Soaps By Remote's Assessment of OLTL's Current State

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Since there's been so much praise (rightfully so) of OLTL lately, I found a review of OLTL's current state from Soaps By Remote and found it to be fairly objective. It's definitely not something you'd expect Nelson Branco to come up with....

This person heard about the hype the show was receiving and decided to give it a 10 day trial, and his verdict is in! I think it's particularly nice to see someone's response to a show that he/she is not too familiar with, but tunes in because there's good buzz surrounding it.

http://soapsbyremote.typepad.com/

[brimike]

Right on - thanks, A!

I don't disagree with any of the "negatives" - but it's nice to see we're not all just looking at LLanview through rose-colored glasses, and it is as good as we think it is.

[Ryan]

Thanks Alvin. I agree, this was a fair assessment, and it's nice to see people who don't worship at the alter of RC give a fair review.

[TC]

Very fair.

I can't be objective, having watched for so long. Nice to know others are seeing what I see.

[dragonflies]

Now that's objective!

Same way I feel about what has been done to the vets, and glad to see someone say something about OLTL's "balance"

[TC]

Oddly enough, in comparison to just about every other "old" soap it is doing very well in that respect.

[Vee]

OLTL has it all over every other soap on air in terms of vets.

Not seeing Nora and Clint for a little less than a week and a half after months of heavy story doesn't scare me anymore. And I say that as a HUGE HBS fan. Nor is it indicative of a lack of balance. There were extenuating circumstances with Viki and Charlie too, IMHO, specifically that they were so frontburner for about five or six months (like Marcie) and then had to chill during the strike (like Marcie). On the burner, off the burner, etc.

[TC]

... and for those of us who have seen the promos we know there is big Viki drama coming up, on several fronts. Like you, I am not worried.

[All My Shadows]

ITA. I understand why to a new viewer it may seem like some characters are getting favorable treatment over others, but it's only because they're following the idea of putting characters on, taking them off, putting them, etc. Clint and Nora were getting some heavy screen time just a month or two ago, so them not appearing very often now isn't something to worry about. Of course, the ideal situation would have Nora responding to this Cole thing, and by not having her do that, they're almost sorta putting her in a storyline bubble, but I have no doubt that she'll get involved soon.