2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

From my experience across multiple platforms, in today's world of social media, it is especially heightened where people cannot separate ART from ARTIST, etc. People want their version of things to be the only one and it's also why when there are those that fan says should be writing these soaps, and I completely disagree, because [so many] cannot see things without their rose-coloured, one-way pointed view of things.

This is very well said, and I agree. Various people have told me over the years that they have withdrawn from participating on social media, because of the easily-triggered. 

2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I mean: Ron Raines, Marnie Schulenberg & Paolo Seganti were all hired within the same point of time, and it just felt like "YOU GET A JOB! AND YOU GET A JOB!" and did not feel necessary to the canvas.

Extraneous, "filler" characters are pointless and ultimately counter-productive to the health of a soap. GH has a plethora of them on the current canvas.

2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Well, the hiring of the Guiding Light and World Turns actors could also be from the hiring of Marin Gazzaniga? Don't know. Just hoping, in terms of General Hospital, we get some sense of Mulcahey infused into new characters and possibly mis-lead characters introduced during the past few regimes.

Mulcahey's skill has been evident in the past, so if we are lucky, he will be given the freedom and support to strengthen the show and downplay or eliminate its weaknesses.

14 hours ago, Vee said:

'Scott Holroyd', he said with reluctance.

It's how many years later?  And we still can't get that man's name right, lol.

I know I've said this before, but I don't necessarily need Patrick Mulcahey and Elizabeth Korte to write out a bunch of characters and/or introduce (or reintroduce) characters on their own.  I'll be satisfied if they can take everything that's there and make it watchable again.  So much of GH these days is so generic, for lack of a better word, and needs definition or redefinition badly.

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41 minutes ago, Khan said:

It's how many years later?  And we still can't get that man's name right, lol.

I know I've said this before, but I don't necessarily need Patrick Mulcahey and Elizabeth Korte to write out a bunch of characters and/or introduce (or reintroduce) characters on their own.  I'll be satisfied if they can take everything that's there and make it watchable again.  So much of GH these days is so generic, for lack of a better word, and needs definition or redefinition badly.

I suspect it's going to take some time for Mulcahey & Korte's material to really settle and move, and I think that's natural.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

I think that just had to do with the ATWT connections behind the scenes. Goutman for example (sigh) was directing on the show IIRC. I couldn't fault them for hiring solid acting alumni though; I felt it was important to keep up the NYC soap connections including old P&G hands. I couldn't stand the late Marnie Schulenberg as Alison on ATWT but she was actually very good in a supporting role as David's scheming TV producer Jo Sullivan - I didn't even recognize her, she was so bubbly. And I thought Seganti was appropriately creepy as a troublemaking lothario in the storyline with Kelley Missal, which really worked for me. I hoped the PP shows might mine deeper East Coast reserves in future like Maureen Garrett, Lisa Brown (again, RIP), etc. Sadly that wasn't to be. Anyway, there were issues with the show but those actors weren't the issues for me.

But we are once again wildly afield and that's my fault. Hopefully we'll get a proper casting, etc. announcement soon to guide our way. Or ghostwritten scripts.

Plus their casting director Allison??? Was also on the GL casting team when that show ended

29 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

I suspect it's going to take some time for Mulcahey & Korte's material to really settle and move, and I think that's natural.

I agree. And it's the best that way. 

8 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

I do hope Mulcahey will introduce new characters carefully and judiciously (or even better yet, reintroduce beloved, legacy characters from the past). God knows, I'd loathe seeing a Buzz Cooper 2.0 coming aboard and eating the show. Some folks may have loved Justin Deas' loud-mouthed and belligerent hamminess in the role, but many did not. UGH.

Now, people do have the right to champion hammy theatrics if it's their preference, and yes, Howarth's nostril flaring was appealing to both of his fans (LOL! I jest, I jest! Sort of. 🫢). I know people who reveled in glee watching Divine with doggy doo in Pink Flamingos (seriously; they were wildly entertained at the outrageousness and wanted to see more pushing of the envelope like it.) I would counter that such material can be sought out in John Waters-type films. Soaps, a medium that has gifted us with performances by the likes of Beverlee McKinsey, Susan Flannery, Maureen Garrett, Charita Bauer, Judith Light, Jane Elliot, Frances Reid, Judith Light, Kate Mulgrew, etc, have long proven that stellar performers are celebrated within the genre.

Not everyone is happy to settle for the work of Ronn Moss and his ilk. There are those of us who clamor to see superb thespian work on display, and we have been fortunate in that regard on many daytime dramas over the decades.

Long live the Meryl Streeps of daytime! I'll take Beverlee McKinsey, Susan Flannery and actresses of their caliber over Brenda Dickson (God love her) or Charity Rahmer any day.😁

Yes, yes, yes. (Though Brenda Dickson was my Jill. I want to believe that this Norma Desmond thing was just an 80s phase in her acting)

1 minute ago, Sapounopera said:

I want to believe that this Norma Desmond thing was just an 80s phase in her acting

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks TPTB directed Brenda Dickson to be that OTT in her '80's performances in order to sabotage her and force her off the show for good (which they eventually succeeded in doing).

1 minute ago, Khan said:

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks TPTB directed Brenda Dickson to be that OTT in her '80's performances in order to sabotage her and force her off the show for good (which they eventually succeeded in doing).

Would make perfect sense to me. Dickson's exit helped Melody Thomas Scott cement her position as Y&R's first lady btw. 

5 hours ago, Liberty City said:

I suspect it's going to take some time for Mulcahey & Korte's material to really settle and move, and I think that's natural.

I think so, too.  I don't expect the writing to improve overnight, but I hope TPTB allow Mulcahey and Korte enough time and freedom to do whatever they think needs to be done in order to resolve the show's issues, of which there are many, lol.

3 minutes ago, Sapounopera said:

Would make perfect sense to me. Dickson's exit helped Melody Thomas Scott cement her position as Y&R's first lady btw. 

Well, also MTS's Qfactor rating was off the charts. At one time that counted for something. 

6 minutes ago, Khan said:

I think so, too.  I don't expect the writing to improve overnight, but I hope TPTB allow Mulcahey and Korte enough time and freedom to do whatever they think needs to be done in order to resolve the show's issues, of which there are many, lol.

I agree; my main concern has always been the gag-hold Disney-ABC seems to have over General Hospital.

I’m curious if they’ll bring anyone back. My first choice is Julie Marie Berman as Lulu. Next would be Jacob Young or another recast as Lucky. David Tom would be excellent.

As hinted in the 50th anniversary episodes, Rick may be alive so I want him back to reunite with Lesley while also undoing that godawful 2002 story.

Of course I want Vanessa Marcil back in any capacity.

Matt Ashford as Tom Hardy.

Carly Schroeder as Serena. Or at least an aged-up Christina.

Amber Tamblyn as Emily.

A Susan Haskell appearance as Marty to establish Cole and Hope are alive and well while also retconning PC’s Ian and Granya. Never felt right to me that Patrick married a woman who looked identical to his dead sister.

Dillon recast.

Tonja Walker as Olivia Jerome, with the pubic reveal that she is also Alex Olanov.

A brief Luke return to establish he’s still alive and have a one-night stand with Laura (sorry, Kevin).

This would be hard to pull off but I want Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans back as Stefan and Katherine.

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2 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

I’m curious if they’ll bring anyone back. My guest choice is Julie Berman as Lulu. Next would be Jacob Young or another recast as Lucky. David Tom would be excellent. Of course I want Vanessa Marcil back in any capacity. Amber Tamblyn as Emily. Tonja Walker as Olivia Jerome, with the pubic reveal that she is also Alex Olanov. This would be hard to pull off but I want Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans back as Stefan and Katherine.

I deleted everyone I'm not interested in. Katherine Bell was so unpopular!

Because of the GH60 interviews I found out how SN got hired as Stefan & it makes me laugh. He went to a fan event with MBE & Wendy Riche came down to meet him & talk & what she wanted to talk about was this character Stefan Cassadine!! Days later, formally, he was hired.

I just wish we knew what they decided to do about the Cassadine problem. I like Adam Huss more & more. I feel sure Spencer is only temporarily dead. I want to know who owns Spoon Island! 

And I'd like it if they brought Lucas back but only if they would write for him. 

And they're messing up with Kristina & Blaze by not having them on often enough. 

19 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

I deleted everyone I'm not interested in. Katherine Bell was so unpopular!

Because of the GH60 interviews I found out how SN got hired as Stefan & it makes me laugh. He went to a fan event with MBE & Wendy Riche came down to meet him & talk & what she wanted to talk about was this character Stefan Cassadine!! Days later, formally, he was hired.

I just wish we knew what they decided to do about the Cassadine problem. I like Adam Huss more & more. I feel sure Spencer is only temporarily dead. I want to know who owns Spoon Island! 

And I'd like it if they brought Lucas back but only if they would write for him. 

And they're messing up with Kristina & Blaze by not having them on often enough. 

Ehh, she doesn’t have to play Katherine. Just get her off Days! 😉

You don’t want them to fix the egregious Rick Webber mistake?

As much as I like Ron at Days, I hate what he did to Marty on OLTL and what he did to her son and granddaughter on GH. Please show, address it! At least there was a line of dialogue in 2019 from Nora Buchanan that established that Marty was normal again. 

7 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

As much as I like Ron at Days, I hate what he did to Marty on OLTL and what he did to her son and granddaughter on GH. Please show, address it! At least there was a line of dialogue in 2019 from Nora Buchanan that established that Marty was normal again. 

Yes, I hated Marty's last time at OLTL but I'm not interested in GH having to be responsible for fixing things from Llanview. I'm leery of all OLTL and AMC involvement on GH. Just a healthy cynical view, which if some story were good enough, could be won over. For example Cassie De Paiva looked fantastic & did a great job of trying to rile up Marty but I'd have preferred the energy from that visit be spent on someone in & of Port Charles! I'm sort of surprised you didn't list Delia Ryan. And the highjinks with Jackson Montgomery, I was not at all *whelmed!