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- port-charles-digest Sunday, May 31 1998 Volume 01 : Number 048
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- Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 15:53:09 -0400
- From: "Julie E. Saker" <jesaker@compuserve.com>
- Subject: GH/PC: oh...my...god..........
-
- okay, now i know there are HORDES of people who disagree
- with me, but i just have to say it....
-
- yesterday.
-
- sonny and brenda.
-
- ten seconds, two words, and two looks...
-
- AND THAT'S ALL IT TOOK!!!!
-
- but seriously--when they looked into each other's eyes? i could
- FEEL the chemistry, all over again. i could physically feel it.
- AMAZING.
-
- i know, i know, it's not gonna happen. and i know, brenda's been
- beyond unbearable lately. (lately? try the past few years...) and =
-
- even more, i know there's no WAY renaldo, or pete, or whoever, =
-
- would have let brenda into the penthouse in the first place. but
- i'm willing to overlook all of that (or at least i was, for that one
- brief shining s&b moment) and THAT is the magic of sonny and
- brenda! :)
-
- (for real...am i just HOPELESS, or did anyone else out there
- feel it, too? it was like a tingling, butterflies-in-my-stomach type
- feeling, as soon as they looked into each other's eyes. sick,
- huh? :)
-
- julie
-
- p.s. could we really be this lucky? is kat gonna die?!?!? <sigh>
- probably not... =
-
-
- p.s.s. seems to me if they took the wardrobe/dancing lessons budget
- from the bacchanalia, we could have had one AMAZING location
- shoot...
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 15:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
- From: Geri Fosseen <living-with-lyme@rocketmail.com>
- Subject: Re: GH/PC: oh...my...god..........
-
- Hi all...
-
- Well, my last spoilers went over like a lead bomb, but still I'll
- shoot off one more in response to something Julie asked... :)
-
- - ---"Julie E. Saker" <jesaker@compuserve.com> wrote:
-
- > p.s. could we really be this lucky? is kat gonna die?!?!? <sigh>
- > probably not...
-
- S
- P
- O
- I
- L
- E
- R
- S
- P
- A
- C
- E
- H
- E
- R
- E
- So, in the latest Soap Opera Digest there is this bizarre comment from
- Guza, "Katherine is dead, but all that's happening is the character is
- dying," hints Guza ominously. "That does not mean anything more than
- the character is dying."
-
- I'm sorry, I've always assumed I had a pretty good grasp of the
- English language but not when Guza talks!!! What the %!#@#%!#$# does
- that mean??? On NW Afternoon, someone speculated that Helena had
- given Kat whatever Stefan had doped up Laura's mom with all those
- years and that eventually she'd be back...but that doesn't track with
- this bizarre statement from Guza.
-
- Dunno....vedy, vedy confusing!!! :)
-
- As for Brenda/Sonny/Jax, I was impressed with the Sonny and Brenda
- scene, and I was most pleased with two things - for once, Jax didn't
- go running after Brenda when he figured out where she was, and two,
- Brenda told him the truth. What a refreshing change! Almost like
- grown-ups! LOL!!! Also, Sonny telling Jason what had happened was
- very poignant. I agree with Julie on suspending disbelief - not only
- would Renaldo NEVER have let her in, but come on, if you were in
- hiding, would you answer the cotton-pickin' phone?!?!?!?! Puh-leeze!
- ;~)
-
- That's all I've got....
-
- ==
- Take Care...Geri
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- --Chuck Lorre
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- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 22:56:46 -0600
- From: Rebecca <rdfoster@uswest.net>
- Subject: Re: GH/PC: oh...my...god..........
-
- Julie E. Saker wrote:
- >
- > okay, now i know there are HORDES of people who disagree
- > with me, but i just have to say it....
- >
- > yesterday.
- >
- > sonny and brenda.
- >
- > ten seconds, two words, and two looks...
- >
- > AND THAT'S ALL IT TOOK!!!!
- >
- > but seriously--when they looked into each other's eyes? i could
- > FEEL the chemistry, all over again. i could physically feel it.
- > AMAZING.
- >
- Julie, I for one agree- they do have amazing chemistry. I look at it
- from maybe a different point of view-- I sorta lived the Swiss Cheese
- version of S&B- full of holes from sporadic viewing. I was really sad
- when Lily died, for example. And boy that did NOT go over well with
- most people I knew watching it at that time. But these scenes today
- were exceptionally well done and I was very emotionally involved, which
- is a huge credit to the actors, as I was *not* entirely involved as the
- story was originally unfolding. Of course, Maurice Bernard has me
- transfixed simply by being on the screen, so I am willing to concede
- that may have something to do with it. :) I really thought these scenes
- were beautifully done though. I also give big kudos to Tyler
- Christopher for doing a crying scene which was, IMHO, believable and not
- at all snarky or sappy or painful to watch. I loved the understatement
- of it. The whole dichotomy of today's show was especially evident in
- that scene, where Nik is crying on his uncle's shoulder while Alexis
- looks on in horror as she realizes just what she has helped do. As
- well, the contrast between S&B vs. S&J was clearly evident (although I
- am not a Jax fan, there I've said it!, I liked the honesty as well
- between the characters). Stefan's living statue routine gets to me a
- little, and I felt that again today. But Jason being supportive, gotta
- love that, and the joking between he and Robin of the Glass Slipper was
- especially cute. Everything in this ep seemed in direct opposition to
- something else and I liked that. Except for the whole Alan thing-- they
- may as well have not existed today in this world for all I cared. Well,
- here is my $2.00. Thoughts?
-
- Rebecca
-
-
-
- >
- >
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 09:32:58 -0400
- From: "Julie E. Saker" <jesaker@compuserve.com>
- Subject: Re: GH/PC: oh...my...god..........
-
- Message text written by INTERNET:port-charles@lists.xmission.com
-
- > p.s. could we really be this lucky? is kat gonna die?!?!? <sigh>
- > probably not... =
-
- >
- >S
- >P
- >O
- >I
- >L
- >E
- >R
- >S
- >P
- >A
- >C
- >E
- >H
- >E
- >R
- >E
- >So, in the latest Soap Opera Digest there is this bizarre comment from
- >Guza, "Katherine is dead, but all that's happening is the character is
- >dying," hints Guza ominously. "That does not mean anything more than
- >the character is dying."
-
- oh lord. you're right--the man DOESN'T speak english! :)
-
- but i'll throw in my speculation, which i DESPERATELY hope is wrong. in
- true soap opera form, that could mean one of two things--katherine is
- dying,
- but mary beth evans (is that her name?) is staying as someone else (can =
-
- we say "long lost twin?" GAG!) OR....katherine is dying, and mary beth
- evans
- is staying as a ghost, or a portrait, or whatever. (double gag!) rememb=
- er
- when
- edward disappeared and lila talked to that stupid portrait for YEARS...an=
- d
- it
- talked back?!? other than that...i haven't a CLUE what the man could
- mean...
-
- also, i apologize for the double-post earlier--haven't the foggiest clue
- how
- that happened. guess i was just over-excited! :)
-
- (i haven't seen yesterday's ep yet, so i can't comment on the s&b scene..=
- =2E)
-
- julie
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 20:20:17 -0700
- From: Taiyin <sigmund@xmission.com>
- Subject: Re: GH/PC: A question and then some comments--
-
- At 11:19 PM 5/21/98 -0600, Rebecca wrote:
- >don't want to be crude or anything, but I understood from the GH
- >anniversary special that she had a mastectomy? It just didn't look like
- >it from that dress she was wearing today-- did I get the wrong
- >impression? I wasn't watching GH at that time--
-
- It just occured to me: I don't remember seeing an answer to this question.
-
- Yes, Monica did have a masectomy. And then about six month or so later she
- had reconstructive surgery.
-
- >and Robin--and as for Sonny- I forgot how much he added to the show-
-
- Oh man, you're not kidding there!
-
- >love the relationship between he and Jason-- they have such great
- >chemistry together. And Sonny comes back from who knows where and
- >proceeds to make lunch- too cool!
-
- Heh heh heh. That's cuz Sonny-boy is a food snob and would rather have his
- fingernails removed with pliars than eat cold, leftover pizza. Yet one
- more reason I love that man. :-)
-
- >Christophori's Dream-- (the Kat and Bat music) I am getting sick of
- >it-- can we please have something else???
-
- Like Kat having a breakdown and then falling over a balcony?
-
- >Lucky and Liz-- what I like about them is that I am enough of an adult
- >to see where Audrey would be upset, but enough a kid to see how much Liz
- >needed him there and see their side of things-- I like that I don't feel
- >one or the other is completely correct--and they are just too cute,
-
- Well, I can see why Audrey would be upset about being lied to and I can
- understand her not approving, but they way she keeps trying to herd Liz
- into some sort of denial and avoidance about her rape is really
- infuriating. And so, for me, Audrey's total lack of acknowledgement that
- Lucky is the only person that can make Lizzie feel safe is a major sore point.
-
- I don't have too much empathy with Audrey these days.
-
- >Venus-- she practically jumps off the screen she has so much presence--
- >why oh why doens't she have anything to do???
-
- I don't know, but one of my ABSOLUTE favorite moments of the ball last week
- was Ned catching her pulling up her skirt. Cracked me up. She is one of
- the absolute best things about the show, and I wish they'd use her.
-
- >Thanks for keeping with me this far- hope no one's asleep yet :)
-
- No chance. There is nothing I love more than lots of conversation. <g>
-
- Taiyin
- TONY: "I think the high point for me was when he did the tango
- with my wife in front of half of Port Charles and I punched his lights
- out." KEVIN: "And that's what I would classify as a healthy response.
- LUKE: Spoken like a true shrink." KEVIN: "No, spoken like a man
- who's thrown a few of his own healthy responses lately."
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:16:46 -0400
- From: "Julie E. Saker" <jesaker@compuserve.com>
- Subject: GH/PC: i can't believe i'm saying this...
-
- okay, you guys better sit down for this one, because i for one
- can't believe i'm going to say this, but...i was WRONG, WRONG,
- WRONG!!! i'm sorry, mr. guza, for doubting you, and for getting
- you confused with your completely incompetent predecessors.
- i was blinded by the travesty they created, and had NO faith
- in your ability to right past wrongs...and i was wrong.
-
- i finally got to watch tuesday's ep last night, with the sonny/brenda
- scene--and, even though i anticipated hating it LOOOOONG before
- i watched it, and had my teeth clenched against the inevitable as
- the episode started...guza came through! it was amazing! specifically..=
- =2E
-
- brenda. thank god--where has that girl been hiding for the past =
-
- three or four years?!? she did it. she said what needed to be said,
- she did what needed to be done, and she stood her ground while
- doing it. i was SHOCKED. in fact (and i REALLY can't believe i'm
- saying THIS) i think vanessa marcil did a better job than maurice
- in those scenes. she made it abundantly clear that doing the wrong
- thing is ALWAYS wrong, even if it's done for the right reasons, and
- she told sonny WHY. she told him that the ends don't justify the means
- when it comes to hurting someone you love. and yet, she also
- acknowledged that despite sonny's boneheaded departure, she
- could never hate him. (i WAS a little disappointed that she didn't
- go as far as he eventually did, in admitting she'd always love him,
- but i'll take what i can get at this point). and, even more miraculous,
- when he kissed her, SHE was the one who pulled away. BEAUTIFUL.
-
- sonny--his EYES. he didn't say much, and what he did say was a
- bit too glib most of the time, for my taste, but his eyes said it all. h=
- e
- really HEARD brenda, and understood what she was saying. for
- the first time, he really understood what he did to her when he left,
- which was something he desperately needed to see. and even
- better, he was ASHAMED by what he did...as he should be. i wish he =
-
- could have opened up a bit more with brenda, as he eventually did
- with jason, but again...i'll take what i can get. also, i was happy he
- finally told brenda the truth--even if it still wasn't the WHOLE truth
- (In my opinion, he should have told her about the guy who was =
-
- threatening her, in addition to sharing the dream). but it was a =
-
- long-overdue explanation, and i'm glad he gave it.
-
- now, not to say that some things didn't piss me off. for example, =
-
- brenda making a beeline for jax. i would have been happier if
- that part had been saved for the next episode. but i understand
- that it's the exact same thing that happened when jax and brenda
- broke up the last time and brenda ran straight for sonny--of course,
- i thought it was cruel (to the viewers) then, too, but...
-
- also, i thought they were a little more dismissive of the s&b relationshi=
- p
- than i would have liked. all the talk about how young brenda was
- (while true) and how sometimes you don't want what makes you
- happy, but what brings you the highest highs and the lowest lows
- (while also true) seemed to me to have the effect of slightly invalidatin=
- g
- s&b's relationship...but at the same time i'm not furious about that, =
-
- because overall i think they tried to do justice to it. when sonny
- was saying good-bye, and that he hoped she'd have all the things
- he wanted to give her, love, and a life without fear, and she said
- she had them but was still crying at the same time--that made me =
-
- feel a little better about it all...that they were at least acknowledging=
-
- the loss they were both experiencing. all in all, i was VERY impressed.
- given the constraints guza had to work with (being unable to undo =
-
- the past, and not having them end up together) i think he did the
- best he could in doing justice to s&b, and giving them the closure
- they SOOOO didn't get last time around. and while i'm still annoyed
- by the concept of bringing sonny back solely to facilitate the j&b
- relationship.....i didn't hate it. and considering how SURE i was
- that i would, that's high praise indeed! :)
-
- all that, and he killed kat, too? can we nominate guza for sainthood? :=
- )
-
- julie
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 01:00:41 -0600
- From: Rebecca <rdfoster@uswest.net>
- Subject: GH/PC: Lucky/Liz-Where were they?
-
- Question and possible spoiler, so...
-
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
-
- In a spoiler page I read, it said that Lucky and Liz would get trapped
- in a dept. store-- is that where they were today?? Because I didn't
- know dept. kept water and gas on in their display depts.! Also, the
- spoilers said that they would do a little smoocheroo at the ball- I
- missed a day- did this happen? Thanks!
-
-
- Rebecca
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:39:15 -0400
- From: "Julie E. Saker" <jesaker@compuserve.com>
- Subject: GH/PC: Lucky/Liz-Where were they?
-
- Message text written by INTERNET:port-charles@lists.xmission.com
- >Question and possible spoiler, so...
-
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
-
- > In a spoiler page I read, it said that Lucky and Liz would get
- trapped
- >in a dept. store-- is that where they were today?? Because I didn't
- >know dept. kept water and gas on in their display depts.! Also, the
- >spoilers said that they would do a little smoocheroo at the ball- I
- >missed a day- did this happen? Thanks!
-
- i didn't see them kiss, and i don't THINK i missed anything--although i h=
- ad
- heard a spoiler that they'd have a romantic time at the dance, or somethi=
- ng
- like that, which confused me too because i wouldn't describe their scene=
- s
- together that way, yet.
-
- as for where they are, i SINCERELY doubt it's a department store (for the=
-
- reasons
- you mentioned) but i was confused as to where they are too (and even more=
- =
-
- confused about why they haven't MENTIONED where they are). my first =
-
- thought was that the set looked very familiar--i think it reminds me of t=
- he
- kitchen,
- i assume at mac's house, from back when robin and stone were dating, and =
- we
- saw a lot of mac/robin fights there? could be wrong though, since they
- COULDN'T
- be at mac's house. anyone have a clue where they are...and why on earth,=
-
- if =
-
- they ARE in someone's house, they slept on benches in the kitchen rather
- than
- a couch or a bed somewhere???
-
- julie
-
- - -
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 17:58:12 -0700
- From: lilyp215@juno.com (Lynda T Phan)
- Subject: GH/PC: Cassadines
-
- What is the relationship between Mikkos, Stavros, Helena, and Stefan?
- Thanks in advance.
-
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