Langfords Picks And Pans
Shortland Street (New Zealand)
This is proof that I can’t be everywhere. I had no idea that New Zealand nighttime soap Shortland Street had a gay couple on the show. I’m not sure on all the details of the storyline, but it seems that Seth came on as part of a hostile hopital takeover. There’s been lots of drama and political maneuvering because of it. Seth's business competitor Sarah knows that he’s gay, and it looks like she's about to out him.
The biggest question I have is: what year is this? I mean, it’s 2013. It’s seems so dated to have Seth staying in the closet and hiding his boyfriend to protect his career. I realize that this does still happen, but Seth is not a professional athlete, a big film star, a politician or anything high-profile like that, so...
Shortland Street (New Zealand)
This is proof that I can’t be everywhere. I had no idea that New Zealand nighttime soap Shortland Street had a gay couple on the show. I’m not sure on all the details of the storyline, but it seems that Seth came on as part of a hostile hopital takeover. There’s been lots of drama and political maneuvering because of it. Seth's business competitor Sarah knows that he’s gay, and it looks like she's about to out him.
The biggest question I have is: what year is this? I mean, it’s 2013. It’s seems so dated to have Seth staying in the closet and hiding his boyfriend to protect his career. I realize that this does still happen, but Seth is not a professional athlete, a big film star, a politician or anything high-profile like that, so...
- 3/13/2013
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Langford’S Picks And Pans
EastEnders
I’m kind of torn about this past week’s EastEnders. On one hand, I’m enjoying this final arc for Christian and Syed and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. It’s really nice to see Christian and Syed in a solid storyline that is actually about them and their relationship. They have gotten very little of that over the past couple of years as the show has allowed them to languish on the backburner, even as they proved to be a very popular and beloved duo. The writers simply, for whatever reason, didn’t want to write for them.
And to me, this storyline shows that when the show actually gives them the material, they can be compelling. I just wish the material was a bit better because I’m not quite sure if I buy Syed’s behavior.
EastEnders
I’m kind of torn about this past week’s EastEnders. On one hand, I’m enjoying this final arc for Christian and Syed and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all plays out. It’s really nice to see Christian and Syed in a solid storyline that is actually about them and their relationship. They have gotten very little of that over the past couple of years as the show has allowed them to languish on the backburner, even as they proved to be a very popular and beloved duo. The writers simply, for whatever reason, didn’t want to write for them.
And to me, this storyline shows that when the show actually gives them the material, they can be compelling. I just wish the material was a bit better because I’m not quite sure if I buy Syed’s behavior.
- 10/3/2012
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Langford’S Picks And Pans
Neighbours
I really enjoyed Neighboursthis past week. The crash and the aftermath made for some really strong storytelling and I’m surprised at how prominent Chris has been in the storyline. Frankly, I thought he would only play a minor supporting role in his friends' drama, like he has in much of the time on this show. I never expected Chris to be front and center. I think James Mason has been very good as Chris struggles to deal with what’s happened, though he needs to be a more convincing crier. A few tears might help.
One thing that never changes about this show, however, is that Chris has lousy friends. Both Tash and Summer ragged on Andrew about how selfish he was being, more concerned about his money than Chris’ plight, but neither of them bothered to go with Chris when he went...
Neighbours
I really enjoyed Neighboursthis past week. The crash and the aftermath made for some really strong storytelling and I’m surprised at how prominent Chris has been in the storyline. Frankly, I thought he would only play a minor supporting role in his friends' drama, like he has in much of the time on this show. I never expected Chris to be front and center. I think James Mason has been very good as Chris struggles to deal with what’s happened, though he needs to be a more convincing crier. A few tears might help.
One thing that never changes about this show, however, is that Chris has lousy friends. Both Tash and Summer ragged on Andrew about how selfish he was being, more concerned about his money than Chris’ plight, but neither of them bothered to go with Chris when he went...
- 8/29/2012
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Langfords Picks And Pans
Raw
I actually enjoyed Raw this past week. I don’t know if the show has gotten better or if the things that have annoyed me before didn’t bother me as much. Or maybe it was watching Jojo get fired that made it worth watching. I think I actually cheered when Geoff and Fiona lowered the boom. She should have been out on her butt weeks ago, and I think she was given far too much slack before she was finally let go. I’m sure she’ll get herself together and get her job back before the series come to a close next week, though if it were my restaurant, she’d never be coming back. But that’s just me.
It was nice also to see Pavel return if only to finally get some story movement on that front. I may not love the character,...
Raw
I actually enjoyed Raw this past week. I don’t know if the show has gotten better or if the things that have annoyed me before didn’t bother me as much. Or maybe it was watching Jojo get fired that made it worth watching. I think I actually cheered when Geoff and Fiona lowered the boom. She should have been out on her butt weeks ago, and I think she was given far too much slack before she was finally let go. I’m sure she’ll get herself together and get her job back before the series come to a close next week, though if it were my restaurant, she’d never be coming back. But that’s just me.
It was nice also to see Pavel return if only to finally get some story movement on that front. I may not love the character,...
- 2/8/2012
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Langford's Picks And Pans
Hollyoaks
Well, it looks like Callum and George are going to be just friends, at least that’s what I’m forecasting after weeks of wondering. And that’s fine. Romance would have been nice, but I like them both, and I always enjoy strong friendships between gay men and straight men. But I do hope that the show eventually gives George a love interest. Though as I said before, this is Hollyoaks,so I’d be surprised if they didn’t. I did think the scenes of the guys cruising Callum in the gay club were cute. He’s the kind of guy who would definitely attract attention.
Meanwhile, as for Brendan, I liked his scenes with Cheryl and especially with Darren, even if Brendan suddenly hanging out with Darren makes little sense given they’ve said about two words to each other since Brendan arrived in town.
Hollyoaks
Well, it looks like Callum and George are going to be just friends, at least that’s what I’m forecasting after weeks of wondering. And that’s fine. Romance would have been nice, but I like them both, and I always enjoy strong friendships between gay men and straight men. But I do hope that the show eventually gives George a love interest. Though as I said before, this is Hollyoaks,so I’d be surprised if they didn’t. I did think the scenes of the guys cruising Callum in the gay club were cute. He’s the kind of guy who would definitely attract attention.
Meanwhile, as for Brendan, I liked his scenes with Cheryl and especially with Darren, even if Brendan suddenly hanging out with Darren makes little sense given they’ve said about two words to each other since Brendan arrived in town.
- 2/1/2012
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Langford's Picks And Pans
EastEnders
I know a lot of people were upset that Ben slept with Lola given that Ben knows he’s gay. We have had too many tv gay teens who lose their virginity to girls, but I can sort of relate to the situation Ben was in, and I get why he would do it.
He might think he’s gay or believe he’s gay, but sleeping with a girl would remove any doubts, which is exactly how it played out. However, I’m not sure why Lola would sleep with Ben. It’s not like she particularly liked him or was even attracted to him. She just seemed all too casual about sleeping with Ben to me. But perhaps that’s an attitude that many teens have about intimacy in general, not worried about the very real ramifications of casual sex. And I suspect...
EastEnders
I know a lot of people were upset that Ben slept with Lola given that Ben knows he’s gay. We have had too many tv gay teens who lose their virginity to girls, but I can sort of relate to the situation Ben was in, and I get why he would do it.
He might think he’s gay or believe he’s gay, but sleeping with a girl would remove any doubts, which is exactly how it played out. However, I’m not sure why Lola would sleep with Ben. It’s not like she particularly liked him or was even attracted to him. She just seemed all too casual about sleeping with Ben to me. But perhaps that’s an attitude that many teens have about intimacy in general, not worried about the very real ramifications of casual sex. And I suspect...
- 11/3/2011
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
The Dutch public broadcasters Vara and Kro are organizing a theme-night about homosexuality on August 4. One of the guests that night will be Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden actor Ferry Doedens. He plays gay character Lucas Sanders on Gtst. This season his character found love with Edwin Bouwhuis (played by Raynor Arkenbout). After their first love scene there was a lot of commotion on social media like Twitter. According to the Coc, the largest Dutch gay rights organization (and one of the oldest in the world), Gtst is providing an important contribution to the equality of Dutch Lgbt's by respectfully and carefully treating the subject. Doedens will talk about this to hosts Claudia de Breij and Arie Boomsma.
Doedens will also talk about a gay woman who's being bullied out of her neighborhood in Amsterdam.
Other guests on Flikker Op! are: brain researcher Dick Swaab, geneticist Sven Bocklandt, director Tim Oliehoek,...
Doedens will also talk about a gay woman who's being bullied out of her neighborhood in Amsterdam.
Other guests on Flikker Op! are: brain researcher Dick Swaab, geneticist Sven Bocklandt, director Tim Oliehoek,...
- 7/27/2011
- by Mark
- We Love Soaps
In September Dutch public broadcaster Avro will air a new series of the game show Fort Boyard. The show returns after almost 20 years (at that time it was too expensive for Dutch TV). This time teams of celebrities will compete against each other. Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden actors Ruud Feltkamp (Noud Alberts), Ferry Doedens (Lucas Sanders), Mark van Eeuwen (Jack van Houten) and Ferri Somogyi (Rik de Jong) are on one of the teams.
Former Gtst actors Hugo Metsers Jr. (Marcus Sanders) and Inge Ipenburg (Martine Hafkamp) are on other teams.
Fort Boyard is a French game show that has been remade in several countries. It's filmed at the real Fort Boyard in France. This series will premiere on Monday, September 5.
Former Gtst actors Hugo Metsers Jr. (Marcus Sanders) and Inge Ipenburg (Martine Hafkamp) are on other teams.
Fort Boyard is a French game show that has been remade in several countries. It's filmed at the real Fort Boyard in France. This series will premiere on Monday, September 5.
- 7/22/2011
- by Mark
- We Love Soaps
On Friday, July 8 the season finale of Gtst (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden) aired on RTL4. In the episode Rikki (Robin Martens), Lucas (Ferry Doedens), Sjoerd (Guido Spek) and Edwin (Raynor Arkenbout) performed a song at Nina (Marly van der Velden) and Noud's (Ruud Feltkamp) wedding. The show decided to release the song after receiving a lot of reactions from viewers who wanted to download the song. On Thursday morning 'Jij' ('You') was in third place in the iTunes download top 200.
Listen to the song below:...
Listen to the song below:...
- 7/14/2011
- by Mark
- We Love Soaps
Forbidden Love
Get off the cross, honey, someone else needs the wood. Please, I just shake my head at all the overwrought angst Olli is putting himself through over Philippe’s accident, which everyone seems to agree was not Olli’s fault. Even looking at it logically, he is clearly not to blame and his beating himself up makes little sense. It is all just faux drama. And not very good drama at that. I don’t know why the show is tossing in this extraneous nonsense when Christian and Olli already have plenty of very real problems to deal with. Working on repairing their marriage should be plenty of fodder for drama and conflict.
It's pretty clear that Olli is headed down a dark path, but I think the destruction of his marriage would be enough reason for him to unravel. They didn’t need to add this. And please,...
Get off the cross, honey, someone else needs the wood. Please, I just shake my head at all the overwrought angst Olli is putting himself through over Philippe’s accident, which everyone seems to agree was not Olli’s fault. Even looking at it logically, he is clearly not to blame and his beating himself up makes little sense. It is all just faux drama. And not very good drama at that. I don’t know why the show is tossing in this extraneous nonsense when Christian and Olli already have plenty of very real problems to deal with. Working on repairing their marriage should be plenty of fodder for drama and conflict.
It's pretty clear that Olli is headed down a dark path, but I think the destruction of his marriage would be enough reason for him to unravel. They didn’t need to add this. And please,...
- 6/29/2011
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
It’s love (I guess) for Edwin and Lucas…
Hi and welcome to our look at the latest happenings on Dutch soap Good Times, Bad Times. Regular followers of Gays Of Our Lives know that I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with this glossy soap opera, praising it for introducing out and proud gay character Lucas Sanders, but deriding it for not coming forth and providing Lucas a viable love interest-- not to mention some lousy storytelling.
But after teasing viewers with two straight guys and a boyfriend who turned out to be a serial killer, the show finally gave Lucas a real boyfriend in the form of cutie-pie Edwin Bouwhuis.
As in every TV coming out drama, Edwin denied he was gay….
When Lucas and Edwin first met, Lucas was certain that Edwin was gay and brazenly went after him. After a few breakfast meetings, Lucas declared Edwin the love of his life.
Hi and welcome to our look at the latest happenings on Dutch soap Good Times, Bad Times. Regular followers of Gays Of Our Lives know that I’ve long had a love-hate relationship with this glossy soap opera, praising it for introducing out and proud gay character Lucas Sanders, but deriding it for not coming forth and providing Lucas a viable love interest-- not to mention some lousy storytelling.
But after teasing viewers with two straight guys and a boyfriend who turned out to be a serial killer, the show finally gave Lucas a real boyfriend in the form of cutie-pie Edwin Bouwhuis.
As in every TV coming out drama, Edwin denied he was gay….
When Lucas and Edwin first met, Lucas was certain that Edwin was gay and brazenly went after him. After a few breakfast meetings, Lucas declared Edwin the love of his life.
- 2/25/2011
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Welcome to another brand new edition of Gays of Our Lives. As always, we’ve got lots of the latest clips, news and spoilers in the world of soaps and dramas featuring your favorite (and not so favorite) gay characters.
This week, in Gool Theater, Lucas has a new man on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times. Yay! But will it be enough to make him forget his feelings for Noud? Plus, Aaron’s unnerving encounter with a man has him scrambling to prove he’s not gay on Emmerdale, Christian struggles to get over Syed’s decision to marry Amira on EastEnders and Luke and Noah’s new year starts off horribly on As the World Turns. Meanwhile, it’s the morning after for Kyle and Oliver on One Life to Live.
In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, Kyle comes to believe that Sky is the father of...
This week, in Gool Theater, Lucas has a new man on the Dutch version of Good Times, Bad Times. Yay! But will it be enough to make him forget his feelings for Noud? Plus, Aaron’s unnerving encounter with a man has him scrambling to prove he’s not gay on Emmerdale, Christian struggles to get over Syed’s decision to marry Amira on EastEnders and Luke and Noah’s new year starts off horribly on As the World Turns. Meanwhile, it’s the morning after for Kyle and Oliver on One Life to Live.
In Gool Scoops And Spoilers, Kyle comes to believe that Sky is the father of...
- 1/12/2010
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Welcome to another edition of Gays of Our Lives. This week in Gool Theater, we’ve got some very good clips from As the World Turns. And yet, the show still managed to annoy me. Am I just picky? Watch for yourself and see. Plus, Good Times, Bad Times (Dutch) starts an intriguing plot arc, Roman risks his life on All That Matters and One Life to Live continues to astound and amaze. Thankfully, it’s in a good way.
Gool Scoops And Spoilers has the dish on the new gay storyline on Emmerdale, Kyle and Oliver each make a commitment to Nick on One Life to Live, but can they keep their promises? Plus, Ravi comes to the defense of his sisters on Hollyoaks, Ian is trapped in a dicey situation on Shameless (U.S.), the kids from Glee make it to Sectionals in the final episode until – gasp!
Gool Scoops And Spoilers has the dish on the new gay storyline on Emmerdale, Kyle and Oliver each make a commitment to Nick on One Life to Live, but can they keep their promises? Plus, Ravi comes to the defense of his sisters on Hollyoaks, Ian is trapped in a dicey situation on Shameless (U.S.), the kids from Glee make it to Sectionals in the final episode until – gasp!
- 12/8/2009
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
Welcome to another edition of Gays of Our Lives. This week we start with Gool Theater where Luke and Noah’s new story arc begins. And if you think Oakdale’s cutest gay teens have had some strange storylines before … this one takes the cake. Plus, Fer faces losing his boyfriend when David might have to move away in Física o’ Química, Simon ‘Doctors’ a boy being bullied and helps to console a gay man who might lose custody of his adopted daughter. And Riley looks to be de-gayed on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Gool Scoops And Spoilers has the dish on Emmerdale as bad boy Aaron Livesy acts out, Luke gets a really bad idea on As the World Turns (what else is new?), Kyle and Oliver celebrate their first Thanksgiving together on One Life to Live and the Walkers go to Hawaii for Justin and Rebecca’s wedding on Brothers & Sisters.
Gool Scoops And Spoilers has the dish on Emmerdale as bad boy Aaron Livesy acts out, Luke gets a really bad idea on As the World Turns (what else is new?), Kyle and Oliver celebrate their first Thanksgiving together on One Life to Live and the Walkers go to Hawaii for Justin and Rebecca’s wedding on Brothers & Sisters.
- 11/24/2009
- by Anthony D. Langford
- The Backlot
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