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Old 06-01-2010, 00:48
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^basically what its says there.

I think i would like it to be more character driven, and less comedy characters we have far to many of them, i like a certain amount of comedy characters but they should be less than quarter of the cast and shouldnt be given big storylines.

Alot more Drama should be injected into the show, but not just like any drama, drama that makes you want to keep watching not ott because it becomes a farce if that happens, characters like Carla, Peter, Leane (cant spell her name ) should have alot more to do as they are strong characters and stronger characters should be introduced I think reintroducing Tracy is a step in the right way but thats just one.

I dont think you should axe left, right and centre you should give the characters time to see were they fit into your view of the show and if they dont fit write them not all of a sudden but part of a storyline it may not be there storyline but part of a continues storyline.

Characters like Mary, Tara, Uncle Umed and Norris's brother should be cut out, they bring nothing in the long term they are there for only a number of episodes and dont bring any storylines. Characters like Becky and Steve should be brought back from 2D versions of themselves, make Becky brash yes but not all the time let her have a soft side, i think more scenes with Roy would do her good.

I have alot more but there is alot there already.

so what would you like done.
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Old 06-01-2010, 00:53
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Tone down the comedy, I know people say Corrie can't do drama like soap's such as EastEnders can but this current Sally cancer storyline is very well done...

I don't know if characters' in Corrie could carry storylines like rapes etc. I mean imagine if the Whitney/Tony storyline would have happened like Rosie/John

I love Corrie and I love EE but I don't think a Corrie producer has the balls to make a dramatic change to the show.
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Old 06-01-2010, 01:06
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It needs to stay as its always been a soap with good mix of drama and humor mixed in and doesn't need turning into a unrealistic soap. Coronation Street has always been about community spirit and its been running now for nearly 50 years and is the only realistic soap on TV.
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:02
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Recast the role of Rosie Webster..... and the job's a good 'un.

For the record Tara, Umed and Norris' brother have all long since gone, although I believe Mary is set to return.

I would like to see the Platts became less prominant characters for a while too. For the past 5/6 years it's felt like they've had one main storyline after another. If it wasn't something with Sarah it was something with David or about Gail making yet another bad choice in men. I don't think they should be axed but they should take a back seat for a while like many other characters do. I feel this would give viewers a much needed rest from the Platt drama's and refresh the characters to have a main storyline again at a later time.
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:41
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It needs more drama and proper storylines not dull or unrealistic ones, getting rid of deadwood would be a great started.

Recasting Rosie Webster is a brilliant idea she could have the potential to be a great bitch type of character in the future but she is just terrible atm, stop rehashing storylines with characters I mean how many times can Sally and Kevin have affairs this latest one with Molly is down right embarrassing and John Staple returning totally unrealistic what is the directing of the character now? directing pantos and following Fiz around I think not.

They should focus on using the strong characters they do have, Tina and Sophie are one of the best, I hope with Kate Ford returning that we get to see the show returning too its roots and what made it so good a few years back.
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:46
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It needs mor efamily driven storylines by that i mean th erecent scenes with Kevin and Sally since she told himshe has cancer, those scenes were spot on, heartfelt and delivered brilliantly. Eileen Grimshaw is one of corries best charactors who should be used more. Instead of splitting Tyrone and Molly up they should have concentarted and the difficulties young couples have, confilcting families, money worries, maybe children as the kevin molly affair was one of the worst storylines evr in any soap.

The scenes Becky has with roy and hayley are corrie gold all this kinda stuff is what corrie does best. I totally agree Rosie Webster should be re cast as for me she is unbareable to watch. Corrie will never be as good as EastEnders for me but at the moment even emmerdale is miles ahead of corrie. Corrie seems to have lost its way big time over the last 5 years it has had some good points but its all very messy to me.
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Old 06-01-2010, 02:54
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It needs mor efamily driven storylines by that i mean th erecent scenes with Kevin and Sally since she told himshe has cancer, those scenes were spot on, heartfelt and delivered brilliantly. Eileen Grimshaw is one of corries best charactors who should be used more. Instead of splitting Tyrone and Molly up they should have concentarted and the difficulties young couples have, confilcting families, money worries, maybe children as the kevin molly affair was one of the worst storylines evr in any soap.

The scenes Becky has with roy and hayley are corrie gold all this kinda stuff is what corrie does best. I totally agree Rosie Webster should be re cast as for me she is unbareable to watch. Corrie will never be as good as EastEnders for me but at the moment even emmerdale is miles ahead of corrie. Corrie seems to have lost its way big time over the last 5 years it has had some good points but its all very messy to me.
I agree, I love Becky and the stuff she does with The Croppers and Steve and I enjoyed the Tony and Maria situation the only strong storyline for me last yr in Corrie.

I try not to judge the soaps on whose better the who because the quality can go up and down but I agree that Emmerdale has been more watchable then Corrie so far.
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Old 06-01-2010, 03:08
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The soaps all go through bad patches, but what really annoys me is when EastEnders goes through a bad patch they get absolutly malled by the press, 3-4 years ago eastenders went through a very bad patch and boy did they get crucified, emmerdale likewise got malled last year for a bad run but corrie in that way gets away with murder. I make this point because i think alot of big wigs at corrie seem to think oh its coronation street its on the tv for 50 years people are just gonna watch the show and thats why it is losing its way. I think they should approach corrie like any new programme and concentrate on now and what the audience want now, and i suppose to be fair all the big soaps need to do that. I think the bad patch eastenders went through a few years ago did the show good in the end as its so strong at the moment.
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Old 06-01-2010, 03:20
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The soaps all go through bad patches, but what really annoys me is when EastEnders goes through a bad patch they get absolutly malled by the press, 3-4 years ago eastenders went through a very bad patch and boy did they get crucified, emmerdale likewise got malled last year for a bad run but corrie in that way gets away with murder. I make this point because i think alot of big wigs at corrie seem to think oh its coronation street its on the tv for 50 years people are just gonna watch the show and thats why it is losing its way. I think they should approach corrie like any new programme and concentrate on now and what the audience want now, and i suppose to be fair all the big soaps need to do that. I think the bad patch eastenders went through a few years ago did the show good in the end as its so strong at the moment.
Yes exactly I think because Corrie is seen as some kind of national treasure as its the longest soap running and because of that its allowed a bypass from any criticisms from the press.

Eastenders did get a very bad thrashing from the press a couple of years ago but that could be down to people in the media or papers own by Murdoch with a distaste for the BBC, I agree that they need to start listening to the viewers more to get more of a balance of storylines for the show and coming up with new ideas not rehashed versions of boring olds ones that seem to keep being repeated time after time.
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Old 06-01-2010, 06:53
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I'd like to see less affairs, and more of happy relationships like the windasses,I am so sick of writers taking the easy way out and justchamgiong peoples personalities to allow them to have affairs out of the blue
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Old 06-01-2010, 07:04
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It needs to stay as its always been a soap with good mix of drama and humor mixed in and doesn't need turning into a unrealistic soap. Coronation Street has always been about community spirit and its been running now for nearly 50 years and is the only realistic soap on TV.
lol there's nothing realistic about Corrie. Sometimes I wonder if you're taking the piss.
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