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My Problem with Neighbours!
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Okay it's official I have given up on Neighbours and have not watched it in ages. I no longer feel it is the show I grew up watching and the new changes planned have pushed me right over the edge I am really annoyed by it. I watched old episode clips on youtube revolving around Madge,Drew,Toadie and Dee,Karl etc and do you know what?It made me really angry at the way Neighbours is now. I literally had tears running down my cheeks for Madges funeral and her death same with Drew and some of the scenes were so incredibly moving. I actually enjoyed watching them something I haven't found with Neighbours for months
Now it is at a point where so much bad stuff happens when it actually occurs now I expect it so I am not as moved. Neighbours used to have humour and heartwarming storylines and characters you generallly loved and cared about. They were allowed to gradually become stars within the show they weren't rushed and they became well established.It also wasn't about looks it was about acting ability something I think is lacking now. No offence to Ned but the man who plays him is not really that brilliant more saying his liens than acting them and is more there as eye candy than anything else.
Neighbours is turning away from it's hardcore fans in the hope of getting newer younger viewers. Overblown stories are common place now and it takes away the magic of Neighbours. In the past you didn't need explosions and you didn't need bad news after bad news after bad news to have an effect the effect was there from the storylines that really touched the heart and humorous storylines that made you smile and laugh for instance the early HOT scenes.
I am no longer going to watch as the show I loved is ruined by people who want more younger viewers and sexed up storylines and angst for everyone as well as getting rid of the established characters and replacing them with people that are either hard to like or just not 'Neighbours'.
Now it is at a point where so much bad stuff happens when it actually occurs now I expect it so I am not as moved. Neighbours used to have humour and heartwarming storylines and characters you generallly loved and cared about. They were allowed to gradually become stars within the show they weren't rushed and they became well established.It also wasn't about looks it was about acting ability something I think is lacking now. No offence to Ned but the man who plays him is not really that brilliant more saying his liens than acting them and is more there as eye candy than anything else.
Neighbours is turning away from it's hardcore fans in the hope of getting newer younger viewers. Overblown stories are common place now and it takes away the magic of Neighbours. In the past you didn't need explosions and you didn't need bad news after bad news after bad news to have an effect the effect was there from the storylines that really touched the heart and humorous storylines that made you smile and laugh for instance the early HOT scenes.
I am no longer going to watch as the show I loved is ruined by people who want more younger viewers and sexed up storylines and angst for everyone as well as getting rid of the established characters and replacing them with people that are either hard to like or just not 'Neighbours'.
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I don't think that's going to stop. In terms of Australian TV ratings home and away (which gets double neighbours audience there) has been very successful following the 'big events' formula, and you can see neighbours wanting a piece of that pie.
I agree about Stingrays funeral it was very moving and i did cry
Neighbours still has great storylines and great characters- who are always involved in storylines and we have no boring storylines or characters in Neighbours (not like other soaps). Neighbours is excellent and I can see it getting even better over the rest of this year from all the spoilers for july- december.
There have been brief moments when it's shown signs of improvement but I really dislike a lot of the new characters.
A lot of them are there purely for the eye candy - it surely can't be for their acting ability. Ned and the ridiculously-named Pepper are two prime examples. The writers will find any excuse to have a scene involving them with at least some of their kit off! :yawn:
Now they just throw stuff at the characters randomly, with people taking on assumed names and not being who they say they are. Pepper has a stalker... so then we find out she had a miscarriage once upon a time, something never even mentioned before.
And don't even get me started on what they've done to Sky! It used to be a must-watch for me, now I dip in like once or twice a week, in the hope it will improve
But the rest of the year has been poor in my opinion.
I think the problem is that the families have become too fragmented. You could say that this reflects the way that people live now, which is true I guess.
There are still some great elements in Neighbours - Karl and Susan, Harold, Lou, Paul, even Janelle - but I often get the sense that they're making it up as they go along.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the forthcoming changes pan out...
Kyal Marsh is leaving, he's becoming a carpenter
Used to love Susan and Karl but now I'm just waiting on the break-up I don't expect them to stay together and I no longer care about them. The rest of the cast haven't made an impact even lou and harold have changed.
Now it's all about hook-ups which yea ok I like but it's boring and hard to keep up with who's in love with who.
Yes I know
But Sam is still there, and Matt is getting hunkier.:)
Sam Clark (Ringo) and Matthew Werkmeister (Zeke).
The problem with Neighbours is that it's piss-poor - bad characters, bad acting, bad storylines. It's really down in the dumps. And apparently it's going to get worse before it gets better. I'm still holding out hope, although it's failed to engage my attention for months and months now.
About a year ago he was 12, but then he became about 14 and a half within a space of a week, and now he's 15 and nearly a half, and in two years' time he's going to be 17.
so don't hold onto the hope it'll improve over the next few weeks...:eek:
sorry guys
The show is about to undergo some fairly radical changes in Oz (July 23rd I believe) which will see the show return to it's 'heartland' (a quote from the EP). A new family, sets, titles and theme are on the way.
They're also getting back to the character and emotion led stuff, rather than OTT storys. Which is great.
Obviously this will take time to get to screen, as the show has a six month (9 month for the UK) lead in period before we see what changes they are making.
The show did lose it's way, from what I have read much of this was due to Network Ten in Oz insisting on 'event' storylines.
The irony is we're probably going to get quite a lot of negative posts as the show changes, as the viewers who like the OTT plots start moaning that nothing ever happens.
Theres an interesting article on the perfect blend website with an interview with the actor who plays toadie - he gives some spoilers away about the revamp and new sets!