Post by misschief on Aug 9, 2005 23:40:52 GMT -5
Anybody remember that movie "Soap Dish" with Sally Field, Kevin Kline, etc? That movie rocked. Gary Marshall played the network exec, and he criticized the soap's producers/writers saying something like this:
"Do you know what I like in a soap? I like PEPPY and I like CHEAP. You've given me a fake beach with a fake wave crashing down on fake sand. That's DEPRESSING and it's EXPENSIVE."
Welcome to the Passions Disaster. NBC hyped the mysterious "Disaster" forEVER. I guess it finally went down a few Tuesdays ago. The tsunami. Ripped from the headlines... of 3 months ago. It's geologically impossible for a tsunami to hit the U.S.
Unless there's magic/sorcery involved, I guess.
What is it with NBC soaps and water? Days had a shipwreck-type scene recently. I think it's just an excuse to show shirtless guys. How about those bare-chested "coast guard" guys in the inflatable raft floating past the blond (her name escapes me - the one who wants Ethan) and her very *friendly* personty mom (who somehow got hold of a gold captain's hat and WILL NOT take it off).
The Jessica/Spike story has gone WAY too far - it's not appropriate for daytime. She's been in that same outfit for weeks.
And yeah - Alistair controls all media outlets worldwide. He could eat Rupert Murdoch for breakfast and Bill Gates for lunch.
(And Theresa for dinner - ha! gross.)
PLEASE do NOT get me started on the coffin (which stayed in PERFECT condition) flying open and a decayed corpse popping up into a sitting position. It was like a cheap haunted house at Halloween!
Passions, Passions... why have you abandoned me?
"Do you know what I like in a soap? I like PEPPY and I like CHEAP. You've given me a fake beach with a fake wave crashing down on fake sand. That's DEPRESSING and it's EXPENSIVE."
Welcome to the Passions Disaster. NBC hyped the mysterious "Disaster" forEVER. I guess it finally went down a few Tuesdays ago. The tsunami. Ripped from the headlines... of 3 months ago. It's geologically impossible for a tsunami to hit the U.S.
Unless there's magic/sorcery involved, I guess.
What is it with NBC soaps and water? Days had a shipwreck-type scene recently. I think it's just an excuse to show shirtless guys. How about those bare-chested "coast guard" guys in the inflatable raft floating past the blond (her name escapes me - the one who wants Ethan) and her very *friendly* personty mom (who somehow got hold of a gold captain's hat and WILL NOT take it off).
The Jessica/Spike story has gone WAY too far - it's not appropriate for daytime. She's been in that same outfit for weeks.
And yeah - Alistair controls all media outlets worldwide. He could eat Rupert Murdoch for breakfast and Bill Gates for lunch.
(And Theresa for dinner - ha! gross.)
PLEASE do NOT get me started on the coffin (which stayed in PERFECT condition) flying open and a decayed corpse popping up into a sitting position. It was like a cheap haunted house at Halloween!
Passions, Passions... why have you abandoned me?