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Date Posted: 08:05:12 07/05/02 Fri
Author: DaJ
Subject: Oh I think Gary's getting the message. The question is, is it too late to do something about it?? Can he recover before it falls beneath Port Charles??
In reply to: Lafaux 's message, "So Gary doesn't know why the ratings are slipping!" on 20:00:42 07/04/02 Thu


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[> Gary is making excuse after excuse for the ratings drop...it COULDN'T POSSIBLY be that the show sucks -- aurorakz, 12:12:12 07/06/02 Sat

>Here we are, June 4th, Independence Day, 2002, and we
>are right back where we were July 4th 1998. OLTL is
>once again headed by someone who is so full of himself
>that he can’t see the forest for his big ego.
>
>Gary Tomlin says that he wishes he knew why ratings
>are slipping. Is he truly baffled, believing that his
>product is superior? He adds, "The tricky thing now
>is that the audience is so volatile, so fragile."
>Huh? We are volatile, and fragile? No, Mr. Tomlin,
>we are neither of those. We simply want to view a
>show worth our time. We are sick of your sappy teens,
>dull, lifeless, and thoughtless as mud. I’m sure that
>you have heard from the viewers via letters, e-mails
>and phone calls, but you have chosen to ignore them.
>How many more weeks do you expect us to sit through
>Niki Smith’s screeching and her elastic facial
>expressions? Todd and Blair proved to be favorites,
>yet, you chose to put Todd in a quasi-triangle on a
>deserted island, and instead of making Todd’s send off
>a memorable one. Instead of restoring Todd's depth
>and complexity, you continued to have Todd portrayed
>as an ineffectual, selfish, unfeeling, unthinking,
>uncaring boob.
>
>Still wondering why OLTL’s ratings are in the toilet,
>it’s because you put them there, Mr. Tomlin. Your
>audience isn’t as volatile or as fragile as you seem
>to think; it is instead, intelligent and intuitive
>with a low tolerance for bullshit.


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[> [> Well why would it suck? -- OTWB, 17:22:07 07/06/02 Sat

Gary is merely reacting to all that mail he's gotten begging for the return of the troll, and the dynamic of her selfless love of Todd, even though, he disses her and rejects her, sexually and in ever other way possible... Isn't she noble? Tomlin now KNOWS (through thoughtful mail from REAL Todd fans) that Todd is really NOT evolved enough to have a sexual feelings towards a woman, right? Todd and Blair was just a mistake, I'll be Gary's kicking himself that he can't spin Jack into not being Todd's. Oh well.. Tomlin's also giving BIG props to a good DIDrivel story with Vicki! Aurorakz, try to put yourself in the place of those poor schlubs sitting in group therapy with no OLTL to spin as an aid to their recovery! He's really TRYING to nod to those poor Secrets fans feel who felt so dissed when ABCD disrespected folks with multiple personalities and such, by making a mockery of their disease. His biggest mistake, with Icky/Nikki, IMHO is not giving her ANOTHER twenty five or thirty personalites, THEN it would really be a PSA for those fans, but well, he only has an hour a day, five days a week...

So why would he be surprised if the show is sinking faster than the Titanic? Poor man, he must be wondering, "WTF?"


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[> [> [> JMO, I could be wrong but I think GT was trying to bore us to death with Jen and crew and decided to throw in goof Todd and goofier Niki as a wake up call (can't sleep when you're sick at your stomach with the cringing shivers) I'm at a point now I don't know who to blame this mess on, the writers?? The director?? The actors and their (acting) choices?? Anyone older than 10 who thinks this shit is good, needs their head examined. I've all but given the show up for a lack of interest....BAH!! -- Candy, 05:37:43 07/09/02 Tue


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