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Topic Started: July 25, 2011, 2:03 pm (35,696 Views)
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They were shown, but they didn't do much of anything. Jessie probably had a few lines, if any, when we saw her. "bobbe you're wanted in the er" or something like that. Yes, they were seen and no stories.
same as now.
No sweety, YOUR fave vet is a nurse Jessie.

But there are lot of GH vets who are not.
sweety? someone's trying real hard . LOL
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Here's the argument:

If you love GH vets in general, like from the 70s-90s, you're gonna be pretty happy. Show is full of them in various degrees. There's lots for you to choose from.

If you love only a select few GH vets who use to be huge, like Robert, Holly, Frisco, Felicia, etc, or you were more of a supercouple fan, you're going to be very displeased with GH today. There's not a lot for you.

Overall GH fans, the ones who can get into a plethora of characters, win out. Those watching mostly for a handful of characters or couples from back in the golden years? Disappointment city.

I guess I'm not sure what you're winning exactly. If I just wanted to see my favorite actor, a photogprah would do just as well.
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A think a big part missing in this debate is that a lot of people here will just never admit that they expect their old 80s faves to still be the stars of the show today.
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But it looks like the old vets in the 80's got more then, that what RC's giving them now... except for guz'a years he just brought them back to destroy
This is not true at all. Pound for pound vets?

Luke, Sonny, Anna, and Tracy alone have far more story impact now than Steve, Audrey, Jesse and Lee.

And they're on a lot more.

And that doesn't even count the rest of the vets in the comparison.

NOP but you guys are just addressing air time. What about quality of the rest of the show? Did I care that Steve, Audrey, Jesse and Lee were on less and had less impact? Probably not because the show was successful in getting me to care about what was going on in the larger whole. If they weren't able to do that, I'd probably be like why the hell isn't Steve getting a story?
GH's ratings have improved considerably under this team and the show is likely to be on the air for a least a few more years.

In today's TV climate that's saying a lot, at a time when even the top primetime shows don't get the ratings the bottom primetime shows use to get in the 80s.

GH is doing well, relatively speaking. For all those who hate it lots do enjoy it.
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Here's the argument:

If you love GH vets in general, like from the 70s-90s, you're gonna be pretty happy. Show is full of them in various degrees. There's lots for you to choose from.

If you love only a select few GH vets who use to be huge, like Robert, Holly, Frisco, Felicia, etc, or you were more of a supercouple fan, you're going to be very displeased with GH today. There's not a lot for you.

Overall GH fans, the ones who can get into a plethora of characters, win out. Those watching mostly for a handful of characters or couples from back in the golden years? Disappointment city.

I guess I'm not sure what you're winning exactly. If I just wanted to see my favorite actor, a photogprah would do just as well.
They win out with a GH to still enjoy featuring lots of characters they like to watch.

Something we all want, no?
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New question: So of the vets left on the show, who do you still ship?
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This is not true at all. Pound for pound vets?

Luke, Sonny, Anna, and Tracy alone have far more story impact now than Steve, Audrey, Jesse and Lee.

And they're on a lot more.

And that doesn't even count the rest of the vets in the comparison.

NOP but you guys are just addressing air time. What about quality of the rest of the show? Did I care that Steve, Audrey, Jesse and Lee were on less and had less impact? Probably not because the show was successful in getting me to care about what was going on in the larger whole. If they weren't able to do that, I'd probably be like why the hell isn't Steve getting a story?
This argument started when somebody said vets aren't even on the show at all.

You can debate all day long about what writing you did, or didn't, like. That's subjective.

But to suggest that GH has less vets now than it did during the hey day is wrong. Flat out, provably wrong. It's just that you, as you admit here, didn't care whether Steve and his kind had any story at all. You were into the newbies and didn't care about GH vets being sidelined. Karma is a bitch.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the argument started with a poster who specifically referenced KW, LH and KS as blink and miss, which over the course of 250 episodes a year isn't far off the mark.

And yes, karma is a bitch alright, on GH that is when it gets cancelled for sucking.
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New question: So of the vets left on the show, who do you still ship?
I Love Lucy.. :c:
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Here's the argument:

If you love GH vets in general, like from the 70s-90s, you're gonna be pretty happy. Show is full of them in various degrees. There's lots for you to choose from.

If you love only a select few GH vets who use to be huge, like Robert, Holly, Frisco, Felicia, etc, or you were more of a supercouple fan, you're going to be very displeased with GH today. There's not a lot for you.

Overall GH fans, the ones who can get into a plethora of characters, win out. Those watching mostly for a handful of characters or couples from back in the golden years? Disappointment city.

I guess I'm not sure what you're winning exactly. If I just wanted to see my favorite actor, a photogprah would do just as well.
They win out with a GH to still enjoy featuring lots of characters they like to watch.

Something we all want, no?
I guess we want different things. I want engaging stories and for my favorite actors to get good material. And if my favorite actors can't get material, then I still want engaging stories in general.
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NOP but you guys are just addressing air time. What about quality of the rest of the show? Did I care that Steve, Audrey, Jesse and Lee were on less and had less impact? Probably not because the show was successful in getting me to care about what was going on in the larger whole. If they weren't able to do that, I'd probably be like why the hell isn't Steve getting a story?
This argument started when somebody said vets aren't even on the show at all.

You can debate all day long about what writing you did, or didn't, like. That's subjective.

But to suggest that GH has less vets now than it did during the hey day is wrong. Flat out, provably wrong. It's just that you, as you admit here, didn't care whether Steve and his kind had any story at all. You were into the newbies and didn't care about GH vets being sidelined. Karma is a bitch.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the argument started with a poster who specifically referenced KW, LH and KS as blink and miss, which over the course of 250 episodes a year isn't far off the mark.

And yes, karma is a bitch alright, on GH that is when it gets cancelled for sucking.
GH is old as dirt. How many shows run for over a half century?

Did you really think it would stay on forever? Getting cancelled when you're over 50 isn't bad karma, it's legendary. People will be celebrating whenever it goes off, not lamenting that it only lasted for longer than 50+ years.
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