All My Children Tribute Thread

[Cheap21]

Is this better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sxCTQKmCHc8

[Pine Charles]

He's really starting to look his age.

[Cheap21]

I thought the same thing. He could realistically play the father of a 20 something.

[Angela]

She not only gave an accurate time-table for when it'll be back on, she mis-informed her audience about the return of THE big-name (Susan Lucci) which can also be helpful.

[Cheap21]

AMC 10 years ago

Large cast but only 6 remain....

Edited April 11, 2013 by Cheap21

[All My Shadows]

The photo shopping in that pic is ridiculous!!

I think this is my first time seeing the full thing. I've only ever seen the part with the teens at the bottom.

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Look at your favorite couple

[Cheap21]

Aidan and Kendall....really that's all that matters. Hopefully the next cast photo will feature Kendall on Griffin's knee

[Pine Charles]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eut83_KIsy8

[alwaysAMC]

Look how miserable Eva and John look together! Haha - I'm assuming this was during their major divorce/hating each other/etc?

[DRW50]

Some new 1996 episodes are up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLDg9BpkaYs

[ellabelle]

I think AMC really erred in putting couples together based on their off-screen romances. Haley and Mateo should have split LONG ago. Edmund and Maria weren't nearly as interesting to me as Edmund and Brooke. Jamie and Babe were a snoozefest compared to JR and Babe. I was so thrilled that Edmund and Brooke FINALLY got back together, only to have it completely trashed for Maria's return, as if they were some epic lovefest just because the actors were together. Then of course, if the couple breaks up, you have the inevitable mess with them NOT wanting to work together, and you get crap like Maria's return and the trashing of Edmund's character only to have him unceremoniously written off. What a waste.

[DRW50]

I think Maria and Edmund were reunited because they were popular with fans, but the problem with this is they'd been popular in a very different era of AMC. I thought reuniting them was a big mistake - assuming you can just go back is always a mistake. And they'd pretty much sucked in their last few years before ELC left - did they do anything beyond Maria weeping and Edmund grabbing her arm?

[saynotoursoap]

And yet TPTB continue to do it. I watched GH last week, solely for the pleasure of seeing Rachel Ames again. I could not believe the storylines that today's fans find so fresh and re-energizing. Helena held Laura and Luke hostage on The Haunted Star and was then killed. How many times has Helena held Luke and Laura hostage and then appeared to die already? Robin is presumed dead but has been kidnapped. LuLu is presumed dead but has been kidnapped. Ethan had disappeared but was actually kidnapped. Stavros was presumed dead but returned and died again. Seriously? People wonder why GH has such low viewership. Perhaps if every plotline was not identical and had not been rehashed ad nauseum, they might get a bigger audience. I am all for utilizing vets and nods to history that are used in fresh, meaningful ways, but revisiting the "Cassadine Curse" every other year is completely unnecessary. Sadly, AMC did the exact same thing with their super couples.

[EnglishTea]

I don't disagree that Maria and Edmund were popular, but the writers seemed to forget so were Brooke and Edmund... and since Brooke lost Edmund the first time to Maria, it wasn't going to sit well that she would lose him again to Maria.

I think one of the big reasons that Edmund and Maria worked the first time was because all three characters were played simply as good people who found themselves in a triangle, and tough (but never easy) choices had to be made so they could all move on with their lives.

Finally, the story was written to make Brooke a villain, but JB played it so well that the audience felt sorry for Brooke, and Edmund came off as an ass.