Unpopular Opinions

[DaytimeFan]

What I'm saying is that the pennies daytime writers are going to get from online streaming royalties weren't worth destroying the genre, even though it's practically dead. The strike absolutely helped primetime writers but it doesn't do a damn bit of good for anyone working in daytime television which is why I found it ridiculous for daytime writers to take the biggest hit and just accept the bullsh*t from the WGA.

[y&r_fan]

Mine too!

Y&R

*I had no problem with Lynn Marie Latham's writing; ditto Jack Smith

*I love Gloria and the comedy she brings to the show

*Amelia Heinle (Victoria), Christel Khalil (Lily) and Tammin Sursok (Colleen) are much better in their respective roles than their predecessors (Sherwood and Leon are VERY overrated actresses)

*I only like Sharon with Jack. "Shick" and "Shad" make me barf

*Susan Walters was the best Diane

*Rachel Kimsey was the best Mac

*I liked Shari Shattuck as Ashley (Eileen is the best though)

B&B

*I hate Felicia with a passion (I used to like her when Colleen Dion-Scotti played the role, but not now)

*I liked Kay Alden's solo stint as head writer during the strike

*I like all of the Logans except Brooke

[DeeeDee]

Michelle Stafford is highly overrated as are her psychotic Stans.

Sandra Nelson made a smokin Phyllis.

Judith Chapman & Daniel Goddard are highly overrated.

Kim Brown is wonderful but Sheila is no longer necessary on Y&R or B&B.

Chris LeBlanc is only good when away from Rikaart & Chapman.

Chris LeBlanc & Tracey Bregman were boring long BEFORE Michael & Lauren were married.

Greg Rikaart can NOT act.

Christel never is, never was & never will be able to act.

Shemar Moore can stay gone.

Kristoff St. John, Bryton McClure & Michael Park are very underrated.

Mark Collier is sorely missed.

Ric Hearst, Dan Gauthier & Billy Warlock are the best actors of their generation.

Heather Tom is the best actress of her generation

Susan Lucci is a better actress than she often gets credit for.

Maura West, Martha Byrne & Kelley Hensley should get hazard pay for the crappy writing they've been able to sell

Kassie DePaiva is one of OLTL's most undervalued talents.

Terry Lester will always be a much better Jack than Peter Bergman will ever be.

OLTL's current younger group smokes every other younger group in Daytime.

Darnell, Debbi, David & Cornelius are the only thing worth watching about AMC.

Bobbie Eakes deserves much, much better than Krystal Carey.

Lesley Anne Down is boring.

Renee Elise Goldberry is a good actress.

Victoria Rowell's a groundbreaking actress who will never get her proper due

Sydney Penny was wasted.

Ricky Goldin is Christian Leblanc without the pretension.

Tonya Williams, Tricia Cast, Veronica Redd & Alex Donnelly are four of the most underappreciated, undervalued & underrated actresses in Daytime History.

Scott Holroyd was the best Paul Ryan.

Grayson McCouch wasn't so bad.

Bree Williamson is good but Erin Torpey is still missed

Sabryn Genet leaves most of ABCD's "ingenues" in the dust

Scotty/Laura has ALWAYS smoked Luke/Laura.

Jess Walton is the second best actress in Daytime

Susan Flannery is the best.

Jeanne Cooper is Erika Slezak with a sense of humor.

Mel Scott & Kat Lang have been wasted for years.

Trent Dawson is NOT a Leading Man.

Cam Mathison is sweet but Ryan has been unbearable since Gillian's death

Eileen Davidson has always belonged on Y&R.

Lauralee Bell is tolerable. In moderation.

Terri Colombino is tolerable. In moderation.

Ellen Dolan & Scott Holmes are the most believable married couple in Daytime.

AshBash, Davetta, Adrienne & Camryn = Four of Y&R's Worst. Firings. Ever.

Sharon Case is more fun away from Josh Morrow than with him.

Josh Morrow has gotten HELLA lazy.

Van Hasis is a good actor but Nuke is terrible.

The disregard & destruction of The Abbott & Barber-Winters families remains one of Y&R's worst mistakes EVER.

[AddictedToSoaps]

AMC:

- I love Greenlee and Rebecca Budig. I enjoyed Sabine Singh as well.

- B&E aren't that bad. Same goes for McTrash. They all had their bad SL's, but they had some great ones as well.

- I love(d)? Rylee

- I hate Annie and MCE's acting.

- I like Krystal and Tad together.

- I find Billy Miller to be very overrated.

- I loved the 4th of July 2007 episode.

B&B:

- I like Brooke Logan

- I like Nick and Katie together

- I LOVE Ridge and Brooke together

- I liked Kay Alden's material during the strike.

Y&R:

- LML's writing wasn't as horrible to me as people made it out to be.

- I don't mind Christel Khalil's acting at all, in fact, I was happy when she came back.

- I don't miss Dru or Victoria Rowell.

- I like Jack and Sharon together.

- Restless Style doesn't bother me.

- Christian LeBlanc's acting is hideously awful.

- I like Gloria and Jeff together.

- I like Amber

ATWT:

- (Not sure any of these are unpopular, since I don't post or read ATWT threads that much) I HATE Noelle Beck as Lily.

- I hate Nuke. I used to like them, but now they're just god awful.

- I like Liberty and Parker.

- I hate Janet.

- I was happy when they killed off Dusty.

- I don't mind Katie. I also like her and Brad together.

GH:

- I absolutely hated Tamara Braun's Carly.

- I didn't mind Jennifer Bransford as Carly.

- I LOVE Claudia and Anthony Zacchara.

- Sam doesn't bother me.

- Spinelli is obnoxious.

- I love Sonny and Kate.

- I didn't mind Natalia Livingston.

GL:

- I loved the first six/eight months of the Conboy/Weston era.

- I love Kim Zimmer and Reva (even though I've made many fat jokes about her in the past! )

- I loved Reva's cancer story from '06.

OLTL:

- I love Marcie.

- I find Rex and Gigi very uninteresting. I loved Rex and Adriana together.

- I liked John and Natalie.

[Faulkner]

I was gonna post that I didn't care for Alicia Minshew's acting, but I see that a lot of people have posted it so I guess it's not that unpopular after all!

I think David Canary is the most overrated actor in the history of soaps. Blustering, overdone, and Stuart is unwatchable.

Ron Raines on GL annoys me for similar reasons.

However, Eric Braeden rocks my socks...he conveys so much with a simple gesture.

I miss Cricket/Christine on Y&R, if only because she reminds me of the Y&R I grew up with.

I think Jon Hensley on ATWT has become a fantastic actor.

I much preferred Tuc Watkins' David Vickers when he was sexy, a little threatening, and DEVILISHLY funny, not the idiotic putz he's become. And I dislike him very much with Robin Strasser.

[DeeeDee]

Amen.

[DaytimeFan]

Christian LeBlanc sucks...and he's been sucking for years. After that first Emmy win he fell apart. Greg Rikaart also sucks.

I haven't liked ANY of the actresses who played Lily Winters, Daveeta, Christel, even the one who played little girl Lily. Each of them is horrible in her own unique way.

Joshua Morrow's acting has gone to absolute sh*t.

Tonya Lee Williams, Veronica Redd and Alex Donnelly should have been given lifetime contracts, those 3 were divine and losing them was an underrated blow.

Susan Lucci deserved her Emmy years before she got one.

Alycia Minshew is a terrible actress and Thorsten Kaye is an albatross weighing AMC down. Cameron Mathison and Rebecca Budig are also horrible.

Without Susan Flannery I think B&B is pretty much SOL.

Joan Collins was the only good thing about GL since 2000. CBS should have kissed her ass and bought her an apartment building in order to stay.

Maura West ain't all that. Colleen Zenk Pinter schools her.

Genie Francis ain't all that either. Luke and Laura are DEAD, it's over.

Jeanne Cooper IS Erika Slezak with a sense of humor. That pretty much sums it up, well said DeeeDee!

Lauren Koslow is much better than the crap she's had to act for 12 years on DAYS. So is Suzanne Rogers who has been so wasted, she should sue.

Amelia Heinle needs an acting coach and a cosmetic dentist. She is horrible and she'll NEVER be Victoria Newman.

Brad Bell scabbed during the strike.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Oh, and I don't know if this is necessarily unpopular, because I know many can't stand her either, but Laura Wright is a HORRIBLE ACTRESS. She's always overacted the simplest of scenes, regardless of the show she's been on. She has no idea how to deliver subtle performances and chews as much scenery as possible.

[Soapsuds]

I always thought Terry Lester was much better than Peter Bergman. I thought that was a given.

[MoTheGreat]

Michelle Stafford does her best work opposite of Victoria Rowell & Peter Bergman.

I only liked Nick with Grace.

Sharon is act her best when herl overs are crazy.

I hate Gloria I hope she get what's coming to her. I'm still trying ot figure out how these guys fall for aold hag like her.

Daniel Goddard does his best work away from CKLily.

CKLily brings everybody acting down except for TS.

Chris LeBlanc is only good when away from Rikaart & Chapman.

Tracey Bregman were boring long BEFORE Michael & Lauren were married.

Chris LeBlanc is a great actor when giving the right material.

CK bad acting couldn't get her a job outside of soap.

Lame I mean Lane isn't as popular as people want us to believe.

Kristoff St. John, Bryton McClure & Michael Park are very underrated.

Mark Collier is sorely missed.

Ric Hearst, Dan Gauthier & Billy Warlock are the best actors of their generation.

Heather Tom is the best actress of her generation

I wish Reggie was there with the whole Erica Cane storyline.

Carly & Jack aren't ment to be.

Kassie DePaiva is one of OLTL's most overrated.

Terry Lester will always be a much better Jack than Peter Bergman will ever be.

OLTL's current younger group smokes every other younger group in Daytime.

Darnell, Debbi, David & Cornelius are the only thing worth watching about AMC.

Bobbie Eakes deserves much, much better than Krystal Carey.

Lesley Anne Down is boring.

Renee Elise Goldberry is a good actress.

Victoria Rowell's a groundbreaking actress who will never get her proper due

Sydney Penny was wasted.

Ricky Goldin is Christian Leblanc without the pretension.

Tonya Williams, Tricia Cast, Veronica Redd & Alex Donnelly are four of the most underappreciated, undervalued & underrated actresses in Daytime History.

Scott Holroyd was the best Paul Ryan.

Grayson McCouch wasn't so bad.

Bree Williamson is good but Erin Torpey is still missed

Sabryn Genet leaves most of ABCD's "ingenues" in the dust

Scotty/Laura has ALWAYS smoked Luke/Laura.

Jess Walton is the second best actress in Daytime

Susan Flannery is the best.

Jeanne Cooper is Erika Slezak with a sense of humor.

Mel Scott & Kat Lang have been wasted for years.

Cam Mathison is sweet but Ryan has been unbearable since Gillian's death

Eileen Davidson has always belonged on Y&R.

Lauralee Bell is tolerable. In moderation.

Terri Colombino is tolerable. In moderation.

Ellen Dolan & Scott Holmes are the most believable married couple in Daytime.

AshBash, Davetta, Adrienne & Camryn = Four of Y&R's Worst. Firings. Ever.

Sharon Case is more fun away from Josh Morrow than with him.

Van Hasis is a good actor but Nuke is terrible.

The disregard & destruction of The Abbott & Barber-Winters families remains one of Y&R's worst mistakes EVER.

Deeedee I took some of yours.

[Khan]

GH: What happened between Luke & Laura almost thirty years ago on the floor of the Campus Disco was neither rape nor seduction. Discuss, lol.

ETA

AMC: Hated the Babe/Bianca baby switch from day damn one.

[dragonflies]

AMC:

I think Rebecca Budig is highly overrated, and AMC wasted a crap load of money on that return which in a nutshell has flopped.

I know this is unpopular but I don't want Dixie to return. Never liked her

I like Amanda Baker and her version of Babe better than Alexa and her Babe

I think MCE has improved greatly as an actress lately, and is turning crap writing into something decent

OLTL:

I can't stand Nora, and root for Lindsay over Nora

Hate Todd with a burning passion and think Trevor St. John isn't that great of an actor.

Never liked Evangeline, and I hope she NEVER returns

ATWT:

Don't like Nuke, and most especially don't like Noah, and think Jake Silbermann is one of the worst actors to be cast on ATWT in a very long time

Loathe and despise Emily and think Kelley Hensley isn't that great of an actress, she's mostly histronics and screech crying

[DeeeDee]

Maura is good but CZP is classic.

Michael B. Jordan needs to be back on AMC. ASAP.

Same for Julia Barr & Tanisha Lynn.

Cady McClain is needed as Rosanna on ATWT but ONLY with good writing.

Laura Koffman is sorely needed on OLTL.

Michael E. Knight is a wonderful actor but he needs a LONG vacation.

Greg Vaughan makes about as good a Lucky as possible that isn't Jonathan Jackson

Scott Clifton is a good actor & Dillion was fine until he was paired with JMB.

Julie Berman can NOT do romance.

Kristina Wagner is a good actress.

Amelia Marshall & Tamara Tunie are underrated.

Tim Stickney is the most underrated & underappreciated actor in Daytime.

Spinelli is pointless.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Some more.

-Bree Williamson IS HORRIBLE, another one who overacts.

-Catherine Hickland has been looking hideously for about 5 years now. She hasn't aged well, but she used to be of the best looking women in daytime.

-Most, if not all of AMC's front-burner actors should be fired.

- AMC hasn't been consistently watchable since Lorraine Broderick's last Head Writing tenure.

[Soapsuds]

Nah...these are popular opninons here. Just dont post the Nuke stuff on Van Hansis board or you will get banned and feathered.