Days of Our Lives is a very long-running soap opera with a rich history and an extremely loyal fan base. In fact, these fans are so loyal they stick with the show even when they know they're being used and abused. The extent of which the powers behind Days have taken the foundation the show is based upon and pulled it completely from the ground is not only unbelievably self-defeating on their part, but downright insulting as far as the LEGITIMATE fans are concerned. How new viewers find exhilliration in a show that has no problems with disregarding/rewriting everything they show and take pride in talking down to them is beyond me. Ken Corday, Tom Langan, and company must feel really secure in knowing that the world's population of stupid people keeps growing each day, since that means more Days viewers who won't as much as flinch as the show's garbage keeps piling up. In fact, here's two of them right now.

Topic: If you are against Carrie and Mike getting together then...

Topic Posted by: Jules

Email: n/a

Date Posted: Mon Nov 30 23:25:58 1998

Additional Comments: you have an IQ less than Austin Reed. Carrie and Mike are sweet, lively, romantic, and most importantly intelligent. How can you not want them together? Let's ponder Carrie's options for a second with open minds. Austin when he's not in the ring losing brain cells that he cannot afford to lose, is working for his mother at a company he has not set foot in since Carrie quit her job. Proving his naitivity, Austin forgave Sami who supposedly ruined his love life with Carrie for years and is currently spending all his time with the conniving wench instead of with his loveable wife. On the other hand, Mike is an intelligent doctor who just got promoted to COS. He can hold a conversation with Carrie without stammering and he expects more from her than sex and children. Carrie needs to get a quicky divorce and a have a big white wedding or a long engagement.

"How are people supposed to be open minded if they MUST agree with you 100% about this? Your clamoring for open mindedness is like Hitler supporting the NAACP. Were you even thinking about what you were writing or is Ken Corday once again doing all the thinking for you? Take a look at your so-called defense in support of a Mike/Carrie liaison. Yes, what Austin is doing is cause for more than a slight strain between his marriage to Carrie, but HOW this dissonance came about is a different issue all together. His actions weren't DEVELOPED into his character; they just appeared out of the blue one day to appease the very likes of you who don't care about anything that doesn't fit into your tunnel vision.

"I'm dumbfounded at how many times I have to repeat myself, but considering how much Days repeats EVERYTHING on a single day's episode and the number of viewers who COMPLETELY FAIL to notice the obvious, it should come as no surprise that you just DON'T GET IT and never will. This ENTIRE Austin/Carrie/Mike story is based on plot contrivances. Nothing led up to any of this to be the way it is, it just happened one day, like Lexie forgiving Stefano of all his crimes simply because he saved Roman's life despite clear ulterior motives, or Penelope forgiving Edmund for killing cousing Penelope because she was dying anyway. After all, a relative dying is no big deal, right? Especially if your lover is the killer. How about you ponder the concept of character development and get back to me when you figure it out (meaning I will NEVER hear from you again)?

"First we're presented with a convenient childhood history between Mike and Carrie that literally came out of thin air and which conflicts with everything that ever happened to build up the character of Dr. Michael Horton. Then we have another of Sami's schemes to break Austin and Carrie apart by somehow making her spend more time with Mike. (Ever notice that ALL schemes on Days involve characters who are magically able to make other characters do their bidding, with EVERYTHING miraculously able to fall into place regarding the impossible plan?) Then Sami is able to get Austin to start boxing again just like that. Austin, in turn, conveniently forgets that he never liked to box and the reasons why he had to box in the first place. All the while self-confident Mike turns into spineless Mike, and constantly stares at Carrie from afar with puppy dog eyes. But not to be outdone, Austin now forgives Sami for everything evil she's ever done to him and acts like they never even happened. Why? Not because of any character development within Austin about finding peace or the willingness to forgive but not forget, but rather because Carrie needs a reason to be drawn closer to Mike.

"Yes, Mike is an intelligent doctor -- the ONE TRAIT that has more or less remained with this character over the years and through this horrible rewrite -- but think about how PATHETIC the whole Chief of Staff process was: the whole stupid sex scandal (one of many prolonging contrivances), the incident with Craig and the unnecessary operation, Nancy just standing around eavesdropping on everyone without anyone ever noticing that's she's spending all her time snooping and not working, the way Ali got involved in the plot, the way the committee that selected the COS were written/portrayed--the list is more numerous than the amount of bad dialogue in a Pauly Shore movie, which isn't nearly as much as the amount of bad dialogue in a single Days's flashback. This whole Craig vs. Mike scenario was as bad a piece of writing as it gets. Now you may be watching the show, but you certainly aren't seeing it.

"It's the writers and their bosses who are stupid--who in turn make the show stupid--and viewers like you who think this entire mess is what you SHOULD expect from ALL soaps are the ones who are truly naive."

Posted by: DARE ME!

Email: Austin fans are loser airheads

Date posted: Thu Dec 3 6:57:21 1998

Message:

History! This is coming from people who are supposed to be 'mature audiences'. If you are mature, then you will realise that this is soap opera, no matter how you demand it, it would never be real and in fact that's why most of you are watching it because they are so different from your boring life. Face it, history does not matter in Soap Opera and the sooner you get the fact, the more you'll realise that you are actually are not so mature after all. I mean all you guys have done are whinging like a little 5 year old that their favourite couple on telly have been ripped apart. Well too bad! life is hard and this is just telly, get used to it! Carrie and Austin is the past and boy, was it a boring past! I still can't understand why Carrie would go for a guy who trust her sister more than herself. Austin was a loser right from the start (yes, even during Patrick Muldoon days). So it's your call, if you don't want to watch Days because now Carrie looks excellent with Mike then, don't watch! Stop whining and watch something else. And oh, for your info, I am not a teenager but I am sure you're going to argue that I sound like one just because I like Mike and Carrie. How intelligent of you!

"This is one of many comments that I've come across over the years that need not be remarked about, because it already sets itself up for failure with its blatant inability to support its own argument. For example, the 'life is hard and this is just telly' comment stands out like a Chastity Bono speech about the sins of homosexuality at the Republican National Convention. Which one is it, Last Action Hero? Real life or fictitious television? Your competency not only has gone the direction of Andrew Dice Clay's career, but it's been cremated and left outside to be blown around aimlessly by Hurricane Idiocy.

"Again, I must repeat myself for yet another brain-dead Days watcher who wouldn't notice something if it glued itself to his/her face with a chewed piece of bubble gum and did the Irish jig while singing 'Achey Breaky Heart' in Scandinavian. Your entire argument in favor of a Mike/Carrie pairing is that Roark Critchlow and Christie Clark look 'excellent' together. Boy, if Roark had been cast as Eric -- Carrie's HALF BROTHER -- I would hate to see how much of this show's history you would be willing to ignore in order to see the two get together, seeing as how you're against history, character development, and everything that lends itself to quality writing. What is the point of YOU even watching the show if what you see one episode can and will be completely ignored and/or contradicted the next? Isn't history the POINT of continuing to watch a soap, to watch the characters you love or love to hate continuing on with their lives, growing and encountering new things? Those who complain want the show to be good -- to be like the way it actually was once upon a time -- and those who don't complain also think that Steven Seagal is in the same class of actors as Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, and Denzel Washington.

"You're the reason this show had to be dumbed down to the comprehension level of a six month old fetus. And by the way, I don't think you're a teenager-like airhead because you like Mike and Carrie, but because your entire argument lacks reason and definition."