Making references to another show doesn't really work because there is no proof that soap viewers watch reality. I wouldn't waste my electricity on Jersey Shores, so the references fly over my head and make the dialogue sound stupid.

Jersey Shore is a very well known reality show that many people know about, even those that have never watched a single one. Its not like some obscure reference. Im sure most people out there at least have some knowledge that there is a famous show set in Jersey

I think a lot of the references just seem too "hip" and "cute" and also leave the impression that the show thinks viewers can't get along without constant pats on the head.

In other cases I might have agreed wtih you as he used to use alot of random pop references which added nothing to the scene, but in this case no. A reality show proucer making a quick reference to Jersey Shore while filming a reality show was pretty appropriate for that scene. It didnt seem out of place at all and it didnt stand out as trying to be too hip. He didnt even mention the show by name

It did come off as trying to be too hip especially since it was mentioned more than once.

When? The only time I recall it mentioned was when Trey said "You think the -- the kids from jersey were comfortable in front of the cameras right away?"

And then Alexis brought it up again.

I just went through the transcripts. I didnt see Alexis mention anything of Jersey Shore

So they've made Guza look good and now they're headed into Passions territory? Lord.

Anybody else feel a hermaphrodite sexing up relatives coming!?

The few eppies I've watched over the last 4 months had already given me a Trassions vibe. But then the preview of Johnny's subconscious solidified GH had become a smelly combination of Trassions and OLTL. Every preview was not real, just someone imagining what someone else's response might be. Or a reveal that never took place. For instance, the day before Gwen's wedding to Epig, he's kissing Teresa. The preview shows Rebecca, Gwen's mother, walking in shocked and horrified. Turns out, she found her lost keys.

Never thought GH would descend to its current state. The cameras? A special kind of awful!

ANDREA

What's with the odd camera angles and shakiness? It reminds me of the Blair Witch Project. I got nauseaous watching that film.

I just went through the transcripts. I didnt see Alexis mention anything of Jersey Shore

Those kids from Jersey came up more than once in the convo maybeit was the producer mentioning it to Alexis the next time but it came up more than once.

What's with the odd camera angles and shakiness? It reminds me of the Blair Witch Project. I got nauseaous watching that film.

I don't know why Fv keeps having it filmed diagonal. Was GL's camera angles that bad when they had the handheld camera?

What's with the odd camera angles and shakiness? It reminds me of the Blair Witch Project. I got nauseaous watching that film.

I kept wondering if George Romero decided to be a GH director for a day. After a heavy drinking bout.

I kept wondering if George Romero decided to be a GH director for a day. After a heavy drinking bout.

Did FV credit himself as director yesterday? Because I've seen his name in the credits as director a few days and the productions hasn't exactly looked good on those days.

Did FV credit himself as director yesterday? Because I've seen his name in the credits as director a few days and the productions hasn't exactly looked good on those days.

The show is just cheaply done. I don't care about that, honestly, but I do when it's done just for the sake of it, like those awful Heather shots.

This is GH's new director, apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaG8_Xutx4M

^Well I will say at least in that clip the cast is cute fun and appealing.

It's odd that FV is a director by trade and the direction on the show, at least what little I have watched of it in recent months, seems worse than ever.

It looks worse than GL in it's final year and makes Ellen Wheeler look like the Scorcese of Soaps

Edited June 12, 201213 yr by JaneAusten

I remember a Johnny/Anthony scene where Johnny's head kept mysteriously disappearing from scenes. It was either cheap as hell or foreshadowing. Perhaps Johnny will be decapitated. Not sure.