Members rhinohide Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 LMAO! ? I think he's trying to look more Caleb like. But a LifeLift would be more effective than that long over processed hair. I guess if the GH audience has been waiting with baited breath for a murder mystery that is focused mainly on a long cancelled soap story, they have their wish. I will never understand Ron's penchant for resurrecting characters from other shows, just to kill them off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhinohide Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 Isn't that kind of golden soap? I hate Carlivati's writing in every way. But that bit about the dropped stories with dangling threads to be picked up potentially (or not) months or years later reminds me of things like Phillip Spaulding's paternity. Unfortunately, none of Carlivati's loose threads are that interesting so stories just look incomplete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 Reminds me of JER's writing on Passions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 SMH. I already know how this story is going to turn out. Watch TJ become overly jealous and possesive and they'll have to keep him away from her and she goes running to Rafe because she is the only that gets him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 Ha don't make me give examples. That's impossible. In all seriousness I think a number of RC's stories in the past have had exciting, dramatic week long "endings"--and that's usually when people praise them. I don't think they're perfect,but they do often seem able to create that moment--the trouble is all the story points from the setup to the climax, which tend to IMHO repeat the smae dialogue and scene ad nauseum or make no sense, and the denoument after the climax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted January 29, 2013 Members Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yes but it's how he does it--as you kinda say. It is classic soap--but instead, as mentioned nearly all the Faison post reveal stuff (OK, all of it?) was talked briefly about off camera. Characters and stories aren't left dangling they instead completely disappear for months. I think RC and JER definitely share a number of similarities in how they tell stories--I probably mainly watched JER's work at its worse, but he did the endlessly repeated scenes and conversations that go on for monthsuntil a story climax all the time when I watched (I think at Passions he thought doing this was part of the semi-soap parody thing he had going on, sadly I just found it dull--at least when Sunet Beach did soap parody the story *moved*). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted January 30, 2013 Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 That is, if TJ doesn't suddenly develop a temper that Rafe will step in to protect Molly from. Dude that plays TJ better start putting feelers out for a new gig right about now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 30, 2013 Members Share Posted January 30, 2013 Tequan Richmond's really talented, and a handsome kid. The problem is that character is so [!@#$%^&*] random. They introduce a black kid named TJ on General Hospital and somehow he's not the Tommy Hardy, Jr., but instead has some sort of nonsensical, boring backstory that Garin Wolf shoved onto him and Shawn which Wolf clearly had big, boring plans for, but no one else cares. I'd like to keep him, but the question is how to make that kid and his individual character and background relevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 All they have to do is just pretend he's white, and the chit practically writes itself! A background is a background. If a writer wants to flesh out the character, they can. It took them all but 2 1/2 weeks to develop Sabrina, Ellie, Brit and who else? None are really hurting for airtime and all have something to do - tied to significant characters. Why is this so hard to do with TJ and Shawn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 The Tom Hardy Jr would be late 20s about now anyway. Since Maxie and Lulu are closer to that and he was older than them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 The same reason it's been hard for this show to do since the Wards were prominent back in the 90s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tina m Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's so sad. I was thinking Alison Perkins from OLTL. I can't tell which soap I'm watching these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 Shawn?? Shawn is mute. Shawn is a mannequin. The actor who plays Shawn thinks good acting is reciting his lines with all the drama one reads a list of ingredients. There is no way Shawn is ever going to be fronting an entertaining or lively story like this vampire thing because the actor went to the Steve Burton school of acting. And I think he probably flunked out even there. He could be black, white, purple or plaid, the guy makes Michael Easton seem like a guy on speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 "Steve Burton acting" certainly didn't stop him from being frontburner for 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChitHappens Posted January 31, 2013 Members Share Posted January 31, 2013 +50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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