I wanted to post this because it is SO true. GH misses so many chances to make things integrated. Why have Luke be around when he was actually IN THE HOSPITAL for DNA results!? GH block tapes, that’s why. It may save money and time but it’s a shame all the moments they waste.
Friscowannabe writes:
I watched today for the first time after a three week break. I have realized
what it is that so frustrates me with General Hospital. They are able to
generate good story ideas (Ethen and Rebecca being the exceptions) but then they
are not able to fully follow through on them. It is like they get a big idea
then decide what the minimum they have to do is.
For example, Micheal’s surgery. An established character with direct links tot
he core characters and families on the show. Wow, what great potential for an
amazing storyline with cast integration but instead we get the crude that was
Thursday’s show.
Where was grandma Bobbie? Why couldn’t we have seen her asking Patrick to let
her scrub in? Why did we not see her consoling Carly? Telling Carly she knows
what it is like waiting for a child to go through a life threatening
surgery…flash backs of BJ. Maybe even talk organ donation? Why did she not
mention calling Lucas to let him know?
Then there is the other grandma and Chief of Staff, Monica. Why couldn’t we
have seen her involved in the decision of whether or not to proceed with the
surgery? Have her clash with Sonny. Perhaps a scene with her and Bobbie
comforting each other. Perhaps a scene with Jason comforting her as she says
she has already lost Lila, Edward, AJ and Emily…she can’t lose anyone else.
What about Liz overhearing Jason and Monica’s talk? Later have Liz asking Jason
if they should tell Monica about Jake?
How great would it have been to have great grandpa Edward pacing the halls in
worry. Have him offer to pay Doctor what’s-her-name big wads of cash to turn
her plane around to come back to do the surgery. Perhaps warn Patrtick that
everything better go okay or else. Have Epiphany tell him to back off.
Why doesn’t Tracy pop by to check on Monica and Edward. She is great when she
shows her soft side. Perhaps have her call Ned and Dillon.
Could Luke pop by and tell Carly and Bobbie to hold in there, Micheal is a
Spencer and Spencers always survive?
What about Mike going into the chapel to pray with Sonny?
What about a Ric and Sonny scene? Maybe he and Alexis bring Kristina and Molly
by to see Micheal before his surgery?
Speaking of siblings, where was Morgan? Would Mercede’s not want to see
Micheal? she could have brought Morgan by for a visit.
Heck, go the whole 9 yards and have Big Alice bring by some lunch for everyone
that chef prepared.
Where was Kate, Lulu, Lucky, Bernie, etc.?
Another good storyline idea on GH. Another fumbled up storyline on GH.
Why don’t you write for GH instead of Fruza!
we all wish frisco could! there’s a ton of great fanfic out there too. They just DON’T GET IT!
Wow. This post makes me really miss the days when those things would have happened. I wish Frisco was headwriter for GH and Guza was cleaning the kennels at my vets office. He’s really good at flinging crap.
If frisco was writing I still might be watching! That’s why Y&R is number 1. Katherine, an 80-year-old just got married again bringing all generations together for her wedding. While Jill, 60, just got hot and heavy with a young bartender. On Y&R people over 45 are allowed to exist and prosper and have romance! The writers actually know the history and repay fans for being loyal year after year. If you’re a GH watcher over 35 they don’t care about you, and do their best to make you stop watching.
You are so right!! I would have loved the show if you wrote it. That’s the kind of stuff that keeps us watching.
They go from “great idea” to “great idea” and under develop each of them. The writers may have short attention spans, but we do not. We relish in this kind of stuff. Then they have the boring transitional things drag on forever. That’s when they lose me. I’ve hardly watched in a month.
Kudos Frisco!!!
Next time they show Rhodie’s on OLTL I want everyone to take note at the HUGE amount of extras there are milling around in the background!! I noticed it on yesterday’s show and forgot to mention it. It’s ridiculous that OLTL can have approx. 10 extras in a restaurant and GH can’t have core characters (Bobbie, Mike, Max, Milo, Edward, Monica, maybe even Alexis) in a scene that is supposed to hold emotional importance. Yes, I know, extras make way less than our favorites. Somehow I still think that OLTL and AMC are sharing extras and getting more for their money because they shoot in the same studio in NYC.
Exactly how much longer is Guza’s extention?
I just have a couple of questions…who is the GHer you’re talking about that may possibly guest host on The View, and I do not remember Patrick and Holly knowing each other…when did this happen?
Also, I don’t know how I feel about Liz and Lucky getting back together. I do not like her and I think this is a stupid idea. How many times can a couple try to work things out until they realize that it isn’t going to work?!?
This is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true…UGH. I thought the same thing yesterday about Bobbie and Monica…AND Luke. I was actually hoping for a SPLIT second that Luke would have SOME kinda run-in with ANYone from Michael’s storyline. Ugh, ugh, UGH. Seriously, I should be writing for this goddamn show.
GH has such a great history, but we don’t get to see any of it because GH ignores it. Michael is related to or has a relationship with nearly everyone in the cast. This story line should have brought everyone together. I would have loved to have watched the scenes Frisco wrote about, but it was not to be. Guza has his agenda, and good story telling is not apart of it. It is a shame to waste this event on his pathetic writing. This is why after over 20 years of recording GH daily I took it off my DVR last week.
The problem is not just that the scenarios do not play out, but the dialogue and characterizations within scenes are generic. Even though many people are predictable, there’s no room for growth in GH land. Carly, as example, is probably the most wasted character around.
Laura Wright has moments, but the character is not as complex as when Sarah Brown played her. Seeing Brown as Claudia shows the difference, for Claudia’s even worse written than Carly, but Brown is a much better actress than Wright, and always leaves a moment.
Sonny has also been left to rot. His character seriously needs to lose, be sent to prison, and allow Benard to show that he can act beyond Pacinoesque moodiness. Steve Burton’s Jason is also a one note. They need to take a cue from the past and reveal that Jason Morgan is an imposter, and, ala Grant Putnam, the real Jason Q was absconded with and held somewhere.
Jason Morgan is a dead end character, and his relationship w Sonny is dead end.
Luke has rotted even longer. Forget all this Luke has a son BS. Lety’s finally meet Luke’s father, Tim Spencer. This would allow for Jackie Zeman to come back and act. I’m tired of all but a handful of characters being young. I miss the Jessies and Steves and Audreys and Rubys and Dan Rooneys.
They wasted Steven Macht as Trevor Lansing. He could act more in a single glance than Steve Burton can in a whole show. And why not have Anthony Z team up with Helena. Constance Towers returns and then- NADA!
It’s more than just scenarios and moments. The staff needs to be fired and bring someone w knowledge of the show. I’ve watched since 1980, when Luke and Laura were running from Hutch the hitman and Rose Kelly was still flirting with Joe- yes there were Kellys who owned Kelly’s Diner! But, while there have been low spots before, this is the worst it’s been since the late 80s-early 90s (post-Kevin O’Connor- pre-Bill Eckert).
My main complaints with GH have always been Character Development and Character Authentisity…..I agree they occastionally develop great stories…..but they only go so far in developing depth in a character…..and if they do begin to make a believable character….. they start MESSING with the Authentisity…ie; a tried and true character starts acting stupidly and totally out of character. It is totally frustrating. Kate is a recent example….she entered as a tough as nails business woman…..fell for Sonny….became a whiney, snivelling and love-lorn idiot…..I can hardly look at her as the head of Couture without snickering…..the writers totally ruined her character…..uurrr and so it goes at GH.
Greater words have never been uttered. GH waste so much. No History is ever remembered. They have reduced two mainstay families Quatermaines and Spencers to nothing. I love Sonny, but his story lines are dribble. I love Alexis but she isn’t used nearly enough. I really thought the whole Rebecca storyline would be a refreshing twist, but it is turning out to be a Emily Nickolas boring story line all over again…not due to the actors themselves. I could go on and on, but you are completely correct they do not use crossover family interconnection nearly enough and it is sad. They need a new head writer…Sorry Guza, but GH needs some punch. Since these actors are all under contract why not use them.
I agee with everything you said….
Dan–I must say I agree with you on all points ….that you said about GH….the history is like nothing to Mr Guza or Frons anymore…..no more Vets…….They are slowing killing this show and have been for yrs now……its really a disgrace…..totally…..and sad. I also have been watching GH since well 1980….those were the days of great storylines & all characters really interacted with each other……Alot of the characters on the show now are so one dimensional….they play the same notes over & over same with SL’s too….but Guza only really knows violence or guns or the Mob….he really doesn’t understand that people have more going on and interact with others more than most of the characters on this show. I miss all of the Q’s that we don’t see or like you the Kellys/Dan & Steve….etc…..Robert & Anna….but I almost don’t like it when those old characters return just because Guza is there and he doesn’t care about those characters history with the show…he just makes it up as he goes along…and ruins all of them in the process. So as much as I do enjoy ‘seeing’ them……I don’t because of this…..(ex: when Robert first came back and he was some deadbeat dad…..)……I so loved Robert back in the ‘day’……he just ruined him than……Did anyone see the ratings in the SOD…..GH is almost at the bottom in front of GL (which has been CX!!!)……it does make one wonder doesn’t it……We can all thank Mr Guza………for that……