I'll go first:

B&B

- While not perfect, the show is currently in the best shape it's been in since 2003.

Y&R

- Genie Francis is terrific as Genevieve Atkinson. I know she wasn't well liked in her first few months on her show, but I'm currently watching June 2011 episodes and I LOVE her campy take on the character, despite the overall wretchedness of the storyline. Although I never saw Francis on GH, so I don't have that to compare it to. I'd love to see her on B&B in a Sally Spectra/Jackie Marone type role.

- Phyllis is one of very few characters to actually flourish under MAB (save for the Lucy custody madness). And of course, I still consider La Stafford to be the best actress in daytime.

- Maura West was AT LEAST as miscast as Diane as Shari Shattuck was as Ashley.

Um who the hell is Gloria?

She must be Olivia's split personality.

She must be Olivia's split personality.

Well according to OLTL, it's not impossible for DID to run in the family. Olivia came on the show stealing Kate's story so why not be consistent and do it again

Because, if I know my RC, it'll end up with "Gloria" and "Connie" in some mega alter-ego showdown that'll mock daytime soaps and the psychiatric community.

If Olivia has a split personality, it needs to be a male.

Since that worked so well on OLTL last year...

If Olivia has a split personality, it needs to be a male.

Nah, "Gino" can stay locked up inside Olivia's psyche.

OMG, Olivia is really Jocelyn from The City! I smell another DID story brewing

OMG, Olivia is really Jocelyn from The City! I smell another DID story brewing

She was also on OLTL.

OMG, Olivia is really Jocelyn from The City! I smell another DID story brewing

Complete with alter egos "Jolene" and "Oliver".

Here's another unpopular opinion: to this day, I believe the Todd/Marty rapemance might have been more successful if Todd, or Victor, had told Marty the entire truth from the beginning. Granted, many never would have gone along for the ride, no matter what. I, on the other hand, believe viewers will follow wherever the writer wants them to go so long as that writer handles that story properly and takes the necessary steps to get them there.

Here's another unpopular opinion: to this day, I believe the Todd/Marty rapemance might have been more successful if Todd, or Victor, had told Marty the entire truth from the beginning. Granted, many never would have gone along for the ride, no matter what. I, on the other hand, believe viewers will follow wherever the writer wants them to go so long as that writer handles that story properly and takes the necessary steps to get them there.

I agree, I actually did like Rapemance 2.0 for what it was, I actually think the Todd that took care of Marty was the completely different Todd who raped her that night and that's why I believe I could stomach it. I think in some way or form he was trying to make up for his misdeeds and he ended up falling in love with her later after she started to heal and then Todd's Toddness got in the way. I was able to stomach Victor/Marty much more then Todd/Marty and that may be because the actors were completely different and it felt like two separate characters to me. I actually do think Victor paid for his crimes threw Magaret, Blair's cry of rape and the death penalty storylines.

The biggest failure of the rapemance story was that it was all about Todd. Todd was noble and sexy for falling in love with brain damaged Marty. Todd suffered nobly when Marty wanted payback and when he was on trial. Todd was a good dad fighting for his family, along with special angel Tea.

It was pitched as some type of dark, twisted tale, when it was nothing more than RC's version of bad rape fanfic.

If they'd just gone on with what they clearly wanted, and had Marty and "Todd" get back together after the rapemance, then the story would have at least gotten more notice and consequences, instead of being dropped so TSJ could yawn his way through a few years of whoring.

I hated the Loving Murders, and thought Christine Tudor was a crappy and overly hammy actress throughout the reveal and whole arc.

I hated the murders, too, if only b/c I felt it was unfair of the show to do such a thing to the viewers who had remained loyal in spite of all the BTS turmoil and on-screen upheaval. I don't care if it all was done to generate buzz for THE CITY. One, there are other, less unsettling ways of accomplishing the same goal. Two, no matter what LOVING had done to get viewers excited about the spin-off, it never was guaranteed that all, or even most, fans would come along. And three, especially for those who chose not to watch THE CITY, you don't send them off with the knowledge that characters they have invested years in are now dead-and-gone. Not even PASSIONS was that cruel.

I can see where it may have been too much to do that to Stacey (and Jeremy's death was ultimately kind of pointless - I guess it was done mostly to show Gwen's destruction of everyone she loved), but it seemed like Clay and Curtis were already depleted as characters, and they'd reached the end for Cabot and Isabelle.

Edited April 23, 201213 yr by CarlD2