Post by Bonobochick on Dec 24, 2009 19:26:01 GMT -5
Sorry about the lateness of my own contribution...
Best Storyline: The DeRo reunion, AWZ. Well written and excellently acted. Made up for the shitfest that was their initial break up over Vanessa & Deniz's cheating in early 2008. It also made me happy that my wish in seeing them get back together was not in vain. I know a few people who'd lost hope that DeRo would ever happen again.
Worst Storyline: That "Hardy Boys" storyline in Feb and March on ATWT with Noah & Luke acting like fools surrounded by incredibly inept writing and even worse scene blocking. This storyline almost made me loathe the site of Luke because it brought out all of his worst qualities while not being even remotely entertaining. I hated the storyline so much that I put it on blast on TGODT blog right after it ended (see: gaydaytime.blogspot.com/2009/03/as-world-turns-what-was-that.html ).
Best Actor: Igor Dolgatschew, AWZ. I gave it to Dennis Grabosch last year cause he did good work despite some very lackluster writing for Roman. However in 2009, ID was amazing with Deniz not only recognizing his feelings for Roman but with trying to convince Roman they were legitimate and to trust Deniz again.
Best Actress: I miss you, Kristina Doerfer! Hated how VL's Olivia was written off the show. HATED IT with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
Actor or Actress Most In Need Of Acting Lessons: It's no secret I hate the character because I feel she's a Mary Sue, but Nadine Rennack is either not feeling her character either or... =/ Whatever is the case, AWZ's Stella needs to go far, far away. And take L'Arse with her despite my enjoyment of his beefcake.
Best Supporting Character (including f*g hags): I'm giving this to Nina on AWZ. I can't believe how much I liked her this past year considering I couldn't stand her much of 2007 and 2008.
Worst Supporting Character (including f*g hags): I know some folks are bitter about VL's Rebecca but I am giving this to AWZ's Stella and by extension her boyfriend, L'Arse, because of TPTB's determination to make those dreaded two a constant double date with Deniz & Roman thus diminishing my enjoyment of DeRo scenes.
Best Friendship: I really enjoyed the Roman & Nina stuff on AWZ.
Worst Friendship: The gruesome foursome of AWZ's L'Arse/Stella/Deniz/Roman. I just don't buy them being friends and shoving DeRo in scenes with Dulla and L'Arse won't make me like them those two self-righteous blowhards, no matter how hard TPTB try.
Biggest Missed Opportunity: I might get flamed for this but making Oliver Fish bisexual on OLTL and having a real triangle with Kyle/Oliver/Layla.
Best Chemistry: AWZ's Deniz & Roman. Hands down.
Biggest WTF? Moment: The one where AWZ's L'Arse almost drowned Jenny causing Stella to flake on Deniz for the skating competition. No one seemed concerned with L'Arse's homicidal rage and Stella was so frickin' casual with her man being abusive toward another woman - even one she despised - was just WTF on so many levels as was every else's shrug of the shoulders about the situation. Absolutely digsusting.
I would say that Torchwood's killing off Ianto is close second but I wasn't as bothered by his death as some others partially because I enjoyed the series as a whole from the beginning as wasn't only in it for the Janto shipping (and am not a Janto shipper) but also because the whole theme of the third series - as Gaytime pointed out - was about sacrifice.
Biggest Waste Of Time (character or storyline): Tie between Mason and the Z Twins on ATWT.
Best Song Moment: Don't Stop Believin', GLEE
Worst Song Use: Anything sung by Quinn on GLEE is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Her voice makes Cher's seem like Barbra Streisand's.
Best Storyline Twist: AWZ's Deniz & Roman become a male skating pair. =D
Worst Storyline Twist: Lily and Damian adopting Noah on ATWT. Seriously... WHAT WAS THE POINT?
Best New Character: *stumped*
Worst New Character: AWZ's Stella. Time for her to run back to the circus.
Best Line/Dialogue: The one on AWZ about 10 days of bitching for 2 days of bliss to describe DeRo. Also, when AWZ's Mike called out Stella and L'Arse on the fact that Stella did steal Jenny's man & deserved Jenny's contempt plus that Stella wasn't a quarter of the skater that Jenny was. ;D ;D That made me very happy.
Worst Best Line/Dialogue: pretty much everything written for ATWT's Luke during the Hardy Boys storyline. Ugh.
Most Shocking Moment: though I was spoiled about it, Olivia's death on VL. BOOOOOOOOOO,
Least Shocking Moment: the Mason storyline on ATWT folded like a dockside hooker on a bender. I knew not to get excited about it cause of ATWT's history of bad writing for Noah & Luke but even what played out was faaaaaaaar more lackluster and dull than I imagined it would be.
Favorite Kiss: The DeRo Kiss in the stands. AWZ fans know which one I am talking about.
Most Enjoyable Show: as a whole for 2009? OLTL and AWZ are the tops for me.
Most Disappointing Show: ATWT always disappoints me but I am throwing VL on here too because it actually became a chore to watch this show because of the meh storylines for Christian & Olli most of 2009.
What do you hope for in 2010 for your favorite pairs (no spoilers):
ATWT : Luke and Noah going out with some serious drama and raciness between them There is nothing left to lose with the show being canceled, so TPTB should throw the fans who've stuck by the pairing all these years a bone with a GOOD story for them and a sexy love scene.
VL: Good writing. I like that C & O are still together but why is the writing so abysmal? The actors deserve better. Maybe bring back Christian's heart problems for a long term storyline.
AWZ: Keep on truckin'! Y'all are doing well so I want for nothing in regard to DeRo at this point.
OLTL: More drama with Kyle & Oliver with Nick. And finding out about the guppy.
Greek: Calvin is a fun character with great one liners & charm but he has the most blah relationships. I'd like to see him try again with Heath or give him a man with fire or snark. Grant is cute but he's an ass.
Best Storyline: The DeRo reunion, AWZ. Well written and excellently acted. Made up for the shitfest that was their initial break up over Vanessa & Deniz's cheating in early 2008. It also made me happy that my wish in seeing them get back together was not in vain. I know a few people who'd lost hope that DeRo would ever happen again.
Worst Storyline: That "Hardy Boys" storyline in Feb and March on ATWT with Noah & Luke acting like fools surrounded by incredibly inept writing and even worse scene blocking. This storyline almost made me loathe the site of Luke because it brought out all of his worst qualities while not being even remotely entertaining. I hated the storyline so much that I put it on blast on TGODT blog right after it ended (see: gaydaytime.blogspot.com/2009/03/as-world-turns-what-was-that.html ).
Best Actor: Igor Dolgatschew, AWZ. I gave it to Dennis Grabosch last year cause he did good work despite some very lackluster writing for Roman. However in 2009, ID was amazing with Deniz not only recognizing his feelings for Roman but with trying to convince Roman they were legitimate and to trust Deniz again.
Best Actress: I miss you, Kristina Doerfer! Hated how VL's Olivia was written off the show. HATED IT with the passion of a thousand burning suns.
Actor or Actress Most In Need Of Acting Lessons: It's no secret I hate the character because I feel she's a Mary Sue, but Nadine Rennack is either not feeling her character either or... =/ Whatever is the case, AWZ's Stella needs to go far, far away. And take L'Arse with her despite my enjoyment of his beefcake.
Best Supporting Character (including f*g hags): I'm giving this to Nina on AWZ. I can't believe how much I liked her this past year considering I couldn't stand her much of 2007 and 2008.
Worst Supporting Character (including f*g hags): I know some folks are bitter about VL's Rebecca but I am giving this to AWZ's Stella and by extension her boyfriend, L'Arse, because of TPTB's determination to make those dreaded two a constant double date with Deniz & Roman thus diminishing my enjoyment of DeRo scenes.
Best Friendship: I really enjoyed the Roman & Nina stuff on AWZ.
Worst Friendship: The gruesome foursome of AWZ's L'Arse/Stella/Deniz/Roman. I just don't buy them being friends and shoving DeRo in scenes with Dulla and L'Arse won't make me like them those two self-righteous blowhards, no matter how hard TPTB try.
Biggest Missed Opportunity: I might get flamed for this but making Oliver Fish bisexual on OLTL and having a real triangle with Kyle/Oliver/Layla.
Best Chemistry: AWZ's Deniz & Roman. Hands down.
Biggest WTF? Moment: The one where AWZ's L'Arse almost drowned Jenny causing Stella to flake on Deniz for the skating competition. No one seemed concerned with L'Arse's homicidal rage and Stella was so frickin' casual with her man being abusive toward another woman - even one she despised - was just WTF on so many levels as was every else's shrug of the shoulders about the situation. Absolutely digsusting.
I would say that Torchwood's killing off Ianto is close second but I wasn't as bothered by his death as some others partially because I enjoyed the series as a whole from the beginning as wasn't only in it for the Janto shipping (and am not a Janto shipper) but also because the whole theme of the third series - as Gaytime pointed out - was about sacrifice.
Biggest Waste Of Time (character or storyline): Tie between Mason and the Z Twins on ATWT.
Best Song Moment: Don't Stop Believin', GLEE
Worst Song Use: Anything sung by Quinn on GLEE is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Her voice makes Cher's seem like Barbra Streisand's.
Best Storyline Twist: AWZ's Deniz & Roman become a male skating pair. =D
Worst Storyline Twist: Lily and Damian adopting Noah on ATWT. Seriously... WHAT WAS THE POINT?
Best New Character: *stumped*
Worst New Character: AWZ's Stella. Time for her to run back to the circus.
Best Line/Dialogue: The one on AWZ about 10 days of bitching for 2 days of bliss to describe DeRo. Also, when AWZ's Mike called out Stella and L'Arse on the fact that Stella did steal Jenny's man & deserved Jenny's contempt plus that Stella wasn't a quarter of the skater that Jenny was. ;D ;D That made me very happy.
Worst Best Line/Dialogue: pretty much everything written for ATWT's Luke during the Hardy Boys storyline. Ugh.
Most Shocking Moment: though I was spoiled about it, Olivia's death on VL. BOOOOOOOOOO,
Least Shocking Moment: the Mason storyline on ATWT folded like a dockside hooker on a bender. I knew not to get excited about it cause of ATWT's history of bad writing for Noah & Luke but even what played out was faaaaaaaar more lackluster and dull than I imagined it would be.
Favorite Kiss: The DeRo Kiss in the stands. AWZ fans know which one I am talking about.
Most Enjoyable Show: as a whole for 2009? OLTL and AWZ are the tops for me.
Most Disappointing Show: ATWT always disappoints me but I am throwing VL on here too because it actually became a chore to watch this show because of the meh storylines for Christian & Olli most of 2009.
What do you hope for in 2010 for your favorite pairs (no spoilers):
ATWT : Luke and Noah going out with some serious drama and raciness between them There is nothing left to lose with the show being canceled, so TPTB should throw the fans who've stuck by the pairing all these years a bone with a GOOD story for them and a sexy love scene.
VL: Good writing. I like that C & O are still together but why is the writing so abysmal? The actors deserve better. Maybe bring back Christian's heart problems for a long term storyline.
AWZ: Keep on truckin'! Y'all are doing well so I want for nothing in regard to DeRo at this point.
OLTL: More drama with Kyle & Oliver with Nick. And finding out about the guppy.
Greek: Calvin is a fun character with great one liners & charm but he has the most blah relationships. I'd like to see him try again with Heath or give him a man with fire or snark. Grant is cute but he's an ass.