DTC Work is not exciting me a lot. To many boring dull patches!!!!!
I want the show to be like the santer era, obviously were not gonna get a john yorke or Julia smith era but the santer era was very enjoyable and a lot of the characters that were round are still here! DTC isn't half as exciting as he made himself out to be
Apart from the odd highlight and the slow pace of the "big building" storylines I have not been generally impressed. Too many irritating characters (Alfie, Kat, Bianca and all her kids...) There seems to be too much light fluff trying to hold it all together. Even worse now that Fatboys back after his stoned webcam wank.
The Santer era is massively overrated by some. It had far more dull patches than what we have at present.
The public see it very different! Not a single one of the current storylines even comes close to the likes of...
Mad May/dawn
Max/stacey
Stella/ben
Recreation of the butchers/Whitney's abuse
Ronnie/roxy/sean/jack
Nick cotton
Lucas Johnston
Danielle/ronnie
Dot and jim
Steven Beale holding Ian hostage
Staceys bipolar
Who killed archie
Phil on crack
Tanya burying max alive
The queen vic fire
Stacey/janine/ryan
Reintroduction of kat and alfie
Etc... All of these happened in 3/4 years and brought in figures of over 10 million, all the current team need to do is do some forward thinking, and come up with storylines like these, that focus around grown up issues (not silly teen stuff) rather than the current shabby stories! Use all the teen crushes, pregnancies etc as fillers!:P
I would be over the moon! I only like shirley and linda! And maybe tina, the rest I can not stomach anymore! They're not EE at all, more carry on style!
I'm pretty happy with most of the cast we have at the minute althought i would Axe Lauren,dexter,Tina,tosh,lee,Donna and then the returns I would bring back Ollie,jean and Charlie slater,Zainab masood,Martin fowler for good try my best to bring back Sarah phelps and tony Jordan to the writing team. Also I'd Try and get grant and Peggy back on a 6 month contract to help bring back lost viewers.
I'm pretty happy with most of the cast we have at the minute althought i would Axe Lauren,dexter,Tina,tosh,lee,Donna and then the returns I would bring back Ollie,jean and Charlie slater,Zainab masood,Martin fowler for good try my best to bring back Sarah phelps and tony Jordan to the writing team. Also I'd Try and get grant and Peggy back on a 6 month contract to help bring back lost viewers.
Hm, I'd keep Lauren, but I agree with the rest yes!
FatBoy, Dexter, Kim, Tosh, Cindy, Alfie, Mo, Billy, Roxy and Lee. I would make Abi and Tamwar recurring characters so they can go to University and have a life away from Walford only returning in the holidays.
I would replace the above with the following-
Bushra or a Zainab return
Ada Fox
Maxine Pearce (Lola's Mum)
A new GP/Teacher couple (the show really lacks a middle class couple)
Paul Coker
A Grown up Child of a former family possibly Ali Osman Jnr
Grant and Courtney Mitchell
Vicki Fowler (recast)
I always imagine in my mind what I would do if I was the big boss in EE
Character continuity is something which drives me bananas I hate it when characters come back and they have a completely different personality from what they left with.
I also don't like what I call lazy writing, Where you bring back old characters or bring in new families and make the majority of the show about them, any tom, dick, harry or Sheila can create new characters with lots of secrets which have no understanding to the viewer because we have not made a personal connection with that character yet.
Id make storylines have more of a moral ending where the viewer themselves can actually learn or at least question there own beliefs or way of handling issues in there own lives. (kind of sitcom style)
I am not a big fan of murders, affairs and lies in soaps I think if you have to much of it the viewer becomes very sanitised from the issue, So when it happens it does not really have a shock value. It almost becomes the norm when in fact it should be displayed as anything but the norm in our society.
The first few storylines I would bring in at the moment would be a legal high storyline maybe even have a shop open near the square or a stool selling them.
a breast feeding in public storyline as that seems a very controversial issue at the moment.
The growing cannabis storyline would have been great I felt, as by the amount of people that seem to smoke it these days a lot of people must be growing it.
Maybe highlight the struggle that pubs are going through these days by having the Vic struggle to make ends meet.
Bisexuality seems to be on the rise at the moment or at least much more openly discussed I think, that could be a really different take on a characters relationships instead of just your typical gay/hetro angle.
Immigration seems a big topic as well these days so I would focus on maybe Stan and Aleks building a friendship based on banter but where they both learn each others point of view in a civilised adult way.
I know these probably seem quite minor storylines but I think they are current and it would be a great way to not only be a discussion point I believe it would make EE more of a representation of the British public instead of a general stereotype decided by people who are probably not as in touch with real people as they think they are.
I think the way forward with TV in general is a light mix between reality and fantasy. I understand they record episodes months in advance but I think it can be done if you have a team with there pulse on the relevant issues in our lives.
as for axing characters my list would probably be hugely unpopular so I will not even try.
Last thing I would do though is tell all cast members and producers that when you pour a hot drink from the kettle not no one can take a sip within 30 seconds of pouring it.... That will always bug me ;-)
FatBoy, Dexter, Kim, Tosh, Cindy, Alfie, Mo, Billy, Roxy and Lee. I would make Abi and Tamwar recurring characters so they can go to University and have a life away from Walford only returning in the holidays.
I would replace the above with the following-
Bushra or a Zainab return
Ada Fox
Maxine Pearce (Lola's Mum)
A new GP/Teacher couple (the show really lacks a middle class couple)
Paul Coker
A Grown up Child of a former family possibly Ali Osman Jnr
Grant and Courtney Mitchell
Vicki Fowler (recast)
But only after bloody good kickings from several male characters on separate occasions that would utterly destroy his credibility as the 'King of the Square' and show him up for what he really is - a cheap, bullying little small-time thug.
I always imagine in my mind what I would do if I was the big boss in EE
Character continuity is something which drives me bananas I hate it when characters come back and they have a completely different personality from what they left with.
I also don't like what I call lazy writing, Where you bring back old characters or bring in new families and make the majority of the show about them, any tom, dick, harry or Sheila can create new characters with lots of secrets which have no understanding to the viewer because we have not made a personal connection with that character yet.
Id make storylines have more of a moral ending where the viewer themselves can actually learn or at least question there own beliefs or way of handling issues in there own lives. (kind of sitcom style)
I am not a big fan of murders, affairs and lies in soaps I think if you have to much of it the viewer becomes very sanitised from the issue, So when it happens it does not really have a shock value. It almost becomes the norm when in fact it should be displayed as anything but the norm in our society.
The first few storylines I would bring in at the moment would be a legal high storyline maybe even have a shop open near the square or a stool selling them.
a breast feeding in public storyline as that seems a very controversial issue at the moment.
The growing cannabis storyline would have been great I felt, as by the amount of people that seem to smoke it these days a lot of people must be growing it.
Maybe highlight the struggle that pubs are going through these days by having the Vic struggle to make ends meet.
Bisexuality seems to be on the rise at the moment or at least much more openly discussed I think, that could be a really different take on a characters relationships instead of just your typical gay/hetro angle.
Immigration seems a big topic as well these days so I would focus on maybe Stan and Aleks building a friendship based on banter but where they both learn each others point of view in a civilised adult way.
I know these probably seem quite minor storylines but I think they are current and it would be a great way to not only be a discussion point I believe it would make EE more of a representation of the British public instead of a general stereotype decided by people who are probably not as in touch with real people as they think they are.
I think the way forward with TV in general is a light mix between reality and fantasy. I understand they record episodes months in advance but I think it can be done if you have a team with there pulse on the relevant issues in our lives.
as for axing characters my list would probably be hugely unpopular so I will not even try.
Last thing I would do though is tell all cast members and producers that when you pour a hot drink from the kettle not no one can take a sip within 30 seconds of pouring it.... That will always bug me ;-)
Comments
Kill off Phil Mitchell
Finally kill off Nick Cotton
Kill off Dot Cotton
Bring back David Wicks
I want the show to be like the santer era, obviously were not gonna get a john yorke or Julia smith era but the santer era was very enjoyable and a lot of the characters that were round are still here! DTC isn't half as exciting as he made himself out to be
More drama
The public see it very different! Not a single one of the current storylines even comes close to the likes of...
Mad May/dawn
Max/stacey
Stella/ben
Recreation of the butchers/Whitney's abuse
Ronnie/roxy/sean/jack
Nick cotton
Lucas Johnston
Danielle/ronnie
Dot and jim
Steven Beale holding Ian hostage
Staceys bipolar
Who killed archie
Phil on crack
Tanya burying max alive
The queen vic fire
Stacey/janine/ryan
Reintroduction of kat and alfie
Etc... All of these happened in 3/4 years and brought in figures of over 10 million, all the current team need to do is do some forward thinking, and come up with storylines like these, that focus around grown up issues (not silly teen stuff) rather than the current shabby stories! Use all the teen crushes, pregnancies etc as fillers!:P
I would be over the moon! I only like shirley and linda! And maybe tina, the rest I can not stomach anymore! They're not EE at all, more carry on style!
Hm, I'd keep Lauren, but I agree with the rest yes!
FatBoy, Dexter, Kim, Tosh, Cindy, Alfie, Mo, Billy, Roxy and Lee. I would make Abi and Tamwar recurring characters so they can go to University and have a life away from Walford only returning in the holidays.
I would replace the above with the following-
Bushra or a Zainab return
Ada Fox
Maxine Pearce (Lola's Mum)
A new GP/Teacher couple (the show really lacks a middle class couple)
Paul Coker
A Grown up Child of a former family possibly Ali Osman Jnr
Grant and Courtney Mitchell
Vicki Fowler (recast)
Character continuity is something which drives me bananas I hate it when characters come back and they have a completely different personality from what they left with.
I also don't like what I call lazy writing, Where you bring back old characters or bring in new families and make the majority of the show about them, any tom, dick, harry or Sheila can create new characters with lots of secrets which have no understanding to the viewer because we have not made a personal connection with that character yet.
Id make storylines have more of a moral ending where the viewer themselves can actually learn or at least question there own beliefs or way of handling issues in there own lives. (kind of sitcom style)
I am not a big fan of murders, affairs and lies in soaps I think if you have to much of it the viewer becomes very sanitised from the issue, So when it happens it does not really have a shock value. It almost becomes the norm when in fact it should be displayed as anything but the norm in our society.
The first few storylines I would bring in at the moment would be a legal high storyline maybe even have a shop open near the square or a stool selling them.
a breast feeding in public storyline as that seems a very controversial issue at the moment.
The growing cannabis storyline would have been great I felt, as by the amount of people that seem to smoke it these days a lot of people must be growing it.
Maybe highlight the struggle that pubs are going through these days by having the Vic struggle to make ends meet.
Bisexuality seems to be on the rise at the moment or at least much more openly discussed I think, that could be a really different take on a characters relationships instead of just your typical gay/hetro angle.
Immigration seems a big topic as well these days so I would focus on maybe Stan and Aleks building a friendship based on banter but where they both learn each others point of view in a civilised adult way.
I know these probably seem quite minor storylines but I think they are current and it would be a great way to not only be a discussion point I believe it would make EE more of a representation of the British public instead of a general stereotype decided by people who are probably not as in touch with real people as they think they are.
I think the way forward with TV in general is a light mix between reality and fantasy. I understand they record episodes months in advance but I think it can be done if you have a team with there pulse on the relevant issues in our lives.
as for axing characters my list would probably be hugely unpopular so I will not even try.
Last thing I would do though is tell all cast members and producers that when you pour a hot drink from the kettle not no one can take a sip within 30 seconds of pouring it.... That will always bug me ;-)
Sounds very dull
Why so rude?
But only after bloody good kickings from several male characters on separate occasions that would utterly destroy his credibility as the 'King of the Square' and show him up for what he really is - a cheap, bullying little small-time thug.
Im sure if you were EP of Eastenders you would be a good EP
Great POST!!!