Originally Posted by Mark_Washingto1:
“Blackburn is not a bad producer, he clearly loves the show, respects its history and is trying his best to make it work. I have seen really bad producers and he is not it. I've seen bad ones come into a show and the day their name appeared in the credits you could see the changes right away, the bad ones ignore whatever is currently going on and force their stories in immediately and blackburn never did that.”
“Blackburn is not a bad producer, he clearly loves the show, respects its history and is trying his best to make it work. I have seen really bad producers and he is not it. I've seen bad ones come into a show and the day their name appeared in the credits you could see the changes right away, the bad ones ignore whatever is currently going on and force their stories in immediately and blackburn never did that.”
I'm pleased you're enjoying the show but, as I mentioned in my previous post, a lot of people I know really are not.
The main problems that they tell me about are:
+ new characters that they find dull and don't care about.
+ awful storylines that fail to engage the interest.
Blackburn may love the show and may be trying to do his best for it and that may well be good enough to satisfy you and ensure that you enjoy it and are entertained.
However, for anyone with a different view he is totally responsible for the state that Corrie is in. His name is on the credits and he is ultimately responsible for what the viewer sees on the screen.
He may not have come into the show with the intention of wrecking it and he may think that his "vision" and the storylines he has worked on have been top notch but, personally, I think he is woefully inadequate in the role and has certainly produced the worst overall set of storylines since the 1970s when I first started watching.
With every other producer I can point to at least one major plot thread and say that I enjoyed watching it and that it engaged my interest. With Blackburn there are none.
The sooner ITV wake up, see what damage he is doing and replace him with someone that can actually do a decent job the better.



