Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[GloriaW]

I read you've only been watching our soaps for 10 years. The McDonalds first came into Corrie when Steve was about 18 and was a bit of a villain. He's done some quite reprehensible things over the years and even went to jail, if I remember correctly.

I always enjoyed watching him and thought he was full of charisma, which is why I still have such a soft spot for him. I agree his character is a bit useless at the moment, and has been for some years, but I think he's still capable of a charismatic performance if that was to be asked of him again. I hope it will be.

He's charismatic for sure which I'm sure is why he's lasted so long. And perfectly suited to the character of Steve. I have no way of knowing what else he's capable of in terms of his acting ability as he's literally only played one character all his life on Corrie. (not a good sign) I do enjoy watching him though, especially his interaction with Lloyd. They're a good double act. I'd classify him as a competent comedic actor and I could imagine him doing comedic roles in general. He's got good comedic timing; something that's hard to learn and usually is just a gift. Will the Corrie writers ever give him a chance at more dramatic scenes? Questionable as they know he's a long standing successful commodity as is. I think if he had any dramatic aspriations by now he would have gotten something outside of the show to explore and stretch his acting muscles but that never happened.

[lizann]

fiz did my head in tonight i wanted anna to hit her with the mop and as for the dennis/Gloria/rita/richie crap triangle so stupid and the state of dennis the mop looked better

why did jenna or anna turn off the water first?

[GloriaW]

fiz did my head in tonight i wanted anna to hit her with the mop and as for the dennis/Gloria/rita/richie crap triangle so stupid and the state of dennis the mop looked better

why did jenna or anna turn off the water first?

Fizz has been a pain in the behind since she got all righteous about the suicide and still they have her at it. She doesn't even seem like the same character. The writers have nominated her to be the voice crying in the wilderness and it doesn't even suit the nature of the character.

It was embaerassing to see penisoners Dennis and Richie looking like that. The wardrobe department must have been gagging dressing them. Robin Askwith makes me twitch and he's not even wearing makeup or prostetics. That's just him!

[GloriaW]

fiz did my head in tonight i wanted anna to hit her with the mop and as for the dennis/Gloria/rita/richie crap triangle so stupid and the state of dennis the mop looked better

why did jenna or anna turn off the water first?

Fizz has been a pain in the behind since she got all righteous about the suicide and still they have her at it. She doesn't even seem like the same character. The writers have nominated her to be the voice crying in the wilderness and it doesn't even suit the nature of the character.

It was embaerassing to see penisoners Dennis and Richie looking like that. The wardrobe department must have been gagging dressing them. Robin Askwith makes me twitch and he's not even wearing makeup or prostetics. That's just him!

[sarah c]

fiz did my head in tonight i wanted anna to hit her with the mop and as for the dennis/Gloria/rita/richie crap triangle so stupid and the state of dennis the mop looked better

why did jenna or anna turn off the water first?

We'll Owen said don't turn the water off until I find the leak. But they could've turned it off at the start, and then back on for a few minutes for Owen?

After all Jenna managed to turn the electric off!!

[sarah c]

Fiz should be reminded that Roy could be in the crap for helping Hayley or knowing what she was hoping to do?

[GloriaW]

Fiz should be reminded that Roy could be in the crap for helping Hayley or knowing what she was hoping to do?

Yes. She's too busy being in self righteous mode.

[GloriaW]

Fiz should be reminded that Roy could be in the crap for helping Hayley or knowing what she was hoping to do?

Yes. She's too busy being in self righteous mode.

[Dazzle]

Fiz was unbearable last night, even worse than Michelle

There's not many likeable characters in Corrie at the moment, something that I always used to say about Eastenders, and why I always preferred Corrie. The only characters I can think of off the top of my head that I truly like are Roy and Steve. Just about everyone else is all me, me, me

Tina and Peter are two characters that I used to enjoy, but they both get on my nerves now, and Peter positively makes my skin crawl. Rita and Dennis are both behaving badly towards each other. I've never liked Tracy or Rob anyway, so no change there.

I still choose to watch Corrie before EE (I always record them), but am wondering now if that's going to change.

End of rant

[GloriaW]

I've nearly destroyed my tv many a night by wanting to throw something at it.

I've always favored EE over Corrie because in general I like the dramatic and social issue treatments better along with the acting. Corrie for me is best when it utilizes it's comedic elements. For many people they need that comic relief. I don't particularly but do enjoy Corrie when it's in that mode.