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Post by donutqueen on Mar 26, 2006 12:03:07 GMT -5
Okay.. I've been thinking about the Josh as Erica's son SL... I'm wondering if Josh was originally supposed to be Kendall's twin and not the aborted fetus. What do you think? Here's the old Josh (sorry for the terrible picture): and the new one: Notice how much younger than Scott Kinworthy that Colin Egglesfield looks? Wouldn't Josh as Kendall's twin have been a much better SL than the walking fetus fiasco?
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Post by Liz on Mar 26, 2006 12:08:41 GMT -5
Yeah, it would have been A LOT better, Elana!!! I think they screwed up BIG TIME with this dumb ass story line, seriously.
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Post by donutqueen on Mar 26, 2006 12:15:43 GMT -5
The rewrite of Erica's abortion SL is what really annoys me. It was groundbreaking. The first time a character on ANY show ever had an abortion. It was huge. Now they rewrite the reason for her wanting one (suddenly it's about her trauma regarding the rape and Kendall's birth and not remotely about her modeling jobs or lifestyle wants) and make this ridiculously unbelieveable and completely technically impossible travesty of a SL. And it taints Josh.. how many times has he been referred to as a "walking fetus" now? And How many interviews has McT had to justify this stupid rewrite in? It would have been so easy to write Josh as Kendall's twin... of course the 'lost twin' has been done before (many, many times).. but who cares?
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Post by meg24 on Mar 26, 2006 12:22:59 GMT -5
This is one of the BIGGEST mistakes they have made in a string of really bad s/l's. I mean they could have done it the easy, slightly more logical way but no we had to have a DOOL/Passions BS s/l. I have a huge problem with them warping this s/l.The thing is it was Erica's choice at the time and as you said groundbreaking. Erica was all into herself and her career and I don't have a problem with that because that was Erica but now we're supposed to believe it was because of the rape trauma and Kendall that she had an abortion. WTH-ever! Erica didn't even freakin' remember she had been raped or had Kendall. I love how now every problem Erica has had is due to Erica's rape and having Kendall-it's no wonder Kendall is so damn screwed up!This show is just awful and in a serious need of a whole new writing staff.
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Post by donutqueen on Mar 26, 2006 12:34:18 GMT -5
so... do you think that tptb changed their minds with the SL? Was that the reason for the recast?
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Post by meg24 on Mar 26, 2006 13:06:14 GMT -5
I guess so - who the hell knows what they were thinking. At first,i thought they recast because Scott wasn't as Kane-or mischevious looking enought to be a Kane...now, well who the hell knows why. The thing is, Colin loooks more like Alicia than Scott did so I thought they were going to go the twin route but now...makes no sense for the recast anymore
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Post by Chris on Mar 26, 2006 16:31:25 GMT -5
I would have enjoyed the twin idea much better than the complete rewrite of an important historical event.
But I guess this gives Josh a connection to the Martins, which was McT's ultimate goal here anyway. A Kane/Martin child.
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Post by meg24 on Mar 26, 2006 16:55:27 GMT -5
off topic a little here but I think the ultimate combination would be a Kane/Chandler baby....hmmm.....I wonder if they'll ever do a JR/Kendall baby....okay sorry, I'm bored today and suffering from jet lag....
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Post by Andrew on Mar 26, 2006 17:23:54 GMT -5
See, i've always thought they re-wrote it so they could MAKE josh Kendall's twin! Colin and Lish look practically identical IMO. They say they recast it because of the change in the character from good to evil. I mean, i really couldn't see Scott Kinworthy, the nicest Josh on the face of the planet, turn into the Josh we have now!
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Post by Kelly on Mar 26, 2006 17:51:13 GMT -5
I would have been able to deal with the s/l A LOT easier if Josh was some how Kendall's twin. I always thought the recast was because Josh was going to turn out so sinister...and the old Josh just seemed so friendly and nice.
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Post by Chris on Mar 26, 2006 18:22:44 GMT -5
off topic a little here but I think the ultimate combination would be a Kane/Chandler baby....hmmm.....I wonder if they'll ever do a JR/Kendall baby....okay sorry, I'm bored today and suffering from jet lag.... If they wanted it bad enough, they could do it. But they better not use Kendall's current baby as their rewrite!!
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Post by Chris on Mar 26, 2006 18:24:16 GMT -5
In fact, I just had a thought. If the writers wanted a Chandler/Kane child, they could easily manipulate Colby into one of Erica's kids or something. Granted she doesn't look "Kane," but why let anything like looks, history, charcters, etc. stop them?
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Post by minkie on Mar 26, 2006 19:11:19 GMT -5
I honestly thought they recasted Josh because they were abandonning the aborted fetus idea and made him Kendall's twin instead (which would have worked a heck of a lot better), along with the obvious need to get someone who seemed "evil'....which Scott couldn't do.
Apparently it was just a normal recast instead.
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Post by Andrew on Mar 26, 2006 19:50:35 GMT -5
see, i totally agree with you minkie! It's so bizarre that they made the right decision...yet went the complete opposite direction with it!
As for the Kane/Chandler baby...there WILL be a Kendall/Jr baby down the road. I'm sure of it.
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Post by minkie on Mar 26, 2006 22:52:23 GMT -5
I think the idea to make Josh "dark" is what prompted the recast, not changing how he was conceived, which totally sucks. Him being Kendall's twin would have made so much more sense, and worked with existing storyline.
I'm just surprised....Scott's Josh was much more "martin" than Colin's Josh.
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