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Post by pepe1958 on Jul 2, 2008 16:42:47 GMT -5
OMG, that has to be the greatest screencap of Thore ever...I literally melted when I saw that!
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 22, 2008 0:24:39 GMT -5
Ok, so, wait, Sarah--Gregor's ex-wife--is both half-sister AND cousin to Rebecca?? Or did I mis-read?
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 22, 2008 0:21:46 GMT -5
That's quite fascinating; American soaps retain core families throughout the run of the program; on ATWT, for example, the Hughes family has been present in Oakdale since day 1 (1956), the Stewarts since the 1960s and the Snyders since the 1980s.
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 22, 2008 0:11:27 GMT -5
You're probably right, Lola; one of the major complaints for American viewers of ATWT are the constant baby storylines that occur--the Jennifer/Gwen baby switch, both Emily and Meg miscarrying Paul's children, the whole Sofie pregnancy/adoption débacle, etc.
As I say, I only know VL from the Ollian scenes, which kind of limits my imagination on how to create storylines for them (in fact, the character of Rebecca, Gregor's new love interest, seems to be somehow related to some other family on the show, but I still haven't figured that out).
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 21, 2008 23:49:12 GMT -5
Being a child of the '80s, my thoughts are:
Christian and Olli: "Will You Still Love Me?" Chicago
Roman and Deniz: "Hungry Eyes" Eric Carmen
John-Paul and Kieron: "Heaven" Bryan Adams
Luke and Noah: "Love on the Rocks" Neil Diamond
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 21, 2008 23:44:19 GMT -5
I was just thinking of the Coco returning from Goa with Christian's love child as a possible storyline, too.
Now, I don't know if this is the appropriate place to write this, but if I were writing VL, and based on the spoilers we (think we) know coming in August, I would write this: Olli shows up at Christian's bout with Axel just in time to inspire him to defeat Axel; in a celebratory mood, Christian kisses Olli in the ring, thus outing himself to the world; Axel, disgraced by not only having lost the bout, but now discovering he's lost the bout to a gay man, rushes over to give Christian a sucker-punch, but instead hits Olli, who falls to the floor unconcious...Christian stays with Olli at the hospital until he emerges from his coma--now, no temparalysis like ATWT, Olli is fine...but just at the moment Coco returns with a child she claims is Christian's...as Christian spends time with his child and Coco, it makes Olli jealous...fortunately, Coco announces that she's returning to Goa but decides to leave the child behind with Christian, making Christian and Olli daddies...which, based on the information provided by Lola above, creates a strain between Christian and Olli, who is hesitant to become a father.
Now, I'm not entirely familiar with the VL universe...is Coco related to any other characters on the show?
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 21, 2008 23:28:56 GMT -5
Hallo! Ok, so I'm inspired by watching VL to try to learn German; I've studied French, can read it pretty well, and can even comprehend it somewhat, but watching Ollian has made me mad to learn the German language.
So I'm taking the BBC online course, and I've already run into a little confusion. On one exercise, it asked me to say "Please to meet you." I used "Freut mich" but they said the correct response should be "Angenehm"...is there a difference, one being formal, the other being informal?
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 21, 2008 19:08:50 GMT -5
Hilarious! Love it!!!
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 20, 2008 21:16:08 GMT -5
Thanks, as always, for posting and sub-titling!
Just a minor trivial question: does anybody know what book Olli is reading at the beginning of the episode?
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 18, 2008 20:02:31 GMT -5
Clearly, it's a magical building. In so many ways.
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 18, 2008 18:33:33 GMT -5
Here's something else: the flatshare is directly across from Gregor's flat; as this pic shows, Gregor's flat has two windows facing the street: The flatshare has two windows facing the street: The hall between the flats not only has a skylight, but two corners, either of which most likely leads to the stairwell: ...none of which is possible based on seeing the building from the street:
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 2, 2008 0:55:31 GMT -5
psionycx, I think I love you! Well thank you. What did I do? Your wealth of knowledge humbles me, your keen insight thrills me and your wit makes me smile.
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Post by pepe1958 on Jun 1, 2008 22:11:03 GMT -5
psionycx, I think I love you!
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Post by pepe1958 on Apr 19, 2008 21:18:41 GMT -5
J'adore this show. Nicolas Gob is not only amazingly hot, but his portrayal of Kevin is simply perfection. The excellence of Kevin's story is so great I actually would like to see the other, non-gay storylines. Thanks for the youtube clips!
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Post by pepe1958 on Apr 19, 2008 21:14:06 GMT -5
Hi, I'm Joseph, from Chicago. 38 yo, gay, hopeless romantic but still single. I discovered this forum through AfterElton; I'm a big fan of Brothers & Sisters, Ugly Betty, As the World Turns, AWZ, VL and Les Bleus. Student of history (particularly modern American and French history); passionate reader (history, natch, but also philosophy and classic literature, among which my favorite authors are William Dean Howells, W. Somerset Maugham, James Gould Cozzens, Elizabeth Gaskell); excessively enjoy 70s/80s pop and country music; and obsessed lover of cinema--in fact, I'm currently counting down my favorite movies on my blog: radicalsexy.blogspot.com/Cheers!
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