Maybe someone made a spelling mistake in the word GRITTY after all S & H are quite close to G & R
Think about it:D
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Maybe someone made a spelling mistake in the word GRITTY after all S & H are quite close to G & R
Think about it:D
You might now be far off there Alan. I'm waiting for the first EE episode to be broadcast in text speak only.Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
Then the Beeb would have to admit it really is only fit for CEEBEEBIESQuote:
Originally Posted by Norman Bates
Let's see if the bosses keep their word. They don't have the guts to put it right, back to what it was until a few years ago.
As Alan says, they might infact be planning to make it more **itty, not gritty. It that's the case it will only be a continuum of their work over the past three and a half years. :rolleyes:
I hope they do it, and not by bringing back any more past characters, which is what they have kept on doing over the last couple of years with Dirty Den/Phil and Grunt etc. I know Ross Kemp needs to pay his mortgage, but it's getting a bit silly.
If you ask me, they missed a golden opportunity to get a decent comeback in Nick Cotton, as at least he was sneaky and underhand, and you could really dislike him, not like some of the half arsed "gangster" rubbish they keep ion trotting out.
Ah yes Nick Cotton was a genuinely scary guy:eek: not like the pantomime gangster that was Andy Hunter or the born again Grunt Mitchell and Johhny Allen... Unfortunately Nicks character does not fit in with the new dumbed down PC Eastenders:wall:Quote:
Originally Posted by willsmummy
I was just discussing this yesterday with Bry.. EE needs a character you can hate, and I don't mean for bad acting. I mean like Nick, fantastic actor, well played but you want to shout at the TV and hate his character cause he was dirty and underhanded...Quote:
Originally Posted by alan45
You also need to bring back in a 25 - 30 crowd like Mel/steve/lisa/mark/bianca/tiffany... they worked really well.. Get rid of deadwood and bring back the old eastender with real eastenders
well Im all for it, to go back to it's gritty roots would be a good move, but can I just say EE actually needs to bring in a real villian, Johnny Allen had potentional and they ruined him, Andy was awful, it needs a villian really despiable.
Very well said. I especially agree about the 25-30somethings too. These are desperately needed in the show. It needs the type of characters you've just mentioned to put some backbone into the show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
I agree. There's been a shift from 25 - 35 crowd to the teenager crowd. Maybe the BBC were thinking a change of audience to get the ratings up. Whatever it was, it backfired.Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
Maybe they should revive Eldorado from the ashes and shove the teeny storylines in there.
As for Nick Cotton, I get the feeling that the BBC will be killing him off soon, which seems the way with the BBC at the moment.