themtogether wrote:
mamadrama wrote:
bobbi429 wrote:
Were any of you around when there was the liason drought of 2005? Was it anything like this?
The big difference between then and now, I believe, is that although Jason and Liz had circled around each other throughout the years, they never admitted their feelings and hadn't really been together as more than "more than friends" at that time.   I was disappointed (well, more than disappointed) when it looked like they were going to get together, and then Courtney happened.  But still, they hadn't truly been together.    But now, after the NOP, Jake, their admitting how much they loved each other (and probably all along, although their timing was always off), the crap that Sxxx pulled, Jason threatening Sxxx, etc., etc.., It's beyond infuriating that they are totally separated on the canvas.   During 2005, they were doing their own things, but their lives hadn't been as connected as they are (or should be) now.  JMHO

  
Even though we really see it with Jason and Liz, I agree, I notice that Guza doesn't have the mob and the hospital interact much at all.
In 2005, I wasn't online either -- but I remember watching the show daily just to see if they had scenes, and hoping that they would. It was so frustrating. Now that I am online, and not watching the show at all, it is much better. GH had me then -- they don't have me now. They seem really stupid in understanding the power of the Internet. They should be using it to their advantage -- instead, they act like it doesn't exist.
Fools.


I agree TT, and the hospital, of course, gets short shrift.  Guza has cut a lot of ties between the hospital and the mob.  Jasons's family were doctors.  Emily & Alan are now dead, and Monica is rarely on.  Sonny, I believe was a board member at the hospital, but that is never mentioned, and he is rarely there.  As a matter of fact, I think several prominent residents were board members and would show up at the hospital (Jax comes to mind also).  The Q's were definitely very involved at the hospital, but there are very few Q's left.  The most obvious example of Guza's lack of interest in the hospital was the Toxic Ball Bomb.  Very few actual hospital employees were involved in the story!  I also think Guza likes to keep most scenes between only a very few characters.  We used to see scenes at the hospital overlapping.  People would be in and out, and characters would run into and acknowledge each other.  Same thing with Kelly's Diner, The Outback, Luke's Club.  Seems any scene with more than 2-4 actors now involves a huge event.  A new viewer would hardly know who knows who in Port Charles.