we can go on about bts politics, and material for pages, but what it all comes down to is DT's range is VERY limited. I am getting shades of Billy-begging-Mac, etc. with his current portrayal and that shows me that he's had NO GROWTH. I do not get any impression that he's a grieving father, at all. It's like he's over it and consumed by his love for Victoria - in the same way he was with Mac - as if this is some Romeo&Juliet riff, which seems totally inappropriate.

at first I thought Billy was internalizing his grief over Delia's death to the point where he became fixated on Victoria/his family, etc, etc something a bit deeper, but it's becoming painfully apparent that's not the case, and DT's performance is coming off as one-note.

bleh.

I don't think that much of Tom as an actor, I never really did, but Miller also failed at playing grief, and playing anything beyond the Kool Aid Man Dinner Theater Production of Days of Wine and Roses. I don't really know what they were expecting. I have a feeling they were thrown for a loop after Miller left and they decided to take a risk on David Tom, but clearly someone was just biding their time, and the show is so afraid of displeasing the "Villy" fans or whoever else that they went for some pseudo-name from primetime who can be a blank slate for fans who don't care about anything other than reruns of bad 2011 storylines.

I don't think that much of Tom as an actor, I never really did, but Miller also failed at playing grief, and playing anything beyond the Kool Aid Man Dinner Theater Production of Days of Wine and Roses. I don't really know what they were expecting. I have a feeling they were thrown for a loop after Miller left and they decided to take a risk on David Tom, but clearly someone was just biding their time, and the show is so afraid of displeasing the "Villy" fans or whoever else that they went for some pseudo-name from primetime who can be a blank slate for fans who don't care about anything other than reruns of bad 2011 storylines.

BM was bad in comparison to other actors on the canvas making their way through the story (Kevin and Victoria, for example), but he at least gave the sense that he was a man going through SOMETHING v. big and soul wrenching, beyond his obsession w/ his wife.

that's all I'm getting from Billy. I mean does he even work anymore? Not that anyone on this show needs to, they're all multi-millionaires. Mess.

BM was bad in comparison to other actors on the canvas making their way through the story (Kevin and Victoria, for example), but he at least gave the sense that he was a man going through SOMETHING v. big and soul wrenching, beyond his obsession w/ his wife.

Billy Miller's Billy was going through something alright...

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Believe me, cassadine, I understand how you feel, lol. It aggravated me to no end how TPTB at GUIDING LIGHT seemed to kowtow to fans of Danny/Michelle and of Bradley Cole (ex-Richard/Jeffrey). No way did I ever believe that the majority of the audience wanted that couple and that actor. Gradually, however, I realized that any fan-base, regardless of size, can determine the direction of a show if they are savvy enough to manipulate the systems by which TPTB gauge fans' opinions.

That catering drove me insane. Drove me from GL for a while, too. I miss GL

Billy Miller was TERRIBLE. People. Terrible. I never understand the fascination with him.

David Tom had some faults, but he was also probably a bit rusty. He was a lot more relatable and believable. And Billy shouldn't be 40+.

I'm not sure that Bacteria worked that well with Miller around either. Casting roles based solely on how they fit a prefab couple is a bad idea. I imagine Gina Tognoni will not mesh well with the perpetual frat boy Morrow, so if "Phick" fans start demanding her firing, will the show cave?

But who the hell has chemistry with Morrow?? No one except for SC...so put them together and right them off....I would have rather seen a Nick recast...I have never liked JM in the role of Nick..he is so anti Nikki and Victor...

Billy Miller was TERRIBLE. People. Terrible. I never understand the fascination with him.

He just makes people nostalgic for those old Ipana Close-Up toothpaste commercials.

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Billy Miller's Billy was going through something alright...

it's funny you would post that... I mean wasn't DT going through this IRL? smh

What do DT's (or any actor's) personal battles have to do with it, dio? All I said, or implied, in that post was that BM was incapable of portraying Billy as anything other than a perpetual drunk. Don't drag anyone's off-screen struggles with addiction into that, b/c that had absolutely nothing at all to do with that post.

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IA. I don't buy the he-looked-too-young rationale either. Billy Miller looked too damn young next to Cynthia Watros, too.

I just keep coming back to the same conclusion: DT was fired, b/c SONY won't budge on Billy and Victoria as end-game.

I think there was a very vocal group of fans who would not accept DT and TPTB caved. I'm disgusted by it. And I agree with those who feel they are walking right back into the same situation with the new guy. Billy needed to be off the show for six months for DT to stand a chance. I doubt that's changed. The people who only want Miller in this role now know their tactics work. Anyway, that's my take on it.

I still don't understand who likes Villy? They haven't worked for a long time. Victoria was always a strong businesswoman. When exactly did she become such a waste? Personally, I think it was when she became an artist. Her love of Beauty of Nature and her fight drained when HT left. I don't understand why Villy was ever endgame.

Try explaining that to the "die-hards" who are all thumbs when it comes to reality. I guarantee that if, by the greatest miracle ever, Billy Miller reaches a level of fame in the industry that matches, say, Chris Evans', you will still have fans on FB, Twitter and the like arguing how easy it would be to write around his film gigs and have him on the show whenever he isn't busy working somewhere else.

Well he's not the first to garner that kind of obsessive cult like adoration. Look at Vanessa M./Brenda fans at GH. Or Sarah Joy Brown fans. And there are so many others. It comes with the territory.

I don't think that much of Tom as an actor, I never really did, but Miller also failed at playing grief, and playing anything beyond the Kool Aid Man Dinner Theater Production of Days of Wine and Roses. I don't really know what they were expecting. I have a feeling they were thrown for a loop after Miller left and they decided to take a risk on David Tom, but clearly someone was just biding their time, and the show is so afraid of displeasing the "Villy" fans or whoever else that they went for some pseudo-name from primetime who can be a blank slate for fans who don't care about anything other than reruns of bad 2011 storylines.

I COULD NOT STAND DAVID TOM. But he won me over.

I still don't understand who likes Villy? They haven't worked for a long time. Victoria was always a strong businesswoman. When exactly did she become such a waste? Personally, I think it was when she became an artist. Her love of Beauty of Nature and her fight drained when HT left. I don't understand why Villy was ever endgame.

I like them just fine. I don't think that means only one person on the planet can play the role of Billy Abbott though.

I still don't understand who likes Villy?

I liked Villy very much when BM was Billy. I don't know if I will like Villy with another actor in the role or not, but I definitely don't like them with DT in the role. I love AH as Victoria and I have always loved Y&R. So if things improve and I tune back in, of course I will give Villy (with the new guy) a chance, just like I did DT.

BM had charisma and BM and AH had chemistry. I loved how she loved him so much that he kept giving him chance after chance after chance. He was so imperfect but his love for her never wavered.

I remember many times when his Billy was angry, he would just lose the angry expression on his face and stop talking or either walk away. And when he was in the car with Adam in his final scenes, his anger and intensity came through. He could control his face and still be angry.

If he gets another show somewhere, I will be happy to watch him again.

I COULD NOT STAND DAVID TOM. But he won me over.

Well, you got used to him. That typically happens when an actor is on screen 5 days a week. Even if they stink, viewers will become accustomed to funk.