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I was actually really bored yesterday watching the show. I started out watching Fish and Kyle, but ended up FF them. Then Gigi and (his name escapes me), and ended up FF them too. I never even finished watching the end of the show, which is unusual. I used to like Rex/Gigi, but the whole Stacey thing totally turned me off on all of them.
Also, if Starr and Langston get any more self-righteous and sanctimonious, I'll just give in and scream!!
Basically, I think about the only ones I care much about now are Jessica and Brody. I like Viki, but she's not on much.
I never liked Mitch and don't look forward to him coming back. He's like the ''Phoenix'' on DOOL.
Sigh, I just don't know how much longer I will bother tuning in. It's a shame, cause I really used to enjoy the soaps.//pf
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Gay male here too and I am not happy with this show. They can't hire better gay male actors? Nick is awful and Fish isn't much better. At least the real life gay one who pretends not to be gay on the show (Tuc) can act.
The whole show is ridiculous.
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I don't like the Dorian gay marriage goofiness, but OLTL is a great soap and has been for the past few years. I would compare the current run to Michael Malone's first stint as headwriter in the mid-'90s and the late '70s era when Karen Wolek was around. We should enjoy this while it lasts. AMC and GH are the pits.
You can't even compare AMC and GH with OLTL these days. Even at it's worst, ONE LIFE TO LIVE is still the best of the three (which is my only point of reference, as I don't watch the other networks and don't plan to).
Humorless, dry, and completely void of history and character driven shows, the other two shows that bookened ONE LIFE are really awful shows these days, imo. Yes, OLTL might have an episode or two a week that might be off, but even then I can almost find something to enjoy - if it's a character, a story, or some of the writing.
And, yes, the David and Dorian and the GAY MARRIAGE storyline is a bit of a campy fiasco, but I will really watch these two do and say anything to each other, because the alternative (of them not sharing scenes) is not as good. And occasionally we get scenes like the ones on Wednesday when they talked about their love for one-another - really dug it.
Not buying or enjoying all of the stuff with the gay storyline. As a straight man, I don't have a problem with gay or provacative or even agenda driven stories, and there are aspects of this one that I find amusing (because I'm curious how they plan to get out of it), however I do wish that things might be grounded just a little bit in the real world - where not every liberal gay person is virtuous and every conservative is an evil biggot.
I think it might be going there - I don't think that Nick and Amelia are SUPPOSE to be popular/good characters - classic soap characters who do the wrong things for the right reason (at least in their minds - reminds me of Dorian, Todd or Adam Chandler and Erica Kane, back when AMC was at its best).
I appreciate the fact that they have finally moved beyond making gays or their parents, homicidal maniacs as they insisted on doing when they had the previous gay storyline.
It's also nice that the ignorant and homophobic characters are more human, moral and articulate than many of their kind in real-life society or in online communities.
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