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VL 06-12-2008 Episode

Ugh! It was there for a second...I started to watch it and then it vanished :(

I'm way too addicted to this show. LOL

 

It's back!  >Click

Has anybody else noticed that the AE version of it has no swears in it?  They do F@%K 


markie27's picture

i really have to LOL at this forum...

am not laughing at you gaytvlover!!.... i just was amused because i, too noticed everytime i read AE's blog i ALWAYS see that the readers are way ahead of the site... every episode's discussion seem to center on THE NEXT episode... so i'm so happy that you started this forum cause even us non-german speaking folks watch Ivan's clip even before nana puts her magic fingers to work... and immediately post comments on the OLD episode! now that's DEVOTION to the BEST GAY LOVE STORY EVER!!!!!

well... i already made my comment on how affected i am with this beautiful episode so i'm going to write WHAT I DON'T LIKE about this episode... and it's just one - WHY THE HELL DID OLLI STOP CHRISTIAN FROM CHASING GREGOR IN THE BUFF!!!! why why why!!!! that's the very first time i am soooo disappointed at Olli!!

on a serious note - well.. not too serious... i really really love the soundtrack of VL... though i know some explained that even though they made the episode months before, they only put music on it only days before the actual airing... CHASING CARS is so beautiful!! (although again, like sia's breathe me, it was also featured in another prime time american show - grey's anatomy)

i was thinking of starting a thread on a list for every music featued in this beautiful show... i can only think of these ff. songs but i know that there are so many more beautiful songs featured but i don't know the title:

Ollian together:
Breathe Me - Sia (the famous first kiss)
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (from two previous eps)
Fix You - Coldplay (yesterday)
LDN - Lilly Alen (the playful 6 straight kisses)

at No Limits:
Mercy - Duffy
Clumsy - Fergie
Chasing Pavements - Adele ( i think io heard this song)
i think i also heard amy winehouse.\

any more songs to add?

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GayTV's picture

Sia's Breathe Me and other VL music

This is probably the most famous use of Sia's Breath Me...the final scene of Six Feet Under. Seriously...I can cry just imagining it. It's powerful. >Click<

And there is a thread about VL's music...not sure if you saw it.

The music on Forbidden Love. It's pointed out that the parent site of the show lists all the music used in an episode in case you ever need to know what a song is.

miket's picture

Coldplay is going to be

Coldplay is going to be playing a free gig at MSG if anyone is in the area they should check it out, i also just got some coldplay tickets for their concert which should be a lot better
markie27's picture

oh! and BTW

oh! i forgot to mention - CHRISTIAN SAID "I LOVE OLLI"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yey!!!!! although he didn't say it to Olli's face but nonetheless - he still expressed it in words!!! god how i love these two boys....

i think (IMHO) that Christian cannot say "I LOVE YOU" back to Olli (in last week's epsiode) is because he constantly said I love you to Coco while he was confused and was actually attracted to Olli... although i know that he really loved coco... it's just that i think he is more cautious now in saying those magic three words until he is definitely sure of it... and them having been together for just a few months would be understandable... which may be a reason for us to look forward to (him saying it to olli) in the near future (i hope)... but for now... the only future i am hoping to see is the (SPOILER ALERT) swimsuit episode!! god i am so shallow! but it's thor and jo and andreas' fault! - they are too damn hot!

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GayTV's picture

Christian and "I Love You"

I wasn't put off at all about Christian's "Right back at ya" to Olli after Olli told Christian that he loved him. The reason being...this is the same episode where Christian told him that it drives him crazy that he can't tell the world about their relationship...that he would dance with him in the center of No Limits. That to me is just as powerful as I Love You. Plus...Chrisian's actons have shown that he cares.

But I did love that he told Gregor he loves Olli. I even caught it when I watched the German version earlier.

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westero's picture

plotline? accident?

Christian's apparent inability to tell Olli that he loves him has been so under-the-radar. I would have expected it to have become a plotline by now but no one on screen has mentioned it (although I guess that would only be Olli, and he is too sweet to call it out). I'm afraid the writers have created this entire 'lack of I-Love-You' situation by accident! But that would be a bit coincidental, wouldn't it. Guess I'm just paranoid. The confession to Gregor was great, but I hope he says it to Olli soon and in a big moment...
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LolaRuns's picture

No accidents

Seems unlikely to me that it was an accident. For a German soap, VL doesn't always have the most inspired writing, but I think they are among the best plotters. Looking back over the storyline it feels that certain hints (on various subjects) were dropped a long time ago and I have a hard time believing that the things that are being dropped now won't come up again eventually at one point in the future. Now, what form they will pop up again is unknown (will Christian say it in a big gesture moment? Will he never say it out loud at all but instead work on showing Olli in a lot of ways), but I would be surprised if nothing came out of it. Particularly the long reaction show of Christian/Thore looking awkward after the "same here" makes me think that it was definitely intended to have something more to it.
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GayTV's picture

VL...the little things and I love yous

To me the sign of a good show...soap or otherwise...is when you miss the holes and little bad things because the rest of the show is so good. I did notice that Christian didn't say "I love you" back to Olli...but I didn't notice that he has never said it. I think it's because he shows it so many times in one episode. I mean...to me he's showing his love by entertaining the idea that he'd give up his "dream" of being a boxer if Olli wasn't happy. He showed it in No Limits when they had their "Not another word or I'll cry like half the gays watching this scene are crying" moment.

Sure...we could focus on the fact that the boxing storyline is paper thin in believability, or the overheard conversations, or many of the other little things...but the quality of the writing and the acting draw your attention away from that stuff.

However...after reading more and more posts about it I look forward to the day when Christian finally says it first. Maybe it'll be a big deal...like a declaration of his love while he kisses Olli in public. Maybe it'll be a small private affair...one on one in their apartment.

All I know is he sure shows it everyday.

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LolaRuns's picture

Well..

Well, in VL's first major gay couple, Tom and Ulli, Ulli bought a billboard to apologize to Tom for previously having had troubles being honest about their relationship in public. (and no, I don't think that they will rip that off for Christian and Oliver because they ripped it off for a straight couple a few weeks ago)

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