That moment when....

pete lashmar

pete lashmar

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So, about the 20th time watching season 7 (DVD count) and enjoyed for the first 2 episodes, then...Sue Ellen decides that John Ross may need councilling.

And THAT moment when I suddenly remember that Peter is about to enter...oh dear,fast forward button at hand!

Are there characters and storylines that you just cannot bear to watch through again? (Apart from Afton singing, which as I get older seems to get worse on every re-watch).

Do you use the fast forward on re-watches?
 
Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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pete lashmar said:
So, about the 20th time watching season 7 (DVD count) and enjoyed for the first 2 episodes, then...Sue Ellen decides that John Ross may need councilling.

And THAT moment when I suddenly remember that Peter is about to enter...oh dear,fast forward button at hand!

Are there characters and storylines that you just cannot bear to watch through again? (Apart from Afton singing, which as I get older seems to get worse on every re-watch).

Do you use the fast forward on re-watches?
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Yeah, sometimes. You have a perfect example of it. When a character acts in a way where it should be embarrassing to them, like Sue Ellen humiliating herself with a school boy or sharing a motel room with a guy in exchange for a fifth of vodka, I'd rather skip over it.

I tend to skip over most of the stuff with Leslie Stewart in it. I didn't see any value in the character. They've had other characters that I don't see any value in either, but most were not heavily featured in seasons that were otherwise very good seasons. To watch JR make a fool of himself, shamelessly chasing after her as if he had no options and no self respect just wasn't good. It was beneath him to act that way over her. It's just not fun to watch.

Pressuring Laurel to have sex with him was beneath JR too. The whole show had gone downhill by then, so that season isn't one I'm likely to be watching again anyway. The thing about the Leslie Stewart storyline is that it's in what is otherwise an excellent season! You see the rest of what they're doing in season four and it's so good that you wonder, what is this doing here? It's glaringly obvious that the storyline isn't up to par with the quality of the rest of the season.
 
Kenny Coyote

Kenny Coyote

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CeeCee72 said:
The Emerald mine in the dream season.

I. Just. Can't.

People complain about Angelica Nero, but that (to me) was MUCH more tolerable than the beast master running around in the jungle with Pam.
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@CeeCee72, you know about The Beastmaster? I'm impressed! As a kid, I just couldn't wait to go to the theater and see that movie. I'd seen Tanya Roberts picture on the cover of a magazine for the movie and I was hooked! She looked stunning. The movie itself wasn't what I'd hoped but I was still happy having seen Tanya Roberts in it, especially because of the outfits she was in. It was definitely a case of "less is more." What can I say? I was probably 13 years old.

I'm against recasts in general, but if they had recast Pam, wouldn't Tanya Roberts have been perfect in the role of Pam?
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OK, I'm kidding. Tanya Roberts looked great, but as an actress, all I can say is...she looked great.
 
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CeeCee72

CeeCee72

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Kenny Coyote said:
@CeeCee72, you know about The Beastmaster? I'm impressed!

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OK, I'm kidding. Tanya Roberts looked great, but as an actress, all I can say is...she looked great.
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LOL, Beast Master was huge in my house as a kid. Marc Singer shoulda stuck with chasing alien lizards on V. The only thing he was every decent at.

As for Tanya Roberts, only actress in the world capable of Making Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd look like Oscar worthy actresses by comparison.
 
Sarah

Sarah

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Yeah frequently. But particularly when Mandy Winger is on screen. The superficial airheadedness, nastiness and sense of self importance is nauseating.

Maybe some people are into stick figures with no soul if they have a big chest. But I will skip it.
 
Seaviewer

Seaviewer

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pete lashmar said:
THAT moment when I suddenly remember that Peter is about to enter...oh dear,fast forward button at hand!
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I'm watching those episodes now.

Looking back, it's hard to remember why he ever deserved that Special Guest Star billing.
 
Rove

Rove

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pete lashmar said:
Do you use the fast forward on re-watches?
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Most notably Lucy...from the very beginning. To this day she is the one weakness in what I consider perfect casting. The only time I enjoyed her time in Dallas was her relationship with Mickey however the writers had other ideas. After this even the writers didn't know what to do with her. It's like they just gave up.
 
pete lashmar

pete lashmar

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Rove said:
Most notably Lucy...from the very beginning. To this day she is the one weakness in what I consider perfect casting. The only time I enjoyed her time in Dallas was her relationship with Mickey however the writers had other ideas. After this even the writers didn't know what to do with her. It's like they just gave up.
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Lucy has always been a bit of a non issue with me, I found her to be an unremarkable character, played by an unremarkable actress. I agree that the Mickey storyline was a good one, the problem was, after all the emotion of the crash, his diagnosis and death Lucy was back chasing Peter Richards within weeks - so any sympathy I had was lost almost immediately.

I think it's quite telling how sometimes you just don't feel for a character - even after her trouble with Roger the rapist I just had no apathy for her, I was neither interested nor bothered.
 
Sarah

Sarah

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Angela Channing said:
I sometimes think I'm the only one who liked the Peter Richards storyline. However, Laurel Ellis and the character played by Michael Wilding Jr was a low point in Dallas, so that the last time I rewatched Dallas I stopped before I got to that season.
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Nope - I loved it. Loved the whole concept and JR was soooo jealous. Plus it was a great lead in to Bobby’s shooting too.

Laurel and Michael can get off wherever they got on.
 
CeeCee72

CeeCee72

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I didn't mind the Peter storyline. I thought it was interesting to see Sue Ellen dealing with her "needs." Plus, as Sarah said, JR's reaction was delicious. Setting a drunk Lucy on Peter cracked me up.

My problem was the actor. Just dreadful acting.
 
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Chris2

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Yep - if they had gotten an actor who was in his mid/late 20s and looked it (and someone who was a little more butch), it could have worked. Chris Atkins looked like he was barely through puberty, and that upped the “ick” factor.
 
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