Members TeamEric Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 ICAM, Angela, that response doesn't pass the smell test. Especially since Broderick has been writing for OLTL and Nixon was so focused on Lucci/PP mess. ICAM. Yep for PP it's about Lucci. Their press release mentioned HER for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 Oh I hate fooling with that damn DVR FF/Rew. So how is it for you, do you have a set time where you sit down every evening? Are there days you don't feel like "tuning in" and you play catch up the next day? Do you watch in bed on your laptop or sit at a desk? Just curious. I'm wondering if I'll have the discipline for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 Call me a blind fan, but I don't agree with any of that, LOL. AMC is not so dependent on the cast you mention IMHO at all, and I don't see the point of having paid for the concept, name and sets and launching a brand new soap on an untried network, it makes far more sense to somehow base it in Pine Valley financially and ceatively. Its ratings really are not very far from what AMC's ratings were--I think in a new venue that small difference will be even less important--and it has been mentioned hat OLTL having better ratings is a relatively new thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeamEric Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 This is true of all Hollywood contracts though. If you commit to a project or a pilot, you are generally locked in until TPTB cut you loose. And it's not just Hollywood, US Capitalism is based on contracts favoring the powerful TPTB while employees and consumers have little protections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 I've never bought that argument, but I know it's a common one. I honestly feel OLTL has lost its sense of identiy far morethan AMC ever did which even in its darkest periods was still recognisable (granted, partially because of people like Lucci, MEK, etc). I know that seems to be an opinion nobody else holds, but... I largel agree, but I do think Scott wouldn't be a bad fix. He has said repeatedly AMC is his favorite soap and one he seems to know well. Exactly, and if left alone with more time to do it, I imagine they would have even more so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 Since PP licensed the rights to the show, which I'm sure was a hefty investment, I still feel this is going to move forward in some way, unless of course it's just cheaper to just cut their losses now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 Max, did you regularly watch OLTL and AMC? I say this because... Frankly I think OLTL has (creatively) been worse for a big period of its last few years. Exactly. The fact that he bends over backwards to defend OLTL on things he has complained about on AMC speaks miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 OLTL has lost more of its identity than any other soap other than GH but it's almost been sanitized to the point that the current folks watching don't care. Its actually become more of what ABC had been trying to do with their soaps than any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 Right, getting Nixon on board at this point would accomplish nothing. She has made it clear that she would like to be a part of the new AMC, but, as much as I feel the woman can walk on water, I think it's beyond her at this stage in her life to be a full time HW in any capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 I actually do completel agree with that. In a sense I suppose it's proven them right--it just riles me up when people say AMC has been completely gutted and is unsalvageable to what it once was, in comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 He's a hypocrite. ALl the things he blasted TOmlin and Higley for at Days were all the things he praised Guza for at GH. He only loved Guza because his fave Burton was front and center 5 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ~bl~ Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 This is going to sound strange, but here goes. I think that OLTL has not had as steady an identity as AMC. Look at what OLTL was under Rauch versus how it was under Gottlieb. They were both called OLTL, but they seldom resembled each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 That's alright. I will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 No, I agree. The show has arguably had the most changes in identity of any long term soap. I loe it--and I know certain posters will think this makes me an OLTL hater, but it's had a hard time balancing the two major identities (ie socially progressive drama with high, and admittedl under Ruach often highly witty, camp). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted November 14, 2011 Members Share Posted November 14, 2011 OLTL is all camp now. Thats it and most of the characters on the show are easily replaceable barring the few vets and Todds concubines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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