8 hours ago, janea4old said:

Burton talks about his first day on set which was Tues Feb. 6.  He said he discussed his storyline with Korte.  Didn't say what the storyline is.  No mention of changes.  All he says is that he talked with Korte. (and that he liked what she said).
 

 

To clarify, Burton's first day back was Monday, February 5 (my birthday 🤪).

29 minutes ago, Errol said:

To clarify, Burton's first day back was Monday, February 5 (my birthday 🤪).

 

33 minutes ago, Errol said:

To clarify, Burton's first day back was Monday, February 5 (my birthday 🤪).

Happy Birthday, fellow Aquarian! I'm today! 

8 hours ago, vetsoapfan said:

ITA. And the more control and authority Sheffer and Reilly gained, the more ATWT and DAYS went to hell.

Nah. Days got even better and better with his final year, 1997, being his best. And his second run was great up until Ken made him do Melaswen.

Recall that Days almost overtook Y&R as #1 soap in 1997 with the big payoff at Susan’s Graceland wedding.

 

 

 

35 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

Nah. Days got even better and better with his final year, 1997, being his best. And his second run was great up until Ken made him do Melaswen.

Recall that Days almost overtook Y&R as #1 soap in 1997 with the big payoff at Susan’s Graceland wedding.

 

 

 

It depends on what you like to watch.

There are, of course, viewers who enjoy the sort of material that Reilly was responsible for, but I am one of the veteran viewers who preferred the mature, sophisticated and adult writing of Bill Bell and Pat Falken Smith. I found Reilly's camp writing to be embarrassing and painful.

To each his own, as they say.

Edited February 9, 20241 yr by vetsoapfan

18 hours ago, janea4old said:

The only thing that can be confirmed with a verifiable link is that Burton said on Jan 10th on ABC7-Chicago re: his return: "All I know is I'm buried in a cave in Greece somewhere, I don't know! That's all I know."

This was in connection to how he was written out. But he did say, at the time of his announced return, he did not have a return-to-set date. So, it makes me wonder if he was due back in January, but because of the regime-swap, it was pushed back? Again, purely speculation based on factual timelines we're aware of.

22 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

It depends on what you like to watch.

There are, of course, viewers who enjoy the sort of material that Reilly was responsible for, but I am one of the veteran viewers who preferred the mature, sophisticated and adult writing of Bill Bell and Pat Falken Smith. I found Reilly's camp writing to be embarrassing and painful.

To each his own, as they say.

There were like eight other soaps with the kind of storytelling you prefer. It was okay for Days to be different.

My favourite soap is Passions. It was for young people. 

19 hours ago, janea4old said:

The only thing that can be confirmed with a verifiable link is that Burton said on Jan 10th on ABC7-Chicago re: his return: "All I know is I'm buried in a cave in Greece somewhere, I don't know! That's all I know."

https://abc7chicago.com/14305832/

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/steve-burton-opens-up-about-general-hospital-return/

I have no way of knowing if that's still true, or if the new writers changed it.  Or if he returns to the town of Port Charles soon, but we learn later on that he was buried in Greece.

 

19 hours ago, Vee said:

He's referring just to his cave-in exit, I think.

 

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

This was in connection to how he was written out. But he did say, at the time of his announced return, he did not have a return-to-set date. So, it makes me wonder if he was due back in January, but because of the regime-swap, it was pushed back? Again, purely speculation based on factual timelines we're aware of.

Thanks @Vee and @Liberty City
To be honest, I didn't know how Jason had been written out when Burton exited GH the last time.
Okay so his statement "that's all I know" probably meant that he knew only what his final exit scene had been.   He said that on Jan. 10, and maybe he hadn't seen the new scripts yet and really didn't know yet how his return was being written.

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4 hours ago, Lye-C said:

There were like eight other soaps with the kind of storytelling you prefer. It was okay for Days to be different.

My favourite soap is Passions. It was for young people. 

As previously noted, it all depends on what you enjoy and prefer to watch. To each his own. Passions was created to be exactly what it was, and that's fine. There's an audience out there for everything, and all viewers should be served. On the other hand, Days was created to be, and found its highest ratings and biggest success as, an erudite, literate, adult soap with quality writing. When Masterpiece Theatre is suddenly morphed into Ren & Stimpy Meet the Great Gazoo, some folks will love it and others will loathe it. Strong and varying differences of opinion are not new among TV fans.

48 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

When Masterpiece Theatre is suddenly morphed into Ren & Stimpy Meet the Great Gazoo, some folks will love it and others will loathe it.

🤣🤣😙🤣🤣🤣🤨🙃💁‍♀️😶⬆️This, I love! 

1 hour ago, vetsoapfan said:

As previously noted, it all depends on what you enjoy and prefer to watch. To each his own. Passions was created to be exactly what it was, and that's fine. There's an audience out there for everything, and all viewers should be served. On the other hand, Days was created to be, and found its highest ratings and biggest success as, an erudite, literate, adult soap with quality writing. When Masterpiece Theatre is suddenly morphed into Ren & Stimpy Meet the Great Gazoo, some folks will love it and others will loathe it. Strong and varying differences of opinion are not new among TV fans.

Well said!!!

21 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

🤣🤣😙🤣🤣🤣🤨🙃💁‍♀️😶⬆️This, I love! 

Days was certainly not Masterpiece Theatre in the 60s, 70s, or 80s. That’s giving soaps too much credit!

Personally, I find only a truly unhappy person could not enjoy Buried Alive, The Possession, Carrie/Austin/Sami, Billie/Bo/Gina, Kristen/John/Marlena/Susan, and the Salem Stalker.

4 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

Days was certainly not Masterpiece Theatre in the 60s, 70s, or 80s. That’s giving soaps too much credit!

I'm happy to agree to disagree. You no doubt do not like my list of favorite writers & I most assuredly do not care for yours.

4 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

Personally, I find only a truly unhappy person could not enjoy Buried Alive, The Possession, Carrie/Austin/Sami, Billie/Bo/Gina, Kristen/John/Marlena/Susan, and the Salem Stalker.

I do not think you can make judgments about how happy a person based on JERk's "best" stories. Although I will forever love Kristen & the Banks sibs. 

46 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

I'm happy to agree to disagree. You no doubt do not like my list of favorite writers & I most assuredly do not care for yours.

I do not think you can make judgments about how happy a person based on JERk's "best" stories. Although I will forever love Kristen & the Banks sibs. 

Please don’t use that pejorative nickname.

At the end of the day, soaps exist to sell products to housewives. It’s not Masterpiece Theatre or Shakespeare. 

13 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

At the end of the day, soaps exist to sell products to housewives. It’s not Masterpiece Theatre or Shakespeare. 

Soaps also exist to entertain, to instruct, for escape, to illustrate & model behavior, to challenge attitudes or norms, ... And, in fact, I do see Shakespearean aspects in some soaps at some times. Just yesterday FB Memories presented me with an opinion I'd written about Carly, Kristina, Sonny, Nina & the Haunted Star 2 years ago yesterday & the action was driven by Shakespearean confusion & classic misunderstanding.