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EE - It's literally shocking how good it's been |
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EE - It's literally shocking how good it's been
I know there are already threads about this but I thought the show deserved a thread with this title.
I loved that scene where Pam waved to Johnny on Whitney's hen night. Such a beautiful scene. The show has been so enjoyable, better than all the other soaps by miles. |
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I know
![]() Its like an old friend has returned from a decade long vacation. I genuinely can't remember being this in love with EE since the Santer days. |
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The community feel has come back majorly.
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It hasn't been this consistently good for a very long time.
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The scenes are too drawn out now
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it's been very good, but what is literally shocking is the amount of times "literally" is used unnecessarily or incorrectly by English speakers.
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it's been very good, but what is literally shocking is the amount of times "literally" is used unnecessarily or incorrectly by English speakers.
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The usage of the word "literally" has been updated in the Oxford dictionary to mean literally and non-literally. So you're literally the one in the wrong here.
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Some scenes have even been beautiful though - the Pam/Johnny scene mainly. Also Ben making a speech in the Vic.
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I have to agree it is like a old friend returning some life lovely touches like pam waving to Johnny and dot outside the launderette it has more of a community-based feel now like back in the day .long may it continue .and the stupid fasicle story lines like who killed lucy remain in the bin where they belong
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it's been very good, but what is literally shocking is the amount of times "literally" is used unnecessarily or incorrectly by English speakers.
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It has been very good lately.
No murders, no car crashes, no explosions, just good basic stories, character interaction and community. The type of stuff that made us love EastEnders and I will admit had been lost of late. Dominic Treadwell Collins was all about "event" stories, but you can exhaust a show and I think the end of his tenure, the show was exhausted. I like that SOC is making his changes and letting the work speak for itself. We don't properly know what his vision is, but so far it definitely seems to involve bringing EastEnders back to earth a bit and restoring character connections. Not every scene needs to be part of a big story, characters don't need to be always unpleasant or short with each other. Yes, the world has changed since the those days of 1985's Walford, but there is no reason why the community can't be kept. I look forward to what Sean's big plans are. |
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The actors finally look comfortable and able to do something with the script. Makes you realise how bad it has been!
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Not sure if the thread title is sarcasm
![]() Its put me to sleep tbh, reminiscent of dreadful newman era |
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
I agree Edward, I've found the show really enjoyable this week. I'd given up on EastEnders after the one good episode to come of Lucy Beale's death (the immediate aftermath) was followed by contrived bulldust for months and months on end, but the writing and characterisation recently has been real old-school. It's like the show is ascending from the tabloid bollocks that it was, to broadsheet
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Such a delight and every episode is fantastically written and well acted. SOC's next test will really be how his first xmas goes.
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
... I was wondering when you would turn up.
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
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How is that user allowed to get away with it? there is a rule about baiting and constructive posting that I think he breaks every time.
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I loved the screen last week when Stacy & Martin were moving house & few of the cast were sitting outside the house on the sofa having a can of beer, just having a joke with each other, & in the background you could see a couple of kids playing foottball, it just reminded me of the early days of EE.
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It's just papering over the cracks that still exist.
By giving us character driven/kitchen sink drama, SOC is relaying the foundations of the show, which will give him and his team something to build on. You can't build a stable wall without foundations, and the same applies for a TV show. Patience is the key here. I have high hopes for Sean's reign on EastEnders. |
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How is that user allowed to get away with it? there is a rule about baiting and constructive posting that I think he breaks every time.
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I just hope we dont get any more ridiculous scenes where the council or someone does something the community doesnt like. In turn this causes the whole market to protest and eventually get what they want. They have a 100% success rate and irl the council wouldnt give in because a group of people kick off every time
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