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Old 01-05-2016, 17:38
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Funny you say that when that pretty much goes for other characters in the show, not exclusive to Maria (who unlike the likes of Carla or Tracy isn't sleeping around and getting new blokes every few months or so).
I am well aware of that. My point is if Maria (the actual subject of this thread) does get involved with another man (possibly an on the rebound Nick, as Carla is leaving) I will still find it dull to watch.
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Old 01-05-2016, 17:41
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Well it will be a welcome relief after the complete overuse of Carla Connor. Maybe with Maria being used more the writers will start to remember she has more of a connection to the Connor family (what with having baby Liam) than Carla.
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Old 01-05-2016, 21:45
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I am well aware of that. My point is if Maria (the actual subject of this thread) does get involved with another man (possibly an on the rebound Nick, as Carla is leaving) I will still find it dull to watch.
Eeeehh I didn't realise you found Maria dull HoL......

You should have said!!!
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Old 01-05-2016, 21:49
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I don't mind Maria, I think Samia did well with the Liam Connor and Frank Foster plots and she really hasn't been given a chance to shine since. In fact I wonder is Kate plans to Carla-ise her as Allie leaves? The only problem with that is Maria comes off a bit thick and ditzy to be a smart as Carla.
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Old 01-05-2016, 22:22
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I don't mind Maria, I think Samia did well with the Liam Connor and Frank Foster plots and she really hasn't been given a chance to shine since. In fact I wonder is Kate plans to Carla-ise her as Allie leaves? The only problem with that is Maria comes off a bit thick and ditzy to be a smart as Carla.
Not quite sure where people get the idea of Carla being smart!! She wrecks everything she touches & only has the factory in the first place, courtesy of two dead husbands & a dead fiance!!
Maria's a strange one in that she's quite intelligent in some ways, but too easily fooled & very naive in others!!
As much as I love Maria I would never want to see the character overused & flogged to death as Collinson & much more so Blackburn have done to Carla!!
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Old 01-05-2016, 22:25
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Not quite sure where people get the idea of Carla being smart!! She wrecks everything she touches & only has the factory in the first place, courtesy of two dead husbands & a dead fiance!!
Maria's a strange one in that she's quite intelligent in some ways, but too easily fooled & very naive in others!!
As much as I love Maria I would never want to see the character overused & flogged to death as Collinson & much more so Blackburn have done to Carla!!
Carla kept the factory afloat for several years so she can't be that bad. She's street smart and got natural common sense. Maria is neither brainy nor particularly street wise. I suppose some subtle writing could change this though, considering she's just been off for ages.

I agree, I don't really want to see any character over-used.
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Old 01-05-2016, 23:21
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Maria could do with decent material, in fact you could say that about 80% of the cast.

I'm not keen on her relationship with Luke, and think she could do with marrying an older, wiser fella. But at least she's going to settle down (if the marriage does happen) and won't be bedding a new person every other month.

How she's been erased from Underworld and the Connor family is quite unforgivable though.
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Old 01-05-2016, 23:55
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Dreary me, wonder what plans KO has got for magnolia Maria then? An affair, a pregnancy, an illness or an off screen marriage is my guess.
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Old 01-05-2016, 23:58
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Maria could do with decent material, in fact you could say that about 80% of the cast.

I'm not keen on her relationship with Luke, and think she could do with marrying an older, wiser fella. But at least she's going to settle down (if the marriage does happen) and won't be bedding a new person every other month.

How she's been erased from Underworld and the Connor family is quite unforgivable though.
I agree. She's been messed around and written out of history and given nothing to do. And the SL with Marcus was ridiculous.

People give her and Samia Ghadie too much stick IMO!
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Old 02-05-2016, 10:18
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Is that the definition of the ultimate heathen then Sorcha?

Someone who hates Shakespeare but loves Corrie's Maria!!
No, I think being a great fan of david tennant is probably sufficient.

I am well aware of that. My point is if Maria (the actual subject of this thread) does get involved with another man (possibly an on the rebound Nick, as Carla is leaving) I will still find it dull to watch.
Hasn't she already had Nick? Come to think of it, there can't be many men on the street she hasn't had.

Carla kept the factory afloat for several years so she can't be that bad. ..............
Only by bringing in men with money. Who then completely forgot their own businesses, slept with her and died. Maybe she should have been called Circe.
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Old 02-05-2016, 12:01
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I agree. She's been messed around and written out of history and given nothing to do. And the SL with Marcus was ridiculous.

People give her and Samia Ghadie too much stick IMO!
I agree with everything except the Marcus s/l!!

If that had been handled properly & the initial build up, which was excellent, built on & moulded into a sensitively portrayed love story it could have been brilliant & ground breaking!! Both actors were ideal to pull it off but sadly all the then producer was interested in was the big headline of a gay man having a relationship with a woman & when they got that they had bu**er all idea what to do with it!!


No, I think being a great fan of david tennant is probably
sufficient.
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Hasn't she already had Nick? Come to think of it, there can't be many men on the street she hasn't had.
Only 4 I can think of from the current residents Ty, Jase, Nick & Luke, although old Ken's a sly dog he may have boarded the Maria love machine sometime when none of us were looking....
The rest have either pegged it or left!!

Only by bringing in men with money. Who then completely forgot their own businesses, slept with her and died. Maybe she should have been called Circe.
Very true and when her mistakes catch up with her she just buggers off to LA & leaves someone else to clean up her mess, which I guess you could class as common sense & being streetwise!!
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Old 02-05-2016, 12:48
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I think she will get in trouble with Immigration because of the marriage that is'nt.

hmmm, and end up sleeping with the immigration official. And his brother, And then have a mini nervous breakdown (scraping her hair into a ponytail and crying) and then disappearing for a few months hopefully
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Old 02-05-2016, 13:25
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While Maria hasn't been in heavy stories like the Platts, and Tracy and Carla she has had her fare share of stories over the last few years, the relationship with Marcus, Todd destroying said relationship, her trying to get back with Todd and now her romance with Luke. IMHO the character Kate Oates most needs to give front burner stories is Todd, he's been playing the side kick in most stories and has yet to have a love interest and this fall it will have been 3 years since he's been back.
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Old 02-05-2016, 15:31
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Carla kept the factory afloat for several years so she can't be that bad. She's street smart and got natural common sense. Maria is neither brainy nor particularly street wise. I suppose some subtle writing could change this though, considering she's just been off for ages.
You are kidding me right? If it wasn't for the blokes Carla kept spreading her legs for she would have failed a long time ago. Even when her husband Paul bought a share in the factory he didn't want Carla near it as she was useless.

After Paul's death she shacked up with Tony Gordon, and after his demise got Frank Foster to bail her out (despite knowing he was a potential sex offender).

You speak of common sense, yet it was Carla who gambled away the factory money last year, and recently stole more money to give to Tracy. And of course she has to rely on the new breed of Connors to keep the factory going.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:11
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Good god this does not bode well. Let's give a dull character with limited acting skills more to do
My thoughts exactly.
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Old 02-05-2016, 16:12
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Carla kept the factory afloat for several years so she can't be that bad. She's street smart and got natural common sense. Maria is neither brainy nor particularly street wise. I suppose some subtle writing could change this though, considering she's just been off for ages.

I agree, I don't really want to see any character over-used.
You know it's not real.
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Old 02-05-2016, 17:03
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You are kidding me right? If it wasn't for the blokes Carla kept spreading her legs for she would have failed a long time ago. Even when her husband Paul bought a share in the factory he didn't want Carla near it as she was useless.

After Paul's death she shacked up with Tony Gordon, and after his demise got Frank Foster to bail her out (despite knowing he was a potential sex offender).

You speak of common sense, yet it was Carla who gambled away the factory money last year, and recently stole more money to give to Tracy. And of course she has to rely on the new breed of Connors to keep the factory going.
LOL Whereas Maria has spread her legs for Tyronne, Jason, Nick, Vikram (who used her for drug smuggling), John (her bff toyahs' bf ), Charlie Stubbs Liam, Tony and Marcus with a steam of one night stands thrown into the mix as well. At least you could never think Maria had any clever intentions with her many, many choices of sexual partners
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Old 02-05-2016, 20:09
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.............You speak of common sense, yet it was Carla who gambled away the factory money last year, and recently stole more money to give to Tracy. And of course she has to rely on the new breed of Connors to keep the factory going.
I'd forgotten about that : I wonder whether the writers have?
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Old 02-05-2016, 22:18
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LOL Whereas Maria has spread her legs for Tyronne, Jason, Nick, Vikram (who used her for drug smuggling), John (her bff toyahs' bf ), Charlie Stubbs Liam, Tony and Marcus with a steam of one night stands thrown into the mix as well. At least you could never think Maria had any clever intentions with her many, many choices of sexual partners
You missed Chris Gray, Chris Pitcher & Peter Barlow!!
Yeah much as I love Maria, I won't deny she went through her 'local bike' phase when she was an easy lay for half the male population of Weatherfield but she never used any of them the way Carla did, if anything it was usually the other way round!!

If you call using & manipulating other people clever & 'street smart' then I guess to a point Carla was good at it in the past but it never ended well & she has always just lurched from one disaster to the next, cleared off leaving someone else to clear up her mess, then come back & started the whole process again until she crashes into the next disaster of her own making!!
She really has never been very smart & most definitely not blessed with 'natural common sense!!!!'
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Old 05-05-2016, 22:01
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I think Maria will help Nick come to terms with his injuries in a way that Leanne and now Carla have so far failed.
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Old 09-05-2016, 18:12
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I think Maria will help Nick come to terms with his injuries in a way that Leanne and now Carla have so far failed.
That would be nice. Especially if they then married and decided to start a new life on the other side of the world.😀
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Old 09-05-2016, 18:27
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I think Maria will help Nick come to terms with his injuries in a way that Leanne and now Carla have so far failed.
How Why would she be involved with him.

I don't really see what either Leanne or Carla have done wrong with Nick and his injuries and I honestly cannot see what Maria could do any better. He needs medical help to be honest.

I am sure her new story lines will be men-centric though as that is all there really is to Maria
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Old 09-05-2016, 23:22
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This sounds like the same things she said to Katie meaning she's disposable.
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Old 09-05-2016, 23:34
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http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/coronatio...t-family-drama

Samia giving away very little in a short interview at the BAFTAS
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Old 10-05-2016, 00:27
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Seriously? The greatest playwright and poet in the world. One of the most astute observers of human behaviour and psychology and you think he's boring?

I'm actually
He just wrote about kings and queens
not folks from Manchester
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