Members Khan Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 To this day, I never will understand why Billy didn't launch his own cosmetics firm in order to prove himself away from the rest of the Abbott family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 WORD. I dont get why Leanna was brought by LML in her early tenure but never showed up later on even though the show got more trashy by the minute ever since... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 Because's MAB's Billy was more concerned with the bottle and living like trailer trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members juniorz1 Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 I completely disagree. I totally bought Vail as the daughter of Paul & April In fact, I'd have LOVED it if the actress who played April had come back to usher Heather in. The resemblance was uncanny! And Vail's Heather is the ONLY Heather I've bought as Paul's daughter. Doug Davidson never connected to Eden Riegel like he did Vail Bloom. I can't speak to Jennifer Landon, as I haven't seen her enough to judge. I don't think it could be worse than MAB's. At the very least, I think the show is going to be visually more beautiful than it is now. I also think she's making some smart decisions on what excess weight to dumb because if Y&R is one thing right now it's bloated. Marland's 6 month rule needn't apply here. And good for JFP! She's earned it. She doesn't have all those Emmys for nothing. She's a talented producer, many say the best line producer in the business, and like her or not, she cares about this genre and sees it as something worth saving. No way is she going to help send Y&R to its grave. She's here to keep it going and the fans keeping an open mind speaks volume. This is the first time in a long time that JFP is being looked at as the savior of anything and with a massive ego like hers, she isn't taking it lightly. The closer her material gets to airing, the better feeling I get about it. Actually if she fired Granny Cooper and hired Granny Learned full time, I wouldn't complain. But I understand the point you're making. The only person I'd actually hate to see fired right now is Jessica Collins because I think she's a dynamite actress giving the performance of her career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 I still do not get the Jessica Collins hype. She's just kind of there for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 She's recurring, right? JFP wouldn't really be getting rid of her then, she could just stop using her altogether and give Phyllis a throwaway line about her retconned sister moving out of town or something. I doubt they're getting rid of her though, they need another town lawyer, since they gave Michael the DA role (since they ran out of ideas of what to do with that character years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 Yeah, because most soap fans are so damn predictable. Every single time a long time head writer is replaced, fans rejoice claiming the new person cannot possibly as bad as the old one. RME. JFP is currently shedding peripheral and less popular (ETA) characters so there is not much outrage, wait she turns her guns on her favorite targets, the older established women characters like Nikki, Jill, etc. I think that it is wise to be cautious and skeptical when it comes to someone with JFP's history on the soaps taking over Y&R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y&r_fan Posted September 16, 2012 Members Share Posted September 16, 2012 She's contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 Jill's not even onscreen. MAB wrote her off with no intention of bringing her back. As for Nikki, she's not going anywhere(been there done that last year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 In JFP's case, every time she's gone to a new show, some fans have been happy, and some have been freaked out. I was freaked out when she went to OLTL, and GH, not because I thought those shows were in good shape, but because I had a lot of issues with her GL tenure. I don't disagree with you about the potential for carnage. I'm just saying that the lack of negative response to JFP so far says a lot about how many fans realize the show is in big trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 GL fans thought the same about Maureen. AW fans never thought that Frankie was going any where. You never know with JFP and with her history.skepticism is in order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y&r_fan Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 JFP clearly regrets killing Maureen and wasn't responsible for killing Frankie. She's not going to risk her reputation like that again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 You know, I used to believe that people like JFP actually cared about their reputations. Now, though, I believe they're (still) in the business for two reasons: ego and paycheck. They don't give a damn what the viewers think about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ann_SS Posted September 17, 2012 Members Share Posted September 17, 2012 It is very possible that JFP has decided that she has contributed to damaging enough soaps and is more careful with Y&R, but I certainly don't think that she worries about her reputation with soap fans. After all she is keeps on getting hired so in her mind, she must be doing something right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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