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From: boren@randvax.UUCP (Pat Boren)
Newsgroups: net.tv.soaps
Subject: AMC flame for another reason
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 12:02:44 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 12:02:44 1986
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>  This is getting so bad that I have to scream somewhere. Please
>  indulge my ravings.


Me too!  I think of AMC as my favorite soap, but lately I can't
stand it.  Why?  Because absolutely no one on the show is "good."
I'm sick of good characters going bad, completely changing who
they are, just because the old person was "boring."  Nobody is
ever happy, and EVERYone is deceitful and cheating.  Ok, I know
we're not all perfect, but we're not all bad either.  Take Tom,
for instance.  He came on the show as a good guy, and as soon as
he gets the girl, he's a jerk.  Same thing for Adam and Bob, and
now it's happening to Ross.  Can only wonder what's in store for
Jeremy or Greg.

I'm also sick and tired of the "dumb broads" -- have all the women
taken stupid lessons from Jenny, Donna and Devon?  Why doesn't
Angie tell Dr. Voight to get lost and at least let Jessie know
what's up?  (Which brings up another thought -- just once I'd like
to see someone be honest with their partner about someone else's
come-ons.  Real people clear the air to nip things in the bud SOME
times!)  Why can't shrewd Erica see thru Alex and Natalie's schemes?
Does Robin have to be as stupid as Jenny when it comes to Greg's mom?
This complaint of mine goes way back, too -- Devon with Sean,
Donna with Phoebe, any woman with Tad...  For that matter, how could
a Palmer EVER be beaten by a Cynthia?

Stories I'd like to see:
  o  I can't stand Tom, so I'd like to see him put away for Gilles'
     murder or hit by a bus and killed.
  o  Erica & Jeremy as a happily married couple, ala Robert & Holly
     on GH.  Just because a couple is together doesn't mean stories
     are dead.  In fact, a whole new realm could open up.
  o  Brooke dredging up who her mother really is.
  o  Tad keeping his sense of humor (anyone notice when he stopped
     running around to be serious about Hillary, he really got
     serious and is pretty boring now?)
  o  New characters in the baby boomer group showing contemporary
     problems facing them:  job burnout (yuppies changing careers
     midstream), having "last chance" babies, things like that.
  o  A little more humor (so do something with Brian).

Thanks, I needed that!





























>     For example, Erica has just been deceived and lured into
>     the Canadian wilderness by Alex [nee Adam], who hopes to
>     seduce her in order to spite Jeremy. The plans have gone
>     wrong, and there has been an accident which effectively
>     traps them [landslide this time, plane crash last time].
>     Jeremy, of course has found out about the deception and
>     races off to the woods in order to play RCMP type hero.
> 
>     They have just finished playing the flashbacks of last summer's
>     abduction, and now they go off and come up with a plot
>     that is so similar that anyone watching can only 
>     laugh at it. Do they really expect to be taken seriously?
>     If the writers want to play 'Perils of Pauline' with 
>     Erica, they could at least find something new. Maybe 
>     just have Alex have his boringly awaited heart attack
>     while climbing into bed with the sleeping Erica, perhaps?
> 
>     A much better device would be for Adam to announce that 
>     he and Erica are still married during the wedding
>     to Jeremy. (Remember, he sent Stuart to get the divorce,
>     so it isn't binding).
> 
>     I guess I have been picking on the Erica subplot, but
>     less severe examples can be found with Palmer/Nina,
>     Adam/Ross, and Jessie/world among others. Is Agnes spending
>     too much time on her other soaps? I dont know, I dont watch them.
> 
>     There has been so much lost potential in the last year.
>     Jessie at the police acadamy would have been great.
>     Tad's turnaround to a responsible character is overdue.
>     He would make a good lawyer, and the show needs one
>     (Who's going to defend Tom?). Instead they wasted
>     an entire summer on this computer disc garbage.
>     (even 8 year olds know about backup copies)
> 
>     Sorry to ramble, but I feel better now.
> 
>     Jay Johannes

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