Members dragonflies Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted September 16, 2016 Author Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 At least it's someone who's actually been on a soap in the 80's and can use that experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Unfortunately these shows often seem to only see Soapdish as a guide to soaps. That was the approach of that Josh Duhamel thing that never aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cassadine1991 Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Didn't Kimberly McCullough pitch something similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Yes a film called Heyday that she began in 2014 and i believe is now in the festival curcuit Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 16, 2016 Members Share Posted September 16, 2016 Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 17, 2016 Members Share Posted September 17, 2016 Can someone honestly tell me who the big viewing audience is for this type of show that its keeps getting pitched? Who in 2016 wants to watch a soap based on the drama bts on a soap in the 80s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted September 17, 2016 Members Share Posted September 17, 2016 No one. I do however wanna see VR's Rich and the Ruthless pilot/movie coming soon as I enjoyed her books. That's it. Other shows ... meh. Eva Longoria's Telenovela should've showed people that shows like this don't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted September 18, 2016 Members Share Posted September 18, 2016 Does John Stamos still have star power? Also, I am not sure where the pop culture is on the decades merry-go-round, did they leave the 80s and go into the 90s? Period shows? Mad Men worked and that was the 60s. I guess if he tries to do a show of merit and not some silly ABC level nonsense show with just women with big hair spitting insults at each other it could be halfway decent. The best possible outcome is he does a show about soaps that is good and then some people decide to check out real soaps. Rich and the Ruthless sounds artistically bankrupt just by the title. It's screaming "Cliche" and one dimensional corny writing in a show starring rejects from Scandal or whatever. It will fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 18, 2016 Members Share Posted September 18, 2016 I'm not talking about period shows I'm talking about a soap opera about a soap opera. I don't see a big audience for it. Especially not one set in the 80s. I see a lot of people on Twitter fighting because they say Stamos stole McCullough's concept( though one could argue all her ideas for her story came from the real life of him and his peers). The concept has flop written all over it regardless of who's idea it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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