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No !!-but then I.expect the worst with someQuote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
characters.!!
Im glad smellovision never got going.
Ritas everyday clothes are ok-ish but
Id be.worried about being overpowered
by "moth balls" whenever she gave her
"occasion-wear" an outing!:sick::)
It was even more mind-boggling to witness perennial grouch Norris joining in with the waltzing and warbling! He must have started on the sherry early that day. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
I think when.SB decided Corrie was goingQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
to.have an Happy Christmas- it was no holds
barred and he got a bit carried away!
And generally( even if a bit OTT )-it was more
cheery than usual stats of most people
who.are murdered -its by some one they
know . And most murders in the family
circle take place over Xmas etc.
I read some comments in the papers which
said their readers not impressed by
happiness & cheer on Corrie.
Not sure how accurate the research was tho?!
I've got nothing against bringing some Christmas cheer into Coronation Street. They must have known they were going to be up against it in the dramatic stakes with all the "dark" stories going on down south in Walford so decided on a different approach.
The real problem I have currently with Corrie is that there are only two things that I find remotely interesting or enjoyable. The first is Jack P Shepherd's acting and his one-liners together with the fascination regarding how they are going to get out of the Callum in the manhole story.
The second is the entertaining and highly amusing Sally and Tim relationship.
Apart from that.......
I've read about that too and I think the tabloids are grossly exaggerating (for once!). They appear to have cherry picked a few negative tweets in order to create a sensational headline. I see nothing wrong with a bit of harmless sentimentality on Christmas Day, even if it wasn't the most scintillating viewing.Quote:
Originally Posted by maidmarian
I know one thing for sure: I'd prefer that to a nice young claustrophobic man dying a slow and terrifying death bound and gagged in the boot of a car! (This happened in EastEnders for non-viewers of that soap.)
We got Tracy having a very bad day, along with plenty of Sally and Tim shenanigans, so that kept me happy. :D
leanne was too tame with tracy and where was gary, izzy and jake
sinead don't play drunk that good
leanne was too tame with tracy and where was gary, izzy and jake
sinead don't play drunk that good
Am I the only one who doesn't like the Sally and Tim partnership ? Snobby Sally would never look twice at someone like Tim imo.
Why didn't they let them go to Lapland instead?! I for one wouldn't have missed them..That way they could have still had Ty's debt storyline(which looks inevitable..yawn..). By the way-who has said and where that it would possibly be Hope's last christmas?? I thought she's meant to be getting better.. Even if it was, this is just too much..it just doesn't feel realistic-that's what I have the problem with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perdita
Possibly not in real life, although he's rather cute. I think they've got great chemistry and bounce off each other really well, but these things are always subjective and not everyone will agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP
They were told by a doctor that Hope's got an 80% chance of survival, to which Tyrone replied she has a 20% chance of death - a response I find understandable in the circumstances.Quote:
Originally Posted by mariba
I think you miss the whole point of the relationship. It shows Sally is just an ordinary working class woman at heart. How long was she married to Kevin? She puts on her airs and graces but really she is most at home with what she knows and she is very comfortable with Tim because in reality he is from the world she knows. They are a wonderful couple and the product of some real thought and brilliant writing.Quote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP
Perhaps Emily was a little heavy handed with the sherry in her trifle. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
I shouldn't find what you posted funny, but I am still smiling. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
I know I am a bit sick. Perhaps I should be a script writer for EE. :)
I thought that at first, but I love the pair of them now. One of the hats better decisions.Quote:
Originally Posted by LouiseP
I agree Jack P Shepherd is a class act. A real talent.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Sorry, , I can't agree there. I have yet to meet a snob who is really not a snob at all. Most snobs want to social climb., to have a better this, be better than anyone else, have a better that. That is their raisin d'être. They think they are better than anyone else , and she does think that, so she wants to be seen as a cut above and that would include the man she is with and that wouldn't be Tim. She has become a snob because she wasn't one when she was with Kevin . The scriptwriters have given her a complete personality transplant , as they have with so many of the characters, so, no I don't think this is brilliant scriptwriting at all.nor well thought out..Sorry. This is just my opinion and I know I am in a minority . Besides no - one really changes to that extent from what they were 10 years ago. Yes, we mature, we change our views , we grow older, and probably fatter but we don't social climb yet still be content with what we know. She was so proud to be a PA at the factory.. What is the point of being snobbish then if you don't want more out of life. That, to me, makes no sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Sally's always pushing Tim to be more ambitious and businesslike, so it's not as if she's content with his status. She loves him and is comfortable with him but also wants to "improve" him. Love's often illogical, it's about hormones and brain chemistry not rational thought. They're obviously intensely attracted to one another and at it like rabbits which makes the pairing more believable.
I think couples who appear ill-suited on the surface but love each other and find a way to make it work are a fact of life, and there's a long tradition of them in Corrie (think Stan and Hilda or Jack and Vera).
You should be, you'd fit right in with that bunch of sadists! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by flappinfanny
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Originally Posted by LouiseP
i agree. A totally ridiculous pairing. Totally overdoing the slapstick humour and insulting the intelligence of the viewers.
Surely Johnny isn't going to tell Carla himself? I thought everything had to come out via a third party.
I absolutely love sally and Tim together! They are corrie's nico and jimmy :)
I think fiz has become totally unreasonable with her expectations and spending - like almost overnight?! She used to be more realistic than this..
But then she never had a daughter possibly dying before starting school :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mariba
But then she never had a daughter possibly dying before starting school :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mariba
Hang on a minute - hope has got 80% chance of surviving so most parents in that situation try to think positive and live their life full in so many other ways than spending a fortune that they don't have. Ty has always been prone to self-pity with everything, he should stay strong for his family and instead of working more hours, should work less and spend more time together as a family. In the end of the day, you can't buy time and moments together.
Perhaps Tyrone should react by feeling optimistic and working less, but the truth is people react in an infinite variety of ways to any given situation. None of us know how we'll react to any experience until we've lived through it; all we can do is hope we'll react wisely.
Loved Carla's line about Johnny being " a back street Darth Vader ". Can just imagine a deep voice saying, " I AM YOUR FATHER CARLA! " :rotfl:
I thoroughly enjoyed the scene where the Machiavellian Rob revealed his dastardly revenge to a stunned Tracy. Well played! :D
I'm really glad the other Robert didn't soften when Tracy came crawling. I just hope he doesn't change his mind!
I hope he doesn't weaken too otherwise she will come up trumps yet again. She deserves everything she gets.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
epic coincidence timing of the storyline with new star wars film outQuote:
Originally Posted by Ruffed_lemur
loch neasa monster lol line from amy to liz
epic coincidence timing of the storyline with new star wars film outQuote:
Originally Posted by Ruffed_lemur
loch neasa monster lol line from amy to liz
Why didn't Tracy tell the prison staff Rob had been making phone calls from his cell.
My main concern was, who has nicked the Christmas decorations in the street and where did all the fake snow go?
Best bit of tonight's double bill was Alison King, nothing else to say really apart from PING PONG! :wall:
Rob also getting so many visits in the space of a few days is that really allowed thought it was one or two max per weekQuote:
Originally Posted by Snagglepus
Tracy getting some comeuppance from Rob and Robert is delightful
People react differently-that's true, but the fact that the Corrie writers decided for them to react in this materialistic way, doesn't make me to have much sympathy on these characters. I haven't grown to like this storyline at all-firstly because I think Fiz and Ty together are very poor actors, those kids can't act either(especially Hope should be able to speak more..like April in Emmerdale-lovely little girl). All and all, on top of all this, when the storyline is so badly written, only focusing on Tyrone's spending-as if that would be the first thing in every parent's mind with a sick child, it just doesn't touch me in any way. It's just another meaningless and oh so boring corrie storyline. It all just feels fake and unrealistic. That's my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dazzle
Sorry, just another pedantic table tennis point. Gary said "27-28, O'Driscolls". O'Driscoll then served and won the next point and apparently won the match. What 27-28, O'Driscolls, means is the score is 27-28 with O'Driscoll to serve and as the server's score is always given first, if O'Driscoll won the next point, the score would be 28-28 not a win for the O'Driscolls.
I think that's at least three mistakes they have made during this table tennis nonsense. If they are going to do it, it wouldn't hurt to get it right. It would take about 10 minutes of research!
Just for once she was probably too shocked to have been dumped again to think about revenge ... might still think of something once she can be back to her usual self pitying vindictive self ... Her alleged character transformation obviously only lasted to confess to Carla that she had lit and left the burning candle causing the fire ... nothing more nice from her since :nono:Quote:
Originally Posted by Snagglepus
duplicate post
Tracy the ball crusher (table tennis) I prefer Whiff Waff myself.
ATM the show is boring me, Tyrone historically the nasty angry man who plays victim when abused but passes on the abuse to others like when he Cheses van crushed and Fiz the dead body carrying granny swindler who risked Hopes life in prison being a nark. The S/L is sad but badly portrayed.
Made me ponder, did they dress the old street for the xmass epp leaving the new one free for usual filming?
I agree with the bits in bold. The story has been poorly written and shallow, and is seemingly just a plot device for another of the street's families to get into debt. I don't mind that part, or Tyrone's spending to treat Hope, but the emotional side needed to be explored in much more depth. The acting is definitely part of the problem too. Fiz doesn't engender my sympathy at all, while Tyrone only does a little. Good actors would have been able to make me feel heartbroken for them even if the writing wasn't up to scratch.Quote:
Originally Posted by mariba