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Old 30-10-2015, 11:54
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Someone on Walford Web Forums said Eastenders is dying.
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Old 30-10-2015, 11:57
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Of course not
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Old 30-10-2015, 11:58
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It's just very poorly ATM. It needs a shot of adrenaline.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:00
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It was ace for five mins but now everything is far far to drawn out, lazy weeks n weeks where nothing happens
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:06
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If you had asked me 2-3 years ago, I'd have said yes. 2012/13 was so bad I genuinely felt like EastEnders was on its way out.

It's a bit boring at the moment, but not as bad as it has been in the past.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:07
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It's just very poorly ATM. It needs a shot of adrenaline.
If you were EP whhich characters would you axe and which characters would you keep and which characters would you bring back permanently and and which characters would you be on the fence with so not sure if you would axe or keep? What storylines would you do? This question can be for everyone.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:09
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No. For me personally Eastenders is suffering from a bit of inconsistent quality at the moment (some eps fantastic, others right crap) which I think is mainly to do with Block storytelling and drawn out secrets. Its not dying and not like it was 2011-13.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:23
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No. For me personally Eastenders is suffering from a bit of inconsistent quality at the moment (some eps fantastic, others right crap) which I think is mainly to do with Block storytelling and drawn out secrets. Its not dying and not like it was 2011-13.
I think 2016 hopefully will be a good year hopefully. The rape storyline will be over then and also it sounds like the Bobby storyline might end at Christmas and I hope it does but I have my doubts that it will but I won't say it won't be over and I won't say it will be over because we just have to wait and see. We may get some fresh new storyline in 2016 and hopefully the end of other storylines as well so hopefully we will find out what the key is used for and I hope the reveal is good. I want to see Stacey get a serious storyline next year which could maybe be about Lily maybe Lily could become really ill and I would love to see Roxy go back on drugs.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:30
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If you were EP whhich characters would you axe and which characters would you keep and which characters would you bring back permanently and and which characters would you be on the fence with so not sure if you would axe or keep? What storylines would you do? This question can be for everyone.
It's not down to the characters. How has axing Lola, Aleks, Charlie, Liam, Cindy (and ? Kat and Alfie) improved the show. Or losing Johnny, Stan, Peter, Carol, Max and Lauren. So many good characters have been lost one way or another.

TPTB must take responsibility for what's happening and not blame their actors...they can only work with what they're give.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:38
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Someone on Walford Web Forums said Eastenders is dying.
Who gives a toss what they say
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:39
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It's not down to the characters. How has axing Lola, Aleks, Charlie, Liam, Cindy (and ? Kat and Alfie) improved the show. Or losing Johnny, Stan, Peter, Carol, Max and Lauren. So many good characters have been lost one way or another.

TPTB must take responsibility for what's happening and not blame their actors...they can only work with what they're give.
Lauren and Max will be back next year. Im hoping Kat and Alfie will be back next year permanently. Do you think its time for a new EP to come in or should we wait a bit longer?
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:42
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Lauren and Max will be back next year. Im hoping Kat and Alfie will be back next year permanently. Do you think its time for a new EP to come in or should we wait a bit longer?
He should be given a chance to redeem himself, after all last year was very good.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:42
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I wouldn't say it's dying. In my opinion, it's getting better. It is now much more dynamic and interesting than it used to be.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:47
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Eastenders is my first "go to" soap. When I've recorded them all, it's always the first one I watch.

I know the soaps can be a bit far fetched sometimes, but they are supposed to represent real life. Real life isn't one "story" after another.
I don't understand why people say storylines are dragging out - when something bad happens in our own lives, it isn't over, done and dusted in a matter of weeks, it takes a long time for us to get over things and to come to a conclusion.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:48
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He should be given a chance to redeem himself, after all last year was very good.
I agree. I hope he can redeem himself and 2016 can be a good year. I wander if he reads this forum? If you were EP would you read DS Soap forum and see if the fans are enjoying a storyline or not enjoying a storyline or characters.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:52
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Eastenders is my first "go to" soap. When I've recorded them all, it's always the first one I watch.

I know the soaps can be a bit far fetched sometimes, but they are supposed to represent real life. Real life isn't one "story" after another.
I don't understand why people say storylines are dragging out - when something bad happens in our own lives, it isn't over, done and dusted in a matter of weeks, it takes a long time for us to get over things and to come to a conclusion
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BIB I agree with that. But not so many people should have found out who killed Lucy and kept quiet and let an innocent man go to jail. The rape storyline should have ended in January when Linda told the police.
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Old 30-10-2015, 12:52
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Eastenders is nowhere near as good as Corrie but is far superior than that shite Emmerdale.
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Old 30-10-2015, 13:01
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Eastenders is nowhere near as good as Corrie but is far superior than that shite Emmerdale.
EE and Emmerdale are way better then corrie at the mo
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Old 30-10-2015, 13:15
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All the soaps are dying. It's just when it will happen. 10 years ago EastEnders and corrie were getting regularly 8-9m emmerdale probably around 7m. Now EastEnders and corrie are getting around 6mm excluding special eps, Emmerdale 5-6m. So in another 10 years a good day for EastEnders and corrie will around 3-4m and emmerdale around 3 million. So in 30 years time how many people will be watching? One thing is certain viewing figures ain't going up.
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Old 30-10-2015, 13:16
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It's not dying, it's drowning.

Most of 2015 has been a spectacular fail, but no I don't think it's on it's way out just yet.

Just needs a overhaul.
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Old 30-10-2015, 13:19
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BIB I agree with that. But not so many people should have found out who killed Lucy and kept quiet and let an innocent man go to jail. The rape storyline should have ended in January when Linda told the police.
Those trial episodes was once of the worse piece of storytelling EE have ever done imo, it was seriously a dodgy grey area of writing, the rape should of concluded April-May time.
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Old 30-10-2015, 13:58
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What it needs is a proper decent EP, like J-B or I.
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Old 30-10-2015, 16:17
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I think the problem is, if these storylines were happening when there was 2 episodes a week, or maybe 3, they would be happening to a similar timescale, but now, they have 4 episodes to fill, and if stories are concluded too fast they would start having storylines repeat themselves over and over and over - or have periods with no stories at all.
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Old 30-10-2015, 16:25
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No, true its not at its best at the moment, but people on here are diagnosing it worse than it actually is!!
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Old 30-10-2015, 16:52
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It's boring at the moment but to say it's dying is a bit melodramatic!
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