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Old 29-09-2016, 14:21
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ugh trust the twins dad to be called Brad.
Odds on he's somehow involved.
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Old 29-09-2016, 15:17
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I like him. And he was clearly memorising that image of Elly dressed in a towel for later!
Elly has the most annoying face
Big lips trying to close over her prominent teeth
She has difficulty speaking
Why do these women muck about with their lips
It is never an improvement, only an embarrassment
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Old 29-09-2016, 15:30
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I hope Jacko sends a hit man to shoot Elly and Fungus jumps in the way of the shot and his head is blown completely off.

Also, 'mee-mo'?
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Old 29-09-2016, 15:46
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Odds on he's somehow involved.
Oh no, surely they wouldn't give Brad the Sperminator even more random kids. The bloke will soon be able to open his own abandoned children's home.
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Old 29-09-2016, 15:54
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Why do you think some ladies use Jolen Creme Bleach?

My experience of fraternal twins is that they are obviously siblings. A friend had twin girls- non-identical but same height, both has blonde curly hair and blue eyes,, and, apart from the fact that one girl was prettier, looked very similar. I have also taught two sets of boy/girl twins. Again, same height and facial similarity - you could tell they were siblings.

These twins may be could pass as brothers - but twins? No way!

PS I jhave a friend who has a mirror twin!
But unless my understanding of fraternal twins is wrong, there is no closer link dna wise than normal brothers as they are conceived with two separate eggs and two separate sperm - same as any other full siblings. - the difference being it happens within a few seconds, minutes, hours or days of each other rather than a couple of years so they share a womb Boy and Girl twins are fraternal and obviously they aren't the same height etc. To use another example, there is no DNA reason why Josh should have been more obviously Imogen's brother lookswise than Piper's - at least once in adulthood. When still children, the difference in age (height etc) would indicate they were twins.

It is even possible (though incredibly rare) for fraternal twins to have different father's should the Mother have sex with two different men during the same ovulation period as there are two ovaries to be inseminated - this doesn't have to happen from the same session of intercourse so sperm belonging to two different men could inseminate the two different ovaries.

My experience isn't extensive either - i know two sets of identical twins, 5 sets of fraternal twins (two different genders, three same gender) and In my experience the fraternal ones aren't that similar. In fact with the set I know best, from childhood through to their fifties now, Paul (the boy of the different gender twins) looks much more like his older and younger sisters re hair/eye colour (they're all blonde, Blue eyed, tall like the their Dad), and the girl twin (Fran) is very like her Mum (brown, curly hair and eyes, petite, small boned). Actually, the Mum was a fraternal twin herself and two of her sisters were also fraternal twins - 7 kids in that generation including two sets of fraternal twins.

With twins (fraternal or identical) a lot of it will be nurture I think because of course, being the same age they spend more time with each other than anybody else, at least until school age so there will be a closeness many siblings won't have. Plus the thing of them often being dressed alike when babies/toddlers.

I'm just interested to know whether they are meant to be identical or fraternal.
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Old 29-09-2016, 15:56
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does anyone on this thread actually like the show or is slating practically everything to do with the show the discussion of choice? Being fair I do not overly disagree with any of it, most of it is true and as I say fair, I just wonder does anyone have anything positive to say atm?
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Old 29-09-2016, 16:04
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Toadie and Sonya are falling out about this surrogacy yet they haven't even discussed it with Steph and mark yet. If they say no then they've been fighting for nothing.
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Old 29-09-2016, 16:13
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People have commented on how beautiful the Gold Coast was. Many of us enjoyed Sid's cameos.

Joking aside, I think if people hated it that much, they wouldn't still be bothering to watch, let alone comment on it.

I think people do make positive comments - it's not all bad but equally, this isn't an Appreciation thread so it's okay to comment on both the good and the bad. Unfortunately, it's not been a great time for the show since the Spring.
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Old 29-09-2016, 16:20
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The naffness of Neighbours is part of it's charm. I love that they have characters from time to time that are despised. And not just the 'heel' characters, ones like Didge, Ringo and now Fungus. In wrestling speak, they get 'X-Pac Heat'.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XPacHeat
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Old 29-09-2016, 16:24
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I haven't seen today's episode but please don't tell me Brad could be the twins father!!

How old are they?? When would he have had the time in between impregnating Lauren, Beth and Therese?????

They are clearly fraternal twins, no possibility of them being identical. They are different heights and do not resemble each other any more than a normal pair of brothers do. They just happen to be born at the time time because their mother released 2 eggs instead of 1 when she ovulated and both were fertilised at the same time (apologies if that is tmi for some people!).

My husband is an identical twin and most people except family and close friends have trouble telling them apart but when you are aware of the subtle differences they stand out a mile.
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Old 29-09-2016, 17:09
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Gotta love the law in Erinsborough. You are responsible for an explosion of the local hotel which kills and injures people, yet you get let out of prison because your mum is ill? Seriously Neighbours? Of course Mama-Jacka probably isn't ill, it is just a ruse to get to Ned. Meanwhile Steph who did us all a favour by running over Ringworm gets banged up for years
Actually, I think having a dying immediate relative is a legitimate reason to allow a prisoner early release. But, don't quote me on that. Maybe someone with better knowledge can chip in and enlighten us. As Mark said today, it would have been in the works for a while. The idea is that once Jacka's mum dies, he will go back to prison. But, as Regan said, Jacka is using her illness to play the system so he can get revenge.

I couldn't believe my ears when they said the Tanaka's father is someone called "Bradley". Please, Soap Gods, don't let this Bradley really be Brad Willis. It would almost be as bad as Paul being their father. Hopefully it's just a cruel joke on the writers part, designed to wind us fans up.

Leo still has bad posture.

Aaron has no chemistry with Leo, so I hope he has some with David, who looked embarrassed at the prospect of a double date with Aaron, Amy and his brother. Amy has no chemistry with Leo or David.
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Old 29-09-2016, 17:22
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does anyone on this thread actually like the show or is slating practically everything to do with the show the discussion of choice? Being fair I do not overly disagree with any of it, most of it is true and as I say fair, I just wonder does anyone have anything positive to say atm?
Taking the mick out of the ludicrous storylines is half the fun of watching for me. This goes for pretty much everything I watch. Enjoying it but not taking it too seriously.
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Old 29-09-2016, 17:24
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I think it's probably only a matter of time before Brad is revealed to be his own father to be honest.
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Old 29-09-2016, 17:41
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I think it's probably only a matter of time before Brad is revealed to be his own father to be honest.
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Old 29-09-2016, 18:05
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Actually, I think having a dying immediate relative is a legitimate reason to allow a prisoner early release. But, don't quote me on that. Maybe someone with better knowledge can chip in and enlighten us. As Mark said today, it would have been in the works for a while. The idea is that once Jacka's mum dies, he will go back to prison. But, as Regan said, Jacka is using her illness to play the system so he can get revenge.

I couldn't believe my ears when they said the Tanaka's father is someone called "Bradley". Please, Soap Gods, don't let this Bradley really be Brad Willis. It would almost be as bad as Paul being their father. Hopefully it's just a cruel joke on the writers part, designed to wind us fans up.

Leo still has bad posture.

Aaron has no chemistry with Leo, so I hope he has some with David, who looked embarrassed at the prospect of a double date with Aaron, Amy and his brother. Amy has no chemistry with Leo or David.
Which is weird with Amy, as she generally has wonderful chemistry with everyone, Jack, Aaron, Gary, Xanthie etc, with the twins - zilch.

Can we get back to Gary and Terese please now Neighbours?
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Old 29-09-2016, 18:18
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If David has qualified as a doctor, he must be at least 25. Scott Michaelson, the second Brad, is now 48 and Kip Gamblin, the third, is 41.

Michaelson's Brad joined Neighbours in 1991 after returning from America on a basketball scholarship. If he'd graduated, he must have been 22 at the time and 47 in 2016. Kip Gamblin's Brad has been reverse-sorased, making possible it (but unlikely) that he is the twins' father.
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Old 29-09-2016, 18:26
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does anyone on this thread actually like the show or is slating practically everything to do with the show the discussion of choice? Being fair I do not overly disagree with any of it, most of it is true and as I say fair, I just wonder does anyone have anything positive to say atm?
I like the show, or I would have quit altogether, it's just going through a really rough patch with me and I'm finding it hard to empathise with/flat out like anyone, especially when the storylines are a bit pants.

It's frustrating.
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Old 29-09-2016, 18:42
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I for one love Neighbours, and the cheesier it is the better imo. I hate it when someone dies, or there is some big explosion, crash, accident etc Neighbours isn't meant to be serious.

For me Neighbours is something to just watch and have a laugh at, forget about all the other real life dramas, heaven knows there is plenty of them, and it's at its best when it's being cheesy, like being at the Gold Coast this week

PS seriously the new twins couldn't be any less fanciable if they tried, that flowery bag looked like it suited Leo, which says it all.
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Old 29-09-2016, 19:25
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I think it's probably only a matter of time before Brad is revealed to be his own father to be honest.
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Old 29-09-2016, 19:27
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Actually, I think having a dying immediate relative is a legitimate reason to allow a prisoner early release. But, don't quote me on that. Maybe someone with better knowledge can chip in and enlighten us. As Mark said today, it would have been in the works for a while. The idea is that once Jacka's mum dies, he will go back to prison. But, as Regan said, Jacka is using her illness to play the system so he can get revenge.

I couldn't believe my ears when they said the Tanaka's father is someone called "Bradley". Please, Soap Gods, don't let this Bradley really be Brad Willis. It would almost be as bad as Paul being their father. Hopefully it's just a cruel joke on the writers part, designed to wind us fans up.

Leo still has bad posture.

Aaron has no chemistry with Leo, so I hope he has some with David, who looked embarrassed at the prospect of a double date with Aaron, Amy and his brother. Amy has no chemistry with Leo or David.



Have a horrible feeling they've been introduced to pair up with Amy and Aaron!
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Old 29-09-2016, 19:30
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does anyone on this thread actually like the show or is slating practically everything to do with the show the discussion of choice? Being fair I do not overly disagree with any of it, most of it is true and as I say fair, I just wonder does anyone have anything positive to say atm?
As several other posters have said, we watch because we like it and criticising its naffness is part of the fun. If we really hated the show, we would;t watch it at all , never mind posting comments!
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Old 29-09-2016, 19:34
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I don't see how Brad could possibly be these twins father. As stated (unless Aussie rules re medical degrees and training) it takes 7 years to qualify so he must be at least 25. I really don't see how they could make that work with his age. He had been living in America before coming back and i'm not sure if it was a degree course or not. I think originally it was meant to be but then he only seemed to about 19 or 20 when he turned up. Might have dropped out i suppose and I guess him having got a degree in something back then (Sports Science perhaps) would make his training to be a teacher after leaving slightly more believable.

But, if he was in America from 87 or 88 to 91, that's about the time these twins should have been conceived so doesn't work. Plus of course, not a Doctor. It would make more sense for it to be Adam if they want them to be Willis'.

I predict that Brad is not the father but they're going to find out his name, age and fact that he's had two children that were brought up away from him (that he abandoned if you want to look at it that way, even though he didn't know about Paige) and accuse him of being their Dad. Probably during his wedding to Lauren.
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Old 29-09-2016, 20:00
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Wasn't Adam Willis a doctor? Maybe he used brads name?
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Old 29-09-2016, 20:25
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Wasn't Adam Willis a doctor? Maybe he used brads name?
Or Clive...
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Old 29-09-2016, 20:55
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Doubtless there will be other opinions, but I have known several pairs of fraternal twins and they were at least the same height and you could tell they were siblings. Apart from the girly hair, this pair don't look at all similar in any way.
I went to school with fraternal twins. Both the same height and very obviously brothers but one dark haired and one ginger with freckles. It was very strange because without the difference colouring they'd have been identical. These two look like the producers wanted Japanese heritage twins but didn't care if they looked alike or where they were from.
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