New year, new UOs (or old ones)...

I'll start by saying...

1. Anyone who considers that showkilling bootleg Janet Wood bitch as any kind of effective EP's opinion is null and void.

2. Anyone that can take time out of their day to 'hate watch' a show deserves to be mocked by the show's staff, cast, and network execs (including those that I can't stand) for all time for their delusional entitlement.

3. For all the talk about those who rail against those who tell them to stop watching if they hate a show much and claim that they'll be the ones to beg them to come back, those haters will be the actual ones holding up the SOS signs and spearheading those petitions.

4. 'Bland' and 'boring' are code words that the majority of (non-) POC viewers feel threatened by a POC character whose mere presence threatens their raggedy white favorites (especially for prominent airtime), yet can't quite rag on their looks or acting.

Wow, I was just reminded that she's dead. I liked Tamin as Colleen and hated that she was killed off

AL was a great Colleen, I thought, and while she had chemistry as Colleen with both JT and Korbell, the actor playing Korbell was dull and the whole relationship with the professor gave me the squicks.

Wow, I was just reminded that she's dead. I liked Tammin as Colleen and hated that she was killed off

Did Tammin leave on her own? I still don't get why they didn't ship Colleen back to New York, better than killing her off

AL was a great Colleen, I thought, and while she had chemistry as Colleen with both JT and Korbell, the actor playing Korbell was dull and the whole relationship with the professor gave me the squicks.

The chemistry between AL's Colleen (a. a role that I vastly preferred to hers on GH, even if she was the daughter of my beloved Nedley and Lois; b. who was a fantastic way to transition Colleen into young womanhood after LF left) and Korbel is what prevented it from being a terrible turn for the character. Under lesser chops, it would've damaged the standing of Colleen in my eyes.

Did Tammin leave on her own? I still don't get why they didn't ship Colleen back to New York, better than killing her off

I've been afraid to check out her take on Colleen because of the massive backlash against her (the fact that they killed the character off instead of recasting her is a huge red flag) and prefer to remember her without the stench of bad acting (from what I've heard of AL's replacement aplenty).

I really didn't like Justis Bolding as the last Sarah on OLTL. She ruined the character for me, and she had no chemistry with Andrea Evans. I didn't feel a bond between Tina and Sarah because Justis was a bad actress and so unlikable.

Eric Martsolf seems to be a nice guy offscreen but I really don't get the appeal of him. He's not THAT good looking and he comes across as smarmy and full of himself onscreen. Didn't like him on Passions and don't like him on DAYS from what I've seen. He seems like a low rent Ryan Reynolds to me in terms of looks and acting style. He's a decent actor but not likable.

Cynthia Preston is a competent actress and I like her but she is TERRIBLE at playing a villainess. So I didn't enjoy anything from what I saw of her GH run. I've seen her try to play vixens in a couple movies and she was so bad at it. From all of her roles where she's a villainess/vixen, she gets very one note and shrill. She's much, much better at being a heroine or a supporting character.

I don't get what was so terrible about Alexandra Wilson on Another World. She was great as Josie but most people thought she was very annoying.

Edited January 12, 201411 yr by Mathewson

I never understood what was so great about Sal Stowers and her Cassandra character on online All My Children.

The story line, more suited for Days of Our Lives rather than AMC, was tedious and Stowers' acting reached the point of sheer camp. Truth is, I found myself laughing at several key moments when I knew I wasn't supposed to.

AND, although I had been watching AMC since 1992, I had never even heard of this person before.

The only good thing that came of this was by year's end when Soap Opera Digest deemed the clunker to be the Worst Story of the Year.

Cassandra was created on Loving spinoff, The City and was on AMC for a few months back in 2008 when Angie returned

I do not want John Black to return to salem.

I do not want John Black to return to salem.

lol I don't think that's an unpopular thought

I guess liking Brad falls into the unpopular opinion on just about any message boards i visited.

But i have never enjoyed a character and an actor as much in my entirre time watching GH.

UO: Not only was Laura Wright's best role that of Cassie Layne-Winslow on GL, her onscreen best pairing was with David Andrew McDonald (Edmund). One of my biggest pet peeves is that GL didn't fight hard enough to keep her from jumping ship, especially in light of her dreadful replacement.

Every soap role Laura Wright has played has been awful

Not according to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences*

*although that win should've been for her role as Cassie

UO: Not only was Laura Wright's best role that of Cassie Layne-Winslow on GL, her onscreen best pairing was with David Andrew McDonald (Edmund). One of my biggest pet peeves is that GL didn't fight hard enough to keep her from jumping ship, especially in light of her dreadful replacement.

There is nothing GL could've done to keep her. GH afforded her the opportunity to become a big fish in a big pond rather than playing third fiddle to Zimmer and Ehlers one of the lowest rated shows in the genre, which was under constant threat of cancellation. GH gave her more money, more airtime, more exposure, and the challenge of playing a different character, one who wasn't dramatically exhausted.

As for her replacement, Forester is a pretty good actress who was horribly miscast in the Cassie role. Cassie really should've been written out when LW left.