23 minutes ago, titan1978 said:

That would have worked much better for me. Although I do love Adrienne Barbeau.

I have not really enjoyed Hetrick in anything I have seen her in. I just thought Brenda’s mother should have been a bigger deal. The pace didn’t help, but I don’t think the actor did either.

I think you could have still had Adrienne Barbeau.  She would have just been one of the good guys and in danger because she was a mother type figure to Brenda so crazy Veronica was jealous and had to get rid of her.

I really didn't think much of Hetrick one way or the other.  She was okay, if not the best actress, but I didn't think she was the problem.  A bigger name should have been Brenda's mother though.  JH made no impact on me whether it was the pace, the acting, or the fact she never bonded with Brenda.  I guess that says it all.  I just have my doubts anyone could have made it work.

I don't think you bring a name star like Adrienne Barbeau in not to play a meaty role like the tragic black widow of sorts. But I think the way it was actually done onscreen in the Balkan saga was very silly. I'll stand on my island as the person who thought Hetrick was fine!

27 minutes ago, Vee said:

I don't think you bring a name star like Adrienne Barbeau in not to play a meaty role like the tragic black widow of sorts. But I think the way it was actually done onscreen in the Balkan saga was very silly. I'll stand on my island as the person who thought Hetrick was fine!

I liked Hetrick too, and the fragility of her work. With that said, I wasn't really a big Brenda fan so I was not coming in with the same mindset.

1 hour ago, Vee said:

I don't think you bring a name star like Adrienne Barbeau in not to play a meaty role like the tragic black widow of sorts. But I think the way it was actually done onscreen in the Balkan saga was very silly. I'll stand on my island as the person who thought Hetrick was fine!

If you really wanted to keep AB you could have just made her Brenda's mother instead.  She needed extensive plastic surgery after the crash or something.  She could still be married to the Balkan and they were scaring Brenda to make her more reliant on AB's character so when the truth came out she already needed AB too much to be mad.  The Balkan then took it too far and wanted to actually kill Brenda because she was taking up too much of his wife's time and she was becoming obsessed.  All of this would have been a mystery to the viewers until Suzanne actually killed the Balkan.  You cut out Dante, the mobster son and baby.   I am no writer, but I think you could have easily weaved a believable plot together with Suzanne actually being the presumed dead Veronica.

At around 32 minutes this has part of a scene with Lesley and Cameron, arguing about her attempts to find Laura. 

@depboy @Donna L. Bridges 

THE EDGE of NIGHT ABC 90 MIN SPECIAL December 1, 1975 - YouTube

Edited December 23, 20231 yr by DRW50

52 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

At around 32 minutes this has part of a scene with Lesley and Cameron, arguing about her attempts to find Laura. 

@depboy @Donna L. Bridges 

THE EDGE of NIGHT ABC 90 MIN SPECIAL December 1, 1975 - YouTube

Thank you for the tag! 

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

At around 32 minutes this has part of a scene with Lesley and Cameron, arguing about her attempts to find Laura. 

@depboy @Donna L. Bridges 

THE EDGE of NIGHT ABC 90 MIN SPECIAL December 1, 1975 - YouTube

That was cool, thanks for posting it!

Just now, titan1978 said:

That was cool, thanks for posting it!

No problem. Sorry for the lack of tag - I'm never sure how many are interested in the older stuff.

21 hours ago, carolineg said:

I didn't think JH looked anything like Vanessa and this was the shows one chance to cast a Hispanic actress in the part.

 

7 hours ago, titan1978 said:

I just thought Brenda’s mother should have been a bigger deal. The pace didn’t help, but I don’t think the actor did either.

One name: Ana-Alicia.

4 hours ago, DRW50 said:

At around 32 minutes this has part of a scene with Lesley and Cameron, arguing about her attempts to find Laura. 

@depboy @Donna L. Bridges 

THE EDGE of NIGHT ABC 90 MIN SPECIAL December 1, 1975 - YouTube

Thanks! I saw this was posted, but didn’t have time to scrub for possible GH!

8 hours ago, titan1978 said:

That would have worked much better for me. Although I do love Adrienne Barbeau.

I do not remember much about AB's stint on GH except reading Bob Guza's description of her character and her storyline with Vanessa Marcil and thinking it all was a big load of crap, lol.

I'm not that into religion but I really liked this ...
Wait and watch the whole thing - Steve addresses the heart of things and the ending isn't as conventional.
This is more about the love he expresses.

 

Edited December 24, 20231 yr by janea4old

13 hours ago, Khan said:

 

One name: Ana-Alicia.

That would have been interesting!

16 hours ago, DRW50 said:

No problem. Sorry for the lack of tag - I'm never sure how many are interested in the older stuff.

Nothing to worry about, if it’s in this thread I will get to it!

11 hours ago, janea4old said:

I'm not that into religion but I really liked this ...
Wait and watch the whole thing - Steve addresses the heart of things and the ending isn't as conventional.
This is more about the love he expresses.

 

I am also not religious, but I enjoy moments like this on soaps. Plus even as a kid I loved Dr Hardy. Thank you for posting it!

Its interesting to think of the through line with the show- thanks to all the returns during the last decade, there are several cast members who shared scenes with both Dr Hardy and Jessie Brewer. The connection all the way to the beginning is still there.

 

 

Edited December 24, 20231 yr by janea4old

I never will understand what the various PTB had against the Quartermaines.