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Old 17-10-2012, 21:43
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Could Emmerdale have pulled off the best live soap episode?! I think so.

It didn't have the drama of the Corrie 50th but made up for it in other ways. I was upbeat in a way, fast paced and funny at times!

Do we think it was the best compaired to: The two Corries, Eastenders and the two Bills, plus Two Pints of Lager (Not a soap, but live ep non the less!)
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:45
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It was the best live episode by a mile. Corrie was style over substance and EE was just terrible full of mistakes and wooden acting.
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:46
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Gets my vote
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:48
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It was great
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:48
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The Bill's one was awesome tbh. I Think the other 3 soaps ones were diffrent. and i think it depends on the storyline leading up to it.

Thought the Corrie build up was the best, but dales acting was better then corries. But EE's storyline was best over all.

The best thing about EE's was no adverts. Tonights sucked for that.
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:48
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It was the best live episode by a mile. Corrie was style over substance and EE was just terrible full of mistakes and wooden acting.
No it was not. It had as much mistakes as dales.
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:49
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Definitely. I'm not a frequent watcher but the performances were actually very good.

I didn't notice any nerves either, all true professionals.

I was especially impressed by Gennie (expected her to be more like Fiz from Corrie), Chas and Carl. They all did a fab job.
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:55
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The Bill's one was awesome tbh. I Think the other 3 soaps ones were diffrent. and i think it depends on the storyline leading up to it.

Thought the Corrie build up was the best, but dales acting was better then corries. But EE's storyline was best over all.

The best thing about EE's was no adverts. Tonights sucked for that.
And Eastenders storyline for it had the whole nation talking who killed Archie Mitchell
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Old 17-10-2012, 21:59
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No it was not. It had as much mistakes as dales.
Eastenders had the best lead up to the live episode and the acting was so amazing and Lacey was so good in it
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:00
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*shields face from hardknock fans*

Emmerdale was the best post-2000 live soap episode.

Amazing.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:00
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I much preferred EE's purely for the storyline, CS for the spectacle of the tram crash but I thought ED's was boring and predictable. I only watched this episode of ED because it was live and even I knew it would be Karl who would die! None of the acting was excellent either, sorry but that's just my opinion.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:02
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Eastenders had the best lead up to the live episode and the acting was so amazing and Lacey was so good in it
Lacey was Amazing.

And Eastenders storyline for it had the whole nation talking who killed Archie Mitchell
True very true.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:04
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^^^ I don't know how you can say the acting wasn't excellent. There was some dodgy people, but the main players did a great job.

Not to mention both birth scenes put Fiz from Corrie to shame, she was abysmal. lol
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:05
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I rathered Corrie & EastEnders' live episodes but I've barely watched Emmerdale these past few years.

Great performances by the actors but the stories were too contrived, I wasn't on the edge of my seat and there was no shock factor/surprise.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:06
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I reckon it was the best live episode it was great from start to finish
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:10
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emmerdale was miles ahead of EastEnders.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:14
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Great performances by the actors but the stories were too contrived, I wasn't on the edge of my seat and there was no shock factor/surprise.
This, there was no shock, mystery. It was Obvious who would die, like you say no edge of the seat moments.

Thought tonights was more comical then serious in the sense i just laughed at most secens.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:15
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It was as poor as all the others.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:17
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emmerdale was miles ahead of EastEnders.
It wasn't Eastenders was by far the best the storyline was amazing and the acting was fantastic and the build up to it was the best as well and Lacey the day before was starting to loose her voice because she had a sore throat and she still came in to do thelive episode and after the live episode she had compleatly lost her voice and Bradley dying was so sad and the vic scenes were good as well
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:19
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It was as poor as all the others.
Didn't you like Eastenders live episode in 2010 and did you like Lacey Turner and Jake Wood and Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden and Charlie Brooks and Samantha Womack and Rita Simons?
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:24
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Definitely prefered EE and Corrie's, although that said the outcome of the EE live was particularly disappointing and wasn't worth the months of tedium that followed after...
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:25
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And Eastenders storyline for it had the whole nation talking who killed Archie Mitchell
Who?


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Old 17-10-2012, 22:26
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I thought the acting was very good, I didn't notice any fluffed lines, except a slight hesitation from Betty, but to be honest the storylines just left me cold! Too much predictability and re-hashed plots we have seen before, so it was as good but no better than any of them really!
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:27
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Didn't you like Eastenders live episode in 2010 and did you like Lacey Turner and Jake Wood and Barbara Windsor and Steve McFadden and Charlie Brooks and Samantha Womack and Rita Simons?
To be honest, not really. I can tolerate it but the acting is generally hammed up.
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Old 17-10-2012, 22:29
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Definitely prefered EE and Corrie's, although that said the outcome of the EE live was particularly disappointing and wasn't worth the months of tedium that followed after...
The outcome was not disappointing no one predicted stacey of killing Archie and just so you knoe Peggy was meant to be the killer but when Barbra announced she was leaving they changed it to Stacey
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