Jump to content

AMC: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)


Recommended Posts

  • Members

I think most of these things are not even on YouTube and I have no idea what they were called. Just some weird flashbacks. I remember trying to watch them where they were shown here in Greece when some of the US soaps were cancelled but I just couldn't.

The new opening also reminds me of this:

Please register in order to view this content

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

(1.52)

Anyway, AMC should never have given up on their original, beautiful opening.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 9.5k
  • Created
  • Last Reply
  • Members

I dunno, every time I see that opening with the locket and other items, I feel as if I'm about to watch something hosted by Martha Stewart.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

On the one hand, this sort of article is what I'd expect from someone who never watched the shows before. But I would like to know whether all the promotion and hype has enticed viewers unfamiliar with AMC or OLTL to watch, and if so, what are their opinions thus far.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Wow - I had to stop when he said "No. At least, that’s how it looked to this potential viewer, one of the vast millions who never watched the original shows because they had jobs."

Excuse me, but my entire family, including me, watched AMC every f'ing day and we all have or had jobs. It's called a VCR or DVR, you idiot! This writer just assumes only stay-at-home moms watched this show? No. And the way he said it makes it seem like stay-at-home moms SHOULD be out there working (it was like a silent jab).

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

New York Times article is bad, bad, bad. Finger pointing characters they see that are not making any sense at all (David Hayward). This is THE FIRST WEEK folks. I am sure that the writers will fix mistakes for ALL characters and tweak and make adjustments. It is NOT the David Hayward show/Vincent Irizarry, it is All My Children. and Ginger Smith has said that more CORE characters are coming which means less David Hayward airtime. AMC needs to fill in the gap with 30 somethings, and their is a gap here. Angie sticking up for David and getting him released from prison, well in soap land there is always consequences and fallout from characters decisions and choices and nobody wins in the long run. There will be twists and turns and the writers have watched the first week, seen mistakes and will now have time to fix mistakes. At least the actors are giving it their best and the show and characters will settle down in time.

Agreed, that certain characters HAVE TO COME BACK, period to make the show stronger.

MEK, SL, Frankie and Natalia (The Hubbard family), more Kane's, Martins. Give the show time people. All success takes time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members
so these people believe that OLTL doesn't deserve to win any Emmys this year, because she thinks they could win the sympathy vote and they thinks it's unfair that if AMC and OLTL can get nominated next year why not the other web soaps, and they don't think AMC and OLTL is the same as Days or the other network soaps
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

My response to these idiots

Ok are you guys seriously trying to compare AMC & OLTL to Devanity & Venice. Those shoot 13 Episodes a YEAR. AMC & OLTL shoot 210 episodes a year EACH. That apples and Oranges. Also AMC & OLTL are not web soaps. They are TV sops that just happen to air on Hulu, Hulu Plus & Itunes. No offense stop talking about it if U havent even watched an episode of the revivals until you do. Your oopinion means NOTHING

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

As would I.

I think it's fair enough for the critic to come at these shows as a newbie. But he doesn't seem to understand the appeal of daytime soaps at all. Fans have almost always had to jump in--to some degree--"mid plot" and figure stories out. For a lot, this actually appeals to them--to try to unravel the story, who's connected, etc. To say that they should just watch Revenge because they can view Season 1 on DVD is missing the point.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • I'm going to rationalize it this way: in a world filled with facial transplants, computer brain chips, and prisms, drugs are the only crime an international spy hero cannot solve. (too ABC afterschool special?)
    • May would have been very good as Lloyd. I'm still not sure why they didn't do a better job casting that part, aside from Joe Lambie. Who thought hiring Robert Reed made any sense?
    • That would make sense. I should try to look for one of the interviews Toni had around then (I think there was one somewhere).
    • I spent the afternoon coming up with an alternative story idea for John's death. Suppose, Orpheus wasn't caught after Marlena, Steve, Paul and Andrew foiled the nuclear bomb plot, but took John as his prisoner and went on the lam. Eventually, it gets revealed that he was the one who had the sepsis drug stolen, not some random junkie. And he uses that, and John as bait to lure Marlena, Steve, Shawn, etc. to where he's holding John. While they're all searching for Orpheus, John and the drug, Shawn manages to find the drug and rushes off to save Bo, but immediately after that, Orpheus captures Steve and Marlena and ties them up in a room with John, who's also tied up and weak but has a bomb strapped to his chest. As the bomb ticks down, Orpheus explains that he's finally going to kill them all, once and for all. But just as he's about to leave the room, and the timer on the bomb reaches zero, John breaks free of his restraints and attacks Orpheus. They struggle, fall out a window and the bomb explodes, killing both John and Orpheus.  Idk if that's the best idea in the world, but it seems to work for me. Not only would it have John die as a hero, but it would also rid us of Orpheus, who I hope is completely forgotten about now. Even though Marlena, Steve, Roman, etc. are still on canvas, he has no purpose anymore now that John is dead. And it just doesn't feel right to me that John is gonna be dead, while Orpheus is still alive. In some ways, it almost feels like, after all these years, he beat John. Which is total crap. If Stefano couldn't beat John, there's no way this pain in the ass could do it 

      Please register in order to view this content

    • Also, good to see that Hope has kept up Bo's fade for the past year. It must be tough to maintain a high and tight fade, when your client is in a coma.
    • Ooooh. Sounds like the lame stories that came right before Diane came back from the dead.
    • Bad enough I barely remember LOL. I recall the month was tied between the surrogacy, Phyllis sleuthing on her laptop at the bar in the Grand Phoenix about Tara and Ashland, and Sally getting Summer her dream job to get her out of town.
    • 'Oh...that's Ms. B!tch.' OMG!!! Not Silk Press Sheila giving an old school threatening villainess scene. and the building background music was EVERYTHING in that moment.   Oooooo YES! Loving Anita vs Tracy. If this is how it's going down with Tracy, I can't wait for Sharon to show up.   
    • There wasn't any exposition on this that I recall, but I was too busy sobbing over John's death to notice if I am being honest.
    • HAHAHAHAHAHAH   I believe it because I've never heard they were not all bio before this. They always seem to favor DD to me. I am shocked. 
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy