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Eastenders axings, time for a big disaster?
With so many being axed and leaving, i would personally have a big disaster on the square, a train falling off the bridge, or maybe a massive incident at R&R.
Make it somebody's birthday, and have most of the characters there, and do a brookie style, millienium club bombing. |
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No thanks, I'd prefer all the characters to have individual exits. And how we know all the axings it would take the drama out of the disaster as we would know who'd die.
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I doubt it, I reckon Carl and Kirsty will fall in love again and run away together.
Poppy will realise she doesn't love Fatboy or he actually cheats. AJ... dunno and don't care :P Ava and Sam already explained so
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I doubt it, I reckon Carl and Kirsty will fall in love again and run away together.
Poppy will realise she doesn't love Fatboy or he actually cheats. AJ... dunno and don't care :P Ava and Sam already explained so ![]() |
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No thanks, I'd prefer all the characters to have individual exits. And how we know all the axings it would take the drama out of the disaster as we would know who'd die.
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No thanks.
I'd rather them all just each have their own specific exits related to their own plots. Big stunts are a bit overdone and they should only be used once a major storyline has reached a peak. It would be wasted on the show at the moment. Fix things from the very bottom first and build up. |
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No, EastEnders doesn't really do disasters. I'd much rather they give these characters quiet exits than waste money on an explosion or whatever.
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No thanks.
I'd rather them all just each have their own specific exits related to their own plots. Big stunts are a bit overdone and they should only be used once a major storyline has reached a peak. It would be wasted on the show at the moment. Fix things from the very bottom first and build up. |
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Big disasters are great, total devastion, that is what i like about Hollyoaks, couple of times a year, big storyline, and get shot of loads at same time
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With so many being axed and leaving, i would personally have a big disaster on the square, a train falling off the bridge, or maybe a massive incident at R&R.
Make it somebody's birthday, and have most of the characters there, and do a brookie style, millienium club bombing.
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Interesting idea!
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Stick with Hollyoaks and CSI: Miami for big disasters.. a big stunt is the least EE needs right now. I love Carl and Kirsty but I'm excited for there exits as I'm sure Daniel and Kierston will be able to pull it off... a big disaster wouldn't reach their potential. A lot more drama would be made of Carl killing Kirsty after she rejects him again and then him killing himself out of guilt. It would also be cheaper.
Compare this to EastEnders 2012-13 Newman era? big drama! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGzqxySX20Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4FoxX1--WU |
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I agree partly, I would one day want to see a train crash on the bridge!
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Anything but a black taxi exit! Viewers need to come back, you know? thats the aim!
Compare this to EastEnders 2012-13 Newman era? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGzqxySX20Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4FoxX1--WU ![]() But no, that doesn't make a good story and it's only a quick fix. Disasters to get a cheap increase in viewers doesn't repair the show longterm. |
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The club's burning down for the 6th time in two years it seems.
![]() But no, that doesn't make a good story and it's only a quick fix. Disasters to get a cheap increase in viewers doesn't repair the show longterm. |
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These exits wont bring back viewers, this is exactly what Newman would do!
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No, EastEnders doesn't really do disasters. I'd much rather they give these characters quiet exits than waste money on an explosion or whatever.
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But You get more drama in one episode of hollyoaks than a month of eastenders!! Hollyoaks started upping there game since the bus crash in 2012, still getting stronger!
It's just cheap thrills. It works for Hollyoaks, won't work for Eastenders. You overuse something enough and it loses its impact. EastEnders needs to sort out its character drama than relying on constant disasters to squeeze some quick and easy drama for the sake of it. |
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But Hollyoaks is relying on absurd stories, 5 murderers roaming around the village. Shock death after shock death.
It's just cheap thrills. It works for Hollyoaks, won't work for Eastenders. You overuse something enough and it loses its impact. EastEnders needs to sort out its character drama than relying on constant disasters to squeeze some quick and easy drama for the sake of it. ![]() Its ok to do when its needed, such as in special occasions! |
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Anything but a black taxi exit! Viewers need to come back, you know? thats the aim!
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But You get more drama in one episode of hollyoaks than a month of eastenders!! Hollyoaks started upping there game since the bus crash in 2012, still getting stronger!
A stunt may not necessarily be the solution. It creates hype and excitement, sure, but by the next week we'd have all moved on. |
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Max is having a party at home. All the deadwood are there. A gas leak from the property below their house blows them all sky high. Done and dusted. All that wood will make a fantastic fire
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Eastenders is a disaster, isn't it? *snigger*
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Eastenders is a disaster, isn't it? *snigger*
Have you got any? |
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But You get more drama in one episode of hollyoaks than a month of eastenders!! Hollyoaks started upping there game since the bus crash in 2012, still getting stronger!
I don't want Eastenders to turn into a stunt just to grab viewers, I want gritty drama and lots of it, I want to feel for a characters pain, I want to hate the baddie, I want to learn about topics that I don't know much about and I want to go to work and say, bloody hell, did you watch Eastenders last night, wasn't it brill. |
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