Okay my mind just went into the gutter

Hey I do not know from experience....just saying it because I know it is true but did not have to experience it to know it

Actually, AMC gets complained about a lot here at SON in the daily threads and in the spoiler thread about Sean and Hannah.

To be honest besides that thread and the "real" Greenlee debacle (which I think is just another example/exercise in SON hypocrisy) I disagree. Like I said it may be a few complaints here and there but I don't see people taking shots at AMC like they do with GH.

SO my response to that is obviously going to be to point out the hypocrisy and SELECTIVE vision that some posters seem to be experiencing. Tell me again why no one is crying about AMC or OLTL? Or GL? Or even DAYS!?

WHY is GH the focuse of the SON Roast this week?

Seriously are you freaking kidding me? AMC gets bashed on a DAILY basis, as does Y&R, Days, GL, ATWT.....

To be honest besides that thread and the "real" Greenlee debacle (which I think is just another example/exercise in SON hypocrisy) I disagree. Like I said it may be a few complaints here and there but I don't see people taking shots at AMC like they do with GH.

I do not see it as hypocrisy when soaps get criticized pretty much equally with some receiving more and deservedly so and most people here can take the heat and deal with criticism rather than blow a gasket over it.

I see a lot of shots at AMC and it does deserve it because the show is not doing well right now....the 2008 previews look promising so I am hoping, aside from the Sean/Hannah spoiler, that it will improve and perhaps we get new head writers

i Agree. Claire Labine was the greatest HW in soap history. but things change..soaps have to move on to bigger and better things..the mob. even though some people hate the violence that it brings to there gene..it's the only aspect that will bring in veiwers in the long run..it's the only thing that will keep GH alive and kicking.

I actually have watched GH for many years and I have a problem with this comment. Why is it that GH needs the violence to be kept alive they survived for many years without it. Maybe I'm wrong but as far as I'm concerned shouldn't good stories be what brings and keeps viewers? I am all for action and adventure stories GH has been known for these for years, but I think that people see that they are recycling the same plot line over and over again and this is what is turning people off. JMO

Edited January 3, 200817 yr by soapfan4life

AMC gets bashed on a DAILY basis, as does Y&R, Days, GL, ATWT.....

Exactly...I see a lot of AMC criticism, to which it deserves. The only good thing I can see out of B&E stint as head writers would be the crash story (before it got into revenge), Aidan/Greenlee (I know you do not like them and for that I am going to be forced to hunt you down and slice your head off. KIDDING! ), Ritchie, and adding diversity with Dre, Quinton, Jesse, and Angie.

Edited January 3, 200817 yr by DevotedToAMC

I actually have watched GH for many years and I have a problem with this coment. Why is it that GH needs the violence to be kept alive they survived for many years without it. Maybe I'm wrong but as far as I'm concerned shouldn't good stories be what brings and keeps viewers? I am all for action and adventure stories GH has been known for these for years, but I think that people see that they are recycling the same plot line over and over again and this is what is turning people off. JMO

I have to agree. I think this is the first person I have run into at a message board that wants more violence on soaps...that is very rare since viewers tend to want romance, action/adventure, suspense, family oriented and social issue storylines. I am not saying this is bad but it is interesting

*sigh*

Anyways, I look forward to seeing how the ratings hold up during the tenure of the scab writers.

SO my response to that is obviously going to be to point out the hypocrisy and SELECTIVE vision that some posters seem to be experiencing. Tell me again why no one is crying about AMC or OLTL? Or GL? Or even DAYS!?

Your argument holds no merit because IMO it's not true. I don't know if you actually read the other posts at SON, but people are ALWAYS bitching about something. I'm kinda glad SON's GH fanbase has dwindled over the past couple of years. If you think the bitching is bad now? It was a hell of a lot worse back then.

It's clear that no matter what anyone says to you, you're going to believe that only poor GH is "picked on" at SON. It's not the case. I know it's true, and so do many others. But you have the right to your opinion, and I have the right to mine. I respectfully disagree with you.

Tell me again why no one is crying about AMC or OLTL? Or GL? Or even DAYS!?

I don't know about the other shows, but noone complains about GL because most of its former fans no longer care, lol. I just want that pile of [!@#$%^&*] cancelled now.

I actually have watched GH for many years and I have a problem with this comment. Why is it that GH needs the violence to be kept alive they survived for many years without it. Maybe I'm wrong but as far as I'm concerned shouldn't good stories be what brings and keeps viewers? I am all for action and adventure stories GH has been known for these for years, but I think that people see that they are recycling the same plot line over and over again and this is what is turning people off. JMO

GH has had the mob on screen since the early 70s, it just wasn't the focus or exploited like it has been over the past 10 years. Luke Spencer when he first debuted was involved with Frank Smith and the reason Luke and Laura were on the run for many years. But it seemed around 1997 is when the mob became the focal point of the show and it's been that way ever since.

GH has a HW who likes to blow things up, he likes to write from plot point to plot point, he likes that Sonny and Jason win at everything and God forbid they look stupid or be made an ass - he can't have that so it's quickly turned around at another character's expense.

There are many reasons why I hate this show and why I am bitter, and I suppose the Internet exposure has tainted my views of GH - but then again, it isn't just me who has tuned out. MILLIONS of viewers have over the past year and I just have to wonder why they tuned out, if as some say, GH is the best soap on Daytime television?

Believe it or not, there are fans are fed up with the way the show is written and the backstage politics. They are fed up fighting an uphill battle to get a damn payoff for their favorites, they are fed up with the fab quartet being front and center and forget all of the other 65 people on the roster. And I suppose many are fed up with the newbies getting contracts while 30 year vets are being fired. But then again I guess to some that doesn't matter as long as mob violence reigns supreme.

But then again .. what do I know, I'm just a Days fan. <shrugs>

*sigh*

Anyways, I look forward to seeing how the ratings hold up during the tenure of the scab writers.

Me too. I'm concerned about all the soaps when it comes to that. I really hope an agreement can be reached soon.

wow. i have been missing out on the drama... i must catch up (goes abck to page 1...)

Oh please give me a break. Do you honestly expect me to believe you? I'll give to you that maybe a FEW people complain here and there about a soap. But its CONSTANTLY..."OMFG GH is all mob" or "OMG GUZA HAS GOT TO GO!" or "OMG GH LOST 0.1 IN THE RATINGS! YEAH BABY! ROCK ON!"

Sorry but thats classless and pathetic really. I don't wish that on any other soap and frankly I could care less how the other soaps are doing. If they do bad then so be it. If they do good kudos to them. Just so long as GH is doing fine I'm all happy and dandy. And if GH has a weak week or so I'm also cool because I know it will bounce back eventually.

My problem is that people seem to ge turned on by the fact that GH droped a small amount from one week and are all of sudden in some fantasy land where GH is in danger of cancellation or something in addition to Guza being fired.

SO my response to that is obviously going to be to point out the hypocrisy and SELECTIVE vision that some posters seem to be experiencing. Tell me again why no one is crying about AMC or OLTL? Or GL? Or even DAYS!?

WHY is GH the focuse of the SON Roast this week?

Please keep tapping "Queen"...

I'm just sure it will get you somewhere just like all the GH bashing is somehow miraculously gonna cause GH to drop to last place in the rankings.

And really I honestly don't care how long you've been watching soaps and I'm NOT trying to have a contest on just who is "America's or SON's Most Experience General Hospital Viewer".

@ Shawn

LOL...."grown ass man" PREACH IT!

Great post, totally agree

Believe it or not, there are fans are fed up with the way the show is written and the backstage politics. They are fed up fighting an uphill battle to get a damn payoff for their favorites, they are fed up with the fab quartet being front and center and forget all of the other 65 people on the roster. And I suppose many are fed up with the newbies getting contracts while 30 year vets are being fired. But then again I guess to some that doesn't matter as long as mob violence reigns supreme.

IA! This is where I'm at with the show myself.