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ATWT video clip update: "Stop or my Mom Won't Brake!"
Today on As the World Turns, Luke and Noah make fast friends with the latest farm resident, Uncle Jack's floozy girlfriend, Janet. (aka Juicy Damnit!). The boys are surprised that Janet and Jack are having sex right there under Grandma Emma's roof. The shameless (though practical) hussy suggest that they ignore Emma's strict "gay boys in separate bedrooms" policy and find a way to mess around. "Rules are made to be broken," she says. By the boys' expressions you can see they are taking that advice to heart. This is not going to end well, I think. Uh, doesn't Momma Lily own a hotel in town? If they need some alone time why doesn't Luke just swipe a room key from the front desk? Later Luke gets called to the hospital where he finds out his Mom tried to run over Carly (aka Quaker Oats Lady). Momma Lily has her panties in a murderous bunch because Holden admitted to having an affair with Carly.
Holden tries to explain things to his son, but will Luke be more forgiving than his Mother? Find out in today's clips after the break.... Clip 1 Clip 2 If you missed it, be sure and check out Brian's liveblog from earlier today. As always, you can find earlier clips, liveblogs, and other goodies over on our ATWT Resource Page. Submitted by on Fri, 2008-07-18 16:29. |
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Hotel downtown?
What about the apartment Noah managed to swing for his FEMALE partner? What about the dorm room where Noah lived at the same college that Luke goes to (thus making him eligible to be Noah's roommate?) What about the fact that Luke is independently wealthy and could afford a villa in Spain? Noooo they have to live in the one and only place in Oakdale where nookie is verbotten. GRRRRR
Sorry :)
Get before the ball
The writing has been behind the ball instead of in front of it ever since they got their nuts clipped when Luke and Noah kissed. At this point they should have been at this point over a month ago, or just before Martha left at that least. They have been looking at the audience reactions but making very poor predictions. How else do we explain the horrific ratings?
What have we got going on the Nuke story-line now?
I haven't wanted to take the recent bait, the bait being that Nuke are going to remain celibate. But it is fun to be upset about it, right? I'm guessing the boys are going to do the dirty and get caught if just so the
wingnutsEmma can fret over how they're suppose to react.I'd write it like this:
If you're still watching, you'll see how they screw this next item up.
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Jack Snyder
Jack is a moron. Of course he can arrest Lily. Ever heard of attempted murder, Detective Snyder?
Although I do give Jack props for throwing Holden's hypocrisy in Holden's face when Jack mentioned Lily's affair with Dusty.
However, still no nookie for Nuke. Hope they take Janet's advice and just break those damned rules Emma set up otherwise known as the writers' lame cockblockers.
What a tease.....
How cool would it have been for Fily to actually hit Carly by "accident," with a little Whatever Happened the Baby Jane venom as Fily takes care of her "best friend." Only friend actually as neither has any so they paired them off.
This tepid little day after bit in a canvas that recently had Sofie buried next to to the all-knowing bride and groom? The latter provided for some macabre laughs while the show's current leading and most explosive storyline got no immediate mileage from the revelation? No repeated slaps, hair-pulling, syringes, Meg's nursing skills, and yet another Nukisode.
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Smashing.....
Thursday's cliffhanger was smashing, stupedous, superb. It's one of the best ones I've seen in a long, long time. As usual, however, ATWT bungled it by revealing the conclusion mere seconds later in the promo for the next episode. It would've been better to tease every other story BUT the Holden/Carly drama and let viewers wonder what the hell happened with Holden/Carly/Lily.
In fact, ATWT bungled the whole scenario and this is a perfect illustration of what's wrong with this show. Folks gripe because the show rushes Luke and Noah from plot point to plot point and resolve issues in one episode or two when in fact, they do it with EVERYONE. Chris and Ali's sexual harassment trial should be grist several episodes of drama, but it was presented in one episode. So was Parker's murder trial, IIRC. This week Tom takes Em to court over custody of Daniel. This should be an dirty, mud slinging ugly trial where all the vets act out years and years of bad blood and should play out over at least a week with plenty of gripping moments. Instead, the whole thing will be resolved in one episode (Wednesday).
And Friday's show is another example. In the old days, would've seen the aftermath of the accident, Lily swerving at the last minute, crashing. Holden and Carly rushing to the wreckage to rescue Lily, Lily being rushed to the hospital. Family members arriving and wondering what happened while Lily is being tended to. Holden and Carly looking guilty and whispering in corners while the family keeps asking what happened with concern and suspicion. And then the doctors come out with word on Lily's condition. That would be the end of Friday's show and we'd pick up with things on Monday.
And this week? Cole kidnaps Babs, reveals himself as the killer of Sofie. Paul and Meg rescue Babs. Cole tries to steal drugs from the hospital. Meg catches him and gets shot for her trouble. She is rushed into surgery, is quickly pronouced fine. The family gathers and Paul and Meg are married again with family members present. And all this plays out in the span of 3 episodes!
My point is, slow down, play out the drama, don't feel the need to rush, rush, rush.
Absolutely! Slow down...
Anthony - I couldn't agree with you more. When I first started watching the show in the late 80s the storylines just crawled. Occasionally they went TOO slow, but it was much better than the slapdash of today. Perhaps the classic one from my earliest days was the issue of Lily's real father. They built that one up for months. But when it finally exploded, OMG, it was worth the wait. And then the aftermath went on for a VERY long time as well, and was well worth the pace.
And you're right about trials. In the "good old days" a trial would drag on for a couple of weeks at least. Indeed, some went too long, but there's no reason to swing from one extreme to the other. I think they're assuming short attention spans of modern viewers, and, quite frankly, there's certainly some truth in that. But the comments here imply that there are many, many people who savor good drama, good characterizations, and steady pacing.
Nice scenario, Nukely but --
wouldn't it be better if Grandma Emma found Nuke asleep wrapped in each other's arms -- naked save for a strategically tossed sheet?
Then she could be outraged AND get an attack of the Guilts, cause the boys look so adorable together. Soaps THRIVE on mixed emotions and a conflicted Grandma Emma could go on for days. WEEKS if necessary. She wants to tell someone, but who? Cause after all wouldn't their reaction be "So?"
Grandma Emma
Emma's Pathos
I doubt that Emma would find two grown men naked and in bed together "adorable." That's the whole point of this. Besides, Emma is the salt of the earth, I can't imagine her going on for days about anything at all, except being betrayed and she'd want to get to the bottom of that right away, too..
Well one of them would have ALREADY gotten to the bottom!
NO WAY!
No way. Luke's a TOTAL bottom! No only does their physicality suggest this but it seems to me that the writers are essentially scripting Luke's character as the more female of the two.
Except for one thing...
...Noah seems to be the one who keeps putting the brakes on having sex. Which leads me to think he's the "gatekeeper".
I don't view "top/bottom" as "Male/female", but that's just me-I suppose I'm in a minority on that.
Right, and 2 things
First, being a bottom has nothing whatsoever to do with who is more "female"; in fact, most of the bottoms I've known in my life were/are very butch, and plenty of the tops were/are queens for days.
2nd, I'd like to think that Luke and Noah are like many gay men--completely versatile. I enjoy both with equal abandon...it's not that unusual.
I know what you mean
...Noah seems to be the one who keeps putting the brakes on having sex. Which leads me to think he's the "gatekeeper".
I don't view "top/bottom" as "Male/female", but that's just me-I suppose I'm in a minority on that.
I know what you mean, but I guess my thought was "bottom" as "female" in the same way that "male" means insertive and "female" means receptive even in the non-sexual world of electonics.
I agree that it's nice to play on the fact that they are both male in that Luke is the one applying pressure for them to have sex, which is a traditional male role. But overall I think the way Van plays this part suggests that Luke is more a bottom than top-- watch the way he changes Luke's physicallity around Noah-- it's more demure, more coy. He leans back more often than leans forward. Jake is playing Noah as the used-to-be-straight guy, so he tends to be the one who is more traditionally masculine in the physical contact thus far (I'm thinking about the fact that just about every time they've kissed, it's Noah initiating it, Luke receiving it; I'm thinking the towel-clad horseplay at the farm, Noah ends up on top).
That said, I think it's much more interesting for these characters --if they ever actually have sex-- to be suggested as versatile. But if I were a betting man I'd say Luke's the vase, Noah's the flowers. So to speak...
Nukes Sexual Roles
Their sexual roles and preferences probably should never come up in the story-line. Just like the fact that margo has a strap-on in her night stand and Tom enjoys wearing 6" heeled ballerina boots. Even though we know it's true, it never seems to come up in the story arcs.
If I were writing the back story, Nuke would be versatile. However, there is a question that every gay couple seems to be asked at one time or another: Who's the man and who's the woman. I don't think that people are always asking about sex when they want to know that. They are asking about roles, because the duties for a straight couple are all ready mapped out, for the most part. They want to know who fixes the garbage disposal and who worries about thread count when you're buying sheets? (it's like asking 'who wears the pants?') In that case, the writers have made it very clear that Luke is the Woman, and Noah would be expected to take out the garbage.
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Well if they're both bottoms then sex is out.
Could it be that the ultimate obstacle for Nuke is. . . . themselves? Tune in again (and again and again and again....)
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Guys, guys, guys, - I mean really, are you kidding me? There is NO NUKE! In eleven months...yes, guys, it truly is 11 months since that one kiss, how many times have Luke & Noah even touched each other...besides the odd kissing I mean?
Well, yes, there have been some platonic hugs and some truly "meaningful" winks & nods...just kidding - no seriously, these two, extremely handsome, gorgeous guys just can't bear (bare?) to touch each other in any kind of sensual, romantic way - and no, I'm not even talking about sex (although what a refreshing change that would be!).
Until and unless (more & more doubtful with each passing eleven months) they actually make a physical connection...yes, I am talking about bare skin to bare skin, there is, as stated at the beginning, NO NUKE, in my humble opinion. And do I think this is sad? Most assuredly, I weap for what this story might have been - except, of course, one must remember that this is a soap.
So, ciao for now,
amadeus