Ghosts of GH Past Viewing Party: '80s, '90s, And All Eras Of Non-Suckitude!

[cleo]

@JMO thanks yeah I would watch when Tiffany came on the scene more.

@Palimelon yeah all that later year bs I avoided. The baby stuff - puke- and yep the bits I saw with Tony were just awful. I could buy the affair but that's about it.

[Dr.OO7]

On 7/2/2024 at 3:23 PM, Palimelon said:

I still hate the way Tony was thrown under the bus just to prop up Carly and Jason.

So did I. It was despicable. Guza's return really ramped up the "good=bad, bad=good" mentality. 

[Palimelon]

A slice in time of what was happening on this show in 1986. Anna and Robert fighting crime! The original Edward Q! The mob before Sonny came to town! Frisco as a cop! Jimmy Lee, the forgotten Quartermaine! Lila's relish! Duke! Monica and...Sean?

 

[JMO]

SOOOO much better then!

[cleo]

I'm in the middle of that- first time I've watched Duke and Anna. The first few weeks the Duke character just seemed way over the top and smarmy. I think I'm about 6 weeks after his introduction now and it's a bit more toned down.

I miss Robert.

[Palimelon]

Duke and Anna sometimes on paper don't make sense to me, but the actors sell it quite well via their chemistry.

[Katy M]

On 8/1/2024 at 11:36 AM, Palimelon said:

A slice in time of what was happening on this show in 1986. Anna and Robert fighting crime! The original Edward Q! The mob before Sonny came to town! Frisco as a cop! Jimmy Lee, the forgotten Quartermaine! Lila's relish! Duke! Monica and...Sean?

 

I liked John Ingle, but I loved loved loved David Lewis.  

[dubbel zout]

John Ingle's Edward could be a bit too twinkly, whereas David Lewis really nailed the cutthroat side of the character.

[tessaray]

It's not exactly an era of non-suckitude but the streaming GH channel on my Roku is interesting since I missed the whole Dawn of Day era. Cult stories aren't my thing yet there on my screen is Billy Miller, Leslie Charleson and original Molly and Kristina. Chase and Willow are together and even kind of hot. Joss and Oscar aren't even annoying, though the fact he's at deaths door helps.

[JMO]

I've been watching the older episodes on the ROKU channel, too.  They're only six years old, but I was almost entirely fast-forwarding at that point, or deleting episodes entirely, so a lot of it is new to me.

I am struck by how exquisitely creepy Jon Lindstrom makes Ryan Chamberlain.  It reminds me of the time he was stalking Felicia way back when.  I didn't care for the later, crazier version of Ryan, but this one is delicious.  

I'm also struck by the younger actors playing out Oscar's terminal illness.  They really handled these stories so much better, even just a relatively short time ago.