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How much do you miss watching new episodes...1-10 Scale
Like a 4... the show was getting so frustrating to watch towards the end. It felt like a game of “what’s the most ridiculous way we can keep the bad guys from losing indefinitely” between Nelle getting away with everything while on parole and possibly becoming Nina’s daughter, Peter’s never ending connections, plus the dumbing down of Anna and Maxie becoming pregnant just to solidify that he’s probably not going anywhere, and Valentin constantly getting away with everything because he “loves his daughter” I was relieved we’d be seeing re-runs.
Wow -- this is pretty much how I feel. And I don't think I realized how frustrated I was until I stopped watching. Looking back at how characters I like (Laura, Maxie, Anna) were written out of character to prop and enable bad guys (Valentin, Peter), or to further silly, unbelievable plots (Diane), I wonder why I kept watching.
Cicero, right before the new episodes ended, Maxie started exhibiting symptoms of pregnancy (nausea) and we saw her look at her calendar. It hasn't been confirmed that she is pregnant, but it sure looks that way.
not confirmed but maxie looking at her calendar and symptoms and there was a sort of spoiler that a beloved character would be pregnant, did not say who I think we all think it is either Maxie or 1 other character
Not at all. We have a lifetime collection of great books in our home and I have been spending the hour reading again. I would not miss the show and I have been watching since Luke and Laura. I personally find the violence allowed lately on our show, it’s disregard for the legal system, not to mention it’s ambush of commercials teasing unhealthy food were not very healthy influences on me. Just my opinion
Seven. I miss it a lot but not enough to watch repeats that are still etched in my mind, and not enough to watch episodes featuring the Corinthos family that I turned off the first time around. There's plenty to do in life. GH is a choice, but it's part of my come home from work ritual and I miss that.
Still, someone has to give Diane her brain back so that we don't have these moronic stories such as Carly pleading guilty or Michael having to marry his best friend's girlfriend to get custody of his own child.
I'm just curious -- was there any one story or one character that pushed you over the edge, or is it more of a general feeling? I remember when I stopped watching AMC -- I felt like the writing all around was terrible, including for the characters I liked, but I also felt that the writers were doing contortions to push Ryan Lavery, who I had originally liked.
I don’t know why I don’t have the option to reply to you, Carny Queen. All I have is the “flag“ option.
Anyway the list is long on why I gave up on GH. I found myself fast forwarding through almost every show I recorded. So many unlikable characters, stories drug out for far too long (can you say baby Wiley?), story lines just dropped, etc. The straw that broke the camel’s back for me was pairing Liz with that freak Franco. Absolutely absurd.
Finally, and this is personal, I met LW and she could not have been more rude and condescending. The people I was with had the same impression.
Thanks for the answer! I have to say that pairing Elizabeth with Franco was also a big nail in the coffin for me. I'm not giving up on GH yet, but there have been a lot of times when I've asked myself if I am actually enjoying watching a lot of what is going on.Sometimes I think I am watching for what I want to see than what the writers actually give us.
9. It may need improvement, but I miss GH a lot. I read lots of books and watch lots of other shows, same as before, but GH was one hour every weekday that it felt like I was a part of a GH fictional family that I have been watching almost every weekday since the nineties. There isn't any other kind of fictional entertainment that can replace this unique spot soaps have in my life. I miss it, and I look forward to the eventual return.
I am about a 3 also. Watching the old shows made me miss original actors in roles, especially JMB and MS. I also miss good stories that do not focus on one horrible character for so long...Nelle. I am so sick of her, the writing that lets her get away with everything for no reason, and the dumbing down of every character in her orbit, that I honestly don’t know if I can stomach the show until she is gone, if she ever is.
I admit I am invevsted in the baby swap/ custody case.
Cyrus Renault and his storyline intrigues me up to the point of "all things Sonny"; I want to know Jordan's backstory, i want to know that Taggert is alive and working undercover to expose Renualt. I do not want Sonny (or Jason) to be the savior in this story - I want it to be Jordan. And I want to see Jordan pay in some way for Cyrus's false imprisonment. Laws are laws.
The rest of the canvas: Alexis withour law license, Sam on parole, Molly/ TJ/ Brando/ Nina's daughter - Nelle and Maxie maybe PG could all be written out in short order and better stories written for the characters.
Story resolution needs to be shortened. Nina's daughter is beyond the who cares point, and that she is Nelle has produced a negative reaction. The faux marriage - again - negative reation and needs to be fixed pronto: either Michael and Willow fall in love, or they break up.
We need a good who done it and Nelle is the best candidate for corpse.
I'm not sure why a reply to my post only gives me the "flag" option as opposed to reply, etc. but: CarnyQueen commented Today, 07:51 AM I'm just curious -- was there any one story or one character that pushed you over the edge, or is it more of a general feeling? I remember when I stopped watching AMC -- I felt like the writing all around was terrible, including for the characters I liked, but I also felt that the writers were doing contortions to push Ryan Lavery, who I had originally liked. My reply is over the last couple years I found myself FFing through most of the recorded shows. Frustration doesn't even begin to describe it. Not enough hospital stories (it IS called GH), unlikeable characters, drug out storylines (can you say baby Wiley?), etc. The final straw was pairing Liz with that freak Franco. Beyond absurd. On a personal note, I can tell you that I met LW in person and she was a total B.
I know the actors are not their characters, but I could see dropping a show if I was put off by a lead actor's personality. In this case, I don't even like Carly but always liked LW. Since I didn't witness the behavior, it doesn't affect me, but I can understand your point.
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