Y&R: October 2012 Discussion Thread

[yr9190]

I just watched Monday's show myself and i also thought the Nikki and Victor at the burned down ranch were beautifully done.

I never thought i'd say this but I'm LOVING this new Victor, he has more depth on the show than that smugged cold hearted SOB that we had to endure with Maria for the last 2-3 years.

I know it won't last but i'm enjoying it while it does...I wonder if someone had a long talk with Braeden....

[Faulkner]

Yeah, yikes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBCZIZUo8A#t=7m0s

[Y&RWorldTurner]

This is the typical writing cycle with Victor, they'll soften him for a few weeks and he's right back to acting like he's some 20 year old hard-man after that.

[yr9190]

But that's the thing i don't really remember a lot of soft moments during the last 3 years.

Victor has been so dispicable ever since he got Colleen's heart and made that stupid "goodbye" video for Faith when we first thought Braeden was leaving the show.

I wanted to personally rip his throat out, but i'm starting to feel less like i want to LOL

[SFK]

Neil's sofa always reminds me of dentist office waiting room furniture.

[DeeeDee]

He's already got TWO condos.

[dm.]

OMG. Horrible, horrible, horrible music.

[Cat]

I am always surprised when I hear about JFP's music choices being one of her strong points. Production? Sure. But this is the producer who on GH put that awful "Do ya do ya want to" song over a Claudia & Rick scene to the point where it drowned out all the dialogue.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

The thing is, Allocco and Kurtz can't compose contemporary-sounding music to save their lives. Their contemporary stuff for B&B is just as bad and should have been fair warning.

I think they're experimenting with the music right now, besides these newer cues, there's a conscious mix with some older cues they've not used in a while too. It seems like they're trying to find some medium and it's not at the final point yet.

[Cat]

I'm willing to give it time -- JFP's stuff has been airing, what, a week? I also do hope JFP checks out the archives because Y&R has some of the best background music in those archives that have ever been featured on Daytime. Sometimes you don't need a forced "contemporary" feel when a classic cue says so much more without distracting from the scene.

[frequentsoapfan]

The song was called Would you Like it and was by Adrianna Leon that was was just blantant promotion of one of her actor friends.

[Mr. Vixen]

They played it the other day on GH. I liked it at first but in 2008/2009 they just PLAYED IT over and over again to the point where I hated it.

For a long time it played whenever Johnny and Olivia fucked.

[frequentsoapfan]

It was definitely overplayed and it already rang sleazy to me then they played it over everyone's sleazy romps.

[Cat]

Actually, I just checked on YouTube and it wasn't Adriana's song, it was some sub-country musak like they play at Kelly's. I have attached the link here -- go 4.30 minutes in and tell me if you understand a damn thing of the dialogue. Not only does the music ruin the whole mood of the scene -- which is Ric telling Claudia they have something more than just a soulless hook-up -- but it drowns everything out. I wonder if JFP wasn't deliberately sabotaging a budding pairing with potential.

http://youtu.be/_6G5BDM-kmg

My point is that you could have Maurice Benard warbling "Guantanamera" in the background but if it doesn't fit the scene, I don't want to hear it. Background music should not be a distratction, it should enhance the scene (as so many of Y&R's classic cues do).

[Chris B]

So far, I will say some of the changes in the production side of things remind me of Lynn Latham's tenure, ESPECIALLY the music.