GH In The News: The PC Press Club

[jsbt]

1 hour ago, Auntie Velvet said:

It's magnificent..... I had been wondering if there was a way to post about this here because it's, uh, too topical for the traditional forum rules?

Sure, find a moderator left on this forum and go ask lol.

[CeChase]

10 hours ago, Auntie Velvet said:

It's magnificent..... I had been wondering if there was a way to post about this here because it's, uh, too topical for the traditional forum rules?

But I WILL say, shallowly. that Show needs to start featuring Ric in more casual wear instead of those boxy lawyer suits, because the silver fox is foxing in this vid!

Right!  Listen, I LOVED seeing women that I adore like Genie and Jane in this, and I will give props once again to Laura Wright (who has long made clear that she is NOT about that), but I am so shallow and my big takeaway was "DAMN Ric looked sooo hot in that"

[Sake614]

46 minutes ago, CeChase said:

my big takeaway was "DAMN Ric looked sooo hot in that"

Nothing wrong with that thought lol!

[Auntie Velvet]

18 hours ago, jsbt said:

Sure, find a moderator left on this forum and go ask lol.

Listen, I would normally assume they're gone, but because in the past they came out of nowhere to ding me for the stupidest stuff, I inevitably just picture a monkey's paw curling whenever anything politics-adjacent comes up. There's gotta be a killer mod-bot lurking somewhere in the software. 😉 

[mostlylurking]

12 minutes ago, Auntie Velvet said:

Sure, find a moderator left on this forum and go ask lol.

Are they gone?  Because I know they used to watch these forums like hawks.  Is that why the site is constantly glitching and reloading?

[DanaK]

2 hours ago, mostlylurking said:

Are they gone?  Because I know they used to watch these forums like hawks.  Is that why the site is constantly glitching and reloading?

I think they no longer have a mod assigned to each forum. If needed, you let them know something is going on

[pinkandsparkly13]

Oh spare me...

[30 Helens]

On 11/3/2024 at 7:41 PM, jsbt said:

Speaks for itself.

 

DZ cracked me up with whipping that page over. But I noticed LLC turned her page backward… a silent protest? Hmm…

[GHScorpiosRule]

On 11/2/2024 at 12:33 AM, methodwriter85 said:

I actually support their release, but some of the hardcore Menendez brothers fans are getting a bit much for me. Like they want us to treat them like they're choir boys or something, and they're upset that Lyle was depicted as being a coked out Patrick Bateman type instead. 

Those Tik Tokkers annoy me. Look, I get it, you researched and feel they should be released,  but those videos/clips with smiley hearts and love songs? Really make me roll my eyes and won't make me take you seriously.

And of course now, all my YouTube page has all these interviews with Koch and Chavez, where Koch is pretty much dominating and doing all the talking.

[Sake614]

5 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

Koch is pretty much dominating and doing all the talking.

Which means NAC’s reps are doing their job. Better that he stays silent about this issue. 

[GHScorpiosRule]

2 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

Which means NAC’s reps are doing their job. Better that he stays silent about this issue. 

Oh absolutely. 

[Asp Burger]

On 11/1/2024 at 9:37 AM, CeChase said:

Koch got a lot of tiktok love for advocating for their freedom.  My opinion only, that's not smart.  I watched the trial in real time.  My personal opinion was that Lyle particularly is a psychopath.  They served a lot of time, and I don't really like life sentences no parole at a young age.  I'm not necessarily against their release.  However, I would not bet MY reputation on their post-release actions. 

Complete agreement. And it isn't the only example I could use of a modern trend of aggressively pursuing some position with regard to real people about whom one might not be as well informed or objective as one thinks, reading around or dismissing what isn't useful to the thesis, trying to pound a square peg into a round hole, and digging in if challenged. The behavior I've seen even from people who generally hold similar views to mine in recent years has been the most dismaying part of growing older in the 2010s and 2020s.

[methodwriter85]

On 11/5/2024 at 5:58 PM, GHScorpiosRule said:

Oh absolutely. 

One thing I've noticed so far is that NAC isn't responding to hate comments he's getting. After being bashed for posing with guys dressed as the Menendez brothers, he then got bashed by supposedly devout Catholics for "blasphemy" when he posted a dance moment behind the scenes of Grotesquerie which invoked religious iconography. I'm just like, "Really? I thought we got over this when Pepsi finally decided to re-air Like A Prayer 35 years later at the Super Bowl." I think people are just looking to attack him and so far he's not rising to the bait. 

Edited November 7 by methodwriter85

[GHScorpiosRule]

9 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

I think people are just looking to attack him and so far he's not rising to the bait. 

Yep.

[methodwriter85]

NAC has officially joined the cast for the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" reboot.

[Sake614]

1 hour ago, methodwriter85 said:

NAC has officially joined the cast for the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" reboot.

Why does he keep signing onto projects I will not watch? lol! I don’t do horror films/tv shows. Still, I’m really glad he’s getting noticed. He’s immensely talented and deserves all the good things that are coming his way.

[driver18]

I'm just glad it's not another Ryan Murphy project.

[Cheyanne11]

3 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

NAC has officially joined the cast for the "I Know What You Did Last Summer" reboot.

Smart move, getting into movies after getting his face out there with a couple of tv shows.  It might not be high-art, but it's gonna put a lot of the right people's eyes on him.  

[CeChase]

I'm glad NAC is out of GH.  His first year I thought he was great, but by the second year he was overwhelming.  He stuck out too much.  I became too aware "this is a movie star".  We have a few very talented actors, I would point to Genie and NLG for two examples.  But the elevated acting combined with the screen presence and charisma...it took me out of the show.  IMO by the end he and Trina were ludicrous together.  I would be totally down with a recast though. 

Edited November 9 by CeChase

[Asp Burger]

I can see what CeChase means.

Jonathan Jackson also stood out in the '90s, but he wasn't the most castable type of young male. He was a very fine actor and he got some good post-GH credits. He proved he could hold the screen opposite great actors like Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino, and he didn't Kirk Cameron up his career by making everything about his religious beliefs. But even the biggest JJ fan knew that as handsome as he was/is, that frame and that soft voice might keep him from being considered for a lot of roles in his age range. (Yeah, I know—Chalamet came along later and is also slight, and he's done well for himself, but whether that will be sustainable into his thirties is to be seen, and anyway, there are exceptions that prove the rule.) 

NAC is well positioned for "leading man" success.

The movie isn't something I'm very excited for, myself. I love my share of horror films, but the best that could be said for the 1997 I Know What You Did Last Summer is that it was slightly above average for that kind of movie, and it sated fans who had loved Scream a year earlier and were counting the days until the Scream sequel a couple months after IKWYDLS. Still, I agree it's another good credit for NAC. I guess, if the roles he's played to this point are a guide, he'll be the next-gen version of Ryan Phillippe's character (the good-looking but entitled, short-tempered, violent jerk of the gang).

I think this is intended as a sequel rather than a reboot. The Deadline article says Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt are "in talks to return." Unless it's a Ghostbusters 2016 situation in which original cast members are playing different characters for cutesy fan service, I'm guessing they're the now-middle-aged survivors, and their story is still part of the continuity.

Edited November 10 by Asp Burger

[Tenshinhan]

6 hours ago, Asp Burger said:

I think this is intended as a sequel rather than a reboot.

Both a sequel and a reboot, more like the most recent Ghostbusters or Scream films.

[FilmTVGeek80]

I think NAC was good, but I don’t think he was THAT good. Of the younger set, I thought William Lipton and Avery Pohls were better. And, I think it’s kind of insulting to the other actors - especially Tabyana - to act like it was such an embarrassment for NAC to have to lower himself to work with these other actors.

[CeChase]

17 hours ago, FilmTVGeek80 said:

I think NAC was good, but I don’t think he was THAT good. Of the younger set, I thought William Lipton and Avery Pohls were better. And, I think it’s kind of insulting to the other actors - especially Tabyana - to act like it was such an embarrassment for NAC to have to lower himself to work with these other actors.

I don't think it was an embarrassment at all, which is why I never said that.  I said that my experience was impacted because his presence took me out of GH.  It's not just talent, it's the screen presence and charisma.   He didn't belong IMO, and it leapt out at me.  It isn't about Taby or any of the others you mentioned.   This in no way  means I am some super stan of his.  I'm not and didn't even finish the brothers show, or watch Grotesquerie at all.   

Edited November 11 by CeChase

[CeChase]

On 11/10/2024 at 8:52 AM, Asp Burger said:

I can see what CeChase means.

Jonathan Jackson also stood out in the '90s, but he wasn't the most castable type of young male. He was a very fine actor and he got some good post-GH credits. He proved he could hold the screen opposite great actors like Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino, and he didn't Kirk Cameron up his career by making everything about his religious beliefs. But even the biggest JJ fan knew that as handsome as he was/is, that frame and that soft voice might keep him from being considered for a lot of roles in his age range. (Yeah, I know—Chalamet came along later and is also slight, and he's done well for himself, but whether that will be sustainable into his thirties is to be seen, and anyway, there are exceptions that prove the rule.) 

 

Yes, JJ would have had to hit the lotto basically to become a big star all things considered.  He doesn't have leading man looks or the build. I am thinking of Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad.  Only one of those roles to go around.   I don't feel bad because women are almost solely judged on their looks, especially in Hollywood.  It is what it is.  

[absnow54]

57 minutes ago, CeChase said:

Yes, JJ would have had to hit the lotto basically to become a big star all things considered.  He doesn't have leading man looks or the build. I am thinking of Aaron Paul in Breaking Bad.  Only one of those roles to go around.   I don't feel bad because women are almost solely judged on their looks, especially in Hollywood.  It is what it is.  

JJ and NAC both have bad timing. NAC is a classic late-90s/early-00s teen heartthrob, while JJ would have made bank as a Gen-Z icon today. 

[Cheyanne11]

19 minutes ago, absnow54 said:

JJ and NAC both have bad timing. NAC is a classic late-90s/early-00s teen heartthrob, while JJ would have made bank as a Gen-Z icon today. 

Given NAC has/had three high-profile projects in less than a year, I don't think he had bad timing, at all.  Of course, time will tell, but he's hot out of the gate.

[JMO]

JJ also seems to have bad timing in returning to GH when the writers can't think of anything for him to do.

[CeChase]

NAC could easily have been snapped up by the Marvel machine around 2010 if he hit then.  But that is not to say that would have put him a better position long term, though it would have meant instant superstardom.  It's hard to say, we'll have to see what happens with him.  He'd make an interesting Batman, that's DC, but that's already filled.  

Edited November 11 by CeChase

[FilmTVGeek80]

6 hours ago, CeChase said:

I don't think it was an embarrassment at all, which is why I never said that.  I said that my experience was impacted because his presence took me out of GH.  It's not just talent, it's the screen presence and charisma.   He didn't belong IMO, and it leapt out at me.  It isn't about Taby or any of the others you mentioned.   This in no way  means I am some super stan of his.  I'm not and didn't even finish the brothers show, or watch Grotesquerie at all.   

Maybe I misunderstood part of your comment then. You seemed to specifically single out Tabyana by saying it was “ludicrous” to watch Sprina together towards the end. That to me, seemed like a knock at Tabyana’s talent. Maybe it was more a knock at the convoluted writing? I never felt like NAC’s talent or charisma dwarfed hers. She contributed just as much to what made that pairing so popular as he did.

[DanaK]

SOD: Dominic Zamprogna on his wrenching goodbye to Sam
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/general-hospital-exclusive-dominic-zamprogna-on-dantes-wrenching-good-bye-to-sam/

[methodwriter85]

17 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

Given NAC has/had three high-profile projects in less than a year, I don't think he had bad timing, at all.  Of course, time will tell, but he's hot out of the gate.

See, I think NAC can hit hard simply BECAUSE he doesn't fit the current Gen Z softboi mold. Nobody looks or acts like he does. The closest I can think of is Jacob Elordi in that they can both do the brooding hunk thing, but Jacob is shy in public and he seems to take himself almost too seriously. NAC is all sunny and stuff. 

Sometimes people come along that are different enough that they carve up a space, and you can go far with that. Anya Taylor Joy is a person I think came along at exactly the right time because there was really nobody that looked/acted like her and we needed a Scream Queen for more highbrow horror stuff that was becoming popular in the 2010's. She was extremely smart with the projects she picked. (Of course in her case, Anya could be picky because she came from a wealthy family; I think NAC comes from a more middle class background.)

[Grinaldi]

I will go to my grave thinking JJ should have been Anakin Skywalker. I know he was in the running and had the emotional depth that part needed. I also like the symmetry with Hamill also coming from GH.

[jsbt]

I'm not sure how we can call Chavez's timing 'bad' when he is a breakout star in multiple major streaming series, just booked a big movie and is currently the talk of the town. If he ends up the new third lead on 9-1-1 or The Rookie or something in a few years, then we can talk.

Edited November 12 by jsbt

[CeChase]

2 hours ago, Grinaldi said:

I will go to my grave thinking JJ should have been Anakin Skywalker. I know he was in the running and had the emotional depth that part needed. I also like the symmetry with Hamill also coming from GH.

I never knew he was in the running for that.  That would have been a good choice on the part of the filmmakers.  A better one actually. 

[Tenshinhan]

2 hours ago, Grinaldi said:

I will go to my grave thinking JJ should have been Anakin Skywalker. I know he was in the running and had the emotional depth that part needed. I also like the symmetry with Hamill also coming from GH.

I'd say JJ dodged a bullet with that one.

[Grinaldi]

Verging close to off topic. But as a soap actor he would have more experience making sub-par dialogue work and finding his own intention with Lucas's famously terrible direction of actors. I think it would have been a much better performance. But the problems were already baked in from the first movie so maybe he did dodge a bullet.

Back to topic. No articles about TR leaving has me hoping this is indeed a round trip and he'll be back while still with Holly offscreen.

[jsbt]

8 hours ago, Grinaldi said:

Back to topic. No articles about TR leaving has me hoping this is indeed a round trip and he'll be back while still with Holly offscreen.

I do think they will be back for visits and soon, pending both actors' health. But I also think this is meant to be a graceful permanent exit for Robert.

[DanaK]

Alexa Havins will start appearing on air as Lulu beginning Monday November 18

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/11/alexa-havins-general-hospital-debut-lulu-spencer

[CeChase]

Surprise!  The liver transplant repaired Lulu's brain!  

[Sake614]

13 hours ago, Grinaldi said:

No articles about TR leaving has me hoping this is indeed a round trip and he'll be back while still with Holly offscreen

According to SOD, the show has already confirmed that BOTH will be back next year. I’d rather Robert return alone but alas, I guess we’re stuck with Holly too 😝

[JMO]

48 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

According to SOD, the show has already confirmed that BOTH will be back next year. I’d rather Robert return alone but alas, I guess we’re stuck with Holly too 😝

I hope this is true, at least the Robert part.  But I don't trust the show, and who knows about TR's health?  

Edited November 13 by JMO
wrong thread for other comments

[DanaK]

39 minutes ago, Sake614 said:

According to SOD, the show has already confirmed that BOTH will be back next year. I’d rather Robert return alone but alas, I guess we’re stuck with Holly too 😝

Speaking of, here's the article with Emma Samms talking about their exit

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-emma-samms-is-enormously-grateful-for-robert-and-hollys-gh-happily-ever-after/

[YaddaYadda]

2 hours ago, DanaK said:

Alexa Havins will start appearing on air as Lulu beginning Monday November 18

https://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2024/11/alexa-havins-general-hospital-debut-lulu-spencer

Bet she wakes up right after Sam's funeral.

[dubbel zout]

Or during it!

[nilyank]

42 minutes ago, dubbel zout said:

Or during it!

Or before so she can attend and thank Sam for the liver and taking care of her guys.

[absnow54]

2 hours ago, dubbel zout said:

Or during it!

They hold Sam’s memorial in the hospital chapel for… reasons. Mid-eulogy, a disoriented Lulu stumbles into the room in her hospital gown, somehow perfectly mobile. 

[Cheyanne11]

4 hours ago, CeChase said:

Surprise!  The liver transplant repaired Lulu's brain!  

That and the stern talking-to she got from her mother.

[YaddaYadda]

49 minutes ago, Cheyanne11 said:

That and the stern talking-to she got from her mother.

Nothing gets someone to wake up from a coma like being given the order. 

If I'm Lulu and I'm hearing this, I wouldn't put up with it. I'd stay in my coma. Nobody needs this bullshit.

Edited November 13 by YaddaYadda

[mostlylurking]

2 hours ago, Cheyanne11 said:

hat and the stern talking-to she got from her mother.

That was so freaking strange.  Wake up you lazy ass, just laying there.  Like what??  I also thought it was funny that Laura was like my daughter was so wild and brave and daring and Lulu was none of those things (at least Emme Rylan’s version wasn’t).  Let’s see what Alexa does with the role.

[Auntie Velvet]

I remember the scenes of post-catatonia Laura reuniting with each of her three children, and how shocked she was by teen Lulu. It was the first time she realized how much time she'd lost.

It will be great if Show plays to that history a little and Laura helps Lulu through that same trauma.... I was also trying to remember if Dustin died before or after Lulu collapsed at the hospital -- in other words, whether that will be a shock.