GH: August 2024 Discussion Thread

[ranger1rg]

I say this with sincerity: I never intended to be rude to you. I disagreed multiple times about Adam Huss and made a joke about wearing a crown. That's it.

As far as your English is concerned, I never considered it at all, which is a testament to your command of the language. If English is a 2nd language for you, you know one more language than most of us. I think your English is excellent.

I disagreed with you about an actor. None of that was meant to be personal.

[David_Vickers]

LMFAO, NOPE.

[Beachstorm]

Nope, nope, nope. Lexi would have looked like a little girl through all of this. Too young, too short, too small. Not in stature as much as emotional acting. Mansi is doing it, but they need to bring her beyond this crumbling to the ground in the cemetery Krissy.

I'm here for Kate. I'm still glad she stepped into this role

 

[Sapounopera]

Τhanks for clarifying. We are good.

[Aragorn]

Robert looked bad from the back and bad from the front. Tristan Rogers needs to retire.

Adam Huss will not become a contract player. He will remain a guest star and Nik will stay in prison.

[Contessa Donatella]

I did not take what you said as rude. I only saw one rude remark & it didn't come from me or from you. How about that?! 

[BrendaB]

Judging by the first couple of days of Lucky being back, I'd rather have Nikolas (played by Adam Huss, the best actor to play the part since Tyler Christopher originated the role) back on the canvas. 

Crazy that they sent a Cassadine to prison.  Makes no sense at all.  I don't even remember for what he went to prison for.

[John]

Imprisoning Esme at Wyndemere

[BeeLol]

Sorry, carolineg, I mis-remembered that. 

I still think it would have been nice if they'd given us one sentence re why Gio doesn't have an accent. (Gio seems to have a lack of self-awareness that he's lived a lot of his life in Brooklyn but doesn't have the accent.) But thinking more from a "big picture" perspective, it doesn't affect my overall mostly positive opinion of GH.

On one hand, I initially viewed this situation with Lois as another missed opportunity for an explanation of Gio's lack of a Brooklyn accent. (I was just waiting for Gio to say something like, "After I left Brooklyn, people kept telling me what a heavy accent I had. So I worked on losing it. But now, I'm a little sorry I did," or something else along those lines.) On the other hand, caroline and Contessa, you're both making a lot of sense. Lois isn't the right person to have this sort of storyline. And nobody else currently on GH is, so IMHO the writers might have done better to save this idea in their files for a possible future character with a strong accent. But even if they end up doing that, it should be an EXTREMELY  minor part of the show.

Yes, even though this didn't happen with my Brooklyn relatives, naturally taking on the accent in a person's environment isn't uncommon. Perhaps the fact that someone can naturally take on a local accent can explain Gio's apparent lack of self-awareness that he doesn't speak (as my Brooklyn-raised aunt once called it) Brooklynese. And with that, I'll sign off on my thoughts about accents.

[carolineg]

I agree it would have been a good time for Gio to talk about his accent or even upbringing as well. 

[Liberty City]

Credits for Tuesday, August 27, 2024:

• Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley
• Executive producer: Frank Valentini
• Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte
• Writers: Kate Hall
• Director: Jillian Dedote

Edited August 27, 2024 by Liberty City

[John]

Thought it would be a new day

CVE most likely wrote the Break-Down 

Could this be a chem test for Molly & Dex?

Edited August 27, 2024 by John

[John]

Could Heather be Lu Lu's Savior?

[detroitpiston]

Ric is such a great character to have back on canvas, his scenes confronting Alexis over her Kristina support bias did not disappoint. I liked how the writers had her own it unapologetically and allowed them to both get good digs in at each other. 

Then we got Ric interrupting a really sweet moment with Carly and Elizabeth reminiscing about their past which was just excellent. The way him and Carly kept trading barbs while he tried making googly eyes with Liz was so good lol, all three actors did nice work there.

Ric becoming Heather’s new attorney was also a nice twist even though I still don’t care about her freedom crusade or Portia being the only one trying to put a stop to it.

Molly and Dex’s scenes were also pretty good, it was cool to see her able to vent to a non familial face and the play on his family backstory was kind of interesting. I was really glad Molly and Alexis had it out and were able to come to an understanding at the end, KV and NLG did excellent work once again.

Now what really surprised me was the Dante vs Tracy scenes. Tracy was right, Lulu absolutely lost a lot of her zest and spark after getting with Dante but him calling Tracy out for promising Luke and Laura to get Lulu the best care possible and ultimately failing was HARSH. The way Jane Elliott played the heartbreak on her face in that moment was devastating, great work from her and Dominic Z.

Laura and Nikolas scenes testing for the liver transplant and finding out he wouldn’t qualify as a donor were also pretty good. I think my issue with Adam Huss is he just lacks that moody prince vibe needed for the character but he and Genie Francis were solid overall.

Another good episode from this “new” regime so far.

[carolineg]

I think Adam Huss is pretty good.  He's not Tyler and he never will be.  That is the ultimate portrayal of Nik even if we have to discount the years Tyler was phoning it in.  

I don't think we really have enough data to say AH is right or wrong.  He's always been a temp so it's hard to judge how much material he can take on.  

A minor note-Joss was pre-med and didn't know her kidney transplant would exclude her from being able to donate to Lulu?  Even I know that.