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You are viewing the most recent 4 entries April 26th, 200502:55 pm: A New Dimension
April 26, 2005
I have to learn to start writing things down when I watch GH in one weekend. I have some clever thoughts and come column time, I am at a loss.
Thing is, I want to just write, I just don't want it to be lousy, uninspired and uninsightful (if that even be a word).
My best friends just had a baby boy. 2 pounds and 4.6 ounces. Baby boy is healthy and currently just hooked to an IV. I am so very happy. I cannot wait to go see the peanut.
Today I am just going to throw out some random thoughts about GH.
Why would AJ, in any version, raise his hand to Emily? AJ was and is many things, but I don't remember him ever being physically violent. That action detracted from a lot of understanding that I was building for AJ. I was feeling sympathetic toward AJ also because of Everwood. This series on the WB has just revealed to 17 year old Ephram that his girlfriend left, had a baby, gave the baby up for adoption and the birth certificate says "father unknown.," I had to start to wonder how it must feel to be that guy, Ephram or AJ and have you son, your flesh and blood, taken from you and you never ever being given a choice. It is plainly wrong and cruel and kind of evil. Michael had a right to decide for himself if he wanted AJ in his life and to be honest, the way in which Michael was stolen seems to go against what Jason and Sonny are always preching about the right to make choices. Not that this is the first time something made no sense in the world of the heroic (insert sarcasm) mobsters. Now here we are, at a very bad place, and this poor kid is going to be manipulated, learn to care about his biological father and then have him murdered. Isn't this a bit much to lay at the feet of a ten year old, even for GH? He may not act it, but Michael is 10. He has been emotionally abused, kidnapped, deserted, has had 3 different fathers (4 if you count Tony Jones before he was born). He has seen a memorial go up for him, has seen people shot and beat and is fully aware of the lifestyle his father and Uncle Jason lead. Forgive me if I am wrong, but all you need is a little physical abuse and this kid is destined for one thing...to be a serial killer.
Courtney and Jax are a joke. Let's breathe some life into Jasper Jax and give him some Rachel. Rachel at least is complicated, multi-dimensional, and psychotic. A perfect combination along with some wit and beauty. Courtney is just there, doing nothing but butting into all of Jason's business. Courtney has no discernable personality, no range of emotion. Whether she is being shot at, wooed by Jax or defending Jason she always wears the same expressions and has the same flat delivery.
Now Jax on the other hand is a keeper. He is what he is and is at his best when being the proverbial playboy not the Courtney doormat. Once upon a time Jax was huge and I was never a panting fan, but I appreciated him and he lit my screen. He did it with Brenda and he did it with Alexis and just maybe he could do it with Rachel.
Bring back the WSB. Someone needs to clean up PC and since it can't be done by a DA, a federal prosecutor or federal agent, perhaps Sean Donnelly can come by and help Mac out. I don't know about anyone else but I am tired of corrupt PC. I want my good guys good and my bad guys bad. There is only room for two gansters with soulds and that is Jason and Sonny. Everyone else needs to pick a side of the fence and stand on it. There is a fine line between being a not so great person, someone with some faults here and there that you love anyway (Lucy Coe springs to mind) and someone who is just evil.
A "Lucy Coe" does dumb stuff but without the intention of really hurting anyone. Alexis, who is getting beat up left and right is doing the only things she knows how to do to fight for her daughter and quite frankly anyone who disagrees is crazy. Sonny is dangerous. Knowing Sonny, loving Sonny or being in any way connected to Sonny past or present is dangerous. We know that Alexis is generally a good person. Alexis though is a bad example because I think she crossed the line when she killed Luis. (but I don't want to delete that statement.)
Why would Sam, for even the tiniest fraction of a second, feel that it would be within her right to try to control Carly?
Everyone knows if you tell Carly NOT to do something, you may as well just drive her there yourself.
Why is Reese sitting in Sonny's living room, holding Morgan and telling him a story? Anyone else find this just a tad innapproriate? Granted they ALMOST did the deed, they shared one kiss, but hell, they aren't friends. It feels like they have known one another maybe 6 weeks. No significant, I trust you with my child, relationship could have formed. Calling Leticia, where the hell are you?
That's about it for me. Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Current Mood:  excited Current Music: Heaven - Los Lonely Boys April 12th, 200510:15 am: Jack Wagner
I didn’t know Jack...… I’ll be honest here. I agreed a few months back to go see a Jack Wagner concert with our very own Karen mainly because I wanted to meet Karen and also because I just like to go places. I had no expectations on the concert itself and went in with the understanding that I wasn’t exactly going to see Bon Jovi. I arrived at Karen’s house early, because I am always early, and found myself quite comfortable and completely charmed by her 3 lovable cats. Karen is very easy to talk to, easy to be with and even without Jack it would have been a lovely evening. We had dinner at the Outback Steakhouse complete with Lamb, Filet Mignon and a chocolate tower. Good company, good food, what more could you ask for?
 Little did I know I was about to get even more. Jack can sing. The man actually sounded better to me live than he ever had on any tape or CD. I was completely blown away by that fact. Seems Jack learned some tricks on Broadway. His voice was strong; he strutted about and added two very sexy blond dancers to his entourage.</p> Let us not also forget to add the man is absolutely gorgeous. I am not big on men who wear smaller pants than I do, but if he was asking, I was all his. I sat there, 5 rows back and drooled.
Jack has presence. He still has that boyish grin and even though he so obviously loves himself, feeds off the room of screaming woman (I could have counted the number of men there on two hands and a foot) he still manages to charm the panties off ya. This is a man, ladies, who only seems to have improved with age.
</p> Jack had no problems interacting with an audience that was prone to yell things out. He was not fazed at being called Frisco and even pulled off some pelvis thrusts a la Elvis!
I would be remiss if I forgot to mention his amazing band. They were all great and all seemed to have a genuine good time. His back up singer had an amazing voice and even sang some TV Jingles for us. The guitarist and the bass guitarist were excellent as were the drummer and the keyboardist, who as it turns out was his partner in crime for “All I Need”.
April 8th, 200508:35 am: Dianna's Dimensions
April 8, 2005
I am noticing that I can’t seem to have an opinion and stick to it. My views, thoughts and feelings change with every column I read and every episode I watch. I wonder am I that fickle (I am Gemini) or are the stories and acting that inconsistent? Maybe it is just that I, like many other viewers; want to like what is on my screen.
I really wanted to like Ric. The writers kept telling me it was OK to forgive a man who kidnaps a pregnant woman, drugs his pregnant wife and basically acts all sorts of insane. They convinced me it was all right, that a leopard could indeed change spots, if married to the right woman and standing on the right side of the law. Then they changed my mind. I cannot fathom why Ric would suddenly be cow towing to Sonny. For the life of me I cannot understand a world where Ric would take Sonny’s side over anyone, especially Alexis. I can understand Ric sympathizing for Sonny’s loss, but the fact is, Michael’s death should have only reinforced Ric’s ever long mistrust of Sonny and his lifestyle. No matter how this story gets spun, Michael is dead because Sonny is his adopted father. This makes it Sonny’s fault, as was Kristina’s kidnapping. Yet everyone involved is holding Sonny blameless. Would it not have not only been more interesting but more real had Jason finally held Sonny responsible for something? Sonny got Jason’s buddy, his first son killed and tossed in a swamp like garbage, yet Jason is not even a little mad? Isn’t Jason tired of making excuses for Sonny? Isn’t Carly tired of defending the man who single-handedly destroyed her life? Not that she was such a stellar, moral person to begin with, but if we, the audience, is supposed to believe she is such a great mother, shouldn’t she be a little bit pissed? This takes me back to Ric, who is supposed to love Kristina like his own, is indeed the child’s blood relative (uncle) and yet he is willing to carelessly place her in danger. Ric spent some 30 years hating Sonny, planning revenge on Sonny and now, at a time where all his suspicions are realized he wants to forgive Sonny? It makes no sense. If there was to be a Sonny and Ric relationship it should start with Sonny. Here is a perfect point for Sonny to realize maybe he should not be so quick to cut all his family ties. How much can one man lose before he breaks apart completely? On a side note, is it I, or does Sonny just not seem to quit smirking these days?
(PS – with a character as volatile as Sonny, you must expect your opinion to change with each passing episode. I love Maurice’s talent, ability and charisma, but right now I have not loved Sonny since, hell it’s been a long time.)
I liked NuEm at first. I was one of a very select few that actually did. Then she got cancer and lived, lied to zander, cheated, lied some more, the whining started, the “curse” came about, she almost died so many times, she got raped and started yelling at Elizabeth and all through this she kept her prima donna attitude. Em stood in judgment of everyone and everything all the while not at all behaving as the picture of morality she so likes to project. Then she just wore me down, my stomach turned and it was all over. I don’t feel bad for her even a little bit. No one ever deserves or asks to be raped, but Emily made her bed. She saw Conner getting violent, knew from the moment she met him that he was attracted to her in a very unhealthy way. Elizabeth, Skye and Lucky gave her every opportunity to get out of that house and she wouldn’t take it. Her actions were not those of a noble woman out to save her husband but of a just plain dumb woman who didn’t have enough sense to remove her hand from the flame when it burned. The whole storyline reeked and I don’t see it getting any better.
I have the same complaint as another EOS Muse writer. Where’s the SEX? Lucky and Liz, Jason and Sam, I blinked and it was over. I saw Lucky’s bare back, came back from commercial and there they are cuddled and covered on the couch. Now I have to assume the act was completed and was enjoyed by everyone. Wasn’t illicit sex supposed to be a main ingredient in a soap opera? The kids are getting laid more on the O.C.
Reese does nothing for me. I wanted to like her, I really did. I am beginning to wonder if I even know what constitutes chemistry. For example in my opinion, Jason and Sonny have chemistry with everyone (well Sonny has none on a romantic level with Reese). I believe when Ric is not panting for Sonny, he and Alexis have chemistry, whereas Ric and Elizabeth do not. Rachel and Jax have more chemistry than Courtney and Jax and AJ and Michael seem to have something really great going. The littlest mobster has not annoyed me once since he has been with AJ. Lorenzo and Carly-none, Georgie and Dillon – some, Diego and Brooke – NONE! Now I know there are people who will not agree, so does that mean chemistry is also in the eye of the watcher?
I will never stop watching General Hospital. It has been a part of my life for well over 14 years I think. I accept that it will always have characters and storylines that I may like more than others. I will, however continue to complain, bitch and moan for as long as I continue to see crappy writing, crappy acting and crappy recasts.Current Mood: amused March 21st, 200512:04 am:
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I read some columns and I did some thinking and then I watched a whole week of GH in one weekend. I wanted to see how my reaction to what was going on in front of me would change if I watched with a new set of eyes based upon what other people wrote and thought.
The truth is it did make the whole show different for me.
I’ll start with Reese who really has done nothing for me. I read a few writers’ opinions that Reese has been a good presence and has played her character realistically. I read that so far she was liked as well as can be expected when she has to come into a show and play the good guy in a place where the bad is revered. I had not considered that before and when I did, it made much more sense. Reese is the FBI and as badly as it stinks of a Hannah redux, Reese is far more outstanding than Hannah ever was. Reese never intended to take Sonny down; she only wanted to find the children. Finding and saving the Corinthos clan was her only motivation and that right there gives this character some depth. I have heard mention of another kidnapped child that Reese was unable to save and I actually want to hear her story. When I remember Reese’s motivation it no longer looks like she is another woman who came on canvas and caved to Sonny. The fact of the matter is Reese used the resources she had to try and find the missing children. Those resources included Sonny and Jason and maybe she did bend the law I now see it was for the kids and not for Sonny. I only wish they would play the future romance where Sonny PURSUES Reese. I am tired of Sonny being chased; I want to see him do the chasing. It would be good for his character and it would be a real nice change of pace in Port Charles. I am willing now to give Reese a chance. (Let’s all sing along now…)
My next eye opener was Carly. At first I really thought she played the grieving mother well. Not phenomenal or anything but just done well. Then I read a column that pointed out that Carly reacted to the news of Michael’s death in exactly the same dramatic way she reacts to breaking a nail. Every Carly reaction is dramatic and features some yelling, screaming and falling down. Really these scenes were nothing new to us long time viewers. We have seen it for 4 years and most of us are glad we won’t have to anymore. It’s funny, I didn’t care for Carly the character for a very long time and it was not until Sarah Brown left that I appreciated her. I think of the Carly who was “Carly-Babes” and who set up AJ to look as if he fell off the wagon and I know that only the Carly of then could have pulled these things off. My Carly was never weak, she never stopped fighting and she was smart as hell.
I watched Rachel with new eyes this weekend. Of her my opinion stayed the same…anyone who makes Courtney miserable can stay as long as she pleases.
Can someone tell me when and why Bridget decided to stalk Diego? Were these just filler scenes because the writers had a brain fart?
How I love thee Jason let me count the ways. No matter what GH tries to convince me of I know that Jason is Michael’s real father. How cool would that be if it were true and we find out AJ engineered the DNA results way back when?
Jason’s teary-eyed gazes are right on the money. When I watch Jason even I miss the little redheaded mobster (and believe me that character irks me to no end). For me, for this story to play true, it has to be Jason who finds Michael, as always, as promised.
Sam’s quiet support had been nice to watch and I like that Jason finally has a woman in his life that doesn’t want to change him or force him to feel something he doesn’t. Sam is letting him grieve in his own time in his own way exactly as it should be.
I am appalled at the way AJ is psychologically damaging this already damaged child by telling him his parents don’t want him. That is the absolute cruelest thing to do to any child. Sadly, it fits with the selfish AJ we all have come to know. It saddens me that the writers would have AJ stoop so low when there are other ways they could have built a relationship between AJ and Michael. If TBTB plan to recast AJ and keep him with us, I hope they find some way to make him even slightly redeemable. At this point the character has sunk so low that all his poor me excuses wouldn’t buy a bus ride.
I want to feel bad for Emily, really I do but right now I only feel bad for Elizabeth for having to take Emily’s abuse.
I thought it was adorable when Skye made a point of reminding Georgie and Dillon to use protection. I found it incredibly strange that both Georgie and Dillon told Brook and Diego that they were sleeping together. I found it pretty amazing the Dillon did not get “bed head” and his hair still stood straight up the next morning.
All in all it was a good week on GH. I’m sad to see Luke take off again and I only hope he comes back.
Maybe I am learning that Soaps, like many things in life are all a matter of perspective.
Have a great week!
Dianna
 
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