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Home and Away- Over The Top or 'Normal'
Paul Kellerman
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Do you prefere it now or when it was all deaths, drugs guns, bitches, explosions and cults and dramatic stunts and affairs?
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Paul Kellerman
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When Eastenders was in its gangster phase it was awful, but when it had the likes of Steve Owen, and plenty other things going on with the Bealles, Slaters and Fowlers, it was at its best.
We don't want over dramatic. We don't want boring teens, and love affairs, we want the right balance! Some might call it....the perfect blend
Does any soap have the perfect blend at the moment?
As for your question as to whether any soap has "the perfect blend" I'm tempted to say yes.... Neighbours
I thought that wasn't doing so well... who pushed Paul R by the way?
Even worse then Neighbours?
No it's not always perfect (there's loads I would do with it if I had the chance!) but it's got it's serious storylines but it has comical moments too.
Also I love the fact that it has a decent sized older cast and isn't so focused on the young 'uns like the Australian soaps.
I find H&A far too over the top, full of beautiful people and the family units don't work for me. The best example is the ridiculous sotryline of Charlie being Ruby's mother. Possibly because I can't stand the "actress" who plays Charlie. She is a stunning woman but only seems to have 3 acting faces.
Plus she is the worst mother ever. She is hardly seen with her vulnerable daughter, instead they like to focus on her beautiful looks flaunting about with every man going.
Ugh. Rant over
Amanda Vale is the only woman I knew!
Oh have to disagree with the Charlie slagging off, she is amazing character and Esther Anderson (who yeah is beautiful beyond words) I think is a great actress, only doesn't see to much of Ruby cause Ruby wanted some space to deal with her illness, she does still care for her and maybe too much as she recently went well over the top with Ruby drinking a bottle of vodka. Still she is the best thing in Home and Away for me.
I think the show started going downhill the moment 2010 began. They've gotten rid of all their classic characters this year and instead we're left with 'pretty' people who look good but can't act for toffee. I agree with the comparison about Esther; she's a terrible actress; when she cries it looks like she's laughing and she's clearly only there to prance around in her bikini and look good. Same for Angelo; it amazes me that these two are being promoted as the big H&A couple.
All the teens at the moment are so dire and seem to just hang around in groups of two; not interacting all together. I miss the days of Belle, Matilda, Cassie etc; they used to have fun not worry about people taking bottles onto beaches *shock horror*
Even during the times of Jack and Martha, Aden and Belle, Rachel and Tony; sometimes they were overexposed but at least their storylines were decent and the acting was great as well as them being core characters to the show with a lot of history. It made them easily relatable and loveable to the fans but now there's nothing to get excited about.
I can't even bear to watch it anymore which is a shame as I used to love H&A.
I'm hopng Xavier pops his socks because of this and he gets dehydrated his voice and acting grate on me so mcuh
I heard on the neighbours grapevine it was
Are you after people we loved to hate, or people we just hated.
If it's the later, then I couldn't stand Kane and all the other (and there was quite a few) 'reformed' rapists. :mad:
Good bad boys not crappy actors.
WTH reformed rapist?
Kane - attacks Dani - then has relationship with her sister and become valued member of the community.
Jonah - unable to complete the attack on Tasha after drugging her, but doesn't stop someone else to do it, and was involved in previous attacks - goes onto to become valued member of the community with his farming duties and involvement with Tasha best friend Martha.
and I'm sure there are others.
There's been some great villains over the years - Angie Russell, Amanda Vale. Sarah Lewis, Zoe McCallister and her many alter egoes!
I'm surprised that Robbo didn't become a valued member of community and end up dating Charlie.
I think there is a good chance he will come back and be Ruby's new boyfriend, I'm sure Charlie won't mind at all.