4 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

What a waste!  Yet Ben is still around.

Going to miss looking at that pretty face,

8 minutes ago, MichaelGL said:

Yawn.

 

This story has been really uninspiring; if not for the performances. Ron is so predictable with his story choices.

So true!!! Just a crazy mess strung together.

1 minute ago, victoria foxton said:

Going to miss looking at that pretty face,

He looks even yummy in that picture.😂

I hope Mike Manning knows how disappointed everybody is about him being written out. He deserved so much better than what he got. 

 

15 hours ago, victoria foxton said:

Going to miss looking at that pretty face,

 

Those eyesss 😍

Edited February 24, 20214 yr by AbcNbc247

5 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I hope Mike Manning knows how disappointed everybody is about him being written out. He deserved so much better than what he got. 

 

Those eyesss 😍

Are people that disappointed? I know he has his fan club on this board for some reason but is it widespread beyond a few posters here that lust after him?

47 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

Are people that disappointed? I know he has his fan club on this board for some reason but is it widespread beyond a few posters here that lust after him?

Yeah. I've seen a lot of posts and comments in a lot of places. Some people want Charlie gone, but want MM to stay. Some want Charlie completely redeemed, but most agree that he was a really good actor that's been wasted.

 

And yes, I find him hot lol but I would still think that MM was wasted even if I wasn't attracted to him. For me, it does depends on the acting too. I've always thought RSW was hot af but if Ben was killed off tomorrow, I wouldn't shed a tear.

I second what @AbcNbc247 said.

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Yeah. I've seen a lot of posts and comments in a lot of places. Some people want Charlie gone, but want MM to stay. Some want Charlie completely redeemed, but most agree that he was a really good actor that's been wasted.

 

This sh!t is why daytime is a dead genre. Let characters die.

Edited February 25, 20214 yr by Darn

Any time a white guy under 30 25 with washboard abs gets cut from one of these shows:

 

 

Edited February 25, 20214 yr by Vee

12 minutes ago, Vee said:

Any time a white guy under 30 25 with washboard abs gets cut from one of these shows:

 

 

You've got a point. Although Mike Manning is 33. And I think he's consistently made acting choices which have elevated the material.

 

I'm just disappointed because DAYS had a chance to keep an interesting, multi-faceted villain on the canvas, someone whose villainy is easy to understand because the show has taken the time to place it in a relatively realistic psychological context. Compare that with a character like Christian/Evan, who's now back on the show and is also played by a good-looking, fairly talented actor, but whose behavior is near-incomprehensible to me; that character seems to only be a villain when the plot twists demand it. 

4 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

You've got a point. Although Mike Manning is 33. And I think he's consistently made acting choices which have elevated the material.

 

I'm just disappointed because DAYS had a chance to keep an interesting, multi-faceted villain on the canvas, someone whose villainy is easy to understand because the show has taken the time to place it in a relatively realistic psychological context. Compare that with a character like Christian/Evan, who's now back on the show and is also played by a good-looking, fairly talented actor, but whose behavior is near-incomprehensible to me; that character seems to only be a villain when the plot twists demand it. 

 

9 minutes ago, prefab1 said:

You've got a point. Although Mike Manning is 33. And I think he's consistently made acting choices which have elevated the material.

 

I'm just disappointed because DAYS had a chance to keep an interesting, multi-faceted villain on the canvas, someone whose villainy is easy to understand because the show has taken the time to place it in a relatively realistic psychological context. Compare that with a character like Christian/Evan, who's now back on the show and is also played by a good-looking, fairly talented actor, but whose behavior is near-incomprehensible to me; that character seems to only be a villain when the plot twists demand it. 

MM looks younger than 33. He is aging well. MM is a better actor than RSW yet they keep the weaker actor with a pairing no one cares for except the fan girls.

Edited February 25, 20214 yr by Soapsuds

I wish they were keeping Charlie around. There is plenty of story they could tell with him. There's plenty to write just with him being the father of Allie's child. Let's have him try to get some sort of custody. Let's have Sami come back to town and rip into him. Let's have a rivalry with him and Tripp. Let's find out who his dad is. Let's do something with him and Gwen. There's so much they could have done still. Yet, he's gone and we get to watch Ben's psychic connection with Ciara instead.

That's what I wanted.  Charlie vs Tripp rivalry. I didn't get it with Tom and Scott on ATWT back in 92 due to Scott being recast. 

 

Ben has no use on the canvas. He should've been let go.

Edited February 25, 20214 yr by Soapsuds

Well, I’ve already shared my belief about Charlie (and Evan), but all this just happened way too quickly. 
 

Instead of doing these mini stories like with Jan, they could have stretched out these longer running stories a little more.

 

Rushing something always ruin it in most mediums, not just on daytime soaps. 

I don't mind Charlie being killed off (kind of tired of them trying to redeem bad people, hi Ben), but the set up could've been much stronger if they wanted a murder mystery. It's like they just remembered that MM only had a day left on his contract and they ended up having to set it up within an episode. As other people have said, they could've expanded it into a custody fight and have him piss off even more characters.