One Life to Live OLTL: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

[jfung79]

One of the things I love about OLTL is they didn't come up with some arbitrary "these are core characters and the audience doesn't care about these others" -- they kept as much of the cast as they could, and respected that everyone had fans. Rama also adds diversity and humor, and I'm glad they have Vimal on there too. Also as a new fan, I'm interested in all these characters on the show right now, in part because there's depth to them, pasts to them, that a new character would probably not be able to get as easily (although they did a good job with Jeffrey), even though I didn't see those pasts.

The question when you are deleting cast members shouldn't be, why do they need to stay, but why do they need to go?

[EricMontreal22]

I actually agree with you--and it's a refreshing change from the stale soap cliche of once any character becomes major, forcing some instant family connection to try to legitimize them. Ron C's time at OLTL was particularly awful with sudden revelations that characters were connected to older, often beloved characters who often were no longer even on the show anyway (ie Cutter and Alex), and from what we've heard one of his story ideas he had planned for the online version was doing this for a character to turn out to be David's son. A little of that kind of story goes a long way (especially when it becomes impossible to even follow--like the several years convulated mess of David's parentage.)

[Vee]

I think Josh Kelly stayed because he was hot and talented. Period. And that's all he needs to be. Same with Shenaz, who is vivacious and an audience favorite, as well as a very rarely seen ethnic minority on soaps. I enjoy the characters. Under RC Kelly made a meal out of some terrible stuff near the end. I think he's far more appealing now opposite MA.

The Alex thing I didn't mind. It could be picked up again.

[EricMontreal22]

I assume Alex helped spring him from jail. I don't really mind her being brought back in this case either--and I agree with you about both actors (some here seem to beacting like they brought back the Ford trio )

[cassadine1991]

I was going through the "They Almost Became" thread, and Malone was really going to bring Tina back in 2003??

[CBRVA83]

The other day, I asked Josh Kelly on his facebook page if it will ever be explained how Alex Olanov (or someone else) got Cutter out of prison, and then returned to Llanview to get hired by Blair to manage and promote her new nightclub Shelter. He responded back to me yesterday saying that it will be explained in all due time, because the big characters has to have their stories told first.

[Vee]

The answer is they will never tell you. Ever. Embrace that now.

You continue to expect there to be an immediate pickup of all the things you liked about OLTL in 2011 - Cutter, Aubrey, Alex and their storyline. In reality, all of that is over and most of it was very unpopular. That's why it is not coming back. That show is over. The writers want a clean slate. Cutter has been re-envisioned as a club manager with a scoundrel side and dirty deeds in his past, and everything beyond that from his past is mostly irrelevant, unless someone like Alex returns in the future, and then they might mention his prison sentence. But you expecting all of that to be very important just like it would've been if the show had continued on January 16, 2012 is never going to happen.

[jfung79]

What Vee said might be true, but it's still cool that Josh Kelly responded to you!

[CBRVA83]

You're full of B.S., Vee! JK said in an interview with MA that the reason why Cutter got out of prison will be explained, but he doesn't know when, and OLTL associate producer Jared Kaplan said the same thing, too!

[Vee]

I'm willing to bet you fifty dollars they were being polite about a viewer question and that it will be, at best, dismissed in a few lines of dialogue.

The point is that all those small things from the ABC show vis a vis Cutter (Alex aside) just are not that relevant. Especially the throwaway cliffhanger. Can you accept that they might just want a relatively clean slate and will not prioritize these things that you care about so much? Because the fact is they are not doing that, right now.

[CBRVA83]

How do you know this will happen on the show? Unless you're a OLTL insider or work for the show, you don't know how the explanation of how Cutter got released from prison will be revealed on the show, so just get off my case already!

[Khan]

I can't.

[Winchester91]

He left prison 'cause Agnes said so. She's the patron saint of naughty white guys.

[Eric83]

I can't with these thirty ass stans. SMH.

[CBRVA83]

Agnes doesn't give a damn about OLTL! She only cares about her precious baby AMC!