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Is Lulu Losing It?

Wednesday, July 23 2008
Lucky worries that Lulu is becoming their mother, Nadine catches Matt in the drug lock-up, Maxie overreacts to her new roommate Matt, Claudia and Anthony argue and Diane wonders who the sexy woman with Sonny is.

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Posted by Ringleader at Thursday, July 24 2008 07:30 AM

cardinalgirl, what tweaks me the most about Lulu is the way TPTB have written her lately. When she was first on the show, she was much more like Luke than she was like Laura. She WAS street smart and strong and she didn't panic. But lately they've just been trying to shove the idea that "Lulu's just like Laura" and "Johnny's just like Luke" down our throats. If this was Johnny & Lulu on the run and she wasn't a basket case all the time, I think it really could have been great. But as is, she's just so darn annoying. The other day when Johnny said he loved her, I actually said "Why?" out loud (to myself - yes, very sad I know).

Would it be too much to ask for from the writers for just a little subtlety? Let us decide if this reminds us of Luke and Laura. Those of us who have watched for forever (and yes, I have no life! LOL) would make the connection. Even throw in some flashback sequences when Lulu is talking about her mom and dad's past adventures to help new fans come up to speed. It could have been really good, now it's just "Fast-forward worthy." JMHO, of course.

Posted by Ringleader at Thursday, July 24 2008 07:34 AM

mpruv42, I LOVE your comparison of Spin to Laura and Maxie to Luke! That was perfect! But you also forgot Spin's ability to think quick on his feet, like Laura. Remember when he covered for Johnny at the PCPD when Johnny threw that chair? That line about accidentally calling into question the "sexual orientation of all the Zacchara men" in Italian was priceless!

Posted by auntiep at Thursday, July 24 2008 10:01 AM

Beancounter-- the house used to belong to Robert--maybe Robin's name is on the deed somewhere I don't know. She said she wanted someone in the room so Mac wouldn't pester her into taking it.----Didn't make a lick of sense to me--

Posted by genhospchat at Thursday, July 24 2008 11:21 AM

I don't understand why people keep referencing Johnny and Lulu as TPTB trying to re-create Luke and Laura. You guys, the viewers, are the one's saying that they are trying to re-create it, not the writers, so why complain it doesn't compare? I don't see them re-creating the Luke and Laura runaway AT ALL...aside from the fact they are on the run. LL's story was they were looking for things, JoLu's is they are trying to get away from a murder rap. WHERE are the similarities???? Just because it's Laura's daughter, doesn't mean they are trying to re-create another pairing.

As for the comparisions of Lulu to Luke and Laura, well why compare them? Yes she is their daughter but think about it, how much did time did she spend with her parents? She lived with Laura as a baby but then Lesley majority of the time after that before they SORAS'd her so where would she pick up her parents habits? We've seen Luke give Lulu pointers NOW but where was he when she was growing up? He wasn't around and he says (then and now) that he wasn't around for Lulu. Heck, Lulu was what, 8, when Laura went into the hospital...how could she have taught Lulu anything?

Not to mention, Lulu is Lulu, she has a personality of her own. Perhaps the fact that her parents WEREN'T there for her, is the reason why she has these abandonment issues and freaks out whenever she feels someone is trying to take something from her. I happen to like the character BECAUSE she is her own person and is struggling to live with legacy parents. I started NOT liking her when she got together with Johnny because he became her WHOLE world and she forgot about herself. I liked her independence before.

Posted by Ringleader at Thursday, July 24 2008 01:00 PM

genhospchat - the writers did say it, in the dialogue they've written. Lucky, Nik & Maxie (among others) have all said at some point in the last few months how much Lulu is like Laura. Maxie even went farther at least once talking about how Laura's choices with Luke put too much stress on her and how Lulu is now making those same choices in her life. I also remember other people saying similar things either about or to Lulu, but the scene with Maxie eally sticks out as one I can point to. To me, that's about as sublte as being hit over the head with a baseball bat. If the TPTB AREN'T trying to make us think this is like Luke & Laura with all those references, I'm not really sure what they are trying to do. JMO, of course.

And I agree that Lulu used to be a much better character. You can see from my past posts that I said she was street smart, strong and didn't panic. Even when she hit Logan over the head she didn't freak out while he was lying in his coma. But now all of a sudden, she's a basket case. It's a waste of what could have been a strong, smart independent young female character - which unfortunately, you don't see on soaps as often as you should!

Posted by Ringleader at Thursday, July 24 2008 01:01 PM

sorry, that should have said, "but the scene with Maxie really sticks out as one I can point to."

Posted by Sapphire Minx at Thursday, July 24 2008 01:27 PM

Hi all!!!!
NY~~~~ I was sitting down. LOL!!!!!
She'd have street smarts IF they'd write her differently. I think Liz was wishful hoping she didn't look convinced about Lulu's ability to think outside of the box either.
Sam's scene was good.
What isn't good is the fact that GH is now the "Carly, Lulu, and CZ Show" and every now and then they throw in a little of this, a little of that. GH is also a sad version of Good
Fellas. Sorry~~~~~~ as much as I do like the mob story line. I am over it being the only other story line on GH.
IF it's not that it's all about Carly(banging my head), Lulu
(shaking my head), and CZ (pulling on my hair).
I like Carly but, I am so over her ongoing stupidity.
Lulu-- the jury is still out.
CZ-- don't get me started.

I do like Nadine. She slowly grew on me.
I gotta go.
Take care....

Liason Rock IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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