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  1. This makes absolutely no sense.  Their relationship was seemingly dropped.  Chance was a b-character in the Nick/Sharon/Cameron storyline.  Chance and Summer appeared to be on their way to being a counter puncture to Kyle and Audra.  I was really looking forward to a Shick reunion.  Instead, more of Nick and Sally.  Ugh!

  2. Just my random thoughts, in general...

    - The return of the GCAC suites and dinning room/lobby help make the show look old-school Y&R.  I love it!

    - The GCAC lounge is one of the best sets constructed in the last decade.

    - Looking forward to the Newman cottage set returning for Sharon and Nick's story line.

    - The Abbott mansion and Victor's office are timeless.

    - The apparent end of the Grand Phoenix's reign supreme is well over due. 

    - Jack and Diane are everything. 

    - Ashley and Tucker are everything.

    - The Abbott siblings fighting over their significant others while bottle-up in the same house is classic soap.

    - JG has his faults, but by weaving ED into a story on the forefront should award him some accolades.

    - TSJ's version of Tucker is perfect.  The deflated power-player who doesn't give a damn is so much fun.

    - Traci being out of town is a waste of BM's talent and the potentially entertaining scenes of her playing peacekeeper in the Abbott mansion.

    - Billy should be living at the Abbott house adding to the family drama.

    - Billy and Chelsea add nothing to the show. MCE is a fine actor, but Chelsea is dead weight.

    - Noah and Allie being back-burned to the point that they are only mentioned, not seen, is a travesty.

    - Phyllis's "death" was poorly executed.  Also, the repair that is needed for Phyllis to be redeemed is immense.

    - Summer went from being a strong, independent woman of morality to a poor hypocritical joke due to the "death" of Phyllis story-line.

    - Dark Nate is entertaining.

    - Audra is fantastic as a pot stirrer.  Yet, she needs a real romantic interest.

    - Victoria's sudden attraction to Nate seemed to come out of nowhere.

    - Poor Elena needs to get revenge.

    - Adam/Sally/Nick = BORING

    - Why isn't Sally played as a young Jill Foster-type?

    - Adam and Sally = Perfection!

    - Sharon pouring drinks and being a talk-to is such a waste of SC's talents.

    - Sharon and Chance = No thank you.

    - Sharon and Nick getting back together makes soooo much sense.  SC and JM have always been at their best when acting opposite of each other,  Plus, neither character ever seems to find a new partner that doesn't live in shadow of these soulmates.

    - Adam going after Newman Media is stupid.

    - Why is the costume department so bipolar with how they dress Nikki and Victoria.  Some days, both woman look amazing (especially MTS), but other days it seems as if they have purposely tried to make them look older and/or disheveled.

    - Devon and Abby are 100% fast-forward material.

    - Devon's penthouse is the worst set now that the Grand Phoenix is gone.

    - Kudos to JG for scrapping the Grand Phoenix sets as executive producer and bringing the classic GCAC sets back.

    - Why do Adam, Sally, Daniel, Audra, Billy, and Elena, all live at the GCAC. Billy and Adam both could sensibly reside at their family estates.

    - Where does Chance live?

    - I need Jill Abbott on my TV!

    - What happened to the Chancellor Estate?

    - I love Daniel's return, his re-connection with Lily, and his strong moral character objecting to Summer and Phyllis's dangerous games.

    - Lauren needs a story-line.  Why is she so absent from all-things Jabot as a powerful board member?

    - Having Michael defend Diane has been nice. Will he defend Phyllis next?  Probably.  (Eye-roll)

    - Mariah, Tessa, Chloe, and Kevin = almost forgot you existed.  Not missed all that much.

    - EB is great, but Victor is so predictable with his family games.  He is no Logan Roy -- but under the likes of Bill Bell and Kay Alden, he could be today.

    - Why are the classic music cues gone again?  They returned about two-three years ago in limited fashion, but haven't been used in ages.  The gala would have been a great time to use them.

    - Why is Christine so dumb as the DA?

    - Did Danny leave town without a goodbye?

    Yep, that sums it all up for me.

  3. 14 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

    So Christine is now DA. How does that work? Didn't she have that role a few years back and decide it was too much and resign?

    Can she just step into that role? If the current DA resigned/retired wouldn't there be a process, instead of cricket just deciding she was going to do it again?

    Looks like government departments work the same way as private companies in GC. Over coffee at Society, you decide to take over/purchase a company and within days it's done and dusted.

    Is making Chris DA is setting up a Phyllis on trial story...

    And from a SOD spoiler pic, it looks like Christine gets an......OFFICE!!!!

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    I'm fairly certain that is Paul's office set.

  4. Vast improvement to me.  I love how the actor's fade from black and white to color.  The silhouette of EB/MTS is very fitting.  The only complaint I really have is the font used for the actor's names -- it seems bland.

  5. I really enjoyed Friday's episode.  Phyllis barging into the Abbott mansion berating the Abbotts for what she sees as their hypocrisy was classic soap!  I'm also liking the possibility of a Jack and Lauren romance.  JG is using TEB more than the last three regimes have.  I really could buy Lauren in the lady of the manor role within the Abbott family. 

     

    Adam and Phyllis teaming up as the town pariahs makes sense.  I like the idea of them working together as allies, not as a romantic pairing, though.  It's interesting how Adam and Sharon are being written as having unresolved feelings, especially since Sharon and Rey are supposed to be "the next big thing."  I think most people agree, SC and JV have no chemistry.  Sharon and Rey are a dud.  Then there is Nick.  I'm not sure what they are doing with him.  He seems to have abandoned his hopes of getting back together with Sharon and is solely focused on going to was with Adam.  Blah!  I might be in the minority, but I like Nick and JM.  Nevertheless, I agree with many other posters that JM does best playing the laid back, soccer dad role.  He and SC have great chemistry and, I think, are a couple to root for.  It would be nice to see one of the Newman kids to be grounded. 

     

    Victoria is just a disaster.  The characters talk about her as being this strong, independent, woman who is a force to be reckoned with, but all we see is a simpering, whiny, indecisive character.  Pairing her will Billy just creates material to be fast-forwarded through.

     

    Kyle and Lola and Mariah and Tessa continue to be boring couples that in no way engender fans to be cheering them on.  I could care less about a tacky apartment's accent wall color or a failed musican's wardrobe concerns.

  6. AMC:

    • Why did Eric Kane betray Erica and sell his Enchantment stock to Natalie?  Erica was so devoted to him that it would have made much more sense to stick around and to slowly siphon money from her and to rake in dividends from his Enchantment stock.
    • When did Langley pass away?  After Phoebe died, Brooke said that Phoebe's last words were that she and Langley would be together again.
    • What happened to the Wallingford Estate, Linden house, McKay's, the Pine Valley Country Club, the Pine Valley Inn, the Boutique, Mrtytle's boarding house, Tad's mansion, and the Martin home? 
    • What ever happened to Myra and Slone? Both vanished in early 1992. What about Phoebe's trusted maid, Sarah Valentine?
    • What became of Julie and Ross Chandler?  Both left town in 1989 and were never heard from or mentioned again (well, Adam mentioned Ross in a throw away line when Palmer died).
    • What happened to Enchantment? 
    • Erica Kane had been a successful model and was a renowned business woman who had owned a hugely popular cosmetics company.  She had wealth, power, and fame; yet, she still yearned to be a Hollywood star at the close of the series.  Why?
    • What happened to Natalie's fortune after she died?  Trevor and the kids certainly weren't living a life of luxury.
    • What caused Janet to snap and kill the love of her life, Trevor?
    • Where did Mary Smythe go?
    • What happened to Tom and Livia?
    • Why did Mimi abandon Derek and Danielle?
    • What happened to Bitsy Davidson and Enid Nelson?
    • What happened to Angie's mom, Pat?  She never mentioned her when she returned to PV.
  7. Male viewer here...  Like most, I started watching when I was a child with my mom and grandparents.  OLTL was my favorite in the 80s with outlandish stories like Viki going to Heaven (which was a huge space ship!), Clint traveling back in time to Buchanan City, and Victor Lord's secret, underground city, Eterna.  I loved anything and everything involving the larger than life Buchanans.  Viki the great heroine, Clint the cowboy, Tina the schemer, Asa the bombastic patriarch, Bo the moral compass of the family, Cord and Megan the hitherto unknown adult children of Clint and Viki, etc.  It was always an adventure with that family.  The only times I abandoned OLTL was when JFP was EP (there are no words to describe that woman) and when Dena Higley was head-writer in the mid-2000s. 

     

    My second favorite was All My Children.  While OLTL was outlandish, AMC was more subtle and nuanced.  Erica, Adam, Brooke, Palmer, Daisy, Opal, Phoebe, Langley, Dixie, Tad, Ruth, Joe, Mona, Travis, Jack, Tom, Hayley, Trevor, Natalie (who I was so in love with!), etc. were such multi-layered characters.  Pine Valley was the perfect sleepy, upscale suburb.  So many of the characters resembled members of my own family and people in my suburban hometown.  Unlike OLTL which retained much of its talent and key characters up until its final days, AMC was gutted by the mid-2000s.  Its final months on the air with Lorraine Broderick as head-writer were a blessing.

     

    I watched GL during the mid-to-late 1990s.  I enjoyed the Spaulding and Lewis families and their stories.  However, I lost interest once it became the "Reva" show.  That certainly isn't an indictment of Kim Zimmer, or the character of Reva, the show was just so unbalanced and lopsided.  And, then there was the San Cristobal drama that ensued.  Blah!  I have watched many episodes on YT focusing on Beverlee McKinsey's Alexandra.  WOW!  Just WOW!  I enjoyed Marj Dusay, and she was the only Alexandra I knew when I watched GL in the 90s, but BM truly was a gem.  One of the best actors to ever grace daytime television.

     

    Today, I watch Y&R.  After the Prospect Park relaunches of AMC and OLTL failed, I missed having a daily dose of drama.  I went with Y&R because it reminded me of AMC in many ways.  Victor Newman and Adam Chandler, both men from humble beginnings who have created massive empires, and while both value family above all else, they are constantly undercutting their children and spouses. Katherine Chancellor and Phoebe Wallingford, two wealthy, respected women who rule over their respective towns, but neither can handle their alcohol very well.  Plus, Y&R still had so many legacy characters with rich histories front and center: Jack, Nikki, Ashley (until recently), Phyllis, Victor, Sharon, Nick, Lauren, etc.  Watching vintage Y&R clips on YT really makes me appreciate it even more -- and also saddens me that it doesn't look as good as it did in the 90s and early 2000s and that the stories aren't nearly as compelling.  However, I do think Josh Griffith and Tony Morina are trying to make a better Y&R.  Anything is better than having Mal Young!

  8. I have to say the show is so much better now that MY is gone and his stories have been wrapped up.  JG's writing is uneven as some episodes are boring and others are very engaging, but overall I feel that he understands the characters and is writing character-based stories as opposed to plot-driven stories.  I think he just needs a co-head writer.  I wonder how Lorraine Broderick would do on Y&R

     

    The sets look better and the lighting has been adjusted.  Everything looks richer in texture and less washed out.  I mean Sharon Case has been looking even more gorgeous lately!  It's great having Victor's office back, and the redecorated Tack house looks amazing.  That set had been gone for at least a year and half, maybe even two years.  I figured it had been struck down.  I wonder if the Chancellor Estate is safely locked away in storage.  I'd love to see it brought back out and redecorated by Tony Morina.  Oh, and the music... Those classic cues continue to dd depyh to the stories.

     

    It really takes well-written stories, credible actors, realistic sets, good costumes and lighting, and meaningful music combined all together to have a classy soap.  For the first time in ages, I feel that we are getting closer to a Y&R that somewhat resembles the Bell days. 

  9. Wow!  That's awesome.  CR did appear in some westerns prior to joining OLTL, if I'm remembering correctly.  He was such an unsung hero of OLTL's success in the 80's and 90's.  He and Erika Slezak were great together as the "Lady and her Cowboy."  Like other soap greats, Phil Carey and Bev McKinsey, to just name a couple, CR was never nominated for an Emmy.  His scenes with ES at the snow resort in Vermont in February 1993 when he found Viki with Sloan were so raw and real.  We literally saw Clint break into pieces losing Viki.

  10. AMC's Langley Wallingford certainly fits the bill.  After Louis Edmonds was taken off contract in early 1992, he only appeared a few times: Dimitri and Natalie's failed engagement party at Wildwind, Mona's funeral, and the show's 25th anniversary week-long celebration.  He was conspicuously absent during the Willow Lake storyline in 1993, which was really the last story to heavily feature Ruth Warrick's Phoebe.  After his appearances in January 1995, the character just vanished.  Phoebe, who rarely appeared at this point herself, would mention from time to time that Langley was out of town on an archeological dig.  On a related note, it still blows my mind how Ruth Warrick was so marginalized after 1993.  The Wallingford Estate set was struck down, Langley vanished, Chuck and Charlie left town, Linc stopped making holiday visits, and Phoebe was little more than a glorified extra at major Pine Valley events. 

  11. I have to say that while I'm not blown away by JG's writing so far, the dialogue seems better -- and the increased use of BM's Traci is a true delight.  I also think TM has made the show look better as the new executive producer.  The lighting seems less bright and fake, more organic.  Plus, having Victor's office set back on screen is everything.  Here's hoping the Chancellor Estate is next. 

  12. The more I reflect on the Rosales family, the more I think of how they seem to parallel the Rappaports from OLTL in the late 1990's.  A terribly out-of-touch megalomaniac (then JFP; now MY) took a recurring character (then Sam; now Arturo) and built an overzealous, self-righteous, hypocritical family around said character.  During both family's reign of terror, veteran actors were dumped (then Laura Koffman, Robert Krimmer, etc.; now Doug Davidson) or pushed out (then Clint Ritchie; now Eileen Davidson and Mishael Morgan).  Oddly enough, the only Rappaport that was dynamic enough to drive story across the canvas was Lindsay, played by Catherine Hickland.  Personally, I feel that Noemi Gonzalez's Mia could have had the same fortune.  I would much rather see the characters of Rey or Lola be leaving Genoa City instead...

  13. 8 hours ago, ChickenNuggetz92 said:

    Hey everyone! I've been quietly browsing these boards for a while now and I finally decided to make an account, go figure haha. I'm a huge fan of the older Y&R episodes shared from the 90s and early 2000s and most importantly, I'm an even bigger fan of Y&R's classic background music. I've always felt like they used to be the gold standard where daytime drama production is concerned, and strongly their old background music instantly elevates any scene. I'm glad it's making a comeback in newer episodes too, as they disappeared for the last 6 years.

     

    I'm also a frequent GH watcher, and based on the recent storylines I had this crazy idea to see what a GH scene would feel like with Y&R's background music (because let's face it, GH's current music is a mess). So I quickly flexed my musical muscles and I decided to quickly edit a short scene with Y&R's old music. This was already an emotionally heavy scene and I feel like the music helped drive that point even further. Because it's using older Y&R background music I thought it would be appropriate to post here. Anyways, here's the video below and let me know what you think!

     

     

     

    Absolutely fantastic work!!!  And I agree, Y&R's classic music cues are some of the best throughout daytime history.  The only other soap that had such dramatic, moving music cues, in my opinion, was OLTL during Linda Gottlieb's reign in the 90's. 

  14. The loss of some of the iconic sets (the Chancellor Estate and Victor's office) is truly a travesty.  While I really like the new Newman Ranch sitting room, it is too small a set -- especially for the mighty Newman family.  Like other sets (Victoria's house, the GCAC, and Nick's home) it has no entrance or foyer.  From a production standpoint, Mal Young was a complete failure!  Shrunken sets, classic and spacious sets struck down, bright, bright, and more bright lights that make everything look washed out and cheap.  I was watching some of the classic episodes posted in the Old Y&R Articles thread and was taken aback by how lush and classy the show was pre-JFP and MY.  The old courtroom set and the GCAC suites were just grand and elegantly Gothic.  The Newman Enterprise Boardroom was so big and quite the dynamic set.  Still, nothing beats the old-school Chancellor Estate... The cream colored living room, that French toile mural in the foyer, and the mint green dining room.  Jill Foster Abbott should be living it up as the lady of the manor.  I'm just grateful that MY didn't strike down or shrink the Abbott mansion.  I hope the new regime reconstructs some of the older sets and adjusts the brassy lighting.  Just as the classic music cues add substance to the scenes, the sets are almost as important as the characters. 

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