I have to say I agree with alan on this. Yes, of course it is fiction and not real life and the stories have to be larger than life BUT it has to be believable. The whole point of a soap like Eastenders is that it is rooted in real life even if exaggerated. The problem with the last few years of Eastenders is that the plot lines are risible in many cases and the attention to detail just appalling. It is just sloppiness on the part of the production team and the idea behind it is they don't have to try too hard as they can get away with anything. It is also disrespectful to the viewers, it's as if they will put up with any old rubbish as long as it's called Eastenders.Originally Posted by alan45;515807I
watched it with an open mind hoping that after all the hype and licence money they spent I could see something of the old EE. Sadly I was disappointed though not surprised. They still treat the viewers as fools. The 'accidental'knocking of the gear stick was nearly as contrived as the loose bolts on the dragon slide in the cardboard funfair or raising Den from the dead.
I used to be firmly in the Eastenders camp as opposed to Coronation Street but now I have to say I infintely prefer Corrie. Although also fiction and exaggerated for the sake of drama, its stories are for the most part much more believable and better thought out, the scripts much better and the continuity more thoughtful and not an insult to the viewer's intelligence.
Well, that's my twopennorth!
