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Old 26-05-2016, 21:31
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Time jump to next day after last night's cliffhanger, losing potentially brilliant and vitally important scenes of David/Kylie in the aftermath of the crash, Gail and the others; Carla, police questioning about the crash; Roy in the ambulance and waiting to hear if Cathy is okay; Nick in the aftermath of the wedding falling to pieces.

No questioning for Carla seen despite running someone over. No reactions of Tyrone and Fiz or even them getting out of the van. So many plot holes and inconsistencies. Audrey walking off when the police said the body was old to leave Gail with the bombshell, being one example.

Most importantly, an appalling exit for Carla, leaving under a cloud, rushed and messy. Alison King has given this show 10 years of dedicated service and been one of the best actors and characters this show has ever had, and her ending was THIS. I feel desperately sad and sorry her exit was this rushed, shoddy mess.

The pacing this week was appalling and some of the WORST EVER SEEN ON SOAP. 3 episodes at the start which could have been 1 and then 1 episode at the end which should have been 3.

Has to be one of the most terribly executed weeks in the history of soap.

Unforgivable.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:36
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I agree about it suddenly being the next day! It lost all it's impact.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:36
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I agree, it was a very disappointing episode tonight. I didn't like how it jumped to the next day and Carla's exit was very poor. Her scene with Roy was very rushed, and I didn't like how her final scene with Tracy was written.

It was a big shame that she didn't get a final scene with Maria either, as they shared a big history together. It could have been a lot better.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:37
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I bet you Blackburn was secretly hired by the beeb to sabotage corrie
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:41
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Fantastic post James J. Agree with every word. It's bad enough that they only put any effort into the big weeks but when you execute the big weeks as poorly as this then you know the show is really in the pits. Appalling. Why do they shoehorn everything into BGT week? All they care about is a big peak rating during the big weeks. The loyal viewers have been completely and utterly shafted this week. They should be ashamed.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:43
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This episode deserves no more than 2m. Absolute garbage. Those at Corrie who created this utter trash should be hang theit heads in shame.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:47
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I bet you Blackburn was secretly hired by the beeb to sabotage corrie
I'm starting to wonder!

Tonight's ep was a huge SOR!
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:48
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Yes, it felt like we'd missed out on seeing vital parts of the crash aftermath/Platt storyline.

I did like Carla and Roy making things up but Carla going out on a whimper, driven away by the dad she's only known for five minutes, was otherwise disgraceful. I've never bought into her and Michelle as BFFs so even those moments felt hollow.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:49
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it was awful
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:51
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I honestly think tonight was one of the lowest points in the 56 year history of the programme.

I'm angry and upset.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:52
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Well I am glad this overrated character has gone. She has been used to death, I can't possibly see how she can go out on a high.
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Old 26-05-2016, 21:53
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What was with Michelle getting hysterical over Carla moving away? She's known about it for weeks. Even if she'd married Nick, she was going. Michelle and Carla as BFFs is a contrivance of the last few years of Corrie anyway. After Liam's death, they hated each other.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:05
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Totally agree OP. Corrie just don't know how to write exit storylines, which EE seems to excel at
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:26
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Carla really was shortchanged by the writers. I thought that it was all very telling when Alison King didn't heap praise upon her exit in recent interviews. I reckon she must have been disappointed with it herself. I agree wholeheartedly with James J when he talks about pacing. That was one of the biggest problems, along with the writing. In terms of acting, we have actually seen some excellent performances from all involved, but the pacing has been spectacularly awful. Virtually nothing happened Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, it wasn't until yesterday that we had any kind of drama. We then jump forward to the following day and Carla makes a rushed exit. Hugely disappointing.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:30
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The show is beyond s**t now, did anyone seriously expect Carla to be given a good exit?

I mean I'm disappointed but I kind of expected it. They've been butchering the character for years.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:32
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Totally agree OP. Corrie just don't know how to write exit storylines, which EE seems to excel at
Yes. Doing 4 laps of the square in a taxi to different music.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:41
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Incredible post James.

Every single thing you've said is spot on.

I felt that the opening scenes of tonight's were awkward and hard to follow as the 'time hop' wasn't properly established until a few scenes later. All the other episodes this week had been running more or less in 'real time', yet for whatever reason they saw it fit to jump forward to the morning?

One SOR that annoyed me was how the builders/site clearance people know it was a body so quickly? It was wrapped in a rug, stuffed down a drain and badly decomposed. I don't imagine that anything lying vertically in a drain would be easily identifiable as a body. The smell could be explained as being the stench from a blocked up drain.

The wedding should have taken place at the end of last week, with the accident happening in Monday's episode. The rest of the week should have been a slow burn that focused exclusively on the immediate aftermath of the crash, with a couple of twists thrown in, leading to Carla's exit tonight.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:52
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Yes. Doing 4 laps of the square in a taxi to different music.
Pat's exit? Peggy's exit? Lucy's exit?
Or for the ones who didn't die I thought Janine's exit storyline was nicely executed.
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Old 26-05-2016, 22:58
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Time jump to next day after last night's cliffhanger, losing potentially brilliant and vitally important scenes of David/Kylie in the aftermath of the crash, Gail and the others; Carla, police questioning about the crash; Roy in the ambulance and waiting to hear if Cathy is okay; Nick in the aftermath of the wedding falling to pieces.

No questioning for Carla seen despite running someone over. No reactions of Tyrone and Fiz or even them getting out of the van. So many plot holes and inconsistencies. Audrey walking off when the police said the body was old to leave Gail with the bombshell, being one example.

Most importantly, an appalling exit for Carla, leaving under a cloud, rushed and messy. Alison King has given this show 10 years of dedicated service and been one of the best actors and characters this show has ever had, and her ending was THIS. I feel desperately sad and sorry her exit was this rushed, shoddy mess!

The pacing this week was appalling and some of the WORST EVER SEEN ON SOAP. 3
episodes at the start which could have been 1 and then 1 episode at the end which should have been 3.


Has to be one of the most terribly executed weeks in the history of soap.

Unforgivable.
So true, all of it James!! Absolutely every bit of impact lost from the brilliant final 10 minutes of weds night!!
All that utter crap with Tracy & Johnny was unnecessary for a start, much as the bit with Jenny & Tracy was quite fun!!
Tonight has been appalling though!! Why the f*** couldn't they have gone into next week with it instead of missing out everything that was important to the previous episode & starting a new day tonight


I agree, it was a very disappointing episode tonight. I didn't like how it jumped to the next day and Carla's exit was very poor. Her scene with Roy was very rushed, and I didn't like how her final scene with Tracy was written.

It was a big shame that she didn't get a final scene with Maria either, as they shared a big history together. It could have been a lot better.
Such a shame Davey!! Those two characters have such a wonderfully complicated history, going back 9 years, while the characters they chose for her send off have zero or less history with her!!


Yes, it felt like we'd missed out on seeing vital parts of the crash aftermath/Platt storyline.

I did like Carla and Roy making things up but Carla going out on a whimper, driven away by the dad she's only known for five minutes, was otherwise disgraceful. I've never bought into her and Michelle as BFFs so even those moments felt hollow.
What was with Michelle getting hysterical over Carla moving away? She's known about it for weeks. Even if she'd married Nick, she was going. Michelle and Carla as BFFs is a contrivance of the last few years of Corrie anyway. After
Liam's death, they hated each other.
So glad I'm not the only one not convinced by the Michelle/Carla lovefest!!

Carla really was shortchanged by the writers. I
thought that it was all very telling when Alison King didn't heap praise upon her exit in recent interviews. I reckon she must have been disappointed with it herself. I agree wholeheartedly with James J when he talks about pacing. That was one of the biggest problems, along with the writing. In terms of acting, we have actually seen some excellent performances from all involved, but the pacing has been spectacularly awful. Virtually nothing happened Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, it wasn't until yesterday that we had any kind of drama. We then jump forward to the following day and Carla makes a rushed exit. Hugely disappointing.
Carla's exit was just awful!! Good old Roy lifted it a bit with his usual stellar performance, but everything else about it was just so false & wtf was that whimpering scene with Tracy all about!!
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:05
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Absolute crap ending, I'd be furious if I was the actress, I'm mad enough as it is and I'm only a viewer. Fancy giving ten years of service and hard work to be given a bloody taxi exit! A god damn shitty taxi exit FFS , reserved for crap but part characters when they need to get shut of them quick without bothering writing anything to explain it

If this had been one of the other 'big three' Carla would have got a cracking, memorable exit, with a twist or shock. All that crap they strung out for three episodes, five minutes of a stunt last night that felt like it was shoehorned in when they suddenly realised nothing had actually happened in any of the previous episodes yet and then trying to cram the discovery of Callum and Carla's exit into about 25 minutes. Appallingly planned, badly acted and diabolically played out, what a complete and utter farce.

A waste of airtime, they could have killed several deadwood characters off but they didn't. They could have given Carla a decent exit but they didn't. They could have given viewers some shocks and twists but the didn't. Corrie has lost the ability to do anything. It's like a brain dead coma patient - it's there but it doesn't do a thing and it's only existing because there's backup keeping it going.

Hope the viewing figures are atrocious and that they walk away from the soap awards empty handed after getting booed off the stage. That's what you'd get if you put in a bad performance and what Corrie has put out is utterly shambolic.
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:14
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Absolute crap ending, I'd be furious if I was the actress, I'm mad enough as it it and I'm only a viewer. Fancy giving ten years of service and hard work to be given a bloody taxi exit! A god damn shitty taxi exit FFS , reserved for crap but part characters when they need to get shut of them quick without bothering writing anything to explain it

If the had been one of the other 'big three' Carla would have got a cracking, memorable exit, with a twist or shock. All that crap they strung out for three episodes, five minutes of a stunt last night that felt like it was shoehorned in when they suddenly realised nothing had actually happened in any of the previous episodes yet and then trying to cram the discovery of Callum and Carla's exit into about 25 minutes. Appallingly planned, badly acted and diabolically played out, what a complete and utter farce.

A waste of airtime, they could have killed several deadwood characters off but they didn't. They could have given Carla a decent exit but they didn't. They could have given viewers some shocks and twists but the didn't. Corrie has lost the ability to do anything. It's like a brain dead coma patient - it's there but it doesn't do a thing and it's only existing because there's backup keeping it going.

Hope the viewing figures are atrocious and that they walk away from the soap awards empty handed after getting booed off the stage. That's what you'd get if you put in a bad performance and what Corrie has put out is utterly shambolic.


Your post has me chuckling CW but laughter aside, I share you anger and disappointment.

No doubt the Corrie production team are all* patting themselves on their backs tonight and raising a glass to their continued success as masters of the universe.

*I stress all because as I've said many times before, this isn't just about Stuart Blackburn. Corrie has lots of senior team members who are absolutely clueless and well past their sell-by date. Corrie needs to be taken into Special Measures by ITV and given a serious restructure from the top down.
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:26
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Well I am glad this overrated character has gone. She has been used to death, I can't possibly see how she can go out on a high.
On saying that, after watching some clips of the period around 2008 to 2009 (especially with Tony Gordon, which I loved) it is sad what would become of the character years down the line. She could have punched Tracy's lights out at least, but of course nothing.
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:31
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It's so sad to see what the show has become. Hopefully Kate Oates can influence things from the get go as Blackburn will have planned Jason and Kylie's exits and after the mess he's made of Carla and Tina I don't trust him at all with another two big character exits.
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:33
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All those dimonishing the taxi exit, didn't some of the casts greats go in taxis?
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Old 26-05-2016, 23:38
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I don't think the taxi exit was the issue. Firstly it's a shame that they went down the route of not giving her a happy ending as it all felt rather samey in the sense that we've seen Carla at a low so many times that it didn't have that much impact for me. Why was this situation so much more desperate than previous ones that she decided to leave for good? But once they decide to give her a sad ending they could at least do it right and not rush her off without what could've been a great episode with her speaking to everyone she's close to and clearing the air properly with Roy, Nick etc.
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