Michael Torrance
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My vote is Mark Jennings. At least with DeVilbis and Tracy, it could have worked if they'd done it differently. But with Mark, as Krystle's ex, the casting just wasn't right.
Kirby... Always Kirby. I mean she was at least 46 characters wasn't she?
Sometimes it's a combination (like Straight Steven) of storyline and actor, sometimes it is more the writing (Tracy) and sometimes the actor (Lindsay). In terms of who they were as characters, Steven, Mark, Kirby, and Jeff had potential as characters being tied to core players or being core players themselves, but a combination of bad writing and acting killed it. I don't care for characters like Tracy, Nick, or De Vilbis because I don't like one season (or 1/3 of a season in De Vilbis' case) characters as a rule unless they serve a purpose--Tom Carrington served a purpose, for instance, as did McVane during the merger storyline.I don't dislike any of these characters, but I assume this thread is about worst-written-characters.
There was a story waiting for all these characters, they served a purpose. It's just that the writers decided not to use all of it. I don't know why, was it lazy writing or was it because they didn't want to change the status quo too much? Well I guess many soap stories are "what if" stories.I don't care for characters like Tracy, Nick, or De Vilbis because I don't like one season (or 1/3 of a season in De Vilbis' case) characters as a rule unless they serve a purpose
So boring, and so un-gothic. I could ignore this character's inconsistent history, but then at least he should have been something special.Tom Carrington served a purpose
And Blake (Matthew wasn't a bad guy).Yeah the casting was bad, but it was consistent in one thing: Krystle has always had terrible taste in men. Mark, Matthew, Nick, Daniel (Nick was a wild card in not being old testament also).
I want Alexis on the stand testifying that she saw Krystle slap Tracey thru the doorway of Krystle's Denver-Carrington office. While Blake reluctantly testifies in Alexis' defense of killing Jennings.I've been re-watching Season 4 on CBS Drama, and I think the most unlikeable character is Tracy.
At least with De Vilbis you knew he was supposed to be a villain, and Kirby a victim.
Mark's a waste of space in season 4, but I think James from London said in one of his rewatching threads, it would have been more interesting if Tracy fell off the balcony and both Krystle and Alexis were implicated, and Mark just went back to New York.
I think my favorite scene of season 4, and maybe all of DYNASTY, happens in "New Lady in Town" when Steven is in New York and an old college classmate recognizes and hits on him--despite him having a whole new face.I've been re-watching Season 4 on CBS Drama,
- she really had and Blake (S1) beside his money wasn't prince charming either!Yeah the casting was bad, but it was consistent in one thing: Krystle has always had terrible taste in men. Mark, Matthew, Nick, Daniel (Nick was a wild card in not being old testament also). I really wanted her and Dex to have had an affair.
- yeah Tom Carrington had be filmed like a real monster ...Sometimes it's a combination (like Straight Steven) of storyline and actor, sometimes it is more the writing (Tracy) and sometimes the actor (Lindsay). In terms of who they were as characters, Steven, Mark, Kirby, and Jeff had potential as characters being tied to core players or being core players themselves, but a combination of bad writing and acting killed it. I don't care for characters like Tracy, Nick, or De Vilbis because I don't like one season (or 1/3 of a season in De Vilbis' case) characters as a rule unless they serve a purpose--Tom Carrington served a purpose, for instance, as did McVane during the merger storyline.
*** I voted:Agree about Chase. He always had a dark side.
I'll get killed for this, but what about Jock Ewing? He was an AWFUL father, pitting his sons against each other, often for only his own amusement. He was also a sexist pig.
That's Jack Coleman. It was the opposite with Al Corley, i.e. Corley wanted to play a gay character but was frustrated at the way Steven was written in Season 2, with both his sexuality and his sudden love for car driving, which seemed to be another case of Steven being in the closet. They should have just made Steven bisexual from the beginning if they were going to have Steven have relationships with women. They should have just had Steven as a man who has sexual relationships with men but also with some women. Having sexual relationships with men back then would have been scandal enough in terms of Blake Carrington's bigotry of "The Steven Carrington Institute for the Treatment and Study of Faggotry", regardless of whether Steven was also having sexual relationships with women or not. Steven had been pretty serious with Ted Dinard.Straight Steven (bad writing + bad acting -the look was good but an actor that was unconfortable beeing gay)
- yeah, but in the beginning the Shapiros really wanted to bring social issues on the screen -they wanted Steven to be gay! But the pressure of ABC (didn´t Corley said they wanted to make Steven another Bo Hazzard? (The Dukes of Hazzard)) ruined the character ...That's Jack Coleman. It was the opposite with Al Corley, i.e. Corley wanted to play a gay character but was frustrated at the way Steven was written in Season 2, with both his sexuality and his sudden love for car driving, which seemed to be another case of Steven being in the closet. They should have just made Steven bisexual from the beginning if they were going to have Steven have relationships with women. They should have just had Steven as a man who has sexual relationships with men but also with some women. Having sexual relationships with men back then would have been scandal enough in terms of Blake Carrington's bigotry of "The Steven Carrington Institute for the Treatment and Study of Faggotry", regardless of whether Steven was also having sexual relationships with women or not. Steven had been pretty serious with Ted Dinard.