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Old 25-05-2016, 07:17
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Has Corrie really got that bad that now people are watching it with the sole purpose of finding fault with it or can anyone watch it and be objective about it?

I'm not sure I can, I seem to be watching and looking for the SORs and poor acting, waiting for the next unintended comedy line in the script or whatever.
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Old 25-05-2016, 07:20
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Same.
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Old 25-05-2016, 09:46
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Double same.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:00
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I have yet to watch last nights offering as I watched 'In the Club' on BBC instead, may watch it on catch up if I can be bothered.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:01
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When I saw the thread title I thought 'no, no I'm probably not that objective about it' but when I opened the thread I realised it was for very different reasons.

I love CS! I don't see it as awful at all and - barring Fiz and Tyrone - love the characters and think the acting fine. Sure some story lines are far-fetched but that's soaps for you. Really enjoying this week's episodes.

But then I read that people think it's awful so I can only assume that it must be me. Maybe I can't watch it objectively either - no matter what's going on in it I have such a soft spot for it that I'll enjoy it regardless.

Think CS must be my TV version of those ugly, comfy awfully familiar favourite slippers.

You all wash your mouths out!
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:05
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When I saw the thread title I thought 'no, no I'm probably not that objective about it' but when I opened the thread I realised it was for very different reasons.

I love CS! I don't see it as awful at all and - barring Fiz and Tyrone - love the characters and think the acting fine. Sure some story lines are far-fetched but that's soaps for you. Really enjoying this week's episodes.

But then I read that people think it's awful so I can only assume that it must be me. Maybe I can't watch it objectively either - no matter what's going on in it I have such a soft spot for it that I'll enjoy it regardless.

Think CS must be my TV version of those ugly, comfy awfully familiar favourite slippers.

You all wash your mouths out!
It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:15
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It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
Hello. I'm one of the handful.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:16
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I love it - have done since episode one - but I do see and criticise the faults and the SORs. But then it's a soap and no soap is anywhere near to real life. It would be too boring - who ants to see a programme about what goes on in your street week after week, when probably nothing much does.

Not noticing and commenting on what's sometimes unbelievable doesn't mean we don't like it or enjoy it - just that we're not passive watchers just letting it passes through our lives, but take an active interest in what's going on in it and with it.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:18
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To be fair all soaps get criticised on here. I always give credit when it's due. However corrie in my view has just been awful since Blackburn cane albeit one or two good things like Tim/Sally or the live episode.

However the fact they use one event a year to hype up the show is silly. Also the constant leaking of storylines is partly the reason I'm not enjoying it.

I watch out of habit because of how much I loved the show in the 20 years I've been watching
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:18
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I can see why the OP has started this thread, when you look at the forum the most dominant Corrie thread is the SOR thread, I mean does Corrie really have that many more SORs compared to the other soaps?

I do agree that there are times when I expect Corrie to be bad and to a certain extent have got used to it and looking for the SORS, poor acting and daft script lines too.
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Old 25-05-2016, 10:28
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Also the constant leaking of storylines is partly the reason I'm not enjoying it.
This needs to be stopped.
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Old 25-05-2016, 12:05
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I think many people find fault with little things that would probably go unnoticed if the general quality of the show was higher. If the storylines were engaging and unpredictable and the writing was better than people would be more willing to forgive the odd SOR.
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Old 25-05-2016, 12:19
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That's all I seem to notice though whenever I watch it.

It was on last night and the plot holes, unrealistic scenarios and poor acting jump out of the screen and punch you in the face - they're that obvious.

With most tv shows you can let them off for being a bit OTT but with Corrie you can't because it's so apparent.
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Old 25-05-2016, 12:38
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I don't watch it regularly so yes I can still watch it without looking for fault. That being said when I do watch I ALWAYS find a catalogue of faults.

The main problem I have isn't the acting, the writing or the stories as such, it's the volume of dead end boring as hell characters regurgitating the same tired old material.
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Old 25-05-2016, 12:59
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It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
No different from any other TV show.

Every TV show has people that will not love it.

I think it's good to read all types of views, and not just positives ones.
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Old 25-05-2016, 13:07
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It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
Yeah it's just people on here who aren't satisfied with it. That's why 2m viewers have switched off across Blackburn's tenure.
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Old 25-05-2016, 13:24
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Hello. I'm one of the handful.
Funnily enough I've always said, 'that KK is a right handful'.

But to answer the OP's question, no, most of DS is incapable of being objective about it, (or about anything else tbf).

Certainly Corrie's a shadow of its former self unfortunately, (just like ED), and that's unlikely to change now, but I can't even look at the Corrie ep threads now, or the nit-picking SOR thread, because they're just page after page of miderable, dissatisfied 'this is crap, this is crap' comments, largely without the witty and humorous comments of old and there just comes a point, (heresy on here I know), when you just have to say, 'if you hate it that much, stop bloody making yourself miserable and grumpy watching it'. It's really not rocket science.
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Old 25-05-2016, 13:33
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I think many people find fault with little things that would probably go unnoticed if the general quality of the show was higher. If the storylines were engaging and unpredictable and the writing was better than people would be more willing to forgive the odd SOR.
Exactly.

EE is riddled with SORs (no one heeding Kathy's advice about Bobby, Peggy/Pat scene), yet I've seen top-quality drama the last two weeks. You can tell the writers do their research.

Corrie on the other hand..................sloppy dialogue, frequent 'chance' meetings. Time and time again So many vanilla characters. Have they done anything about it? No. And will they? No, as they just care about the ratings.
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Old 25-05-2016, 14:38
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Exactly.

EE is riddled with SORs (no one heeding Kathy's advice about Bobby, Peggy/Pat scene), yet I've seen top-quality drama the last two weeks. You can tell the writers do their research.

Corrie on the other hand..................sloppy dialogue, frequent 'chance' meetings. Time and time again So many vanilla characters. Have they done anything about it? No. And will they? No, as they just care about the ratings.
So does that mean the worse it is, the more viewers they get? How does that work then?
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:03
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It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
Social media is also heaving with thousands of unstatified fans too, we all have opinions, I've seen plenty of negative posts on facebook stating "bring back old corrie" etc. Also, it's not just this forum that slates it, there are articles everywhere from the press etc (there was only one the other day from the Mirror, I think) stating how poor corrie is at the moment. So many members of the cast are leaving, it's like rats leaving a sinking ship, no other soap is getting criticized as much, yes they all do to an extent, but nowhere near as much as corrie, so that says something.
I don't watch it to criticize it, well that's a lie because I don't watch it all regularly now , but when I do, if there is a scene I like, or the way that they have done something etc, and I think it is good, then I will praise it, the trouble is there isn't much to praise atm.
Finally, take a look at something like the British Soap awards, in 2013 Corrie won 8 awards , compared to 1, yes 1 last year in 2015, and the award that they did win was for best comedy performance.
Yes, Corrie isn't abysmal, it's bad, but it can still entertain, I suppose and is okay to sit down and watch with a cup of tea in the evening, but in terms of quality and execution from a story point of view it's bad.......very bad.
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:21
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Funnily enough I've always said, 'that KK is a right handful'.

But to answer the OP's question, no, most of DS is incapable of being objective about it, (or about anything else tbf).

Certainly Corrie's a shadow of its former self unfortunately, (just like ED), and that's unlikely to change now, but I can't even look at the Corrie ep threads now, or the nit-picking SOR thread, because they're just page after page of miderable, dissatisfied 'this is crap, this is crap' comments, largely without the witty and humorous comments of old and there just comes a point, (heresy on here I know), when you just have to say, 'if you hate it that much, stop bloody making yourself miserable and grumpy watching it'. It's really not rocket science.
Why would you deny me the joy of being miserable. It's the constant barrage of bullshit that I look forward to.
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:32
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It's not you, there is just a handful of people here who love to slate it, but most fans outside this forum blinking well love it including me the facebook pages are heaving with thousands of satisfied fans.
I am one of the handful?

Coronation Street has hit rock bottom. I am a big fan of Corrie in the seventies/eighties particularly the Bill Podmore years 1976 - 1984. The great years of Annie Walker, Hilda Ogden, Elsie Tanner, Stan Ogden, Albert Tatlock

How Corrie has fallen is unbelievable

We've had a succession of bad producers. Stuart Blackburn has surprised us with his incompetence. Kate Oates has alot of rescuing to do

Because if it doesn't, its finished
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:34
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So does that mean the worse it is, the more viewers they get? How does that work then?
They are set in their ways is what I was trying to get at.
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:55
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What are SORs by the way? Everyone seems to know except me!
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Old 25-05-2016, 16:59
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What are SORs by the way? Everyone seems to know except me!
I have no idea what they are either!
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