carolineg

I know some people were into Carly/Brennan when CM was in the role, but it really was just a whole lot of nothing for months. A few kisses and a lot flirting, so what? Carly will get over it. Perhaps if they were a bit more serious before the role was recast there might have been a chance. GH was spinning their wheels for months on this pairing and I never invested. Brennan as a character is useless and unnecessary to begin with. No loss when he leaves.

Oh, no you are correct. I was thinking this is just not the most ridiculous part of the story. I was just imagining Jason taking a young Joss to a shooting range and that made me laugh.

I'll preface this post by saying Joss Jacks "superspy" is a really idiotic story. Given the people she's been around her entire life and the fact she killed Cyrus I do believe she can probably use a gun.

Yesterday AnnaLynne McCord shared scenes with Marlena and I was thinking how she would have been a much better recast Belle than whatever idiotic character she's currently playing. But that's for the Days thread. I don't want to go down the HP firing rabbit hole again, but I agree. I actually do think Vaganos is pretty good. But they should have written Molly and TJ off for a while instead of recasting Molly 4 times and having TJ just work on the other side of the hospital where nothing happens like he is these days.

I just hope Jamey stays far away from John's final story. I couldn't take him ruining that.

Haley Pullos looked too young to play the surrogate story and this current stuff. And, yes, it was very noticeable when OldMolly was playing the part lol. She looked 40. The current Molly looks older than HP of course. I believe KV is 28 which is what I imagine Molly's age should be. She's probably been aged up a bit since HP left the role. There is no way Cody isn't 40 given the whole Dante/Brook/Gio story. Dante and Cody are older than BLQ. JK looks his age (42). In real life, that wouldn't necessarily give me a pause. Molly seems pretty mature. I just think about DZ playing a full grown adult when Molly was a child so Cody just seems like an entire different generation in age. Don't even get me started on MM as Belle. Yes, she looked like a 40 year old soccer mom from the jump lol.

When is the last time they even showed TJ? And honestly, I wouldn't be against that pairing but it's very left field.

I thought Perry Chen looked good. Not my type exactly, but it's not like he's horribly out of shape or anything lol. But I thought Sean Kanan was hot when Ron was writing fat jokes about AJ so taste varies. I am 100% not directing this at anyone here because I adore most of you, but we (myself very much included) rag on Amanda Setton for wearing 17000 layers of clothing, but then rag on Perry Shen for going shirtless.

I thought she did decent work with some of the Franco death stuff and the aftermath. She also did well with her mother and father coming back. The storylines were awful and I don't have a lot of nice things to say about them, but I though RH was good acting wise. I don't think any of this was Elizabeth's character's stronger material though. She's been holding up lesser characters for years.

I don't really have much of an opinion about Cody and Molly as a long term couple. I just find the whole situation strange. Molly and TJ were together for, what, a decade? They were life partners and were ready to start a family and now they are just done. TJ's disappeared and there is no follow up for him at all. Cody was more upset about the demise of his relationship with Sasha, which barely got anywhere, than Molly is about the dissolution of her long term partnership. I really could care less about Molly/TJ as a couple, but this whole Cody/Molly thing feels rushed. I also think Cody is kind of old for her. Knowing Cody's previously relationship history it will probably take him 2 years to get to first base with Molly though.

Has the Dimera mansion ever had a dining room set? I am sure they have. I just can't recall it. Maybe in the 90's when Kristen/John lived there? The lack of a dining room set really bothers me at John/Marlena's house. So many people live there and they seem to just eat on the couch.

Jane Elliot is worth every penny. I just think the show is at the point where solid performers (and returns like JJ) can't save the show. I am not even sure Queen Vanessa could save this mess. The cast needs to be cut, the focus needs to be more dialed in on storytelling and things actually need to happen. All the momentum the show had with Willow/Nina/Drew/Michael has just been lost at this point-and that was clearly the most interesting story. The show looks decent, they have a talented cast, but the writing is almost always in neutral instead of kicking it into high gear.

I think eventually the excitement of BTG will die down and this thread will go back to normal. The Days thread has always been kind of dead. It's not really a chore for me to watch, but I often multi task while watching even more so than I do with Days. But I have basically been bored with GH since 2013 and still watch lol. Yup. It's strange a show with so many cast members like GH has so few interesting ones. Or something interesting happens and you don't see the character for a month and forget. You can basically drop 425 of the cast members and add 5 or 6 better ones and the show would be fine.

This daily thread used to be the most popular one on the board and now no one cares lol. GH has been creatively struggling to do anything exciting for a long time. It's not ridiculously horrible like Days, but it's just dull. It's not even just the wash, rinse, repeat with Sonny/Jason/Carly show. Everything has stalled.

I don't blame you. I don't think the quality has necessarily declined from a few weeks ago just other options make you realize how boring GH is day to day.

I am honestly fine with Doug3. I don't think PM is stellar or anything, but he isn't worse than Carson Boatman or even Leo Howard. That's probably only faint praise, but I find the new Sophia much more distracting to the Holly/Tate/Doug/Sophia story. That actress is a miss.

Considering all the things happening on BTG, Sonny buying Valentin's house was really no comparison to soapy drama. Anyhow, does Kristina just follow Sonny around town? How weird was it that she just popped up and dissed Ava's house? Like, girl, you only have a job because your dad gifted you a bar. I do like Gio and Tracy though.

I think @j swift meant to write Johnny not Tate.

Paulina had a hole in the seam of the arm in her dress today for the entire show and I couldn't stop staring at it lol. I know the show has no money but take 5 minutes to fix a seam. The rest of the show was kind of nothing. I don't really get the point of a butler if everyone can just barge into the Dimera house.

I will never get over the naturally aging, plus size woman with the devoted husband was being lied to for decades. It's absolutely disgusting. Craig's "hotter" in looks, but that was just so unnecessary and offensive. Of course it was too good to be true. And then they pair her with Clyde. Although I think she's still dating Mike? That was unclear when she returned with Joy. I feel like Gwen at least got a bit of an FU to both of them in the end.

Dimitri/Leo were super offensive and disgusting to Gwen. Gross. I can't believe Ron ruined one of the most stable, interesting marriages that ever came from Salem to humiliate Nancy and have Craig come out for it to amount to nothing? If there was a point anywhere in that story I would like to know.

Oh, Ron definitely thinks he's smarter than everyone. His writing tends to be filled with contempt. Again, I do sometimes think he has good ideas. He's just extremely sensitive and has to just double down on mistakes. Like, just move on, correct, and get over it. A bit of humility would go a long way with Ron. OMG!!!! I pretended this was a fever dream and didn't actually happen!!!

Well, you make a solid argument. There is a huge element of laziness with Jamey. A couple of google clicks might work for a 1 page article on DC, but it doesn't work for long term soap plotting. His stories are trite and very IYKYK in a way that is obnoxious. I don't think he hates the genre, but perhaps thinks he is just smarter than the viewers? Which is awful as well. Idk, I am not trying to defend him. It just seems like this isn't the right job for him.

I've been a bit sick for about a week so I am not 100% fresh, but I literally fell asleep at 1pm while watching GH today. I was that bored. It was just a power nap, but I woke up and saw Natalia and Sidwell with Lucy and Maxie looking like a pilgrim and I realized I missed nothing.