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Old 10-08-2014, 01:35
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This would bring a bit of realism to EastEnders, a group of Students possibly Art students sharing a house on the Square.

In reality Queen Mary University is in Mile End and Shoreditch/Hoxton is not far away, The Square is still stuck in a 1950's time warp in some respects.
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Old 10-08-2014, 07:22
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Too much like Hollyoaks surely?
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Old 10-08-2014, 07:42
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An arts student house would be so realistic. Ravensbourne (an arts uni) is pretty close by in North Greenwich so that would work.
People moan and moan about EastEnders not representing cultural minorities properly, but how about the rest of the east end? It is full to the brim of creative workers and students.
I wish they'd had Lauren go forward with her ambitions in graphics or whatever it was.
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Old 10-08-2014, 07:59
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four new faces arrive on the square for the new college term...

Amber Clarke - blonde, spoilt, likes tequila and handsome men who will treat her right! used too getting whatever she wants, makes a lot of enemies on her 1st day in Walford.

Spike Lee - Bit of a nerd, into Ski Fi and Tattoo's in a big way! First time living away from home but is loving the chance too "Find himself"

Jermaine Grant - Black, Bi sexual, has a four year old son who he see's at weekends. Is dead against drinking alcohol or taking drugs so is finding college life hard. gets a job at Beales too help fund his course and also helps look after Patrick who He says reminds him of his Granddad.

Izzy Price - Greenie, vegetarian, devout Christian and into astrology charts and chakra. Believes that the Vic is haunted after a few visits and will start too make others believe it too leading too a ghostbusting night in the cellar for the younger characters. Makes a mate in Tamwar who finds her fascinating until she decides He needs a new image.
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:07
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An arts student house would be so realistic. Ravensbourne (an arts uni) is pretty close by in North Greenwich so that would work.
People moan and moan about EastEnders not representing cultural minorities properly, but how about the rest of the east end? It is full to the brim of creative workers and students.
I wish they'd had Lauren go forward with her ambitions in graphics or whatever it was.
I could see Dean living in a shared housing with people of his own age rather than his aunties. Isn't Lauren supposed to be an artist?
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:09
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If they did it, and cast students, I can imagine the constant 'YOUTH ARE TAKING OVER EE!' 'THIS IS NOT HOLLYOAKS!!!!' threads/posts.

It's bad enough when they focus on the teen characters for one week a year.
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:15
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four new faces arrive on the square for the new college term...

Amber Clarke - blonde, spoilt, likes tequila and handsome men who will treat her right! used too getting whatever she wants, makes a lot of enemies on her 1st day in Walford.

Spike Lee - Bit of a nerd, into Ski Fi and Tattoo's in a big way! First time living away from home but is loving the chance too "Find himself"

Jermaine Grant - Black, Bi sexual, has a four year old son who he see's at weekends. Is dead against drinking alcohol or taking drugs so is finding college life hard. gets a job at Beales too help fund his course and also helps look after Patrick who He says reminds him of his Granddad.

Izzy Price - Greenie, vegetarian, devout Christian and into astrology charts and chakra. Believes that the Vic is haunted after a few visits and will start too make others believe it too leading too a ghostbusting night in the cellar for the younger characters. Makes a mate in Tamwar who finds her fascinating until she decides He needs a new image.
Rick, you should write for EE, you have some really interesting & fresh ideas.
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:16
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An arts student house would be so realistic. Ravensbourne (an arts uni) is pretty close by in North Greenwich so that would work.
People moan and moan about EastEnders not representing cultural minorities properly, but how about the rest of the east end? It is full to the brim of creative workers and students.
I wish they'd had Lauren go forward with her ambitions in graphics or whatever it was.
Good Post- DTC is missing a trick here.
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:17
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Rick, you should write for EE, you have some really interesting & fresh ideas.
I wish!
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:17
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If they did it, and cast students, I can imagine the constant 'YOUTH ARE TAKING OVER EE!' 'THIS IS NOT HOLLYOAKS!!!!' threads/posts.

It's bad enough when they focus on the teen characters for one week a year.
Students don't have to be under 25, it could be an assortment of ages.
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:18
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:19
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four new faces arrive on the square for the new college term...

Amber Clarke - blonde, spoilt, likes tequila and handsome men who will treat her right! used too getting whatever she wants, makes a lot of enemies on her 1st day in Walford.

Spike Lee - Bit of a nerd, into Ski Fi and Tattoo's in a big way! First time living away from home but is loving the chance too "Find himself"

Jermaine Grant - Black, Bi sexual, has a four year old son who he see's at weekends. Is dead against drinking alcohol or taking drugs so is finding college life hard. gets a job at Beales too help fund his course and also helps look after Patrick who He says reminds him of his Granddad.

Izzy Price - Greenie, vegetarian, devout Christian and into astrology charts and chakra. Believes that the Vic is haunted after a few visits and will start too make others believe it too leading too a ghostbusting night in the cellar for the younger characters. Makes a mate in Tamwar who finds her fascinating until she decides He needs a new image.
I like Jermaine & Izzy
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:20
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Students don't have to be under 25, it could be an assortment of ages.
Very few mature students would live in a student house. Most mature student's I've ever met live in their own accomodation (because they have children/work/etc).
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Old 10-08-2014, 08:24
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Blimey do we have a DS romance on our hands? Vas must be smitten as he has quoted the same post several times
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Old 10-08-2014, 09:39
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Blimey do we have a DS romance on our hands? Vas must be smitten as he has quoted the same post several times
maybe ... Vas, got to rush into town ... am late as it is... will PM u later tho I promise
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Old 10-08-2014, 09:42
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Too Hollyoaks-esque for me tbh.
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Old 10-08-2014, 09:51
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:08
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:09
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I don't think I'd trust any of the last few producers to come up with a group of students and them not to be hammy, unlikeable, stereotype characters. If anyone could pull it off it's probably DTC though

The key will be balance. It won't work if there is a total overload of students thrust upon us and shoehorned right in. I'd like to see a flat of perhaps 3 people, with one being a young character we already know: Lauren if she went back to art college, or Whitney if she studied more on childcare, Johnny maybe.
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:26
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The last group of students they had were Fatboy, Mercy and Leon.

Do we really want a repeat of that?

EastEnders should introduce a Hindu family.
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:32
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Students would have to be very well off to afford a house in Walford. Its real life equivalent, Bow, isn't a student area. I go to QM and if we don't live in Mile End we live in Leyton, Stratford, Hackney or the Docklands where houses are cheap and there are established student communities.

Also, if there were a student house in Walford TPTB would fill it with all different kinds of student - all of varying ages, studying various subjects, and with very different personalities and interests. Very unrealistic. We tend to stick with our own and live with friends similar to ourselves.

Also there are no hipsters in Bow, just FYI.
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:34
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Young people aren't liked on EE.

Student aren't exactly well liked by the general public. I think overall it would be quite alienating.
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Old 10-08-2014, 10:47
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Students would have to be very well off to afford a house in Walford. Its real life equivalent, Bow, isn't a student area. I go to QM and if we don't live in Mile End we live in Leyton, Stratford, Hackney or the Docklands where houses are cheap and there are established student communities.

Also, if there were a student house in Walford TPTB would fill it with all different kinds of student - all of varying ages, studying various subjects, and with very different personalities and interests. Very unrealistic. We tend to stick with our own and live with friends similar to ourselves.

Also there are no hipsters in Bow, just FYI.
While EastEnders is set near Bow it's largely based on Hackney, which is why they mention Hoxton and Dalston so much. Besides it is a fictional borough and tptb have the artistic license to make it whatever they want.

In regards to the OP … 1950s ? Really?
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Old 10-08-2014, 12:14
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Students would have to be very well off to afford a house in Walford. Its real life equivalent, Bow, isn't a student area. I go to QM and if we don't live in Mile End we live in Leyton, Stratford, Hackney or the Docklands where houses are cheap and there are established student communities.

Also, if there were a student house in Walford TPTB would fill it with all different kinds of student - all of varying ages, studying various subjects, and with very different personalities and interests. Very unrealistic. We tend to stick with our own and live with friends similar to ourselves.

Also there are no hipsters in Bow, just FYI.
In reality most of Albert Square would not be living there, pensioner Dot would not have a house pretty much to herself and Patrick shouldn't really have two houses to himself with little income coming in. In reality Kim would have either had yo sell the properties or hot in a lodger
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Old 10-08-2014, 13:10
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Students would have to be very well off to afford a house in Walford. Its real life equivalent, Bow, isn't a student area. I go to QM and if we don't live in Mile End we live in Leyton, Stratford, Hackney or the Docklands where houses are cheap and there are established student communities.

Also, if there were a student house in Walford TPTB would fill it with all different kinds of student - all of varying ages, studying various subjects, and with very different personalities and interests. Very unrealistic. We tend to stick with our own and live with friends similar to ourselves.

Also there are no hipsters in Bow, just FYI.
Yes I was going to say that sort of area would be too expensive for most students even if the college was local like QMC - which is where my Dad studied incidentally and he had to stay living with his parents on the other side of London due to the cost of living in the area and that was 50 years ago!

It's a nice idea though and since when did they worry about whether people actually have the income to afford to own or rent their properties in EE?!? Also, given we do have Jonny currently at University they could easily introduce characters as his friends, classmates so they come in gradually.

I do agree that there are loads of young professionals, especially creative living in those sorts of area which is rarely reflected but then EE think that successful, educated people are toxic and everybody has to work on the Square so...
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