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Old 02-10-2015, 19:45
foxy23
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The pacing is all wrong these days.
I remember years ago when they would let a storyline unfold deliciously slow - mysterious characters back stories would be drip-fed to illicit intrigue and excitement.
Nowadays you only have to introduce a character or plot for it to be done and dusted quicker than you can say recap!

Prime examples;

H&A - Josh starts taking uppers to study = after ad break he seems well on his way to developing a drug problem

Both soaps are doing this now!

I miss the days of the slow - burn!

Also hate the way everyone knows and comments on everyone's business!
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Old 02-10-2015, 20:19
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H&A is completely unrecognisable, almost a different show.

Neighbours is getting back to it's roots, it's loads better than it was a few years ago, storyline wise
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Old 02-10-2015, 22:14
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I don't watch H&A but Neighbours has improved storyline wise. The continuity is decent and storylines simmer through a while and don't just get forgotten about two days later.
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Old 02-10-2015, 22:45
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I do agree about Neighbours, I am really enjoying it at the moment - it is head and shoulders above Home and Away it terms of storyline and characters BUT....
....I wish each show would just slow down with their storytelling and let things simmer more.
Much bigger pay out that way.

How they did the Lauren / brad/ Therese story was brilliant!
More of that.
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Old 02-10-2015, 23:42
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Is Josh addicted to drugs now I haven't watched it in a while and I wonder why..

H&A has been on a downward spiral since about 2009 starting with the people smuggling and it just keeps getting worse and worse especially in the last year or so as decent characters like April, Dex, Romeo, Ruby and Indi have left.

Now it's just full of teenagers with no character development who bed hop. The amount of crime is ridiculous although it might have subsided since the Braxtons left. Barely in stories for the oldies and practically no fostering. Such a shame as the show was firing on all cylinders a decade ago.
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