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Old 27-10-2016, 11:28
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I find this quite crazy tbh?
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Old 27-10-2016, 22:14
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With more cast changes in Hollyoaks, it hardly feels like the same show as when it started. I only really watched Brookside in the last 10 years but missed Hollyoaks for over 13 years. So, in terns of my own viewing Hollyoaks is not as familiar.
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Old 28-10-2016, 20:53
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That's nice isn't it?
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Old 28-10-2016, 20:56
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Brookside was far more superior
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Old 28-10-2016, 21:01
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Brookside was far more superior
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Old 28-10-2016, 21:08
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Hollyoaks is awful, almost as awful as modern Coronation Street.
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Old 28-10-2016, 22:13
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I think that the secret to Hollyoaks' longevity is that it doesn't try to be like the other soaps on UK TV, nor is it expected to be. It's the closest thing that we have in the UK to an American or Aussie soap in that it's mostly populated by beautiful people and some of the storylines and twists are just absolutely bonkers. There's stuff that goes on in HO that people would be up in arms about if it were happening on a show like EE or Corrie. But because HO is regarded as a smaller soap, it has more leeway when it comes to storylines like it's multiple serial killers. It's a sensationalist soap and people know it is.

Brookside on the other hand, wasn't a sensationalist soap to begin with and when it became one, it alienated viewers. Of course, it did nothing that the other big soaps aren't doing these days in terms of stunts and shock storylines but it was ahead of it's time and therefore ridiculed. During a period when the most dramatic stunts to happen on Corrie or EE were car crashes and fires, over on Brookside Close, nightclubs were being bombed and people were being killed off by a mysterious virus.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:14
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I hope it goes strength to strength, Brookside axe was a huge shame.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:18
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Yay! I love Hollyoaks, and I hope it continues to be on our screens
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:20
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I find this quite crazy tbh?
Why? Hollyoaks nows it's audience which works for it, and Brookside didn't which got it axed. It's not that crazy. Hollyoaks is sensationalist, unrealistic bollocks but that's what the people who watch it want from it, if half the Hollyoaks stuff had hapenned in a mainstream soap the entire legion of fans would be up in arms.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:44
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Yay! I love Hollyoaks, and I hope it continues to be on our screens
I do too! It's been great since summer and has really turned itself around. I do find it annoying when Hollyoaks is treated as the junk soap (it may have been at one point but it's not now) because they have and will continue to pull it out the bag when necessary and produce some excellent episodes.

Brookside in it's day was superior to every other soap (I wasn't around to watch it obviously but from old episodes seen nothing else comes close to it). When it lost it's way it was a huge shame but at least fans can look back on the good years of it, rather than it still being on TV and having that memory trashed.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:48
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I do too! It's been great since summer and has really turned itself around. I do find it annoying when Hollyoaks is treated as the junk soap (it may have been at one point but it's not now) because they have and will continue to pull it out the bag when necessary and produce some excellent episodes.

Brookside in it's day was superior to every other soap (I wasn't around to watch it obviously but from old episodes seen nothing else comes close to it). When it lost it's way it was a huge shame but at least fans can look back on the good years of it, rather than it still being on TV and having that memory trashed.
It's my favourite soap, it's had and still has fantastic sls and they have great actresses/actors and just like any soap not everything is perfect but currently I am really enjoying it. It's the soap I look forward to and I rarely miss an episode.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:52
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It's my favourite soap, it's had and still has fantastic sls and they have great actresses/actors and just like any soap not everything is perfect but currently I am really enjoying it. It's the soap I look forward to and I rarely miss an episode.
Same here. There always seems to be something going on and they have/had some really strong actors in the show, and new characters so you don't get bored with it. Over the years they have rivalled the big three soaps and have even surpassed them but it does get treated like a joke or the poor relation even though it's nothing like that.
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Old 28-10-2016, 23:59
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Same here. There always seems to be something going on and they have/had some really strong actors in the show, and new characters so you don't get bored with it. Over the years they have rivalled the big three soaps and have even surpassed them but it does get treated like a joke or the poor relation even though it's nothing like that.
I agree, out of 'big' soaps I watch (corrie and EE) I find HO more gripping and interesting. Imagine HO celebrating their 30th, I would love that.
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Old 29-10-2016, 00:04
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I agree, out of 'big' soaps I watch (corrie and EE) I find HO more gripping and interesting. Imagine HO celebrating their 30th, I would love that.
Hollyoaks does seem to the best at keeping you gripped I agree. I only watch EE alongside it now as Corrie was boring me and they're both really good imo. Hollyoaks really has turned itself around and next week looks very good with the Halloween stunt.
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Old 29-10-2016, 02:27
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Hollyoaks was at its best 2010-2013 when Brendan was in it. I'd watch E4 eps and then re-watch on Channel 4 the next day just to see Brendan again.
Why won't Emmett Scanlan get his head out of his arse and return he's hardly making it big with what he's doing at the moment. A two-bit part in The Fall where he's just being Brendan being a cop
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Old 29-10-2016, 12:16
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Brookside was far more superior
Brookside tore it's reputation to tatters in it's final couple of years. Not even HO at it's worst has been as bad as oh, a killer virus from a pizza parlour, and i could keep going...
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Old 29-10-2016, 12:24
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Brookside tore it's reputation to tatters in it's final couple of years. Not even HO at it's worst has been as bad as oh, a killer virus from a pizza parlour, and i could keep going...
To be fair the killer virus was 1995, about 8 years before it ended.

Brookside was a mess in its final few years but Channel 4 didn't help either by constantly changing the days/times. Even the omnibus which was always Saturdays at 5pm started moving to silly times, often with no notice.
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Old 29-10-2016, 12:26
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To be fair the killer virus was 1995, about 8 years before it ended.

Brookside was a mess in its final few years but Channel 4 didn't help either by constantly changing the days/times. Even the omnibus which was always Saturdays at 5pm started moving to silly times, often with no notice.
Really? Time flies. Could of sworn it was later.
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Old 29-10-2016, 12:47
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Hollyoaks was at its best 2010-2013 when Brendan was in it. I'd watch E4 eps and then re-watch on Channel 4 the next day just to see Brendan again.
Why won't Emmett Scanlan get his head out of his arse and return he's hardly making it big with what he's doing at the moment. A two-bit part in The Fall where he's just being Brendan being a cop
Yay, a Brendan/Emmett fan!

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Old 29-10-2016, 13:40
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Brookside tore it's reputation to tatters in it's final couple of years. Not even HO at it's worst has been as bad as oh, a killer virus from a pizza parlour, and i could keep going...
Brookside ended in 2003, before the new digital age with catch up, social media etc started which Hollyoaks benefits from greatly, if it was on today it probably have a much better chance.
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Old 29-10-2016, 13:45
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The early years of Brookside will never be topped by anything Hollyoaks has to offer imo.

It was dreadful towards the end, though.
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