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Is the current crop of Corrie characters the worst in living memory? |
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Is the current crop of Corrie characters the worst in living memory?
Seriously is it? there is so many uninteresting and blank characters. They only family that interest me these days is the Platt's but even they are now repetitive as Nick looks older than his mother thanks to the silly recast.
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The amount of deadwood in the show sticks out like a sore thumb at the moment.
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Carla, Deirdre, Ken, Sally, Gail, Audrey, David, Tim, Steve, Liz, Roy, Norris, Rita, Emily, Eva and Eccles are the only ones worth watching IMO. Everyone else can do one as their either boring, irritating or both.
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I stopped watching ages ago. Dull characters leading dull,selfish lives.
When the comedy and the gentleness went, it got tedious. |
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I'm the same as stud u like..... I can't keep up with CS or ED at the moment, Blackburn needs to do something and something fast!
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Plus if you watch episodes from the Sixties, there is rhythm in their lines which brings out the beauty of the Lancashire accent.
I wish they would write like they did in the past. |
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Audrey
Liz Norris Emily Julie Mary Eileen Steve These characters have been dreadfully underused this year. Yes, Steve has featured a lot but the material he had been given is poor. |
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Seriously is it? there is so many uninteresting and blank characters. They only family that interest me these days is the Platt's but even they are now repetitive as Nick looks older than his mother thanks to the silly recast.
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Top of my axe list would be Lloyd, Andrea, Izzy, Garry, all of Karl's family including himself, and Michael. And Rob, but he's already going anyway.
I think they need a new producer first and foremost because we've seen what Dominic Treadwell-Collins has done for Eastenders. The first thing he or she needs to do is to introduce a family with a strong matriarch or patriarch. |
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They shouldn't have killed Tina.
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They shouldn't have killed Tina.
Michelle Keegan would off returned in a few years if given the chance. |
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Carla, Deirdre, Ken, Sally, Gail, Audrey, David, Tim, Steve, Liz, Roy, Norris, Rita, Emily, Eva and Eccles are the only ones worth watching IMO. Everyone else can do one as their either boring, irritating or both.
You've just listed all of my fav characters in the show
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Carla, Deirdre, Ken, Sally, Gail, Audrey, David, Tim, Steve, Liz, Roy, Norris, Rita, Emily, Eva and Eccles are the only ones worth watching IMO. Everyone else can do one as their either boring, irritating or both.
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Seriously is it? there is so many uninteresting and blank characters. They only family that interest me these days is the Platt's but even they are now repetitive as Nick looks older than his mother thanks to the silly recast.
Long answer: no, there's some deadwood, but that's easily fixed |
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Deadwood IMO: -
Gary Izzy Steph Luke Kal Alya Yasmeen The other older one in that family, can't remember his name |
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Carla, Deirdre, Ken, Sally, Gail, Audrey, David, Tim, Steve, Liz, Roy, Norris, Rita, Emily, Eva and Eccles are the only ones worth watching IMO. Everyone else can do one as their either boring, irritating or both.
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Leanne should be shown the Order Of The Boot. Perhaps after being a central figure in a storyline where a gang of vicious Hell's Angels bike on in to Weatherfield and, in a drunken rampage, torture and mutilate anyone who is a two bit brass.
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no they have a good cast, they are not being used to their full potential. the hat is clueless.
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Yes killing Tina was so short sighted. Michelle isn't all that so would have returned. She was the only new talent that Corrie have produced in about five years.
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Haha, living memory. I think many people from 1960 and before are still alive.
But yes, the current set of characters is atrocious. |
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Carla, Deirdre, Ken, Sally, Gail, Audrey, David, Tim, Steve, Liz, Roy, Norris, Rita, Emily, Eva and Eccles are the only ones worth watching IMO. Everyone else can do one as their either boring, irritating or both.
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While I do agree that there are some weak characters, I think the biggest problems are the storylines. They are really dull and don't make you care about the characters. What do we have now? Tina's murder that isn't going anywhere and is just Peter being an alcoholic in jail (which is basically the same storyline as his previous alcoholic battles except it's in a jail setting), Tina's death was pretty much an accident and there was no real motivation for Rob killing her which takes away any excitement there, Angry Nick was funny for a bit but ultimately repetitive and didn't really go anywhere exciting, etc.
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I would add Sophie and Sean to the list to get rid of but that's unlikely to happen.
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I stopped watching ages ago. Dull characters leading dull,selfish lives.
When the comedy and the gentleness went, it got tedious. |
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While I do agree that there are some weak characters, I think the biggest problems are the storylines. They are really dull and don't make you care about the characters. What do we have now? Tina's murder that isn't going anywhere and is just Peter being an alcoholic in jail (which is basically the same storyline as his previous alcoholic battles except it's in a jail setting), Tina's death was pretty much an accident and there was no real motivation for Rob killing her which takes away any excitement there, Angry Nick was funny for a bit but ultimately repetitive and didn't really go anywhere exciting, etc.
For example, the Windasses. I actually thought the whole Phelan thing as well as Owen's bankruptcy was a really good idea but the amount of shouting, pouting and kicking off made it unwatchable - it was almost like the writers tried hard to make sure we felt no sympathy whatsoever for Owen and Gary especially. It could have actually been really good and if the writers have any sense they'd bring back Phelan IMO. Leanne is another one who is coming across awful lately despite being one of the better actresses on the show. Anything involving Maddie, Michelle, Rita and Fiz this year have made them all unbearable. The Nazirs have to be some of the worst additions in recent memory, adding absolutely nothing to the street. Luke and Steph add nothing and neither does Andrea. Carla, Peter and Steve are the only ones that have been at the forefront that are still looking good and even Peter's just going round in circles now. Lesser used characters like Sally and Tim are great because Blackburn hasn't ruined public perception of them yet. Seriously the man needs to go! |
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