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Old 29-06-2016, 07:43
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I mean Max, Phil, Buster. Do the writers have a fetish?
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Old 29-06-2016, 08:14
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The writers probably look like those characters and use them to live out their fantasies.
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Old 29-06-2016, 10:17
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Buster is gross.

He must exude a charming perfume of fag smoke, fish guts and the BO aroma of Shirley's sheets - even Phil said she smelled...
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Old 29-06-2016, 12:13
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Since when do Buster and Phil smoke?
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Old 29-06-2016, 12:48
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Since when do Buster and Phil smoke?
They're both smokin' hot though. Amirite?
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Old 29-06-2016, 12:50
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EE is crap now. Just look how dead this forum now is. No one cares anymore about the show to post! lol
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Old 29-06-2016, 12:51
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EE is crap now. Just look how dead this forum now is. No one cares anymore about the show to post! lol
Aside from yourself
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Old 29-06-2016, 14:14
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I never ever got the love for Max. Looks aside, because in the end beauty (or lack of it) only goes so far, he's just disgusting. Awful manners, awful voice, awful walk, awful morals, looks unwashed, has no personality. I really don't get it.

Buster is yet another head scratcher. Kathy Beale looks amazing for her age. Why the hell would she be sniffing around someone who smells like fish and looks like he hasn't washed in decades?

Phil getting his paws on Kara Tointon's character was ridiculous but I think his power and alpha male status is probably appealing to women. Phil is a complete bastard but he can be quite funny in my opinion. I never understood Shirley's obsession with him though.

EE is crap now. Just look how dead this forum now is. No one cares anymore about the show to post! lol
I've noticed
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Old 29-06-2016, 14:44
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They're both smokin' hot though. Amirite?
You sure are. Epitome of male beauty, them two. Kim Kardashian wouldn't be able to resist either of them.
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Old 29-06-2016, 15:42
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Maybe because they remind their multiple women of King Phelan of Corination Street?

Only without his massive manhood.

But seriously, what is it with this obsessive idea that irrespective of who you are, being bald automatically and in all cases instantly turns you into some sort of m*nge-repellent sub-human monster? Never seems to have stopped Bruce Willis, The Rock, Jason Statham, Harry Hill et al being babe magnets.
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Old 29-06-2016, 16:06
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I never ever got the love for Max. Looks aside, because in the end beauty (or lack of it) only goes so far, he's just disgusting. Awful manners, awful voice, awful walk, awful morals, looks unwashed, has no personality. I really don't get it.

Buster is yet another head scratcher. Kathy Beale looks amazing for her age. Why the hell would she be sniffing around someone who smells like fish and looks like he hasn't washed in decades?

Phil getting his paws on Kara Tointon's character was ridiculous but I think his power and alpha male status is probably appealing to women. Phil is a complete bastard but he can be quite funny in my opinion. I never understood Shirley's obsession with him though.



I've noticed
Cannot believe how much the actor who plays Buster has gone down in recent years.....I actually fancied him in Brushstrokes!

Age is a cruel thing isn't it....

Although to be fair, I don't think he actually is all that old, just hasn't aged very well.

Can't agree with you about Max though. I know at face value, he's not what would be described as handsome, but I think his charm lies in the fact that he's a bit of a rogue, and actually I think his voice is a bit sexy tbh!

I love the way he smirks as well.

I think Phil has lost it now, but back when he was trying it on with Sharon, he was so bloody sexy! (even with that beard..)
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Old 29-06-2016, 16:11
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The obsession Sharon and Shirley have with Phil gets on my tits.

He can't be with both of them and it's doing Shirley's character no favours constantly reverting back to Shirley wants Phil. Over the past two years Sharon has actually surpassed her in the doormat stakes but if Shirley keeps sniffing around, she's going to reclaim the crown.

I can't believe she is still carrying a torch for him. The writers should have invested in Shirley/Buster who did have a genuine spark when Buster first arrived.

I think with Phil it probably is the money but that in itself is a major SOR. Where does it all come from? He can go from being skint to having an endless supply of dough in the blink of a storyline.
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Old 29-06-2016, 16:26
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I never ever got the love for Max. Looks aside, because in the end beauty (or lack of it) only goes so far, he's just disgusting. Awful manners, awful voice, awful walk, awful morals, looks unwashed, has no personality. I really don't get it.

Buster is yet another head scratcher. Kathy Beale looks amazing for her age. Why the hell would she be sniffing around someone who smells like fish and looks like he hasn't washed in decades?

Phil getting his paws on Kara Tointon's character was ridiculous but I think his power and alpha male status is probably appealing to women. Phil is a complete bastard but he can be quite funny in my opinion. I never understood Shirley's obsession with him though.
I think Shirley enjoys a challenge and is never happy for long. And she likes bad boys. She seemed to enjoy Buster more when he was a bit of a rogue, but now that he's settled with her, she's lost interest. She will likely be back with Phil again soon, or she can fight Sharon for him.
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Old 29-06-2016, 16:56
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When the Stacey/max affair was discussed the actors said it was the confidence (at least before Max went to prison) - that he walked around in suits, sold insurance, teenagers/young adults crushed on him because he's like a father figure and I did like the close friendship Max and Stacey had post stax.

Buster seems like a kind hearted, easy going person. He seems particularly kind to women though why he got together with that nasty Shirley in the first place I will never know.

Phil - total mystery, although in Sharon's case I suppose that she has known him for years and dated him on and off plus he showed both Ian and Sharon kindness when Lucy and Dennis died.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:06
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The Philth does not have one single redeeming feature, yet TPTB seem to think he is the greatest romantic hero on the screen since Rudolph Valentino.

Like most aspects of his character it got boring years and years ago.

At least Buster and Max have a modicum of charm - all Mitchell can offer is guaranteed emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:25
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I mean Max, Phil, Buster. Do the writers have a fetish?
This is the real reason Les has to dress up as Christine as he couldn't face being chased around the square by Bonnie Langford anymore.
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Old 29-06-2016, 21:33
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Perhaps the women of Walford realised Buster is a dab hand with Flash...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYsPgXjvQJw
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Old 30-06-2016, 01:44
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You sure are. Epitome of male beauty, them two. Kim Kardashian wouldn't be able to resist either of them.
Even Phil is too good for her!
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Old 30-06-2016, 06:33
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Perhaps the women of Walford realised Buster is a dab hand with Flash...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYsPgXjvQJw
Now I want some Flash
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Old 30-06-2016, 09:44
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Since when do Buster and Phil smoke?
I was going to ask the same thing. I don't ever recall seeing Buster or Phil smoking.
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Old 30-06-2016, 10:03
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Max couldn't be further from my type but the arse sold it to me. And i have an annoying attraction to liars as well. It's as if i have the words "lie to me" tattooed on my head.
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Old 30-06-2016, 12:00
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Max couldn't be further from my type but the arse sold it to me. And i have an annoying attraction to liars as well. It's as if i have the words "lie to me" tattooed on my head.
can't say I've noticed that........I'll have to take a proper look when he comes back into it again!

I take it then you saw him in all his glory on Strictly with all those nice tight sparkly outfits he wore........??

Have to say though ( being critical as always) he could have done with a bit of a tan......he was quite pale!
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Old 30-06-2016, 12:02
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can't say I've noticed that........I'll have to take a proper look when he comes back into it again!

I take it then you saw him in all his glory on Strictly with all those nice tight sparkly outfits he wore........??

Have to say though ( being critical as always) he could have done with a bit of a tan......he was quite pale!
Of course.
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Old 30-06-2016, 13:08
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The Philth does not have one single redeeming feature, yet TPTB seem to think he is the greatest romantic hero on the screen since Rudolph Valentino.

Like most aspects of his character it got boring years and years ago.

At least Buster and Max have a modicum of charm - all Mitchell can offer is guaranteed emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse.
BIB - I agree.
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