Members rcade Posted November 27, 2015 Members Share Posted November 27, 2015 I don't remember that. The seven-month run of Whitesell/Iacabuzio was at the same time that Port Charles started and GH lost Lucy, Kevin and Scott to the new soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 27, 2015 Members Share Posted November 27, 2015 Not that Jean Passanante is what anyone (...well, almost anyone...) would call a visionary, but what DOES she see in Christopher Whitesell's work to keep hiring him at almost every show she has worked on? Is there something about his ability to weave together stories that I'm ignoring? Is he fun to have around at story conferences and/or is able to take her and the network's notes with no push-back whatsoever? Is whatever secret he must be holding over her head THAT juicy? An explanation would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted November 27, 2015 Members Share Posted November 27, 2015 All I see is one hack hiring another hack…..Ive mentioned it for Jean but it must be great being CW….being fired once again only to be rehired on another soap….tragic…any wonder why soaps went down the toilet years and years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JONNYSBRO Posted November 27, 2015 Members Share Posted November 27, 2015 Chris Whitesell did the baby switch on days with Nicole and Sami it brought ratings and he also did the Kristen return storyline. There's talent there but in the end he faltered. Jean is a smart cookie and a visionary she has a slower pace for soaps that harkens back to Nixon and Bell. Make them wait give them payoff. Jean is giving us payoff and letting us savor every part of the climax of Liz comeuppance. Jean should be penning a new drama for HBO or showtime with Shelly. Just imagine how good it would be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Please register in order to view this content But you make me laugh... Whoever brought Parisse back must be a glutton for punishment. There's no smart tv going on, just long stretches of poorly drawn characters written into horrible stories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 The baby switch on Days was good, so if he wrote that he wrote well. I am not sure that I would call the current GH something to savor. The new writing has a lot of FF material for those who don't find Jason or Sonny even remotely interesting, and lately we have been assaulted by Kiki sightings. These new writers have put all their eggs in the Sonny/Jason basket and that is odd considering how a few years back GH admitted enough was enough with the Sason fetish. Now it is back and if you don't care about Jason, Sam and Liz, or Sonny and Carly, you have absolutely nothing. I give RC a lot of credit--he gave a lot of play to Luke, Anna, and many things completely unrelated to Jason. Pity he foolishly reversed course and these new writers have vision of their own other than returning GH to the failed characters and story lines of 2006--clearly what they see as the glory days. The reveal was a dud, nothing happened. They went to talk to Helena and once again nothing happened. Morgan's mental issues became just him showing the effects of too much coffee while holding a gun. Anna spends all her time crying about killing a guy even though as a spy she has killed before. Dillon had a movie and then for some reason they channeled Emily Litella and said "nevermind". Dante and Lulu are having marriage difficulties but as a couple who hadn't had even a single story in six years why is this considered a bad thing? Break them up already. Then there is the onslaught of babies. Why is Sabrina pregnant? Did anyone cry when she lost the last baby, and when the actress was off the show for six months did anyone in the audience even notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted November 28, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Parisse? Don't you mean Passanante? It wasn't just Whitesell but Higley who wrote the baby switch on Days. I think it's more Varni and Valentini who are dictating story, but Altman and Passanante are still dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Thats called awful writing add to that BM lazy acting as Jason and you have a dud of a reveal. LOL…again if the show had a competent actor to pull this off then maybe…..but they don't …I found it actually embarrassing when watching it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 No, the actor that plays Carlos... Who is so not Frank's "Twink" type...why does he keep returning? Did he walk in on FV's "casting Couch?" I refuse to bother w/Pisspoorwriter..or her "dumbed down" writing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 And Carlos is/was scum of the earth. No one cared for him except apparently Sabrina. Bringing him back from the dead is such lazy uninspired writing. I actually like the actor who plays Dillon but he can't act. The whole Lulu/Dante/Valerie is boring. Again the actress who plays Valerie can't act and why is she still in Port Charles? She doesn't even interact with her aunt Bobbie. Dante and Val have zero chemistry. I really don't care what happens with the trio but if I was writing this mess…I'd write off Dante and Valerie and pair Lulu with someone else on the canvas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Instead of thrusting Valerie into some stupid quadrangle with Dillon, Lulu and Dante they should have had her interact with Bobbie and the rest of the family more so we can, you know, actually give a damn. But she was nothing but a plot point and it was clear nearly from the start what her purpose was. Which is a shame. And yeah, the actress is pretty bad. Between Dillon, Valerie, Kiki, Morgan .... the show remains focused on all the wrong people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 All bad actors….of course that didnt stop them before when they had Nina and Franco front burner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr. sweet Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 I have to say I'm surprised JP did not get rid of some of the characters from the canvas when she came aboard. When is the last time a new regime came on without giving a few actors their walking papers? In fact, she brought back on Carlos and Sloane (only to kill him off) and upped Felix and Epiphany's presence. It's odd that with a show this bloated that many characters didn't get the axe. I was convinced that Kiki, Nina, Rosalie were goners. I actually like Valerie (haha, yup, I'm the only one--ducks for cover) but in order for her to work more, they should have her interact with some of her family (Carly, Lucas, Bobbie). Same goes for Dillon, have him interact more with Tracy, who is one of the best characters on this show. Weird that the writers refuse to do this. Funny thing is Lulu is such a boring character so I think having them away from her will do wonders, Even though I've warmed to Kiki (I know right), I will admit that she brings nothing to the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Valerie is ruined IMO. She was pretty much DOA. She never really served a purpose and is a dud character. I dont think there is anything there worth saving and investing in bc she was never great to begin with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted November 28, 2015 Members Share Posted November 28, 2015 Now I REALLY wish they hadn't dredged up Pat Spencer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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