I can't believe you don't see all of this and more with OLTL. You must admit that OLTL comes the CLOSEST out of all the soaps, even if they aren't spot on with everything you're mentioning.

If Sylph admits this...

...well...

...I'll be a happy man.

This is two minutes worth of pure camp.

Jill! Leanna! Jeanne Cooper having a ball as Marge!

And I couldn't remember those craptacular opening poses of Danny Smarmalotti and St Pristine/Cricket. It's just to die for.

Holy hell! That's a campy opening sequence! Who could seriously put that out there on TV like that?!

I was going to say -- OLTL!

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I can't believe you don't see all of this and more with OLTL. You must admit that OLTL comes the CLOSEST out of all the soaps, even if they aren't spot on with everything you're mentioning. Speaking of... gotta go catch it on SoapNet!

See, that is what I was thinking.

Now, I'm not really a "camp" guy. I do stick with Bold and Beautiful, but that is more out of Bell loyalty. And that show has never hit real camp since Brad stopped writing for Darlene Conley (long before she died).

I watched OLTL, every scene, on Thurs/Fri. And here is the thing: I smiled from ear to ear. It was rollicking, entertaining fun. It felt a bit like filler, setting us up for Monday-Tuesday next week...but that's okay.

Yet, when it was over, I felt kind of stupid. Like I had just watched trash. I could only justify it as trash. I had to explain to others who saw me watching it that was "big and broad" and "an homage to the over-the-top 80s" (and even the 60s, with the Charlie rehab scenes...shades of Odyssey House). I didn't feel smart or clever for watching it. I felt, honestly, like I was watching something a notch-or-two up from Passions.

I'm very worried about the long-term health of OLTL I think. The show is fun, but I don't think it is sustainable. I want stories that make me FEEL in addition to smile. I thought Nash's death qualified...but we need more heartfelt emotion. As a case in point: Mendorra is where I want to change the channel. REALLY...Thom Chrisopher is going to force Talia to marry that guy...or kill Antonio?? Goodness, where is the Crane family?

The best camp is so sprinkled with bon mots that it leaves you breathless with crackling dialogue. Santa Barbara was obviously the best at this. When you watch smart people besting other smart people verbally.

Now, compare that to Robin Strasser's OVER THE TOP sighing and sparring with Viki--for no good reason--in the car yesterday.

OLTL has potential, it is HANDS DOWN the most fun thing on TV right now. But fun is like casual sex....it cannot last for the long haul.

Mark you and I are REALLY going to have a problem if you start talking smack about casual sex!!!!

Mark you and I are REALLY going to have a problem if you start talking smack about casual sex!!!!

I'm gonna say LOL.

Trash? I thought that was another name for GH

Trash? I thought that was another name for GH

Trash? I thought that was another name for GH

The show is cr*p, not trash. Two very distinct concepts.

Yet, when it was over, I felt kind of stupid.

Yeah, you really have the feeling you watched a demented soap with badly recycled '80s soap opera elements. And the baaad acting and terrible dialogue do not help.

Edited July 20, 200817 yr by Sylph

A big NOOOOOOO to time travel and other sci-fi cr*p and a big YEEEEEES to corporate takeovers and all-around business storylines!

As for OLTL - that takeover was one of the worrrrst written and acted takeovers in the entire history of humanity. It was so disappointing, one of the biggest let-downs ever.

word.

OLTL is good. Far better than anything else on daytime.

great? not so much. and very far from perfection.