Members DRW50 Posted August 29, 2019 Members Share Posted August 29, 2019 Guza and Phelps did a great job of killing the future all on their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members detroitpiston Posted August 31, 2019 Members Share Posted August 31, 2019 Guza and Phelps put together a much more sleek and interesting show. Acting, production, dialogue etc were all consistently better. It was like three days into Frank and Ron's run and you had lighting fixtures accidentally being left in frame, the instant decline was sad to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted August 31, 2019 Members Share Posted August 31, 2019 I think they were both awful but things happened under Guza. They had events and the show wasn't as dreadfully boring as it is now. Sonny/Carly weren't written great, but I never found them as dull as I do at this point. By the end Guza was a hack, but he did write some good stuff (Clink/Boom, Brenda's 2002 return, early Carly, the Cassadines reappearance etc). I don't think the show fell off the rails until about 2005/2006. The only thing I liked about Ron was his 50th anniversary stuff. And that was probably just from the nostalgia of the returns and the Nurses Ball coming back. So if I am choosing the lesser of 2 evils it would be Guza with an EP like Wendy Riche that reigns him in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted September 2, 2019 Members Share Posted September 2, 2019 The correct answer to this after some reflection was Frons. He pretty much dismantled his network’s entire daytime drama strategy. Through his meddling we suffered through some truly heinous storylines and characters forced down our throats on all his shows, until he finally decided to cancel AMC and OLTL. And he gave us Phelps, Pratt (twice between GH and AMC), and Guza with too much power. The only thing I can say I thank him for was restoring the best All My Children theme music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 4, 2019 (edited) 100% agree. That's what I mean when I say that I sometimes miss Guza. So many characters now are just existing, not doing anything, not moving their stories along. It takes a much better writer then Guza, or whoever's writing the show now to still make a show watchable when next to nothing is happening. I think Frons just hated soaps in general. It was like he had a grudge against soaps and the soap community because his pet project, Generations, was a flop. Definitely. After a while, he just went a little OTT with all the mob stuff. Edited September 4, 2019 by AbcNbc247 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGHFan Posted September 5, 2019 Members Share Posted September 5, 2019 I think this is correct. Brian Frons. I'll never forget his arrogant quote about how he didn't need to listen to viewers and instead how they needed to be "trained" on what to like. That was the end of ABC Daytime IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Planet Soap Posted September 9, 2019 Members Share Posted September 9, 2019 (edited) Guza and Phelps destroyed the show, but that show was far more interesting than Valentini's. Valentini could not pull off metro court, the panic room, pch fire etc.. The only positive to the latter is the attempt to showcase veteran actors like Bobbie, Scott, Felicia and so on and the 50th anniversary hype All in all Riche & Monty 1.0 were the prime eras of the show Edited September 9, 2019 by ironlion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted September 10, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 10, 2019 Wow. I know egos shouldn't shock me anymore, but yeah i'm shocked lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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