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Old 24-09-2015, 08:04
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Wow, I can't believe the cheap remarks thrown at the live Corrie episode.

Bad acting.

Lousy script.

So many faults.

Callum was breathing.

* Okay, let's take the first point. Yeah Callum was breathing because the actor was alive. Dullards. He was playing dead, and I'm sorry but he couldn't hold his breath for 45 minutes.

Now we come to the 'bad acting' allegation. No, there was no bad acting. All the cast did brilliantly. The actors who play Sarah, Roy, David, Kylie, all excelled. Even Carla surprised me.

And I never thought I'd say it but Anna was convincing as a drunk.

I'm also fed up of the criticism levelled at William Roache. How was he acting badly?? He was just saying his lines in a calm way, the manner which the scene required.

* I even heard LBC Radio's Steve Allen say this morning, 'so we can all safely say last's night's Corrie episode was terrible'.

He then confirmed he hadn't watched it. I mean, talk about stupid..

Beforehand, I was very sceptical that the live show would work. But it was a massive success in my eyes. It was complex in the way the actors had to move around and the different cameras and scenes.

It was 11/10 brilliant. Much, much better than the two-hander February EE live episode.

To all involved in Corrie, WELL DONE!
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Old 24-09-2015, 08:13
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I completely agree with everything you say. It was superb. I was not expecting it to be as good as it was. After the first five minutes i was so engrossed I had to remind myself it was live. well done to them all
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Old 24-09-2015, 08:35
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It was a great episode they did well but it didn't top EE live for me unfortunately.
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Old 24-09-2015, 08:39
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I thought it was superbly done, well acted throughout and I thought the production team did a fantastic job.

I'm not one for comparing other soaps but obviously when its a live episode comparisons will always be made unfortunately. IMO I think the fact Corrie used a much bigger cast than EE and had far more diverse storylines going on that it has to be considered a better achievement.
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:08
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I to thought it was Brilliant and well done.
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:13
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Sorry, but for me it was half and half - I fully agree that the good parts were excellent, the bad parts weren't! You can't demand people to stop criticising if they find something at fault!
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:15
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You shouldn't be on the internet if you can't stand negative remarks. Not everyone likes the same things you do and they are allowed to express their views, even if this annoys you.
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:24
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But it was poorly acted and written
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:49
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It was brilliant, perfectly acted, great script, had me squealing and screaming at the screen, enjoyed every single second, Corrie always does live perfectly, followed closely by Emmer.

Just ignore the silly moans and groans, it was 1 hour of great telly.
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Old 24-09-2015, 09:49
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Not for me, it lacked pace and drama. I got bored im afraid. Could have easily just been a normal episode for all the drama it gave. Callum died way too early on in the ep.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:05
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It was good but overall last night Emmerdales 2 parter was superior both in storyline and acting.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:07
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I was very pleasantly surprised by Tina O'Brien who I don't usually rate very much. I thought she was excellent last night. And the actor that plays Roy was superb too. They were the two stand outs for me.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:07
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on it good or bad.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:10
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You tell everyone to stop criticising corrie yet keep saying how better it was than Eastenders. Hypocritical much
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:12
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Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on it good or bad.
This is true, but unfortunately the op doesn't agree. We have to stop criticising because the op saw fit to give it 11/10. Apparently if we don't agree we have to just shut up.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:24
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You tell everyone to stop criticising corrie yet keep saying how better it was than Eastenders. Hypocritical much
Oh the irony
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:45
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I thought the acting was amazing and overall enjoyed the episode immensely. I just thought the callum plot was a little predictable but that doesn't detract from how good the cast were
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:48
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It was a great episode they did well but it didn't top EE live for me unfortunately.
It ran rings round the EE episode for me.

The EE one was forced...the Corrie on felt so natural. I forgot it was live.

VERY WELL DONE, GUYS AND GALS.


ps Both did well really as live TV is fraught with opportunities to slip up.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:49
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You tell everyone to stop criticising corrie yet keep saying how better it was than Eastenders. Hypocritical much
Tbf the OP did mention someone on the radio that said it was bad who hadn't even watched it.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:54
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Yes was pretty good
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:56
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Wow, I can't believe the cheap remarks thrown at the live Corrie episode.

Bad acting.

Lousy script.

So many faults.

Callum was breathing.

* Okay, let's take the first point. Yeah Callum was breathing because the actor was alive. Dullards. He was playing dead, and I'm sorry but he couldn't hold his breath for 45 minutes.

Now we come to the 'bad acting' allegation. No, there was no bad acting. All the cast did brilliantly. The actors who play Sarah, Roy, David, Kylie, all excelled. Even Carla surprised me.

And I never thought I'd say it but Anna was convincing as a drunk.

I'm also fed up of the criticism levelled at William Roache. How was he acting badly?? He was just saying his lines in a calm way, the manner which the scene required.

* I even heard LBC Radio's Steve Allen say this morning, 'so we can all safely say last's night's Corrie episode was terrible'.

He then confirmed he hadn't watched it. I mean, talk about stupid..

Beforehand, I was very sceptical that the live show would work. But it was a massive success in my eyes. It was complex in the way the actors had to move around and the different cameras and scenes.

It was 11/10 brilliant. Much, much better than the two-hander February EE live episode.

To all involved in Corrie, WELL DONE!
How can you moan that people are moaning, if people don't like it then that's not gonna affect your life but it allow it to affect you which is rather sad, yes he was breathing but if you recall correctly Lucy Beale shot scenes being a corpse and never once did you see her breathe, granted it wasn't live but they shot that scene in one take, the problem was they killed him off far too early so it must have been harder to act dead. All in all just allow people to have an opinion coz that's all they are is opinions.
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Old 24-09-2015, 10:59
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I thought it was superbly done, well acted throughout and I thought the production team did a fantastic job.

I'm not one for comparing other soaps but obviously when its a live episode comparisons will always be made unfortunately. IMO I think the fact Corrie used a much bigger cast than EE and had far more diverse storylines going on that it has to be considered a better achievement.
Well considering eastenders one was based around a single storyline, even so the actor who plays Ian was much better than the whole of corrie last night.
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Old 24-09-2015, 11:00
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I loved it.

I thought is was very well done and all the actors did an amazing job. Even had a few LOL moments thrown in ('I'm telling her its David ...").

I thought the fact it was live added to the tension of who killed Callum.

Big round of applause to everyone involved.
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Old 24-09-2015, 11:02
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I thought the acting was amazing and overall enjoyed the episode immensely. I just thought the callum plot was a little predictable but that doesn't detract from how good the cast were
It was a little predictable, but it does give Sarah, David and Kylie some excellent possibilities over the next few months. Hopefully something can be salvaged from the very flawed Callum plot.

What the live episode proved last night was that the Corrie magic is still there waiting to be tapped into. The episode had drama, comedy and romance and combined all in a compelling way.

For those that were bored by Roy and Cathy and by the Rovers party I would say that it's plots and scenes like those that form the backbone of the show. High drama cannot possibly sustain a show like Corrie and eventually it becomes silly, contrived bluster.

More importantly Tina O'Brien showed her talent and laid bare how badly served she has been since her return. Many's the poster here has called for her to be axed and dismissed her ability (with cause since her return). O'Brien has proved why she was great first time round and why she still is.

Like a beacon amidst all the bad press last night showed us that the show can be salvaged and as ITV have finally stopped neglecting their golden goose the show should rebound. An investment in talent behind the scenes should pay of in dividends.

They were the best of times, they were the worst of times...
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Old 24-09-2015, 11:05
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At least it was live all the way through unlike eastenders that was barely live it had a lot of recorded parts, no one messed up either they was all good especially sarah david kylie and anna tim roy tony and todd
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