Old
Greenlee/nuGreenlee
December
21, 2007
So
it's official...the buzz is true...Rebecca Budig is back as Greenlee. Forgive
me if I'm the only one in all of Soapdom not jumping up and down doing the hoochie-coochie!
Here's why...Sabine Singh never really got a chance to shine. The Writers
had her come back with vengeance and then nuGreenlee steals "her" son
and drives off of a cliff and is stuck in this pit for like 2 weeks...now let
us fast forward...nuGreenlee is stuck in a pit with Zach. So what does this mean
if anything...well friends I'll tell you what it means...THE WRITING ON THE SHOW
SUCKS!!
Is it Sabine's fault that the character had issues from day one?
The answer is no. And what about all of us that loved Greenlee/Aidan? This chemistry
was between Sabine and Aiden Turner do TPTB think you can just stick a whole new
person in there and we are going to "it's exactly the sam!".
My gripe continues. The show has had unprecedented dive in rating numbers and
the scramble continues!!! So TPTB have decided to...Bring Jesse Hubbard back from
the dead...bring Angie Hubbard back to town and swap Greenlees. I know many of
you are jumping up and down about having one time fan favs come back to the show
but before you get all excited I think caution is advised.
Lest we forget
the Dixie back from the Dead only to slaughter her later with banana pancakes
no less. Dixie was written horribly from day one and don't forget during this
whole crash and burn scenario the writers turned the once hero Tad the Cad into
the cruelest of socio-paths. For those of you who blacked out all of last year
it was Tad who buried the twisted Dr. Greg Madden alive. What made this particularly
cruel was he dug him up and reburied him with new supplies. Sure it was an earthquake
that did in Dr. Madden but what kind of human being buries a person alive. Not
to worry kiddies...Dixie forgave Tad's lack of humanity just before she died.
As Tad told it recently...that he and his ex were on the way to getting married
again right before Dixie died. Last I saw they hadn't even gone on that first
date they were talking about!...I digress.
My point to this diatribe
is that although there are great intentions where the show is concerned to bring
back the Hubbard's and what not, if the writing doesn't exist these characters
will go the way of frustration as so many other storylines have gone. I offer
you poor Julia as an example.
Now for the biggest thorn in my side. They
have money to hire endless actors on the show who have or had contracts and weren't
utilized at all. e.g. Sydney was on contract and they didn't use her for 6 months
before ending the contract. They've brought on so many new faces and yet if they
had just pulled those salaries together they would have been able to afford Julia
Barr's contract and had they written for Julia in a Jackson/Erica/Brooke story
we would have been happier. Instead they don't offer her a contract and Erica
leaves Jackson for the silliest of reasons and the show went from a slow slide
into a free fall as the writing got worse.
I guess my point is you could
bring Phoebe back from the dead and it wouldn't change the fact that the writers
have lost their way. Daytime of old was about character based storylines. Not
Characters supporting Storylines. If they really want to see an improvement in
the ratings it's time take a moment and re-evaluate the show. Give us living stories..no
more murder and mayhem...save that for GH. Give us families, love, hardship, back
stabbing and romance. And all the obstacles that their lives would face. This
is what will bring us back and watching.
For Christmas this year I want
my AMC to get it's soul back!
Saving The Show
November
15, 2007
So
All My Children has sunk so low there is nowhere to go but up...or so we hope.
Here's the thing, the show can be saved but only if TPTB stop fiddling around
with gimmicks and silliness and really want to do it.
Right
now there is a writers strike so we all know that what ever garbage is in the
can is in the can. They are going to continue along this dangerous path. So when
the strike is over will things change...only if they fire the new head writers
because in the six months-ish that they have been writing the show there have
been only moments of anything tolerable to watch. No consistency in the writing.
Mostly we've been treated to Flashbacks, Re-created Flashbacks and music montages.
The show has been drowning in the baby story from Hell, the Kenlee, we'll force
this storyline even if it's not working story, and my favorite fiasco Ryan/Richie/Annie
weirdness. All of these topics I have Ranted about in nauseaum.
What
makes the top shows top? As The World Turns has bolted up the ratings ladder for
several reasons. First, Luke's relationship with Noah has brought viewers who
have been looking for a connection to a character. That group of viewers is the
GLBT group. Everyone has always discounted this group and yet historically they
have gravitated to any gay storyline on the soaps. When Bianca came out or even
this last round when Maggie came back the viewers also tuned in. Lucas came out
on GH and they tuned in. Second, this show like the other top shows integrate
their cast with ease. It doesn't seem forced. It's not a one shot deal it's consistent.
Y&R have Kay Chancellor interacting with her newly found Grandson. Even the
dead John Abbott plays a central place in the life of his son Jack. On ATWT it's
Emma, Lucinda, Barbara and of course the grand Dame herself Nancy who have scenes
with different characters for different reasons. They are a part of the ensemble
and all of these people help move story. Emma's not in the thick of it but she's
there when Jack and Carly's wedding falls apart expressing her disappointment
in Carly and concern for Jack. This works for all of the audience not just the
older viewers. It gives a sense of comfort and it is reasonable to believe that
Emma should be there.
AMC
doesn't have this comfort for the viewers. They piece together scenes that look
like puzzle pieces that don't fit the puzzle. There are one or two people in each
scene and when they try to incorporate more of the cast it completely over done.
Why would you put eight people in a scene where only 2 or maybe 3 characters have
anything to say or add to the scene? It's very uncomfortable to watch. The only
time this device has worked for AMC was Jenny's Christening on the beach or Tad's
Birthday. It was plausible why all of them would be together.
General
Hospital is reusing a plot device that has scored them an Emmy in the past and
that's the "24" theme. What works is not the 24ness of it but the fact
that a great part of the cast is involved in the storyline. Each has a reason
to be at the ball and all of this is wrapped around the crazy loon Zacharra running
around killing people for fun. Although I'm not sure why they had Alexis have
appendicitis at the same time Ric was fighting for his life. GH has reveled secrets
and given extreme drama all while utilizing everyone. Tracy and Luke
Luke's
heart attack
Luke and Scotty's feud
Logan/Lulu/Johnny
Jason/Elizabeth/Sam/Lucky
and so many others have fueled little vignettes of their own. It is all Emmy worthy
material.
OLTL
gives us the cast involved in their own plots but all revolves around two plot
drivers
Marcie's on the run and Asa's will. Viki's little hideaway got smaller
by the second when she saw Dorian. David and Alex's wedding gave so much humor
it makes me wish Tuc Watkins would stay forever! Again the cast is widely used.
Today's
show is a perfect example of what's wrong with AMC. The acting is as always superb
but the writing lacks everything a lead into sweeps should have. Every scene has
had two or three people in. Jack and Julia
Kendall and Josh
Zach and
his new friend
Rich and JR's Car
and Babe and Annie
and last but
not least Ryan who I'm trying to figure out why he had to be on today
I'm
still scratching my head on this one.
It's
all stiff. There's nothing to it. Do I care where Zach is going? No I don't. Do
I care if Richie is crazy
not really and Babe going to Annie to talk about
Richie after everything they discussed
hmmm
nothing. And least I forget
JR
who's drunk again. The most confusing of all is Greenlee and Aidan on
the run.
If
I were fixing this mess I'd start with fixing the Baby Kate fiasco. Now that Cady
McClain is wrapping up her stint at ATWT I would have Dixie come back as a ghost
for a short-term gig. I'd have her bring the truth out about Kathy being Kate
to Tad. She could give spiritual guidance to Tad or how about help Adam give Tad
back his daughter. Perhaps this would move that impasse that is Krystal/Adam/Tad
story. Dre would end up being William Hubbard who ran away from his adoptive parents
when he discovered the truth about them. His search for his biological parents
has lead him to Pine Valley. It's time for bringing Joe and Ruth back into the
fold. It's time for the replenishing of the classic families, the Tylers and Martins.
Why not cast Joe's grandson JT Jefferson (Tara's son, Kelsey's brother)? Or how
about some Tyler's, give Chuck an illegitimate son Chaz? What about bringing Brooke
back from Siberia? So many wasted possibilities. I see that having flashbacks
is so much better.
And
as for those flashbacks
they only help people who've never watched the show
get acquainted with the characters and the ratings are telling us two things
there
aren't any new viewers and the ones they had have tuned out.
Here
Endth My Rant!
Lost
Chances
November 9, 2007
Kendall's
scheme to send Greenlee away is an okay storyline but with Aidan and Greenlee
on the verge of busting free from the law takes it to a stupid level. If I had
written this silly bit of storyline I would have written that Greenlee (who has
no criminal past to speak off and who's father was a former DA) was offered a
plea deal with two months jail time with a plea of guilty. This could have sparked
the outrage of Kendall, Zach and Erica. Wouldn't it have better served the story
that Greenlee actually, yet indirectly, serves time for her crimes against Spike
and still she gets the better of the unhappy trio? And there is no potential of
a writing the story into a corner. The writers could build from this on the side
of the couples and it would finally put an end to this baby story fiasco! I think
this could have been played much more interestingly.
Hey GH is "borrowing"
format to tell stories from 24 why can't AMC "borrow" format from Law
& Order? What I found very odd about this tale of two crazies storyline is
Jackson's indignation. His daughter confessed to him not once but twice that she
kidnapped Spike. What did this officer of the court do? Kept it to himself. Sure
he's a parent who wants to protect his daughter but he did it at the cost of others
and now he wants those others "to pay" for putting his guilty daughter
behind bars. See how that makes no sense!
How about Ryan's reaction to this fiasco? He's all in Kendall and Zach's face
about what's right and yet he just kidnapped a man and handcuffed him to a plane.
Yep...he's the voice of the moral majority. Why does everyone on this show have
to be indignant?
Right now on the show they are paying the salaries for
so many characters they aren't using. Why, because lack of direction. Write for
the characters and not the story I say. If you have good character development
the story will come so easily but this isn't what they do. Instead they start
a story with some blocks and then add to it each day...not unlike a pile of blocks
once the pile gets high enough it just falls apart and what are you left with...a
pile of mess. But if you give that stack structure and fortify it you can build
on each every day with no fear of collapse.
Here's a solid story...Tad
who's been searching for himself (aka flirting with Hannah) starts to see his
life is beginning to spin out of control. With Krystal trying figure out her life
with Adam, Tad is left angry, suspicious and falling into his old trappings when
he murdered Greg Madden. So this should all sound familiar right about now. Here's
my part. Tad finds help in the most unlikely place...Julia. The two spend more
and more time together with the the girls (Kathy and Jenny). As Tad's depression
is temporarily lifted by Julia and the girls distraction he's still tempted by
Hannah who he knows is not good for him but he can't resist. Julia finds herself
falling in love with Tad but hides it. She remembers their past as friends, Jamie
and also Noah and wonders where or what this thing is that is happening to her.
She also realizes that Tad could hurt her and worse her daughter Kathy if things
do not work out. Hannah wants Tad and will work on Julia and Tad to get what she
wants. But she doesn't give up her flings with Josh. Hannah doesn't see it at
first but she actually is falling for Tad as well, but will Josh give her up?
The twist to this story is Adam. Arch rival of Tad's who wants Krystal
and Jenny for himself discovers the box of papers that Amanda gave him so many
months ago. He's about to toss them when he notices Kathy's adoption papers and
wonders if Kathy could be Kate. It's a stretch but Adam's on the trail. When he
learns the truth Adam starts to plot how to get what he wants and whether he should
break Tad. If he gives Tad his daughter back he can have Krystal and Jenny in
his life, if he chooses revenge against Tad he could lose what he wants most of
all. Could Adam suddenly be a different man and walk away from revenge? Not to
mention what this story could do to JR? He and his father have always had a rocky
path what if JR had to choose between his father or the man that raised him? What
if JR tries to woo Julia and finds himself the victim of his own plotting when
he losses his heart not only to Julia but to Kathy as well.
All of this
is driven from story already told. It's not hard to connect the dots. I'm not
a professional writer...I'm a fan. If I could come up with story for just these
character I could come up with stories across the board. Why can't the people
who get paid good money do the same?
Here Endth My Rant!
A
Time of Quiet Desperation
November 5, 2007
Why won't TPTB actually listen to the fans? I'm looking at this from
a business point of view because even though it entertains us AMC is a business.
It is a division of a conglomerate. So here I go.
If I was working in
another business that say, had a product like plain chocolate bars and historically
it was my number seller would it be in the best interest of my company to suddenly
stop making plain chocolate bars in order to bring in a newer, hipper concept
of say chocolate bars with peanuts? The answer would be no, it would be ludicrous
and if my business failed it would be easy to point to the one thing that went
wrong. It would be that I thought the public who buys my chocolate should want
to have peanuts in their chocolate whether or not they actually do.
So
now you have my analogy to apply the same concept to AMC. With their continuing
slide in the ratings TPTB still won't listen to its consumer...The Viewers. TPTB
have taken it to themselves to decide what we should WANT to watch not what we
WOULD want to watch. Here in lies the issue with the show. It's management has
taken a viable product and made it unrecognizable to the clientele that have historically
reached for said product. And TPTB continually ignore the fact that the ratings
are what gauge the shows successes and failures and right now it's failing miserably.
In business, if the consumer can't find what they are looking for with you they
will surely look for it in your competitor. If only Brian Frons read my Rant he
would see that both he and Julie Hanan Carruthers are not up to handling of this
product!
We have new head writers who have done very little since the
demise of the so called McTavish Fiasco. The show is bringing on all of these
new faces when really all they have to do is use the actors/characters they already
have on the canvas...but they don't. The revolving door isn't going to bring new
viewers unless the new actors are from other shows (e.g., Cady McClain/Roger Howarth
going to ATWT). These new writers promised wonderful things but never delivered.
How hard is it to write a quality storyline? This Baby mess that is just a marathon
continuation of the garbage we suffered through with McT is driving the viewers
away. We were given recreated Flashbacks to force us all to accept nuGreenlee,
when we would have accepted her if she just had a storyline worth accepting. The
truth, Sabine Singh can act...so let her.
In the matter of a few short
months Wes became Richie who then got the same hair cut as Ryan as all the world
revolves around Ryan. Just a note...when you screw around with something as simple
as the character's name it just shows lack of direction! The women on canvas have
become weak at the knees victims instead of Stand up, Kick you in the Rear, Taking
control of the situation, tough women. Hannah was this strong but vulnerable woman
when she first came to town. She had a hole in here heart from losing her son
for the second time. Now Hannah is a shell of her former self. She left town with
a secret of did she or didn't she sleep with Zach but what happened, the story
fell flat (we all knew it wouldn't be like Zach to cheat on Kendall) and that
confident and strong woman was reduced to being Adam's lapdog. Please! I would
like to see her turn the tide on both Zach and Adam and become the "Scarlett
O'Hara of Pine Valley".
If Kendall is supposed to be the heir apparent
to Erica the character is fallen on her face. I would have preferred if being
forced to watch something, have her experience post-pardum depression. It would
have been a social storyline and given her a chance to go crazy with an end to
the craziness built into the storyline. We call that treatment IRW. But no...what
we got was her acting like mother of the year all the while she's got a gun (loaded
or not) in her son's diaper bag. She's spends so little time with Ian it's amazing
she remembers she has another child but then again he's not Ryan's child so he
gets no storyline of his own, as all things must revolve around Ryan.
I
love JR with Babe...they are two peas from the same pod. They should be in a storyline
together...with Amanda would be cool too because poor Chrishell has been in desperate
need of a storyline. It's amazing to me how JR/Babe I can watch but JR/Ava is
like watching porn...very skeevey and icky!
The hardest part for me right
now is that with the writers strike on and who knows how long it will last we
will be force to watch all of the who-ha for the next several months. I've got
an idea for February Sweeps gimmick...they have viewers offer their ideas for
storylines and scripts and the winner's script gets aired!
So to sum
up...I beg TPTB to see that their horrid decision as far as storylines and direction
of the show are only hurting the show. It's time to step up and step out...go
to SSW and see what fans really want for their favorite characters...I can guarantee
it's not what they are seeing on screen now!
Here Endth My Rant
Lost
My Lunch
October 30, 2007
The
latest incarnation of JR is this swarthy, icky gross person. I never thought I'd
say this but I miss the mean version of JR. His lusting after Ava is ludicrous.
Ava
as everyone who reads my Rants knows that she is a thorn in my viewing
side. So what I don't get is JR's lusting after this gross version of Lily? I
can only hope the saving grace in this disgusting storyline is Amanda gets a spine
and kicks some A!
The
show continues to slide in the ratings. My assessment is much the same as Carolyn
Hinsey of SOD
character driven storylines. The Soaps that do well, like Y&R
do not let the plot swallow the cast whole. They just had a car park collapse
in which the characters drove the storyline. Even on GH with their entire Mobster
related who-ha it's the characters that drive the storyline. Lulu and Logan vs.
their father's long time feud. Spinelli is a hoot as usual and Sonny's sparing
with Zacharra while dealing with the murder of Leticia. These two shows also give
us characters we know. Whether they are recasts or veterans we know them. Even
though Logan is a new character we know Scotty and love to hate him.
AMC
is a mess. Instead of bringing back Reggie and have him in a relationship with
say
Colby
we have Dre, Corina and Ren. Three new faces on the scene
with no connection to anyone (or not that we know of yet). I would have preferred
the show not hire three new actors and just brought Brooke back. Simone was killed
off but yet she's coming back again as a flashback? Or a ghost? Who knows
I'm
just glad she's here. The show is so far adrift and I'm left scratching my head.
Remember the promises made by the new head writers
um they lied! We are in
this silly quagmire of a storyline of Greenlee's eggs. On the message boards they
referred to them as Greenlee's green eggs and ham. Let me get this straight
She's
dating Aidan but she's obsessed with having Ryan's child? Why
what could
possibly be the motivation for this? Not to mention she still would have to find
a surrogate to carry her child. If the HW's wanted to tell this silly tale the
least they could have done was give us all a reason to believe there was a reason
to tell this story. Still the stories revolve around Ryan
please give this
man a vacation. I like Cameron Mathison
but what I'd like more is to have
him go on a vacation.
They
took Annie and made her spineless, but now she's a brunette jellyfish, I'm sure
this makes all the difference. Kendall is nuts and I feel nothing for her. Why
is she nuts? There's no reason for any of this garbage. Hellow she had a gun in
her child's diaper bag...yep that's Mother of the Year material! The only story
that makes any sense is Adam and Krystal's love. Sure he's done some despicable
things but Krystal doesn't want to forgive him even if she's in love with him.
The character that should have been recast wasn't Babe (no offence to Amanda Baker,
she's a good actress), but the character that should have been recast was Jamie
he's
got more to do with the Valley than Babe Carey.
Here's
what I want to see. Strong women who aren't victims. I like Richie and would prefer
him to go back to being called Wes. I would like to see Annie be as crazy as Richie
and that their mind games go back a long time. Richie as the potential to be a
great bad guy. You know the kind that never actually gets caught but always has
a reason he's plotting and evil. David Hayward had those qualities. But still
neither of these characters has history on the show.
I'd
like to see the Tyler family represented on the show. The core of the show was
Martin/Tyler with Myrtle as a balanced outsider. There are so many characters
from the past they could bring back but instead they give us characters who marginally
interesting and the HW's need to write stories that encompass the cast. Right
now it's a like a puzzle that the pieces do not fit.
Let's
just say I'm not sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for November Sweeps to
knock me over.
Here
Endth My Rant!
Brunette
is the new Blonde
October 25, 2007
So
now we have too many blondes on the show
how do we fix this? Oh easy, lets
just dye the hair of two of the characters for no reason and then throw it in
and explanation for one of the blondes. So let me get this straight
Annie
dyed her hair because of this whole mess with her brother Ritchie. Okay
what
ever you say!
Um
also
this guy is like 20-something
you'd think he tell everyone he doesn't
want to be called Ritchie any more
Let's go back to his grown up name of
Wes. Of all the new characters that have been introduced he's got the most potential.
The only thing I could wish for is Ritchie to kidnap Ryan for a while. I would
prefer this story to only involve Annie and her brother. MC Egan is a good actress
but she seems to be taking acting lessons from Cam Mathison right now
WAY
OVER THE TOP. For a character who managed to keep it together long enough to have
her brother sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit she's awfully whine and
dependent. Why can't they just tell this story from a brother/sister point of
view? Why does Ryan have to be the center of the story?
So
the HW have been on board for several months and the show in my opinion is no
better. The only shows I've liked so far are the ones where Ruth, Joe and Opal
have been on like Tad's birthday. I want to see faces I recognize not a splattering
of people I have no connection with in storylines where everyone just seems to
be freaking out all the time. I'm not sure how many times I can complain about
this, but since it's my website I'll complain one more time
WHERE'S THE ROMANCE!!!!
I
know some folks would say it's Ryan and Annie but I'm so burned out on these two
the only think I see is
two people having sex in the living room in the middle
of the morning. I'm not rooting for this couple at all. I know I should be but
why? Because Annie had to dye her hair or because her brother's back in town?
Oh
and yesterday's twist
Hannah slept with Alexander makes no difference to
the storyline at all. How is this a big secret? Okay so Ethan turns out to be
Alex's son not Zach's after the two seconds of Zach being angry for being lied
too then what? Not to mention Zach had a DNA test done back in 2004. Ethan's not
on the show, Alex is not on the show so why would this storyline make any difference?
Well, it doesn't. It would only make a difference if Hannah and Zach were in love
it
would be the ultimate emotional crime
but he's in love with Kendall. And
other than having one emotional scene with Zach at the cemetery pouring out his
heart over Ethan's grave the story is over.
Here's
what the show needs. Character driven storylines
not plot driven! The plots
tend to be lame or just plain stupid and in the course of their shelf life sometimes
they just start straying from the original plot and take on a monstrous life of
their own. I'm a believer that if it's not working don't be ashamed to try something
new.
So
to sum up
YAWN!
Here
Endth My Rant!
Hair
Today...
October
13, 2007
So
I'm not going to Rant about the usual stuff because it's boring. To sum up my
past rants...The Character of Ryan is in desperate need of a vacation. Ava and
JR's romp this past week in the bushes made me up chuck my lunch. I'm liking Wes/Richie
right now but my fervent wish for this character is for him to kidnap Ryan during
sweeps weeks and hold him hostage with Duct Tape over his mouth so he can't utter
one word for two weeks...ah I can dream can't I. I used to love Annie but Ryan
has taken over her storyline. It's amazing to me how the writers manage to make
everything about Ryan. Don't even get me started on Kendall's Revenge story. Let's
just say LAMO! Why bring on new characters if you have no use for them...stop
the madness!
Moving on...There has been much chatter on the boards lately
about JR's Hair. I personally like that fact that Jacob changes his style all
the time. Good or bad he gives JR a freshness that he just can't get from the
writing...sorry that was not nice of me but...it's true, lol. I offer this glimpse
of the many stylings of JR Chandler.
JR's
not the only one to change their style...check out Erica:
And
then there's Ryan...There's the short buzz and then the really short buzz. This
character never evolves!
I've
got the Kendall and Ava Blues...
October 3, 2007
I'm
just not buying Kendall's "attempt" at revenge against Greenlee. Let's
face it Kendall hasn't been a conniver in a long time so this attempt to give
her a bit of an edge seems very contrived to me. Here's my issue...TPTB spent
years turning Kendall from malicious brat to a somewhat tarnished heroine.
First
off, I'm not really buying into Kendall's anger at Greenlee. Second, the Kendall
of old wasn't good at sneaky. Everything she did was an impromptu lashing out.
That was what was good about Kendall's dastardly deeds...she was usually the only
one who got hurt. She was the wounded child who wanted attention from Erica. What
then made the Rendall story work was that Ryan saw something in Kendall that she
didn't. He saw beyond her pain and anger at Erica for denying her. But this story
isn't working for me. It's very flat. I do not see the passion that is Kendall
in this storyline. And the Kendall/Erica conversation about making Greenlee pay
was kind of ...well...lame! I'll stick with this storyline but frankly right now
it has me snoozing. Stop trying to recapture the old days and write some thing
new. If Greenlee was still played by Rebecca Budig I think some of this would
work but she's not so it's time to give Sabine Singh her own Kenlee experience.
Moving
on to my #1 aggravation with the show...AVA be thy name!!!! Okay
here I go...How old is Ava? Is she 19, 20, almost 21...is she younger or older
than Lily??? Is she the same age as Lily??? Do I care at all about her? The answer
is a resounding NO! But that said I'm tired of the age game....just say...I'm
20 or whatever age TPTB assign her. So far with Amanda she's been almost 21 then
with Jonathan she's around 19...make up your mind already!
What is so odd
for me is that I love the character of Lily and Rambin does such a wonderful job
at playing her but when she plays Ava it's like nails on the chalkboard. It is
my fervent hope that they can fix this annoying character just as they did Colby.
Although I'd like Colby to be a little feistier.
What I loved was yesterday's
Hannah and Tad...these two oozed chemistry. Fun, Feisty and Sexy all while playing
pool! Stacy Haiduk has amazing chemistry with anyone they pair her with. I say
dump Ava and lets see more Hannah!
Enough of Annie's whining about Richie...it's
very old. I didn't enjoy Colby's whining...I didn't enjoy Ava's whining, I didn't
enjoy Greenlee's whining so how's about TPTB write LESS WHINING in the storylines!!!
So
to sum up the summer of my discontent...Enough of Ava...do something about Kendall's
revenge story...More Tad and Hannah...or Hannah with anybody!
Here Endeth
My Rant!
Yo
Denial Boy...aka John Ryan Curry...aka Ryan Lavery
September
17, 2007
The show made reference after reference about who's to blame
concerning everything that happened between Kendall and Greenlee. So I gathered
my clips and everything that happened resulted from Ryan. Let me start with this
little ditty from 2004. Ryan
tells Greenlee he wants her to have his baby. Sure it was a really long
time ago and definitely before Jonny Boy and his magic tumor. I feel this is the
beginning of Rylee's baby issues.
Then Jonny came to town and Ryan's maximum
denial set in as can be see here,
here, here
oh and...here. So
then Ryan finally
realizes that Jonathan is a psychotic Killer and gosh feels guilty he shot
and "killed" his little brother. Ryan of course at this point turns
not to his wife or friends but to fight
club because of his inner demons...like whatever! So then Ryan finds out Greenlee's
pregnant and he's sooooo happy that he almost punches her and when that doesn't
work out he goes on a motorcycle
"Death" ride...Which of course he really
didn't die because the Lavery's seem to have 9 lives.
So Ryan having just
learned Jonny's alive and so is Erin and has all warm and fuzzies because "they
cut the bad out" of Jonny's head so he wasn't culpable for all of the murdering
he did that he decides crashing
his Memorial Service is a great idea even if Zach doesn't. Fast forward to
the present and Ryan's all
in Zach's face about who is really to blame. I think I've established that
a lot happend way before Zach decided to save Kendall with the black out and that
indeed this fiasco with Greenlee is his fault. Rylee had major issues even before
he drove off that cliff.
Just once I'd like this guy to actually realized
that SOMETHING was really his fault! But for now I'll just tag him with the moniker
of DENIAL BOY!
Here endth My Rant!
Someone
Wake Me When It Gets Interesting
August 28, 2007
I can't
put my finger on exactly why I find the show slightly snoozy but I do. I feel
like I'm watching the folks all standing around with really nothing to do. They
are talking to each other but about what? Tad and Adam were arch rivals but in
the 7/31 show all I saw was two
guy chatting about stuff while Adam looked over his shoulder every five minutes
to look at Colby. What happened to the passion?
Jack and Erica are bickering
about nothing but it apparently is enough to make them not reconcile. I'm not
sure why Erica wants Jackson to do another TV show so much but that scene when
he gets the contract was as lame as them doing the "New Divorce". Of
course this is JMHO.
I feel like I'm watching a box with all round holes
and all of the characters are square pegs. There's nothing riveting going on...I
would prefer if they are just going to spout lame dialogue day after day that
they eat glazed donuts while doing it.
New HW's and still the same old
problems. No Romance, Children's storylines, Boring storylines (Ava's busting
of the Drug Dealer) and the lack of any passion in anything. Where are the rivalries?
Where are the intense moments of angst? No where to be found. The closest we got
to passion was Babe's talk with Greenlee about stealing Spike from Kendall.
Come
on folks...you've dropped the ball and it's rolling down hill!!!!
Here
Endth my Rant!
Aidan
and Greenlee...A Pair Made In Boredemville
August
21, 2007
Yesterday I watched this couple chat it up at Confusion and
thought to myself that I wasn't really sure why they were drinking together. Is
it because they are friends? Nope, they aren't friends. Is it because he's got
something on her, maybe? But what these two doves are missing is an enormous amount
of something I like to call CHEMISTRY! It is true that Annie and Ryan started
out on their way to Yawn City but things turned around and they aren't that bad
anymore but I attribute this directly to Melissa Egan. She kind of kicked it up
a notch.
Why I'm confusioned is the fact that the pairing of Josh and Greenlee
worked so well. It had all of the factors needed. First Greenlee's the town pariah
and secondly Sabine and Colin have CHEMISTRY! They were playful and fun together
so why this sudden shift I'll never know.
There seemed to be so much promise
when the New HW's started but now I just see more of the same. Another Baby Storyline...No
Romance...and for some very odd reason the Teen Summer Storyline was Erica and
Jackson's New Divorce and their secret getaways. Weird is all I can say...Um these
characters are like almost 60 or something...grow up already!
If it were
me I would have had Erica or Kendall in a Breast Cancer scare storyline. Least
we forget that Mona had Breast Cancer. Maybe have had Joe have a heart attack
and had Jamie or Josh the one who saved him with CPR. But what we are getting
are Baby storylines. I would love to see the Cochlear Implant storyline because
it could be a powerful story but they way it is going it's mared in this weird
Charlatan story.
Anyway my original point before I got off topic was Dump
the Greenlee and Aidan Pairing...pair him with Annie it would put a fire in the
storyline and pair Greenlee and Josh.
Here Endth My Rant!
Goodbye
Jamie and Babe
August 19, 2007
I will miss Jamie and Babe...yes
I said I'd miss Babe too. I love the acting of Alexa Havins and really it wasn't
her fault that the writing on the show was garbage and that that McT's idea was
to overexpose Babe to the point we all got burnt out.
Babe was one of
those characters that had her hand in alot of different pots and that's shows
the strength and endurance of the character in the long run. I loved the character
of Di (when she wasn't a doormat) and because she was strictly linked to Dixie
she kind of floundered once her storyline was over and now, well I'll miss her
too. Whereas Babe was infused in so many different storylines...her front burner
stories and those of Krystal and that of the Martin's with her affairs with Jamie
and Josh. Because of this she had the staying power to have sustained the less
than creative mind of McT.
Jamie is another character that I liked from
the start. Justin Bruening brought alot of likeablity to the character after the
character was aged. Justin proved he wasn't just another hottie but a hottie how
could act. And his acting got better as he was on the show.
I've no doubt
we'll see Alexa and Justin again soon but until then farewell my lonesome prairie
doves....
Here Endth My Rant!
Jack and Erica...The
Merry-go-round
August 14, 2007
This
couple gives me a headache. Don't get me wrong I love them together but what's
with their lack of trying. Jackson's attention is directed toward the children
so of course Erica should move out of the house. Jackson's natural reaction to
Erica's moving out is to send all her stuff to her at the Valley Inn. She then
sleeps with Jeff and he sleeps with Barbara and then they play the game show of
"The New Divorce". And only while playing this game they find a connection
that jump starts their romance. Now their daughters are at war once again and
of course that is cause to get that nasty old divorce.
First let me say
that I've been wondering why this ADULT couple have been acting as though they
are still in Junior High? Secondly, how come they don't go to counseling or fight
for each other? Their love story has been billed as the love that took 20 years
to make and how easily they have been written to just give up. Is this a viral
love?
The scary thing is that Jack and Erica seem to have been the Teen
storyline this summer. Did TPTB poll the 18-34 demo about this?
Okay now
my last kick of the day. Why is it Aidan seems to only fall for women that need
to be saved? Di's being written off and that leaves Aidan without a love interest
so of course yesterday has Aidan hanging out with the Destructo-girl Greenlee.
Thumbs down on this pairing and thumbs up with Josh and Greenlee. Erica has hated
Greenlee for years and Kendall's not thrilled with her right now either. This
tension that is already built into the storyline...so why not run with it? Plus
they have loads of chemistry. I just hope that the HW's get a clue and dump any
ideas of a Greenlee and Aidan pairing.
Here Endth my Rant!
Jonathan...Love
Sick Puppy or Scary Stalker
August 3, 2007
No
secret here that I am not a fan of Jonathan and Ava. Let's knock out my obvious
reason for not liking the couple. Jonny is like 30 years old and Ava is like 20
or younger. Let's move on to Ava is identical to the love of Jonathan's life Lily...who
he was way too old for as well. Or maybe I've never warmed to Jonny because he
murdered Edmund and got off Scott free because of his "tumor". And then
he had the audacity to move into Edmund's house. Where was Ryan dispensing the
great advice when this was happening? Do the Lavery's have any sense of decorum?
I'll say no, they don't.
Jonny is sounding more obsessed these days and
less in love. In fact he sounds
just like the Jonathan that was smacking Maggie around in 2005. I'm not feeling
the love, I feel repulsed by these two as a couple. Just yesterday Jonny had this
line to Ava..."When I'm not
with you I wanna be. When I am with you I want all of you.". That's kind
of scary. Unless this is what is intended for the character I wouldn't call what
he's dispensing love as much as obsession. He keeps telling Ava he's not with
her because she looks like Lily which of course is an obvious crock. Ava looks
and sounds like Lily but she can be touched and be sassy. She's the direct opposite
to Lily. When Jonny looks at Ava he couldn't possibly not see Lily. He explanations
are ridiculous. Any way you get the picture. I Do No Like This Pairing!
On
a side Rant...Ian is Zach's son's name...is his middle name Thornhart? So much
for the new HW's not giving us the same old song from their previous work. Will
little Ian turn out to be a mini-vampire?
Here Endeth My Rant!
Reality
vs. Soapality
July 31, 2007
Before I start my usual
Rant I want to acknowledge the positive changes on AMC right now. I love the PVH
exterior shots. The camera work should get the MOST IMPROVED award because things
are much better.
That said I'm having the reality vs. soapality clash.
Greenlee was involved in a major car accident and she signs out AMA from the hospital.
I've had a collapsed lung and let me tell you the pain alone would have you begging
for demoral. Then there is the fiasco I like to call Fusion. They are trying to
salvage the companies campaign because they weren't able to pimp it out at the
launch in New York. Hello I think the issues isn't with missing the launch as
much as it is with the fact that a co-owner and founding member was plastered
city, county and state wide on the television regarding an AMBER ALERT. The insinuation
of kidnapping a baby would be, at least in my opinion, more of a major blow than
missing a launch in New York.
Also what bugged me was Kendall's brother
goes to Greenlee to make sure she's okay? I suppose it makes some sense in Soaplity
and I know it's to help move this pairing along but I've got issues with it...I
just chalk it up to his once being an unaborted fetus.
Over all I'm really
happy with the show. I know it's in flux and there will be many bumps in the road
starting with the exit of Kelli Giddish/Di Henry. She's always been a favorite
of mine but I have no doubt that Kelli will do well in her next endeavor. She's
very talented.
My wishes and dreams list for the show would be less Fusion;
this company should have gone under a long time ago. I'd like to see them develop
a place where everyone can hang out...sort of like BJ's and have one of them main
cast members being the proprietor of the establishment. I like that Krystal owns
the bar in town so I'd like to see a restaurant too. No more Ava...Babe begging
her to be the face of Fusion was beyond annoying and I'm sorry she's not that
great. What's worse is Ava/Jon or Lily/Jon...enough with these pairings. I'd like
to see Jonathan faced with dealing with his murdering past. Least we forget that
he killed Terry McDermott way after the tumor was removed. I think the viewers
would like to see him understand that living at Edmund's house is wrong. Maybe
have some scenes where Jon goes to the mausoleum and talks to Edmund's grave.
It's time to incorporate more of the romance into the daily shows. I didn't like
Ryan and Annie together at first because they are boring but I really feel like
Melissa Egan has stepped it up a bit and Ryan is being toned down a bit and I'd
like to see him not be so whispery and grabbing his chest so much. The over acting
can kill a scene so quickly that it turns off the viewer for longer than just
that one scene. One last thing...enough of the music montages for a while. I love
the MM as much as the next gal but AMC has been saturated with them. I'm not saying
get rid of them...just give it a rest.
Anyway...I'm happier with the show
than I have been in a long time. Here Endth My Rant!
A
New Dawn in the Valley
July
27, 2007
So
the new head writers are now getting credit on screen which is good because we
were all wondering when this would happen.
First
let me say that while watching yesterday's show (7/26) I was happy to see that
they finally figured out what the steady cam was supposed to be used for. Before
the only movement in the scene was the shaky cameras. But alas they finally figured
out what movement in a scene is about. Joe working, moving about the floor with
Erica following behind him dogging him with questions about Kendall. Kendall on
her way to surgery to give birth to her baby and seeing Spike brought into the
ER after the accident. All moving the scene, sweeping us along while the action
takes place. I was so happy seeing these scenes because it gave me hope that the
show (especially on the technical side) is also moving in the right direction.
Although
I'd like to see no more baby storylines I know that this B/S had to play out.
Hopefully this won't be the focus of the next 13 weeks, hopefully.
When
I was on the boards everyone was going on about the over the top performances
by Kendall (Alicia) and Ryan (Cameron) but I just want to say that this direction
comes from
well the director. Over the top, sure was but that's why the call
it Daytime DRAMA, lol.
Ryan's
heartache is Ryan's to own because he set everything in motion from the conception
of Spike to Greenlee taking off and the accident. I hope they play on this more
because Ryan has been King of Denial since coming back to Pine Valley in 2003.
From Greenlee's messing with Ryan and Kendall's relationship during the trial,
to Jonathan's rampage to Greenlee's greed storm when she returned to PV all has
been because of Ryan's actions. I'd love to see him finally understand that this
entire centrifugal mess was his doing and that he finally understands that his
actions have a series of consequences. I think this would be the perfect time
to fix the Ryan character and give him back his layers.
When
Ryan first came to town he was a con man and it was Liza's blackmail of Ryan that
got him to marry Gillian who became the greatest love of Ryan's life. I'd like
to see a little more of Ryan's early vulnerability and less of Ryan's Hero Complex.
Or explain his Hero Complex as something he developed because he couldn't save
Gillian. Melissa Egan's Annie would play wonderfully into this storyline and Annie
would get to learn something new about Ryan.
Honestly,
I hope that all the episodes are as good as 7/26's show because to got to the
root of the show and played into the title of the show no matter which generation.
Jack worried for Greenlee, Erica worried for Kendall who worries about her boys,
Zach and Ryan worrying about their children. Well Done!
So
what don't I like you ask
well thanks for asking
I'm upset with the
dismissal of Kelli Giddish. I always liked Di Henry and unfortunately she got
caught up in the lack of imagination of the HW. I'm really bummed out thought.
Maybe they will send her to LA to hang out with Mia
apparently LA is the
place one sends old Fusion employees, lol.
The
New Improved Colby Marian Chandler
July 19, 2007
Finally
Colby has evolved. I'm hoping that some of the other characters will become more
than one dimensional. Colby went from a whining
teenager who believed she was entitled to everything to a person who can see
the other side of the street. And this people is a good thing. It shows the
character can change and
evolve and well be human and not a plastic version of a teenager.
I'd
like see Colby keep her edge but so far she's headed in the right direction. What
I like is this is the woman Liza would have raised. She's still Adam's daughter
and should of course get into trouble but I'd like to see that trouble be for
all the right reasons. Remember Simone was always doing something wrong but not
to be malicious. Maybe Colby can have a melt down for something she thinks happened.
Actually I'd like to see Colby and JR go at it and not for some lame reason like
"you wife is having an affair". There are lots of possibilities for
this character now that she's stopped shrieking.
I'm not thrilled with
the Ava character. Do we need to constantly be reminded she's the whore version
of Lily?
I'm looking for the romance...where's the romance kids? Also where
is the teen storyline...Hello the kiddies are headed back to school in a couple
of weeks and frankly I'm not looking forward to the Teen storyline starting in
late august. My philosophy is when the summers over it's adult swim time.
I
must say this...this is the first time I've ever heard of a head writer being
fired and no one hired for weeks after the firing. You've got to love that Hierarchy...I
personally believe it's time that one of those focus groups surveys the Management...now
that would be an interesting read.
Here Endeth My Rant!
I'm
Not Fusioned...just unhinged
July 18, 2007
Where
are the new writers? So far the on the show I have seen an entire storyline wrapped
around a company that should have gone out of business a long time ago. I mean
seriously did anyone see that latest promo they all watched at Kendall's? If they
were selling themselves fine but HELLO there were no cosmetics in that add...If
my company was floundering as theirs is, you know with being taken over like 3
times in three years I would be hocking the goods. Also of interest is that Erica
had Chemist Boyd Laraby develop her products but it's Kendall and Greenlee developing
their products in the kitchen of a condo...I'm confusioned!
So summer sweeps
is being wrapped around yet another Baby storyline...oops 2 baby storylines. Spike's
injured because of Greenlee and Kendall's bun-in-the oven is having issues and
Fusion's trip to New York. YAWN!!!!!
Erica, Erica, Erica...Dear Erica...you
are not 20 but the writers didn't get that memo. I love the bringing Jack and
Erica back together (considering I'm not really sure why they were even getting
a divorce?) but I would have preferred them coming together over something tragic
or insightful instead of Erica's "New Divorce" scheme. The reconciliation
is as lame as Erica's reasons for separating from Jackson!
So far all I've
loved about the show this summer was seeing Ruth...hey everybody she's back from
the cruise! And this clip of the Fusion
Girls actually having fun. Watching Melissa Egan dancing around having fun
was a wonderful change from her whining about Greenpea and Ryan.
Oh and
last but not least...Jonathan has sex with Lily...oops...Ava and can't figure
out what is wrong with her...he needs Di to point it out for him. Sure being clueless
is a Lavery trait but I've had it with this entire storyline...it's disgusting
and not the least bit interesting! Jonny was better off with Amanda or Annie but
to bring a Lily look-a-like to town for him to use as a stand in for his autistic
ex-wife is gross!
Here Endeth My Rant!
Why Jonny Boy Bugs
Me?
July 11, 2007
I have to
get this out because it's been building up inside. I love, love, love Jeff Branson
I think he's a wonderful actor but the writing for Jonathan drives me crazy. First
he's a mass murder who gets off because of diminished capacity. Then he's married
to Lily who is too young for him. Followed by moving into Edmund's house...you
know the Edmund that was part of his murdering spree and now he's having sex with
a Lily look-a-like who according to Del carding Ava she's not even 21 yet. So
besides looking like Lily she's also too young for him. I want to rally around
Jonathan because of Jeff's incredible acting but the ick factor just keeps me
away!
Speaking of Ava's age. So how old is she? Lily's 19 so what's Ava
20? Just wondering and looking for clarity.
Here endth my Rant!
Filling
in Time
July 5, 2007
I
have to comment on yesterday's episode. Instead of a picnic in the park and fireworks
we were treated to Fusion's version of a fun holiday. Honestly I zoned out right
about the time they were on the yoga mats meditating. I will say this though;
the dialogue at times was funny.
As
the ratings slide again I wonder what TPTB will do to stop the tied. Perhaps they
will throw more mass murders at us. It brought the viewers back to see which of
their favorite characters/actors were getting the boot.
Why
can't they write a storyline like Tad getting drunk and waking up naked with Amanda?
Then going to his newest gal pal Julia (whom he's been getting close to over some
time). It would be a flirt fest for Tad and Amanda much to the dismay of the town's
folks. JR would be angry of course and Julia would wonder what was up with this
midlife crisis of Tad's. It would bring Tad back to his roots as a womanizer.
The real romance though would be that of Tad and Julia. As Julia tries to save
Tad from himself and JR the two grow closer and closer. And what seals the deal
for the two in the romance department is when someone comes to town to lay claim
to Kathy. Tad starts investigating for Julia and discovers the Greg Madden connection
to Kathy and out of desperation has a DNA test run on the girl with his own discovering
that Kathy is his child. Tad elated in discovering his long lost child proceeds
slowly not sure what to do next since he loves Julia and has seen her torment
at losing her "child". He saves Kathy from the claims of her long lost
aunt, who is less than a model citizen, with the help of Livia who forms a law
firm with her pal Jack Montgomery.
A
storyline like this would have us hating Tad because Amanda is old enough to be
his daughter and cheering on Julia and Tad's relationship. Tad and Julia would
have a big payoff. Friends who become lovers
eventually. Tad wanting his
child but not wanting to destroy the lives of Julia and Kathy. Tad living with
the relief his daughter is alive and well cared for and living in Pine Valley
where he can see her every day is enough to sustain him for the moment. Also not
sharing his wonderful news at finding his daughter "Kate" with anyone
has it's own toll. Not to mention the second part of the storyline where he proposes
to Julia and she discovers the truth on her own and feels used and betrayed. Love
can win over all the adversity but look at the road. Not to mention Amanda, the
wildcard in all of this storyline. Will she be happy to give up the security Tad
offers? Would she give up JR during this whole escapade? What would she do to
get what she wants? Amanda comes from a shattered family so this "father
complex" lover would make total sense.
I
can think of lots of storylines for the show as can ever soap fan out there but
what we are offered by TPTB are focus group suggestions on the garbage that is
already shot and in some cases already aired. As Carolyn Hinsey has been lamenting
for, oh about two years now, get back to telling compelling storylines. Go back
to the families and tell stories that use the cast and do not sacrifice the older
actors completely.
Most people will tell you that they have fond memories
of watching the shows or "Stories" with their grandmothers after school
or their mothers or in the case of my family their brothers and sisters. We all
started watching with our mother and one of my aunts. I have a brother who follows
Y&R and one that watches GH. I remember watching Luke and Laura's wedding,
Chris Brooks' (Y&R) Rape, ATWT going to Almalfi, Edmund kidnap Erica, a pregnant
Vicki kneeling at Joe Riley's grave (OLTL) and Stone Cate's dying of AIDS on (GH),
and Brent as the cross dressing killer on GL. So lets get back to the basics kiddies!
Here
Endth My Rant!
Raindrops
on Roses
June 26, 2007
I've
been feeling odd about the show lately. It's kind of weird for me to keep watching
even though I'm not really into it. Over the weekend I was watching old shows.
Sure, McT wrote them, but it was early McT and it must have been her best work
on the show. Right now I'm not sure what's going on with the show. All hail Greenpea
the "new" Babe. I feel bad for Sabine Singh because she's a great actress
but TPTB are doing everything in their power to SHOVE the nuGreenlee down our
throats. Complete with remade scenes for flashbacks. I'm not sure why those were
important. Why tell that story again? What did we gain? It couldn't have been
for the benefit of all those "NEW" viewers because AMC slipped again
in last week's ratings. And yesterday's "All Hail nuGreenlee" was too
much. Kendall worships her; Babe thanks her for destroying her
um color it
stupid!
Why
is it that TPTB won't listen to the people who watch the show? Or how about listening
to the Writers of the Soap Mags? Romance, Old time favorite characters and interesting
storyline will get the old fans back and hopefully some of them well bring friends.
Instead (I know we are seeing shows between HW's) it's a Blah.
I've
wondered for months, if not longer, what the show would be like under another
Executive Producer? I've been watching GH for the last couple of months and this
show is consistently good. They don't fill in with the bi-weekly music montage
they just tell compelling storyline. Like ATWT they use a lot of their cast. Old
or young they make it work by integrating the characters in fun, and dramatic
storyline. When they added Spinelli to the cast they added me as viewer. I love
humor on shows to balance out the drama and how balanced does Spinelli make the
"Innocent One's" kidnapping storyline
um way. Why can't AMC do
this? And when the heck are we going to see what the nuHead Writers are writing?
Moving
on
I've had issues (I know you're shocked!) with certain things. Like Di
inviting Ava (admitted criminal) to move into Wildwind. Let's just get past the
fact that Julia's sister Maria doesn't own the house. Here children do and Brooke
(remember her) is executor of Edmund's estate. Also get past the fact that Julia
invited Edmund's murderer to live in his house. What I can't get past is Jon talking
about the mausoleum to Ava when describing the grounds (see
clip). So how come Jonny Boy didn't mention to Ava that a man he murdered
is buried in said mausoleum?
I
have to mention that I love how natural Alexa Havins is with the babies on the
set. When everyone was awkward with Baby Jenny Alexa was so naturally able. You
can see how sweet she is just by how she treats Little A and Baby Jenny.
So
what happened to Ryan and Annie? Since when did these two get chemistry? Perhaps
it was when Annie got a spine. Their honeymoon
scenes were very fun and sexy and it's like night and day from where they
were. Way to go Melissa and Cameron, good for you.
Why
I Love Zach
June 19, 2007
So
I'm watching yesterday's show and it hit me that Zach is the only one with a working
brain. Greenlee has been wrecking havoc on the lives of Kendall and Ryan since
returning to Pine Valley after her 18 month sabbatical. So of course it makes
proper sense to integrate the crazy person into your lives out of guilt.
Ryan
goes to hand Spike over to Greenlee, you know to make her feel better. Kendall
stops him and gives the baby to Greenlee herself and of course miss thing goes
into overload data dump. How come Zach is the only voice of reason in this scenario?
He questioned Ryan as to why he would make Kendall do this and of course Kendall
defends Ryan's decision as her own. But Zach was correct when he told Ryan that
they need to give Greenlee her own life not theirs. Ah the voice of reason.
I
also liked that Annie is not laying down and being a floor mat. So far since Melissa
Egan has come on board she's been a victim. This is the Annie that I can get behind,
the new Annie, the you can't have my man Annie!
The
scenes with Amanda and JR were great too. The writing is better but the storylines
are lack luster. I'm hoping things with get better once the new head writers are
in place. But as I've said before, when you spend years waiting for it to get
better, one isn't inclined to just hand over ones trust so easily.
What
I'd like to see from the new HW's is sort of what they do over at ATWT. In Oakdale
we see all generations with all kinds of problems. Lucinda talks to Bob about
losing her company and is comforted by Lisa. These two do not like each other.
And the children (and these are children playing children) have their own real
storylines Faith has an eating disorder, Luke is gay, Parker and JJ's parents
are screwing them up. Every day we see different characters on screen. On AMC
we've been handed day after day Ryan Lavery and Babe Chandler. I went from liking
these characters to being severely annoyed by them. The entire cast of AMC seems
to be supporting 3 characters, Ryan, Babe and Erica. So if you weren't fans of
any of these characters why would you watch? Just throwing that out there for
the new HW's to take a look out.
The
word is diversify. AMC has one of the most talented casts in any venue (Primetime
or Daytime) so how about using them in compelling stories?
Here Endth My
Rant!
Jackson's
Fatherly Approach
June 14, 2007
What's
with Jackson's laid-back Daddy bit? I'm very confused. Clearly his daughter is
on a bender that could have possible BAD repercussions for not only other people
but for Greenlee herself. She's on a one-way destructive ride and Jack seems to
be on his laid back, California tye-dyed t-shirt mode of Fathering.
I
get it
mostly because that's all anyone talks about
Greenlee's hurt,
Greenlee's feeling betrayed...blah, blah, blah. So the answer to getting Greenlee
to grow up and act older than five is for her ex-husband and her father to give
in to her tyrannical demands?
Here's
what I'm thinking
the MASTER PLAN went boom
how about moving forward
instead of backward. As a viewer I'd like to see the end to a story that was over
18 months ago and to know why exactly is it important to revisit what was a lame
storyline to begin with. And they aren't just revisiting they are shoving it down
our throats with a shovel!
Throw
in yesterday's Fusion bonding over the possible distributor pull out and I'm even
less inclined to care about this storyline. Kendall could really take a page from
Babe because nothing stood between her and her children (Bess and Adam). She was
the master manipulator. Instead Fusion is comprised with Kendall (betrayed Greenlee),
Babe (The baby stealer), Di (The con artist) and Greenlee (they psychopathic brat).
It sure makes me want to buy cosmetics from this mutant crew!
In
short
Greenlee and Ryan never had true love (Ryan and Gillian did) and Annie
needs to put a hold on her man. Mostly because he's so puffed up by his own ego
that he might float away. Kendall needs to let Zach take care of Greenlee!
Ps.
Did anyone see the Fusion Green Promo? There wasn't one cosmetic in that ad
but
there was a lot of green. They wonder why the company is going belly up!
Here
endth my Rant!
Spike
lives in a Commune!
June 13, 2007
Okay
so Ryan's got a great idea to announce to the warring Kendall and Greenlee. His
genius plan? To share Spike with a woman who is using his son as a WEAPON! A Woman
who has done nothing but strike out at him and Kendall since coming back to town
after an 18 months absence! A woman who's central theme in life is "It's
All About Me". This is such a great plan
if you're brain dead! I'm not
really all that sure that Ryan has a brain. For me he's much like that Scarecrow
fella from the Wizard of Oz.
Thankfully
there are voices of reason in this storyline (Annie and Di). First let me say.
I have never, ever, ever liked AMC's approach to baby storylines and well
still
loathe it. Now moving on, Ryan's great plan is to allow Greenlee to be another
mother to Spike. Kendall points out that Spike has two mommies. Annie, RYAN'S
WIFE is Spike's step-mom as it should be just like Zach is Spike's step-dad. What's
next Ryan builds a commune for them all to live in?
Ryan
goes on and on about if it weren't for Greenlee we wouldn't have Spike. Funny
I thought Spike was a child not a possession to be passed about at a whim of guilt.
Ryan shouldn't have anything to do with this child either, in my opinion!
Moving
on to Ava/Lily
First, Jonathan is now sniffing around Ava because she's the
sexual version of Lily. ICK FACTOR 10! I still have the same issue I had before
Ava
is what 20 and Jonny is like 30ish
Go back to Amanda already! And then on
the Ava/Sean side she's like 20 and he's like 17 or 18. Maybe they are going for
The Mass Murderer and his Dame! It's all just giving me a headache. Also
who
is paying Ava's cell phone bill?
On
the upside
I like Colby a lot more every day. Once the toned down the shrill
I felt we all got to see that Ambyr had a lot to offer the character of Colby.
Good Job!
When
is Cameron Mathison going on vacation? No offense to the actor but I'm soooo tired
of seeing Ryan on the canvas every day. Enough already.
Here
Endth My Rant!
GH
You Never Looked So Good!
June 11, 2007
So
here's my breakdown because I'm just not all that into the show anymore; The nuGreenlee,
Sabine Singh is a wonderful actress and like poor Ambyr Childs is being directed
and the character written to shrill like a dentist's drill. I get that Greenlee
is hurt and frankly the storyline of what Greenlee is doing is direct of the character
but I just can't takes weeks on end of WHINING!!! Poor Greenlee has no baby, poor
Greenlee has no friends or husband or family that loves her as much as her friend/sister
Kendall. Get over it already.
My
second discontent is that historically AMC has not been good at introducing characters
onto the landscape. Dixie skulked around in PUBLIC yet told everyone
she came into contact with she didn't want to be seen. As was the issue with her
death. Her last dying words to her beloved son were give Tad his baby, Krystal's
baby or something to that ilk. Pleazzzze!
Moving
on, I've never liked the "Baby" storylines on AMC and lets face it the
canvas has been littered with them over and over. I guess for every person slaughtered
by a mass murderer we got 2 unknown paternity/maternity. Of course who could forget
the 2004 fiasco of Miranda's dead long live Bess, 2006 Kendall's Baby not Greenlee,
2006 Emma's a Lavery (Miraculously since Annie lived in NY at the time the clinic
she used was in PV), Kathy Mershon is Kate Martin, now Julia's pregnant (which
I actually like) and Spikey in the Air who's my parent now! (Don't forget Julia
wanted to adopt the lad at one time too).
So
what's my point? My point is these baby storylines are just opportunities for
Characters to spew dialogue. They are NOT character driven. Other than feeling
this is something Greenlee would actually do as a character by suing for Spike
for me there's nothing beyond that.
I
wish that first, JHC would LEAVE but beyond that how come AMC can't write characters
we would weep over, worry about or just plain care about. For me I have no connect
to any of the characters on screen other than Zach and Kendall. They have an amazing
group of Actors on the show but the writing is so BLAH! Over at GH they have fun,
intense and interesting stories being told. I love Spinelli
he's smart and
stupid at the same time
silly and has his own language. He gives me a laugh
dead smack in the middle of a serious storyline, Comic Relief! But they also use
the history of the show to give us a child's (Lulu) devastation at learning the
father she loved had at one time raped her mother. The exchange was perfect. It
gets to the route of the Spencer's.
AMC
has characters that have either been so front burner that I'm tired of seeing
them or some newby that makes no sense why they are front burner. I know there
are new writers in place and I should be patient but TPTB have been asking for
my patience for about 3 years now and I'm tired of being patient.
All
I want are characters with substance (existing characters), family interaction
and LOVE/ROMANCE. Is it too much to ask or hope for?
The
last of my issues is Hannah Nichols
I thought there would be great things
from her and no ooner had she arrived than she left town after a crying jag and
a possible snog with Zach. Wham, Bam thank you ma'am! See ya.
Here
Endth my Rant!
HELP
ME
I'M IN OVERLOAD!!!
June 3, 2007
Okay
I'm
fuming
My head is on fire!!!! I saw the clues while watching the show but
I thought TPTB would never in a million years run the same crappy (and I hate
to use that word) but yes CRAPPY! Storyline that is going on over at Days of Our
Lives! That was until I saw the promo for next week on SoapNet just now. I couldn't
believe it
I'm still in shock. Why, oh WHY would TPTB have the writers write
this stupid storyline over here at AMC that by the way is so stupid, useless and
most of all ridiculous! The storyline I mention is Greenlee suing for custody
of Spike. This storyline just ran and is still in the throws of running on Days,
which by the way is second to last in the Ratings!
Was
it not bad enough that we suffered through the transplanted aborted fetus garbage,
Now THIS!
We
all know the outcome of this silly escapade. Kendall and Greenlee had a contract
verbal or otherwise. Still no court in reality or otherwise would take a biological
child from his biological mother after one year of living together because of
a "contract". Also lets not forget that Ryan was not part of this fiasco
so he would have rights. Let's just say that this forces another DNA test that
proves that Ryan isn't Spike's father and it's either Greg or Zach. Let just say
that this is brought out in court (ugh another court case of lameness proportion)
reality is Greenlee abandoned the child when she left and as custodial not to
mention biological parent of Spike CASE DISMISSED!!!!
The
First thing I want to know is, is this kind of storytelling we will have from
our new team of writers? Please tell me it's not so?!?
I've
got one last question to put out into the void that is the internet
why do
they want to make us all stop watching our soaps?
Here
Endth My Rant!
What
Really Happened
.
May 29, 2007
Okay
so I decided to do the research on this whole Greenlee's back in down. It seems
I was wrong about Simone's shares going to Miranda. As
you can see by this clip what Miranda got was a trust fund that
Ethan had given Simone with no mention of stock. The same goes for the clip of
Babe becoming Fusion's newest
partner. No mention of clauses or iron clad or anything like that.
This
was part of the "recaps" on the AMC website which I think started all
of the confusion about Simone's shares. "12/12/06
- Ryan informs Bianca that Simone left her shares of Fusion to Miranda."
Yet there wasn't any actual mention of the shares.
So
the writers didn't rewrite storyline but that said why would Simone
leave Greenlee her shares of Fusion? Simone
was really angry about being screwed over by Greens as seen in this clip.
It's also kind of lame that Greenlee put in that clause about stop loss since
that was the point of giving her shares of Fusion to Babe. It was in the letter
to be read out loud.
So
I was wrong and I admit it but regardless of being wrong it was a lame introduction.
Sure not as lame as Dixie's return but still lame notwithstanding.
Greenlee's
History Lesson.
May 25, 2007
Do
I really need Greenlee to give me a history lesson on what has happened on AMC
in the last 2-3 years? It was horrible enough watching it the first time I think.
She went on...and on about everyone's faults in town at Confusion and then asked
why she's not forgiven. Hello...forgiven for stealing Fusion? Forgiven for being
so sneaky that you had your husband arrested at his wedding. The wedding that
he tought was legal but wasn't. And what now you want everyone to love you. Buzz
off little butterfly because I watched this garbage with Colby just a year ago
and I didn't like her much then either.
And enough of the remade flashbacks...they
are horrible.
Why is it so difficult for this writing team to write a
good bad guy? It seems they only time they can craft a bad guy is when his a mass
murderer.
The only thing I liked yesterday was Tad, Opal, Jamie, Joe and
Krystal at the bar. It was great to see a lot more of Opal these days. The show
can use her balance!
Here Endth My Rant!
Rewriting
the Rewritten?
May 23, 2007
So
nuGreenlee is a spitfire with little aces up her sleeves and we are all just stupid
and never watch the show!
My first portion of this Rant about yesterday's
show is going to be the fact that Simone's shares were left to Miranda because
Ethan loved her so. Second of course would be nuGreenlee's sudden stop loss clause
in her contract to give Babe her shares. What makes this stupid is the fact that
Greenlee's whole point of giving Babe the shares was that she would tank Fusion
and Kendall would be left with nothing. So to have a stop loss clause would defeat
the entire purpose of giving Babe the shares of the company to begin with! Third,
Palmer Cortlandt still owns the building that Fusion is in and I would think he
would side with Kendall and not nuGreelee. But this I'm sure is just assumed with
the "Revisionists".
You know what just gets my craw? The fact
that the writers are so lazy as to not do any research for the stories they are
writing. Whether the writers are new or have just been medicating themselves doesn't
sway me in the least because I know they are putting in very little effort into
the show. Have they been zap of all creativity? It reminds me of the Dixie storyline
when she came back to town...this long drawn out, far fetched evil doer plot that
was silly at best and at worst was about everything the character would have never
done. Or the horrible Bianca and Maggie breakup which could have been written
to have them amicably separating but no the writers destroy the couple that fans
came to invest in.
What also bugs me is that nuGreenlee hasn't evolved
at all in 2 years. She's annoying...alot like Colby was when she first came to
town!
Here Endth My Rant!
New Writers...Same Bad Storytelling?
May 22, 2007
So today it was announced by the Destroyer
Brian Frons the new head writers will be Barbara J. Esensten and James Harmon
Brown. One would think I would be thrilled by the announcement of a new Head Writer
but after suffering with they horrendous writing of Megan McTavish for years on
end I'm leery of anything that Mr. Frons offers as a wonderful event!
"We're thrilled to welcome this talented team back to ABC," Disney-ABC
honcho Brian Scott Frons said in a statement. "They're known for telling
compelling stories that take characters and viewers on a great emotional ride,
and their creative vision promises to continue the show's tradition of cutting-edge
storylines. Fans can expect an exciting summer in Pine Valley and can look forward
to even more of the romance and intrigue they have come to love and look for on
All My Children."
"Combined
with their ability to take creative and emotional risks, Barbara and Jim write
with commitment to character integrity and honesty," added AMC executive
producer Julie Hanan Carruthers. "I look forward to working with them again
and welcome them to All My Children."
I'm
going to start with this quote. "Fans
can expect an exciting summer in Pine Valley and can look forward to even more
of the romance and intrigue they have come to love and look for on All My Children."
Umm...well...there hasn't been any romance on AMC in years. In 2005 Erica and
Jackson got married and then started to implode almost immediately. Babe and JR
as a romance? Well these too are Mata Hari and Jack the Ripper. Aidan and Di only
have sex there is zero romance and the same goes for practically all of the other
couplings over the last several years. Mr. Frons would have us believe that Ryan
and Annie are the end all and be all of Romance...I raise my hand an say Nay to
this. They are a cute couple but I can't say I care one way or another if they
are together. In fact I would prefer to see Annie with someone like Tad Martin
than to see her with Ryan. JMHO. So that leaves us with one Couple. Zendall....always
Zendall. So from his royal crappiness I'm to expect...the same crap as when Megan
McTavish was at the helm?
So once the news broke on the new HWers I immediately
started to Google. Here's what I came up with:
- 1995
Wrote for Loving/The City. You remember the Gwyneth Cabot Serial Killing that
lead to the young folks being hip in NYC. You also know this lead to the cancellation
of said "City".
- 1993
Guiding Light. Some good things happened in 1993 but then again some bad things
happened in 1993 as well. Maureen Bauer...All I'm Going To Say!
- 2000-2003
Port Charles. This team was responsible for the "new format" storytelling.
You know the one that gave us Vampires, Avatars, Time Travel and Angels. Oh and
Cancellation. Interesting side bar guess who was EP at the time....Yep...none
other than our clueless leader of AMC Julie Hanan Carruthers.
- 2004/2005
they wrote for One Life To Live
- January
2007 joined Days of Our Lives as Staff Writers. You know the show that is
second from the bottom in ratings last week. Yep that's them.
|
I'm
thinking that JHC put this dynamic duo up for the gig and I'm not a big fan of
hers. I've got no choice in the matter as to who they put in as Head Writer but
having survived a boycott of several months of the show I know that if things
go from bad to worse I'll survive the loss of my favorite hobby and show All My
Children. So I wait to see what this new writing team will come up with and hope
and pray it's not more of the same violent garbage we've been berated with.
Here
Endth My Rant!
A
New Dawn in the Valley
May 10, 2007
So now that
my boycott is officially over can I say I'm actually liking the material that's
been airing the last week.
At first I wasn't a big fan of Ryan and Annie.
I thought they lacked chemistry and their romance seemed extremely unbelievable
and unappealing. But in the end I was won over by Melissa Clare Egan's wonderful
acting. Her scenes with Lucy (aka Emma) are priceless and she seems to have connected
with Alicia (aka Kendall) which allows us to see another side of Kendall instead
of the nut case who didn't want Ryan to be with anyone.
I really gave
it some thought as to why I wasn't happy with the coupling of Ryan and Annie at
first and it came to me...They had no angst. There was nothing to deride their
romance, which of course, is typical soap fashion. And this is what makes this
couple even more special. Sure now that Green Pea is back with her little green
butterfly pin and Dynamite Kiddo Ring there will be trouble ahead for this couple
but how about that a wedding that was just filled with love and...dare I say it....ROMANCE!!!
Hannah and Josh are two characters that have chemistry. Hot and bothered,
these two have issues beyond issues and the fact they had steamy sex at the office
just adds to those issues. How classic was it when after Hannah has sex with Josh
she buttons her shirt and is all business? And Josh's response was even better.
I do believe the Game is afoot ladies and gentlemen! This should be very entertaining.
Ava, Ava, Ava well she's causing complications but I'm not so sure we really
needed a slutty version of Lily. Having said that, something needs to happen between
Colby and Sean. I love that Colby has stopped whining and she and Sean have this
great bond. Sean is...well, he's a typical guy so to be shocked he slept with
Ava...umm...not! Now we wait to see the fall out of Colby Marian Chandler's response
to Ms. Thing herself, Ava Benton.
I'm giving the NuGreenlee a chance
to shine before I comment on her but I will say this...they say we all have doubles
out there...well this girl comes very close to Rebecca's double. Nice Casting!
And I actually fibbed I do have one comment but it's not about the actress it's
about the dialogue. Why was it important to use the "Kenlee" term more
than once. We get it they are friends but what's next Kendall will run around
referring to she and Zach and Zendall and NuGreenlee will embrace Ryan and try
to make him remember the days when they were the incredible Rylee?
Janet
how I will missed you. Kate Collins his just a blast of fresh air. She's wonderful
to watch and I actually felt bad for her over the Jenny Kidnapping and was even
more touched when a seemingly angry Tad turned to Janet and thanked her for giving
him his daughter back and keeping her from the strangers that would have taken
her away forever. That's the Tad I miss and was hoping would come back one day!
You know what else was just groovey? I love the scene yesterday with Zach
in a baseball cap and Kendall stressing over Greenlee in the kitchen over coffee.
It was natural. It's how couples actually dialogue IRL. Over breakfast, over dinner,
in the car on the way to the mall or the children's baseball game. This was an
air of reality that was fun to watch. The term Super Couple is the perfect title
for Zach and Kendall!!!
There has been one itch that I just can't scratch
and it's the fact that Megan McTavish's scripts are still airing long after her
dismissal. It's been over two months and I haven't heard of a new head writer
being named. Perhaps I missed it but I haven't seen anything on the net and you
would think it would rate a page in Soap Opera Digest or Soap Opera Weekly? I'll
tell you what my fear is here...that McT's ghost writing the show. It's been done
before on other shows and there has even been a time when the head writers name
appeared and someone completely different has been writing the show. Either way
I like to know who's writing the material. Any way I wish Mr. Frons and Ms JHC
would let the fans in on what's going on.
So to close I'm happier than
I've been in months, nay over a year so I'm just going to ride the wave and enjoy
the moment!
Here Endth My Rant!
I'm back
April 23, 2007
I stretch and yawn and am now ready to begin another Rant! This week marks
the end of the Bianca and Zoë fiasco. To quote another disgruntled fan
"goodbye
and good riddance!" And shortly behind these two I'm hoping to see the end
of Megan's scripts. I do realize that Management will continue to use all the
scripts she had in the hopper but really they should just burn the hopper with
her scripts in it!
Everyone
knows how I feel about the destruction of the character of Bianca, as if making
her a bi-sexual wasn't enough she was the Zen Master of Pine Valley. Second only
by her spiritually enlightened child! * Pause * Sorry I had to go be sick!
It's
too bad that the writers didn't just focus on Zoë's storyline and not link
it to this absurd romance with Binx. Heck Binx's wake up call should have been
her mother's acceptance of her relationship. And how come Kendall is the only
one who was concerned that her sister was getting in way over her head? Okay
moving
on!
I'm
a fan of the sets, wardrobe and the such and every once in awhile I wonder if
they are drinking
I offer exhibit A and B.
 And
for my Next Song...D.I.V.O.R.C.E.... |  Color
is BAD...Down with Color... |
Why
is it that Erica has suddenly morphed into Tammy Wynette? And since when did Fusion
take on the Puritan line. The Monochromatic world of Fusion is just plain scary
.Be
afraid, be very afraid!
Okay
Colby
Finally
they've given Ambyr Childs a chance to act not whine! The whole delivering Krystal's
baby was a fresh move (I'm glad it wasn't another rain storm cabin delivery).
Colby never had anyone believe in her abilities until that defining moment. This
S/L was well executed right down to giving the baby Colby as a middle name. In
fact the whole stripping of Adam was well done. It was plausible and believable.
Adam has always been vindictive but in the scene where he abandons Krystal he
leaves her with his cell phone. So it wasn't completely heartless. And when his
children abandoned him, well it was a perfect sequence. Adam has always defined
his life by his family and family loyalty. It brings back the memories of when
Adam though Stuart was dead (he wasn't he was living in a trailer with Ester).
Hey
look at that
I actually praised the show!
I'm grouchy about the scene
where Jonny rants
about Justice for Erin at the hearing for Alexander. Dude you are a serial
killer who got off because of deminished capacity...can you say KARMA! Oh and
poorly written. They should have gone the LAW & ORDER route instead of someone
trying to Kill Alexander because does anyone really care if Alexander bites the
dust? That whole story was lame and violent and I wish it would just stop already!
So
here's my last bit
and it has to do with Ambyr Childs. Why are they starving
this poor child? She looked healthy when she first joined the show and now they've
slimmed her down.
 BEFORE |  AFTER |
Why
to promote Bulimia and Anorexia to the viewers? I apologize if this was Ambyr's
decision to lose weight for her own reasons but I suspect it was some focus group
you
know that same type of group that told Korean-American Actress Margaret Cho that
her face was to round. Like she can do anything about that! Anyway, I thought
Ambyr looked fine the way she was and that the dislike of the character had nothing
to do with Ambyr's appearance as much as the crappy writing.
Here
Endth My Rant!
You
Look So Familiar...
April 13, 2007
So
my boycott is slowly coming to and end now that Bianca and Zoë are leaving
Pine Valley at the end of the month. I'm not 100% watching the show right now
mostly
just FF through until I find something of interest.
I'm
in search of a reason to watch the show. Well I've decided to find characters
that I like to watch and just FF to them. Di is one, Amanda is another and I love
Janet from another Planet. And Colby isn't as annoying to me since it seems they
have her doing things other than whining. Which I always thought that if they
actually gave Ambyr something to work with she's could show she is a good actress.
Another
character that I like right now is Hannah Nichols (Stacy Haiduk). When I was watching
her work from the end of March yesterday I thought to myself
self I said
where
do I know this gal from? So I did an IMDB search of her work and realized it was
from one of my favorite shows
Kindred the Embrace. If you missed her as Lily
on that show Click
Here and Here.
So
I'll give the show another chance. Honestly I wouldn't have stopped watching if
they had tried to romantically pair Zoë and Babe. It made more sense those
two would be a couple than Bianca. I thought the telling of Zoë's story very
important but to have Bianca fall in love with her crossed into very dangerous
territory. And although they wrote Kendall as the voice of reason
I had enough
of "I love your soul" and "I see into your soul" garbage.
Bianca went from one of my favorite characters to one of my least favorite characters
in the course of only a few months. Goodbye and Good Riddance!
I'm
still not happy with the direction of Tad's character and hello James
have
you been taking steroids lately and that's what's making you crazy? Just wondering.
What
I am thrilled about is Kate Collins coming back again to play Janet! Wahoo!!!
And I'm happy to see Livia again. She's been a fav of mine too.
Now
that McT's out of the picture I have a slim glimmer of hope. Time will tell!
And
so it goes
and so do I
March 17, 2007
So
I Ranted that if they make Bianca and Zoë a couple I would stop watching
the show. Well after Friday's little foray into almost kissing I've decided to
save myself the angst and just give up the show for a while. Sure I'll tape it
like I did the last time I gave up the show over the Babyswitch and the time before
that when they raped Bianca but I just couldn't watch them make Bianca not gay
anymore. And lets face it boys and girls this is what they hope to accomplish
by pairing Bianca with Zoë the Transgender Lesbian.
But
really this isn't the only reason I'm giving up the show for a while. Frankly
I can't stand to watch Tad anymore. He's not fun anymore. He's angry, bitter and
yes
a murderer. I miss the show of yester year and thanks to the marvels
of videotape I can watch the old shows instead of they CRAP that is airing now.
I'm
tired of Ryan, I'm Tired of Babe and mostly I'm just tired of the horrid writing,
lack of character development in a positive way and I really do not believe that
hiring a new head writer will help for a real long time! Ryan is not GOD...stop
the insanity now. Every episode doesn't have to include Ryan or Babe because of
all the characters on the show these characters haven't changed much in a long
time if ever. How about you give Di a storyline!?!
I'm
going to try other soaps on for a bit and see if I can find one that fits me.
I know I'm a hopeless Soap Addict so I know I can't give up all soaps so I'll
come back to AMC when it's less horrible and painful to watch.
Really
the only thing worth watching right now is Zach and Kendall
or my favorite
Zach
and Myrtle
those two flirting with each other is so cute!
So
I'm signing off now. Who knows perhaps the show will start to make enough sense
to me to start watching faithfully again but for now I'm hanging the GONE FISHING
sign in the window!
March
5
Or The Episode I Waited A Week To Fast Forward Through
March
12, 2007
Well
I really wasn't all that interested in AMC last week. I think I'm just burned
out. I've gotten to the point of who cares what happened today. I had other things
that held my interests more than the finally of the Satin Slayer Storyline. Yep
I've
been wanting to alphabetize my CD's.
So
I'm watching some of last Monday's show and I'm wondering two things: 1) Kendall's
hands are tied together and to the chair with satin (slipery) ribbon so when AC
and Zach were rolling around on the ground fighting over the detonator how come
Kendall didn't just like
you know
pull that silly thing off her neck?
Or how come she didn't even try to pull it off when AC was going all mindfreak
on Zach and was otherwise not paying attention to her? 2) Zach is a strapping
young
well middle-aged lad so how come he couldn't take the old guy? True
AC must be super human to have killed all those people but still
we've all
seen Zach with not shirt
I'm thinking Muscle boy could have taken that Sexagenarian
but alas poor Zachary is week and unable to fight off big bad back from the dead
Alexander.
My Two favorite scene for the entire SS Storyline was Zach
punching out Ryan and Tad
Telling Ryan to shut up. Oh and Ryan's
insight into Alexander Cambias Sr. because he was with him when he died and
he was able to make Ryan believe he was dead. Um...let me take you all back to
when everyone in town thought Jonathan evil...Like this one,
this one
or this one?
Please!!!
On
another front
why was my primary facial reaction to watching the show any
more is rolling my eyes? I do it every time Babe and Ryan are on the show
oh
wait that means I do it every day Monday thru Friday! Enough of these two already.
Babe is knee deep in a redo storyline from 2004. Josh wants her to run off with
him and they'll kidnap Little A on the way! Gosh what a great plan
cause
it worked out so well back in 2004!
Ryan
is on practically every day and I'm left wondering one thing
WHY? He adds
nothing to the over all storyline. I'm sorry I've seen a picture of God and She
looks nothing like Ryan Lavery!!! Enough Ryan already. From his excruciatingly
boring romance with Annie to him populating the country side with his frozen swimmers
(Is it me or is it odd that none of his children were conceived via sex?) Hey
this man had his pluming stop so he wouldn't be able to scar the world with more
little Lavery's (a hope that All My Lavery's was coming to an end) but alas
through
stupid and mostly lame storytelling there could be literally hundreds of Lavery's
running around Pennsylvania
look out Llanview!
Hey
Erica
you're life is in the toilet sweetie
you might want to take stock
of it before you run after you're 30 year old fetus and play Mommie Dearest!!!
Alexander
Cambias, Sr. is playing madman and mind games with Zach and Ryan and well everyone
but I think that once Senior was outted as Alive and oh
a SERIAL KILLER the
matter of Cambias Industries would pretty much be a mote point. That stock would
have taken a dive like you can't believe. It wouldn't be worth the paper it's
printed on. But we are supposed to believe that none of this happened. That's
why Senior is able to wheeled Cambias like a sword. He announced today that if
Zach didn't take over Cambias he would sell everything and make a foundation in
Michael's name. Really now
The board of directors
of which Erica is
one (oops
writers forgot that scene from 2003) where Senior made Erica a
board member. Personally I've had enough of the Cambias, their legacy, their curse
and this stupid storyline!!! Someone lock Senior away already!!!
If
I seem angry and sarcastic
well it's cause I am. Every time I give in to
that voice inside me that just won't let me give up AMC all together I'm beaten
down but pathetic dribble every day!!!
Yes
I liked the Transgender Support Group meeting. It was well done. What I do not
like and for the life of me can't understand is Bianca's WE thing with Zoë.
It's my greatest fear that they are going to de-lesbianize Bianca just like they
unaborted Josh. If they pair these two
it will kill that inner voice.
Can
I just say that thank goodness there is Guiding Light otherwise I would be soapless.
Wondering a drift in a sea of non-daytime drama.
Oh
and Carolyn Hinsey
as usual your column is on the mark! You Go Girl!
Here
Endth My Rant!
A
New Dawn Is Breaking
we hope
March 4, 2007
I
had to let the firing of Megan McTavish slowly sink in before I made any comments.
The first thing I would like to say is I kind of feel sorry for her (kind of).
No one likes getting fire. What I do not get is why not walk off into the sunset
on your on merits? Did she not notice the state of the show? She could have left
saying the old creative differences and it would have left her with the ability
to get a decent writing job. Not that there isn't some fool who would hire her
now I just wonder why she waited to be unceremoniously dethroned by that bobblehead
Brian Frons?
Any
way moving on
There are rumors abounding the internet as to who will take
over this mess. John Reilly of Days/Passion, Claire Labine of Ryan's Hope or perhaps
Jack and Kay who are in the advisory positions at ABC Daytime might be taking
over the show. My guess would be that it is the latter of the suggestions but
one thing we know for sure is only President Bobblehead knows who it will be.
I
fear that things might not become better with the ouster of Megan McTavish. Perhaps
I'm a conspiracy theorist but bear with me. Yes, we all agree that Megan isn't
the most talented or creative writer out there but I also feel that on some occasions
she was told what to write as far as storyline. (Murder, Focus on Babe and Ryan,
etc.). This comes from the top EP, Julie Carruthers and on top of her Brian Frons
(yes, I know what that sounds like
interpret what you will, lol). Anyway,
it occurred to me that Brian has thrown McT as a sacrificially lamb so to speak.
Why
you ask do I think this? Well I read something from SOD
a little line that
the show will continue to focus on the young storylines. You know the storylines
that haven't worked thus far. Only a strong head writer can fight for their product
and I wonder if such a person exists.
If
the item about Greenlee coming back to town (not with Rebecca Budig in the part)
is true this is a first miss step. The only way fans would accept a new Greenlee
is if she is exceptional. I've seen very few recasts that have actually worked
out. (Carly Carrinthos, GH and Todd Manning, OLTL being the few exceptions).
This
show that I love may be holding it's own in the ratings game but mostly because
it's a horrible accident you can't take your eyes away from and not because of
quality. So far the only things I loved about the show is Tad telling Ryan to
SHUT UP, Zach PUNCHING Ryan in the face and Jeff telling Erica to SHUT UP. This
is just sad that my greatest hope is that someone duct tape Ryan's mouth shut
and tie him to Erica Kane and lock them in a glass case that reads let out only
for Christmas special episode.
I
went from liking Ryan, Erica and Babe as characters to HATING THEM!!!! Every episode
has either Ryan or Babe in it. Why? There's a lot of cast left that you tried
to trim down with this horrible gratuitous and might I add extremely lame storyline
of the Satin Slayer.
I
hope that the new HW will write for these characters, Di, Amanda and Julia. If
they write the teen storyline, please make them seem like teens from 2007 not
teens from 1983, Fer Sure
BFF's. This last trip down teen alley was insipid
and painful to watch. Teens in today's society are plagued with issues like drugs,
relationships, poor self esteem, eating disorders, gambling, family issues, and
that all important what am I going to do with my future?
I
hope the new HW brings back Reggie because it's time for Sean to have something
more to do than convert air to oxygen. If they need to make room for the new folks
then I say get rid of Del and Sydney. Neither of the characters was actually given
anything to work with and are loose ends. I would love to see Brooke come back
but after the way the treated Julia Barr I do not see Julia coming back anytime
soon.
I'll
wait it out like I always do hoping that things will get better. Now we wait to
see who the new Head Writer is going to be.
Here
Endth My Rant!
And
The Killer Is...Some Old Dead Guy?
February 27, 2007
The
Satin Slayer Revealed...ooooooohhhhh...NOT! How implausible is it that Alexander
Cambias Sr. is the killer? I'd say very implausible. Lets start with the fact
that this 65 year old man has super human strength. Then move on to the fact he
faked his death for the dumbest of reasons, his family's name disgraced by Michael.
So I'm to believe that a man who ran an international multibillion dollar conglomerate
was so weak as to be influenced by his rapist son's actions? All he would have
to do would be cut Michael off and cut him off from the money. Especially since
he thought at the time Michael had been responsible for Alex, Jr's death. Nope
instead the writers would have us believe this lame story of him faking his death.
Then when Zach/Alex resurfaced he dug up his coffin 3 years ago (not sure why
there was a burial site seeing as AC, Sr was cremated, per Ryan Lavery) put a
note to a 5 year old Alex, Jr. He then ignored his two grand children Miranda
and Ethan during their trials and tribulations (A man who was supposedly about
control and family). Then 4 years after his "death" he decides this
is the time to give Young Alex a lesson of a life time. The lesson is brought
about by killing women who have very little connection to Young Alex. AC, Sr.
sends little notes to Ryan Lavery to warn him off. Yet for some reason AC,Sr.
decided that killing Erin Lavery, Ryan's innocent sister was in the cards. Why
was this a lesson for Ryan? I thought AC,Sr. liked his savior in the desert. After
all he gave him his fortune? I'm stumped.
The murder spree started back
in December with Simone Torres. This was probably the worst time for a serial
killing. Christmas is a time of forgiveness and family love; instead we were treated
to a double funeral. Were the writers trying to use the Agatha Christie story
of Ten Little Indians as it's template? Anyway this killing storyline was better
suited for a spring/summer fair. Moving on. The writers lost a lot of their momentum
when they offered red herring after red herring in order to drag out the storyline
which was by mid-January becoming very stale. Victim after Victim with absolutely
no movement and very little clues. I get they wanted to have a BIG reveal but
instead the viewers became bored with the whole affair. I for one wasn't sitting
on the edge of my seat.
I give the writers credit for trying to incorporate
as much of the cast into this storyline as possible. That said the whole storyline
became a patch work quilt. Little made sense and people where crowding the screen
with very little to do. Here's a list of issues I've had with this storyline:
1. Alex Cambias, Sr. as the serial killer
2. The death of Dixie Cooney
before the resolution of her already on going storyline "The Search For Kate".
3.
Zach keeping any information he remembers to himself while begging Kendall to
trust him.
4. The Body count of people who had very little connection to Alexander
Cambias Senior or Junior.
5. Everyone conducting their own investigations and
not contacting Derek or Jackson regarding evidence or sudden knowledge of something.
Zach and Kendall investigate in Vegas, Tad, Ryan and the boys head off to Vegas
when Jack asks where they are going Tad informs him he'll get back to him on that.
Bianca gives vital evidence to Ryan instead of giving it to Jackson and relaying
her suspicions of Cambias
Connections.
6. Making Derek Frye a bigot (Zoë).
What is that about?
7. Turning Josh into a Misery type of crazy concerning
Babe.
8. The senseless violence and mass murder. It was gratuitous and offered
no movement in the storyline.
(When scenes are written that people die it
is usually to leave us with the feeling of valuing life more. The message was
lost here.)
I'm sure I could come up with literally hundreds of issues
but I'm not looking to write a book about the failings of the Satin Slayer Storyline.
It's true I would have preferred Hannah Nichols as the murderess (it would have
been revenge on Zach for Ethan's death) but I'm not writing the show.
All
I can say is I'm excited that this storyline is finally coming to an end. Well
at least I hope it is!
Here endth my Rant!
The
Bad the Good and the VERY Ugly
February 21, 2007
I'm
going to start off with what I've liked recently on the show. I'm loving Barbara
Montgomery. I do believe I'm in the minority with this love fest right now but
I think people will warm up to her. She's fresh and sassy and she sure does get
under Erica's crawl. Jackson hasn't seen that much action for months. And it adds
some kind of life to the really insipid S/L of Jeff/Erica/Jackson. It just is
lame. Erica moved out because of Sean and his partying ways prevented her from
working. But the real reason seemed to be Josh and Jeff. Either way the demise
of Jack and Erica's relationship was disservice to the fans that put 20 years
of viewing into their trials and love. Babs is going to be an asset at this point.
Why
is Binx all over the place? From her split with Maggie to the conversation of
with her mother where Erica feels Bianca isn't as gay as she first though because
she's attracted to Zoë who is "decidedly a man". Bianca got angry
with Erica for what she said but I'm still scratching my head over the Bianca/Zoë
S/L. Why couldn't the writers have made Zoë's budding lesbian relationship
be with Babe? They have a past and chemistry so why did they have to blur Bianca's
sexual identity with Zoë's transgender lesbianism?
I
over all liked the Valentine's episode. I'm not quite sure why they had three
music montages in two days though. The only thing that bothered me was Ryan and
Annie's angry sex in the barn. First
isn't that unsanitary
. second
I think they were going for passion but it looked more like a wrestling match
to me than love.
I
think it's cute that all the kids on the show are friends. It will play out later
on when they are all SORASed. Which leads me to another hitch
. why did they
not write in Petey? Instead they force us to watch 3 of the most out of touch
teenagers I've ever seen. They wrote them as entitled and somewhere along the
line poor Sydney dropped off the face of the planet. Perhaps she's visiting Reggie,
Frank or Brooke? Bringing Petey into the fold would have given the storyline another
layer. Instead the writers are trying everything to salvage their beloved Colby
and Sean. Suddenly Colby isn't one-dimensional and she's caring and loving. The
writers sure do know how to write anger, vengeance, murder, rape and any number
of horrid storylines but compassionate, loving characters
it's sorely lost
on them!
What
was with Zoë's attack? What is the motivation for the attack? Because she
may have seen the killer in the cemetery? All I know is it was completely brutal
and gratuitous. The violence on this show is becoming horrifying to watch. The
brutality of the murder after murder and the attack on Zoë is not what daytime
is about as far as I'm concerned.
The
other thing that didn't work for me was JR's tirade and anger. There are times
when I feel for JR and just as this happens the writers demonize him further.
When Jonathan Bennett was in the role he played a sensitive teenager who was plagued
by the lives of the adults around him. He turned to drugs and alcohol to help
sooth his inner voice that wanted to cry out but didn't know how. Fast-forward
a couple of years and JR comes back to town still a seemingly nice kid who is
now a man. It is true that Babe and all of her lies help create the JR we see
before us today and the influence of Adam as the little devil on his shoulder
crafted the destructive shell of a person JR has become. Why can't the writers
pull the medium on this character? When he was bad he was very bad but when he
was good he was pathetic? JR going to the Casino to talk to Kendall and running
into Josh was a lazy plot point. Very predictable and totally useless.
If
JR were a credible character he would either go into the bottle (been done) or
use his rage to track down the killer and thus put his life in danger unknowingly.
Instead he cries and whines about losing his mother and wife. I don't even believe
the dialogue between JR and Josh it was that lame. Yesterday JR is crying at the
cemetery over his losses and Zoë grabs his leg
his compassion is none
existent. Why?
Moving
on to Tad
How come very little tears for the love of his life? His north
star, his soul mate, his everything died (for real this time) and he's looking
like he just returned a book to the library.
I'm
guessing the flashbacks to Alex Sr. was to replace the Tuesday Music Montage.
It appears that if they can find a way not to write some scenes they will use
any device.
I
did love Jack and Kendall. I've always been a fan of characters that do not spend
time together but have chemistry. Alicia has always just clicked with anyone she's
been paired with which is amazing! We love Zendall because they are fun and playful
and we want love to be just like that. I've always liked how Jackson reacted to
his children and even his stepchildren. Walt has that sweetness about him that
envelops the scene.
One
last thing: Erica talking about Josh. "He thinks I didn't want him."
Hmm
I'm guessing that's a fair deduction on his part. You did try to abort
him you know!
Here
Endth my very long Rant!
A
Day In The Park
February 15, 2007
Hello
Kiddies! As you know Ive been getting a nervous rash every time I watch
the show
Oh you didnt know. Well Im glad to share.
In
my self righteous, my way or the highway feelings about the show Ive decided
to take a stab at writing a scene that I would have like to see in the show. Feel
free to click away if you are not into self-indulgence
but her it goes:
[INSET:
PARK Ryan and Kendall]
Ryan:
Why did you want to see me?
Kendall:
I want to see my son!
Ryan:
Its not safe
when its safe. I will
[Kendall cuts him off]
Kendall:
Yada, yada, yada
I gave you parental rights not to use them against me but
to show I can trust you. I could have denied you those rights
if only based
on the fact you decidedly never wanted children. Remember the snip and the fight
with Greenlee?
Ryan:
That was a long time ago and things have changed. Im Spikes father
and I will do what is best for him and if means being away from you then I will
keep him away from you!
Kendall:
Really now
well you want to take me to court you do that but I will win!
I will not have you setting up house with my child and that woman!
Ryan:
That Woman! Kendall weve been over this before
and Im getting
really tired of your intrusion in my personal life. We share a child
thats
all. For the last time stay out life! If this is because you still love me
might
I remind you of your declarations of love for Zach? You remember him
your
husband!
Kendall:
I love Zach and this isnt about me and you
or even Zach this is about
Annie and her trying to steal my son and his father!
Ryan:
Do you hear yourself? Im not your property Kendall. You love your husband
go be with him and leave me alone.
Kendall:
No
I cant leave you alone when you are being such and idiot! Yes! You
are an IDIOT!!!
Ryan:
This conversation is over! Period. Spike stays with me until I know you are not
a threat to him and my relationship with Annie is off limits for now on! I do
not want you to even mention her name! Period! The End! GOT IT!
Kendall:
First...I am not a threat to my son!!! And secondly
I wont mention
her name but I will mention the one name that is the only name that matters in
all of this
Greenlee.
Ryan:
[Silence scowling at her angrily]
Kendall:
You want to know why I do not like Annie, why I would do anything to keep you
two apart
well its Greenlee. You remember her Ryan? The woman you promised
you would love forever.
Ryan:
[turns his back to Kendall still listening]
Kendall:
We both had a hand in destroying my sister, my best friend, your wife. Your reasons
were more selfish than mine but I admit I screwed up. When we thought you were
dead I would have done anything to save her. I loved her that much and still do.
What I did was wrong but I had a second to make the decision and I made it. She
may never forgive me and I can live with that. But you Ryan
Ryan:
[turning to face Kendall - softening]
Kendall:
[Kendall grabbing hold of Ryan's sleeve] You were supposed to love her forever.
The two of you were supposed to get past the pain and back to your love. This
whole time
me and you
its been about Greenlee
it will always
be about Greenlee with us
how dont you see it?
Ryan:
Greenlee divorced me. She doesnt want me any longer and I have to move on.
Kendall:
[Angrily stepping away from Ryan] You've moved on? Dont you think its
odd that the woman you've move on with looks like the love of your life? You are
living the life you wanted with Greenlee with Annie. Your daughter, our son and
the woman who looks just like the woman we both love and miss every day. Its
weird...and a little creepy but its right there staring you in the face.
Ryan:
You are crazy
. Im leaving [Kendall stops his exit]
Kendall:
Think about it Ryan
think about why you really are with Annie. And think
about this too
you try and take my son from me
the hell you went through
when Greenlee left us
well that will be just a drop of water in the ocean!
[Kendall starts to exit the scene but turns to him before leaving] When this mess
is over I will be bringing Spike home with me and Zach and if you try to stop
me
well
.just dont try and stop me. No one will ever keep me from
my child again! [Kendall turns and leaves]
END
SCENE
Okay
Im
not a writer but this how I feel the scene that would at least give a reason why
Kendall is so possessive of Ryan and in love with Zach. I think when watching
that one scene between Ryan and Kendall fighting about Annie there was no clear
reason why Kendall was being crazy. It's obvious she loves Zach...like bunches
and bunches but why hang on to Ryan? Why the obsession? I get she could still
love Ryan with their history but I do not sense this was their relationship anymore.
That ship sailed a long time ago.
Its
odd that I sit around either writing scenes for the show in my little book or
re-writing how I thought a scene should have been written. Im quite proud
of my version of the Bianca/Maggie split and Maggies trip back to Paris.
Who knows maybe Ill post all the scenes I write in Head Writer for A Day
(HWFAD). But for now I will wonder why the current HD has so much difficulty writing
for the characters?
Here
Endth My Rant!
Frustration
Thy Name Is Megan McTavish
February
13, 2007
I
want to start out today by thanking Carolyn Hinsey for her recent column in SOD.
Ive just been so frustrated with the show and all of the changes (supposedly
for the good) that it has been driving me bonkey. Carolyn watches the show just
as we do but from a different perspective. I give her credit for writing about
what we all have been feeling and feeling bad for us all having to watch such
garbage. She is right when she says Dixie could easily be brought back from the
dead in any one of a hundred ways but this is one viewer who doesnt see
that happening. But its nice that someone is listening to our pain and anxiety!
I
am a BAM fan. Yes its true
obviously. I am also a fan of Bianca. She
is the first really identified Lesbian on daytime so you can see why Im
upset with the whole Zoë thing and why I go on and on about it. I knew that
Liz Hendericksons Maggie was only a short time gig. I also knew that because
it was only short time gig that she was just being brought back to add closure
to the BAM story. This I had no issue with
that is until what we actually
got to see what was written. Has Megan McTavish ever been in love? Heck you do
not have to be gay to write about this story
love is love and it doesnt
matter if its hetero or GLBT
its still love! These two women
have been through every horrible thing together from the death of Frankie, Psycho
Vanessa, the death of Leo, Biancas rape, Biancas pregnancy, Mirandas
Death, Biancas break-up with Lena and of course Psycho Jonathan
and his violent form of love. So why is it at the end of the day Bianca was treating
baby stealing Babe better than the one woman who would die for her? Infidelity
is not a worse crime than what Babe did yet Biancas reaction to Maggie was
far more criminalizing. Betrayal is bad but in this case could have been about
something more than lusting after the French girl Cecelia.
If
I had written this storys end I would have had the two women holding each
other, realizing that the only thing that would work for them is space. It would
have been mutual and not so angry and hateful. I would have had the boathouse
scene not be so filled with anger but understanding that for their friendship
to survive they would need to not be lovers. Thus not sacrificing the entire relationship.
I would have had the scene in the park be about the last day of love for these
two. Maggie not having a choice but to go back to school so she could fulfill
her dream of becoming a doctor and Bianca being the one to enforce this decision
so that her best friend and former lover could have the future she deserves. This
relationship had been all over the map for years so to have it end in anger and
frustration was a disservice to the time BAM fans put into it. Maggie should have
explained what happened with Cecilia and Bianca should have listened. But this
isnt what we got. It was a cold shove off cheater girl
screw our history
together. What a lost opportunity for resolution and maturity. As Colby would
spew
I guess they are no longer BFFs! Forever got a whole lot closer
to today.
There
are so many reasons I need a break from watching the show every day, besides the
usual. Mostly its the writing. When you have a team of actors that are as
talented as this bunch it is almost criminal to have hack writers writing their
characters. Ive read and heard phrases lately about how McT and JHC have
felt that some of the recently departed characters were taken as far as they could
go
nothing else could be written for them. Only someone who has no vision
could have said anything like that. Every day I could come up with a storyline
for any or all of the characters. This is daytime where reality and making sense
is no barrier to a good story. Dear Head Writer of All My Children
if you
are so lacking in creativity do me a favor
step down!
I
love that Susan Pratt is back. I think she is what the story needs right now.
How long can we watch a weak storyline like that of Jeff/Erica/Jackson go on?
It needed to be defibrillated and I believe Barbara Montgomery might just do the
trick. Susan has that snappy feel about her when she delivers her lines and I
loved, loved, loved her outfit yesterday. Im feeling like she dressed herself
because lately the outfits have been borderline Vivian Westwood! Loved Tad in
the dark turtleneck but me thinks that is because hes worn the same tired
brown jacket/green shirt combo over and over. And yes it is February in PA
how
about some sleeves on those ever skinny arms!
In
my picky, picky, picky
how come no one noticed it was Binxs birthday
on Friday (Continuation to Mondays show)? Did the writers forget that 2/9
is the big day? For years Biancas birthday signified something in her life,
even when she left town for Paris. Well all she got for her birthday this time
was a murdered ex-friend. Dag
you cant even return that!
If
I could get to see one immediate change on the show it would be to fix the character
of Ryan Lavery. When Ryan came back in 2003 after hitting the road and then inheriting
billions of dollars from a guy he picked up in the Nevada Desert, he came back
an A-hole! (See the story doesnt need to have any basis in reality). And
since then (most especially since 2005) hes gotten worse. Wheres
my son? he bellows at the childs mother. Dude you were a sperm donor
in both cases of your children, nothing more. It was only by the good graces of
the women who gave birth to your little donation that you even have a connection
to them. He even bellowed at Kendall that he would take her to court if he has
too. Well isnt that swell. This Id like to see
R: Judge Im
abusing the trust that my baby mama put in me and taking our child to keep him
safe. K: Your honor, his brother is a serial killer and will have open access
to my child. I miss the poor young man with the crappy childhood that wooed Gillian
Andrassy. The man who became a grifter to survive. Now Ryan is a self-righteous
empty character. Hes got no redeeming qualities. Hes as hollow as
Tad right now. Each of these characters has brought death to someone through their
actions and neither has had real remorse for their actions. Other than Tads
little chat with Dixie, hes never felt bad about what he did to Greg, except
he couldnt find Kate. Ryans sister died and everytime he talks about
poor dead Erin its in reference to himself. It is true
hes the
male version of ERICA KANE!
I
feel since they are trying all kinds of gimmicks to pump some life in the show
they might want to try a new head writer and EP. You know just for kicks
at
this point it cant hurt because these two havent a creative bone between
them. It doesnt take creative genius to write about murder and slaughter
everyday
it just takes a pen and some paper.
Here
Endeth My Rant!
Continuity...me
thinks not!
February 6, 2007
Something
has been driving me nuts about that whole Ryan is Emma's Daddy thing and so I
went back and watched some of the past episodes and now I know what it is...Greg
Madden told Erica on the June 10, 2005 show that he had only owned the clinic
in Pine Valley a short time. So how is it that Annie's doctor, Greg Madden was
able to acquire a sperm donation from a clinic in Pine Valley, PA that wasn't
his for his patient Annie McDermott in New York? Oops...shouldn't someone have
remembered what they wrote??? This is just sad...I mean this isn't a new writing
team
this is the same writer that wrote the show in June 2005! I've already
covered the topic that if Annie was using a donor sperm she would have chosen
someone who closely matched her husband's make up
Not Annie
she went
with someone completely different!
Also
bugging me was today's show. JR was talking about what a judge would say and mentioned
something about Babe being crazy. Hello
you jumped out a 4th story window???
I'm sure a judge would deem that much worse than Babe's "crazy" behavior.
Oh and Babe should have reminded JR why he signed over custody of Little A in
the first place
how quickly the writers forget what they've written in the
past. I'd love to see this court case come to fruition. JR is a homicidal maniac
and Babe could call witnesses. She could call a mental health expert to testify
on JR's mental status when he jumped out the window. She might be a lying ho but
at least she's not a physical threat to her son.
So
it's been a smidge over two months since poor Simone bit the dust and I'm so over
this storyline. It feels like they've been telling this story for 8 months instead
of 8 weeks. There is just nothing compelling about it. It could have been a great
and gripping storyline but instead it's flat. The police are bumbling fools, Ryan's
running around playing Dynamite Kiddoo and Zach has been tormented by his past.
He was 5 what could he possible remember about all of this. I guess my issue is
other than the murders nothing has happened in 8 weeks. Jonathan has attacked
Zarf, Kenny and Raymond
not bad for a serial killer. Apparently it will be
up to Janet to crack this case. Hmm
Janet wasn't a serial killer (Jonathan
was) and how is it she has all this insight in her drug induced state? Bianca
and Miranda are gifted with insight too
maybe one of them knows who the killer
is.
If
I were writing this storyline I would have kept the principles of the murders.
But I would have the killer leaving the ribbon and the flower but then some other
little clue. Or those notes everyone was receiving. These clues would move the
story along. I can't really see why someone who wanted to get back at Zach would
kill off people who weren't really close to him. If you wanted to torment Zach
you would kidnap Spike or Kendall or Miranda or Bianca
killing people who
Zach kind of knew isn't very powerful.
How
come everyone is over Dixie's death? Is she to have no funeral? The only one sad
and angry was Di
JR was like Mom's dead. Maybe he believes she's coming back
again?
Here
Endth My Rant!
The
Big Sweeps...that are not that big!
February 4, 2007
"Bianca's
feelings become very deep for this woman (Zoe) even though this woman is still
in a male body." Please cut me a break! I see a man, Maggie sees a man, but
Bianca, Tad, Jamie, Babe and Josh all see a woman? How is this possible...because
they are more sensitive than the rest of the world that they can see into a person's
soul? (Me Rolling my eyes!!!). Again this is very dangerous territory and borders
on damaging the character of Bianca. How is it she can see past the male parts.
It's one thing to have empathy for Zarf/Zoe but to have romantic feelings is another
thing. So what if they romantically pair up Bianca and Zarf/Zoe...as a couple
will they make love? And if they do Bianca is not a lesbian...she's a bisexual
woman and this is confusing to the audience. I remember watching when Bianca told
everyone that she was only attracted to women! I would have less trouble with
this storyline if Bianca fell for a woman who was inside actually a man. It would
have been more dramatic and more believable. I love Jeffrey Carlson and would
have preferred to see his character be a gay man and best bud to Bianca than what
is being written right now. I'm rather surprised that there isn't more outrage
by the Lesbian community?
And
yes I'm obsessed with BAM right now. Bianca in the Sweeps Previews "Finally
forgives Babe". Oh really...well since she's been seen everywhere with Ms.
Thing I assumed this had already happened. Which of course leads me to the bigger
question...why? And how come Bianca can forgive the worst of humanity but she
can't forgive her lover and best friend for her betrayal which was far less criminal.
Maggie was there always for Bianca. From the time she learned she was pregnant
to the time they decided to live together to the time they left for Paris. Bianca
was hoping for more but would understand if Maggie didn't want more. So of course
it makes perfect sense to the brainless that these two who have a past and a connection
and a child wouln't be able to get past Maggie's infidelity. Child stealing is
so much easier to forgive. See the Lameness here!!!
So
Erica is the voice of the moral majority these days? Since when has this woman
who by the way is cheating on her current husband with her former husband is holier
than thou? When Erica was trashing Maggie and Babe to Bianca and Josh I was wondering
why. Especially trashing Maggie. I get that she's angry that Maggie broke Bianca's
heart but of all people, Maggie has always been the pillar of strength for Bianca
so to assault her verbally was over the top.
I'm
sorry I'm going over the same topics but these things are just irking me so much
I want to scream at my television.
I
was right about TIIC dragging this murder mystery out through sweeps. So much
for the promise. Silly fools do not realize they have lost the interest of the
viewers by dragging out this murderfest. Oh and the crazies promise that big things
will happen on Valentine's day for several romances. Umm....what romances...there
are couples but there is certainly no romance going on in Pine Valley!!!! So they've
what...set aside one day in the calendar year to have some romance...yeah...good
luck with that!
Here
Endth My Rant!!
Round
Hole
Square Peg
February 3, 2007
This
is how I feel about the show right now. The Writers and Producers are forcing
a square peg into that hole regardless of how painful it looks and is. My question
is why? I'm frustrated and confused most of the time when I watch.
Like
Dixie
has died. This time really died and it seems no one in town is really all that
sad. Angry maybe, but sad not too much and it makes no sense to me. Okay I get
if Tad is running on fumes and only wants to find the justice for Dixie but JR's
odd take on his mother's death isn't what I expected at all. JR is destructive
and has always been written as destructive but now all of the sudden he has insight
and control of himself? Yeah
thanks for the continuity. And what was with
Dixie's last words to JR that Krystal is carrying Tad's baby? Wouldn't it have
served the scene much more if she told him she loved him and that she's never
giving up on her sunshine? Nope her primary thought is Krystal's baby.
It
was mentioned by the head writer and EP of the show that Dixie's death was the
right character at the right time and I just don't get the reasoning behind the
decision. Let's say it's budgetary reasons; let's just say it. If this were the
case than wouldn't it have made more sense to have had the payoff for the fans
before you make the decision to kill Dixie off? Instead we were treated to
well
I'm
not sure what one would call it but payoff isn't the word. Dixie's ghost found
her daughter Kate in the park with Tad. The last kiss Dixie and Tad shared wasn't
one of passion but of reconciliation which means they weren't even a couple yet.
For over a year Tad and Dixie have been at each other because of Kate and by killing
Dixie off now and in this manner only left me wondering what the last year was
about.
So
it's been two days since Dixie's demise, a beloved member of the community with
ties to practically everyone and instead of a funeral of love and remembrance
what do the characters do
they have a party. This to me is odd and completely
out of place. Oh sure it's to "trap" the murderer and thus put an end
to the killing but couldn't they have buried poor Dixie first? This is almost
as stupid as the Christmas funeral celebration or the introduction of Father Clarence
as he now will always be for me, a creepy harbinger of death and despair! The
scene with Julia, Kathy and Father Clarence left me very uneasy and the fact that
Julia just stood there while this man she has never met before tells her that
he knows Kathy very well. Visions of child molester went through my mind and left
me very uneasy. It wasn't a sweet scene for me
it was disturbing, very disturbing!
Moving
on to yesterday's show and Zoë the supposed transgender. Zoë came to
return a doll that Miranda had given her. Bianca presses for more information
and Zoë tells Miranda's mommy that she just knew what Zoë always wanted
for Christmas and that was what she whispered in then Zarf's ear at Fusion. Zoë
tells Bianca that Miranda just knew what she wanted. WOW! That is one amazing
3-1/2 year old. How insightful a child she is
practically psychic. Miranda,
like her mother can see past everything physical and miraculously understand what
it is that Zarf/Zoë needs from a first encounter. That's AMAZING
. and
incredibly unbelievable and lame! You see most of us have come in contact with
3-1/2 year old children at one time or another and they aren't soul searchers
they
are children! Really Miranda and Bianca should be on Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
They are that amazing! Again
Round Hole
Square Peg!
I've
been watching Guiding Light a lot recently. Perhaps it's because I'm sick of AMC
and they writing from hell but part of it is that the show is now 70 years strong.
This little 15-minute radio show has evolved throughout the years and even adapted
to the new medium of television. What is so wonderful about the show is they've
had budget issues as well and even though they made very difficult choices and
unpopular choices the writing is strong. What I love is the integration of the
older cast members with the younger ones. They have a villain in Alan Spaulding
as well as social storylines in Daisy's drug use. GL has great actors and good
writing. Its quality at it's best. I really think they could do better in the
ratings if they had better time slots for airing. But regardless it's pure quality.
AMC's
got great actors and you can see they are just aching for something of quality
to sink their teeth into but what's going on right now is fragmented story telling,
no social storylines, a murder storyline that is hollow and empty and only offers
death as the pay off without any sadness or soul. They threw people in scenes
for the sake of having them in the scene but the add nothing to the scene or the
storyline. In one scene at Fusion there were no less than ten people in the scene
four
of them were the eunuch bodyguards. Ryan was the super hero and the bodyguards
just pull their guns like they know anything. They are props nothing more. Would
it have killed the writers to have had some sort of interaction with Carl, Bruno,
George or Bob? Winifred is an extra (but member of the cast) and she has interaction
and Colleen Hulteen does so much with the few lines she's given. She's memorable
and lights up the scene. Why can't other day players do the same thing? No instead
we get to see Ryan running around like a lunatic. Dude
where's your cap and
can we test that theory you are indestructible
please?
Babe,
Josh and JR and that merry-go-round they are on for the last year! Babe tells
Josh, oh I don't know, 1 million times she's staying with her husband and he of
course hears
I love you Josh. Josh has become a mentally unbalance stalker
where Babe is concerned and has had to regurgitate the same dialogue over and
over! JR is back on the same old path of retribution and why is it every time
Babe and Josh say goodbye for the last time they kiss. Hey Babe, you know you
might be the target of a murderer so when you disappear someone is going to go
look for you and that someone might be your husband so of course you kiss your
former lover goodbye (again!) in a glass house. I know if she thinks if she closes
her eyes no one can see her. End this story now!!!
Hey
Jamie
I thought your life long dream was to be a doctor? Oh no
not so
much a doctor as a detective at your father's agency? Maybe it's just the lot
of the Martin men (Josh and Jamie) to go from career to career until they find
something they like? Maybe these two guys are actually the children of Chris Stamp
that
would make sense how they are so versatile!
My
head hurts
Here
Endth My Rant!
Zoë
the
Man
Zoë
The Woman
February
1, 2007
Something
has been bothering me about our dear suspected murder the artist formerly known
as Zarf, aka Zoë
once known as Freddie
can you guess what it is??
Well
if you guessed that Zoë has jumped out and has told pretty much everyone
in Pine Valley that she is a she even though she has the body of a he
so
why does SHE still dress like a he? Most everyone is supportive of this newest
incarnation of Freddie and they are all using the preferred pronoun of She but
it seems to me that if she was a she and not a he than she would be dressing as
a her and not a him
right? Today I watched Fredzaroe put on her coat to leave
Binx and Joshie to talk about Zoë and when she did I noticed she was wearing
boxer shorts. How am I to believe this whole storyline of Zarf being Zoë
and a Lesbian no less when the character has done nothing to live the life of
a woman? Oh I must believe Zoë is a woman by the way she femininely sports
her shawl scarf thingy
Umm
NO!
I
just love Jeffrey Carlson's acting. He is very talented and heck he can sing too
but the writers are doing exactly what I thought they'd do and that's cluck up
the storyline. No therapist is helping Zoë adjust to coming out. Zoë
has only worn women's cloths once and that was more for shock than for anything
else. The whole NYE episode left me pondering why they would write a scene like
that where Zarf comes out as Zoë with absolutely no attempt to give Bianca
a clue as to the fact that Zoë exists and then blurts out that Zarf is Zoë,
a woman trapped in a man's body, and oh
she's a lesbian. Bianca should have
wanted nothing more to do with this person and moved Leslie in to her apartment
but no she's all about embracing Zoë and understanding her.
Here's
my other plight with this pair, and I've covered it before so sorry if I'm being
redundant, how can Bianca see past the physical and into Freddie's soul? How can
all of the town's people that have blindly accepted Zoë do so without connecting
to the feminine being that she is supposed to be? Tad, Josh, Dixie
everyone,
well except Frosty and Junior are all calling Freddie by his female name even
though he's not actually committed to being female. I would have thought that
the second Zoë was released from her secret she would start dressing like
a woman and acting like a woman. Wearing make up doesn't make you a woman
look
at Marilyn Manson or the guys from Duran Duran
they all wear make up and
they are all heterosexual males.
It's
time to let Bianca find a nice lesbian woman. If not Maggie than someone else,
heck
Leslie's kind of cute, but they need to not wrap Binx around Zoë's
storyline. When I look at Zoë on screen I see a man
just as anyone else
who saw Zoë would see a man who is wearing make-up. IRL I know someone who
is transgender and although I know what she looks like as a man (she showed me
a picture) I have never seen her dressed as a man. She lives her life as a woman.
It's difficult for her and when she talks about it I see the pain in her eyes
because people just do not understand. If they want Zoë to be a serious character
than they need to be true to the character.
The
story of Zoë isn't bold because TIIC introduce a man to the show and then
have everyone refer to him as her because she says she's transgender. I can't
figure out why Zoë even came out to anyone if she never really wanted to
live as a woman.
It's
just my humble opinion.
Here
Endth My Rant!
Murder,
She Wrote...well sort of
January
30, 2007
Okay
I admit I have watched a plethora of Murder, She Wrote over the years and I'm
hooked on the re-runs so that said I might just be a bit picky where this "murder
mystery" is concerned. Before I start my actual RANT I want to point out
that this storyline is in contradiction to Megan McTavish's statements it was
going to be over before February Sweeps, that it would be wrapped up!
Moving
on. I have big problems with the latest plot point of how Dixie died. First, as
I pointed out before, I thought all food and beverages that Babe, Kendall and
Bianca was to consume had to be tested first. So how was it that Winifred could
make Peanut Butter Pancakes and serve them up to Babe? While you are chewing on
that one here's another, how come Winifred was allowed to go food shopping without
a bodyguard to watch the food at all times? Oh, I'm not done yet...How did the
killer know that the peanut butter that Winifred was buying was going to be used
only for the pancakes? (Having seen the spoilers I know how it is possible the
killer knew about Winnie making the comfort food for Ms. Babe). With a child in
the house (Little Adam) it is conceivable that a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
with the crusts cut off could have been served to the lad thus killing the child.
While
you are absorbing that, I have a dilemma...with the demise of Fusion does this
mean Enchantment goes under too? After all the companies were merged. Oops...did
the writers forget that? Things that make you go hmmm.
I
really think it's time for a body count since Christmas Eve 12/24/06. Julia's
friends Jim and Linda, Simone, Erin and Dixie becomes Number 5. Let's not forget
the next victim...will it be Babe or Kendall. Please this is just becoming stupid
and contrived. It's almost as silly as the sudden 180 that Colby has done. I was
a selfish nightmare who now is a compassionate understanding teen when it come
to Zoë. I've said it 100 times before...they ruined the character for me
and I do not care how many times the revise the character I gave up on her a long
time ago. As I also gave up on the character of Sean Montgomery.
Yes
I'm going to revisit the Dixie's death dilemma. So Dixie and Tad's final moments
were "together...forever". Oops...not so much. Unless of course they
mean to have Tad be a lonesome dove like he was for the 5 years before her return
from the "dead". Sure Tad had some romances and one night stands (My
favorite was Tad and Simone...they were sexy and fun) but for the most part he
spent his 5 years mourning and wishing on his special star. Let's not even get
into the homicidal maniac JR became because of his mother's first "death".
Hey
how about Father Clarence going from the messenger of Hope at Christmas time to
the Messenger of Death. It's amazing what happens in a month. Which takes me to
the fact that when they drag out Father Clarence for next years Christmas Miracle
how will I be able to have that warm fuzzy feeling knowing that he's really the
messenger of death? Oh wait perhaps his just filling in for the Grim Reaper who
was on vacation in Fiji that day? Who knows but I can tell you this patchy storytelling
is giving me a migraine!
I
give up...
Here
Endth My Rant!
BAM:
The Romance That Was All Off Screen...
January 29, 2007
I
have to begin with something that is bothering me and I've written about a lot
over the last few weeks. It is the suggestion of SOD, SID and the show's head
writer Megan McTavish that Bianca's future love interest is Zarf/Zoë. In
SOD the first line set me into space of their article about Maggie's return. "Bianca's
complicated love life becomes even more stress-filled this week on AMC when her
cheating lover Maggie shows up on her doorstep while her potential romantic interest
Zarf comes out to Pine Valley as transgender." Of all the people they could
have paired Zarf with they chose the only lesbian in town. What irks me and apparently
Carolyn Hinsey of SOD agrees with me, Zarf was introduced to Bianca as a man.
She even told 'him' she was a lesbian but some how deep down inside our mystic
and deep Bianca can sense that Zarf is a woman. Well, isn't that spectacular...how
come this genius couldn't "sense" that BESS was her DAUGHTER? Even after
a series of clues and suggestions that Bess was really Miranda, Binx wouldn't
entertain the idea because she thought it was all in her head. Miraculously though
Binx is able to hone in on the soul of a person and see what others can't. ARE
YOU KIDDING ME????
I
have no issue with Zoë the Transgender storyline. I do feel that it sets
Bianca's being a lesbian on a precarious path. For those who do not understand
being gay as something you are born to be not a choice having Bianca fall for
a man...who has man parts and has only lived his life as a man is sending the
message to those who do not fully understand, that Bianca did in fact make a choice
to be a lesbian when it was never a choice but who she is. Not only that but it
is a cop out to the phrase "ground breaking story". I know I should
be shocked at what the writers have done to the show at this point (you know with
that whole walking fetus thing) but I feel that if the show wanted to make a ground
breaking character, Zoë would not be a "lesbian woman" trapped
in a man's body but a just a "woman" trapped in a man's body who is
attracted to men. The whole story is a major COP OUT! If you want to see a better
depiction of a Transgender Lesbian watch the movie "Better Than Chocolate".
The character of Judy is wonderful. She suffers from being ostracized by her family,
non-acceptance in the lesbian community and totally acceptance by her friends.
She's in love with Frances a lesbian who isn't comfortable with Judy's transgender
ness but eventually falls for her. Throughout the film Judy lives as a woman waiting
to have her gender reassignment surgery. There is a specific scene that stands
out and that's when Maggie's mother who is now friends with Judy discovers she's
still legally Jeremy. Never having realized Judy was once a man. It is far more
realistic depiction than the Zarf/Zoë story thus far on AMC. And as I've
stated before if Bianca is paired romantically with Zarf/Zoë I will no longer
watch the show.
Moving
on to Maggie and Bianca and the romance we never saw. Bianca's feeling betrayed
is one thing but not being able to forgive Maggie is ridiculous. Here's a little
history lesson. Maggie had only dated men the entire time she was on the show.
She began to realize she had feeling for Bianca and was rejected and then destroyed
when she saw Bianca in bed "naked" with Babe after having rejected her
not knowing it was an act. This led her to the very abusive relationship she had
with another man, Jonathan Lavery. After Bianca managed to talk Maggie into leaving
Jon boy she invited her to move to Paris with her and start a new life. She offers
her friendship hoping for more but Maggie wasn't sure she could ever be Bianca's
lover. Fast-forward to Christmas 2005 and Binx is telling Zach all about her relationship
moving forward and the fact she and Maggie were now lovers (all off screen). Fast
forward some more and it's now present day and Maggie realizes she made a huge
mistake and wants Bianca and Miranda to come back to Paris and wants their life
back. I get Bianca would at first be hurt and lash out at Maggie but the fact
that Mags worried about her friend/lover so much that it woke her up and made
her fly 2000 miles to be with Bianca should have said something about Maggie's
intentions. When Maggie pointed out that Babe stole her child and Bianca is at
least civil towards her Bianca was all over her. I can't see how the writers can
have Bianca hanging out with Babe who stole her child and JR who tried to killer
by pushing her off a balcony but she can't muster one moment to seriously consider
that perhaps Maggie was wondering if she was gay or was she only attracted to
Bianca?
Also
I've got to mention, Erica and her craziness. She's calling Maggie all kinds of
names and comparing her to Babe because she cheated on Bianca. Please
first
Ms. Kane you are living in a HUGE glass house
and hello
when Bianca
was raped who was it that stood by her and gave her the strength and the security
to tell the police what happened to her
MAGGIE! When Bianca found out she
was pregnant and wanted to keep it a secret after letting her mother think she
had an abortion who was it who protected her, nurtured her and loved her? Oh that
would be Maggie. That whole scene with Erica attacking Maggie was completely out
of place. Sort of like Erica's speech to Ryan at Erin's funeral.
Why
won't the writers let someone be happy on this show? Why does everyone have to
be depressed or in angst all of the time. Death every day on the screen is horrible.
I can watch it on my evening news. I want to be entertained. I want romance and
love. I like complications in the relationship but Maggie and Bianca's relationship
was all off screen. They should have had Maggie working hard at being a doctor
and Bianca feeling deserted and coming to Pine Valley to see her family but really
she wanted to see if Maggie would even notice she was gone. Instead the writers
have treated us to a huge pile of CRAP! (Sorry but that's how I feel). Instead
of getting to see Bianca and Maggie fall into each others arms I get to see Bianca
kiss Babe's butt, lash out at Maggie and fall for a woman trapped in a man's body
who is right now a MAN. There is nothing about looking at "Zoë"
that says woman!!
Here
Endth My Rant!
One
Fans Frustration is another lost percentage point
January 28,
2007
So
on Friday our beloved heroine Dixie ate the poisoned pancakes that will lead to
her ultimate demise. Okay this is where I get picky!
First
off, I thought that all the food and drink Babe (Kendall and Bianca) was to consume
had to be tested first. So poor Winnie could go shopping without a bodyguard who
would watch the food while she shopped? NO CONTINUITY!
Secondly,
I'm not thrilled with the demise of Dixie. I think that if the budget is so tight
that they need to fire people I say fire Julie Hanan Carruthers the Executive
Producer of AMC. Frankly I can't see why she makes the decisions that she does.
I used to put so much of the blame on Megan McTavish but now I wonder if JHC was
largely at fault for destroying All My Children.
If
you get a chance to read Carolyn Hinsey's column in the 2/6/07 Soap Opera Digest
it's a must read. I think she sums up the frustration of many fans and unfortunately
I do not think TIIC care much what the press has to say any more than the fans!
Back
to my feelings about JHC and the fact that she's guiding the Titanic straight
for an iceberg! I wonder if this captain is drunk at the helm? Anyway, McT is
the head writer but I see other outside influences surrounding the show. My guess
would be that Frons is the boob responsible for so many of the really awful changes
we see on all of the Daytime shows on ABC. Is it desperation that leads this man
to the path of hell? This is where I blame JHC because instead of being a yes
lady for Frons she should be doing her job and that is nurturing quality programming
and program content. That's her job and yet we are instead fed junk after junk
each day. If I read one more quote that reads "Most Exciting
Can't Miss
show" blah, blah, blah I'm going to pull all my hair out! Murder that is
drawn out the way this silly serial killing has been handled is not entertaining
its frustrating, odd and most of all too violent for my taste.
JHC
has being guiding the show in a decidedly bad direction. Although the ratings
have rebounded because of Bianca coming back and the new character of Zarf/Zoë
those ratings won't hold forever. The novelty of Zarf/Zoë will eventually
begin to fade as Zoë's story becomes more depressing and the only thing really
holding this story together is the incredibly talented Jeffrey Carlson! His talent
just shines through the crappy dialogue. Kudos for bringing him back but I'm not
really on board with this Zoë character. Mostly because I know someone who
is transgender and Zoë's coming out just didn't mesh for me. Mostly because
if she was trying to hide for so long why did she go to such lengths to alienate
Bianca the one person she thought who would understand her. That whole speech
to Bianca when she was in jail that she had envisioned what their life would be
like together. Umm
this is where Bianca should run in another direction!
But no instead Bianca finds insight into her new friends bizarre behavior. Crazy!
What's
crazier is Bianca's inability to forgive a mixed up Maggie but she will embrace
Babe and JR. Both people have physically or emotionally hurt Bianca in such a
way that I can't believe she would stay in the same room with them let alone "befriend"
or listen to them. But there was Bianca talking to JR about relationships and
forgiveness! JR's not sure he can forgive Babe for cheating. Hmmm
lets weigh
this out
Babe forgave JR for trying to killer her TWICE!!! But he can't forgive
adultery
yeah because it's so far worse!
This
is the type of tripe that is giving me an ulcer. Plus Ryan's caveman routine.
Yes it's acceptable to physically assault someone if you have a good enough reason
and Ryan and Josh thought they had the best reason. Because Ryan wanted answers
oh
that's right Ryan didn't get any of the answers he was looking for. And the point
of this scene? Right it will lead to BIG payoffs. I'm sorry this violent act left
me upset!
Here's
my advice for the entire management staff at AMC. Get your head out of Brian Frons'
butt. Your stories are fragmented and in some cases last longer than their shelf
life. They make no sense and leave me more times than not wondering why I wasted
an hour of my day.
All
I want is Romance, Continuity and at least one social storyline to give the show
a soul. Oh and I would like to see a lot less Babe and Ryan because in my humble
opinion these two characters have been ruined!
I
feel like I'm watching the last days of Loving. Any moment I expect to see that
the serial killer is none other than ERICA KANE!!!
I'm
tired of the headaches
write something of quality
please I beg you!!!
Here
endth my Rant!
JR
Rise
and walk my son
January 24, 2007
Does
anyone know when JR is going to walk? And is there anything wrong with his arms?
Wow this guy, besides being a homicidal maniac, is L A Z Y! I guess being angry
and abusive robs him of all his energy. Poor Guy. Oh wait; Jonathan Lavery should
be in a coma by now based on those standards!!!
So
it appears that Tad has been spending some time at Wildwood lately. How do I know
you ask? Well cause he's using Edmund's magic portal, that's how. Tad seemingly
was everywhere at once last week. I'm just happy that the portal is being used.
I wouldn't want to see it go into magic disrepair.
Hey
Bianca, forgive Maggie already. Sure Maggie shouldn't have pointed out that you
treat Babe (the flake who made you believe your child was dead while she raised
your daughter as her own so her homicidal husband could have a child and not be
sad) better than you treat her. She made a mistake. Really, Binx you dragged poor
Mags out of the closet against her will. And really it was your fault Mags got
smacked around by Jonathan because if you hadn't rejected her because of your
make believe relationship with Lena who was 3,000 miles away (Yeah cause that
always works out). Maggie was prime after the rejection for Jonathan's abusive
ways. Saint Bianca have you met Our HERO Ryan Lavery who got Maggie to drop the
assault charges against poor little Hockett who went on to murder two more people!
So in short Binx
get off your high horse the woman loves you in spite of
her obvious confusion concerning her sexuality.
So
much for the Killer to be revealed before Sweeps Week. I knew it wouldn't happen,
I knew TIIC lied and this would be dragged out. You see they aren't finished decimating
the cast yet. Sweeps I believe starts the second week of February so they have
a little over two weeks to close this up. I haven't much faith that will happen.
Hey
did anyone see last weeks SOD? EP, JHC said that the week Dixie bites and "It's
and absolute, absolute can't miss week. It's the sweeps before the sweeps."
Well forgive me if I do not feel that it really is "can't miss". Oh,
and don't forget all those "surprises" that are promised as well. Sorry
Poodle, I've been down this block with you guys. I'm jaded and angry and well
you never live up to your own hype.
They
axed Danielle Frye (who is routed in the community with a family and well sort
of a job) in favor of casting a new character supposedly named Monica. Okay, I'll
ask the obvious question you are all thinking
.WHY?
Yo
Ryan and Josh you might want to know that stabbing someone in the back with a
needle is ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. And if I were Zach when I come out of
my fuzzy, hazy place I'd have Ryan Whacked
mostly because he believes he's
some kind of god-like person. I've gotten to the point that Ryan annoys me more
and more. When he jumped off the adjoining roof at Kendall I was hoping he missed
her and fell. I do not want to feel this way about my show. It's just I'm frustrated
as are Millions of other fans!
And
last on my Rant-a-polooza for the day how come Zach is turned into a whiner? I
want everyone to find out who the killer is but I offer absolutely nothing to
help Tad or Super Hero Ryan or the police or even Kendall about the things I remember
and the clues I come across. Nope I instead destroy the evidence, hide what I
find and whine about how no one has any new answers. WHY are the TIIC reducing
Zach to a sniveling mess?
Here
endth my Rant!
Farwell
Dixie
see ya when you come back from the dead AGAIN
January
22, 2007
It
was announced last week that TIIC (The Idiots In Charge) have off'd Dixie Cooney
Martin
Again. Let me start with the obvious bit of confusion
for me. What was the point of bringing Dixie back from the dead to begin with
if all you were going to do was murder her in the end? TIIC went to great lengths
to woo Cady McClain back to Pine Valley
why what was the point? And how about
that horrible storyline we were force fed from day one. The entire fiasco of Dixie's
return was the fault of one person
Megan McTavish. She's the head writer
it is her responsibility to write a plausible storyline but she didn't.
I
had mentioned in several of my Rants that I felt bad for Cady McClain, that she
came back to waste her talents on a show that was written like two chimps at a
keyboard. Waste is exactly what TIIC did. Dixie's homecoming should have been
dramatic and poignant but it was reduced to Jerry Springer fodder! When JR saw
his mother alive for the first time it should have been a powerful reunion, it
wasn't! TIIC should have written a story that goes along these lines
[Tad
while investigating Dr. Greg Madden and his connection to Erica discovers a shocking
truth
that the love of his life just might be alive! Tad discovers Dixie
still recovering from her injuries and the "loss" of her child and the
two have an emotional reunion where Dixie tells her ex that their baby survived
but Dr. Madden told her that her baby died. Dixie now well enough to leave Europe
begs Tad to help prove what she knew all along
that their daughter was alive
and that she's not crazy.]
See
how easy this was? It didn't demonize Dixie
it wouldn't have frustrated Tad
into becoming a murderer. The former couple could have sought out ways to gain
the truth from Dr. Madden and in the pursuit of discovering the truth could have
been the people who discover Josh's true identity and rebuilt their love and relationship.
But
none of that happened. Tad became a murderer; Dixie was thrust into an insanely
written relationship with Zach and put on trial for murdering Dr. Madden. Tad
and Dixie never got the reunion the fans were looking for. Tad and Dixie falling
into each other's arms. At best they are on friendly terms now. In the next two
weeks TIIC will try to have Dixie seemingly reconcile all of her damaged relationships.
First it starts with cookies with Jamie and JR and next it will be her newest
understanding with Tad and so on. I honestly thought when TIIC wrote that Dixie
moves into Adam's home to help JR I would loose it and switch off! But have since
found other reasons to stop watching AMC.
So
the body count is continuing and with no movement in the storyline other than
the dead people. The storyline is over a month into it and all we've gained from
this tripe is Zach was a child when his mother died. Amelia Cambias had an affair.
Someone wants to get at Zach and is using the murders of the Fusion girls as a
way to get his attention. Besides the obvious
what doesn't work for me is
the killer would have just killed Kendall, PERIOD
or kidnapped Spike or Miranda.
Why kill people who aren't really that close to Kendall. Simone's only relationship
with Kendall is because of Fusion. They rarely socialize together and her relationship
with Erin was even less. If someone wanted Fusion closed there would be other
ways to do it and if they wanted to kill someone close to Zach it would be easy
to kill Kendall. TIIC have completely lost the ability to tell a good story. I
could use their base stories they've got now and write better than these dorks!
Bianca
and Maggie
Let me get this straight (no pun intended) Bianca will work side
by side with the woman who let her believe her baby was dead. Made her godmother
to her own child and kept the baby for herself and only gave back the baby once
she realized her own child was alive! But she can't forgive Maggie who had been
sexually confused for the better part of 3 years and had a brief affair with some
woman in Paris. Who knows maybe Maggie was trying to figure out whether she's
gay or is Bianca the only woman she's attracted too? So Bianca not being able
to give her a chance to explain and apologize is ridiculous storytelling!!!
THE
KANE WOMEN are strong! No they aren't they are moronic and stupid! Kendall knows
someone wants to kill her so of course she has her bodyguard wait outside while
she's on the roof. Ryan makes his point but jumping at her and taking her by surprise.
She's angry with him for scaring her
.I say scaring is better than dead!
If this killer can't off Kendall he/she are as dumb as the KANE WOMEN. Here's
one
Bianca and Kendall have children
so it makes sense they would save
their company and possibly forfeit their lives in the process thus making their
children orphans. Nice writing. Instead of powerful female influence we get the
Kane Women and Babe. Probably the dumbest and least strong women I've ever seen
portrayed! TIIC should be ashamed of themselves!
ROMANCE
what
is that? I know TIIC have no idea. There is currently only a handful of couples
on screen that are couples, Julia and Jamie, Krystal and Adam, Zendall, and Di
and Aidan. They are couples but there is absolutely no Romance. I don't even count
Krystal and Adam as a couple since she's pregnant with someone else's child.
TIIC
write plotline driven story, which is nothing more than hollow dialogue. I could
be a writer for the show and I have no writing experience. It's time to firer
or replace or whatever you want to call it but the people who need to go are Megan
McTavish and Julie Caruthers.
Each
day brings me to the brink of giving up on the show and moving on to some other
show. I'm loyal as are millions of others but when you slap us in the face day
after day and support hacks like TIIC you insult all the millions of viewers who
love the show!
Here
Endth My Rant!
And
The Body Count Continues
January 17, 2007
Today
SOD Magazine
posted an article about Cady McClain leaving AMC. I hope it was her decision
to leave and not those whackos who are in charge. What was the point of the last
year of Tad/Dixie/Kate saga? So what happens if they kill off Dixie? Well besides
having died once already it will make TIIC write JR as the psycho he's been written
because of his mother "death". Not to mention poor Kathy/Kate loses
the woman (Linda) she thought was her real mother only to lose her biological
mother as well. How about the effect it would have on Tad, haven't we watched
him mope around enough this year? The other side is what if Dixie just leaves
town the questions would be raise why would she leave JR and Kathy/Kate? I really
believe there is no way the writers can pull off an explanation that would satisfy
this long time disgruntled viewer. Just like they couldn't explain Dixie's missing
5 years and why all of the sudden she came back to Pine Valley!
Also
written out is Tanisha Lynn (Danielle Frye). Why because having any black people
in Pine Valley is bad? I will Miss Danielle!
The
rumor mill also has Walt Wiley (Jackson) and James Mitchell (Palmer) leaving the
canvas fairly soon. When will the destruction of AMC stop?!!! How much can the
viewers endure?
Dixie
came back with fanfare. She did the classic (and annoying) skulking about town
and then in a weird twist managed to help turn her ex-husband Tad into a murder.
The writers were never able to adequately explain her 5 year absence. We discovered
in the horrible writing that while on the hunt for the elusive Dr. Greg Madden
(who wasn't that elusive) she managed to prostitute herself out for money to help
in the search of Kate (or as the writers called it
got herself a wealthy
man to foot the bill). She then had an odd storyline with David and Zach. Tad
was angry and abusive over and over and just as she berates Krystal into exposing
the father of her baby and recapturing her lost life with son JR she's now being
written off. Why?
How
come no one fires the obvious problem? The Executive Producer and the Head Writer
are to blame for all of this fiasco. Daytime executives, who never valued the
large viewership that Daytime television had years ago, are also responsible for
the decline in ratings. They assumed that after the OJ trial the viewers would
just come back but the viewers either tuned out or moved on. The fan faithful
stayed on and have been dismissed as sexed crazed people by the current President
of Daytime Brian Frons. We have endured the last year of horrible writing, newbies
that are more annoying than intriguing, The Babe and Ryan Show, the destruction
of Jack and Erica for the flimsiest of storylines,The revisionist storytelling
of the abortion that was transplanted, new camera techniques that left viewers
tuning out due to seasickness and the worst offense of all
the slaughtering
of the cast. Long time characters dismissed, long time players dropped, and the
loss of good story for the plotline driven drivel! Brooke just disappeared
Reggie
just disappeared
Jamal
just disappeared
Simone and Erin are dead
Ruth
disappeared
Joe
is practically missing and the list goes on!
I've
said before if Bianca's new love interest is Zarf/Zoe I will no longer watch the
show. I mean that. Maggie is back for a three week run and if I do not get to
see this couple that I followed for 4 years have some happy time before the end
of Liz Henderickson's run I will be even grumpier than I am now.
Another
thing floating around the boards is that the executive genius' at ABC Daytime
use focus groups to judge future and current storylines and this is why some of
the stupid decision were made. Clearly they didn't poll people who actually watch
either television or daytime television if this is the case.
I'm
tired of this murder/serial killer storyline because it's not intriguing
it's
not riveting and it's hollow! TIIC think that murder is what sells. This from
a bunch of people who didn't want to see a same sex kiss years ago but think rape,
murder, and child stealing is so much less controversial than love.
Brian
Frons and the nuts in the Executive office couldn't leave AMC alone
nope
Look
out GHers because your show is next! With their "new storytelling technique"!
They bring back Scotty Baldwin to woo you but really what they plan to do is hit
you over the head and defile you!
It's
just makes me so sad it's like watching your home burn down to the ground and
you can't save it or any of your pictures or mementos. In the end all you have
are your memories of the past.
Here
Endth My Angry, Angry Rant!
The
Three Stooges
and Zarf
January 16, 2007
Wow
what a brain trust Zach, Ryan and Tad are
NOT. So Zach gets another clue
from the killer and the first thing he does is share it with his buddies. Funny
I would have given it to the Police Forensic team. Nope these geniuses pass it
around like it's a school project. Oh and they are going to find the killer before
the police because
because
Well good golly if I could just finish this
sentence! I'm already bored with the "Satin Slayer" storyline. I believe
that if I didn't know this was just a lame attempt to whittle the cast down I
might be slightly interested. Well, if the killing didn't take place over Christmas.
You know when every other show was having their families bond together and remember
what was really important in life. Ah
death, murder, poisoning, lying, cheating,
stealing
.Nope just on AMC
the other shows were FAMILY, LOVE, HOPE,
and FORGIVENESS! Anyway back to the three stooges. Ryan lives in denial always.
Why is no one investigating the only real murderer flying about town
Jonathan?
And before you tell me that he would never kill is sister
I remind the readers
that he murdered his brother and shot Ryan point blank. I know, I know
it
was the tumor that made him do it. To which I offer this. The tumor blocked his
rational to distinguish between right and wrong. But the BEHAVIOR was there to
begin with. So what if dear Hockett is slipping again. With just a bit of research
he could pin it on Zach
you know like he did before with the Edmund case.
Well with the help of Ethan. Just throwing that out there.
Zarf/Zoë
and Babe are cute as friends
how come Zoë didn't fall for her. I would
have gotten on board with that story but no they tie Zoë to Bianca because
she's gay and she will understand. They villainize Bianca because she sees a man
and feels he did all of this to mock or conquest her. Hello who declares their
love the first 5 seconds they know someone and expect anyone to take them seriously.
Babe is the savior again. Okay.
If
I could change a couple of things about the show I would do the following:
- Use
Babe and Ryan a little less. The writers are out of touch with the viewers because
they are burned out by these to so much that they've given them really nasty pet
names. It is true that Babe and Ryan or both must be in every scene or at least
ever show. The writers made the drastic mistake in August of 2005 on by making
the show center around the Lavery family. I've gone ad nauseum about the Lavery's
actually being the Curry's and what not but what didn't work was the fact the
storyline centered around Ryan's denial and a man who murdered our beloved EDMUND.
And Babe has been everywhere. I love Alexa Havins acting and how she portrays
Babe but this crap with Bianca having conversations with the woman who kept her
child from her and the rehash of the "baby keep way" storylines (Tad/Krystal/Adam)
is just too much. They've turned Josh into a psycho stalker and JR back into his
whiny destructive self who predictably is going to divorce Babe and take his son
away from her. YAWN!!!
- I would, as a writer actually be awake at the
writing meetings. The show is fragmented in the worst way. I feel that is because
there are so many writers doing so many different tasks that when it comes to
the screen the plots make little sense, details are lost and continuity is destroyed.
Who is in charge of seeing that the details all add up and make sense? Well there's
a head writer and an Executive producer to name two. They are building up the
families this much is true. Adding three Martins, a Chandler, a Montgomery and
a Lavery but these families never spend time together. Why didn't Joe and Ruth
have a party to introduce Josh to the family? They could have just brought Ruth
back for a day and had a dinner with Josh, Jeff, Tad and the lot. They could have
told old Jeff stories to Josh but they didn't. Colby's home how about making her
first Christmas in Pine Valley in her SORASed 5 years the best? Nope we were preoccupied
by murder and manipulation. Imagine her sitting around the family tree with her
loved ones
including her Grandmother Mimi (Marian). They could have share
funny stories, sung Christmas carols and watched Little A open his gifts. Nope
didn't happen.
- I would have built up the Frye Family. Pine Valley is the
whitest town in Soapdom. It's time for the show to have strong positive black
family. The writers have a family on canvas now how about doing something with
them. Bring back Terence who is now a powerful lawyer and make him but heads against
the DA
Livia Frye Cudahey!
- Paging Wardrobe! If it is WINTER the characters
(the women) shouldn't be running around in sundresses, strapless dresses and slip
dresses. How about you dress them appropriately? Bianca is not a matriarch she's
a twenty something power broker so why is she wearing nothing but black? Is it
because Anna's gone and someone always has to be wearing the black? Di went from
wearing a dress on NYE that looked like my bedroom curtains to Jerry Seinfeld's
puffy pirate shirt. All I can say is YIKES! Does the wardrobe department get drunk
before they go shopping? Just wondering. And last but not least. I know Erica
isn't living at home anymore but why must she wear RED every day?
|
I
know I've been very critical this Rant but when these things build up in me I
just have to let it all out! LOL.
Here
Endth My Rant!
"Madness,
Madness, Madness
"
January
11, 2007
I
watched today and wondered why a got my hopes up that the writing is improving.
It's like the writers take one step forward and two steps back and it's driving
me crazy!
First,
Yeah JR got his lazy but out of that stupid bed and wow is he a lazy bum..What's
with the powered wheelchair? Moving on, Jamie's strange alliance with JR has always
unsettled me but never as much as of late. Jamie
your brother tried to kill
you
THREE TIMES!!!! (Stabbing by Seth, Lead Pipe to the head and dropping
a motorcycle on you). He also had you arrested and on one occasion because JR
framed him. Babe (not a saint) set it up for you to dump her so you could inherit
Phoebe's fortune and thus pursue your alleged passion for medicine. You know she
gave you up so you could have a future. So I can see why you hate Babe so much.
She's a slut. But let's be truthful here being a liar and a whore is so much less
a crime than someone who thinks murder and attempted murder are acceptable on
a daily basis! Maybe JR is really Jonathan's lost twin brother. Neither of these
men have a moral compass!
I've
always been uneasy about how JR is written. He's a criminal who skates by all
the time because there is always someone to cover for him. Now he's going to USE
his son AGAIN to get back at Babe because she's unfaithful. Can you imagine that
custody hearing? Your honor my wife has cheated on me and she is an unfit mother.
She's lied and she's a whore who is incapable of fidelity. She STOLE my son once
before and I got custody of him during the last proceedings because I paid off
the judge.
Your
Honor, my husband tried to kill me and accidentally almost killed my business
partner and her child. I covered for him because he's an alcoholic. You see he
also ran over a woman while driving drunk and I covered for him so the father
of my son wouldn't go to jail. Oh he tried to kill or have his brother killed
several times and of course when we got married again he gave me full custody
of our son (see documents) because if our marriage fell apart I wanted to protect
my son from harm since my husband feels he's a possession and not a child. So
what do you think judge? I know I'm a whore but I never tried to assault, kill,
bribe or manipulate anyone. Oh and before I forget
my husband is mentally
deranged
he jumped out a 4th story window a couple of weeks ago. I believe
he is suicidal and shouldn't be around our son! But you decide.
This
storyline needs to end NOW! Babe and JR have become boring. And the fact that
Jamie would kidnap her child and go on the run because they loved each other and
put up with JR trying to destroy them at ever turn I find it difficult that he's
now JR's greatest champion no matter what issues he has with Babe. They're brothers
you
know what happened to Abel, right???
In
short I loath watching the Chandlers
all of them from Colby who complains
and whines to JR who complains, plots and whines to Adam who believes his children
have the right to be horrible despicable people who get revenge and torment/torture
and get a kick out of hurting people. All I have to say is I must Fast Forward
this crap!
I'm
so over this murderfest. It's not interesting in the least. No one has answers
other than Zarf did it and Zach's mother is a connection. They have cops and bodyguards
who are useless (how come they never get killed
well except poor Steve) And
the formula is the same
Killed
Babe runs around yelling come get me
killed
.Kendall
runs around saying we'll stand strong!
Almost Killed
Babe runs around
scream come get me!
B O R I N G!!!! And the thought of having to sustain
3 to 4 more weeks of this deathfest
I can see murder on my evening news.
Not to mentions this is not the writers strong suit. How about you write a nice
love story? Oops you can't write those either. Oh and Babe are you ever going
home to see your son?
I'm
just so frustrated!!!
Here
Endth My Rant!
Bob
The Incompetent Troublemaker?
January 9, 2007
Okay
what was with Babe's bodyguard Bob? He goes to JR and tells him all about the
kiss at midnight between Babe and Josh and how Josh was around all night. Interestingly
enough Bodyguard Bob leaves out the most important part that if Josh hadn't been
stalking Babe she may have been hurt by an out of control Jonathan. Or the fact
that Bob left out the part where Babe told Josh several times to leave her alone.
BB was standing in the wings listening to most of their conversations throughout
the evening so this omission is amazing to me! Sure the plot point is JR's usual
behavior to call his lawyer, get the divorce and steal Little A away from his
mother forever! Which I answer YAWN! I'm really hoping the writers come up with
something different because we've been watching that scene since 2003!
It
is time to stop the merry-go-round Babe/JR/Josh (or insert other J named man)!
I do not enjoy fast forwarding through the show so if TPTB could stop with the
same old JR and have him hook up with someone else or commit him to Babe I would
be greatly appreciative! Thanks.
Here endeth my Rant!
The
Difference A Day Makes
January 7, 2007
I
couldn't believe my own reaction to the show of late. I guess having been dragged
down to the point of I don't care has left me kind of beaten down and dreading
watching the show. So how shocked was I when Bianca wasn't moping around on NYE
and actually found someone to kiss. I felt sorry for Zarf/Zoe and loved that her
champion was Babe. And of course Zendall rocked as usual but my greatest shock
is my newest favorite character who is Dr. Josh Madden. I am sooooo digging Colin
Egglesfield. When I saw
him at SSW this year a thought he was as cute as a button. I love chemistry
that he has with everyone he works with. His relationship with "siblings"
Bianca and Kendall is first rate. I loved that Josh was ready to fight for Bianca
when he thought that Zarf had hurt her. His plotting with Kendall is fun and light
and Josh's relationship with his parents is first rate. Colin has taken a character
that was derived from one of the worst storylines ever on television to a level
of acceptance. Kudos to Colin for winning over this very disgruntled long time
viewer!
I love that we get to see alot of Myrtle because she's one of my
favorites of the last 37 years and what is the greatest are the scenes with Zach.
She's Zach's true confidant and he trusts her as much if not more than Kendall.
How great was their tea time that consisted not of tea but whiskey in tea cups?
Classic and I loved it!!
Zoe, Zoe, Zoe...my love whom I thought I wouldn't
be able to warm up to but has shocked me. Not only is Jeff Carlson (aka Zarf/Zoe)
a fantastic actor that can play crazy eccentric rock star one moment and then
the emotionally fragile Transgender Zoe the next, but he can also sing! Zarf's
impromptu song was amazing and fun. I'm loving this character and I hope that
they do not drag Zoe to the mopey/crying/annoying place as they have with so many
characters last year. I understand the intense storyline that is to come but if
they allow Jeff to just be quirky while trying to win over the townies while being
under suspicion of being a serial killer all will be well with me.
I know
I'm not the only one who thought Leslie and Bianca made a great couple because
I was on the boards and it's been mostly a thumbs up from the masses. Kelli O'Hara
(Leslie) gave us an amazing portrayal of a strong and confident Lesbian Woman.
I would love to see Bianca and Leslie together when Maggie comes back to town
and I hope that TPTB at AMC make her a contract role. Kelli and Eden had amazing
chemistry not seen for Bianca since Liz Henderickson's Maggie. If the writers
were smart they would have Leslie and Bianca as a couple. Even if it's for a short
time I think that these two characters (actors) were so comfortable that so much
storyline could surround the two. Leslie has no back story other than being one
of the "old gang" so there is much to explore as well as being that
thorn in the side of Zoe's want of acceptance and Bianca's need to "love
the world".
I admit I am one of those fans burned out by the Josh/Babe/JR
triangle. This story needs to come to a close. I love Alexa but they have her
character of Babe walking around in a circle. Josh, JR, Josh, JR...blah, blah,
blah. This is why I love that Babe is Zoe's champion. It has nothing to do with
Josh or JR. Yeah!
Now to the one thing that has bothered me beyond bother!
Jonathan the mass murderer and my lack of sympathy for the Lavery Boys over Erin's
death. I loved the character of Erin and felt that she was extremely under utilized
but I wish that the writers would explore the story of Jonathan being faced with
the pain and torment of his serial killing
spree and feeling some kind of connection of guilt. Maybe if Jonathan felt
that Erin's death was payback from the fates for his past crimes I would feel
comfortable with the storyline. And it is the STORYLINE, not the actors
I take issue with because I love, love, love Jeff Branson, especially when his
a little dark. Not only does Jonny have no guilt over killing Edmund and his own
brother but he's living in Edmund's house! The writers really need to review some
of their own work before writing horrid stuff like this. I offer these clips to
show the inconsistancy that I feel exists with Jonathan and Ryan. The first is
Sam and his friends
tormenting the person who murdered his father. Aidan basically tells him he's
wrong. Then Sam pulls a gun on Jonathan
and Julia talks the lad down explaining it's not the way and here Jonathan actually
feels if it helps Sam to move on than he'll die. Jonathan
goes after Zarf because he's SURE that Zarf is the killer and everyone is
like Zarf's the bad guy (with no evidence) and then Jonny
goes on a rant with Annie talking about the police (who by the way let him
off the hook) and Zarf's guilt. How soon Jonathan forgets when he was falsely
accused of Janet's crimes. I love the intensity that Jeff plays Jonathan but I
just need to feel for him and I don't. It's like Ryan
telling Annie that Tad's a good guy. Which Tad...the murderer...the man who
took no responsiblity after Annie's daughter Emma was taken from her by social
services? Just wondering? Over all I've enjoyed the show last week and I hope
my lovefest continues well into this week!
My very last annoyance is when
is JR going to get out of that stupid bed. I had major surgery and they got me
out of bed hooked to a bunch of tubes but I still got up...he's such a light weight!
Oh and keep trying with Colby and Sean...eventually they might be written to be
liked by someone. It's really a shame because Ambyr and Brent can act to bad they
aren't given anything decent to work with.
Here endeth my Rant!
The
New Year Brings
Annoyance!
January 3, 2007
Let
me start with Erica and Jackson, exactly how old is Erica? Well I'm thinking she's
old enough to grow the hell up! This storyline is so annoying for two reasons.
First, Erica acted the same exact way when she was with Chris Stamp. Remember
him? Erica feeling oh so neglected seduced Jackson, slept with him and then pushed
him away, all the while letting Chris know just how much Jackson meant to her.
Chris ended up hiring a guy to spy on the two "Love Birds" who in the
very end murdered Chris. Erica One, Lover Zero! So this storyline is recycled
from 2003. Secondly, Erica and Jeff have no chemistry. At least Erica and Chris
were smokin'! When Jeff kisses Erica it looks like he's kissing his sister Tara.
And let me also point out that these aren't teens or 20 something's acting this
way
this group consists of Grandparents. Sure they are sexy grandparents
but the point is grow up already.
The
facts are these, Erica moved out of her home with Jackson because Sean moved in.
She found out her abortion lived and Jeff came to town and the three resided at
the Valley Inn like one big science project family. Sure Erica's weak excuse was
"work" but her moving out made no sense. Especially since she has a
penthouse at Enchantment she could have lived at. Skipping that, Erica became
angry with Jack because he wouldn't send his abandoned teenaged nephew away, thus
taking some of Jack's attention away from her. Later when Sean talked to Erica
about leaving because he knew it was his fault that Jack and she were apart Ms.
Kane told him it was not because of him that she and Jack had problems. Oh, that
problem was Jack needing to help his autistic traumatized daughter who had been
menaced by a child molester. Again, Erica became distant because Jack's attention
was elsewhere. Note to Miss Kane, you are a selfish wench who never put anyone
before herself, no matter what she says about her beloved Bianca. So again, Erica
makes the smallest reasons her excuse to magnify so she can do whatever she wants
because lets face it she's bored now because it's not all about her. PleaZZZZe!
This
triangle is boring and predictable (been done in 2003). There were so many other
ways to have had Jack and Erica dealing with things that would upset their domestic
bliss and the writers chose to go the route of selfish whore. Nice.
The
childishness of today's episode where Erica gets back at Jackson for not being
the gift giver instead of seeing what came from Colby and Sean's hope of the two
reconciling. And then calling Jeff who like and eager 15-year-old boy rushes to
Erica. At that point Jackson should have just said to Jeff
you can have her
I'm done torturing myself. I gave her twenty years and she gave me nothing but
twenty years of grief
good luck with her! Nope
Jack will stew a bit
get
some advice from Myrtle and then go and fight for his true love! If it were true
love she wouldn't be so easily dismissing it!
Moving
on to everything else. I did like the more vulnerable Zach, that is, as long as
it is only temporary. I do not want to see Zach as a pathetic shell of his former
self. You know like what they did to Tad.
Did
anyone else notice that this NYE was kind of lame? Since there is no romance going
on in Pine Valley it was light on the kissing at midnight moment. The only couples
together are all off screen. Tom and Livia and Ruth and Joe. I do not count Adam
and Krystal because they are tied up in that recycled baby drama and their love
is going to crash any second. Jamie and Julia are to busy with their new child
and before that there was no romance
just sex. Which of course is what Brian
Frons, President of ABC Daytime was quoted as saying, that's the viewers actually
want. Dude, you must be completely out of your gourd. Women want romance
men
want sex. Nice Freudian slip.
Was
that Simone's Kenny at the bar today? Just wondering. And since when has Di become
a Fusion Girl? I think I missed something? But with this writing I probably didn't.
Here
endth my Rant!