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Post by Andrew on May 26, 2006 13:19:13 GMT -5
Alright, it hit me while watching today's show that AMC is in desperate need of some changes. In order to turn this show around, it needs to be able to keep our attention, and not drive us insane. And one of the number one things that keeps someone watching is Change. Change is what makes things interesting. Why is the coma boring? Because nothing's changed for 3 weeks. Why is Jabe boring? Because nothing changes between them. It's the same formula cycled over and over again. This principle can be seen all across the board.
So change number 1 should be getting rid of McT. She needs to go not just because she's sunk the show and ruined every character, but she needs to go simply to get a new writer in there to spice things up some. Heck, let's get a whole new writing team.
The second change needs to be getting rid of the dead weight. There are several characters who I view as either pointless, or annoying. All of these characters can go, IMO:
Zack Jack Julia Lily Reggie Dani Myrtle Opal Palmer
(quick pause to vomit up my lunch, because Jonathan just proposed to Lily)
umm, who else... Janet Jamie and possibly a few more.
We need to get rid of this dead weight for several reasons: 1)They're boring 2)they're annoying 3)they're barely used anyway 4)we're getting a butt load of new characters
Let's count the new characters we are potentially getting: Jeff "Annie" "Emma" Colby Petey? Jamal (Is that his name now?) "Ellie" (Per Raven's latest script) "Megan"? (Per Raven's latest script)
That's 11 we could easily get rid of, and 8 potential new characters. It's still a net loss, which is what we need.
Other changes that need to be made are the types of stories. For the love of Tom Cruise, NO MORE BABY STORIES!!! NONE!!! EVER!!!. We also need some new couples, some new friends, new character orbits, the whole 9 yards. I want to see people in stories with each other we would never dream of seeing! And these new stories need to be faster paced, with plot points happening on a more regular basis.
We've all tossed around some great SL ideas, but here are some random thoughts i have come up with. Some of these might sound Horrible to some of you all, some of you might like them.
The following are a bunch of random couples i would not mind being explored, OR couples i wouldn't mind staying together (but some of them are in desperate need of some new energy).
Kendall/Jr Ryan/Kendall Ryan/Di Di/Tad Di/Aiden Aiden/Erin Erin/Jr Jr/Babe Babe/Josh David/Brooke Brooke/Adam Adam/Krystal Krystal/David David/Di Jonathan/Simone Jonathan/Amanda Amanda/Aiden Kendall/Aiden Erica/David Erica/Adam Josh/Simone Dixie/David Dixie/Tad Tad/Erica Jonathan/Di
And like i said earlier, different character orbits need to be created as well. We need some Kane/Chandler stuff. Also, Jonathan or Ryan in a SL with Di. Fix this Dixie/Jr stuff, and make them happy again. A compelling mystery involving lots of Random characters, like Amanda/Adam/Erica/Erin/Tad.
I guess the bottom line is, we are in desperate need of new stories, new couples, new orbits, and getting rid of the dead weight.
Any other ideas, comments?
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Post by minkie on May 26, 2006 14:57:29 GMT -5
I agree on most of that. McT has to go first, nothing will change unless she's gone. Secondly, there are a lot of characters that they can easily drop but I actually would keep some of the ones you listed. I find AMC isn't very balanced when it comes to age groups, hence Babe always has three men circling her. that should stop. Dani be aged to Babe/Amanda's age, so I would keep her and it would balance out the group.
I also have a feeling the Ellie/Megan thing is not all it seems. I'm not sure if its just to cast one person or two.
But people I would dump based on being useless: Lily, Opal, Palmer (sorry but...he really can't wrok anymore anyway), Aidan, Reggie, possibly Erin (I like her but really...she doesn't do anything), Jonathan stays only if Gump Jonathan goes NOW, Josh (don't care if he's a Kane, he's useless), Janet unless we get more Janet/Amanda stuff out of it,
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Post by Chris on May 26, 2006 15:41:16 GMT -5
My problem is not so much the characters we have, but the development of the characters and the stories they are in. Why bring on practically a whole new cast when the writing for them will inevitabley suck anyway?
Think of shows like Lost and the Sopranos and CSI and Friends... etc. that have a good following. (I mention Friends only because they use true friendships and a little comedy to bring in fans even after the show has been cancelled.) Why not put a little mystery in the show? And I'm sorry... who murdered Greg Madden is not going to be the kind of mystery I'm talking about. Why not add some real drama that causes people to pull together in crisis? Why not use real world problems once in awhile instead of stretching to fetus boy stories? And for goodness sakes, do not put a hot young actress together with an aging dinosaur. Lets see a little "hot and spicy" in the relationships.
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Post by kallietop on May 26, 2006 15:44:43 GMT -5
i agree with a lot with some changes! i like jaime but he needs a SL. same with reggie - uh SL?? and i don't want to see erin with jr. jr and simone,babe or amanda - kewl jon and lily and the whole brain injury has to end NOW!!!! and - sorry all- erin can go josh can also go other that that flail - i agree. oh - madden needs to go, also we need to spike the writers water and liven things up!!
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Post by donutqueen on May 26, 2006 17:04:31 GMT -5
and men need to have their shirts off more often!!!
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Post by Soaper on May 26, 2006 17:15:42 GMT -5
Characters that should go:
Zach (Death is too good for this character) Julia (good Lord but TPTB sure did ruin your character!) Lily (talented young actress but TPTB do not write her properly) Reggie (He's just a glorified babysitter and he can find better work in a school play) Myrtle (DIE ZACH PROP!) Opal (ho-hum!) Palmer (Get some rest!) Brooke (sorry but she's pricey and never used) Janet (why waste her time?) DEL! (He should have been cut after his first 13 weeks! WTF?) Bianca (You do NOT belong here! Quit coming back!) Jamie (His death could be the best thing to happen to the Martin family in years and they have a REAL DR...Dr. Josh LOL) Dixie (Why did you come back Cady? WHY?)
Couples I'd like to see:
Zach and DEATH (or Babe...same difference) Tad and Di Aidan and Simone David and Erin Ryan and Kendall Jonathan and Amanda...
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Post by stg2 on May 26, 2006 17:18:44 GMT -5
We can't have the "Hunks" of AMC in scenes with their shirts off It might make Zach feel bad
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Post by stg2 on May 26, 2006 17:31:55 GMT -5
Good post soaper Zach & Death now that would be like icing on a cake! I would tune in to see that & just think, the writers could write a script that might possibly last for two years about the other characters singing his praises about how he loved, & he was a man who kept his word, blah..blah. excuse me, I've got to find my bucket
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Post by Soaper on May 26, 2006 17:51:17 GMT -5
Good post soaper Zach & Death now that would be like icing on a cake! I would tune in to see that & just think, the writers could write a script that might possibly last for two years about the other characters singing his praises about how he loved, & he was a man who kept his word, blah..blah. excuse me, I've got to find my bucket LOL Another couple: AMC viewers and a bucket BTW: I would have said Aidan & Erin and Simone & David but I figured...what they heck lets mix things up a bit before they get too serious between Aidan and Erin. And I think that Erin has a bad girl in there just waiting to come out And I think that Simone could bring out the silly side of aidan better than Erin does. JMO of course.
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Post by Andrew on May 26, 2006 22:02:24 GMT -5
Raven's latest column makes it seems like this whole "ellie/megan" script thing is just being used to find a recast of Dani. That makes me happy, because i don't think i could have two more women in that age group on the show.
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Post by kallietop on May 26, 2006 22:23:16 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on May 26, 2006 22:46:48 GMT -5
Couples I'd like to see: Aidan and Simone Ooohh - Aidan and Simone! That would be interesting!!
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Post by minkie on May 27, 2006 2:55:30 GMT -5
LOL are we listing people that COULD go or people we WANT to go? I was only listing people I thought were currently dead weight (as in, they do nothing).
Personally I think the show would improve a ton if the following left: Jamie, Babe, Krystal, Zach, Gump Jonathan (can be replaced with real Jonathan, but otherwise...he should go), Erin (sorry, I like her but she does nothing), Aidan, Josh, Lily, Reggie, Opal, Palmer (this is depending on if Petey ever shows up though), Julia, Simone (like her but if she's not going to do anything....see ya)
However I do recognize that a few of these characters are needed. Jamie, as much as I dislike him, is the son of two core characters. Erin or Babe I think also would be needed to round out that age group (but I'd prefer Erin over Babe). Likewise with Julia and Simone...the only other girl in that age group is Kendall (Erin possibly could be here instead of with the Babe/Amanda group but...I don't know).
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Post by Soaper on May 27, 2006 6:41:40 GMT -5
LOL are we listing people that COULD go or people we WANT to go? I was only listing people I thought were currently dead weight (as in, they do nothing). Personally I think the show would improve a ton if the following left: Jamie, Babe, Krystal, Zach, Gump Jonathan (can be replaced with real Jonathan, but otherwise...he should go), Erin (sorry, I like her but she does nothing), Aidan, Josh, Lily, Reggie, Opal, Palmer (this is depending on if Petey ever shows up though), Julia, Simone (like her but if she's not going to do anything....see ya) However I do recognize that a few of these characters are needed. Jamie, as much as I dislike him, is the son of two core characters. Erin or Babe I think also would be needed to round out that age group (but I'd prefer Erin over Babe). Likewise with Julia and Simone...the only other girl in that age group is Kendall (Erin possibly could be here instead of with the Babe/Amanda group but...I don't know). I don't want to get rid of characters just because they have been in the Back Burner Cafe...If we did that it would be Zach and Kendall all day everyday. AMC needs to cut off the dead wood. Characters that have reached a dead end and inhibit growth. Zach (I'd rather see David in every one of Zach's SL's and we don't need two of the same type only to rop the better character into the BB), Julia, Lily, Reggie ,Myrtle, Opal, Palmer, Brooke, Janet, DEL, Jamie, Dixie (I personally prefer Di to Dixie and I think it's a shame that they ever brought her back). Personally I think that if they are getting rid of Brooke next year and brining in Jeff Martin they can swap Josh for Jamie. So goodbye JB & JB (Julia Barr and Justin Bruenig). It would have had made more sence if TPTB wrote that Josh rejected Erica and moves to Europe to start a practice with the man that raised him but that isn't going to happen. I would have loved to have been able to see the end of that SL. Julia Santos should go because the rest of Santos family has moved to Cali...WTF? she spent NINE YEARS trying to get home to her family and as soon as she's free she moves to her home town only to discover that her and her husband's family are no longer there? GO! GO TO CALI! I don't like Babe and KWAK but as long as JR is in town I think that there is a SL for them. If JY leaves AMC they should go too.
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Post by donutqueen on May 27, 2006 11:29:28 GMT -5
Dix should never have been brought back. Di should have been Dix it would have made for tons better SLs.
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