OLTL: The Prospect Park Era (old production thread)

March 14, 201312 yr

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Well...it's something.

I don't want to talk about what that L is doing to that N.

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It works for me

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Well...it's something.

I don't want to talk about what that L is doing to that N.

Why must you poop on everything I love.

I love the OLTL logo. The AMC one is a little Ren Faire.

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I hope we get great intros

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Of the two I like the OLTL logo alot better.

March 14, 201312 yr

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Of the two I like the OLTL logo alot better.

AMC's looks kind of like they went for something classic

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BREAKING NEWS: #HighSchoolMusical star @corbinbleu joins @onelifetolive as new character Jeffrey King

i love Corbin! Will be odd seeing him on a soap though

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Why must you poop on everything I love.

I love the OLTL logo. The AMC one is a little Ren Faire.

It's fun.

Of the two the OLTL logo definitely had more thought put into it. I like it well enough, it's modern without being obnoxiously so.

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Andrew Trischitta ‏@ajtrischitta

I was cast in High School Musical back in middle school. Coincidence? I think not! @corbinbleu welcome to the show! #OLTL

Kassie DePaiva ‏@KassieDePaiva

@corbinbleu

Welcome to Town!!!!

Kelley Missal ‏@kelleyrmissal

Oh shoot, welcome to the one life fam @corbinbleu !! “@SoapDigest: Corbin Bleu Joins OLTL http://fb.me/1A1nazvrq ”

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I hope this becomes a Newspaper rivalry between Jeffrey and Jack. Loads of potential there. I also like the contrast...Llanview's oldest and most respected newspaper's newest reporter is an AA newbie who likely comes on board with fresh ideas to revolutionize the paper, while the Sun, known for being a newer and edgier tabloid is, as far as we know, in the hands of the teenage heir to The Lord throne, who (again as far as we know) was more interested in using the paper to stick it to his enemies than he was in out selling anyone.

It would be interesting if Jeff's arrival forced Jack to make more of the Sun than he had been, especially if Todd has been neglecting the paper for all these months.

also it could also be cool to see Danielle, Matthew and Destiny involved as well.

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Awesome casting news! Corbin Bleu will be a great addition. Kind of a big get for the show. Although I have no idea what he's done since HSM except the Beautiful Life on CW.

I also love the new OLTL logo. The AMC one is OK even though it's pretty much the same as before.

Can I also say how much I love that the Banner sounds integral again? FINALLY. I know they showed Viki in her office towards the end of OLTL on ABC but wasn't it said Frons didn't want the newspaper to be a focus? I still despise that man.

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Sounds like oLTL will be a multi-generational show again

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don't know why I thought Jeff King would be a little older (and British)

I was just going to ask, I wonder if he'll be doing an accent.

And I immediately thought of Baz when I saw this casting news.

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I was just going to ask, I wonder if he'll be doing an accent.

And I immediately thought of Baz when I saw this casting news.

According to the Original list OLTL writers posted on FB back in January. Jeffrey King is in his 20's and Black & British

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I wonder if they've dropped the Bristish aspect or not.

I like the new OLTL logo, it reminds me '80s SOD versions of the show's logo in their synopses. I don't care for the "to" being non-bolded, though.

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By JAS0N47 · 10 minutes ago10 min
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And Johnny Wactor and Billy Miller (along with Tyler Christopher) dying so young and tragically. It’s devastating.
And Nneka Garland behind the scenes…

By Faulkner · 18 minutes ago18 min
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God, do I agree with this. Stephanie just doesn't cut it as a lead carrying this much story.
DAYS has all the elements to being good, but the truth is, it's not. Cwikly and Ford are better than Ron C, but that doesn't mean much when they're still not what I'd call solid. They aren't giving me anything to be excited about, and it feels like everything is on low simmer.

By ranger1rg · 22 minutes ago22 min
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By dragonflies · 23 minutes ago23 min
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Awful news. I've certainly said my fair share about Luke and the Eckerts on here over the years, but when he was on and committed, there was never anybody better. He was a huge part of growing up watching GH in the 90s and 2000s.
His relationships with Laura, Bobbie, Robert, and Lucky will get most of the attention, but I want to mention how good he was with a lot of the rest of the cast in that era. His relationships with Tony, Lucy, Felicia, Tiffany, Sonny, Carly, Nikolas, Alexis, Tracy- all so different, unique, and you really felt the connections.
Monica, Luke, Robert, Rick, and Lesley in one year is so much loss. Add in Bobbie, Alan, Nikolas, Sean, and Epiphany in the past couple of years and it's almost unfathomable.

By AdelaideCate007 · 23 minutes ago23 min
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I agree with this. You can see it in her shows, there is always movement. Those talking head scenes were walking around the nurses station, stopping at the counter at Kelly’s, etc. Scenes in the Webber home often begin or end with someone coming down the stairs, or headed to the door. I am sure Geary had run into plenty of issues where staging in a more traditional way hindered what he wanted to do and could seem stifling. Monty allowed improvisation, and spontaneity to be encouraged in rehearsals.
As a kid I always noticed that the ABC soaps of that era just felt more modern. When I watch old episodes now, the ABC shows still stand out that way. They took risks. Now I am not saying I think everything they did was fantastic- they had plenty of flops and bad ideas.

By titan1978 · 24 minutes ago24 min
R.I.P.: Anthony Geary has passed away

Her statement did not disappoint. They both spoke about that deep connection, that they didn’t share with anybody else. Even when Tony was fully committed to not ever playing Luke & Laura again, he still spoke about that connection as performers with some reverence.
I am not shocked they didn’t speak because that was their way even before his final exit. When they met to discuss returning in 1993 they had only seen each other a couple of times since their earlier run. That return was one of the handful of soap icon returns after being gone for a long time that fully worked. I have said this before but Monty, Marland, and PFS, with Geary and Francis of course, made such grounded characters with real internal lives that they could go and save the world, and also still fit in closer to reality in grittier material later under Labine, Guza, and Riche.
We saw Luke slowly morphed into a bitter and cynical man who eschewed connection with others. I had no problem with what Geary did with Luke’s characterization. Luke after Laura probably would self destruct. What I had issue with was Geary’s insistence that this was always the Luke he played. It very much was not, we saw it as it aired, the good and the bad before his revisionist history.
Almost every soap I watched had an iconoclastic character who challenged the other people in their communities. Soaps are so bland now and don’t really do these types of characters anymore.
Thanks everybody who has been posting tributes, I don’t use Twitter anymore so this is the only place I will see them!

By titan1978 · 37 minutes ago37 min
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I agree it'll just be sad to watch

By dragonflies · 38 minutes ago38 min
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Why not? Tamara Tunie would play the hell out of that story AND maybe land BTG their first major Emmy nomination in the process.

By Khan · 40 minutes ago40 min
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Obviously, we'll never know exactly what Geary meant, but I think what Gloria Monty hated was the fact that most soaps at that time seem confined to "talking heads" regurgitating the same exposition over coffee inside various living rooms and kitchens. Monty wanted soaps to be more active, arguing that housewives and other viewers would be forced to put down their laundry or whatever and actually pay attention.

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