GH is a complete and utter trainwreck.

Complete and utter trainwreck? Isn't that a bit harsh, MichaelGL? Guza & Pratt turned the show around after McTavish's mess. That had their faults, but...Remember the resurrection of Stavros Cassadine (2001/JFP/McTavish)?

...they decided to link each and every single character to the mob...

This allows for greater character interaction. Maxie can interact with Sonny & it won't be a WTF moment. Isolation leads to nowhere. Dr. Olivia on Y&R, among many others, is familiar with that. I'd love it when Edward gives Sonny a piece of his mind. I'd love to see Audrey do the same to Jason. The underused Rachael Ames would rock those scenes.

Sigh such wasted potential on a soap that has such an amazing aray of characters past and present. I'd love to helm GH.

I'd like to helm GH with you MichaelGL. Do you want to be the primary HW with me 2nd in command? sole HW? Me as a co-HW? I'm improving my storytelling skills & scriptwriting. I see myself more as a SW, but I can do both. I'd like to write for shows that have struggled in the ratings like AMC & GL (I need to brush up on its history). Didn't she who's name shall remain nameless say that she'd love to have 6 months reign as HW on GL & 3 months on DOOL?

You know what I don't get? The [!@#$%^&*] POINT! They portray Sonny as the good guy, who does nothing wrong and his business is selling COFFEE. Um, sorry, but if you're selling COFFEE, why all the violence and mob wars? Does Guza think that less of his audience? Don't answer that, I already know the answer.

God, I wish Claire Labine were still writing GH, you know, she did CREATE Sonny. Yes, he was a sketchy character even then, but he was written with charisma and he wasn't a poor imitation of Tony Soprano. GH tries so hard to court a strong male audience but it never works. Give it up GH!

Claire Labine and Wendy Riche must be so disappointed that all the hard work they poured in GH and all the characters they created have been shot to hell.

The reason we are supposed to believe Sonny sells "coffee" is so that we won't hate all of the disciples of this wretched duo. If the townspeople admit what Sonny and Jason really do, they have to take a long hard look at themselves and see what horrible people they are for always standing up for them (remember Lizzard could not even stand to hear Ric say that Jason was a murderer - what a sick slut she is for continuing to lust after that beast). Back in the day, Spanky and Alfalfa would have been run out of town on a railroad. The townsfolk would not be singing their praises.

Guza is an idiot!

ANDREA

If the townspeople admit what Sonny and Jason really do, they have to take a long hard look at themselves and see what horrible people they are for always standing up for them...Back in the day, Spanky and Alfalfa would have been run out of town...The townsfolk would not be singing their praises.

What are you really saying, Andrea? Do you want Benard & Burton to leave the show permanently? If that happens, you can say goodbye to at least 4% of GH's audience. Shows prone to get under 3 million viewers for any episode like GH cannot afford to lose any more viewers. Remember: No matter what people tell you, every viewer does indeed count. Their departure would also affect characters like Carly, Michael, Morgan, Kate, Coop, Bobbie. If you think for one second that they'll write for Bobbie without Carly being on the show, you are sadly mistaken. Like it or not, Carly is Bobbie's only chance of a semblance of a story.

Would your dream storyline involve the citizens of Port Charles running Sonny & Jason out of town? If so, how should it be done?

Guza is an idiot!

I know you loathe Guza, so how do you feel about JFP? The other writers/producers?

Who would you want to replace Guza? Robert Alexander? Would you want the unjustly removed team of Michele Val Jean & Elizabeth Korte to helm the show?

If you think for one second that they'll write for Bobbie without Carly being on the show, you are sadly mistaken. Like it or not, Carly is Bobbie's only chance of a semblance of a story.

Really? It's nearly October, and Carly's been all over the place, but I can't remember seeing Bobbie once this whole year. I don't think the opening montage counts. Before getting rid of Sonny and Jason, it's absurd that no one has tried backburnering them. I guess the actors are fearful that they'll never have as much material to play in their careers again, because they don't seem to get vacations either.

What are you really saying, Andrea? Do you want Benard & Burton to leave the show permanently? If that happens, you can say goodbye to at least 4% of GH's audience. Shows prone to get under 3 million viewers for any episode like GH cannot afford to lose any more viewers. Remember: No matter what people tell you, every viewer does indeed count. Their departure would also affect characters like Carly, Michael, Morgan, Kate, Coop, Bobbie. If you think for one second that they'll write for Bobbie without Carly being on the show, you are sadly mistaken. Like it or not, Carly is Bobbie's only chance of a semblance of a story.

Would your dream storyline involve the citizens of Port Charles running Sonny & Jason out of town? If so, how should it be done?

I know you loathe Guza, so how do you feel about JFP? The other writers/producers?

Who would you want to replace Guza? Robert Alexander? Would you want the unjustly removed team of Michele Val Jean & Elizabeth Korte to helm the show?

I'm not saying that at all. There is a place for both characters. Luza has made certain of that. And in all honesty, my problem is not with Jason and Sonny. It is mostly with the disciples of this duo. Each and every character has to be related to them. There is no story for anyone outside of the mob, and now if the audience is as stupid as Luza hopes, we buy that Jason and Sonny are the good guys. And now to totally wipe the Qs from the canvas, that silly skank Lulu will move into Jason's? Had it not been for her, we would not have seen the Qs at all. I'm glad Lulu is out of that house, but the downside is that Luza now has a reason to never show them again.

You don't sacrifice all of your characters for one, and this is exactly what Luza has done. After this mob war, what do we do for February sweeps? I got it...let's have another mob war. Let's bring in someone even more dastardly than Craig and Zacharra to drive home the point that Jason and Sonny are the good people. Let's continue to turn all of the women into mob loving sluts who will defend them at all costs. I once enjoyed Alexis until she crept into Sonny's bed. Now she giggles at the sight of Craig? Huh? And Lizzard. I was always indifferent to her until last year. I absolutely loathe this heiffer. Can't stand the sight of her. Lulu showed promise early on, but that soon disappeared now that she is more concerned with what the baby secret is going to do to Jason as opposed to how hurt her brother will be after learning that his slut wife has been duping him for over a year. It is criminal what Luza has to do to a character in the name of Jason (and sometimes Sonny) Morgan.

If Luza is worried about the size of his audience, perhaps he should branch out a bit.

As for the writing questions. I'm not as wordly as many of you when it comes to who wrote what and when, but I don't know that someone needs to control Luza. He needs a co-hw, and if the EP is the problem, then there needs to be some adjustments there as well. I don't like one-dimensional shows. It's lazy.

ANDREA

Edited September 24, 200718 yr by ANDREA LOATHES REILLY

As for the writing questions. I'm not as wordly as many of you when it comes to who wrote what and when, but I don't know that someone needs to control Luza. He needs a co-hw, and if the EP is the problem, then there needs to be some adjustments there as well. I don't like one-dimensional shows. It's lazy.

If Frons agrees to produce a 2nd season of General Hospital: Night Shift, then new writers must be hired because Guza & JFP are responsible for 6 hours of content per week. Guza & Korte are the head writers, on top of their current GH duties. GH's BDW are even writing scripts on GH:NS. This is just madness. Writing for a 5 episode per week TV show is not as easy as people think it is. I'm surprised no one has burnt out from the gruelling pace.