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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Morgan Freeman dated the Pie Lady on Another World when I was a lad and my ma (and me) watched it.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ryan Gosling... as always... a miracle...
So many works... The Place Beyond the Pines of 2012... no words...
Thank You... and your Teams you work with... for all the ineffably magnificent marvel... you do...

[–] derek@infosec.pub 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] artwork@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Thankfully, Lemmy allows to block trolls, or people who act simply impolitely to a degree enough, unfortunately...
Stay safe.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Never attribute to malice that which is explained by your lack of a sense of humor

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fuck Marlena's possession storyline. My parents were watching that just before I left for my first summer at sleepaway camp, and just about every night, I woke up screaming from nightmares in which Marlena would turn into a demon because I wouldn't give her a nickel that I found. One time, I gave her the nickel and she still turned into a demon!

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I thought Days of our lives was just typical soap opera with scheming and love affairs

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Satan’s a known schemer and needs love too.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Iirc, it was actually Stefano's scheme

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm currently watching through an old soap opera from the late 60s / early 70s because of its amazingly unusual premise (as far as soap operas go). It's called Dark Shadows and it started off as a gothic mystery but then became a full-on horror soap opera, with ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, devil-worshippers, etc. This was a daytime soap opera (lol) and it apparently became a cultural phenomenon that supposedly inspired a lot of stuff in the genre in later years.

Anyway, this is the first and only American soap opera that I've watched, and I have found that the actors are quite a mixed bag. Some of the actors in it are quite bad, and some are legitimately quite good. So much so that I would love to see them in other series or even movies because they have that quality that makes you want to watch them more and because I would like for them to receive proper recognition for their work and talents.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I grew up watching that and was stoked when I heard Burton was making a movie version. Alas the film is B-tier at best, around the time Burton/Depp/Helena were getting into a rut of “it’s us, it’s dark, it’s spooky”. Visually it’s fun though, great cast of Burton and horror regulars.

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, for whatever reason, that Burton movie hasn't enticed me even though I'm almost finished watching all 1,200+ episodes of the soap. Something about it just doesn't seem appealing.

[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Goth mommy Eva Green is generally the biggest appeal. I’m not sure one can make an unwatchable movie with her in it.