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Post by koala on Oct 16, 2018 8:38:03 GMT -5
They hardly ever develop Erin's personality, she acts with more depth but all she gets are episodes where she immediately falls in love with a random guy who shows up. Not that I don't like that sometimes, I love chad and Erin, I'm in the middle of season six, I don't understand why chad was just dropped after he started building his log cabin literally on the mountain, the marriage was shot down and now they've never come back to chad....who's right there.... this is bullshit. Also I'm glad gw blew himself up with a grenade
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Post by koala on Oct 16, 2018 8:39:14 GMT -5
I'm heated!!!
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Post by JeriJet on Oct 16, 2018 9:56:56 GMT -5
In reply to your main question, I think Mary Ellen had a much more dynamic personality than Erin....
And, why on earth are you glad that GW blew himself up ??!!
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Post by Brenda on Oct 16, 2018 11:10:25 GMT -5
In my opinion, Judy Norton was a better actress than Mary McDonough, and that’s why she got the better storylines.
I don’t understand the G.W. comment either. If you didn’t like the character of G.W., or you’re glad that Erin didn’t marry him, and you’re glad he was written out of the series, that’s one thing. But I don’t see why you would be glad anyone “blew himself up.” To each his own I guess.
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Post by koala on Oct 16, 2018 12:14:35 GMT -5
In reply to your main question, I think Mary Ellen had a much more dynamic personality than Erin.... And, why on earth are you glad that GW blew himself up ??!! Oh I meant just in terms of acting I felt more from her even though obviously mary Ellen's personality is way more fleshed out, the show spends way more time on her, I just think they could have done way more w Erin and kinda neglected her, again I'm in the middle of the series tho. And I didn't like gw, Erin didn't like him in the first place but was slowly sorta forced into coming around because he joined the army the war was starting. I want her to just date chad, it doesn't make sense that she's not when he's right there on the mountain
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Post by koala on Oct 16, 2018 12:23:06 GMT -5
You know I guess if I'm being honest Judy norton actually is the better actress....I'm probably just being shallow bc Erin's prettier and i do feel somewhat neglected. Erin and chad, come on....
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Post by JeriJet on Oct 16, 2018 13:50:12 GMT -5
You know I guess if I'm being honest Judy norton actually is the better actress....I'm probably just being shallow bc Erin's prettier and i do feel somewhat neglected. Erin and chad, come on.... Everyone here always says Erin was the pretty one (and even the scripts said that)..... I believe in the "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" adage.... In addition to having a more dynamic personality, I think Mary Ellen was a much more attractive woman.... Erin left me cold.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Oct 17, 2018 5:07:54 GMT -5
I always though Elizabeth was very pretty. She still has a pretty face and that beautiful hair even today. She also has a great personality. Very smart and well grounded. I have enjoyed talking with her at the reunions.
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Post by koala on Oct 17, 2018 9:50:38 GMT -5
Yeah I agree about Elizabeth. I haven't noticed her growing up yet through the seasons as much as the rest of the kids, I imagine she will soon..
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Post by koala on Oct 17, 2018 9:52:16 GMT -5
I'm still on my first time through the series, and not looking forward to when I'm out of new episodes!! I skipped a number of them in the first couple seasons but I'm moving pretty fast and soon will be through those too
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Post by JeriJet on Oct 17, 2018 10:00:32 GMT -5
I always though Elizabeth was very pretty. She still has a pretty face and that beautiful hair even today. She also has a great personality. Very smart and well grounded. I have enjoyed talking with her at the reunions. Huh.... she was certainly a cute little girl, but I never saw much attraction as she aged... a rather toothy grin, and, I guess I've never liked that type of rather wiry dark red hair. Just me.... and I bet I'd love her personality. I've always had a tough time finding any woman pretty unless she looks like Grace Kelly -- not proud of that !! Movies and tv have destroyed my perceptions.
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Post by clyde on Oct 17, 2018 11:09:02 GMT -5
I thought that both Mary Ellen and Erin were lovely, pretty girls. However, I could always tell that Erin was "acting", where Mary Ellen was truly into her character. That said, I thought that Erin did a fine job in the scenes with John after GW's death. Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion, but I don't see why anyone would be glad that such a sweet boy as GW was killed (why trying to save a rabbit). I felt terrible for his parents, and although fictional representations rarely make me cry, that particular episode did.
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Post by nedandres on Oct 17, 2018 23:20:31 GMT -5
David Doremus said that when the producers saw his final appearance in the show as G.W., they were so impressed with his acting they regretted killing off his character. But it was realistic: wars kill! As for the Walton girls, all of them had their featured roles in different episodes during the course of the series. I thought the acting in general was stronger in the first seasons, possibly due to much better writing. But it became strained towards the end and in particular in the reunion movies. I guess some if them had not really acted in a while, and acting ability like anything can get rusty when not used. By the way David Doremus was not bragging when he stated that to me, just stating a fact. He is a nice, humble man!
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Oct 18, 2018 2:43:50 GMT -5
IMO, Mary was just as good actress as the other kids-not counting Richard of course. now her stories being as good as the others is another matter.
The Fawn by far is her best episode-and I asked her that on her facebook a couple of years and she agreed it was that one or the chad stories
I thought she was good in the Chad episodes personally.
I thought she worked well with JD or whatever her bosses name was in the later episodes.
The ashley longworth jjr stuff was lame and that blonde dude she married storyline sucked
The walton girls treated GW like pond scum...I need to bump that thread up ..that was a funny one about the walton girls treating men bad.
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Post by awesomemixtape10 on Oct 19, 2018 16:35:28 GMT -5
btw-the one with erin and the Psycho painter is hilarious...
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