Members Bright Eyes Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 This will be totally random, but please amuse me. I know you have many ideas for this show and many opinions on what was good for the show and what was detrimental, so I was wondering ... if you could pick a year to start over from, erasing all the history that came after, what year in OLTL history would you start at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 I would start over from 1993 or 1994. Viki's 9 personalities and the murder of Victor were superb stories but not worth the horrors since put onto her family since then. This would also be the time to save Tina, and to not have Todd as the Lord heir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted April 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 What has it been? 15 or 20 years since CJ was in Llanview? I've always wondered why they never brought him back. There could have been so much potential there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 Disagreed--OLTL was such superb soap opera in those years I think it is worth the mess the show has become since-- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 The guy who plays Ford should have been cast as CJ. He has a resemblance to John Loprieno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 I wish they had cast him as CJ too. I want Tina and Sarah back too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 Viki's DID was good stuff, but I don't think Todd as the Lord heir was ever very good. The only real highlight was a few good scenes between Viki and Todd which by 1997 descended to Viki as the living Tea prop. I would stop history right at the time David used the forged diary to clear Dorian of murder charges. Then start rewriting from there. They could still do the abuse story or the DID story but under different circumstances. In circumstances which did not help create an atmosphere that told the show raping and torturing the Lord women was a default way to tell a story. He's not that great an actor or very charismatic. I'd rather they keep CJ away. Look at how pointless Sarah/Flash was. They wouldn't know what to do with CJ. He'd just be yet another of the a$$holes or stooges who make up most of OLTL's leading men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Scotty Posted April 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 Oh, ITA with you there. These writers don't seem to know how to handle any returning character (major or minor). They have managed to to somehow mess up all the familiar faces/characters that have come back so far the last few years.....no need for them to do any further damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 I would do the same here. Re-write Viki's DID story, with Victor still molesting her, but keep Dorian as Victor's killer because she was protecting Viki. Todd becoming the Lord heir isn't necessary. I don't even think there needs to be a "Lord heir." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 1988. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed ONE LIFE for the next three years. In retrospect, though, '88 was when they became too OTT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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