OLTL: Interesting ABC News article

[Scotty]

From: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=...&id=5245269

[Ryan]

Great....more "teen centric". OLTL is off my DVR this summer.

[jcar03]

That may be changed because of this....sounds like this teen hostage storyline (which sounds like what GH did but with teenagers instead) was supposed to be the basis for the whole summer. What are they going to show now? If they have already taped this stuff and aren't going to show that what will the show look like next month.

[Jess]

Summers are always "teen centric." You know every since Luke and Laura and whatever the summer AMC story was that was such a big hit, soaps have been trying to launch the big summer teen story.

[Jess]

Summers are always "teen centric." You know every since Luke and Laura and whatever the summer AMC story was that was such a big hit, soaps have been trying to launch the big summer teen story.

[alwaysAMC]

Wow - taking out material for 17 days of sweeps - that'll be rough. I wonder what they could hurry up and get in its place. This might be a huge task - needs some big shoes.

[KevC1980]

that sucks for the show, it sounds like it would have been a great storyline...

[Sedrick]

If the talented Gary Tomlin was still EP, perhaps we would have been treated to another May sweeps live event!

[dragonflies]

I remember that with PC, they had to scrap that storyline and rewrite, and they didn't have much time to do it.

I'm glad ABC canned this storyline, there is hope for them yet....

[ATWTCarOn4Ever]

I'm so torn on this. I think it would have been a great story on OLTL. Especially with the kids and their parents reactions coming into play. Can you just imagine Todd's reaction? But I agree its probably best that it was canned...for now at least. Maybe further down the road they can revisit it or something. Oh well. I just hate what happened at VT and now this is making me hate the shooter just that much more...

Already they're playing the "being bullied" card out as an excuse or something for his actions which makes me sick. We've all been picked on before including me. Didn't make me go psycho. Neither did GTA, True Crime, or Halo although I love all three games. People need to be held accountable for their choices and the media should stop trying to put blame on certain people or certain areas.

[baller]

I'm torn as well, because as horrible as Vt was, I think the "bullying" stories need to get played out, especially with a more positive ending like it seemed OLTL to have.

I'm also a fan of the teen group and would hate to see it all dropped

[poohbear19]

I dread what ever mess they get to cover it up... I'm sure something concerning John or Todd/Blair or Antonio/Jessica/Nash or Adriana/Tate; or even more Cole/Starr would make sweeps and summer horrible to me.

[Scotty]

Oh, you and me both...and with the rush job they will have to do with it, I can only imagine what kind of crap they will be throwing at us. I'm dreading May 4th already.

[cal3]

Why do I find that statement next to impossible to believe?

Starr, Cole and Marcie are the only ones with any connection to the remainder of the show. Todd would have been MIA since TSJ wasn't around to film. That leaves Blair and Marty as the sole concerned parents. We probably would have gotten a few scenes of Viki and Dorian wringing their hands in the background while fighting over Clint. Marcie and Michael might have had a couple of brief scenes. Certainly more of John. Evidently Nora was supposed to have some involvement via the DA's office so I guess Bo will represent the incompetent LPD. Did Henry have parents who would have made an appearance? Might we have finally met Langston's parents? Would the dayplayer Jennings have shown up? Would anyone have cared given the fact that we don't know them and know little about the teens beside Cole and Starr? The sad thing is Cole and Starr are the least interesting of the teens, IMHO.

[Jess]

Bottom line, I'm glad they killed that storyline. Now is just not the time. There are more important things than what a daytime soap does for sweeps month. Emotions are very very raw, and this story did not need to be done right now. It's a good story in the can and it will be a fine story in September or whatever.

I don't like the bullying excuse either, and I don't let mass murderers duck under some skirt of mental illness. Yes they are crazy dong that, but it goes beyond crazy. They aren't having visions, or hearing messages. They are extracting revenge and enjoying it. They are very calculated. People who do this are evil. Yep, there is evil in the world.

Honestly, that is one of these things that bothers me about Higley doing this story. I guess she's been writing soaps too long because her perceptions are warped. I know she has been doing it for 19 or what years. It's almost like she has adopted this soap opera character judgement of right and wrong and who should be pitied and who should be heroes. That scares me when she writes a story like this, another reason I'm glad it's in the can for the time being.

Look at how she writes her so-called favorite couples: Dorian and Clint look like idiots. I'm sorry that was just painful to watch on Wednesday. He looked like a moron. Just seeing a character is not enough. The Jess and Nash story with Jamie in the middle is just sick. I think the fact that there are still some Blair and Todd fans after the way she wrote that couple for two years is a signal of the support TnB have because both Blair and Todd just looked awful. When she has that infant floating in the water, it was bad and it was Higley. And folks, Todd had made many comments about not caring if he killed that infant. We all were commenting on how she was making it possible for him to be a baby killer.

So, I think it's good that Dena's warped sense of entertainment and particularly right and wrong weren't brought to bear at this time in our country. I really believe someone can write a weird soap too long, and Dena did work for DOOL at its strangest times. She has not touch for writing heroes or root for people. I predict this story, when we do it see it, will be a disaster and we will all be glad it didn't air in May.