Veteran Characters

[Paul Raven]

I'll classify veterans as any actor/character on for 10 years or more.

One of the essence of soaps are the vetetran characters,often played by the same performer.We get to follow their lives and loves etc.

The downside is that sometimes these characters wear out their welcome...by the time they fall in love for the umpteenth time,are presumed dead.falsely accused of murder,discover that long lost child...maybe it's time for them to leave town or bite the dust.

Who do you think should be written off?

I'd go for Alan Spaulding (GL)...due to some horrendous writing,the character is laughable.His misdeeds are either forgotten or swept under the rug.

A who killed Alan mystery(if well written..big IF)could really fire up the show.

Brad (Y&R) After the whole Jewish story and the multiple marriages,Brad needs to leave town,pronto!

Your thoughts?

[quartermainefan]

Ten years? On GH Sonny, Carly and Jason can all take a flying ____ and get off my screen anytime they feel like it. I think also Nik and Alexis are basically useless since the Cassadine family was destroyed. I'd drop those two right after the first three. If they brought back Helena or Stefan it would be a different story.

On OLTL I think Todd and Blair could use a break and it is time to rotate Cassie back in in place of Blair. Perhaps Jess could take a vacation so Joey and Kevin could fill the Buchanan slot.

[cubsgirl]

So I know someone is going to throw tomatoes at me, but have to say on Days that John and Marlena could go. I have been bored with their stories for years now. But I know why that will never happen.

But also agree with the Sonny, Jason and Carly as well. I would be fine with some type of Jason/Sonny battle where only one is left standing. Just one leaving would be fine with me.

[Antoyne]

Goodbye Roman Brady.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Eric Forrester on B&B needs to take a hike!

How many times do we think he's going to croke. And, then he doesn't. Plus, he's just a snoozefest.

Oh, and I'm with one of the posters above. Carly, Sonny, and Jason all need to go from GH.

[Ms. Chandler Quartermaine]

SONNY...CARLY....AND JASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get those parasites who have sucked the life out of GH off my screen pronto......LW can go back to GL, and SB and MB can go to wherever the hell they want as long as it has nothing to do with soaps.

[marceline]

I agree about Alan Spaulding and frankly he can take Reva with him.

It's long past time for OLTL to put Blair out to pasture. She's a throwback to Jackie Collins novels and boringly predictable.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

How could I forget Blair? Well, I'm pretty good at doing it because I hate her with a rabid fiery passion. But, she needs to take a ride on the next train to Hell.

[detroitpiston]

Luke should have been written off GH the moment Tony started taking his little vacations to Amsterdam IMO. Luke's been useless since the 90's anyway.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Agreed.

We don't see enough of him for it to matter. And, when we did see him last year. It was a pretty silly storyline (the Heaven, Hell, Purgatory thing)

[Dan]

Please no. We FINALLY got rid of her sorry butt.

As for GL, I agree with Alan Spaulding. I've soured on Ron Raines because of the dreadfully campy and cartoonish way he has portrayed Alan for the last few years.

I have to disagree with Reva because like her or not, she (and Josh) is the last star power on the show and one of the final ties to old-GL. Without them, I shudder to think who the star of the show would be.

I'd also argue that Blake should be gone as well, mostly because I can't bear seeing Liz Keifer being so misused. She also has no more family with Ross and Roger dead and Holly somewhere else. If only the writers would see her as more than just a sleezy bitch.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

One of the many reasons Dan is love.

I hate the cartoon both the actor and character have morphed into. If I had it my way, neither Alan or Alexandra would've been recast, Chris and Bev's replacements have progressed into hot messes over the years, sure the writing is part of it, but the actors are to blame for their one-note performances.

[Ryan Chamberlain]

You might wanna throw some eggs at me here. But, I think Victor Newman needs a good long break. Maybe a trip to Mars. They found water there. It might have vodka too.

I cannot stand his on and off like a light switch thing with Nikki.

[Ms. Chandler Quartermaine]

NOO....not fair...we have had her long enough, its time for you GL viewers to be tortured again.

[detroitpiston]

Laura Wright is love! Deal with it folks!