Happy for Vinessa! 

The flashbacks episodes were AWFUL. AWFUL. Terrible. 

Nelle's whole speech about wanting to be the heroine was odd. Carly was not the heroine in those days. Who talks like that? 

It was a waste of time. The acting was off. The writing and timeline did not make sense. I know FV doesn't care because Nelle is here to stay. Ugh. 

I don't think the Matt Clark/Carter Mills story has ever been posted in full. There were some clips but those got pulled forever ago. Some clips that were posted were in French and then the English versions always got pulled. 

ABC should just use the GH episodes soapnet aired for the 50th anniversary. 

https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2013/03/29/soapnet-general-hospital-marathon-episodes/

Happy to see Y&R will be showing classics. 

Good for B&B.

YR has been trash. 

10 hours ago, carolineg said:

Jax ended up with Sam post-Brenda.  How can you forget the glorious tale of the Dead Man's Hand lol?  Jax/Sonny/Brenda made sense.  You could understand Brenda being torn because we witnessed her love story with both men.  The problem is GH basically has played the same Jax vs. Sonny story a million times with less charismatic love interests.  It's actually silly because LW has 1000 times more chemistry with Ingo than Mo but we are stuck with Carson for ever.

I forgot that Brenda leaving and Sam showing up happened the same year. So weird. Feels like two different eras to me. LW/IR do fit better but even during the good days of CarJax the writers undermined the pairing so much. 

I feel like early on Jax had great potential and I enjoyed his various dynamics. Even after Brenda had died, I liked Jax with Alexis and even Skye. Or that short period of time, he had the club with Carly. I can't remember what happened to Jax after he left Brenda at the altar tho. The writers playing Jax off Sonny for so long kind of hurt the character. It became so black and white. Jax automatically became perfect rebound guy because he wasn't tied to the mob. He was handsome, rich, and charming. Any female character would be an idiot not to like him vs the mobsters. Meanwhile, Jax had/has his flaws. He became the placeholder until the his love interest moved onto who they really wanted. 

I was watching older scenes and I don't understand why other characters need to like Sonny or Carly. It was not always like this, they used to get called out a lot. I kind of forgot how much but the old clips were a reminder. 

Anyways for me GH killed the little momentum they had by killing Taggert off so soon. They could have brought Gia back for the funeral. Brooke would have made a good Gia recast, instead of a new character named Portia. Explaining why she might be friendly with Carly. 

On 3/12/2020 at 2:40 PM, Darn said:

Seeing Brook Kerr recite actual dialogue a human being might say has been a delight. She's very good and so much better than anything Passions ever gave her. She also, as has been pointed, hasn't aged in 20 years.

 

Though based on the comments on the youtube video I saw the audience already hates her and prefers Maura West's Ava and her overly shiny face. Isn't Ava a psychopath? I don't understand the people who still watch this show.

 

Sasha and Willow are both so so pretty but in the blandest way possible. If not for their hair I wouldn't be able to tell them apart and honestly I do not know which is Willow and which is Sasha, I just know they have different names.

The moment they had Portia be anti-Ava I figured some in the fandom would hate her instantly. 

When I first saw Sasha & Willow I thought they were the same characters. I don't know who thought that was a good idea. 

This show is so bland. It's sad. 

I see some of the actors & writera (I don't blame them) telling fans to tune in, because now is a great time to get caught up. 

My thoughts are get caught up on what? I just don't think today's soaps can compete with the variety of other options viewers have sadly. There isn't even an exciting story going that viewers could get caught up in. I think GH had some potential with the Taggert/Cyrus story. Then they killed Taggert. Can you imagine if they had the right story and momentum was there? Sadly, that is not happening. I would love to be able to watch old episodes, in good quality. Now that would be nice but I don't see it happening. The three networks have apps, upload some classics. They don't even have to show them on TV. 

She told no lies. I'm glad she has found work outside of GH. 

There is no reason for Peter to still be around. The story with him and Anna has done nada for the show. 

I binge watched this on Netflix all three main characters are enjoyable. 

It's funny seeing Annie's ex be played by Zach since she was such a huge FNL fan. They had ex-FNL actors play her love interests on Parenthood. 

Happy Taggert is back. It would be awesome to see Gia as well. The writing had already gone off the rails but I still have a soft spot for the characters from that era. 

On 1/2/2020 at 1:19 PM, xtr said:

According to recap for tomorrow's show the new guy Tanner is Tessa's ex husband. He will be on the show tomorrow. They will catch up and talk a little about their past relationship. He will want Tessa to go on tour with him (and it sounds like he says that he wants that for professional reasons.) Tessa will reveal to Mariah they were married.

 

Also, Sharon will discover a lump in her breast and will make a Doctor's appointment to get that checked out.

 

And Fen will appear again on tomorrow's show. He will say he is sticking around for a few more days. He will spend time with his family. And Chloe/Kevin will their family including Bella they are having a baby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I thought Fen was Raul for a second and thought YR were showing flashbacks of the Glow By Jabot kids but that couldn't be since Likey were not a thing back then. 

5 hours ago, DramatistDreamer said:

So why do Y&R fans on social media want Sharon to have an illness-centered storyline when Y&R hasn't had a good disease-focused storyline in almost a quarter century?  Are folks this naive to be trusting JG to deliver when he hasn't delivered since...ever?

They know JG can't deliver and have been complaining about him for months now. Some Sharon fans are calling them out on how the story would be awful. Be a waste of time just like bipolar story JG penned for Sharon. 

It's agenda driven I guess some feel if she is sick with Cancer gets her out of the way. 

1 hour ago, AMARIB91 said:

ikr! Billy and Mac were everything back then when they were played by David Tom and Ashley Bashioum! I have some more and I will upload soon

They were. I did like JT/Mac as well. We got to see a nicer side JT which set things up nicely for JT/Colleen. 

I can't wait to see what else you will upload. 

On 1/6/2017 at 7:44 PM, AMARIB91 said:

Hey guys! Happy to join this great forum! i have a couple of episodes myself from 2001 and will be uploading soon!

 

Billy/Mac in the elevator?! 

*faints* 

I was so invested in Y&R during that time. Never thought I would see these episodes again. Thank you. 

Vintage print ads under the spoiler cut. 

The Soaps' Purest Pair Takes a Valentine's Vow

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20087088,00.html

People Mag article on Greg and Jenny's wedding. Advice from celeb fans. 

AMC is mentioned.

O.J.'S GUILTY - OF IRKING LEGIONS OF SOAP FANS

YOU THINK you're sick of hearing about O.J. Simpson?

You couldn't be any angrier than the millions of soap opera fans whose daily digest of infidelity, divorce and murder has been pre-empted by - well - talk of infidelity, divorce and murder.

Los Angeles' posh Brentwood neighborhood has been almost as busy as the soap opera lands of Pine Valley, Corinth and Genoa City lately - much to the dismay of the Internet users who call themselves RATS. That's because you'll find them talking on a USENET group - rec.arts.tv.soaps.

The RATS are mostly working men and women who have their VCRs whirring from 1 to 4 p.m. weekdays. They don't want to miss one breathless moment of ``All My Children,'' ``Loving'' or ``The Young and the Restless.''

At night, they pop in their tapes, hit the rewind button and sink into a world of sheer nonsense. And if they forget to tape, they can always post a message to the group:

``Anybody have a summary of what happened on `All My Children' today?'' one soap opera fan queried recently.

``Well, the defense agreed to give the prosecution 100 hairs and the prosecution agreed to let the defense watch the tests,'' came the disgusted reply of one fan, who had found O.J. on his tape that evening.

It's been a rough few weeks, say the RATS, who chat in code. Too much O.J. Not enough AMC, OLTL, GL, GH, LOV, DOOL.

Gone are the good old days when the RATS could exchange important observations:

``Can you believe the dress Dixie wore at her wedding?'' (Olive green, scaly fabric)

``Looks like she'd know what looks good by now. It was her fifth wedding!'' (Adam, Tad, Steve, Brian, Tad again).

So, these days, they've taken to flaming O.J. and the television networks. Death penalty, one RATS member advocates - if for nothing else than taking up the daytime airwaves. And the networks? Ratings, ratings, ratings. What's next? Hertz ads?

The RATS want their soap operas back. And with good reason.

On ``All My Children'' (that's AMC in RATS talk) a tornado is scheduled to hit Pine Valley on July 15. Tad, a favorite, is supposed to have a dream sequence that will bring the return of his evil father, the angelic woman who only thought she was his mother, his sister who died in an explosion and maybe even Billy Clyde Tuggle - the man who once blew Tad off a bridge.

But O.J.'s preliminary hearing could delay all that. The tornado may not hit until fall. And by then, who knows where Tad might be?

But even with the end of the preliminary hearing, the RATS fear the daytime bulletins and coverage will continue. They dread the real trial.

Make-believe soaps are so much more addictive than the real-life one unfolding four hours a day on the screen.

``I bet the network execs didn't think of the long-term viewers they might lose. They should take a lesson from the tobacco industry and keep their users hooked,'' wrote a RAT named Nancy.

More than 11,000 fans have called ABC alone with their protests, threatening to abandon daytime TV forever if ``All-OJ-All-The-Time'' isn't over soon.

But alas: Like sands through the hour glass, the O.J. coverage rolls on. In Hampton Roads, computer users can explore the Internet through the InfiNet online service.

TV Line's Best and Worst Recast http://tvline.com/gallery/best-worst-soap-opera-recasts/#!4/jamie-luner-liza-colby/ Jamie Luner made the list coming in at #2 for worst recast.

Virginia Madsen plays Jennifer Lawrence's soap-opera-obsessed mother in David O. Russell's latest film,

Joy. But rather than include clips from a pre-existing daytime soap, Russell shot original scenes with soap veterans Susan Lucci (Erica Kane on All My Children), Maurice Bernard (Sonny Corinthos on General Hospital), Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos on General Hospital), and Donna Mills (Abby Ewing on Knots Landing).

After working with these actors, Russell praised them in this week's 

THR directors roundtable

, calling them "professional athletes."

I'd go, "Donna Mills! Susan Lucci! Let's have a catfight." They don't go, "Oh wait, what's my motivation?" They just go, bang! I was blown away by the power of these women actors.

Fellow roundtable participant Quentin Tarantino said, "That might be one of the most interesting things said at the table. The power of soap opera actors. That actually is a nugget, and I buy it 100 percent."

And he's not wrong. Soap-opera actors shoot multiple scripts in one day, and with the decrease in budgets since the heyday of the genre (the '80s and '90s), there's not often time for reshoots. You must know your lines, be on your mark, and be ready to shoot. There's no time for Method acting or arguing with a director. It's the sort of professional athleticism that Alfred Hitchcock greatly admired in actors. In 1962, during a series of interviewswith François Truffaut, Hitchcock famously referred to actors as cattle. For example, during the shooting of I Confess, Hitchcock didn't get along with Montgomery Clift. According to Patricia Bosworth's Montgomery Clift: A Biography, Hitchock would tell Clift exactly how he wanted him to behave in scenes. Clift balked at the demands and would act how he wanted in other takes, but Hitchcock would ultimately use the takes where Clift followed his instructions. It shouldn't come as surprise that a number of the actors Hitchock worked with — including Farley Granger, John Forsythe, and Macdonald Carey — went on to act in soaps.

Russell, who has been known to battle with his own actors on set, is probably just embracing his inner Hitchcock. He even has Lawrence as his icy blonde. And really, is it any surprise that a director who loves a good screaming match and casting Lawrence older than she actually is in every film would love a good Erica Kane soap-opera catfight?

http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/david-o-russell-loves-soap-actors.html?mid=fb-share-vulture

James Scott in TBS comedy pilot.

TBS has set the cast for its Lost-meets-Gilligan's Island comedy pilot Wrecked.

Wrecked centers on a group of passengers who, after their plane crashes on a remote island, the group of extremely diverse survivors are forced to adjust to life in a dangerous new world that poses unique threats mostly brought upon themselves. From writers Justin Shipley and Jordan Shipley and producer Jesse Hara, the comedy explores the group who, no longer plugged in, must navigate the new society and learn to live without the comforts of 2015 including social media, WiFi, indoor plumbing and Chipotle.

James Scott (Days of Our Lives) is Liam, a confident, charismatic, appealing, natural leader and seemingly the most handsome man in the world even after a plane crash. He's done 10 years with British special forces, military police before that and now campaigns for human rights for child war refugees.

Both Lisa's and ED are my favorites of this season.