Current Episode Discussion VI

[parkerman]

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 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.

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!

[Pinkbanana]

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 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.

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!

Thats fair enough if you prefer Corrie to Enders. However bear in mind, alot of us still like and enjoy EE. I personally have seen a big improvement in the soap in recent times, and its the soap I prefer to watch.

I just wondered why some people seem to watch EE just to pull it apart and make supposedly 'witty' comments about it and the peeps who watch it on here (one of the most recent comment I read was that people who watched EE were either boring or liked watching boring progs! ), and moreover, jump at the chance to have a dig on every single EE thread....

[alan45]

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 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.

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!

Thats fair enough if you prefer Corrie to Enders. However bear in mind, alot of us still like and enjoy EE. I personally have seen a big improvement in the soap in recent times, and its the soap I prefer to watch.

I just wondered why some people seem to watch EE just to pull it apart and make supposedly 'witty' comments about it and the peeps who watch it on here (one of the most recent comment I read was that people who watched EE were either boring or liked watching boring progs! ), and moreover, jump at the chance to have a dig on every single EE thread....

I always try to give reasons for my criticisms of EE. Im not in the business of saying EE is crap without any explanation. It is at the end of the day only a soap as are Corrie and Emmerdale. I try to make my posts amusing to give people a bit of light relief from the My soap is better than your soap nonsense. You love EE, I dont have a problem with that and you put your point of view across in a very eloquent manner with reasoned arguments which I may or may not agree with. So please dont take offence at me when I diss EE I would rather not post about it than annoy you. At the end of the day its hardly the end of the world. At the moment Im preferring Emmerdale to Corrie anyway and its hardly the most realistic representation of a village in rural Yorkshire.

[Abi]

I watched the end of the omnibus today, thinking that with all the hype, this must be the break that EE has been waiting for, for the last 3 or 4 years, to get back to the top. But... It was just a bit rubbish. It lacked logic. They were at the bottom of the hill- why would it be able to roll down then? Phil even said to Billy "Go to the top of that hill". And if they were on a hill, with enough angle to move a whole bloody car, surely it would move just a little bit when Phil got out of it? (After all, he's hardly light). And then when it moved, he'd either get them all out carefully, or put the hand brake on- he's a mechanic!!

And when they got Peter out of the water, Phil stood there shaking him. Sure, they want to build up suspense, but pur-lease, shaking him?! At least try and recussitate (sp?) him!

Plus the "tree" they were going to crash into look rather much more like a twig to me!! I mean, not as huge as they were making it out to be.

And when Ian got dragged out of the car, he put him arms on the ground. Including the one that was dislocated or something. That wouldnt even be able to grab anything, let alone support his weight.

It was a good idea, but they were just a bit lame in the way they executed it. As has been said, it wasn't beleiveable, as there was so many flaws in it. Give us some credit, EE, and at least make sure your stories make sense!

[Siobhan]

Tonight's episode was alright. do u think peter will die? i doubt it. i think the whole point of this scenario is for Ian to be in debt to Phil somehow. If Phil saves peters life, Ian's obligated to Phil.

Emm I think according to all the spoilers

Spoiler:

he dies

I heard that but then my friend said i was wrong so i dont know now

Your mate is wrong, not true what spoiler says... I will update in the "coming up in EE" thread

[CrazyLea]

Plus the "tree" they were going to crash into look rather much more like a twig to me!! I mean, not as huge as they were making it out to be.

In their defense there, it was rather big!! For a car. Smaller "twigs" than that tree could do huge damage.

[alan45]

Plus the "tree" they were going to crash into look rather much more like a twig to me!! I mean, not as huge as they were making it out to be.

In their defense there, it was rather big!! For a car. Smaller "twigs" than that tree could do huge damage.

Ah but they were not driving a car but a four wheel drive go anywhere Range Rover.

[Xx-Vicky-xX]

How stupid is Keith, its obvious that an animal who doesnt have a brain as good as humans that will allow it to avoid the wire is going to cause the tv to fall down the stairs and break oh and how did Keith move that tv doesnt the bloke have a "bad back"

Genrally that episode was boring, thought the Mitchell/Beale thing was nice though and Honey and Billy were cute aswell

[Pinkbanana]

[COLOR="Red"]I cant say I totally enjoyed tonight's episode. It just seemed soooo contrived and sickly. Im glad that the feud is over....it had run its course, but Ian and Phil becoming bosom buddies, and allowing Billy to run the old fruit and veg stall... I think I preferred it when Phil was flushing Ian's head down the loo to this...

Apart from that, I enjoyed tonight offering...
Mad May the pill popping doc!
The increasingly sinister Stella...
Oh and I wish that Keith had taken a tumble down those stairs with the telly!

[Katy]

what was with Phils resusitation methods, rubbing on peters chest. I have to say that made me laugh a lot.