Y&R: What's Happend to Victor Newman?

[aMLCproduction]

I love TGVN but his scenes the past few months have been so dry and emotion less. He was great when he had that diease a while back. SO many raw emotions. But now it's so one note and dreary. I don't even like to watch his scenes anymore becasue they lack so much. Is it just me or can anyone else add to this. Is EB getting lazy in his acting. He speaks so soft and says the same things over and over again. Is this the doing of Hogan Sheffer?

[MTSRocks]

This is the doing of Eric Braeden. Hot one minute, cold the next. He still has done some incredible work this year, and is probably just bored of playing another round of prison scenes.

[jcar03]

I kinda thought that was the point since Sabrina's death that Victor didn't care and was emotion less.

[Cheap21]

he's always been one note to me. Very overrated actor here

[DaytimeFan]

He's always been one note...which I love. It's a helluva good note.

LML's take on 'ill' Victor was just demented.

I prefer Victor angry and no BS.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

One note, dry, and emotionless.... Sounds like Eric Braden's acting for as long as I've been watching.

Don't get me wrong, he can be good sometimes, but like Maurice Benard on GH, he's incredibly lazy, thinks too highly of himself, and thinks he can do whatever he wants because of who he is.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

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[EricMontreal22]

I've appreciated Y&R for its great soapness for years but honstly Eric and his charater are prob THE single thing that keeps me from fully becoming a fan. I realize how beloved and important he is--I just find him an obnoxious, arrogant, suit who speaks slowly and lowly.

[Paul Raven]

I'm with you Eric.

Half of what he says is unintelligble.Watching Ashley fawn over him,and his children being grateful that he deigns to accept them,is too much.

In my book he has gone from being a love to hate character to just plain intolerable.

Victor should no longer be the leading man on the show.

A father,grandfather and businessman-yes,but the be all and end all of Genoa City NO!

[aMLCproduction]

I loved EB under LML. But it's like he attacks and degrades his family and just as soon as he finds out Jack did him wrong, he calls his son to say jump and Nick replies with how high dad. Give me a break. I am just tired of this dry ass Victor.

[dm.]

I hate that it eventually all comes down to Victor. He will overstep anyone he has to and he will do whatever he wants because he's Victor Newman. It only makes me wish he wouldn't get back with Nikki unless he gets a heart one day. Also, it's stupid to make it clear that both Adam and Heather will go down just because Victor wants them down.

I guess that's how Jack feels all the time.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

As much as Victor and Eric Braden have bugged me for years, I hated the s-hit LML made him do. That whole blackout and best friends with Jack crap was total character assassination. At least this Victor is a lot closer to the one right before LML, even if he's intolerable. Victor just shouldn't be some saint-like figure, eww. Victor's been degrading women and his children for years, which is nothing new though.

[MTSRocks]

I disagree, one good thing that LML did was re-establish the character of Victor Newman. Eric Braeden had a banner year under her IMO. The problem was that LML's stories went nowhere.

[MarkH]

Oh my gosh.

I loved that surprising change of pace to death--excusing that a forehead (frontal lobe) butt would have been UNLIKELY to cause TEMPORAL lobe epilepsy. And that epilepsy would have caused that level of delusion and hallucination and personality change.

Ignoring the neurological reality, the story was surprising, funny, and sweet (Nikki taking care of Victor, who only wanted to retire and see the "100 Places To See Before You Die"). The story, like all of LML's, went bad...but it was a delight to me for several months. Indeed, it restored my love for Y&R.

[DeeeDee]

EB does anger better than anyone else in daytime.