The Young and the Restless - MESSAGE BOARDS

Did everyone really think Victor locking a man up in his basement was real? Or Brad being kept in a cage was real? Soaps are for entertainment.If it is reality you want we are bombarded with inane reality shows. Watch those! Watch CNN 24/7....there you get real! Thanks but I will escape into my soap sometimes and enjoy the soapiness of it!

After reading all the posts under this topic, I admit I can see both points of view. If the soaps were too much like real life, we probably wouldn't be entertained...in fact, we might be downright bored! We do watch to escape...to see a mystery unfold...to watch a romance develop...to watch a romance fall apart...to laugh...to cry...and so forth. We expect the storylines to be somewhat farfetched...SOMEWHAT! There needs to be more of a mix of a story that is a little farfetched but at the same time somewhat believable. Lately on Y&R there has been so much happening with DNA testing. It seems like DNA testing is involved in everyone's lives! It's just too much. The bed swapping with Nick/Sharon/Jack/Phyllis has been going on for far too long, too! They need to put a couple together for more than a day or two before they switch beds again! Same with Brooke/Ridge/Taylor on B&B. I know the cast is limited and so couples do trade off, but do they have to do it every other day? As far as the happily ever after endings...we know that's not going to happen on a soap. I don't know that anyone really wants it to, but can't it happen for a while? Does everyone on the soap have to have their lives be in turmoil? Stories lately seem recycled. They lack creativity. I want to be shocked. I want to be WOW'd! I want to feel like, "Gosh, I sure didn't see that coming." Think if they would have let on that MJ was Patty Williams before today and shocked the audience before all the speculation. By today, 99.9% of everyone had it figured out! There are authors/writers out there who write books and movies that have creative, unique stories that really shock, WOW and entertain...I just don't feel it with the soaps right now. I have been a fan for more years than I care to admit. I think I am "loyal" to characters that I like so much and that's what keeps me coming back. I'll admit though...there are days that I don't watch. I'll use the websites for an update. Thankfully we have the ability to record/DVR the shows and we can FF through scenes we don't care to watch...for me right now that would be the scenes that involve Adam and/or Ashley. I guess those of us who are feeling a "thumbs down" for the show(s) right now should be a little thankful for those who are pleased because otherwise we could kiss the shows goodbye and that would be it. We have the option to FF, not watch, read the posts and updates online, and then tune back in when we have an interest. Those of us who are feeling discouraged...I guess we can try to have hope that things will get better. There just has to be more to write about than "Who's your daddy?" or bringing someone else back from the dead. Look at Y&R and how many people they have brought back from the dead or supposed dead (Nick, Victor, Katherine, Phillip and now there is speculation that Nikki is next). I would like to see something new brought to the table.

I know what you mean about the boycott! Some GL viewers keep saying after GL they will watch nothing else on CBS. Why would you help doom other soaps by not watching?

I discovered something that makes the stories more of a mystery and more WOW sometimes......don't read spoilers or come on the boards for awhile! That way you don't know the story before it happens. I tell you that but I am addicted I think to the board! But really, my sister enjoys Y&R as much as ever and I think it is because she doesn't know weeks ahead of time what to expect.

OK!

For argument's sake let's say that all the evil doer's went to jail, so many of you want this so here goes!

Gloria for all her crimes... wait she wouldn't even be on the show cuz Michael would still be serving his life sentence for raping Christine so she never would have come to town. In fact The entire Baldwin Fisher Bardwell clan would cease to exist. So I guess that would make Lauren still single.

Victor would be in prison for kidnapping Julia and keeping her captive in a dungeon which he may still have at the ranch. There would be no bickering over who Nick should be with because Victor never would have met Nikki and Victoria and Nick would never have been born. Nikki probably would have ended up as a Madam until she landed herself in the slammer.

Phyllis would be in Jail for trying to kill Paul and Christine.

Kevin - Jail
Jill - Jail
Jack - Jail

That would leave the lovely Lily and Katherine and possibly Heather standing. Now that... would make a riveting show!!!

Thank you!! I love how people (on other message boards) are disgusted by the Adam/Rafe sl, but where were they when Sharon had unprotected sex with three guys in the same week? Or when Jack slept with two women on the same day, or all the other countless bedhopping that happens on soap operas. And saying that the Adam/Rafe storyline isn't real? Seriously? Because Noah coming back from summer camp 6 years older was? Or Sheila coming back from the dead three times is? Or Jack talking to his father's ghost? It's a soap opera - it's not meant to be real life. I enjoy it for the entertainment value, and usually for the storylines.

p.s. It's about time Y&R has a gay storyline. What's real is knowing that there are gay people living in Genoa City.

:D and I ain't too sure about Katherine yandro!

I will remain with Y&R as long as Nikki, Victor, Paul, Cathrine, Jack and Jill continue to have great story lines!

Disappointment doesn't translate into non-watching for me either. However, there is a big difference between being disappointed because a s/l didn't result in the way I want as opposed to genuine concerns over the quality of writing on this show. IMO, constructive criticism is alive and well and there's nothing wrong with it.