Members Sylph Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Snark Weighs In Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billyjill Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 In that colloquium linked to earlier this month, Kay Alden said she would LOVE to write for AMC and its characters ... unless that changed, AMC must have passed on her. Boobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JONNYSBRO Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 The thing about Esensten/Brown are they are hit and miss. They were head writers for GL for three years from about 1997-2000 and PC from 2000-2003. Then they briefly consulted at OLTL in 2005 when Higley was there but quickly left after six months. They went to DAYS shortly but now bolted. They did good things the first year at GL with the Annie trial and stuff. Then the last year or so it was mob and San Cristocrap. I remember Babsy/Jim's interview in 1999 which made Babsy sound like a total drunk in SOW. PC they were hit and miss as well. They are creative but sometimes it flops flatter then a pancake. Some arcs on PC I loved were Time in a Bottle and Fate but hated all the vampire stuff. They worked with Julie before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Dan Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Sigh! Another opportunity missed. The one great storyline they did was the Annie storyline and then perhaps the very beginning of the leukemia storyline. They turned Holly into a psychopathic kidnapper and reduced Nola by having her keep an amnesiac Buzz captured. Actually...not really. It was proposed by one of the network executives, apparently as a joke, and that idiot Paul Rauch (along with B&E) ran with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sungrey Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 They get a free pass from me for The Loving Murders, which hands down was the best mystery presented on daytime since Edge went off the air. And I loved pretty much everything they did on GL. Ya, you either love or hate these writers, but considering who just got canned I think B&E is a step up from McCrappish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Well. Even though Kay is not head writer i will give them a chance. They are good writers and they deserve a chance because its a whole different show. Maybe the audience might like the stories they write. You never know I hope they are GREAT writers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baller Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 But it doesn't say that Kay's not consulting and writing for AMC right now Kay gets the write and do what she wants without all the drama and hand holding and Frons BS and hoop jumping that goes on for a HW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R!ck Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Get ready for a cloned Erica, The Mob, and Opal kidnapping the kids of Pine Valley No, seriously I love them! They got me hooked on GL and I am happy to hear they will now be on AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Someone said B&E wrote Lizzie's Lukemia story on GL, and it was a great story. So I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dan Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 They wrote the first quarter or so of the story, especially with Phillip and Beth's affair in the mountains. Claire Labine wrote the climax of the story. Speaking of this story, go check out Youtube. They have the "Where There is Hope" montage on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members whyamcwhy Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 I am disappointed that Alden won't be taking over AMC. I have never watched any of their work so I don't have a lot of confidence in their ability to improve AMC. Any idea when they will start writing or when their work will first air??? Or have they already started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 I think they are competent writers and I don't think we should judge them on their past mistakes. I only watched their work on the final year of Loving and that was some of the best soap opera I've ever seen. I am still wondering if Kay Alden won't still be involved.... she did mention in her interview November sweeps is when she wanted the show to be in a place to jump into new story lines. I think this is great news and I am just glad they've finally made the announcement. As script editors I really don't think they can take the blame for DAYS decline... Hogan is still deciding which characters are featured. I think that's unfair to outright blame them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 21, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 Plus there was that big old mess that JER caused that had to be cleaned up as well, so yeah can't blame them fully. Like PC or not, supernatural stuff disregarded, the show was very good with relationships(friendships whatnot). Characters STAYED IN CHARACTER. I never had to say WTF? what his/her motivation for doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Adam Posted May 21, 2007 Members Share Posted May 21, 2007 People also blaming them for cancelling the soaps they worked for. All the programs they were on had low ratings when they came in and just coincidentally happend to be writing at the time of their cancellation. And most of the shows they wrote for I think for the most part during their stints were critically acclaimed. I am very pleased by this development. It definitely could be a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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