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January 15, 200817 yr

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Kelly Monaco, Roger Howarth, Jensen Buchanan, Robin Mattson-great on AMC, horrible on GH and ATWT....

Thorsten Kaye I loved him on Port Charles but on AMC he's so bad that it's shame he get's paid to "act".

WOW I could NOT disagree more, unlike certain others on the show he can ACT. He's one of the actors everyone wants to work with and I doubt it's cause he's so gorgeous

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January 16, 200817 yr

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^i disagree about KM. she was good as Livvie on PV but has rocked on GH as Sam, her role siucks, but her acting is much better.

January 16, 200817 yr

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Christian LeBlanc owns this thread!

Amen.

January 16, 200817 yr

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After Christian LeBlanc won that first Emmy he fell off the acting wagon, majorly!! He was once so good and that Emmy just must've went to his head.

But I do love when he and Judi Chapman try to out Diva each other with their over the top antics/hysteronics.

January 16, 200817 yr

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I've heard that Drake Hogestyn was once actually pretty good, and hasn't always been the character he's become.

January 16, 200817 yr

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Sorry, but I can't believe that Drake Hogestyn was EVER a good actor. Next thing , you'll be saying that Ronn Moss has an Oscar in his past.

January 17, 200817 yr

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I've never thought Roger Howarth was a great actor. He just had a great presence on screen. Don't get me started on Ronn Moss, Christian LeBlanc, and Drake Hogestyn. :rolleyes: Talk about over the top. And although I love Adrienne Frantz, ever since she got on Y&R her dramatic performances have been way too over the top. Also, Aiden Tunner, who was never a good actor, has begun to shine in his performances lately and not in a good way LOL. I also think Jacob Young has become a terrible actor since coming to AMC.

January 17, 200817 yr

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Sorry, but I can't believe that Drake Hogestyn was EVER a good actor.

I agree. All I see is a robot, which is perfect for the role he is playing at the moment.

Roger Howarth from ATWT can gone downhill as well. I haven't seen him on OLTL, but all I know is there's a drastic change from 2003 and now. Besides the fact that he sounds monotone, he looks like he's is staring into space all the time. I'm actually questioning how good of an actor he really despite what his diehard fans claim him to be.

Edited January 17, 200817 yr by sema608

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I also think Jacob Young has become a terrible actor since coming to AMC.

Only since coming to AMC? Did you see his stint as Lucky#2?

January 17, 200817 yr

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^i agree. i actually think JY has become a much better actor on amc than ever before.

tho i did like him on GH, but that was because of the gay nick/lucky undertones that were there between JY & CS

January 17, 200817 yr

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Kelly Monaco. I thought she was amazing on Port Charles, loved her! And then moving to GH, she's just awful.

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GH: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Ha! I thought of you when he showed up.
It only took him 7 months to run out of money. He and Jacinda really need a class on budgeting blackmail gains.
Yeah, I get your point. It's a shame both these stories are happening at the same time. It makes Lulu look like a weird helicopter mom that won't let her kids do anything even if she has valid reasons. The show has written Lulu poorly and tried to make her the heavy in almost every situation since her return so it's not surprising.

By carolineg · Just now1 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

True, I remember in the beginning that Bea had a much harder edge (and was shown sucking back beers with Floyd). You could understand a little bit why Nola was embarrased by her origins. Later, it was more like she was unreasonable in her disdain for her family. It is a shame they lost their edge.

By DeeVee · 1 minute ago1 min
BTG: History, Behind the Scenes Articles & Photos

It's kind of throughout the entirety when he talks about manliness (and comparing himself to that of Bill Cosby), etc., and how he tried portraying Ted's love for his wife, and how manliness is what needed to be shown. It was multiple comments kind of equalling why he left the role. The 'host' of that 'interview' kept jumping from one point to another point. It was all over the place.

By Liberty City · 2 minutes ago2 min
BTG: History, Behind the Scenes Articles & Photos

He never discusses exiting BTG. He talks about how BTG opened doors for his career but nothing about his exit at all. And the interviewer doesn't ask at all.

The issue is his description of his self-described "manliness", and how he thought women viewers respond to that ... but all of that is alongside the homophobia he expresses.

Some text-based soap websites have typed up and posted their summaries of this interview, in which they state that he says he'd never portray a gay character because his portrayal wouldn't be believable to the viewers, and that it would be better if gay actors got such roles. People hurriedly reading those unclear summaries might buy that as a support of gay actors and representation. But it's not that at all!
If you watch the video, there's more * emotion * in how he says that, making it obvious that he's homophobic.

By janea4old · 3 minutes ago3 min
BTG: History, Behind the Scenes Articles & Photos

Is there a time stamp for when he talks about exiting BTG? I skimmed but couldn't find it.

By BoldRestless · 14 minutes ago14 min
BTG: December 2025 Discussion Thread

Marland would totally fit into that because his main strengths was complicate and complex plotlines with characters sometimes taking a backseat (His Guiding Light was worlds different in subtle ways to his predecessors the Dobon's (husband and wife team).
Bill Bell on Y & R also was very much into plot with character sometimes taking a backseat... and also he had a trusted co-head writer by the name of Kay Alden that did flesh out the characters (i.e Victor Newman, Jack Abbott, etc).
Brad Bell has no business being a writer... but he's actually in the plot realm and not the character realm.

Perfect example was the Doug/Vanessa/Joey story that had both of them slowly becoming ensnared in Joey's web with Joey using their addictions (gambling for Doug and Sex for Vanessa) to his advantage. Doug's 'death' with his son coming to investigate were the last episodes of Guza's stint and all of a sudden the son was sent back to school and Vanessa is now becoming pathetic without the cunning glint in her eyes that we saw in the first 150 episodes or so).
The Hayley bombshell was a great way swan song for Guza's stint. but the aftereffects have been a bit lackluster with Hayley since episode 151 with her making such careless mistakes (no way would she be eyeing Jacob's brother in plain sight, nor talking to Randy in public, nor being overly insistent on Bill drinking a special tea, etc)... and now this random chick that came out of nowhere.

By Soaplovers · 17 minutes ago17 min
Guiding Light Discussion Thread

I never really thought of the similarity. You're right, they are very similar early on.
Early Bobbie is also similar to what we know of Charlotte Bauer.
Beyond GL and GH being such different soaps, and the huge popularity of Luke, I think the biggest difference between the siblings is how quickly the show pivoted Nola away from a seedier world. Even after Bobbie was "redeemed" (which took much longer than Nola's redemption), her past was never truly gone.
Marland's choice to make the Reardons so nice outside of Nola also meant there was less backstory to mine compared to the Spencers. You had Ruby, who was kind, but also razor-sharp, a reminder of where they'd come from. Nola had Bea, who was the stock sweetie pie mother.
By 1982, Nola was moving away from most of the foundation of the character, and there wasn't very much left by the time Lisa Brown quit the show.
They could have brought some of that hard edge back in her second run, but it just never worked out, due to terrible, terrible writing from start to finish.

By DRW50 · 24 minutes ago24 min
Y&R: Old Articles

You’re welcome!
Hahaha Bell’s words on Kurt Costner has always explained everything I need to know. I’m sure Bell was very familiar with McCloskey’s previous work and in his head it might have worked, but between Bell’s admitted struggles and McCloskey being saddled with a lackluster terrible recast it was all DOA.
To this day I still believe TLW deserved that Emmy wayyyyy more than Stafford.

By soapfan770 · 30 minutes ago30 min
DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos

I had to laugh a bit when Amanda was rubbing perfume on her cleavage. I guess she wanted to smell nice in case Chris wanted to motorboat.
Mary Frann was also in the Tang ad with Florence Henderson. Polly Holiday (from Alice) was in the Mon in the Stove Top ad.

By SoapDope78 · 32 minutes ago32 min
BTG: December 2025 Discussion Thread

-- Ted gifted Shanice an electronic bird feeder? This guy has no game. None.
-- The hard right turn moving Leslie away from Ted and towards Marcel makes no sense to me. This just feels like another dropped storyline in a sea of dropped storylines. She was OBSESSED with Ted and now doesn't even mention him.
-- BTW, is Allison gone? Or will we return to her around May and hear some people say "Oh, these writers are so clever!"
-- Is Greg Vaughan going to recur the same way Cady McClain recurs? Because if that's the case, there was no sense signing him.
-- Still waiting for someone to explain Eva's complete outfit and jewelry change from one scene to the next.
-- It's sure looking like Bob Guza's departure is a big loss.

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