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Post by Del Boy on Apr 12, 2018 23:57:21 GMT
There certainly is drag with these shows and they become habitual. Once you're out of them you never go back. Although not strictly a soap The Bill is an example of a show changing format to echo the soap frequencies and as a result the quality suffered for it.
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Post by Dirty Epic on Apr 13, 2018 8:12:43 GMT
There certainly is drag with these shows and they become habitual. Once you're out of them you never go back. Although not strictly a soap The Bill is an example of a show changing format to echo the soap frequencies and as a result the quality suffered for it. Very true Del. Both The Bill and to a lesser extent London's Burning transformed from fairly decent (if perhaps not spectacular) drama series to over-the-top soap style formats over the years. Shame really as both started out reasonably good. Having said that never liked nor seen the point in Casualty/Holby City which has also gone down this 'soap' route and have always felt a bit trite in my opinion.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Apr 13, 2018 15:55:15 GMT
People aren't forced to watch them but I think soaps, like tabloid newspapers, have a lot for answer for in terms of the way they treat serious matters. The format & time slot just isn't appropriate for dealing with heavy subjects. Soap writers & actors tend to have a chip on their shoulder about soaps not being being 'proper drama', storylines revolving around 'issues' makes them appear more serious but it's just on the surface, there's never much depth to it.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Apr 13, 2018 17:13:30 GMT
Annie watched EastEnders a few times but I've never had the desire to watch any soap whatsoever.
I used to have to endure Crossroads during my first year as an apprentice when I was away from home. My landlady loved it and would always time it that my evening meal was on the table just before it started so she could sit and watch it while I was eating. Many jokes have been made about it since but my lasting memory of it was for the flimsy sets and watching an entire wall quiver when a door was closed.
Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Apr 13, 2018 20:02:29 GMT
I would think watching an episode is ranked somewhere near to water torture. Whether it mirrors real life or real life now mirrors this kind of programme is open to debate. I honestly can't think of anything I'd want to watch less. The 80s was an eye opener ... when you only had a couple of channels to choose from! But I don't think any of it was quite as bad back then.
I saw a trailer for Eastenders a few weeks ago and then, right at the very end, it said "Casualty". I can't believe it's stooped to exactly the same level, I used to watch it religiously when I was about 10-13. It's complete and utter dross now, it would appear.
Sorry George. It's looking like you're the only one on here who watches it at the moment!
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Post by Brown Cortina on Apr 26, 2018 19:59:58 GMT
Used to watch it regular, late nineties I suppose along with a few others but got bored of them all. The only one I missed which has been mentioned on here before is Brookside but I suppose if that had carried on it would of ended up the same way.
Eastenders these days is just full of sadness and misery.
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Post by John Steed on Apr 26, 2018 20:33:06 GMT
Eastenders these days is just full of sadness and misery. Agreed! You can be on top of the world and then feel like killing yourself after 30 minutes of EastEnders! Steed
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Post by Brown Cortina on Apr 27, 2018 14:20:44 GMT
Yes, very depressing.
I’m like many others here, I have no clue who is in it these days or what is going on, or care !
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Post by Dirty Epic on Apr 27, 2018 14:38:56 GMT
Interestingly I've seen that Susan Tully has changed career slightly to behind the camera as a director since leaving Eastenders. She's steadily worked on a few things (mostly TV) over the years but nothing really memorable.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 12, 2018 22:32:41 GMT
I've been watching early episodes on Drama, they have an amateurish & disjointed feel to them which makes them quite watchable in a 'so bad it's good' way. There are a few dodgy performances & I always thought that Anita Dobson overacted as Angie Watts. There's this dub reggae music in the background, supposedly coming from somewhere on the market & it's always the same track. Where I think this & most soaps don't work is the idea of a small community where everyone seems to know each other & they mostly work & socialise within the same radius. It just isn't representative of how people live.
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