may be getting a clue from the growing popularity of Ollian and that's why they decided they better do something with Nuke and fast. I am in total agreement since there was no hint that a kiss was this imminent that it was hastily taped and inserted. I really didn't believe that one was forthcoming even for the May sweeps. Granted we're not gonna see the intensity that Ollie and Christain display when they lock lips and other things. The crumbs that were thrown our way yesterday may have helped save the fast departing audience for Nuke. At least for now. I'm not getting too worked up over this recent liplock. Let's see what develops over the next few weeks.
BTW...
Word is that Matt, Casey's prison "squeeze" is on his way back. And not a moment too soon. Just more hot male flesh to keep us viewing! lol...
Ollian versus Nuke
Thanks dude!
I would say that Ollian may be having an affect here. The viral nature of internet phenomena has seemed to have successfully inserted Ollian into at least some of the audience's consciousness. Previously P&G were completely safe from what went on in foreign TV shows. But now the the audience is starting to see things like the Ollian storyline and are using it for a baseline. Nuke may have seemed groundbreaking when they first appeared. But then international internet posters started sharing content and the comparison was not flattering.
That said, ATWT is not going to be able to match VL. It just can't happen. American audiences may be able to cope with light kissing. But the kind of hot-n-heavy that the Germans go in for is just beyond our readiness. Although Roman and Deniz are currently in the gay doghouse over the DeVa thing, let's remember that their kissing and sex scenes were smoking hot as well. Even more so than Ollian so far. The boundary just seems further out in Germany than in the U.S.
But I do think that P&G was throwing a bone, partly because of Ollian. But even without the sudden German invasion, I think they were getting backed into a corner with the general audience disgust over the sterile nature of Nuke's relationship. It's hard to paint them as a dramatic supercouple with threats and challenges to overcome when they don't act like a real couple to begin with.
Now it will be interesting to see if they sustain this.
Ollian not really that graphic so far
While I have loved everything about the Ollian story, particularly the natural romanticism, their big scenes really haven't been that graphic; certainly not nearly as graphic as DeRo.
Their big "I love you" prelude to sex scene last month was really only sensual (and emotional, Yay!) kissing, shirt removing, and really not even any afterglow this time (unlike their first sexual encounter).
I would say that Nuke's kisses of yesterday, coupled with last weeks shirt ripping scene, was about equal to Ollian in the graphic level. This is not to say that Nuke is in any way approaching the completeness or satisfaction of the Ollian relationship, but yesterday was certainly a step in the right direction.
DeRo, Ollian and Nuke
DeRo were unquestionably hot and intense. You had no doubts about what was going on there because you saw so much of it. But that kind of thing wouldn't make it onto U.S. TV except on Logo or Here. My favorite remains the shower at Roman's place.
Ollian have been rather more tame in comparison. But I think that they win such praise because th actors Thore and Jo have done such a good job of making their kisses look very romantic and passionate, to say nothing of convincing. But I think that Ollian win favor over Nuke because we know that their kissing is leading to sex and that they are lovers.
Nuke aren't lovers. Their kisses haven't really been all that passionate considering and we know that they are not having sex, whereas it's very clear that Ollian are. Also, Ollian are fitting in a lot of flirting and romantic horseplay and that is very erotic! Seeing them chase each other around the boxing gym wearing nothing but towels and still wet from the shower was HOT!!! Nuke had a post-swimming-in-Snyder-Pond scene way back last Summer, but in their case the horseplay led to an "accidental" embrace, and Noah quickly retreated to Maddie. Ollian's wet horseplay was on-purpose, clearly enjoyed and wound up with them making out (only to get interrupted by Gregor).
In terms of pure heat DeRo is clearly on top followed by Ollian. Not sure where to place Nuke, I'd have to investigate the UK soaps first. Romance-wise I would say Ollian is in the lead, DeRo currently being in a tangled mess. Nuke is still trying to get to romance and not succeeding yet.
Graphic is in the eye of the beholder
An Excellent Point About TV Relationships
More than anything I think that gays in America are yearning to actually see gay couples on TV that are in love and happy to be so. This is new ground for us. For decades, even when we had gay characters on TV, they were usually extremely single. Or else they didn't find a partner until the end of their respective shows.
Just off the top of my head, Matt Fielding on Melrose Place never found a partner (and eventually died in a car crash). Steven Carrington on Dynasty eventually ended up with Bart Fallmont, his love interest from Season 6, but not until the series finale. Jack McPhee on Dawson's Creek ultimately ended up with Doug Witter, but again in the series finale. On Will & Grace, Will didn't really end up with Vince until the end of the last season.
Kevin and Scotty on Brothers & Sisters are unusual in that they are a relationship that was initiated at the beginning of the series, and which has developed (through numerous bumps and conflicts) during the course of the series run.
Christian and Olli are so enthralling not least because they are a relationship that has been developing and which, now that it has manifested in full force, is depicted in a very realistic manner. Thore and Jo have been able to play their characters very well, especially in scenes of physical and emotional intimacy.
Now, I admit that I'm in a minority here. I do not enjoy watching shows about people being humiliated, degraded or miserable, I prefer more upbeat entertainment. So one thing I want to see more of on TV is gay people being happy. Not being sidekicks to straight characters, yearning for love they'll never have or being victimized. Because we've already had a lot of that. The unexplored frontier is gay people being happy.
Now, I know that we cannot expect permanent happiness for Ollian, because this is a soap, and people watch soaps to see people suffer. But at least for now they are being depicted as a real, in-love young couple. And this is novel enough to follow even if it means reading subtitles.
Hard Candy Christmas
Wouldn't you know this was
Universe hates me too.
In the same boat.
Had not watched the last couple of you tube clips. Knew they were on Wednesday but thought I can catch up with the blog in a couple of days....there is no rush...not much will happen....WRONG! ugh!
Universe hates me too.
I set the DVR randomly...
Kissing technique
OK, I am just as revved by the public liplock as everyone else. But there is something about the way that Van & Jake kiss that really bugs me. And I do mean the actors not the characters.
They need to relax their freakin' jaws. I know soap opera kissing is not the same as real kissing, but it comes off as so stiff and unnatural. It's like they are afraid one of them is going to slip the other some tongue.
If they would just relax the whole thing would be a lot more convincing. Jo and Thore definitely don't have the same problem. And I'm talking about their casual kissing, not the hot and heavy stuff