Expensive vs Just Plain Lazy?

So it was questioned When is General Hospital going to get a new Opening? All My Children and One Life To Live both have new opening so when is General Hospital going to follow? For crying out loud they still have people who are dead or on another soap in it? Ted King is still in it.. Wally Kruth is still in it and he’s now going to Days. Scott Clifton is still in it and he’s been on OLTL for months now (But I don’t mind it because I miss Scotty on GH.) Justus (Not 100% on his real name) .. but he died like three years ago. I mean they keep up sometimes with taking people out of the Opening for the individual shots, but the very end hasn’t changed. They say it’s cost a lot to change the opening. Doesn’t it also cost a lot to hire actors too? And they seem to be doing that left and right. And dropping Actors from contracts.

So here are my thoughts… Why cut two actors if they are only going to hire more? What is the point really? It doesn’t make sense. To cut two actors and the bump up three more? If money is so tight why not just use the cast that is there? Instead of trying to make it more of a mob teen scene?

I’m not the biggest fan of Kate, I make no secret of it. But really they had to dropped Megan for Sonny’s kids. I mean come on now, that is just ridiculous in everyway that counts. I am a Ric fan. I think Rick Hearst is a talented Actor who’s talents were truly wasted on GH. I mean come on Ric and Sonny finally made some peace and then they got and kill it, why? They could of done so much with Ric. They could of giving him a storyline that was entangled with Liz, Lucky, Jason and Sam… Well not really Sam more to Jason, Lucky and Liz. They could of have him and Alexis get back together… maybe then Alexis could be used a bit more. But no… they give him a new contract with a joicy storyline only to say nevermind we want something else and then bump him down? All I have to say is good move Rick. Maybe TPTB at GH will see you shining in your new role (well really picking up your old role) and realize they were stupid to ever let you go.

The one thing I am grantful for is they didn’t kill Ric. They gave him a job in LA. Thank you for that one because honestly it would have been another mistake on their part to kill Ric.

Also they gave Claudia and Ric a farwell. Okay thanks for giving Rexis fans a nice goodbye… or the Liric fans a goodbye. No we give Claudia and Ric a goodbye and have him tell Diane, Matt, Patrick and Robin (I think) that he’s leaing town. (now lets us fan believe they all sad goodbye in a nice way)

Ad to make it seem as if Kate is still on the show but not to air her. She’s off on some Fashion cruise. Soon she’ll fade away and people wouldn’t even remember when she left…. happened with Maxie before Storms took over. Happened with Gia… Lydia, Lois… I can’t remember if she faded away or left on her own… I know Brooklynn left Port Charles too live her her mom, just don’t remember when her mom left…. Happened with Ned once and awhile….. happened with Lucas. Happened with Kyle… remember him? Dated Maxie. Happened with Nadine… Vasnished into the background. Happened with Spencer…. But see those are the lucky Characters… because that means they are still around but aren’t died yet.

It just gets me they can hire all these new people onto the show, but they can’t bother to change the opening? They can only bother to take out the non contract players.

More to come later….