Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 What they desperately needed was a Marland/Dobsons/Curlee-type writer and never got it. I also think Pamela K. Long would have better much better suited to AW than GL, as her strengths were always friendships and dynamic female characters. I truly think it became the bastard child for PGP during its last 15 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 I definitely think it was, although they never became the big cause celebre the way OLTL seemed to be in this area. If they had maybe they would have lasted longer, who knows. I wonder how much difference would have been made if they'd ever managed to bring in a good new family, one popular with viewers. All of their new families which had popularity were popular for parts, not wholes (Kathleen and Jake of the McKinnons, Vicky and Donna of the Loves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Of all the ABC soaps, GH is the one I've always felt the least connection with. I did start watching, mostly on hearing buzz about how great it was in the mid-90's, but it just never really had that pull or heart for me. There was a certain disconnect and I thought a lot of their main characters were just unlikeable or shallow and suffocating (Brenda, Jason, Sonny) or felt wildly out of place (Laura). I did enjoy Lucy but she was on the way out. The others I enjoyed were barely on, like Audrey, or the Quartermaines. I get the feeling that I was watching in the wrong era. I sometimes felt that way about OLTL too, but I loved enough individual characters that I felt more of a draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 The lack of shirtlessness was more a post Pratt thing--90s AMC especially did have a lot of shameless use of it, though never at DAYS levels IMHO. I forgot that Cosgrove scene! But it almost was the exception that proved the rule--it was a bit shocking (although Cosgrove was one of the people who showed his ass on GL I think, in the brief pre "Nipplegate" experimentation with mild male nudity the daytime soaps tried about three times). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 I grant you that--I said I never fully got into Y&R except for short periods, but I admit I appreciated for a long time that it stayed true to its original style--that really was a huge part of its identity and why it stayed so stable for so long, while most soaps changed style every few years in the last few decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 "Say hello to Mr. Turkey Baster." Six words that will live in soap infamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 AGREED! Another World was great and Passions was absolute crap. NBC made a huge mistake. But....but..At least they replaced it with another soap instead of some stupid pretentious lifestyle show. *cough* ABC *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Which isn't too far off the mark from the real L.A., actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Those are for bastin'! Not baby makin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnight Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 I just loved the earlier comment that B&B is 'the Brooke has sex with everyone except Stephanie' show. I thought they reached a new low about that masquerade sex boink with her daughter's boyfriend, thinking it was Ridge. GMAB If you've been with someone as long as Brooke has been with Ridge, I am sure that there are certain tricks, maneuvers etc...(I'm trying to put it delicately) that is unique to Ridge alone. I get so tired of Brooke longing for 'her destiny.' If and when this cra*fest is ever cancelled, the last show should be Brooke realizing that she is, in fact, a lesbian, and that is 'her true destiny' ! ROTFLMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Taylor has had sex with as many men as Brooke. It's just easier to put that label on Brooke because she doesn't behave like a prude then drop it for various generations of men when the door is closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 If anything, Brooke should have been shocked by how much better "Ridge" was at it all-of-a-sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Chamberlain Posted May 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 LOL. That's kinda like Todd/Victor on OLTL. How could Blair not tell that it was ummm...'different' Now. I understand Tea's confusion. She only slept with 'real' Todd once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SweetPea36 Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Agreed. Anybody who spent years with a narcissist like Ridge would be thrilled at how much his performance was improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted May 9, 2012 Members Share Posted May 9, 2012 Weren't women raped on a daily basis on that show? I remember reading something about Theresa being raped by Alistar repeatedly, and that one time, Gwen overheard the rape happening and did nothing about it but smirk. That's just disturbing, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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