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    GH: January 2024 Discussion Thread

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    1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

    I actually found the scenes between Carly and Drew to be very superficial. The dialogue is terrible and very cliched. Laura Wright is doing a fine job acting what has been given to her, as she always does. But the words she had to say lack character.

    I appreciate what they are doing. It doesn’t help that I have been watching tons of older Bobbie stuff and what is discussed in the classic thread. I almost wish we would be left with Laura Wright in silence, feeling her emotions while they showed a couple of flashbacks. Because her acting is great, it’s just the lines that are failing them. But letting something breathe is not Frank’s style.

    This is my problem with most of the soaps these days. The dialogue is generic, bland, and dreadful. Agreed on those scenes, especially the relentless ADHD pacing. Why can’t they make exceptions when necessary, even if their “research” shows that modern audiences reach for the remote after so many seconds/minutes? Isn’t this a special enough occasion to break the rule? Frank and team have zero confidence in their viewers.

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    ALL: Soap Stars - Where are they now?

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    Ian Ziering (GL, BH90210) randomly attacked by biker gang in apparent road-rage incident in Los Angeles - video:

     

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    Y&R: December 2023 Episode Rankings and Overall Stats

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    What are they even doing with Brytni Sarpy?

    2022’s rankings for comparison

    Overall 2022 Rankings:
    1.) Mark Grossman (Adam Newman) : 147
    2.) Joshua Morrow (Nick Newman) : 142
    3.) Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman) : 137
    4.) Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) : 129
    5.) Courtney Hope (Sally Spectra) : 120 
    6.) Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) : 118
    7.) Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott) : 115
    8.) Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki Newman) : 112
    9.) Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers) : 111
    10.) Susan Walters (Diane Jenkins) : 107
    11.) Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Lawson) : 96
    *.) Christel Khalil (Lily Winters) : 96
    13.) Bryton James (Devon Hamilton) : 95
    14.) Sharon Case (Sharon Rosales) : 93
    15.) Sean Dominic (Nate Hastings) : 83
    16.) Connor Floyd (Phillip "Chance" Chancellor IV) : 82
    17.) Melissa Ordway (Abby Newman Abbott-Chancellor) : 75
    18.) Michael Mealor (Kyle Abbott) : 73
    19.) Allison Lanier (Summer Newman) : 71
    *.) Robert Newman (Ashland Locke) : 71
    21.) Rory Gibson (Noah Newman) : 68
    22.) Brytni Sarpy (Elena Dawson) : 57
    23.) Kelsey Wang (Allie Nguyen) : 56
    24.) Camryn Grimes (Mariah Copeland) : 53
    *.) Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell) : 53
    26.) Mishael Morgan (Amanda Sinclair) : 52
    27.) Cait Fairbanks (Tessa Porter) : 47
    28.) Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott) : 38
    29.) Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott) : 37
    30.) Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin) : 34
    31.) Trevor St. John (Tucker McCall) : 32
    32.) Tracey Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Baldwin) : 26
    33.) Reylynn Caster (Faith Newman) : 22
    34.) Jordi Vilasuso (Rey Rosales) : 21
    35.) Judah Mackey (Connor Newman) : 20 
    36.) Zuleyka Silver (Audra Charles) : 17
    *.) Leigh -Ann Rose (Imani Benedict) : 17
    38.) Michael Graziadei (Daniel Romalotti) : 14
    *.) Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher) : 14
    40.) Richard Burgi (Ashland Locke) : 12
    41.) Jess Walton (Jill Abbott) : 11
    42.) Paxton Mishkind (Johnny Abbott) : 9
    43.) Jacob Aaron Gaines (Moses Winters) : 8
    44.) Lauralee Bell (Christine Williams) : 7
    *.)     Denise Boutte (Imani Benedict) : 7
    46.) Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) : 6
    47.) Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe) : 3
    *.) Michael Damian (Danny Romalotti) : 3
    49.) Judith Chapman (Gloria Fisher) : 2
    50.) Hunter King (Summer Newman) : 1

     

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

    in Discussion Thread Archive

    Posted · Edited by Faulkner

    I just saw the Nikki/Jordan scene and was left feeling underwhelmed, as it all seemed beyond lazy and formulaic. Janice Ferri Esser has watched too way many bad hostage movies and cribbed a lot of that cliché dialogue. The expository scenes at the ranch with the Newmans were kinda mind-numbing.

    Nikki’s “drunk acting” was a bit overdone. I really wanted to see the Clash of the Titans, but Nikki bobbing and weaving and slurring ruined that opportunity. And Nikki not grabbing the gun when she knocked Jordan out… my God.

    I love CZ, but Jordan is such a sketchily, poorly written character, and her hamminess is very grating. At least with Barbara on ATWT, even though she sometimes went over-the-top during the Sheffer years, she had a substantial backstory to support her performance.

     

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    2 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

    I was bit shocked to see SW with that hair length though as I don’t remember that hairstyle on her—at first glance I thought she was Mitzi Kapture’s Anita Hodges until she spoke.

    Yeah, her look was off-putting. She’s gorgeous but I don’t think that style suited her.

    KHC/Damon with the same cut as JM and DD. “I should presently expire if I do not kiss you forthwith.” He was such a cornball Lothario.

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

    Thad looks so yummy.

    Who is GR sleeping with to get so much love from the soaps???

    It's great seeing HT as Victoria. What a difference!!

    GR was legit great back then. He’s talented but doesn’t get to show it much other than moments. I know he’s well-liked BTS and Kevin still has his stans even though he should have been killed off after this.

    EB’s “hair”… LOL. 

    The female cast looked very plasticky around this time. Patty Weaver looked amazing tho. Shame what they did to Gina’s. 

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    Y&R: December 2023 Discussion Thread

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    1 minute ago, Soapsuds said:

    Its Kevin locking up colleen and burning down Gina's....ugh!

    It's airing right now here.

    Josh Morrow and Don Diamont with dueling buzz cuts and Thad Luckinbill with his spiky boy-band twink hair.

    I still don’t f*** with Kevin due to these episodes. So disturbing. Greg Rikaart gives great villain, though. I wish these shows would allow him to play darker and not goofy.

    Nikki and HT/Victoria’s hair… Lord. Not sure why they had to be so blindingly blonde.

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

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    32 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

    Cynthia Preston was wasted; I would have loved to have seen her vs. Maura West when Ava came on.

    Oh god yes. They’d have been fire as adversaries.

    It’s so anti-drama to make characters invulnerable. Eff actors’ egos and/or writers having a hard-on for certain characters.

    35 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

    Faith was my favorite during the time she was on GH. Naturally she had to lose and die.

    Indeed. She had total ice in her veins. Plus, when God was painting the Cynthia Preston doll, he painted her FIERCELY. 

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

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    24 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

    I guess Lorie Brooks is the only one who managed to get one over Victor. 

    And they sort of punished her for that. Lame. Victor as this behemoth is so boring.

    18 minutes ago, OpportunisticSlut said:

    Well it's obvious that the person who managed to destroy Stephanie's life - take her husband, her sons and her company was Brooke Logan. That little girl from the valley. After witnessing Brooke and Eric's wedding, Stephanie had a stroke and lost her memory while driving, leading to months of living on the streets as a homeless woman. 

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    Sheila Carter got some good licks in as well. At least for a bit.

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    ALL: Characters Who Went Up Against the Alphas (and Won)

    in Discuss The Soaps

    Posted · Edited by Faulkner

    Whether it’s Victor Newman or Sonny Corinthos, Stephanie Forrester or (Bev’s) Alexandra Spaulding, these soaps all have big powerful characters that routinely crush the competition. They aren’t very easily rattled and typically have people around town quaking in their boots.

    But once in a while, they come up against a force not quite so yielding.

    For example, I love how Mary Kay Adams’s India gives as good as she gets against Beverlee McKinsey’s Alex on scenes I’ve watched from their time on GL. And we all saw how Connor pulled one over on the great Lucinda on ATWT.

    What other examples do you have of a character who squared up with one of the soaps’ alphas—and maybe if they didn’t “win,” they at least put up a fierce enough fight to make the oh-so-powerful character look vulnerable? Someone mentioned that Judith Chapman’s Charlotte Greer was the only character to strike fear in the heart of the unflappable Maeve Ryan on RH.

    Or perhaps there’s an actor who usually steamrolls through scenes, yet they finally met their match, à la Stafford’s Phyllis vs. Rowell’s Dru on Y&R?

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    RIP: In Memoriam Thread

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    9 hours ago, DRW50 said:

    So sad. 

    Lee Sun-kyun Dead: Parasite Actor Was 48 – The Hollywood Reporter

    How horrifying and tragic. So many celebrities from South Korea have taken their own lives in recent years. 
     

     

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    RIP: Former OLTL actor Kamar de los Reyes has passed

    in Discuss The Soaps

    Posted · Edited by Faulkner

    Going through his IG, he did look gaunt in recent months. Cancer can be such a cruel disease, whether it’s aggressive or lingers for years. His parents are both still alive according to his NYT obit. Their hearts must be shattered. Deaths around the holidays can ruin that season forever, as many of us know.

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