From: jb93+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey Todd Blankenship)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: DOOL: Bo is not as bad...
Date: 21 Aug 92 17:26:44 GMT
Organization: Junior, IM - MCS/CIT Track, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

ok, the inmates a filtering back to the asylum and it's just about time
to start another year here at good ol' Carnegie Mellon.  maybe it is all
the smiling faces and the "glad to be here attitudes" or maybe it is my
desperate attempt to find something worthy in the mess of soap opera i
can't stop myself from watching.  i don't know but i liked an unusually
large portion of the scenes on both wed. and thurs. and decided to give
someone so dear to all your hearts another chance.

i haven't cared for bo much since peter reckell left.  i kept thinking
and saying, bo doesn't do that or act that way or ...  then i came to a
rather shocking realization, this isn't the same bo.  to me, this is a
whole new character with a past and present given to him.  when bo was
talking to shane sometime during one of last weeks episodes, shane said
something like "Do you think I like doing this to my best friend."  i
have a hard time believing this now.  bo seems to be much younger --
this is definately the we he acts, the faces and immature attitude, but
nontheless, this isn't the bo that was played by reckell.  marc told me
that rkk said he did not watch any of reckell's scenes.  this to me is
bad since it would be hard to get the history of bo without do just
that.  also, the transition would have been much smoother.  however, i
am sure rkk was told that this was his bo.  i would doubt an
actor/actress would enjoy a role where they would have to copy another's
style.  therefore, bo has been mutated and imo will continue to change
for some time.  the main problem i find is that he is on ALL the time.
however, he is carly's beau (i'm sorry, it hurt me to write the pun
also) and if she is one ALL the time, he will also.  maybe if we didn't
see bo with carly everyday, rkk could develop a greater feel for his and
other characters.  

i thought rkk was pretty good the past couple days (read "bad scenes on
a worse soap" -- it is all relative i guess!).  when he was talking to
Mrs. Horton about Hope, he was believable.  as marc said, "that probably
is what bo would be thinking."  also, he and roman could be good
together if the writers don't drag the reconciliation out and let
brothers act like brothers.
my last praise of bo has to do with thurs. scenes.  except for the
wings' scenes, rkk did probably his best work to date.  i enjoyed the
breakfast scenes with the kids and then alone with SD.  you could tell
he was happy SD had a friend and was happy.  even though nicky was an
alamain and bo would no doubt be a little leary to accept him as SD's
friend, it didn't matter what his name was, "shawn douglas liked him" --
that was good stuff!  my only problem with the scenes was carly.  i
would have liked them better had she of been somewhere else.  you could
tell bo understood about the boys being up all night.  hell, you could
almost "hear" him thinking "give the kids a break carly, they were only
having fun" when she jumped down nicky's back!  i only wish he would
have said it! 

speaking of carly, she was horrible!  one word came to mind and out of
my mouth more than once in everyone of her scenes.  i don't have to tell
you all what it was, i'm sure you can guess!  i really hate her "I AM
BETTER THAN EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING SO GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY SO I
CAN SAVE THE WORLD SO EVERYONE WILL KNOW IT WAS ME AND NOT YOU"
attitude!  her scenes would work if we weren't supposed to respect her
for the good she is supposed to be doing.  MAKE HER A VILLANESS KENNY MY
BOY.  GO AHEAD, TAKE A CHANCE!  IF IT DOESN'T WORK, YOU COULD ALWAYS ASK
US TO FORGET EVERYTHING ANYWAYS!

i have also started to like jesse more recently.  however, the fact i
hate carrie more balances it out.  when jesse said he was going to move
back with his mom to help her out, carrie instantly gave him the "you
can't, we have to show them" junk.  my goodness, can't she act a little
more grown up!

i wonder if the lombards are going to go to ML if it ever gets off the
ground.  roger said he dreamed of being an artist in new york. -- just a
thought.

well, enough for now,
jeff  
                                                        

PS - SORRY, I ACCIDENTALLY SENT THE MESSAGE WITH OUT A TITLE.  DAMN I HATE
THIS MACHINE.  WITHOUT A MOUSE I AM SO HELPLESS!