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Old 10-07-2016, 01:23
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I see Evonne Goolagong's assumed the role of Simon Barlow.
Omg

How in gods name they managed a pick a child with such obvious mixed race features is anyone's guess, he looks turkish/moroccan!
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Old 10-07-2016, 01:27
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Omg

How in gods name they managed a pick a child with such obvious mixed race features is anyone's guess, he looks turkish/moroccan!
No Ken, Deirdre never knew how to handle Tracy she just let her off with everything, and now you have been reduced to a mere pushover who will be forgiving her. And it is nice to see they are content with Amy only forgiving Tracy as long as a list of demands are met. Sick of the pretentious brat being let off and basically encouraged for her behaviour.
Yep Tracey mark 2 , how original

Would've been much more interesting to have her the opposite of her mum, like a saffy character
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Old 10-07-2016, 04:32
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Omg

How in gods name they managed a pick a child with such obvious mixed race features is anyone's guess, he looks turkish/moroccan!
You're absolutely right about Simon who has absolutely no lineage shared with his parents. Whoever casts the kids on Corrie hasn't gotten one right since Amy. Max is an abhorrent child actor and better than him can be found in any primary school play, Liam is bland, uninterested, and generally looking offscreen to his parents, and Hope is absolutely Hope-less. The recastings of Lily and Jack are so patently absurd that whoever approved those kids for those roles deserves to be run out of Manchester on a rail. Lily grew up 3 years in 3 months and Jack easily twice that in about the same time. Please don't tell me that the entire United Kingdom can't produce any child actors in the proper age ranges who can fill these roles. It's absolutely pathetic.
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Old 10-07-2016, 06:07
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You're absolutely right about Simon who has absolutely no lineage shared with his parents. Whoever casts the kids on Corrie hasn't gotten one right since Amy. Max is an abhorrent child actor and better than him can be found in any primary school play, Liam is bland, uninterested, and generally looking offscreen to his parents, and Hope is absolutely Hope-less. The recastings of Lily and Jack are so patently absurd that whoever approved those kids for those roles deserves to be run out of Manchester on a rail. Lily grew up 3 years in 3 months and Jack easily twice that in about the same time. Please don't tell me that the entire United Kingdom can't produce any child actors in the proper age ranges who can fill these roles. It's absolutely pathetic.
Jack P Shepherd (David) also runs an acting school. Just saying .. .. ..
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Old 10-07-2016, 06:58
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Jack P Shepherd (David) also runs an acting school. Just saying .. .. ..
Oh the irony.
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Old 10-07-2016, 09:39
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Jack P Shepherd (David) also runs an acting school. Just saying .. .. ..
There's truth in the old saying :

Those that can, do
Those that can't, teach.

To be fair, he's not a bad actor. There are far worse in the cast.
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Old 10-07-2016, 10:21
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There's truth in the old saying :

Those that can, do
Those that can't, teach.

To be fair, he's not a bad actor. There are far worse in the cast.
I would say there's not many better tbh!!
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Old 10-07-2016, 10:29
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They rest things all the time and then bring them back when you don't expect, In about a months time it will probably be mentioned again
Lol!! Let's hope it's actually shown this time!!
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Old 10-07-2016, 10:35
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I don't think that's what Valkay meant.

They were commenting on another poster saying that Evonne Goolagong had assumed the role of Simon Barlow. Evonne was a tennis player hence the new balls please comment.
ok, i didn't know that, thanks for the correction.


You're absolutely right about Simon who has absolutely no lineage shared with his parents. Whoever casts the kids on Corrie hasn't gotten one right since Amy. Max is an abhorrent child actor and better than him can be found in any primary school play, Liam is bland, uninterested, and generally looking offscreen to his parents, and Hope is absolutely Hope-less. The recastings of Lily and Jack are so patently absurd that whoever approved those kids for those roles deserves to be run out of Manchester on a rail. Lily grew up 3 years in 3 months and Jack easily twice that in about the same time. Please don't tell me that the entire United Kingdom can't produce any child actors in the proper age ranges who can fill these roles. It's absolutely pathetic.

I think the issue with Simon was the actor's lineage wasn't so obvious when he was cast back in 2008 as a 6YO kid, it's just become more apparent as he's aged.

as with the child casting I've always found it odd that in most child recasting they can't even keep the hair colour consistent both Jack and Lilly were originally blond, then suddenly dark haired, same over on EE with Denny and Bobby. in Emmerdale the original Victoria was ginger for about 11 year then suddenly dark haired.

you would think they'd stick to the original as hair is a pretty obvious feature of somebody's appearance. you cast a baby in a role who happens to be ginger, when your recast the new child / teen / adult the actor is ginger.

I think now they look at the acting ability rather than physical resemblance but if they suddenly recast Max as an olive skinned kid with dark curly hair it's really going to jar with the audience.
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Old 10-07-2016, 11:08
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Apart from obviously empty mugs the paper cups are also empty. How difficult would it be to put cold water in them so eliminating the embarrassing echo when put down.

I'm sure the pink bouquet of flowers Tracey was holding in the street were artificial.

When Billy got in the taxi, the filmed backdrop showed the taxi moving away before Billy had actually sat down!

Cringeworthy acting in the taxi office when Sean came in with his suitcase.
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Old 10-07-2016, 12:10
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I think the issue with Simon was the actor's lineage wasn't so obvious when he was cast back in 2008 as a 6YO kid, it's just become more apparent as he's aged.

as with the child casting I've always found it odd that in most child recasting they can't even keep the hair colour consistent both Jack and Lilly were originally blond, then suddenly dark haired, same over on EE with Denny and Bobby. in Emmerdale the original Victoria was ginger for about 11 year then suddenly dark haired.

you would think they'd stick to the original as hair is a pretty obvious feature of somebody's appearance. you cast a baby in a role who happens to be ginger, when your recast the new child / teen / adult the actor is ginger.

I think now they look at the acting ability rather than physical resemblance but if they suddenly recast Max as an olive skinned kid with dark curly hair it's really going to jar with the audience.
Definitely the hair color should be a tipoff that a particular child simply can't play a role originated by a very different looking child. Furthermore, most of these kids couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag so the talent certainly is not a consideration.

The recasts of much of Corrie history do show some common sense, as in the cases of Warren Jackson, Adam Rickitt, and Ben Price. If you squint (a lot) you could believe that they are three stages of the same person. But it seems in the last decade or so the recasting has gone off the rails. Dawn Acton to Kate Ford was a bit of a stretch but Julian Kay to Tristan Gemmill? Blackburn must have thought that he had Captain America's Super Soldier Machine which turns wimps into he-men.
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Old 10-07-2016, 14:24
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Definitely the hair color should be a tipoff that a particular child simply can't play a role originated by a very different looking child. Furthermore, most of these kids couldn't act their way out of a wet paper bag so the talent certainly is not a consideration.
I dont think the child actors get enough air time to learn their characters due to filming restrictions. Think the youngest are only allowed an hour a day on set which is why Lilly has been absent so much as the Platts are very regular characters in it.

recasting is always going to jar at first as it's obviously another person, remember finding the recasting of Lucy beale odd because the girl suddenly had a birthmark on her neck
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Old 10-07-2016, 14:50
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I dont think the child actors get enough air time to learn their characters due to filming restrictions. Think the youngest are only allowed an hour a day on set which is why Lilly has been absent so much as the Platts are very regular characters in it.

recasting is always going to jar at first as it's obviously another person, remember finding the recasting of Lucy beale odd because the girl suddenly had a birthmark on her neck
Jacob Tremblay, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Abby Ryder Fortson, Isaiah Tootoosis, Mia Talerico... those are just some of the under-10 actors who face pretty well the same restrictions as Max and company and can outact most of the adults in the scenes they're in. There are excellent child actors both in the US and UK, it just seems (to me) that the child casting directors on Corrie are clueless.
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Old 10-07-2016, 15:29
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Tracy joins the retailers in the street who think they can happily help themselves to, or give away, stock without paying for it.

They're actually defrauding HMRC in two ways : the tax relief on raw materials, and the tax on profits. Unless they amount to the same thing of course.
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Old 10-07-2016, 15:42
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You're absolutely right about Simon who has absolutely no lineage shared with his parents. Whoever casts the kids on Corrie hasn't gotten one right since Amy. Max is an abhorrent child actor and better than him can be found in any primary school play, Liam is bland, uninterested, and generally looking offscreen to his parents, and Hope is absolutely Hope-less. The recastings of Lily and Jack are so patently absurd that whoever approved those kids for those roles deserves to be run out of Manchester on a rail. Lily grew up 3 years in 3 months and Jack easily twice that in about the same time. Please don't tell me that the entire United Kingdom can't produce any child actors in the proper age ranges who can fill these roles. It's absolutely pathetic.
I do like the young actor who plays Ruby, she at least always seems to be enjoying herself.
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Old 10-07-2016, 15:59
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Tracy joins the retailers in the street who think they can happily help themselves to, or give away, stock without paying for it.

They're actually defrauding HMRC in two ways : the tax relief on raw materials, and the tax on profits. Unless they amount to the same thing of course.
Also the way they shut up shop on a whim. I'd be going elsewhere pretty quick if my local shops did this.
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Old 10-07-2016, 16:57
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I don't think that's what Valkay meant.

They were commenting on another poster saying that Evonne Goolagong had assumed the role of Simon Barlow. Evonne was a tennis player hence the new balls please comment.
Nothing to do with the thread, but in 1975 I bought EG's father-in-law's car
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Old 10-07-2016, 17:24
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When does Corrie get back to regular times?
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Old 10-07-2016, 17:33
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Apart from obviously empty mugs the paper cups are also empty. How difficult would it be to put cold water in them so eliminating the embarrassing echo when put down.

I'm sure the pink bouquet of flowers Tracey was holding in the street were artificial.

When Billy got in the taxi, the filmed backdrop showed the taxi moving away before Billy had actually sat down!

Cringeworthy acting in the taxi office when Sean came in with his suitcase.
Yes, we noticed that one. It looked very odd as he was more or less stepping into a moving vehicle!
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Old 10-07-2016, 17:46
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could be good for another 3 or 4 If Djok's crown starts to slip.
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Old 10-07-2016, 17:46
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When does Corrie get back to regular times?
I believe this week, but I think there is an extra episode on Thursday

(However, if the tiddlywink championships take off, expect more schedule shuffling )
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Old 10-07-2016, 18:16
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Also the way they shut up shop on a whim. I'd be going elsewhere pretty quick if my local shops did this.
To be fair, "Preston's Petals" may as well shut up shop permanently, as there's never anyone in there other than Todd spraying water on flowers!

On the same note, there's very rarely anyone in the Kebab Shop. Usually only when a storyline demands it, like the Callum cronies appearing recently. Interestingly, when Callum was still around, his henchpeople were Gemma and Flat-Cap Man, but now he's gone, FCM has a new mate, Bloke With Strange Black Piercing In His Ear. I'm a bit confused as to why they seem to be acting (a little bit, like evil Teddy Bears) threateningly towards Gemma? Aren't they supposed to be her mates? Do they dislike her now as she has a job?

And finally, why is there never anyone going into/out of the Medical Centre? Where do they park? Must be the quietest GP practice in the UK!
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Old 10-07-2016, 18:39
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To be fair, "Preston's Petals" may as well shut up shop permanently, as there's never anyone in there other than Todd spraying water on flowers!

On the same note, there's very rarely anyone in the Kebab Shop. Usually only when a storyline demands it, like the Callum cronies appearing recently. Interestingly, when Callum was still around, his henchpeople were Gemma and Flat-Cap Man, but now he's gone, FCM has a new mate, Bloke With Strange Black Piercing In His Ear. I'm a bit confused as to why they seem to be acting (a little bit, like evil Teddy Bears) threateningly towards Gemma? Aren't they supposed to be her mates? Do they dislike her now as she has a job?

And finally, why is there never anyone going into/out of the Medical Centre? Where do they park? Must be the quietest GP practice in the UK!
It must be like our local surgery, no chance of an appointment at any time, cuts down greatly on their workload. They might be available to sign your death certificate, but anything else, forget it!
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Old 10-07-2016, 18:46
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I think Simon is ace !
They can have a storyline where he turns out not being Peters son now as the Mum is dead.
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Old 10-07-2016, 20:05
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Yep Tracey mark 2 , how original

Would've been much more interesting to have her the opposite of her mum, like a saffy character
She was the opposite of her mum until two years ago when Blackburn decided to apply a personality transplant to her. And now every time she appears on-screen she becomes even more painful to watch. I don't see how a 12 year old kid being disrespectful and blackmailing adults (one of them being her own grandmother) is seen as funny.
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