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Old 12-10-2013, 00:02
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I know he only took charge of the show at the end of August, but I'm becoming extremely impatient waiting on an interview from him, Perhaps it's because we got nothing but bullsh*t from the last Executive Producer and more importantly because the show is in the gutter at the moment!

Anyway, I'm hoping to hear things like;

The bookies and the chippy sets being used more
Less focus on the teens
Family wars i.e. The Mitchells vs The Carters
Original storylines!

Dominic really does have to pull something special out of the bag if he wants EastEnders (which is the third soap now) to re-gain the top spot. Sadly, as much as I love EastEnders, I can't see it ever recovering from this mess to be honest!

Anyway, what do you guys want to see from his interview?
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Old 12-10-2013, 00:04
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i wanna know when is shirley back lol
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Old 12-10-2013, 00:08
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i wanna know when is shirley back lol
I'm guessing mid November. Her sisters casting was announced around the end of September, but I could be wrong! I'm missing Shirley too! To be honest, if Newman was still sticking around then I could almost have guaranteed Linda would have either quit or asked for a 6 month break!
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Old 12-10-2013, 00:15
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I'm guessing mid November. Her sisters casting was announced around the end of September, but I could be wrong! I'm missing Shirley too! To be honest, if Newman was still sticking around then I could almost have guaranteed Linda would have either quit or asked for a 6 month break!
yeah it will be around then if its true roxy & alfies wedding is week beginning 18th november but its going to be rushed inbetween michael and alice's exits so im hoping thats wrong

yeah i was expecting an announcement this year. i think linda has a summer break every year
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Old 12-10-2013, 00:19
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yeah it will be around then if its true roxy & alfies wedding is week beginning 18th november but its going to be rushed inbetween michael and alice's exits so im hoping thats wrong

yeah i was expecting an announcement this year. i think linda has a summer break every year
Just when you thought things were starting to pick up!

I really despise Alfie Moon! He dragged Peroxide down with him which is a shame because I like Roxy. Although I hope that DTC sorts this out!
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Old 12-10-2013, 00:24
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More Villains!

More focus on the Mitchells. Even with Ronnies return, there has been a lack of Mitchells. I know they aren't everyones cup of tea but they are strong characters.

A new beginning for Alfie and Kat. They were horrible depressing when they returned and their stories didn't help that either, I just want to see them happily together or not at all.
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Old 13-10-2013, 16:40
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I want to know where he plans to take the show in the next few years, the kinds of stories we can expect to see, what his vision is and how he plans to recover from what has been the worst ever period of EastEnders. I'd also like to know about his characters, how he plans to develope them, aswell as friendships, connections, enemies etc.

Moreover, I want DTC to be absolutely truthful in his interviews.

With Kirkwood, I never got the impression that he meant half of what he was saying. It felt like he was just telling us what we wanted to hear in interviews and then bugger off with his own warped ideas. I mean, who can forget this. :sleep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJq5SVX1_8

For me it's really about hard-hitting storylines. It's this that's been lacking in EastEnders for years now (and believe to be instrumental in the decline of ratings). IMO we need to see that grit and drama back. This is the soap that gave us "You aint my muvva" and Stacey's bi-polar. When they get it right, they thrive but it's been so long since we've seen quality material of that scale.
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Old 13-10-2013, 16:51
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I want to know where he plans to take the show in the next few years, the kinds of stories we can expect to see, what his vision is and how he plans to recover from what has been the worst ever period of EastEnders. I'd also like to know about his characters, how he plans to develope them, aswell as friendships, connections, enemies etc.

Moreover, I want DTC to be absolutely truthful in his interviews.

With Kirkwood, I never got the impression that he meant half of what he was saying. It felt like he was just telling us what we wanted to hear in interviews and then bugger off with his own warped ideas. I mean, who can forget this. :sleep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hJq5SVX1_8

For me it's really about hard-hitting storylines. It's this that's been lacking in EastEnders for years now (and believe to be instrumental in the decline of ratings). IMO we need to see that grit and drama back. This is the soap that gave us "You aint my muvva" and Stacey's bi-polar. When they get it right, they thrive but it's been so long since we've seen quality material of that scale.
What the bloody hell did I just watch.
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Old 13-10-2013, 17:14
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What the bloody hell did I just watch.
The Moon brothers promo. Truely the worst trailer for a new character(s) on EastEnders ever. The trailers genuinely sucked under Kirkwood but that one was something else. :sleep:
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Old 13-10-2013, 17:25
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The Moon brothers promo. Truely the worst trailer for a new character(s) on EastEnders ever. The trailers genuinely sucked under Kirkwood but that one was something else. :sleep:
None of what their saying even makes any coherent sense, LOL their just saying random sentences

I remember Birkwood did used to lie a lot in interviews I remember he kept saying he liked characters and had brilliant plans for them, and he never did anything


I wanna know if he's gonna sort Sharon out??
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Old 13-10-2013, 17:27
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I want grant Mitchell!
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Old 13-10-2013, 17:29
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- A focus on gritty, hard-hitting and kitchen-sink style plots
- Rebuilding broken family units
- A backseat for the Brannings
- Beales and Jacksons coming to the forefront
- Better pacing i.e no more on-and-off storylines that disappear for weeks on end
- Not dragging stories out for the sake of it and letting them reach a natural conclusion
- Redeeming Sharon
- Keeping Ian and Denise together
- Keeping most couples together
- Minimal affairs, love triangles and pregnancies
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Old 13-10-2013, 17:32
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None of what their saying even makes any coherent sense, LOL their just saying random sentences

I remember Birkwood did used to lie a lot in interviews I remember he kept saying he liked characters and had brilliant plans for them, and he never did anything
Oh gosh this. I still remember him talking about his big plans for Christian and Syed when asked in interviews. :sleep:

When it came down to it, the only characters he really wanted to talk about were the Moons and the Brannings but he couldn't even get them right. :sleep:
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Old 13-10-2013, 18:03
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I know he only took charge of the show at the end of August, but I'm becoming extremely impatient waiting on an interview from him, Perhaps it's because we got nothing but bullsh*t from the last Executive Producer and more importantly because the show is in the gutter at the moment!

Anyway, I'm hoping to hear things like;

The bookies and the chippy sets being used more
Less focus on the teens
Family wars i.e. The Mitchells vs The Carters
Original storylines!

Dominic really does have to pull something special out of the bag if he wants EastEnders (which is the third soap now) to re-gain the top spot. Sadly, as much as I love EastEnders, I can't see it ever recovering from this mess to be honest!

Anyway, what do you guys want to see from his interview?
Why on earth would you want scenes in the chippy and bookies? They add nothing, besides the Bookies set isn't used at all any more and is probably in storage. This is because the Bookies was filmed in the Emporium set.
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Old 13-10-2013, 18:10
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Oh gosh this. I still remember him talking about his big plans for Christian and Syed when asked in interviews. :sleep:

When it came down to it, the only characters he really wanted to talk about were the Moons and the Brannings but he couldn't even get them right. :sleep:
He would have made a great politician
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Old 15-10-2013, 17:43
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Sharon
Any new LGBT characters
Married Couples (regardless of sexual orientation)
More older Characters
Does he plan to axe anymore characters?
Gritty storylines
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Old 15-10-2013, 18:35
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Any new LGBT characters
I understand that this is a topic close to you but how many times will you keep asking this question? We all get the fact that you think there should be more LGBT characters (got to wonder why when it would be merely box ticking, but whatever). Harbouring the issue from thread to thread is both unnecessary and annoying.

I have Danny down as being part of it but I'm assuming you're not including him, right?
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Old 15-10-2013, 18:40
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I understand that this is a topic close to you but how many times will you keep asking this question? We all get the fact that you think there should be more LGBT characters (got to wonder why when it would be merely box ticking, but whatever). Harbouring the issue from thread to thread is both unnecessary and annoying.

I have Danny down as being part of it but I'm assuming you're not including him, right?
The B stands for Bisexual, something Vaslav seems to forget when it comes to Danny.
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Old 15-10-2013, 19:16
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I am taking no risks on here anymore because I was banned for a week defending Sharon!
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Old 16-10-2013, 02:48
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that hes gonna put joey in a g string and dance in the middle of the square for his duration on the show
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Old 16-10-2013, 06:56
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I am hoping to hear that Janine loses all her millions and turns poor so she'll have to be nice to people and interact with them and that people pity her.
Also, that they do something about Fatboy; either make him grow up and stop acting like a kid, give him a good storyline to prove himself to that or axe him.
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Old 16-10-2013, 08:31
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One of the major things they need to work on is coherence. Working out who lives where and none of this B+B renting crap.

Sharon needs the flat above Ronnie and either one of them needs to get ownership of the bookies.

Some dark stories, permanent disabilities, rapes, domestic violence revisited, something realistic but gritty.
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Old 16-10-2013, 09:02
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To be fare to DTC. As much as I would like an interview from the man to tell us just what his vision for East is, he has one hell of a workload at the moment trying to sort out what has become a massive mess.

I have a feeling rewrites of LN stories have been talking place as well as future story boarding.
His job is enormous under normal circumstances, so I think it's right he concentrate his energy on that rather than planning interviews at the moment.
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Old 16-10-2013, 11:53
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I am taking no risks on here anymore because I was banned for a week defending Sharon!
Maybe Digital Spy wanted to see what the forum looks like without countless threads about sharon, gay characters and axing fatboy etc!
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Old 16-10-2013, 12:20
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I want to hear that the show has been cancelled with immediate effect.
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