Should be interesting corries boss phil is on this morning monday discussing up and coming story lines as well as the ones this past year heading up the BSA

This is (I think!) my first post in the new thread but since we're now on page 4, I'm not going to attempt a multi quote as I would probably be here all night! I'll do my best to remember the things I wanted to reply to.

Like everyone else, I'm excited that Carla's brother will be brought in. It means we're going to find out more about Carla and that's definitely good! I didn't know that she had more than one brother but either way, it'll be good to give Carla someone else to interact with. Out of interest, does anyone know when it was that Darren was mentioned in Corrie? I think I must not have been watching at that time because i've only seen him mentioned by people on this forum.

As for the whole pregnancy debate, I don't really see Carla with a child. I just can't really visualise what that would be like and what sort of storylines she would have with a baby. That's not to say that I wouldn't watch if it happened but I just don't think it's something that I'm ever really hoping for and it doesn't seem to me like Carla is either.

I'm not too keen on this whole custody storyline either but it does involve my favourite characters/actors from Corrie so I suppose it can't be too bad! I just think Leanne has an absolute cheek trying to take Simon away from Peter when she left without him once the affair was revealed. I know I should probably get over that but I just think that it's quite a big deal, it seems like she's trying to take Simon away to hurt Peter & Carla. I don't doubt that Leanne cares for and loves Simon but I think she'll want to destroy Carla in the process so it's win/win for her!

Despite all this though I do have faith that there will be some nice scenes and storylines for Peter & Carla. If their relationship can survive all the Frank stuff then it must be pretty strong, right?

Glad you got some sleep. Weds night I didn't sleep that well at all, but last night I was really surprised when I woke up and realised I'd been asleep for 7 hours. Even when I don't have insomnia I normally need to get up in the night at least once.



Yeah, that could work too! Well apart from the fact I can't act, the commute is too long and I refuse to move house ever again.






lol! I didn't mean to I didn't mean private as in secret (as I can't imagine I'm managing that what with shared TV, computer, freesat box etc), just as in not something to have in common.


I have ordered the film, didn't take much persuading I'll let you know what I think. It doesn't sound like my kind of thing at all though, if I can't get into the plot I might not make it to the end.

I don't think there's anything wrong with people watching stuff because of the actor/actress, and if someone I like is going to be in something new then I will consider watching it. But normally if I don't like the sound of the story I won't watch it. If I can't engage with the story then an actress I like isn't usually enough. I was on a long haul flight once so decided to try to watch The Sarah Connor Chronicles, or whatever that Terminator spin off is called, because I love Lena Headey. I did watch one or two eps because I was stuck on a plane with nothing else to do. But I haven't bothered trying to watch any more since or anything.
But anyway I'm going to make a sacrifice to watch Ali








I'm not sure what I think yet. I can't really judge from the spoilers whether it'll be Leanne, Peter or both of them who are being unreasonable, so will have to wait and see.


I like your positive thinking.

A request - please will someone let me know when the BSAs are on, and remind me again on the day. I don't read my TV mags very thoroughly (I tend to look at the pictures, like carla barlow ) so I might miss it otherwise.

Just posted the final chapter of Fresh start here.


Yeah I can't wait. Hope they cast a good actor as well as someone good-looking. Will be great to see Carla interacting with someone from her own family, and wonder how Peter will get along with him.

Michelle mentions Darren in this clip, at about 2:00. (the whole scene's really good though!)


Me too - I'd rather them face pressure from other people than within their relationship. And I do like scenes with Simon, so I think that'll be a good week.

Too tired to give my thoughts on whether would like to see Carla with baby, so will do that over weekend instead!

Soo, I’ve decided that instead of doing my homework I’m going to re-do (and add to) the multiquote I did the other day that I accidentally deleted before posting. It pretty much from the start of the second thread so it’s rather long. Infact I’ve just copied and pasted all my quotes onto word to start off with and it’s taken up 29 pages, though that’s because I’ve quoted a lot of multiquotes so a lot of it will be deleted in the process. Anihu……..


I quite impress myself on this forum, I tend to make very little sense on twitter when ‘barlowed’ (oh here we go with that one again )


I like that Carl has that mystery about her, it’s probably part of the reason why some people hate her as I think if you choose not to look too closely at her and think into the things she says she comes across a bit harsher than she really is. I think it makes her a lot more real too. The difference with peter is that he has had so much past on the programme comparatively and he always has family to talk to so there’s no where to hide with him.


It’s one of those comparisons that just works so well on so many levels. They fought and wound each other up so bad but in the end where always drawn back together. And the “she was so beautiful he nearly laughed out loud” quote is just so cheesy but in that scene it was ridiculously cute and charming.


Maria and Peter was just weird and wrong and awkward and urrghhh! She’s just so naïve and dumb about the whole thing, when she realises it was just a fling I find it hilarious - I really did hate maria before 2011 she just would me up so bad.



I defiantly think you’re onto something with Liam being too immature for a younger Carla, coming from where she seems to have done she probably wanted to grow up faster to get away from it whereas despite not being the youngest I can imagine Liam often being treated by and acting like the baby of the family given that Michelle had Ryan so young so had to grow up.
However much I love Liam in the scheme of things, I absolutely hated the way he constantly implied that Carla was a gold-digger and a sponger when Paul gave him more than he ever gave to Carla (when he was alive anyway)


I want Helen and Barry to start visiting again from time to time, I don’t like Helen much as she is always very harsh to Carla but I love Barry and I think having them around occasionally would be interesting.
I like the idea of Ryan, and I like Ryan in fanfics, but the actor really was awful.
Random fact for you all – Ben Thompson (ryan) went to my college. Bet you’re all well impressed by my claim to fame :L actually saying that half of the cast seem to be from my town, and the girl that played Molly went to my highschool.


I’m pretty sure about 80% of that cast smoke from what you hear so I bet once she’s lost the incentive to stop from being preggers it could get very hard to keep off them when everyone’s nipping out for a fag between takes.
I’m just a drunk/social smoker usually. I don’t smoke a lot though because none of my friends do and I hate standing outside on my own, unless I’m drunk in which case I’m happy to just go and chat to random strangers .


I love Steve, he’s just a bumbling idiot but he’s funny and weirdly loveable at times. I agree him and Michelle did make a nice couple. And Carla and Steve had quite a lot of good interactions when he was with Michelle. I like how she occasionally enjoys making people like him uncomfortable for the fun of it.


When I rewatched the episode I noticed that Michelle and Maria where turned away and talking whist Anne was talking to Carla. It’ still stupid that they didn’t notice since it’s one of those things you’d be curious about but atleast they made an effort to show that Carla was the only one listening.


Okay so I had spookily the same thoughts about these hair situations to the point of which I actually had a go at the whole fringe pin back thing after watching the pie episode when it went up on youtube the other day. When I had a fringe (probably around the same time she did – along with half the population) I wore it like that a lot, but I can report back that now it’s grown out that style really doesn’t work the same. Shame, she really did look good with it like that.


Defiantly, we all seem to like this idea, lets write into itv now so they can get the ball rolling!


It’s weird how a similar situation can make me cringe so much in one case but be so brilliant in another. And it’s funny how Stella knows all the answers to everyone else’s problems but doesn’t even know about her own.


Pha!! ‘Cock-Roche’
I love celeb juice it’s so funny it’s untrue.


They definatly did a good job of making him controlling enough that she was worried but nice enough at the same time so that Carla would in some way like him and want to be with him.
And the wedding cake thing was brilliant, her face when he say don’t cut us half is a picture.


Dear god how ridiculously biased can you get. It’s a soap, you don’t need to take a side and try and sell a story when you write about it. It’s like they’re trying to make it into hard hitting journalism with an interesting angle and all that.


Haha, it is a lot easier to say these things on a computer to people you don’t really know or care so much about respecting you. Ohh, what’s your sensible job??? (sorry I’m such a nosey cow as soon as someone mentions something like this I want to know for no apparent reason)


I love how since we all talked about not watching things just for an actress I’ve watched a load a dream team clips and the last episode of mile high (which Ali is brilliant and hilarious in) The more I think about it the more that was a complete lie.


Okay so this is exactly what I think about the whole kid issue. I’d like her to have a relationship with a kid as I think it could be interesting but I’d want to skip the whole pregnancy and baby stages. Hopefully we’ll get some of this with Simon though if I’m picky I’d rather see her with a girl, so if the whole Peter thing doesn’t work maybe her next man can have a daughter. (I still support carter though don’t worry guys)


He’s so creepy and controlling in those scenes, some of the things he says about her are spot on, but the way he uses it against her to manipulate and the way he acts hurt and like she’s the one in the wrong is just horrible yet fascinating to watch


Her cheek bones in general are incredible!


I’m doing it in word now, I don’t mind the box usually but this is turning out so long that I couldn’t cope if I lost it again. And it does have the added benefit of that I don’t have to have to keep typing words into google on another tab to check how to spell them.


I defiantly want to watch this now. It sounds and looks rather bad from anything I’ve heard of it but I don’t like proper action films so I’ll probably prefer it this way. I love that Ali’s done action films, I’ve only ever seem her comedy and drama stuff but I can just imagine her doing this, I’ll have to try and watch it sometime.


Okay so you’ve totally sold it to me! Totally want to see her as a baddy and I’ve got to say they sound like the sort of scenes I’d enjoy in this type of film, especially if I don’t like whoever she’s up against.




I hate this sl a bit too. I probably will like it in a way because of who’s involved but Leanne is getting on my nerves so much in this whole situation. One minute she never wants to see simon again and the next she can’t bare to leave him. She seems to be doing it more to spite and hurt peter and cause tension between him and Carla than because she thinks it’s best for simon. I could understand if she wanted joint custody since she is his mum and clearly loves the boy, but full custody is ridiculous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KQt...eature=channel

For some reason when she says Peter is makes me chuckle

So yeah, I'm back *waves*

I still haven't seen this pie scene you all speak of - does anyone have a link?

Re the baby thing, I basically agree with other people have said. I'm not saying that people with kids can't do all the things they did before or that they're boring or anything, but I just don't think Carla is the parent type, to be honest. Some people are and some people aren't. Even seeing her interacting with Simon, making him breakfast and everything... I dunno, it just seems odd and unnatural for her.

It's looking that the brother Corrie are introducing isn't going to be Darren, which is both a good thing and a bad thing I think. It's good because, like Eden said, I/we can keep the Darren in our heads that I think a lot of us have without the risk of that being ruined, but at the same time Darren just seems like a much more interesting person and because he was mentioned before and I've wanted to 'meet' him for so long, it feels a bit like a cop-out to bring in this *other* brother. I'm waiting for him to making some comment about Frank, seeing as he met him, as in my head Carla never told any of her family about the rape etc, so I'm really hoping that bit doesn't get changed. I'm also really curious to see how people like Peter and Michelle will react to him - I'm assuming Michelle and this unnamed brother will have known each other at least a little bit, and I get the feeling they weren't the best of friends, so that should be interesting to see play out.

I had a thought about his last name - If he is her half brother like (I think?) was said by someone somewhere, then it's possible he'd have a different last name to her anyway, and we still won't find out Carla's maiden name. But then from what was said after Carla's mum's funeral I'm assuming they had the same mum and lived together growing up, so actually it's probably unlikely that this would be the case. I dunno, I'm overthinking again.

I can't find the scene on youtube, I'll upload it at some point if no one finds it

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7971576/...Almost_A_Lover

Friday, April 6, 8.30pm

http://programmes.stv.tv/coronation-...april-6-830pm/

Good fanfic, have reviewed. Thanks for that clip, interesting to hear about Carla's background as I've not caught up with all the clips that might refer to it yet.


Now you're just doing it on purpose!



I don't mind you being nosey and have PM'd you.
And I would hope that everyone on here has the utmost respect for me! No but seriously, I think you're right, it's easier to be silly and chat about celebrity crushes etc, via the relative anonymity of the internet. Also carla barlow is probably right about wanting to be more silly as on the whole amd relatively sensible at work (though I can have a joke with my colleagues too)


Yes, mine claim has turned out to be a complete lie too, though it I thought it was true at the time.


Yay, watch it! My DVD has been ordered and I'm hoping it arrives in time for the bank holiday weekend. Though at that point, if my Carla crush is not already known, it definitely will be then.



Thanks. I started to watch, but my computer was playing up, so only caught the first Ali scene (well that's if there is more than one). It was weird.


Yay, good to see you back. Did you have a good time.


I also want to see this scene. Both to look at the hair, and the pie eating. And Carla in general.



Good fanfic, I'll be interested to see where you go with this. Haven't reviewed it yet, but will do.

Thanks for this.

i cant believe how much i have missed carla and peter on my screens this week!!! its been really slow going all this week probs because we have just came out of a big storyline! cant wait until we see them on our screens again!!

Oh thank you, I can't wait to see this, hope we get a little more of an insight into Carla's brother.


28th of April I'm hopefully going and will report back to you


Hello!

I agree about the baby think, I think she's been amazing with Simon, but I don't think she is really mum material. But I want more scenes between them as I think their relationship is brilliant to watch.

RE her brother, I'm a little disappointed it isn't Darren, as he is the brother I've always associated with her, but then I'm super excited to meet some of her real family and get an insight into her life. Plus we might see a new side to Carla, and it will be a nice change to have her involved in a none 'love/ relationship' storyline.


Thank you. I think they are both being a bit silly. It's so messy. I kind of feel sorry for both of them, they both have points.


I love 'Fresh Start' it was beautifully written

Her hair is gorgeous and super cute And the pie eating is so funny. She seems so different to the Carla of now in that scene.

And thank you I don't know where I'm taking it exactly.. as with most of my pics

random question does anyone know where i can find the ep of tracey ans steves wedding peter goes over to carlas after she finds out the trial is move forward??

Okay so I've been a very good girl tonight and come home at a reasonably sensible time and not had too much to drink (it's the easter holidays now, got to pace myself to last the full two weeks)

This is the episode with the pie scene we were talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSJp...eUhlxi1MstKjg=
It'a about 7 mins in. I love Trev "she pines"

I can't find anything from the wedding episode (23rd Jan) on youtube it seems to be one of those episodes they've blocked.

I've only got round to wathcing the first on tonights episodes so far but i hear theres no Carter in either :'( shame, i like corrie as a whole but i do definatly miss my fave charactors when they're not in it.

Haven't found it yet, only after the wedding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol6MzKspYFM

but it may be in here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLFn6...eature=related

aw thank you for looking its really annoying it used to be on there cant find it anywhere!!

http://s1079.photobucket.com/albums/...23rdJanep1.mp4

I've tried several times in the past to reupload it to youtube but it gets blocked straight away.

I think that it'll probably end up with both of them being a little unreasonable because they both think they're right. I think that if I was an outsider and didn't know anything about Leanne or Peter then I would maybe be more inclined to side with Leanne... which isn't great, I suppose, but then Peter isn't a bad father, he just has a lot of work to do!


Thanks Hopefully the positive thinking will pay off!


I read this and i think I reviewed. It was really, really good. I love that we're all writing little scenes that they didn't include in the show, I forget that they're fanfics sometimes and just have it in my head as things that actually happened on Corrie!


I'm looking forward to seeing how Peter & Michelle interact with Carla's brother, as well as how Carla does too obviously. I just really like that it's giving Carla someone else to have scenes with.


Thanks so much for that, I'd never seen that before.


I agree, if the pressure they're facing is from outside the relationship then hopefully that should make them stronger together.


I was actually just about to ask if her other brother is the one that has met Frank so thanks for clearing that up for me. I agree with you, I doubt very much that Carla told anyone in her family about the rape so I think that it probably will be mentioned at some point.


Thanks for that. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be to be honest. I thought that Peter was going to be shouting and very unreasonale but I don't think he was that bad, no worse than Leanne anyway.


Same! I started watching Coronation Street again because I heard about the rape storyline and thought it would be good... that sounds odd writing it like that but hopefully you know what I mean. So basically I started watching again because of Carla and that soon became because of Carla & Peter. To be honest though, I have fallen in love with the programme again and I can definitley watch it and enjoy it when they're not in it now but it is much better when they are!


Thanks for that, it's always interesting to see little clips of Carla from a few years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e-2b...eature=channel

She's so different!

I know I'm probably pushing my luck with another fic request , but I'd like to see a one shot, where Carla comes into Roy's on the 15th December eps, and spots Leanne and Peter. I did try to write this myself, but failed miserably so I'm hoping one of you talented writers might want to write it yourself It doesn't matter about the detail tbh, Would just love to read it myself as I'm rubbish at writing.

Regarding Carla being a mum, it's not something I'd particularly like to see, but I'd love to see how the storyline could be portrayed. There's a lot of ways it could be done, it would be an interesting angle to explore, but I wouldn't really look forward to it, if I'm honest. I'd be more focusing on Carla's relationship with Simon, trying to make that work instead of just writing in a pregnancy.

As for Carla's brother, I was majorly excited when I first read it on Twitter. I'm not too miffed that is isn't going to be Darren, as I'm sure we'd all like to find out about Carla's past more, and it'd be interesting to have an actual member of Carla's real family on the show. By the sounds of it, Carla's brother will be an interesting character..

thank you sooooo much!!! ive been looking everywhere for it!!! very grateful
we need more of these sort of carter scenes lol

15th December 2011?

I mean 2010?