GH: September 2012 Discussion Thread

[dragonflies]

Delores is pointless and boring. She served no purpose. The PCPD can always use another good cop. John actually busted criminals on OLTL. Anna's too busy being Luke's boot licker to bother with the stuff happening in PC and Dante was there in the thick of things

[frequentsoapfan]

I like Delores and she has alot of potential if actually written for. But she's a woman can't have woman being the hero's that's why Anna is busy gargling Luke's nuts instead of doing her damn job!

[VirginiaHamilton]

Whining about Cartini while pretending that Guza/Frons/Phelps produced a great soap? Looks like nothing has changed since I last swam around these parts. Anywho...

Thank Zeus that Cartini went to work in throwing out the trash -- especially the roided goiter, whose departure I am busy planning a week-long celebratory bacchanal for -- and improving the overall tone of the show over the course of their 6+ month tenure. While they certainly have more garbage to dispose of (i.e.: getting rid of Sonny and his snaggletoothed skunk, erasing Krustina and Eeyore in any incarnation from the canvas, and feeding Spinelli to the wolves), I can honestly say that they've made this show (as well as some characters that I previously could care less about, such as Sam and Tracy) a lot more tolerable and, even, enjoyable than it was last year.

Kudos to a job semi-well done, Cartini, though your work is far from being completely done. Let's hope that you succeed in bringing Genie Francis back home and provide her with a story worth her and the fans' time, as her last stint was nothing short of appalling. Even snagging Jonathan Jackson for a week-long stint to welcome his mother back would go a long way towards you deserving the crown for being GH's saviors

[VirginiaHamilton]

Only thing that'd make me happier is making his fellow airtime wasters, MB and LW, join that conga line into irrelevancy and invisibility. Otherwise, I'm pleased as punch at the way things are looking.

[ChitHappens]

Cause lawd knows filthy ass McPain and Todd are not airhogs and everyone got their fair share on that dead POS OLTL, right? Cartini are as inept as they come, and GH is far from better. It's worse. There is no imagination or creativity. Just stupidity.

But, how are you? It's been a while.

[dragonflies]

no actually they're not airhogs, look at episode counts if you don't believe me

I love how open minded people are, that just because RC sucked on OLTL, that automatically means he sucks on GH. compare the show to Guza and Wolf's GH and there's a HUGE difference and for the better

[Cyberologist]

My thing is why are they entitiled to a payoff? I mean there are fans who waited years and years and never got one so what makes them so friggin' special? e.g. JJ's Lucky to return for LL2 only to get one of the crappiest storylines ever. That is the problem with this insufferable pairing they had the blessing of Frons who gave them the writing, allowed anyone who came near them in story to get trampled and / or hijacked so they could be "the stars front and center" countless characters including a movie star; marketing pimped and propped them for years (still doing it) and many went under the bus with the big wheels keep on turnin' all for the love of JaSam.

I'm so glad to be rid of them honestly... I'm realistic to know it'll be the same thing with Yawn McLame.

[frequentsoapfan]

How is GH better? All he's done is the same old crap Guza did just with less character development and outdoors instead of inside the studio.

[ChitHappens]

It's better because OLTL fans say it's better, so it must be true.

[Ponds]

A note to the producers of GH:

When you want Todd to smother somebody in a hospital, take the friggin' oxygen out of his nose....it works better!

[quartermainefan]

I think GH is a lot better. There are a lot more characters now getting attention, characters on the backburner still have something going on ready to go to the frontburner if need be, and GH stars Heather Webber in all her glory.

[Cyberologist]

BRAVO!! They all sucked in their own special way.

There are a lot of things that aren't working for me; but hey whether its good or bad fundamentallly that's all they care about; I'm still watching the show. Just because I'm not doing cartwheels chanting my love of Carlintini the pied piper of soaps is just my own personal thang. Yes there are things I like but overall I've never cared for their style of storytelling that's why I didn't watch OLTL.

[Wales2004]

Wow. What a reminder. Jake was killed unnecessarily for them.

The only payoff to be had was Jason threatening to kill her. I don't care that he they got back together because that made anything after that insignificant for me. It's kind of like McBain running out on Natalie to chase after Evangeline after Nataile confessed her love for him. None of that is in the least bit romantic or the sign of true love.

My favorite GH moment ever begins at 10:22

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[Cheap21]

I see Felicia got a haircut. Wonder when that actually happened. I also cant take her and Maxie being so nice to each other. I hate that they skipped over their makeup

As for GH being better or not, it goes both ways. I dont get why people get so pressed about others actually enjoying the show and finding it more entertaining. To each their own.

So bc other couples have had it bad, none should end up happy or is it just Jason/Sam? I dont really see them getting a decent end considering the fact that Jason is leaving and Sam isnt. Unless she they are riding out into the sunset together (and thats not happening), they are going to get one final heartache to finally end them. Hardly sounds like a happy ending to this insufferable couple

[marceline]

May I just ask an admittedly frivolous question?

Why does everybody on this show have a "J" name?! Why is there John, Johnny, John Jacks (who's apparently dead), Jason, Jerry, Jax, Joe Jr., Josselyn and Jake (may he rest in peace)? Is there a reason for this? Is this a throwback to some old writers joke? Because for all the "quirkiness" this seems to bring, from a writing standpoint it's amateurish. It's especially bad to have two characters on the show with the same name (John/Johnny). Having them both talking about a third character with the same name (John Jacks) is nonsensical. I know that there's a lot of McBain hate and I get it, trust me, but just from a Writing 101 standpoint John McBain shouldn't have been brought on the show with a character named Johnny already on canvas.

So really, is there a reason for the "J"s? Because right now, all that's left for them to do is bring on Jenny and Jesse from AMC and JJ from Good TImes.