2 minutes ago, SteelCity said:

Well, it's obvious that Lola's going to be paired with Kyle. Forcibly or not.

 

Honestly, I doubt anyone will care. Not a single one of these characters will take off or build a substantial fanbase. Mal isn't a good writer and by pushing out the black cast members they'll just be resented. 

What the hell happened to Ravi, he seemed to be a pretty successful addition that got nothing. He was also introduced correctly, as a blank canvas and without much fanfare. R had so much potential and got the shaft for Junior Bitch and Captain NoAss.

Ravi felt more like a Sussman thing, and he was more a stereotypical gimmick (virtuous geek made over) than a character. Plus, they probably thought he was too unconventionally attractive (not white/light-skinned or gym-obsessed eye candy like Nate), not manly enough, and not viable with any of their core leading ladies. They may have thought bringing on a South Asian family wasn’t serving a large enough demo in their existing audience or too risky/alienating for their conservative viewers. Soaps have felt much more comfortable creating new Latinx families over the years.

1 hour ago, Faulkner said:

The irony is that Y&R was much more cinematic when it was “old-fashioned.” 

 

If he’s aiming to make 2018 Y&R look like a primetime drama, he’s missing by a mile.

 

It's obvious Mal has never really sat down and looked at one of these classic daytime dramas when they were at their peaks, during the 2nd 'Golden Age' in the 1980s.

 

Just yesterday evening I was watching a classic 1987 episode of my favorite soap ATWT and the roving camera work in a restaurant scene where a group of characters had gathered.  The camera work was first rate and the lighting perfectly suited the occasion.  Even more important, the dialogue and the story was so very good.

 

Perhaps Mal believes that "old-fashioned" soaps go no further back than 2009.  Otherwise, what in the world is this man talking about??

Wow, Mal is telling blatant lies now. 

 

He's going to bring in a family no one knows that's going to be BIGGER than the Newmans. He's mad! 

 

It's not like arturo took off huge to justify these FIVE other characters to surround him. Some of them paired with each other. Rey and his wife??!!! Eh?!  Mad, I say! 

I think that within a year Mal will be gone and the new family will be phased out. Maybe one or two characters will stay if they are part of a successful pairing. I'm not really rooting for this to happen, I just think it will. 

For a moment, I thought Chuck Pratt, Brian Frons, or Jill Farren Phelps gave that interview. I see no one looked into how Mal ruined Brookside before he took over Y&R. He’s made a [!@#$%^&*] show of a once classic serial. Will it end on cancellation? Tune in tomorrow...

3 hours ago, Darn said:

More of the same BS. This show doesn't look like primetime at all. The show used to have a flourish, now it looks like local access with the overblown bright lighting (which is cheaper than properly lighting the sets, I wish they would just admit that).

 

 

I'm sorry but those shows looked like crap. Cheap with bare unfinished looking sets.

 

When they tried to give Raul a brother they ended up hiring aryan nation candidate Greg Vaughn.

 

 

I'm not saying a brother for Raul, I was watching and remember his brother. You hire David Lago INSTEAD of Jordi. But I know they want Jordi's character to serve a certain purpose so ... Raul can't exactly serve the same purpose. But why not bring him back instead of casting Jordi? All I was saying.

 

To each their own on the 2.0 soaps. I don't agree they were crap. Sorry you thought so. I'd take both of them over all four soaps right now.

I don't mind them adding a new Latino family, I just don't want it to be at the expense of the Winters family. I am glad that Kyle will be getting a love interest with Lola  (Since IMO he doesn't have chemistry with Summer and they won't put him with Mariah he does have chemistry with.) I would also like to see Arturo's/Rey's mom mix it up with characters like Neil/Jack.

 

But I do think that giving Rey an ex-wife is unnecessary and that he would have been better off being unattached. I really like Rey's chemistry and interaction with Sharon and think they would be cute together. I don't think they need to give him an ex-wife. An ex-wife plus bringing on their absentee father anytime soon seems like overkill. Arturo/Rey/their sister and mom is enough members being introduced from that family for right now.

 

I agree with Mal that MM does a good job. I like Kyle and think he brings good effort and energy in scenes with people. He has/had good chemistry with Mariah and Hilary. It's time Kyle's gotten a good love interest.

 

Also, I believe that Mal is trying to spin things regarding Mishael's exit. It seems to me like he didn't like that she was considering leaving, so he just decided to kill off Hilary for good so she can never come back. I don't think she was as happy (or even happy at all) to be killed off like he's saying/trying to paint that she was. 

 

 

Edited August 31, 20187 yr by xtr

You'd think a man who could spout such utter b.s. could also tell better stories on his show.

Edited September 1, 20187 yr by Khan

This show is sinking SO fast and it is HILARIOUS.

On 8/31/2018 at 3:12 PM, John said:

Kyle should be Bi or sexually Fluid and screwing anybody he likes

Mariah is fluid and they do nothing with her.