5 minutes ago, Vee said:

I grew up watching OLTL and AMC devotedly and I have zero interest in seeing them all transplanted onto GH.

I agree.  IMO, AMC/OLTL crossovers worked, because of Agnes Nixon and the fact that they were tonally similar, but GH always seemed to me to be a different species, if that makes sense.

6 minutes ago, Khan said:

Personally, it's much easier for me to handle ELR joining GH as a new character rather than seeing Roger Howarth back AGAIN!, but this time as Blaze's older brother, Pepito.

Roger Howarth playing a Latino man? Lord....might as well cast Chandler Massey as Pepito.😂😍

4 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

Ugh, no, make a P&G Super Web Soap. Josh Griffith can write it and Lewis Construction can merge with Walsh Enterprises or something.

You mean you're not dying to see the Ben/Betsy saga from LOVE OF LIFE finally wrapped up after all this time?   

Just now, Soapsuds said:

Roger Howarth playing a Latino man?

@Vee says he's done worse.  I dunno, I've witnessed only 3 of the 27 characters he played on GH.

25 minutes ago, Khan said:

If that's the case, then I want to see characters from all the other, cancelled CBS soaps on B&B and Y&R pronto. 

When we’re down to only one CBS show, absolutely. 

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2 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

When we’re down to only one CBS show, absolutely. 

[!@#$%^&*], and here I thought Y&R had an opportunity before Donna Mills passes away to right a decades-old wrong and make Diane the long-lost child that DM's LIAMST character, Laura Donnelly Elliott, had always wanted.

Just now, Khan said:

[!@#$%^&*], and here I thought Y&R had an opportunity before Donna Mills passes away to right a decades-old wrong and make Diane the long-lost child that DM's LIAMST character, Laura Donnelly Elliott, had always wanted.

I’m advocating for this because at this point GH, as the one and only remaining ABC soap, should be reconfigured as a “super soap” made up of characters from all previous ABC soaps. I’d even change its name but I suspect that would be too complicated. Just bring more ABC Daytime characters to Port Charles and transform the show into something special. 

In fact, this change should have occurred back in 2012 when Frank and Ron first came to GH. Better late than never. It’s not as if Disney is going to create a new show on Hulu or Disney+ to feature characters from OLTL, AMC, THE CITY, etc. 

General Hospital does not need to become a super soap lol.  I am familiar with AMC and OLTL, but GH has always been my favorite.  I don't need Maria on GH.   There are plenty of characters from GH's history they should bring back.  I don't need the Santos family transplanted to Port Charles.   I'd rather the show figure out how to cast Lucky or Lulu instead or figure out a way to use Lois properly.

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It’s GH’s responsibility as the final ABC soap to become a super soap. Hell, not just its responsibility but its duty.

If GH had been cancelled instead of OLTL like it was supposed to, GH fans would be clamouring to see their faves on OLTL. 

12 minutes ago, carolineg said:

General Hospital does not need to become a super soap lol.  I am familiar with AMC and OLTL, but GH has always been my favorite.  I don't need Maria on GH.   There are plenty of characters from GH's history they should bring back.  I don't need the Santos family transplanted to Port Charles.   I'd rather the show figure out how to cast Lucky or Lulu instead or figure out a way to use Lois properly.

One doesn’t preclude the other from happening.

It would be so much smarter and easier to bring on the Pine Valley Santoses than introduce a new Hispanic family.

9 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

It’s GH’s responsibility as the final ABC soap to become a super soap. Hell, not just its responsibility but its duty.

If GH had been cancelled instead of OLTL like it was supposed to, GH fans would be clamouring to see their faves on OLTL. 

One doesn’t preclude the other from happening.

It would be so much smarter and easier to bring on the Pine Valley Santoses than introduce a new Hispanic family.

Nope.  It's not GH's duty.

Is it Days duty to bring on former AW actors because it's the last soap standing?  No.

Keep GH as GH.

I, as a GH fan, would not clamor for Brenda Barrett to show up in Llandview just because I miss her.  It would make no sense.

8 minutes ago, Lye-C said:

 

It would be so much smarter and easier to bring on the Pine Valley Santoses than introduce a new Hispanic family.

I haven't seen a soap to this day write a Hispanic family properly.

I agree with @carolineg post above. 

This to me is not a good sign with PM coming in as HW.

I watch GH on occasion and I had no idea who Blaze was and really don't care to.

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Nope.  It's not GH's duty.

Is it Days duty to bring on former AW actors because it's the last soap standing?  No.

Keep GH as GH.

I, as a GH fan, would not clamor for Brenda Barrett to show up in Llandview just because I miss her.  It would make no sense.

Yes it is. We’re at a stalemate so we have no choice but to agree to disagree and move on. 

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I haven't seen a soap to this day write a Hispanic family properly.

I agree with @carolineg post above. 

This to me is not a good sign with PM coming in as HW.

I watch GH on occasion and I had no idea who Blaze was and really don't care to.

Passions had the Lopez-Fitzgeralds.

15 hours ago, Errol said:

They could have had Blaze turn out to be (potentially de-aged) Maddie, with Eva playing Maria. This is a soap opera. We accept people being killed off on screen or even with their heads chopped off ("Soap Dish" reference). They could have done it if they wanted to.

They froze the head!

Writers should write characters that are interesting and in tone with the show. Anything else is just fan's dreams. And I have seen fans try to destroy shows for years with their absurd ideas. God have mercy on a writer that only listens to fans. I also think it's not the best to always recycle past characters - actors should be given chances to play NEW people. It's additional work and excitement for them. 

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16 hours ago, Errol said:

While I agree that this is nothing new in terms of shows hiring former soap stars who are well-known or playing a certain character on another soap, I do think hiring these people to play new characters on GH is rather confusing. They had no problem having Jackson Montgomery or Blair Cramer on last year but are still creating new characters for people who the audience would most associate with their previous soap roles, like Cameron Mathison as Drew Cain, Michael E. Knight as Martin Grey and now Eva LaRue as this Natalia Rogers-Ramirez. Why choose to do it for some but not for all? That's annoying, IMO.

To be fair Errol. Cameron is literally playing Drew as Ryan, there's no difference in the two 😅

44 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

This to me is not a good sign with PM coming in as HW.

I watch GH on occasion and I had no idea who Blaze was and really don't care to.

Then how can you judge?

44 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Nope.  It's not GH's duty.

Is it Days duty to bring on former AW actors because it's the last soap standing?  No.

Keep GH as GH.

Girl, they just want engagement.