I love this thread! Particularly because of posts like the following:






ROFL!


Never mind what Gabby wants, poor little Arthur wants (who no one seems to give a seconds thought to!) or Sandy wants of course. And when Gabby and Sandy kick off about it - oh they're just being awkward for the sake of it and they'll come round eventually

But hey! They have AMAZING chemistry though, that's all that matters They can stick it where the sun don't shine. Load of b0llocks anyway and has only succeeded in putting me off Charlotte Bellamy and Mark Charnock for life. Prats.


BIB:

Now I HAVE noticed and commented on them being awkward in those kind of scenes but I've never consciously noticed what you have but perhaps I was picking up on it subliminally? There's just something not right that's for sure.

But hey! Perhaps it's just the AMAZING chemistry!


BIB: I can honestly say that I never minded his over acting, gesticulating and OTT facial expressions before the Maurel AMAZING CHEMISTRY storyline yet he has always irritated my husband, to the point where he was put off David Tennant on Dr Who because he said he reminded him of Marlon. I booked the Specsavers appointment the same day but I think I know where he was coming from - arms, OTT facial expressions, long, thin body etc. Anyway I digress - nowadays I want to kick my TV screen repeatedly when he appears - but then I remember how expensive it would be to replace it as I don't think 'Anti-Maurelitis' would cut it with the insurance company

ED is really treating us this week with the overload of Maurel AND the delightful, smiley, happy, always cheerful, never snapping at people, never blaming anyone else Debbie

When will it all end?

*walks off sobbing into the distance*

Pure gold comment.

OMG you NEVER ever compare an acting master that is Sir David Tennant to Marlon Dingle! Lotty i'd seriously consider filing for divorce here!

Marlons serious acting looks like he is desperate to force out a massive turd unfortuanely that massive turd he has squeezed out these days is Laurel Thomas!

Don't shed a tear over Moron and Loopy Lotty


I think Marlon overacting and comedy is particularly grating as the marriage break up is hard for Ashley, Gabby and Sandy- As you would expect they are struggling with the break up of their family unit- there's just nothing funny about it at all, nor is there anything funny about Paddy being investigated

Yet, 'Emmerdale's Mr. Nice Guy' could not give a damn about how his actions impact on everyone around him- if he had any
shame about it, but he's just so, so, so smug

How is the viewer going to be on his side

OMG, brilliant analogy there Hank! Maurel is Chucky and wife reincarnated!

I stopped watching for a few weeks purely because those two are an absolute abomination as a couple but I was missing the rest of it so decided to start watching again a few days ago, I still have not thawed to them at all, so I shall record and fast forward when they are on from now on, the only saving grace in the fact they are getting a hard time off of Gabby, I was half expecting them all to live together as a happy little family all the while treating poor Ashley like a leper, because that's what the viewers want….. apparently!

I've never been a strong hater of Laurel and Marlon, but now that we've seen Maurel "together", they really have very little chemistry and it's kinda painful to watch. On the other hand, in last night's episode, there was a brief scene with Ashley and Laurel kicking the football around with Arthur and I swear the on screen chemistry between Middleton and Bellamy is great!.....

I noticed that as well, they seemed so natural together, Then we cut to Maurel, yuk, they have no chemistry whatsoever

yes rachels style is atrocious, it drives me mad

I like really like Marlon and Laurel together and think they are very well suited. Always thought Ashley was too old and boring for her. Very glad she is sticking up for herself and starting a new life with Marlon.

I don't get it when it's claimed that just because a small amount of people that use the forums aren't a representation of the views of the public, well then what is??

The viewers that take the time out to make their feelings know are gonna either do it on forums like this or through e-mails, letters, etc, etc.
Now it isn't normal for most to take the time out to complain so therefore TPTB should be listening to the ones that do.
It's not like the viewing figures are really up on last year so they would want to know reasons why they have lost a few viewers along the way wouldn't they.

I may have mention this before but I'll say it again (cos I do like to repeat myself ) but polls are done on a number of things to try to gage the public's views.
When polls are done do they go around the country asking every person possible? NO, they ask a certain amount, say a thousand, and then have percentages on where they believe the public thoughts/votes are.

Now having not been on any other forums but having got the feelings from others that they also share the same views on there as are on here about maurel. I am of the belief that maurel is not popular at all and until SB, Charlotte or Mark can give some hard evidence in the way of hundred of thousands and thousands of either letters, twitters, e-mails then I will see maurel as a failure of epic portions.


And that is the sadness for me in that having like laurel, I now despise her on such a scale that she makes my skin crawl having to watch her on screen.

How can it be that a character I once liked and admired have now gone down so low in my estimations that she could leave the show and I would not miss her one bit.

I can't think of any character in any soap that I have gone off in such a big way.

Even if they were to break up the golden couple of maurel, I still would/could not to like laurel again.
There's no turning back time. She's been completely destroyed as a lovely character in my eyes.

I haven't noticed this myself, but that's literally only because I have to turn away when they move in for a kiss as it makes me want to heave (bit like Charlotte then, it seems!)

I reckon it's because Charlotte does actually feel the same as many of the viewers, in that this story just isn't ringing true so she probably cringes having to kiss him when she doesn't really believe in this story! Of course she could never admit that though, as she'll have to tow the SB line that this is a true love story!

Well, who any of you be happy kissing Marlon??! I think I'd quit.

Chemistry?! The only electricity between them would be static caused by friction on Laurel's poly-blend blouses! They are a nauseating pair and are possibly the worst couple ever to darken soap. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they're WORSE than Molly and Kevin on Corrie.

I'n starting to think that the couplings on ED are decided by the writers drawing pairs of names out of a hat. "Jai and Rachel? Good one! Moira and Alex, that'll be interesting! Chas and Dan, ooh that'll get the viewers going!" Either that or they're all suffering from some sort of delusional illness.

They have a machine at ED HQ called the Random Couple Generator! It can create couples from Marlon and Laurel to David and Priya to even Sean Spencer and Tootsie!

I really like them together, never warmed to Ashley as a character and hopefully Marlon witll bring out Laurels fun side

Loving this^^^^

PMSL!!

And just you wait and see, once Charity finds out about Jai and Rachel, she'll be jumping into bed with Jai's dad!! I'll put money on it!

I've said previously, I hate Marlon and Laurel as a couple. Watching last night, I actually think Laurel is having second thoughts, it's more than feeling sorry for Ashley.
Let's face it, Marlon is one of those characters that has very mixed up relationships. I don't think for one minute that this relationship with Laurel will last.

Look, we might not see it, but others do.

In fact, some people have devoted a whole week to celebrate it.

Hardly deluded

she can't exactly slag off the storyline because it's what people on here want to hear. This "Maurel" hate is getting a bit silly now.

If Charlotte said "Laurel and Marlon is the worst pairing in the history of Emmerdale, I hate working with Mark Charnock"... she'd probably be axed on the spot. Soap actors can't slag off the storylines they have been given.

Look what happened to Charlie Sheen because he slagged off the producers of two and a half men.....

She's either deluded or lying because she knows her character will still be with Marlon the drip in 6 months time so viewers NEED to accept it, for her sake, for Mark Charnock's sake, for the scriptwriters sake and for Stuart Blackburn's sake.

or just maybe she genuinely enjoys the storyline? Who are you to say she's deluded because of that? Again its getting to the point of posters being right regardless of what the actors say. They only hear what they want to hear and if they don't hear what they want, they start with the insults. Bit silly really.

Not everybody on the face of the earth thinks the same as DS users....

I'm not exactly a fan of "Maurel" myself but no amount of debate over it on a public forum from a handful of people is going to change anything.

starting to wonder why these threads exist surely people have better thing to do than debate over weather or not they like a fictional character in a fictional program