Members Soapsuds Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Parts of the show is good. But a lot of it is bad too. I dont know how Erica didnt burst out laughing after Bree was doing Bess. She was just gawd awful. I did like Todd and Marty story but now it is boring me. I love Tea but now she is getting tied to a boring storyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 LOL Aren't we all a bunch of bitches when it comes to our "stories" as my grandmother used to say. lollllll Yes, my little Soapsud, if you are only watching one day a week, its not fair to judge... You have valid points- Bree Williamson is NOT my favorite actress. To me she is very off and on. Any split personality story has that element of soap opera "camp" to it. I have always loved anything with DID.. Bree's Bess scenes can be campy, but it works for me. Do I wish Erin Torpey had the opportunity to act out Jess the last 4 years. YES. Every day. David- LOVE IT. Sorry, It is really funny. OLTL does humor better than any soap. He makes me genuinely laugh. Just the look on his face. I love Tuc. Tea being tied to the one weak aspect of the show- The Santis- That's what I call them- It doesn't bother me. She is SO good that it makes dealing with them bareable. I think OLTL needs a nice little cast cut- All of the Santi's ,Marcy, Michael, Talia, Christian, Tika... Either awful actors, or good actors whose character's storylines have seriously played out. In their place I would bring on an entire African American family. The only thing that bothers me about OLTL is that diverse element missing. And I may be in the minority, but I am SO looking forward to this drug abuse storyline.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Most of you probably think it's a sure thing that OLTL is going to win this, but I don't. The WGA awards aren't judged based taped episodes, they're judged based on written scripts alone. Which means dialogue and story structure ARE MAJOR REQUIREMENTS. As it stands, ATWT has a MUCH STRONGER dialogue team than the second-rate wannabe sitcom writers OLTL has for scriptwriters. Also, since they're only submitting one or two scripts, ATWT's lightning fast pace might actually help it with judges, since soaps are so hard to judge story-wise based on one or two episodes. Hence, why I think Latham and her team won for Y&R last year, when most of us thought her writing abilities were crap. Ron Carlivati might be a decent storyteller, but he sure as hell doesn't have Bob Guza or Hogan Sheffer's eyes and ears for good dialogue writers, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 OLTL's headwriter? Yes. ATWT's scriptwriters? Yes. Vice versa? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 My, my- You really dislike OLTL's scriptwriters! First weak episode I heard scriptwise was last Friday I think?? That new writer Katherine Lennon. It was very clunky. It was the episode where Todd jumped. And if ATWT has more encapsulated episodes with a beginning/middle/end, I would not be surprised that ATWT would win at all. And when the WGA judges, they are judging scripts not plots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 Well if OLTL submits an episode scripted by Aida Croal or Elizabeth Page then the show already has the award won. I don't think RC is that dumb, he obviously kept Croal and Page on while letting go basically everybody else for a reason. So I guess he had to have submitted a script by Aida or Elizabeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 10, 2009 Members Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm sorry, but neither of those women are on par when it comes to scripts written by Peter Brash, Richard Culliton, and Susan Dansby. ATWT has more options when it comes to great dialogue and easier to understand story structure (thanks to the awful fast pace of the show). OLTL could easily win, but ATWT still has the better scriptwriting team, at least IMO. Just like how OLTL might be the best soap on ABC, but GH's entire writing team is still the best on that network and probably daytime as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 As I suspected, As The World Turns WON. See how better dialogue and faster paced stories in scripts work better when judging? http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/conten...0e8b3211e9a8ef1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 OH SNAP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 I'm not really surprised that ATWT won, as I said before. Since these were judged purely on scripts, ATWT had the edge with me. I mean, let's get real here, compare these dialogue writers nominated between both shows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 They won again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rangethatrover Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 A HEARTY and HEARTFELT congrats to Jean P!!!!!! If ATWT powers that be read these boards- SHE IS DOING AN AMAZING JOB AT ATWT- KEEP HER THERE!!! WHAT AN AMAZING TALENT. Please. keep. her. (she would totally be hired by ABC at OLTL if Carlivati gets ditched, despite her awful stint last time) KEEP HER!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JONNYSBRO Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 You are joking right LOL. Jean P is a hack and awful. The only reason Ron/Jean were on the WGA ballot is the WGA REFUSED, I mean refused to have any fi-core head writers nominated. Anyone whoever went fi-core will never BE NOMINATED FOR A WGA EVER AGAIN. In fact all the WGA wants to do to the fi-core members is SPIT IN THEIR FACES. Jean P has been there forever but her pacing is off, her character development is off and ATWT is a mess right now. GL is improving over ATWT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 When did Passante write for OLTL? Was she with Leah Laiman and Peggy Sloane? Of the three I think Sloane had talent, and yet I don't know what she's doing now. Is she still in daytime? Passante infuriated me at AMC. After that I'm surprised ATWT isn't worse than it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RavenWhitney Posted February 8, 2009 Members Share Posted February 8, 2009 OH NO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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