Originally Posted by lou_123:
“Hm, maybe not, but it was better than what it is now, and the characters were better too IMO, we never had as many cringe moments as we do now, and the writing was a lot better, I'd say the show was more appealing tbf, and it never got boring, the quieter episodes were never boring and you couldn't find a lot to moan about, a lot of people on here tend to look at Santers era in a negative way, but in terms of the general public and social media fans, the Santer era proves much more popular than the show is now. The show has improved, but there's way too many new boring characters, and the younger cast are used way too much and there's too many! The show isn't as good as the Santer era just yet. The show really appealed to me and a lot of younger viewers back then, but I don't think it would now it I had never watched the show before.
And yes, I agree with you there, Dot is probably the more iconic one, they're very different, but like I said dot edges it!
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“Hm, maybe not, but it was better than what it is now, and the characters were better too IMO, we never had as many cringe moments as we do now, and the writing was a lot better, I'd say the show was more appealing tbf, and it never got boring, the quieter episodes were never boring and you couldn't find a lot to moan about, a lot of people on here tend to look at Santers era in a negative way, but in terms of the general public and social media fans, the Santer era proves much more popular than the show is now. The show has improved, but there's way too many new boring characters, and the younger cast are used way too much and there's too many! The show isn't as good as the Santer era just yet. The show really appealed to me and a lot of younger viewers back then, but I don't think it would now it I had never watched the show before.
And yes, I agree with you there, Dot is probably the more iconic one, they're very different, but like I said dot edges it!
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It appealed to me too tbf but I prefer it these days with stories that take longer to burn rather than murder mysteries taking about 2 months long. As for characters, at least it eint Branning overload anymore, which suits me!
Dot does edge it, there's someone similar to her in my local launderette, except she can never be arsed to work there, since it's an unmanned one! But on the odd occasion you do see her & she's lovely.
