Members turnerhughes Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 One Life to Live: the embarrasing Teen Jessica storyline Todd's sociopathic behavior never results in any consequences - he always gets away with his crimes Kelly Cramer returning and boring everyone to tears John McBain's brooding, moody persona boring everyone to more tears The sudden disappearance of Kish In one fell swoop, dumping Scott Evans, Brett Claywell, Daphne DuPlaix Samuel, John Brotherton, and Scott Clifton Not moving heaven and earth to get the incredibly gifted Amanda Setton on contract Shoving Ilene Kristen and Pamela Payton-Wright to the side The comings and goings of David Vickers and shoehorning him into storylines he doesn't belong in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 ALL (or a lot): Expanding to an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 That's a mistake? Tuc Watkins is great and OLTL is lucky to have him, and if they have to reshuffle stories to make room for him, they better snap to it. I loved the July 4th showdown of David vs Ford and who looked better in the USA speedo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 P&G Soaps- in the late 70's/early 80's - dropping older/veteran/ core characters and thus robbing the shows of their history and identity in an attempt to 'modernize' and compete Some examples AW - dropped Russ,Pat and Alice Matthews,Mike and Marianne Randolph ATWT - dropped Don Hughes,Nancy and Chris Hughes,Carol,Sandy,Mary ,Grant,Joyce etc SFT-dropped John Wyatt,Ellie Bergman,Gary Walton EON-dropped Bill Marceau GL - dropped Sara,Steve,Barbara,Adam,Hillary,Mike and Hope Bauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members turnerhughes Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 As the World Turns: Putting the vets: Bob/Kim/Lisa/Susan/Nancy/Emma/Lucinda - on the backburner Allowing Larry Bryggman to get away Allowing Martha Byrne to get away Losing the show's sense of history Allowing James Stenbeck, one of soap's all-time best villains, become cartoonish Dumping Jessica and Bonnie Not taking advantage of the media interest in and the gay community's interest in Luke and Noah and tip-toeing around their love story and coming up with a series of absurd storylines to keep them apart Not taking advantage of the chemistry between Luke and Reid and going-for-broke in the show's final months with a soapy, torrid romantic storyline Pairing off everyone at the end except "widowed" Luke Not spending a whole week honoring Nancy Hughes/Helen Wagner Not bringing back Penny/Don/Ellen Stewart/Andy Dixon and many others for Nancy's funeral The disrepect shown to Eileen Fulton in the final episode by reducing Lisa's role to a walk-on Turning Adam Hughes/Munson into a bad guy and then bringing him back only to send him off again before resolving his storyline once and for all Turning feisty Meg Snyder into a victimized, wishy-washy bore Ruining the character of Vienna Not bringing back Iva/Seth/Caleb/Ellie for the finale Forgetting about J.J. Snyder and Daniel Hughes Allowing that goddamned Janet Ciccone and her family to dominate the show in its final year Bringing on Billy Warlock towards the end for another dreary mob storyline Dusty Donovan ending up with Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 You really said it all! I agree with everything, only I would add that it was a very bad mistake never bothering to bring back Lyla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reallyhateskateonlost Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 ABC hiring Brian Frons. AMC: KWAK and her Babydrawl coming to PIne Valley and throwing characters under their bus, Tad, David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 ATWT's finale was full of missed opportunities. GL didn't utilize their returning faves very much (one-minute reunions between Ed/Holly, Alex/Fletcher, etc) but at least they brought them back and gave closure and a nice nod to history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bellcurve Posted January 17, 2011 Members Share Posted January 17, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 AMC: Sticking Natalie down the well, and giving Erica a daughter and history as a rape victim no one had ever heard of before. AS THE WORLD TURNS: Killing off Jennifer Munson. GUIDING LIGHT: The Maryanne Caruthers storyline. OLTL: Marty's rape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 IDA. These were two of the best things the show ever did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr Neil Curtis Posted January 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 I liked those two stories, I don't think if I was rape I would talk about it throughout Pine Valley. The mistake that was made was recasting Natalie and killing her off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 ABC: Hiring Brian Frons. AMC: Hiring Megan McTavish back in 1998. Also letting go of Richard Culliton back in 2002. I actually enjoyed the show under his wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aMLCproduction Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 I think I read some where that the reason he let them go was because their stories were expensive to produce as to why he let Brash and Cwickly go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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