They all look great!

Interesting group filming today.

Edited January 15, 201411 yr by jcren

BM is an average actor. Nothing I've seen of him outside of Y&R was anything extraordinary.

Which doesn't surprise me. The relaxed shooting schedule, the rehearsal, the better direction by the producers & the director, the better writing perhaps, can bring on miracles. Daytime can be a very harsh environment unless you're very talented & willing to bring it (which is why consistently great performers on daytime will always have my undying respect). Clearly BM is not willing to bring it.

I think that there are few good actors on the soaps. The few that there are all develop bad tics and get lazy playing the same character doing ridiculous things for years.

Interesting group filming today.

they look great...

makes me wonder about February sweeps

We're talking about two different things. You enjoy him so naturally you must think he's good. But I'm talking about an objective evaluation of his acting. That has nothing to do with personal opinion of him. I think BM's very good looking and charismatic, and I enjoyed his work on primetime. Do I think he's objectively good or even great? Nope. He's an OK actor. Because good acting skills are really not a matter of opinion.

And, may I just...

Sean Carrigan ‏@SeanCarrigan4m

Hangin with the beautiful @MelodyThomasSco today at the #YR lunch. @YRInsider @YandR_CBS @CBSDaytime pic.twitter.com/Az8tSyOTJr

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The likeness is uncanny...

Bryton's body is BANGIN' in that photo!

Bryton's body is BANGIN' in that photo!

Praise the soap gods for whoever or whatever planted the seed that he should bulk up because he has gotten quite fine...

they look great...

makes me wonder about February sweeps

Preparation for Neil and Leslie's wedding maybe...or that Chelsea by Jabot launch.

Preparation for Neil and Leslie's wedding maybe...or that Chelsea by Jabot launch.

There's also

the fallout with Adam

There's also

the fallout with Adam

True. But would Neil, Devon, Leslie be involved with that? I see everyone else's connection though.

Temp are for when people are sick, have family emergencies, and are on maternity leave. Why should they have brought in a temp so some actor could go on auditions and tape other projects?

Not 100% true. The bottom line is you can't pin a bad storyline on a character not being there. That lays on the writers shoulders. The bottom line is Billy was on more than most of the characters last year so they he was involved in storylines when he needed to be.

We're talking about two different things. You enjoy him so naturally you must think he's good. But I'm talking about an objective evaluation of his acting. That has nothing to do with personal opinion of him. I think BM's very good looking and charismatic, and I enjoyed his work on primetime. Do I think he's objectively good or even great? Nope. He's an OK actor. Because good acting skills are really not a matter of opinion.

And, may I just...

Sean Carrigan ‏@SeanCarrigan4m

Hangin with the beautiful @MelodyThomasSco today at the #YR lunch. @YRInsider @YandR_CBS @CBSDaytime pic.twitter.com/Az8tSyOTJr

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Again he has good acting skills IMO.

We're talking about two different things. You enjoy him so naturally you must think he's good. But I'm talking about an objective evaluation of his acting. That has nothing to do with personal opinion of him. I think BM's very good looking and charismatic, and I enjoyed his work on primetime. Do I think he's objectively good or even great? Nope. He's an OK actor. Because good acting skills are really not a matter of opinion.

And, may I just...

Sean Carrigan ‏@SeanCarrigan4m

Hangin with the beautiful @MelodyThomasSco today at the #YR lunch. @YRInsider @YandR_CBS @CBSDaytime pic.twitter.com/Az8tSyOTJr

Retweeted by Young & The Restless

Well, unless you are having a discussion with a bunch of acting coaches, it's all going to be subjective on a message board. It's not like acting is a hard science where we can measure someones skills. Plus even people who have expertise in acting will disagree on who is good or "the best". Do we all have to post our credentials to judge acting on a message board (I took a few acting classes in college, does that count?), lest some other poster comes along and tries to act like our opinions are invalid because we are not objective, but their judgements (inevitably) are? That will get old fast.

Not 100% true. The bottom line is you can't pin a bad storyline on a character not being there. That lays on the writers shoulders. The bottom line is Billy was on more than most of the characters last year so they he was involved in storylines when he needed to be.

Question: do you think BMs absence affected the story in any way? Are you saying his absences had zero affect?