I've Caught Up With Corrie and It Feels So Good!...Kind of

So I did it. Well at least as far as Hulu does it. I'm still behind by a week. Being that a month ago I was watching May's episodes I don't think it's bad.

It was a whirlwind month where I watched almost a year's worth (8 months if you're counting.) of episodes. So I know in more detail what is going down on the street such as why Sophie and Jenna broke up, (She was too immature for Jenna.) how they wrote off Roy's awesome mother Sylvia, (She left to see a relative. According to Roy she tends to leave then things get tough.) how Tina was going to be written out of the show, (She slept with the married Peter and when he didn't chose her she left in secret.) and how Sally and Tim got together (It was mostly physical and sexual.).

With the good there is the bad. Hayley dying is just...there really are no words for it. It's a powerful storyline that you wish wasn't happening. Hayley is really the tentpole of the show, the emotional heart. She's the character that everyone loves and adores, unless you are Tracy Barlow. There are no words to describe Tracy's horribleness played brilliantly by Kate Ford. Hayley is going to be greatly missed. I feel like I know her, as if she is a part of my family. She's the person that isn't perfect but is damn close to it. She's what I wish the world was like. Can you imagine what it would be like if there were more Hayley's in the world?

This is a character that has been written well and perfectly. It's a character that many shows try to have on their show. The truth is that it's quite hard to produce a Hayley Cropper. Just think of the many "good guy" characters that are forced on us. They try to make them perfect but it always seems to saccarine and fake. Steve Burton's Dylan MacAvoy is one example. No matter how perfect he's written, he's never going to be as popular or well loved. You can't force the audience to like a character. It has to be organic. With Hayley it was. Youtube has a variety of Hayley Cropper videos that show her story. There was always chemistry between Julie Hesmondhalgh's Hayley Cropper and David Neilson's Roy Cropper. This really is a once in a generation love story.

Goodbye Hayley Cropper you will be greatly missed!

Sophie gets a love interest! (Guess what? She's not boring!)

I'm just posting like a storm now!

I haven't posted much about Coronation Street. The truth is that I am behind. May counts as behind right? I was at first trying to read the Coronation Street blog which is awesome. Of course they post so much that I haven't been able to watch. I really wanted to see their comments about Stella and her crap with the rebuilding of The Rovers. That is mostly due to the fact that Stella is the Dylan McAvoy of Coronation Street. The only reason that Stella even exists as a character is because the actress who plays her is friends with the executive producer who was there when she was hired. So mostly like Dylan, Stella only exists because of nepotism. In many ways I finds this funny as it's good to see that it's not just an American thing to have a douchebag executive producer who hires his/her friends and screws over the show and its history because he/she can.

Anyway the main reason that I watch Coronation Street is because of Sophie Webster. I am a lesbian so any show with a gay woman in it is great. Even when Sophie gets into her bratty modes, I personally believe that Brooke Vincent brings in an authentic portrayal. She acts like a real teen and not some idealistic or sensationalist kind of teen that you see today. She acts like a kid with real kid issues. I also love that she's a Christian. I think she's one of the few gay Christians on TV today. Most are athiest or from some new age type of religion. You don't see the LGBTQIA community outside of stereotypes much today. Religion is something that they tend to ignore. I'm assuming they think it will piss off the homophobes even more than they are by seeing someone who is gay on TV. So it's great.

Her love story with Sian was awesome. It's on youtube. The whole thing is actually. This is quite rare for a couple but Sian's first appearance to her last is on there. I saw it and it was great. People were quite dedicated to showing every beat, even before they kissed. I would check it out if you are curious. So those that would like a little inkling of what that was all about, here's a music video to introduce anyone who hasn't seen them.

Sophie and Sian ended when Sian's portrayed Sasha Parkinson decided to leave for greener pastures. They ended in late December 2011. Sophie did almost nothing for most of 2012 until the end when she got hit by a car. Then she got a new love interest by the name of Jenna Kamara who is the lost lost daughter of Lloyd Mullaney. They got to together and there was probably no chemistry at all. I'm surprised that they lasted so long. As I have not seen since May I'm not sure what the circumstances of them breaking up is about.

Here's a clip of them kissing from earlier this year.

I think I almost fell asleep after watching that. I just yawned too. There was never any chemistry between them from what I could see. Jenna was 10 years older than her which isn't 100% a deterrent but was with how it was played.

Now Sophie's got a new love interest. She looked to be about her age and adorable. I'm thinking about watching a whole bunch of Corrie or just skip it for now and get to the good stuff. Either way it looks promising.

You can check out a picture preview here. I would certainly skip Days for this. Then again Coronation Street is the show that makes someone taking their driving test very interesting. So yay.

Hello!

This is my attempt at a soap opera themed blog. I will speak about my feelings towards storylines/characters etc. I will concentrate on Days of our Lives, The Young and the Restless and Coronation Street (a UK soap opera). I will also occasionally speak about General Hospital and the Bold and the Beautiful. There will be some Guiding Light stuff too.

I first watched soap operas when I was about 7-8 and my great grandmother babysat us for one summer. I have tried to figure out that summer as I was a kid and don't remember a specific year. I think it's 1993 or 1994. What I remember is Matt Clark beating up a bloody Nick on Young and the Restless and David on the run on Guiding Light. I don't remember what happened on Bold and the Beautiful or As the World Turns. She watched all of the CBS soaps and I watched it with her.

I really got into soaps as a latchkey kid when I got in 7th grade which was the fall of 1998. I got home in time to see Guiding Light. I remember the San Cristobal and Santos stuff. While many found that era not awesome and actually bad I didn't. That's nostalgia for you! When people talk about the "good old days" there is some bias there. I loved it especially Cassie and Richard and Danny and Michelle. When Richard died I had a hard time watching after that. It was the end of an era in my young mind.

I started watching the ABC soaps, especially General Hospital in 2001. I also watched Passions and Days. I never got into the NBC soaps. I was mostly a GH freak at that time. Around 2006 I started loving All My Children and the Young and the Restless again along with GH. I started watching Guiding Light in late 2008 where I got to see one of the best couples that I have ever seen: Otalia. I am a big fan of them especially in regards to the insane chemistry between portrayals Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia. They made boring interesting! That is a very difficult thing to do as an actor. I was saddened when the show was cancelled. It was the soap that reminds me of those awkward junior high days. It was the soap that helped me have an escape from the constant bullying at the time. It was upsetting to think that it was over. This was especially true since that show finally remembered that it was a soap opera and acted like one. There were organic storylines that were character centric instead of plot centric. Yes there was that who killed Edmund thing but you can't get perfection.

 I started to actually like Days in 2010 when I started watching because of Crystal Chappell who came back after the cancellation of Guiding Light. I have watched it for the most part since thing. I did miss the fall on 2010 and summer and fall of 2012 but am on now. I love "WilSon" and Eileen Davidson and a few other things.

I also am a Coronation Street fanatic. I have just gotten into this show so my understanding of history is getting there. It's an awesome show that is about as close to a soap opera that I have seen currently airing new episodes. There are organic, character centric storylines (Sometime there is the rare plot centric storyline such as the burning of the Rovers.) with a lot of older actors and fun storylines. I will talk about this show a lot, especially in regards to American soap operas. I also will speak about Sophie and Sian a lesbian couple that existed on the show from 2009-11. Sophie is still on so I'll also talk about her when she's on.

I plan on providing commentary to these soaps. I will discuss breaking news casting or otherwise. I will also have weekly summaries with my opinion put in for Days, Y&R and Corrie. I will let you know that I am behind Corrie. I'm currently in the second week of April and it's almost October. I will also have soap themed top ten lists. Hopefully I will not only update this a lot but get a couple of views too.