Y&R August 2020 Discussion Thread

[titan1978]

I think the comment about ATWT and GL serving us better soap than today’s shows as they were cancelled is appropriate.  You add AMC and OLTL to that, and all four were better written and produced than the four on the air now.  Yes, we had complaints because back then that was as bad as it gets.  Well now we know, it can get worse, it has gotten worse, and I can’t blame anyone for tuning out when the shows aren’t doing anything but basic keep the lights on material.

 

If you are enjoying the show, good for you. I loved these soaps.  Not just a couple, or a character or actor, but the genre of daytime soap operas.  They are all but dead now.

[ChickenNuggetz92]

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Chelsea still sounds like she downed like 10 caffeine pills - at least some things don't change. 

I really don't miss the stiff camera work and subpar soundtrack of modern Y&R. 

Edited August 12, 2020 by ChickenNuggetz92

[Paul Raven]

Just watched the Kevin/Esther scene and the natural thing would have been for it to end in an embrace but instead they sat apart. Just have to get used to it...

[prefab1]

I saw that episode too, and I thought the Kevin/Esther scenes were really good, as were the Jack/Victor scenes. The problem I'm still seeing with the show is that there's no forward narrative momentum--almost nothing in a given episode makes me excitedly think, "I wonder what will happen next!" From the two episodes I've seen this week, the only scenes that got me remotely curious to watch more were the ones where Phyllis and Amanda pull some dinosaur fossils out of a cardboard box--and in that case, I only wanted to see more because the storyline seemed so bonkers. But I guess bonkers is better than boring!

[Chatty Cakes]

The show needs to get some momentum going. But at least Adam is easy on the eyes.

[lucaslesann23]

Delete

Edited August 13, 2020 by Dylan

[soapfan770]

Watched today’s episode and wasn’t offended at all although the Kansas/Cliff retcon is still dumb. At least Sharon Case and Mark Grossman can hold their own weight, otherwise yeah the show definitely needs momentum and a hook. It reminds me of the Passanate/Altman days when there wasn’t much going on at all. 
 

Jill’s text to Jack was cute. Too bad we don’t have Jill. 
 

I miss the classics, I better check out what’s new in that Vault

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[Vee]

Didn't know where to put this, but it's one hell of a read from MTS:

 

 

[BoldRestless]

Chelsea, Esther, and Phyllis came off as so hyper. The energy is weird, like the actors are trying to fill the cold empty soundstage and it's coming off try hard. 

 

I do like the fact they're cutting away right before kisses and love scenes instead of using mannequins!

[soapfan770]

 

LOL I saw that! Definitely a strange story for Y&R about the dinosaur fossils disrupting a hotel build. 

[Darn]

 

Scott also revealed in the book that by the time her memoir was published, she would have already quietly had her first plastic surgery procedure, never having tried even Botox or fillers before.

 

Okay Melody, let's ignore that nose.

 

[Antoyne]

Nose or not I will say I’ve really respected MTS aging gracefully. You see the classics and then a newer episode and she looks exactly how Nikki should look after 40+ years since she started. 

[YRfan23]

Is it bad I wish MTS had become Marcia Brady, after learning she lost the role to McCormack?? Maybe it’s for the best as none of the actors have ever escaped the eternal type cast stigma of being a Brady.

Edited August 14, 2020 by YRfan23

[Chatty Cakes]

Nick behaved like a tool today. Why does he need to keep Adam away from Sharon when he has his cold shouldered lover to keep happy?
Its Rey’s concern over who is in the house, not Nickys.

[janea4old]

 

This!