50th Anniversary

50th Anniversary

Saturday, February 9, 2013

The Fans Have Spoken

When I first read that the character of Lucy Coe was returning to Port Charles I have to admit that I was less than thrilled. Lynn Herring might be a fun actress but the character of Lucy was one that quite frankly got on my nerves. Her outrageous antics, her pet duck and in the crossover soap "Port Charles" her vampire slaying, well, it was all too much for this fan.

Bringing Lucy back to help revive the Nurses Ball seemed like a good idea. With the demise of ELQ that dream of a young student nurse seems to have been dashed. I guess that the writers knew all along where they were headed but the fans wish they would have gone a different way.

The legal complications with having the characters from One Life to Live continue on General Hospital certainly have caused the writers to change directions. Why add in the ridiculous vampire story which helped to kill Port Charles?

After All My Children and One Life to Live were axed in 2012, the writers at General Hospital should have been on their guard. If it could happen to these long-running shows, certainly GH is not immune to the same fate.

Although it has been fun to see Todd interact with Sonny, Johnny and Carly, his exit back to Llanview could have been a casual progression. John McBain's almost-romance with Sam Morgan made it easier for fans to get over the loss of long-time fan favorite Steve Burton but again, Sam could have decided that it was too soon for her to enter into a new romance and John could have gone back to Llanview to win back Natalie. I don't know how they are going to handle the loss of Starr after making her such a big part of the show thanks to her romance with Michael.

The reincarnation of One Life to Live via Hulu is something new and who knows how it will take off? Will long-time soap viewers adjust to the idea of watching soaps on the Internet? Will Prospect Parks investment pay off or will OLTL die in a few short months?

Meanwhile back in Port Charles as they get ready to celebrate 50 years of General Hospital, Genie Francis is returning to her role as Laura Spencer. Laura was one of the most popular characters ever on the show. Her wedding to Luke Spencer made ratings history.

Hopefully the writers will do Laura justice and bring her back with a story line worthy of her character's history.

With the current vampire slaying/Port Charles is in danger crap, this longtime fan is getting fed up and ready to lose hope that this soap will be saved.