The actor playing Rafe isn't even Hispanic, and really can't act IMO.

They need strong actors and characters if they want to build a new family from scratch. Of course the writing has to be there too.

Yani Gellman mostly seemed to be cast for someone's twink fantasy.

Yani Gellman mostly seemed to be cast for someone's twink fantasy.

Yes.. MINE! So THERE! I don't find anything wrong with him or his acting, realistically, there hasn't been enough to really judge his acting for the most part. If he's not hispanic, then what is he?

His Wikipedia says an Australian mother and Canadian father. I think there's some Jewish lineage in there a well - well look at his name.

He's also played an array of white characters on other shows.

Edited September 26, 201213 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Yes.. MINE! So THERE! I don't find anything wrong with him or his acting, realistically, there hasn't been enough to really judge his acting for the most part. If he's not hispanic, then what is he?

Canadian and Austrailan is all I can find. But Gellman is not a spanish name.

His Wikipedia says an Australian mother and Canadian father. I think there's some Jewish lineage in there a well - well look at his name.

He's also played an array of white characters on other shows.

Yeah, but that doens't mean much... Andy Kim was born in Canada, but he is 100 percent Lebanese, I thought he was part Spanish, part Italian, part Jewish? Who knows.

Yes.. MINE! So THERE! I don't find anything wrong with him or his acting, realistically, there hasn't been enough to really judge his acting for the most part. If he's not hispanic, then what is he?

I like Yani as well and would love to have Rafe back. I've never had a problem with his acting either. He's not the best actor, but he's not terrible either.

He lived in Spain for a while, which is how he learnt Spanish.

He doesn't put any type of effort into his small Y&R scenes to look like a convincing lawyer. Not like Leslie.

Edited September 26, 201213 yr by frequentsoapfan

He doesn't put any type of effort into his small Y&R scenes to look like a convincing lawyer. Not like Leslie.

She's awesome! I really wish they had explored her and Neil. I forgot the name of the actress but she was a heck of a lot better than Sofia when he got stuck with her.

The Abbotts are dead. The Newmans are mostly ruined and can't drive story.

If I had confidence in JFP bringing in good new characters I'd say just dump the lot. I actually wish they would do this. Bill Bell did it and he knew he had to do it.

"Legacy" is now a byword for lazy. Victoria Newman was a legacy character, so was Nick, so was Billy. Legacy gets you a lemon.

Love it. Being a member of a core family doesn't make you a legacy character automatically. Abby was raised as Brad's daughter, not as a Newman. That is her legacy. Newman DNA doesn't erase what we saw for years. And she was aged so rapidly she might as well have been a new character.

Any word on the musical scores? It has been good to have a few of the classical cues back over the past few years, but JFP said the sound would change slightly.

Music is one of Jill's specialties, isn't it? I'm sure she'll pay close attention to it. The Y&R music is one of the many consistent things that set Y&R apart that LML was allowed to chuck after 30 years.

I did hear they were going for a more darker/gothic and cinematic look, but we'll see how it turns out.

Gothic, it done well, can make a show stand out. Some of Days of Our Lives under JER in the 1990's was gothic, and was good to watch. So, that I wouldn't mind.

The cinematic look, I'm not so sure about. Does it mean it will look filmic, as in a Primetime show or a movie? Or that the filming technique will be as such, it resembles a grand, cinematic experience, whilst retaining the 'naturalistic' look it has now. I'm not sure I'm making my point brilliantly. Lol

Edited September 27, 201213 yr by UK LAW

Not in terms of film-look, in terms of lighting design, it will probably be more cinematic.

Actually, Jill's lighting design at GH after the show went HD was kind of cinematic, too.

Not in terms of film-look, in terms of lighting design, it will probably be more cinematic.

Actually, Jill's lighting design at GH after the show went HD was kind of cinematic, too.

Ah, got it. Thanks Y&RWorldTurner.

As for the General Hospital reference, I'll have to look into that.

He lived in Spain for a while, which is how he learnt Spanish.

Too bad he's never lived at Juilliard, where he might have learned acting.

Score can make or break a show, and mark my words, she'll pull out synthesized CRAP and ruin the show for sure. The lighting hasn't been right for a long time, but unless she goes back to what it used to be, it just won't work. Even when I was 7 freakin years old... Y&R is the only soap that I liked or paid attention to, because it was the only one that didn't look and sound CHEAP. The classic score and production model is as much a part of Y&R's success and any writing. But people just don't realize that, because it's not in their face. It's that "Indescribeable something" that makes it all work.

+ 1000. JFP's love for the 80s synthesizer, while great for Santa Barbara, makes me very nervous.

If anything, she needs to burrow even more deeply into the music archives and bring back the haunting, definitive music Y&R used from 1973 up to the 1990s/early part of 2000s. I can't properly describe them in words, but as soon as you heard them, you knew instantly -- "Y&R!" There is some music currently on the show that could be jettisoned in favour of these classics which remain timeless.

Also, MAB uses music over everything. Y&R's past EPs (excluding LML) knew how to intertwine the background music with long stretches of silence, making scenes even more powerful.

Edited September 27, 201213 yr by Cat