Members Mr. Vixen Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 And, with only a couple exceptions (Becky and Tony) the acting was far better, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members remos Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Tony (win) Jane (win) Jonathan (win) Steve (win) Julie (win) Kimberly (win) Becky (nom) Kelly (nom) Scott (nom) The HUGE difference is the BJ story was only about 6 people - one was dead and one was in an oxygen tent, so the other four carried the show thus making it a tighter story and dialogue more intense. This story has a huge cast - almost the entire essemble - and most are given their own POV. Just the reality of the size means it won't be as intimate nor everyone having as much interaction. You can't compare the two, so I stand by my first assessment that the writing is no better and no worse between Jake's Death and BJ's Heart. It's a totally different game plan. Joss's health is the lesser tale and no one from that even comes close to the stand outs around Jake - either in ability or delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 I think JJ has been excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 JJ is doing the same performance he always does. I think the main difference between then and now is that the show has spent the last ten years destroying most of the relationships in the Spencer family, and saying they have never been close and Luke ever having kids was a mistake. They also devalued Lulu's relationship with her brother, and distanced Lucky from the kids. There is little emotional connection for me in any of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 Steve burton won an emmy? Sad. Julie, Jane and Kimberly are hardly thw focus of this story. JJ does what he always does. Unimpressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members remos Posted March 29, 2011 Members Share Posted March 29, 2011 But again that underscores the difference in the two tales - all personal opinions aside. This is a far wider, more sweeping tale with many more involved or directly effected by the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marco Dane Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 I love this line The GH writing team, which for much of the last ten years has specialized in telling repetitive stories about local mobsters that play like a low-rent version of The Sopranos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RavenWhitney Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 Unlike the childish ramblings of that bunch at Daytime Confidential (they are downright embarrasing), this piece is amazingly well written and thorough. I hope the entire GH team sees it. This show has been horrid since Phelps and Guza took over. And this blogger nailed every single major fault/sin they've committed. This Jake storyline is the lowest point though. I hope both Phelps and Guza go soon. As far as I'm concerned they can promote the night watchman and he'd do a better job running the show. I do credit the casting, though, of believable performers. But other than Patrick, there isn't really a stud in the bunch. For soft porn, I'll just tune into DOOl and Dario or OLTL and all of Frankie and Ronnie's darling boyz...GH should be the Knots Landing of daytime....(without Lynn Latham as the headwriter no doubt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SOAPSFOREVER Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 Claire Labine is a genius in telling human, emotionally wrenching stories. Bob Guza's writing is rescued only by the talent of his cast. There's no comparison in these two stories. Labine touched something in all of us. Guza's story is forced and plot driven, like everything else in daytime today, but especially on GH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 +1. Couldn't have said it better myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted March 30, 2011 Members Share Posted March 30, 2011 +2 Even more embarrassing is how the woman hasn't worked in daytime in 10 years now, yet Guza is given free reign for most of those same 10 years to recycle and spit on Labine's work. This wouldn't really be the low point to me though. That's still the 1-2 Punch of Michael's shooting and the Claudia Axe-o-rama. Especially the latter. Claudia's killing was gratuitous and entirely against what soaps are meant to represent. When I think of Guza's GH, I see absolutely no humanity in it, nor any emotion in the storytelling. With Labine, even when it was hokey (and I must say, sometimes her sense of humour and mine were a little different), it was heartfelt. Whereas now I don't even think there's a pulse. Far as I'm concerned, this article hit everything spot on to all my major gripes with this show since Guza's Mobfest has taken over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cyberologist Posted March 31, 2011 Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 For me too he made a boo-boo in that Becky was not put on recurring she was out n out fired but I knew Jake very well or just as well as any other three year old on GH... from his conception, reveal, birth were major storylines usually during sweeps and he was shown on the screen throughout his short life and was up front by getting kidnapped twice hurt at the Carnivale he's been included in major storylines...not to mention popping up here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted March 31, 2011 Members Share Posted March 31, 2011 Kidnapped twice?? I swear, if one more baby is kidnapped in daytime, I swear, I'm going postal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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