Khan

Frankly, I would rather watch a brand-new soap (such as TG) than watch a reboot or revival of a defunct one. Mostly because, anyone who dared to take on such a venture would face an uphill battle trying to please both fans of any previous incarnations and potential, new viewers who have never seen the show(s) before now. It would be, but on the other hand, I got enough of that kind of "synergy" from the Angela Shapiro years at ABCD. At this point, aside from Y&R and B&B, I'd rather see each current and prospective soap be a universe unto itself.

If Ron Carlivati were writing, she'd be hiding out on an avocado farm.

Worse than that, she's the newest co-host on "The Talk."

Exactly. And if I've said it once lately, I've said it a hundred times: Steve Burton can miss me with his "I won't take off my shirt or do love scenes because Jesus!" b.s., when the Bible clearly states that a person is NOT supposed to tattoo any part of their body. You don't get to pick and choose which parts of the Scriptures you live by; either you live by them all, or you're a hypocrite; and God, according to the tenets of the Christian faith, does not like a hypocrite.

Which is stupid, because even Jesus knows when you're just playing a role on television. (I try not to judge entertainers who profess to be Christians, because I, too, am a Christian, and there are lines that I will not cross, but they really try my patience sometimes, lol.) Like I think I said in another post, if taking off his shirt and performing non-pornographic love scenes on a daytime soap opera is a problem for Steve Burton, then why the hell does he keep working in this genre? Just go do faith-based movies for GAC/PureFlix! It's easy for Maurice Benard to say that. Last time I checked, no one was clamoring for him to take HIS shirt off. Look, I could understand needing to be taken seriously as a performer. That's why you (or your reps) set limits: "yes, I will take off my shirt for love scenes on my show - but no, I will not, under any circumstances, show up for a personal appearance wearing nothing but a thong!"

I agree.

LMAO! That seriously needs to be a series! Or, as Jeffrey Osborne once said...

It's a holdover from SANTA BARBARA, when JFP and crew would do these "day-out-of-time" episodes as Emmy bait.

Because, Jesus came down one day and told him to knock it off or else burn in Hell forever. True story.

Thank you! And wouldn't you know, on the very same day I made that comment, guess who's playing husband and wife on a "Murder, She Wrote" rerun? Yep, Dean Butler and Genie Francis. (I totally forgot about that episode, lol.) Me neither.

Unless "Jason's next move" is going to his local Macy's and picking out a new wardrobe that isn't all black and all leather, I'm not all that interested, lol.

This one, in particular! Every time I heard/saw this opening, I halfway expected Montel Williams or Sally Jessy Raphael to pop up and say, "On today's show....".

I agree.

And it all showed on screen, too.

Amen and hallelujah to that, lol! I agree! (Hell, even KNOTS LANDING couldn't remain set in the same cul-de-sac after awhile.) I'm also vetoing any titles that sound pun-tastic and downright stereotypical, like "Keeping Up with the Joneses." Save that [!@#$%^&*] for those two-cent church plays on Bounce, lol.

I agree. The one-family structure worked for the 15-minute soaps, because they didn't have the luxury of time to incorporate more than a handful of characters. Once they expanded beyond those 15 minutes, however, the soaps needed more families out of necessity. At the same time, I think a mistake that many modern-era soaps have made is throwing too many characters at their audience before they have had the chance to learn about them. Even if TG ends up being an hour-long soap, I hope they learn from the mistakes made by PASSIONS, SaBa, SuBe and others and really use that hour in the beginning to concentrate on a select number of characters before broadening the canvas to include others.

Nah, there's much too much scorched earth there to make another Scott/Laura pairing palatable to the audience. Especially after we learned about Scotty's role in the Theresa Carter madness. Once upon a time, I hit upon the notion of Laura hooking up with Luke's old chum, Robert Scorpio. It would have been one of those tales where the more the two fought their attraction, the more that attraction would have grown. (Similarly, I wanted the show at least to chemistry-test Kin Shriner and Emma Samms, because something about pairing Scott with Holly seemed very intriguing to me.) More recently, I thought it would've been interesting to see Laura actually finding love again with a Cassadine - Victor, to be exact. But that would have been contingent upon 1) Charles Shaughnessy sticking around and 2) Victor not becoming, y'know, evil and stuff? Nowadays, though, I just would like to see Laura paired with someone who's stable (so she can have the family and roots that she's always craved) and can make her laugh and support her whenever she encounters yet another crisis among her family, but someone who isn't dull the way Kevin tends to be whenever he isn't with Lucy. Someone like...well, remember the guy who played Almanzo Wilder on "Little House on the Prairie"? His name's escaping me at the moment, and I'm not saying I'd want him specifically, but that's the kind who I'm talking about. (I also thought she'd have made a good on-screen partner with Billy Moses, but that would've meant pairing Jeff and Laura and I just don't wanna go there under any circumstances, lol). But, in the end, I'm still the guy who wanted to bring on Justin Deas as Tracy's new love interest, so take everything I've just said with several grains of salt, lol. It's been my experience as a lifelong soaps fan that a character who is created specifically for a particular actor hardly ever works once that character has been recast. CW should be commended for giving her all to Nina, but truth be told, Nina bears too much of Michelle Stafford's imprint to work as a viable, long-term, "actor-proof" character - and I say that as one who generally doesn't care for Stafford.

I'd love to know where they intend TG's setting to be, because that could help in determining an actual title for the series as well.

I agree. They wrote Ross into a corner when they had him rape Natalie; and even though I think they kept him on for a few years afterward, you knew there was no way the writers would be allowed to write him again as anything other than a supporting, "talk-to" character in other people's stories. I mean, there's a good reason why, after he left, they barely, if ever, mentioned him again.

I agree. IMO, Jason needed someone who, for lack of a better word, was purer than Carly, because, even on the off-chance that he were to retrieve his lost memories, Jason still would have an edge about him. He wouldn't just snap back into being "Jason Quartermaine" like nothing had happened. (At least, that's my interpretation, YMMV, lol). Similarly, I think Sonny would have worked best with Lily - y'know, before she "blowed up real good," lol? - but theirs would have been a constant struggle over Sonny's being with "the organization" versus Lily's desire to protect him, herself and their growing family. And as for Brenda...? Well, I definitely think she should have been with someone like Jax, but not necessarily Jax, just b/c - if I'm being frank - I didn't like Ingo from day damn one, lol. Ingo was entirely too blonde and "pretty" for Brenda/Vanessa. She needed someone with darker, more brooding features - a real Rhett Butler-type, who would have been older, and played back in the halcyon days of the '70's and '80's by someone like Michael Woods or Lee Godart.

I wasn't going to say anything, but...yeah, lol.

Then, let her run some business that would allow to interact with most of the cast on a regular basis, sort of like when Ruby ran Kelly's.

IMO, the lyrics for the one that Johnny Mathis performed reminded me of something that an eight-year-old girl would have made up while sitting in the backseat of her parents' car during a long drive to her grandparents' house. They just went on and on with no point whatsoever.

One thing I wish Korte and Mulcahey would correct is Laura being the mayor of PC. That's...never sounded right to me for some reason. Especially when I think she'd be more useful running a women's center with Liz or working as some sort of youth/women's counselor at the hospital (or both).