It has to be difficult for these inexperienced actors to read all of the negative comments on social media. I did not say Jade was a bad actress. I just do not understand why the writers give so much story to a character that does not have any family ties to the show’s core families. She is simply Joey’s no-good girlfriend. It has been obvious since the teen scene came on board two years ago that most of the actors needed more training. Fast forward two years, all but Theo and Claire are left (I believe Joey is departing soon).

I don’t understand the reasoning behind elevating and propping up the teen scene. Every show does it, and most times, it is cringe-worthy and long-time viewers do not appreciate it. The teen scene does not bring in new viewers. I have not seen it to this degree, however, where the entire focus of the show has shifted to the teen scene. Not one of them can act. It’s like watching a high school play in the auditorium. Is casting blind, deaf, and dumb? The Young and the Restless is beginning to do it, as well, with the Ashby twins and… Read more »

With this writer in question, I wouldn’t be so sure about that!….

Very true, Shay; however, the show is pretty much in the toilet right now, and I’m hoping that he leaves his cartoonish theatrics at the door, and focuses on the core values of the show. #fingerscrossed.

Hope springs eternal, dmr! For the sake of diehard DOOL-ers, I send my best wishes that this time is the charm for bringing the show back to its former glory. I know I’m still waiting for that to happen on GH!

Neither am I a fan of his.

The teen scene needs to take a trip to Castaway Island, NEVER to be heard of again!

The problem with doing a ridiculous storyline of becoming stranded on an Island is that (aside from the writing being absolutely atrocious) they REALLY don’t have the sets to make this even marginally plausible – they don’t even have any ocean props and everyone’s hair is perfect and doesn’t even move. At least, when they do a “hospital scene” they can sort of make that somewhat believable to a degree. Plus, this show has absolutely no humor whatsoever. If Tad Martin (played by Michael Knight on All My Children) was adrift on an Island he’d make some joke reference to… Read more »

Carrie, I agree. I found Ron’s writing to be cartoonish and immature for General Hospital. However, Days is in the gutter, and there is only way to go from here…UP!

So agree with you Carrie re:Ron’s writing for GH…I will tune into Day’s to see what’s happening once Ron’s writing begins…I tuned in recently and couldn’t get through a whole episode.

I agree with that as well – he looks like a Michael Corleone wanna be, waiting to take over the Family business straight out of The Godfather – and frankly, he was more likable when he ran the coffee bar and was happy to see Will. Also, for some reason, and I attribute it to the horrendously awful writing, I don’t even care if he and Paul get together or not – I used to sort of root for them but now, it’s sooo drawn out, and there’s no believable passion between them.

And a richly-deserved coup de grace it is…Kelly turned her ungrateful back on the audience who made her a star in order to grab for the MSM brass ring, and she has failed miserably. Of course, FoxNews doesn’t want her back…they rebounded quite well with Tucker Carlson in her former slot. Her presence is no longer required!

How right you are, blake. The problem with Kelly is that she spoke/speaks from both sides of her mouth. She always, in my opinion, vacillated and gravitated towards the direction the wind blew on any specific day.
Hypocrite. The more people bash and criticize, the deeper the hole they dig for themselves gets.

Many problems do still exist on GH and they fall to Frank and Jelly are not very engaging storytellers. But the one component that is gone is an extremely incoherent narrative, that is the technical writing and that is Ron. The camp is gone too and while Frank allowed it, that was the actual writing as well,

I mostly agree with you Michael, although I found his first year and a half at GH less engaging for sure, and especially about whose fault the latter part of his tenure can be attributed to: very likely ABC/Disney and there are plenty of facts to back that up (too many to properly call out here), but I am looking forward to seeing how his first days at Days go to further support those facts. I expect that FV is responsible for a few of the GH problems during his tenure as well, but I didn’t watch OL so I’d… Read more »

Sorry, I don’t remember that “steering away from the mob story”! 🙁

Go back to that site, dmr, LOL. I gave my opinion. These are the same sanctimonious people who allowed to look down their noses at others, not realizing the extend of their hypocrisy. Much like Megyn Kelly. The same said people will admonish posters for giving an opinion, go as far as calling them not nice, yet they spew hate towards others in “high places”, as if they were not human. If we are to have love for our fellow human beings, then “they” cannot speak with a forked tongue. At least, dmr, we know the difference between an actor… Read more »

I hear BOTH of you, dmr and CeeCee!!! The extreme bias which allows only a certain privileged few to repeatedly come to these threads—particularly the GH ones—and condescendingly address the rest of us with their off-topic tangents, hysterical handwringing woes and nasty judgmental pronouncements (laced with deeply political overtones) is patently obvious and absurd….especially when those of us who would like to defend our own opposing views or express our disapproval are repeatedly denied the same rights to respond, even if it’s only to other interested parties who may share our opinions or, at the least, demonstrate the ability to… Read more »

P.S. Geez Louise! I just visited the Y&R “renewal” thread….How on earth those deeply hate-filled, unhinged political diatribes have to do with anything in reference to “Genoa City” is beyond me! Yikes!

@Shay.
Karma, ma belle. Reversal is rearing its ugly GREEN head. Ciao.

Very well put, Jenny!…GH was totally ruined under the Cartini regime and it has never recovered. So good luck to this soap, it will need it! Time to batten down the hatches as DOOL viewers should prepare themselves for a profusion of doppelgangers, poor taste antics, sacrilege and Twitter Wars with Ron….Let battle commence…..

Jenny
Can you please describe the “gay” vision you mentioned? How does it go with shallow and narcissistic?

It’s Frank, not the writers, who make hiring decisions. After writing a believable way for AJ to return, Ron is to blame for Sean Kanan’s departure for the cracks about SK’s weight and the character sinking back into the tired alcoholic plot line.

And don’t forget that revolting “PickleLila” storyline, Steve! AJ—and especially Sean K.—were served up one repulsive indignity after another during his sadly-abridged final(?) GH stint.

I can name an entire list of so-called GH “talent” that I would love to see Ron “poach” for DOOL…like all those ineffectual newbies and intrusive “gets” from other daytime shows that were brought on to usurp the canvas from the true legacy characters of Port Charles. (Although, by all means, take NLG’s Alexis, please!!!! And Sonny, too….)

@Shay

Sonny was actually palpable under Ron (probably why MB didn’t like him). He played supporting in many stories and the character was finally forced to pay for a crime (albeit a few months in Pentonville).

@Jacob
There’s been no mass exodus between shows. If there was, that’s an Executive Producer’s doing, not the head writer. But yes, let KC take Howarth, Easton, Buddig and Stafford if he can afford them.

@Steve….It’s true that Sonny did actually find himself biding his time (and cooling his heels) in “Club Pentonville” for an all-too-brief duration, but he was still in the frame for plenty of peripheral storylines whenever possible—which was still too often for a lot of us—since a little bit of Sonny goes a long way! As for your suggestions of whom should go to Days, I’m with you except for Easton…I love him even though it seems that the GH regime has yet to figure out how to do this actor justice in any role they can concoct. “Tis a real… Read more »

Certainly not Steve and Kayla whom he treats as mere extras! Maybe u can catch a glimpse of them once a month!

To be honest, I never watched OLTL when Ron wrote it. But, being on GH when he came to us, I was struck by the interlocking storylines, use of history to weave the story and by his rooting of story in family. Certainly, there were some clunker moments, but having been in this biz for a loooog time, I have been struck by a few talents – Henry Slesar on Edge 77-80; Marland’s World Turns turnaround; Harding Lemay AW 1978-1980; Pam Long – end of Texas and her first year of Guiding Light. It never occurred to me that Ron… Read more »

Well, scuttlebutt has it that Deimos dies; but not before drugging everyone—some weird scenes on the way.
I do hope Nicole will be able to get Holly back ( legally, this time). Arianne has already taped her last episode, I think? So, it will be interesting to see if mother and daughter will be reunited.