Okay, is anyone else over this Sarcophagus storyline? I feel like I’ve been watching it forever!!! I get it – oh, the irony, Vivian caught her own trap – hehe! But how much longer do we have to endure this. The other day, when Vivian got out of the stupid thing, I thought, ‘thank god! We can move on to the next stage in this story – finally!! Yay!’ Instead, she goes and throws freaking Maggie into the dumb sarcophagus – dragging out this insanity longer and totally killing the irony in the whole dumb thing!
I admit, initially the story was fun. Brady was showing off some of his dark side. Nicole and Brady were getting it on and when Victor found out – oh, the one liners! But now, it’s been dragged on ad nauseum and at this point, the whole town practically knows what happened to Vivian, so let’s just find Maggie and move on. I’m sure Vivian’s going a plotting and Victor’s not going to take too kindly to Viv putting Maggie in the sarcophagus after all. So, let’s pick up the speed and put this sarcophagus away permanently and move on to the next dish – revenge!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Ted King’s Coming to Llanview!! YAY!!!!
Yesterday Entertainment Weekly broke the news that Ted King (ex-Alcazar, GH) is coming to One Life to Live and I couldn’t be more excited!!! I loved him back in the day on Charmed and I always thought he was too good for Guza’s writing on General Hospital. Apparently his name will be Louis (which makes this GH fan chuckle) and he will somehow be involved with Blair. I hope this means Blair is getting a hot, steamy romance with a man who will not turn out to be a raving psychopath!
With the addition of Ted to the show, along with some other big names like Kim Zimmer and Terri Columbino, I hope this helps the show out in the ratings. Of course, I’m not exactly sure how they’re paying for all these people. I don’t think cutting the Cole, Hannah and Eli dead weight will pay for all of them. Maybe Frank Valentini’s making the actors all share one cellphone for all of their characters? I don’t know. I just hope they continue to integrate the new characters the way brought back Kim Zimmer and throw them right into stories with our favorites. I don’t want them taking over the way the Ford brothers have!
Here’s the link to the EW article if you want to check it out for yourself or just want to look at a really hot pic of Ted King –lol! Can’t wait to see him in Llanview in January!
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/09/one-life-to-live-scoop-general-hospitals-ted-king-moves-to-llanview/
With the addition of Ted to the show, along with some other big names like Kim Zimmer and Terri Columbino, I hope this helps the show out in the ratings. Of course, I’m not exactly sure how they’re paying for all these people. I don’t think cutting the Cole, Hannah and Eli dead weight will pay for all of them. Maybe Frank Valentini’s making the actors all share one cellphone for all of their characters? I don’t know. I just hope they continue to integrate the new characters the way brought back Kim Zimmer and throw them right into stories with our favorites. I don’t want them taking over the way the Ford brothers have!
Here’s the link to the EW article if you want to check it out for yourself or just want to look at a really hot pic of Ted King –lol! Can’t wait to see him in Llanview in January!
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/11/09/one-life-to-live-scoop-general-hospitals-ted-king-moves-to-llanview/
Friday, November 5, 2010
General Hospital: Out of the Mouth of Edward
While watching General Hospital yesterday, I was excited to see that I was getting my quarterly Quartermaine sighting, and if you don't believe me, just ask any one on Twitter last night. However, Edward pretty much nailed my feelings about how the Quatermaines are used these days with this quote: “I cannot believe that the Quartermaines have been reduced to catering to the likes of Luke Spencer! God, this is a sorry day…” It is depressing to see that Guza only trots out the Quartermaines to prop this copy & paste dialogue that is the romance of Luke Spencer and Tracy Quartermaine. I get it, Tracy gets annoyed with Luke a lot and Luke likes his booze and cigars and will fake heart attacks to stay with Tracy and then he will leave later for some stupid reason – if they bother to give a reason. I’ve been there, done that and have a box full of t-shirts! The Quartermaines used to squabble together and run a billion dollar business and steal that business from each other, they used to be doctors who actually got air time, they used to be ALIVE and eat pizza at Thanksgiving! Now we get the shell of the Qs trotted out to prop up the shell of Luke Spencer. Talk about depressing.
Not to fear though Quartermaine fans, Guza can also bring the Qs out to prop Brenda as well. We finally got a Brenda and Edward scene, which I was actually happy to see – I just wish it had been longer and a not a check on the checklist of people who need to be in the presence of the great Brenda. Anyway, they talked about Lila and how NBC wouldn’t Vanessa stop by for the funeral – I mean how Brenda wrote Edward a nice letter when she couldn’t make it. Then Edward gave her a memento from Lila – off screen. Yeah, would have actually liked to have seen that, but silly me, why would I want some actual character stuff for Brenda when I watch her try not to tell Jason her big secret – whatever! Sigh.
Now, this week, head writer Bob Guza said in an interview that the Quartermaines would be getting a storyline soon. I wish I could believe him, but alas I cannot. I have a box full of t-shirts with that promise on it too. Monica’s drinking problem or Jake’s paternity reveal anyone? Besides, the only type of Quartermaine story Guza knows how to write these days is one that involves killing one of them off and I believe we can all agree we’ve had enough of those!
Not to fear though Quartermaine fans, Guza can also bring the Qs out to prop Brenda as well. We finally got a Brenda and Edward scene, which I was actually happy to see – I just wish it had been longer and a not a check on the checklist of people who need to be in the presence of the great Brenda. Anyway, they talked about Lila and how NBC wouldn’t Vanessa stop by for the funeral – I mean how Brenda wrote Edward a nice letter when she couldn’t make it. Then Edward gave her a memento from Lila – off screen. Yeah, would have actually liked to have seen that, but silly me, why would I want some actual character stuff for Brenda when I watch her try not to tell Jason her big secret – whatever! Sigh.
Now, this week, head writer Bob Guza said in an interview that the Quartermaines would be getting a storyline soon. I wish I could believe him, but alas I cannot. I have a box full of t-shirts with that promise on it too. Monica’s drinking problem or Jake’s paternity reveal anyone? Besides, the only type of Quartermaine story Guza knows how to write these days is one that involves killing one of them off and I believe we can all agree we’ve had enough of those!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Days of Our Lives & General Hospital: Big Reveals or A Competition of the Ridiculous?
Whenever I watch Days of Our Lives or General Hospital these days I can’t help but wonder if they are having a competition to see which can have the most ridiculous plot point writing and “twists”. Normally, I would say Bob Guza and team would have GH winning this competition hands down, since nobody does “Rip Yourself Off and Call It a Twist” quite like Guza does, but lately Dena Higley’s Days seem to be giving Guza’s GH a run for its money. Case in point, both Days and GH gave us “big” reveals over the last couple of episodes and both had me scratching my head at the stupidity of it all.
On Days of Our Lives, the answer to the most uninteresting mystery in Salem history was revealed – who switched Chloe’s paternity results. There were many obvious, logical choices to this, but why do logical when Higley & Co. can gives us the ridiculous instead. Caroline Brady switched the paternity test. REALLY? You might be asking yourself what could possibly be her motive? Well, I’ve watched it twice now and I’m still not exactly sure. From what I can piece together we are expected to believe, Caroline a) wants Stephanie to be happy with Nathan and damn the consequences of the lies, b) thinks no more Kiriakises should be brought into the world, c) she’s pissed at Victor for going after Maggie. Okay, so c), I just through in there but honestly it makes more sense to me than the bridge in Brooklyn that the tptb are trying to sell me as a motive. I hope Caroline realizes that Kiriakis is still a Kiriakis, even if you call it a Jonas - or a Brady. Sigh.
The sad thing is that this isn’t the most ridiculous part of the “twist”; the most ridiculous part comes in the explanation of how she did it. Apparently, Caroline volunteers in the bookkeeping part of the hospital and that allowed her to change the results without a problem because the password works for everything in the hospital. WHAT?!!! Not only is that beyond ridiculous that the accountants have access to patient charts and lab results, but you’d think the hospital where Sami Brady has been changing paternity results for years would have a better security system than that!! There is suspension of disbelief and than there is expecting your audience to have all gotten lobotomies recently. Honestly, with the way these people are writing all the women on this show, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that someone slipped cases of Hope’s crazy inducing sleeping pills into the Salem water supply!
Now, looking at General Hospital, the big reveal of the connection between Brenda and Dante was revealed. Yes, it is as most of us expected, Brenda killed a man in self-defense and Dante covered it up. Whoop-di-freaking-do! I know Bob Guza has problems remembering the past on GH, since that must be why he regularly writes the same thing over and over and then tells us we’ll never guess what’s going to happen, but I don’t understand why this secret is supposed to affect characters the way it seems to be. For example, Brenda can’t be with Sonny because of this secret – why? Does she think Sonny’s going to care that Dante buried a body for her? Please, he’s done worse for her and he tries to get Dante to cover for him on a pretty consistent basis. Why is this a deal breaker? Also, while I know killing someone – and now having killed someone else should affect Brenda, I’m not quite sure why it is affecting her the way it is. Does Guza remember that Brenda and Sonny’s romance really started with her digging a bullet out of him and nursing him back to health? Or how about the time she was shot at it in the shower? Or the time that they we’re running for their lives in Puerto Rico. Seriously, I could fill pages listing all the encounters with violence she has had over the years – and that’s not even including dating Louiz Alcazar. Basically, what I’m saying is if she can survive an on-and-off again romance with Sonny Corinthos, this big secret should be a walk in the park.
I guess after further reflection, Days probably wins the ridiculous contest in this case, considering I didn’t even know Grandma Brady knew how to use email let alone switch a paternity test. But not to worry, I sure Guza will be back on top in no time – especially if he keeps dragging out this Crazy Lisa story. Seriously, somebody save me from that mess – please!!
On Days of Our Lives, the answer to the most uninteresting mystery in Salem history was revealed – who switched Chloe’s paternity results. There were many obvious, logical choices to this, but why do logical when Higley & Co. can gives us the ridiculous instead. Caroline Brady switched the paternity test. REALLY? You might be asking yourself what could possibly be her motive? Well, I’ve watched it twice now and I’m still not exactly sure. From what I can piece together we are expected to believe, Caroline a) wants Stephanie to be happy with Nathan and damn the consequences of the lies, b) thinks no more Kiriakises should be brought into the world, c) she’s pissed at Victor for going after Maggie. Okay, so c), I just through in there but honestly it makes more sense to me than the bridge in Brooklyn that the tptb are trying to sell me as a motive. I hope Caroline realizes that Kiriakis is still a Kiriakis, even if you call it a Jonas - or a Brady. Sigh.
The sad thing is that this isn’t the most ridiculous part of the “twist”; the most ridiculous part comes in the explanation of how she did it. Apparently, Caroline volunteers in the bookkeeping part of the hospital and that allowed her to change the results without a problem because the password works for everything in the hospital. WHAT?!!! Not only is that beyond ridiculous that the accountants have access to patient charts and lab results, but you’d think the hospital where Sami Brady has been changing paternity results for years would have a better security system than that!! There is suspension of disbelief and than there is expecting your audience to have all gotten lobotomies recently. Honestly, with the way these people are writing all the women on this show, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that someone slipped cases of Hope’s crazy inducing sleeping pills into the Salem water supply!
Now, looking at General Hospital, the big reveal of the connection between Brenda and Dante was revealed. Yes, it is as most of us expected, Brenda killed a man in self-defense and Dante covered it up. Whoop-di-freaking-do! I know Bob Guza has problems remembering the past on GH, since that must be why he regularly writes the same thing over and over and then tells us we’ll never guess what’s going to happen, but I don’t understand why this secret is supposed to affect characters the way it seems to be. For example, Brenda can’t be with Sonny because of this secret – why? Does she think Sonny’s going to care that Dante buried a body for her? Please, he’s done worse for her and he tries to get Dante to cover for him on a pretty consistent basis. Why is this a deal breaker? Also, while I know killing someone – and now having killed someone else should affect Brenda, I’m not quite sure why it is affecting her the way it is. Does Guza remember that Brenda and Sonny’s romance really started with her digging a bullet out of him and nursing him back to health? Or how about the time she was shot at it in the shower? Or the time that they we’re running for their lives in Puerto Rico. Seriously, I could fill pages listing all the encounters with violence she has had over the years – and that’s not even including dating Louiz Alcazar. Basically, what I’m saying is if she can survive an on-and-off again romance with Sonny Corinthos, this big secret should be a walk in the park.
I guess after further reflection, Days probably wins the ridiculous contest in this case, considering I didn’t even know Grandma Brady knew how to use email let alone switch a paternity test. But not to worry, I sure Guza will be back on top in no time – especially if he keeps dragging out this Crazy Lisa story. Seriously, somebody save me from that mess – please!!
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Hi everyone! I know it's been a long time since my last post, but you know sometimes life gets a little crazy. Anyway, I'm back and I'll be doing my best to keep this place up to date. I should have a couple of posts coming your way this week!
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