As Ann on here knows I made it through about 2 weeks to watch him--and that was it. Blame part of it on being busy and distracted in the holidays, but...

Kudos on the two weeks. In soap dog years that is 20 years. LOL!

Edited January 1, 201015 yr by Ann_SS

I tried my best I have a bunch more on tape to catch up if I want to but...

That's shocking to me. Most of my friends my age (20s) sorta see him as someone who, if he appeared in a movie they were already seeing, they'd think "OH COOL--that guy again". That's not a movie star.

Submitting yourself to the torture of Tristan and Isolde over GH does say something about its quality I'm a big fan--have been since Freaks and Geeks. As Ann on here knows I made it through about 2 weeks to watch him--and that was it. Blame part of it on being busy and distracted in the holidays, but...

Not really. I love Annapolis and Tristan and Isolde. I'm a rom and rom com freak.

I still want to know who the hell is James Franco?...LOL

THANK YOU! I never heard of him before this! The way everyone was going on about this, you would've thought "Sonny" himself -- James Caan -- was guest starring.

It was only after I googled his name, did I realize that I knew who James Franco was. I had seen him the Spiderman movies and Milk and never knew his name.

Edited January 2, 201015 yr by Ann_SS

That's interesting. I'd be interested in your opinion since you are a James Franco fan. Did you watch any of it or were you turned off before even watching? Did anything make you interested enough to at least tune in initially?

I´m his fan too, but he is not really on the show. So far his only meaningfull scenes were the first night with Maxie and his meeting with Jason. Besides that, there is just random stuff inserted into episodes where he is not saying anything, is always alone in his atelier, looks mysterious and does weird things while the Mad World plays in background. And because they have so little stuff with him, all characters around are just stuck in endless filler and have to rehash things again and again till Mr. Guza decides it´s time to use another 5 mins. of worthy stuff with him to move the story little far.

Honestly, except the scene with Maxie where he actually had a chance to have some fun with the character I think Franco could be played by anyone and there would be no difference. And we could atleast see Franco interacting with people on daily basis and maybe even get to know more about him. This was just too big of a compromise. Either they should tell Mr. Franco he really has to work more than 3 days and learn some stuff, or they should use him just as some cameo and not build an entire story on him.

I´m his fan too, but he is not really on the show. So far his only meaningfull scenes were the first night with Maxie and his meeting with Jason. Besides that, there is just random stuff inserted into episodes where he is not saying anything, is always alone in his atelier, looks mysterious and does weird things while the Mad World plays in background. And because they have so little stuff with him, all characters around are just stuck in endless filler and have to rehash things again and again till Mr. Guza decides it´s time to use another 5 mins. of worthy stuff with him to move the story little far.

Honestly, except the scene with Maxie where he actually had a chance to have some fun with the character I think Franco could be played by anyone and there would be no difference. And we could atleast see Franco interacting with people on daily basis and maybe even get to know more about him. This was just too big of a compromise. Either they should tell Mr. Franco he really has to work more than 3 days and learn some stuff, or they should use him just as some cameo and not build an entire story on him.

Well I never really understood the need to have to drag this out for 2 months which is basically what they did. If he was only available for 3 days, fine develop a 2 week story he could have been used in or condense this current story into 2 weeks and run it during sweeps if he is allegedly a big draw. But he's not a big draw plus I have no doubt ABC wanted to milk his time and I'm sure they felt they'd get more people tuning in than they have. Dragging it for 2 months I am sure they felt they'd get an uplift that lasted 2 months.

I find it hard to imagine ABC is happy with the result. Hey but I could be wrong. And I still feel his appearence hurt more than it helped.

I agree they should have made it tighter in terms of story and appearances--but I don't think there's anyway it actually caused harm to the genre except that ABC spent moolah they could have (but wouldn't have) on promoting their shows in a diff way.

I agree they should have made it tighter in terms of story and appearances--but I don't think there's anyway it actually caused harm to the genre except that ABC spent moolah they could have (but wouldn't have) on promoting their shows in a diff way.

Harm? The fact that the mainstream media can now cry that even getting a movie star can't draw in viewers. Whether I believe he's a big star or not, I could see them twisting this to endorse their position that the genre is dying and nothing, not even getting a big name, helps. But that's how I see it. In 6 months it's likely everyone will have forgotten about this whole thing.

But nearly all of the mainstream media has joked--and pointed out--that he's hardly a star to anyone. He even basically joked about that on SNL.

But nearly all of the mainstream media has joked--and pointed out--that he's hardly a star to anyone. He even basically joked about that on SNL.

Hmm I did't know that. I thought all the magazine articles, the WSJ interview were all making a huge deal out of his appearence on a soap. I know he kind of poked fun at it on SNL. Maybe at the end of the day, the only ones in this who really look foolish is ABCD. JF got what he wanted which was material for the film they are making along with experience and material for his Columbia degree, and the media got another opportunity to poke fun at soaps.

Sadly they probably do which is why I always wonder how they measure failures and successes on their shows. Pratt for all his pitfalls and terrible stories actually did stabalize AMC's ratings and he's gone. Guza writing a boring Franco story which caused ratings and demos to drop again keeps a job. Go figure.

COuld you have seen Franco on B&B as an OTT Stanley Tucci Devil Wears Prada type in the fashion industry. That could have been fun especially with B&B's OTT campiness.

Well if he had been on B&B it couldn't have been any worse than the cheezy lines he had to deliver on GH, cringe worthy, then again maybe it was supposed to be campy, if I am supposed to take this Franco crap seriously.... *shudder*

It did a whole bunch of nothing. I'm a Franco fan but damn has he ever sucked or what?! The character is flat and boring, the lines are cheesy (and not in a good way). It's crap. It's GH. Go figure.

It did nothing, I'm so over this. When is his last airdate?

January 11th or 15th.