Is casualty becoming too much of a soap?

[Crazy Gal 88]

dont get me wrong - i LOVE Casualty but is it just me or is it loosing its drama and becoming more of a soap. i mean i like it when theres big accidents and you never know whats gonna happen (like the Xmas special)but at the moment its really mellow and is more about Luke and Claires 'afair' and Abs's trouble with the loan shark! I say bring back the good old gruesome days!
Does anyone else agree?

PS Maybe it will get better when Bex's trial is over!?

[Meh]

not a spoiler

[Crazy Gal 88]

am very sorry - please can you move it for me?
sorry again J x

[Meh]

no worries :)

[Jemma]

I think the storylines lately are really good. What do you mean it's becoming more of a soap? I don't really understand the difference lol

[Crazy Gal 88]

o its just it used to be so like dramatic with massive car crashes and recuss overflowing but now theres just so many er... well relationship things i guess. i prefer it when its more lik the Xmas episode when you didn't know what was going to blow up next or who would be engulfed by th ball of fire!lol

[Summer]

It Is A Soap!!

[Rain_]

i understand what Crazy is saying, it started life as a hospital drama but over the years the focus has gone from the accidents and concentrated more on the lives of the staff. It does give you something to follow and look forward to though :)

[pookie1968uk]

i like to think it is still a drama but more like a soap than it used to be. i dont watch the soaps which i consider to be eastenders, corrie etc but the dramas like casualty, holby and the bill. i still think there is a fine line between them.

[parkerman]

The emphasis in Casualty has definitely changed from when it started. The patients and their little dramas used to be the focus of attention, now it's the staff who are the focus with some interesting patient stories as a by-product.

Whether that's a good thing or not is a different matter...

[bubblegum_fairy]

I Think Casualty has gone a bit soap like as its more about the characters.

BUt the reason for this is in order for Casualty to survive, if it was too dpwn the hospitality route nowadays many people will switch off, and so bringing th characters as the central point, but still keeping the medical side behind it was a way to keep up the ratings!

Thats what, we were told in Media Studies anyway

[squillyfer]

I think casualty is becoming too much of a soap but as bubblegum_fairy says its had to evolve that way in order to stay on our screens. Although I have been watching Casualty since I was born and can honestly say that at the moment i prefer Holby City on the whole

[Jess Rulz]

Well i think that it should be broken up in to series'es again as when is was not on the suspence kept me going till then next it!! although i LOVE the show !!