a few of the FB DS pages have been repeatedly hit with "shoe spammers"...


these women hawking sneakers and other shoes from their "shops". it's actually become sort of a joke. an annoying one.

hey remember when the chatter around the film was that it was going to bring this huge influx of new people to the fanbase?


have we actually seen evidence of that anywhere? there's been much grousing amongst the OS fanbase and some reluctant converts to the film's offbeat sensibility. many of this board's establishment enjoyed it to be sure...


but there have been no new members added in two years...well before the film even began production. is membership down/disabled for some reason? have there been any requests for new memberships?

and any word on how that cruise is filling up?

and before i get jumped on yes i know DS also made a similar jump in it's time...


but it had only been on the air for 10 months and hadn't really found it's voice or audience yet. GH has been on the air for several decades and this plot goes completely outside of it's well established sensibility and tone.

we knew from the getgo mrs. johnson was not going to be a major player in the depp film. if i recall for many months into it's production there was even a question as to whether or not the character was even going to be present. the name "ray shirley" certainly wasn't part of the conversation early on.

i actually thought it was a nice nod to OS continuity she was included at all. she's part of the "fabric" of collinwood.


i'm not sure why we would need explanation or backstory for an elderly housekeeper. she works for the family. a possible backstory would be she was originally employed by liz's parents(or even grandparents)and was kept around long after her usefulness out of some misguided sense of noblesse oblige. i actually have a friend from a very wealthy family where a similar scenario played out. her mother kept on a longtime housekeeper who was really too old to do much work but had become "part of the family" and turning her out would have been cruel.

there were lots of things about the film that perturbed me but mrs. j.'s lack of storyline wasn't one of them.

dear lord are you quoting mrs.j's epic mayonnaise meltdown?!? 

no one in the DS universe can spin a yarn quite like la millay.

no thoughts on "magatoria" g? c'mon...

it is odd that heathcote doesn't have more projects in the pipeline. hollywood loves an ingenue and the saucer-eyed bella certainly fits the bill.