GH In The News: The PC Press Club

[Tiger]

All of this talk about theme songs makes me miss the 70s-early 90s GH theme.

"Faces of the Heart" will be my favorite tv show theme ever. I loved that opening, until the last couple of years when they made it orange, had everyone standing in front of a wind machine, and added the character names.

And I remember really excited to see what new opening they came up with, and the being all 'da fuck' when that seizure-inducing clusterfuck debuted.

[Ambrosefolly]

And I remember really excited to see what new opening they came up with, and the being all 'da fuck' when that seizure-inducing clusterfuck debuted.

I think the new credits are an improvement over that shit. YouTube fans could have done a better job.

[Badsamaritan]

There's a rumor making the rounds that Jelly really are just interim HW's, and won't be for much longer. Either of them. Grain of salt and all that.

I am damn near giddy with anticipation for the ratings for last Friday, the day after Scrubs left. If they took a nosedive like I think they did, I will laugh and laugh. Uncle Frank still has 2 weeks before sweeps kicks in, I wonder if he can pull a rabbit out his dumb ass.

[Kitty Redstone]

I'm gonna go with no.

[TeeVee329]

There's a rumor making the rounds that Jelly really are just interim HW's, and won't be for much longer. Either of them. Grain of salt and all that.

 

I can't even get excited about the possibility.  Because it'll just be someone else from the pool of eight writers that always bounce around.

[LeftPhalange]

There's a rumor making the rounds that Jelly really are just interim HW's, and won't be for much longer. Either of them. Grain of salt and all that.

 

If these hypothetical replacement writers aren't willing to do a reset back to 2012 or say Helena poisoned the water supply I don't think things will improve much. Putting a band aid on the gaping wound Ron left behind isn't going to cut it.

[Chairperson Meow]

A big giant improvement would just be have everything be AJ's coma dream from Sonny shooting him. A huge, gaping hole in the show is the loss of legacy characters, the lack of morality on the show, and the clear lack of families. There's no sense of right or wrong anymore, yet we're supposed to feel something. We want to feel something, but when we actually do, it gets taken from us. It's like viewers are getting punished for watching the show.

[ulkis]

There's a rumor making the rounds that Jelly really are just interim HW's, and won't be for much longer. Either of them. Grain of salt and all that.

I am damn near giddy with anticipation for the ratings for last Friday, the day after Scrubs left. If they took a nosedive like I think they did, I will laugh and laugh. Uncle Frank still has 2 weeks before sweeps kicks in, I wonder if he can pull a rabbit out his dumb ass.

 

the ratings actually went up the Friday after the Scrubs wedding, but that doesn't surprise me . . . I'm a lot of people didn't realize Thursday was their last day:

 

http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/2016/01/ratings-great-week-for-days-2

[Asp Burger]

I'm loving all the "Young and the Restless as choice of grandmothers nationwide" talk. Mine too. I have a childhood memory of one of my grandmothers being in the kitchen and not wanting to take an eye off the little B&W TV on the table when that show was on. One summer she was glued to a storyline involving this villainness named "Rosie" (who I think was played by Darlene Conley, later of The Bold and the Beautiful). She used to say, "Oh, that Rosie, she's so awful! I wish those girls would get away from her." The story was about something I shouldn't have even been near at that age. Forced prostitution, I think? It was just made clear to me that this Rosie was very, very bad.

 

Is the really hated GH opening discussed here the one where at the end, Tony Geary walks away from all the other guys in their tuxes? I didn't mind the musical rearrangement, but I thought that the visuals were really impractical. It got to the point where the opening ended with a shot of 12 guys and only about half of them were still on GH. 

[Chairperson Meow]

I admit. I really like the Y&R theme. It's very soothing.

[backhometome]

My mom watched Y&R everyday for like 25 years and would tape it if she missed it. And then 5 years ago she stopped watching all together. She said it was so bad/boring. I knew it was bad if she stopped after 25 years of never missing an episode.

[Oracle42]

I think our current GH head writers drove her away from Y&R.

[ulkis]

I think our current GH head writers drove her away from Y&R.

 

Weren't they the ones that had Sharon sleep with Victor? *eyes Sonny and Lulu* noooooo

[Badsamaritan]

YR was my first soap. It's very popular in Black households, and not just among older folks. None of my family watch anything else. When I told them about JT and that he's coming from GH, every single one of them wrinkled up their nose and said "General Hospital?" with that 'I smell a fart' face. NGL, it made me laugh.

[Fylaki]

 

But General Hospital has always been the epicenter of sorts, even when the show focused on other things and doctors have been introduced as dynamic and interesting characters. Steve Hardy (who would have been horrified by Liz's behavior and would have dressed her down) was considered the bedrock of GH until the day he died.

And there is the problem, not the lack of doctors, the lack of The Doctor, and I don't mean who, I mean Steve. Steve was the moral epicenter of the show. For Guza or Ron or now Frank (since I am not at all convinced the writers are doing anything and I secretly think Frank is funneling scripts to his buddy Ron) to return the focus of the show to a Doctor, they would need to deal with Steve. Since his passing the show has not had a true moral center...there have been some near misses: Mac primarily, Alan, Robin, oddly enough near the end Edward, more recently Anna, but no one has emerged as the moral epicenter because that would mean an acknowledgement that Sonny, Carly, Jason, Dr. O and Franco are not moral people.  Remember Sonny, Franco and the rest are not hard to watch because they are bad guys, that are actually vaguely interesting as bad guys they are hard to watch because we are suppose to believe they are heroes and good guys, in other words the moral center. We are suppose to believe that Dr. O is on the same medical level as Steve Hardy, and while she may be a better doctor she is not a better person and therein lies the problem with a return to the hospital, A doctor needs to be a good person, even with flaws. Rick, Monica, Alan and Jeff all had flaws but were all in the end "good" people. For all of Alan's "trying" to kill Rick and Monica there was the Alan who became like a father to  Stone as he died. For all of Monica;s infidelity there was the Monica who took in orphan Emily and made her her daughter. Genuinely moral people who took real action in terms of being moral. We are suppose to believe Sonny is moral because we are told, we never see it.  And please do not get me started on Tony, who should have become the shows moral epicenter after the death of Steve but instead was destroyed by Guza to build Jason.  Once you have a moral epicenter the others characters have a "go to" person to ground them in their actions: In was no small piece of good writing that had Luke and Laura sneak into the Hospital and meet Steve Hardy when they first returned to PC. The first thing they did was "check-in" with the heart of the show.

 

GH needs heart. So yes it does need doctors: A returned Steven Lars, recommitted to being the man his Grandfather would have wanted him to be, A returned Tom Hardy determined to claim his Father's position, a New Matt Hunter , coming back out of his brother's shadow. But it also needs a moral center. And while I want Robert on Contract the adventurer cannot be the moral center. But his brother can. It is past time JJY is put back on contract and Mac becomes the moral center of the show. Do some flim flaming or what not and instead of Flea, Mac becomes mayor.  The city then takes control of a nearly bankrupt GH making it  a city hospital, Mac fires Dr. O, makes Monica COS again, makes Jordan Chief of Detectives and Anna Commissioner, reins in Scotty's excesses and viola a show with a moral center, without once touching the favorites of Sonny and his disgusting crew

[jsbt]

The interview no one waited for

[PatsyandEddie]

^^^Anyone have a spare memory erasing device? Oh, why did I look? :P

[Oracle42]

Ugh. Instead of crazy ass WE NEVER CARED succeeding in a career where she has neither experience nor aptitude despite All! The! Obstacles! - I'd much rather watch well-meaning but oblivious rich person Nina owning Crimson and getting in Maxie's way while Maxie does well because she is both knowledgeable and committed.

Meanwhile, Nina can grow into the business and bond with Maxie and I'd only FF her scenes with, Plywood, WhyisKiki? and the SERIAL KILLER

Edited January 16, 2016 by Oracle42

[dubbel zout]

She missed out of so much in her life, and didn’t have a baby.  That is a very, very, very deep pain for a woman.

I wish she'd think more carefully before making statements like this. It's a deep pain for Nina. Not every woman wants to be a mother.

 

Stafford has to drop the baby voice for Nina. Or is that the way she speaks normally and we're stuck with it?

[Asp Burger]

It's worse than a baby voice. It's a drunk baby voice. Like, "formula and Jägermeister mix-up." 

[bannana]

I wish she'd think more carefully before making statements like this. It's a deep pain for Nina. Not every woman wants to be a mother.

 

Stafford has to drop the baby voice for Nina. Or is that the way she speaks normally and we're stuck with it?

The baby voice is the one she used during the Phyllis/Nick Newman storyline.  Before that she had a normal voice and then when she started playing video games, wearing cowboy hats, and flirted/fucked Nick, baby voice was created.  Also a never ending stupid smile.  And she brought that character to her interpretation of Nina for some reason.

[Chairperson Meow]

Poor Roger Howarth. He didn't even get three more years with Kassie and Erika. You don't deserve The Stafford. Free Roger 2016.

[HeatLifer]

MICHELLE: Oh, Thompson! I was one of the last to know. I said, “Are you leaving?” And he said, “Yeah”.

LOL.

[LeftPhalange]

Poor Roger Howarth. He didn't even get three more years with Kassie and Erika. You don't deserve The Stafford. Free Roger 2016.

 

He should quit and never ever come back.

[ulkis]

LOL.

 

Best monosyllabic answer since Michael Easton responded "no" in response to Donna Mills asking if he was leaving to make a movie.

[Chairperson Meow]

Was she trying to come off as really annoying? Also, who the hell did she work with that learning your lines and not letting the crew see your breasts is "super professional "? It's common human decency.

[TheGourmez]

And there is the problem, not the lack of doctors, the lack of The Doctor, and I don't mean who, I mean Steve. Steve was the moral epicenter of the show. For Guza or Ron or now Frank (since I am not at all convinced the writers are doing anything and I secretly think Frank is funneling scripts to his buddy Ron) to return the focus of the show to a Doctor, they would need to deal with Steve. Since his passing the show has not had a true moral center...there have been some near misses: Mac primarily, Alan, Robin, oddly enough near the end Edward, more recently Anna, but no one has emerged as the moral epicenter because that would mean an acknowledgement that Sonny, Carly, Jason, Dr. O and Franco are not moral people.  Remember Sonny, Franco and the rest are not hard to watch because they are bad guys, that are actually vaguely interesting as bad guys they are hard to watch because we are suppose to believe they are heroes and good guys, in other words the moral center. We are suppose to believe that Dr. O is on the same medical level as Steve Hardy, and while she may be a better doctor she is not a better person and therein lies the problem with a return to the hospital, A doctor needs to be a good person, even with flaws. Rick, Monica, Alan and Jeff all had flaws but were all in the end "good" people. For all of Alan's "trying" to kill Rick and Monica there was the Alan who became like a father to  Stone as he died. For all of Monica;s infidelity there was the Monica who took in orphan Emily and made her her daughter. Genuinely moral people who took real action in terms of being moral. We are suppose to believe Sonny is moral because we are told, we never see it.  And please do not get me started on Tony, who should have become the shows moral epicenter after the death of Steve but instead was destroyed by Guza to build Jason.  Once you have a moral epicenter the others characters have a "go to" person to ground them in their actions: In was no small piece of good writing that had Luke and Laura sneak into the Hospital and meet Steve Hardy when they first returned to PC. The first thing they did was "check-in" with the heart of the show.

 

GH needs heart. So yes it does need doctors: A returned Steven Lars, recommitted to being the man his Grandfather would have wanted him to be, A returned Tom Hardy determined to claim his Father's position, a New Matt Hunter , coming back out of his brother's shadow. But it also needs a moral center. And while I want Robert on Contract the adventurer cannot be the moral center. But his brother can. It is past time JJY is put back on contract and Mac becomes the moral center of the show. Do some flim flaming or what not and instead of Flea, Mac becomes mayor.  The city then takes control of a nearly bankrupt GH making it  a city hospital, Mac fires Dr. O, makes Monica COS again, makes Jordan Chief of Detectives and Anna Commissioner, reins in Scotty's excesses and viola a show with a moral center, without once touching the favorites of Sonny and his disgusting crew

Quoted for truth.

[Badsamaritan]

Ugh. Instead of crazy ass WE NEVER CARED succeeding in a career where she has neither experience nor aptitude despite All! The! Obstacles! - I'd much rather watch well-meaning but oblivious rich person Nina owning Crimson and getting in Maxie's way while Maxie does well because she is both knowledgeable and committed.

Meanwhile, Nina can grow into the business and bond with Maxie and I'd only FF her scenes with, Plywood, WhyisKiki? and the SERIAL KILLER

*I want to withholding this post's true identity for over 6 months, sleep with its cousin and then get all butt hurt thinking it cheated on me, hire a hit man to try to kill it for no damn good reason and have it still fall for me while I attempt to eat its face off during our lovemaking, I love it THAT much.

*I thought we needed more recent examples of twu wuv since Sonny hasn't thrown any barware or called a woman bitchslutwhoretramp in over a month.

Edited because grammar is important.

Edited January 16, 2016 by Badsamaritan

[Kitty Redstone]

Meanwhile, Nina can grow into the business and bond with Maxie and I'd only FF her scenes with, Plywood, WhyisKiki? and the SERIAL KILLER

While I love the idea of Maxie running Crimson as a smart and capable businesswoman, I'd rather Nina just die and never return from the dead.

[Oracle42]

I mean, that's obviously the dream but until/unless FV is fired we're not getting rid of his vanity hires.

[OnceSane]

Why does every interview sound ridiculous?

[WendyCR72]

Why does every interview sound ridiculous?

To match the ridiculous show?

[ulkis]

Is there no more civility in the world:

Kristen A tweet:

If someone wants to hate u, they will. No matter how much love, support&sacrifices u gave them. Losing your "best friend" is very painful.

Chad responded:

"Some people create their own storms..then get upset when it rains"

Looks like he deleted it now though

[Oracle42]

"Some people create their own storms..then get upset when it rains"

 

He's no Brydawg but I like it - somebody's got a little poetry in his soul

Edited January 16, 2016 by Oracle42

[mybabyaidan]

Anyone know if this dude can act?  He sure is nice to look at:

 

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/exclusive-general-hospital-casting-matt-cohen-87647

[Badsamaritan]

Anyone know if this dude can act? He sure is nice to look at:

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/exclusive-general-hospital-casting-matt-cohen-87647

He looks like he could be a recast Matt Hunter. He looks a lot like JT. I'm surprised they went with another dark haired guy. Aren't we due for a blonde?

[ulkis]

From what I've seen on him on SPN he's not bad.

[Tiger]

Obama should have thrown in Chad, Kristin, Bry-dog, and Thighbolt as a "free gift with prisoner exchange" with Iran.

Yay know, like when buy a fragrance at Neimen Marcus during the holiday shopping season and they throw in a free purse.

Edited January 16, 2016 by Tiger

[dubbel zout]

"Some people create their own storms..then get upset when it rains"

 

It's a rather elegant burn, IMO.

[HeatLifer]

Anyone know if this dude can act? He sure is nice to look at:

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/exclusive-general-hospital-casting-matt-cohen-87647

I hope so. I'm way past caring what these actor's look like.

[backhometome]

Matt Cohen from SPN??. He can act. At least more than talking tree and kiki.

[OnceSane]

Is there no more civility in the world:

Kristen A tweet:

If someone wants to hate u, they will. No matter how much love, support&sacrifices u gave them. Losing your "best friend" is very painful.

Chad responded:

"Some people create their own storms..then get upset when it rains"

*mic drop*

[TeeVee329]

Anyone know if this dude can act?  He sure is nice to look at:

 

http://abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/exclusive-general-hospital-casting-matt-cohen-87647

 

I recognize him from "How to Get Away with Murder", he was in a few episodes early this season.  He was okay, from what I remember.

 

That character name, though.  Griffin Munro?  Yikes.

 

So guesses who he's here to sex up?

[HeatLifer]

He looks young, so I wonder if he'll be in the Lulu/Val/Maxie crowd.

[UYI]

Is there no more civility in the world:

Kristen A tweet:

If someone wants to hate u, they will. No matter how much love, support&sacrifices u gave them. Losing your "best friend" is very painful.

Chad responded:

"Some people create their own storms..then get upset when it rains"

Looks like he deleted it now though

 

I wonder what prompted Kristen to say something that random. I thought they ended fairly amicably.

 

I mean, not that I really care or anything, but human curiosity and all that. ;) 

[Chairperson Meow]

Matt Cohen is a "get" imo. He's gorgeous and talented. He was on South of Nowhere. Stay away from him, Laura and Michelle.

Edited January 16, 2016 by Grrpants09

[peachmangosteen]

All I know about him is from some friends who watched South of Nowhere and they hated his character and him as a person.

 

But goodness he is attractive and at this point that's all there is to look forward to anyway because we all know his character will suck/the writing will suck/the story will suck.

[WendyCR72]

He looks like he could be a recast Matt Hunter. He looks a lot like JT. I'm surprised they went with another dark haired guy. Aren't we due for a blonde?

 

Alas, he isn't recast Matt. The article says the character's name is Dr. Griffin Munro.

[Chairperson Meow]

At least he's a doctor. He's hot too. Here's to him not being in the giant Olbrecht/Nina/Tree family nor the expanding Jerome invasion nor that Corinthos one.

[HeatLifer]

At least he's a doctor. He's hot too. Here's to him not being in the giant Olbrecht/Nina/Tree family nor the expanding Jerome invasion nor that Corinthos one.

I don't want this dude anywhere near Sonny/Carly/Ava/Julian/Nina/Franco/Morgan/Jason/Sam/Liz/Dr.O/Valerie/Dillon....

I'm so screwed.