Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 OK the show has made HUGE improvements. But as usual, I think Sara Bibel is smoking crap when she decides to talk about my fave soap... She's right about many of the improvements (though I'm not sure the turnaround really happened all in just one week like she says, it'sbeen a slow build throughout Jan, IMHO), and again, say what you will about Pratt but her description of his AMC as the darkest soap opera of all time is ludicruous... http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/deep-soap/deep-soap-what-a-difference-a-week-makes/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 That honor goes to Dena Higley's OLTL. At least since I've watched soaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Yeah, I thought it would be hard to top some of McTavish's work, but I have to agree. That, tied to Dena's repetitive pacing and slow storytelling (and that she managed to make tricky stories like child molestation and rape as icky and offensive as possible) made me actually not watch the show weeks on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members You're Soaking in it Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I wouldn't call Pratt's AMC the "darkest" - but I would very much call it soulless and thoughtless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Bibel is such a hack columnist, it's not even funny. Her commentary is as if she just reads summaries of the these shows, and does not actually watch them. She also contradicts herself a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Agreed 100 percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Yeah, I get the feeling she just reads about what's happening, decides if she should like it or not, and writes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Pratt's AMC for me brought a lot of characters out of character, and was filled with a lot of missed opportunities. It was a hot mess, that could have been cleaner if handled more efficiently and with enough brain cells. Totally agree! Especially with the bolded statement above! As I read her column praising the show..it just didn't seem original to me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 That's fair enough, re Pratt, and something I'd agree with somewhat, my objection is her onlya nd endless critique of pratt has been how dark and dark and dark and dark and dark he made AMC. When he made it significantly lighter than it had been (even campy) under McTavish or B/E. Justanother thing that makes me think she never watched it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Maybe she wants another free trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Pratt's AMC was very dark. He killed off about one character almost every single month for a long while. Darkest of all time? Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 OKOK, he did kill off a lot of people LOL. But he had a lot of humour (whether it was successful or not) on the actual day to day shows. Anyway--Sara's crazy, we can agree there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members R Sinclair Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Vapid twit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Darkest of all time? I would say JFP's OLTL. Malone's 2003-2004 run was also up there. * * I skipped most of the Higley years. I also thought 1997 was a very heavy year for AMC. I am still traumatized by those flashbacks of Tanner drugging and raping Hayley. And the stuff with Jim Thomasen and Laura and Jim causing the boy who'd done photos with Laura to OD. Very dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alwaysonlyyou1 Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Just waiting for April & my couple returns! I can watch again then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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