Members Soapsuds Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 YR: Write actually stories and not scenes. Slow down possibly good stories. Enough of business stories Bring in more ATWT alumni like HBS, Scott Bryce and Melanie Smith. B&B Kill off Liam Return Brooke to her origins of poverty due to a major event that happens in her life. Stop hyping stories that are never turn out that great. Quit firing popular actors to please your own wants Bradley Bell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 DAYS: -Eileen returns -Shift away from the Hortons as the core family to the Evanses as the core family -Better production values B&B: -Sheila/Lauren crossover -Bring back Mary and James -Less Ridge/Bridge -Reveal that Eric is still legally married to Sheila Y&R: -More Cricket and Danny -More Nina (ideally with Ronan) -More Heather -Less Newmans/Abbotts -Lauren/Sheila crossover GH: -Frontburner story for Laura -Julie Berman back as Lulu -Jacob Young back as Lucky -Rick Webber back from the dead/reunites with Lesley -Less Sonny -Less Carly -New head writers -New EP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 ALL: Less prop writing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) Even better: introduce a new, male character who is not interested in going to bed with her. Not because he is gay or transgender, or because he is impotent or a eunuch, or because he is merely related to her, but because he is just not that into her. Then, make her lose her mind in trying to seduce him anyway - even though she is supposed to be happy again with Ridge - because, as she realizes later in court-ordered therapy, she needs to have every man who comes in contact with her be totally in love with her in order to have any self-worth. Almost forgot... DAYS: Someone at the studio "accidentally" spills a vat filled with celery tonic on all the episodes they have taped ahead, forcing DAYS to return to a production schedule that allows for actual adjustment of characters and storylines that are failing. Edited December 26, 2023 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 They don’t have the budget to film that way anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 The only way this can happen is through her alcoholism. IDEA Something happens, it could be anything, Brooke kisses the delivery man or her porno leaks in the internet, she sleeps with Liam or... whatever, but Ridge leaves her. AGAIN. And she drinks. A LOT. Ends up in a bar with a strange man, could be the hot waiter... he takes advantage of her weak moment and she dives deep into alcoholism. She doesn't know he is a crazy fan, who has been watching her for YEARS and has posters of her in her lingerie in his dark apartment. HE MAKES her drink and uses her alcoholism to control her. He makes her dependent and tells her how everyone will be disappointed if they see her now. Brooke is hiding in her house and doesn't even want to see Hope. She is ashamed, but not able to stop. All while he kisses her, has sex with her and tells her he loves her. He fake drinks too, so that she thinks they are drinking together. BUT he has other MOTIVE too. He makes her sign things under the influence and ends up STEALING all her money and even selling her house, without her even knowing. He texts all her children and even Ridge in this period from her phone. One day Brooke wakes up on a matrace without covers and she sees the whole house has been cleaned out. He had drugged her the night before and did everything while she was sleeping. He is nowhere to be seen and there is a knock on the door. Semi drunk Brooke opens up to a real estate agent that tells her he is coming with the new owners to see the house for renovation. Brooke is shocked and realizes soon, with the help of everyone else that ALL her money, and everything she owned has been stolen from her and the hot waiter is nowhere to be seen. Police tell her he has been scouting the area and working at that restaurant to look for her and he has been planning this for months. He is a known scammer and is probably now spending the money in Dubai or something. Everyone is disappointed in Brooke and won't help her till she goes into alcoholism treatment. Brooke ends up living in her childhood house, old and dusty, full of old pictures and spiderwebs. While she is there, memories go through her head and she start getting flashbacks from 40 years ago - Caroline sitting in her living room, her sisters and brother... Ridge taking her out for Christmas. She cries and cries and realizes she has destroyed her life WAITING FOR Ridge to love her. She realizes he never did and that he would always leave her. She blames even her alcoholism on him. In a classic Brooke fashion, she smashes all the pictures with him, stares into the screen and tell us that this is just the beginning. Tells us she will be back on top and Ridge will be the one on the bottom. Parallel we see Taylor and Ridge happy together... and again bitter and angry Brooke throwing out her vodka and deciding that if she managed to climb up the ladder once, she will do it again. Brooke is cleaned up, sober with a beautiful corporate outfit. She calls her daughter Hope and asks for some money. Tells her she has stopped drinking. Hope reluctantly agrees. Brooke stares at the screen of a laptop and The Forrester Creations sign. She smiles. - Forrester Creations will be mine, again. And you Ridge... you left me at my most vulnerable. Now is time for payback. I am sorry, I was really bored. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Manny Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) Since I don't watch US soaps anymore, I will only mentioned my wishes for EastEnders... I would love to see more positive, heart felt moments and stories and less violence, sadness and tragedy. I would also love to have more Brannings back. I really loved that family and I think I loved all of them, I don't remember a Branning that annoyed me. It's such a shame that they killed off Abi and Bradley, so this new generation is crippled. But I'd take Max back, as well as Carol! It would be nice for Sonia to have her mom back as she is going through her pregnancy storyline. Also, I would love to have Masoods back Please register in order to view this content Well actually I think I would be happy if only Zainab Masood came back lol She was fun! Dean and his daughter could be the connection that brings Zainab back, as she is Jade's grandmother. Edited December 26, 2023 by Manny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 BUT MY WISHES FOR BOLD Please register in order to view this content 1. Sheila manages to take over Forrester Creations and becomes CEO - all hell breaks lose 2. Tridge reunites - finally. 3. Brooke and the cute waiter have a steamy hot affair. His mother is revealed to be Shauna in a dramatic twist. Shauna comes back to make Brooke's life a misery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 My wish for GH in 2024 is the same wish I have had for GH for the past several years: that 70-80% of the current cast is wiped out in a hurricane that unleashes a new strain of Lassa Fever that occurs while a serial killer is simultaneously threatening the citizens of Port Charles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 26, 2023 Members Share Posted December 26, 2023 This is the soap who did a serial killer story with Ryan and merely killed off a couple of day players plus Kiki. They don’t have the balls to do a Salem Stalker-style serial killer story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty City Posted December 27, 2023 Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 General Hospital Tighter storytelling: Look, I am fully aware Chris Van Etten & Dan O'Connor and their team are not well liked, but when they're on top of it they work. Their main trouble is time. They can go from three months to two-plus years telling a story that zig-zags through six different changes. What I need is for them to sit down in 2024, and hammer out how to get from A to Z in terms of story, and tell it. The interim writing team did wonderfully moving the stale storylines immediately out of the door, ushering in new ones and also bringing in a lot of history through their writing; so far, it feels like Van Etten & O'Connor have paid attention and are continuing this, but I do worry that if they go into 2024 and don't continue this, it'll be their undoing. And, at that point, it would be time for a new head writing team to come into play. Cut the dead weight: Like most, I agree the cast needs to be cut down. However, unlike a lot, my choices for cutting her less than favourable. At present, General Hospital has 33 series regulars; the only soap to rival this is Days of Our Lives. And while I would not necessarily cut a lot of them, there is a good handful of them I would either demote to recurring or cut altogether. This needs to be a priority in 2024, especially if we want to keep other actors on the canvas (actors who either should be regulars and / or more consistent recurring). More hospital, less mob: This is a tough one. I am fully aware the force of the mob and Sonny Corinthos has been a major powerplay since the 2000's, following the success of HBO's The Sopranos but, in 2024, we need to begin transitioning away from mob-centric storylines and shifting back to more hospital-centric stories. The mere fact General Hospital, a show about a HOSPITAL, did not even touch upon the COVID-19 pandemic or something akin to it, is a grave disservice to what soap opera have been about: tackling topical storylines and telling some brilliant stories around them. I would pen a story of some kind causing a major power outage in Port Charles, possibly with the PCU students going on a winter ski trip, and then Adam takes the bus (with the students) and causes a major crash. With the power outage, the hospital is under extreme duress and chaos. Stories like this could really bring some power into the hospital and re-centralize it to being the main focus on the soap in 2024. Days of Our Lives FIRE RON CARLIVATI AND COMPANY: It is simple. He and his team need to GO! While I understand this soap airs on W Network in Canada, things can be edited for television, so bring on a writing team that can write a smart, forward-thinking soap opera in the streaming world. I am looking at the team of Marlene McPherson & Elizabeth Snyder (we NEED female writers in American daytime again) to spearhead this task. They did a solid job with All My Children, and it was a not-to-miss soap opera, and was the last time an American soap felt cutting edge and original. If unavailable, I would also recommend Lisa Connor & Chip Hayes, both of whom were hired to replace McPherson & Snyder for the second season of All My Children. Connor was even employed at Days of Our Lives from 2016–2018. We need a change, as the "writer" in inept and incapable of handling a soap opera. He's got to go. Perhaps bring in Sheri Anderson to assist a new team or Hell, hire her full-time! Also, ridding us of the "writer" would rid of us some glorified non-actors (*cough* Robert Scott Wilson *cough*). Sell soap to NBCUniversal / Universal Television: Controversial and, of course, unlikely to happen. But it is my belief Ken Corday & Corday Productions are the continued thread of on-going problems on this soap. As seen with the incompetence of the "abuser," it's clear Corday and his company are asleep while running a soap on a shoe-string budget. The lights were out for YEARS until Days of Our Lives went to Peacock, and things HAD to be updated. Between Corday, Corday Productions & Sony Pictures Television, it is clear to be NBC has always held Days of Our Lives in promising regard, and putting the ownership into NBCUniversl and / or Universal Television could really provide a great positive change for this soap. Return the Hortons to the canvas: This has been discussed previously, but it is my belief returning the Hortons to the canvas, a main-stay family since the soap's premiere in November 1965, is important. Family was always important to Days of Our Lives, and the lack of familiar with the Horton family is disheartening, and it should absolutely be fixed in 2024. The Young and the Restless FIRE JOSH GRIFFITH & HIRE WENDY RICHE The Bold and the Beautiful BYE-BYE BRADLEY BELL! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lye-C Posted December 27, 2023 Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 These are all ridiculous, especially the Horton one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted December 27, 2023 Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 Wendy Riche does not need to return to soaps. She has more than earned her retirement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AMCHistory Posted December 27, 2023 Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 This. I just hope the writers know we mean newbies like Willow and Sasha and Drew, and some characters that just need a break like Michael, Spinelli, Alexis, and Maxie (especially Maxie). The recurring group of 80’s/90’s vets (Scorpio, Scotty, Felicia, Mac, Lucy, Kevin) are what make Port Charles, Port Charles. They are the secret sauce for a storyline, moving in and out as needed. I hope these players continue to have a reason and storyline to be on our screen as more than background players. Heck, the Holly story just shined with all these players working together onscreen again. Even the wedding and funeral episodes are fun purely because they are carried by these vets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted December 27, 2023 Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 Y&R #1 of course would be to dump Josh The 'business' stories need to go. Musical chairs or takeovers, promotions etc that never lead anywhere . Have a business element but something relatable. How is Jabot fairing with on line? The rise of influencers? We have no idea where Jabot sits in the market or what there product line is. Have them sell Marchetti and focus on their core business. All the other businesses need to go or be modified. Find away to be creative with budget so we can see more sets, extras and day players. All these wealthy characters need staff. Time to take a good hard look at some of these vets . There are just too many long running characters who have burned through so much story and need to be rested. Wonder if Stafford, Egan, Case and a few others would take recurring and be used when needed . If only Eric Braeden would retire!! Stop telling the same stories-Victor manipulating, Adam being the black sheep etc. Invest in proper long term stories for the younger generation that involve their parents/grandparents Fen, Noah, Ally,Faith, Reed etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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