AMC: NuLiza

[Jonathan]

Yes, but not red.

[Vee]

"Utterly dreadful" about sums it up. This will do nothing for her flagging career. The character is utterly unrecognizable, a "Carly" to Zach's "Sonny." She's a Pruza-ian blow-up doll, and that's beneath Luner AND Liza.

[R Sinclair]

I guess I should've made it clearer. If you're going to change the look and the behavior of a character, you might as well create a new character -- not take the easy way out by slapping the name "Liza Colby" on to this character. It's like casting Othello with an Asian actor and having him be gay. Is he really Othello (Liza), or are you just using the Othello story (Liza backstory) because you're too lazy to create a new one of your own? It's much easier to see a character look familiar, but act differently and vice versa than it is to see a character with a familiar name look and act completely different.

[Khan]

Well, that must've been some dye job, b/c, not only is her hair color different, but her total disposition is different, too. I mean, no offense to Marcy Walker, but I never knew Liza Colby to be so...sultry.

[R Sinclair]

Too bad they already ran their course with Stacy Haiduk, because she could've been a decent Liza recast.

[Angela]

Really husky voice, I wasn't expecting that. Is it my tape or is the audio thing kind of off on "AMC"? I was watching the past few episodes on tape and the voices and mouth movement seemed so off.

She's not going to air again until May 1, so Monday/Friday were the last view for a while.

She's not doing anything for me, yet. She's playing it too overpowering (cold, to cool for school, heh *flashes back to Pratt's quotes*). There's this contrived feel to everything right now and I expect that early on, I guess, so I'll give it more time.

Though my character based opinion is this was the wrong character to bring back period and made even more wrong with Luner in the role. Either bring back Liza with an older woman playing her or make the younger (than MW's Liza) red head Skye. Skye would have been a better fit in the Kendall/Zach/Ryan orbit, anyways, if that's where JL's going to orbit long-term (and well Zach is now a cheap rent Sonny, so I'd think there's a good chance). Tons better.

[Cat]

As a pitch-perfect recast of Liza? EPIC FAIL.

As a sultry, vixenish, bad-girl? I think I already love her.

And, if I recall correctly from Savannah, Luner already had a seriously husky voice. Like, smoker's husky. I honestly thought the rumors that she would be a recast Carly on GH after Tamara Braun left were true. Too bad they weren't.

Strangely ironic that she is filling the TB-sized gap as the Relatively High-Profile Newbie on AMC.

[Adam]

I never heard the rumor about Luner as Carly. I am sure she was asked, as Chuck Pratt was still part of the GH writing team at that time. No she's no Liza, but I am going to enjoy her for what she is

[Khan]

YES!!! She would have made for a much better nuLiza.

Oh well. John Haymes Newton, who used to co-star with (and date) Haiduk on "Superboy," is a MELROSE PLACE vet, too. So, maybe...Ross Chandler? ;-)

[Khan]

Speaking of nuLiza, Jamie Luner's on an NCIS rerun right now (on USA), and she's playing (get this) a (male) killer masquerading as a woman.

[CSF]

hmm... That must explain the deep musty voice. Obviously she's had practice.

[CSF]

I really don't like recasts until they can make the role their own. I don't see Luner doing that. If they brought back Ross Chandler, they should bring back Robert Gentry. If not, don't even bother. But I can totally see Pratt bring back another character using one of his MP buddies, only to use the character's name, but no history.

[detroitpiston]

Oh God, NO! He was one of the main reasons I stopped watching MP.

[Vanguardian]

I don't like the idea of her being Liza. I just feel that Liza was made for ONLY Marcy Walker to play her. I love Jamie Luner, however, and I share some of the views that she would've better been cast as Skye. I'd go a step further and say they could've introduced her as her MP character, Lexi Sterling, or her Savannah character, Peyton Richards. Either Lexi or Peyton relocates to PV to start anew and stir the pot.

[R Sinclair]

Well, your step further is a step too far! LOL! Allegedly, Taylor Thompson was supposed to be named Taylor McBride, but Spelling Entertainment nixed the name because they still own that character... so I guess the same would go for introducing Lexi Sterling or Peyton Richards. As broke as ABCD is, I know Frons is not about to start dishing out licensing fees. I realize you were mostly playing what-if, but if you weren't -- sorry. Here's a towel to dry off that bucket of ice water I threw at you.

And, I must be in the minority (well, I know I'm in the minority being a black, gay male, LOL!), but I don't see her as Skye. I see this Jamie Lunar the same way I see Laura Wright... as someone in a character that just so happens to have the same name of a previous character. The difference is with the Carly character, she's being written in character (insecure, scheming, possessive, bitchy), just not being portrayed in character (entitled, stuck up, superior high schoolgirl). Whereas this version of the Liza character is being written and portrayed completely different... and I think the portrayal would be the same if she were playing the Skye character, and that would throw me off, too... except Skye would at least still be a redhead.

Having re-watched the Luza scenes this morning, it sounds like she's on a permanent phone sex call. I really hope the story picks up and Lunar can possibly play other angles than this... this... sex kitten who enjoys having her panties ripped off in the middle of a public casino.