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What is your opinion of Coronation Street on a scale of 1 - 10? |
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9 | 14.06% |
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5 | 7.81% |
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1 | 1.56% |
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8 | 12.50% |
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3 | 4.69% |
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10 | 15.63% |
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12 | 18.75% |
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10 | 15.63% |
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1 | 1.56% |
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5 | 7.81% |
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What is your opinion of Coronation Street on a scale of 1 - 10?
The last poll caused some serious trauma.
Hopefully this new poll will clarify things for those who found the previous poll a heavy burden. This is your opinion of the show in general, not based on a single episode. 1 is terrible. 10 is fantastic. |
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This is just silly.
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Maybe the mods should just merge the two threads.
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Maybe the mods should just merge the two threads.
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Not sure the people who were traumatised by the other thread could handle a merge ...
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It's becoming cartoon-like.
Too many deadwood characters, too many 'comedy' / 'dense' characters, frankly bizarre living arrangements in houses/flats with insufficient bedrooms, storylines being rushed with no aftermath, stunts with no long-term effects whatsoever. This was the premier soap, with masterful writing, gentle humour, realistic dialogue, finely crafted characterisation and understated acting. Where did it all go wrong? (Yes, I know it's not 1976 any more! )
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The last poll caused some serious trauma.
Hopefully this new poll will clarify things for those who found the previous poll a heavy burden. This is your opinion of the show in general, not based on a single episode. 1 is terrible. 10 is fantastic. Iv voted this time and I have like with eastenders gonne with 8. I was gonna do 10 but I think its just going to get better in the next few weeks |
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7 if not 8 in my revised opinion, the best of the English bunch atm
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I'd give it a 7 also; I'm enjoying it at the moment. Roy's dilemma, Maria's little love triangle, the Phelan debacle, Nick's angst re Leanne
I'm liking the storylines a bit better than ED and EE. The latter is such a chore to watch these days. |
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The last poll caused some serious trauma.
Hopefully this new poll will clarify things for those who found the previous poll a heavy burden. This is your opinion of the show in general, not based on a single episode. 1 is terrible. 10 is fantastic. |
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7.
Reasoning is on the other thread.
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I think it was your negative thread title KK that did it as it was asking how bad ppl thought corrie was.
Iv voted this time and I have like with eastenders gonne with 8. I was gonna do 10 but I think its just going to get better in the next few weeks |
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5/6. Slightly better than EastEnders. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I nightly disagree it deserves a 1 or 2. It is not that bad at all.
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6 out of 10 at the moment. I'd actually say 6.5 but the poll doesn't allow half numbers. The highest it's been since around 2012 or 13 for me personally.
Loving the camera angles, character interaction and community feel. The storylines feel more intertwined. e.g. Tracy talking to Mary but also having her stuff at home going on. Phelan plot weaving into lots of character groups. The new Barlows are good and I think characters like Nessa and Brian are annoying but interface well with other characters. Yasmeen launching herself at Nessa was brilliant! I rewound that scene a few times. I think it's getting better and better each week. |
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It's increasingly on the up. It has taken Oates some time, but in the last month or so, there are a lot of Positives emerging- the dire Maria and Caz plot aside.
The cast are being used much better and there's a sense of storylines naturally intertwining with one another, rather than existing in isolation with the same sub groups of characters. The Barlows have been reinforced, with Daniel being the best addition in years thanks to Rob Mallard being a decent actor and the character being quite complex and intriguing. The initial unspoiled twists of Oates' reign were damp squibs: Beth being a bigamist and Alex's father being Cathy's dead husband. The twists since then, however, have been much more dramatic and have a lot more potential: Ken's stroke (although I have been slightly disappointed with how quickly he's recovered) being the catalyst for Daniel and Adam's returns, David's crash causing Anna to suffer horrific burns, Mary's revelation not only that she has a son, but that he's a product of a childhood rape. I take my hat off to Oates for making the show more unpredictable and intriguing once more- something we haven't seen on the show for years. Other positives include: Sharif's departure revitalising the Nazirs and giving them a new sense of purpose. I love Yasmeen at the moment. Newly created couples like Todd and Billy and Gary and Sarah who we genuinely root for Todd's character being given more depth with his love for Billy and the reveal about his past in London and how it made him destructive and embittered. Bethany's continuing issues with self-confidence leading her into some real danger in the New Year Aidan and Maria's genuine chemistry Phelan continuing to be a terrific villain following the flat scam and his upcoming conflict with Andy Peter finally assuming a role of greater responsibility in the Barlow household There are still some issues for me- I've already detailed the truly terrible writing that we had with the debacle that was Caz and Maria. We get great episodes like Wednesday and Thursday's stand-alones with Mary and Norris' scenes, Peter and Leanne reminiscing and Daniel revealing more of his secrets. Then on Friday,we got that terrible double bill revolving around Cathy and Roy's upcoming nuptials. For me, the quality of the episodes now revolves a lot around the characters at the forefront of that episode. 7/10 |
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I'm glad the Barlows have returned but it's still medicore for me.
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Thanks for all the votes and comments guys - especially to those who have voted and commented twice.
I apologise that the original thread and poll weren't great. |
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The Barlows are the best part in my opinion, especially when focusing on Peter.
Can't stand the Aidan-Maria-Eva storyline and couldn't give a toss who ends up together. Relived we are getting a small break from the Platts. Phelan is of course brilliant, but when isn't he? Still, the show is a hit or miss at times and to be honest I can't see it being turned around. We have all gone through a same situation with several producers before. We will continue to have decent episodes now and again, followed mostly by nonsense. Best just to accept it that way I think. |
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I voted 7. There are a few things I think they could improve. Like getting rid of bad or unneeded characters like Dev and Erica, Fiz and Tyrone, Sinead, Chesney, Gemma, Freddie, Brian, Izzy, Anna. And I would have said Mary before recently.
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Why on earth are you watching if you gave a one
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I voted 6. There are too many retcons, too many rushed storylines, too many stories which don't seem to concern the neighbours - if I had an neighbour and friend in prison for murder it would be huge but when it happened to Maria she was forgotten about for over a week. Too many useless actors and pointless characters - Alex, Nessa, Kim Tate, Dev, Sean, Andy, Thingy from Playdays etc. Too much forced humour. Too many forgotten houses forcing people onto the street for no reason (cathys house, Playdays house, tiny firemans house) or unused sets (chip shop, Audrey's house, Stephs flat, Devs flat, Rovers upstairs lounge, Jonnys flat etc). It has so much potential to be great again but it needs a script archivist to work with the writers to avoid glaring errors, it needs more solid continuity and it needs to cut the deadwood and go for natural humour over this forced slapstick which is just cringe.
I'm dreading the Christmas s/l with Mary (grossly unrealistic) and the new/old character arrival (yawn). I will also never forgive them for dropping Dennis Tanner and the random disappearance of Gail's dad! |
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I think Corrie is heading in the right direction.
Certainly get the criticisms made by people - some storylines have been a bit rushed and there have been some dreadful storylines (hello that Caz nonsense). That said it's a massive improvement from what came under Blackburn. Under Oates most of the characters seem to have something to do and get some development whereas with Blackburn it often used to be that his favourites got story-after-story with most characters forgotten (it was the Carla Show for quite a while and ruined her as a character). It's nice to see people like Andy, Yasmeen and Mary getting proper stories which I'm not sure would've happened under Blackburn where both got either comedy or half-baked stories. Yasmeen in particular has become a rather enjoyable character and quite liked on here - which would've seemed ridiculous even a year ago. As others have mentioned too, characters seem to mix more now rather than being siloed to only the people involved in their storyline like they often once were. And while some stories maybe go a bit too fast under Oates, under Blackburn it was the opposite extreme. It seemed to be weeks and weeks of the exact same scenarios to get towards an anti-climatic ending whereas with Oates's Corrie it does always feel like there's something happening and a reason to watch. Maybe a bit too crash-bang-wallop at times but rather that then the repetitiveness of Blackburn. Also, Oates seems better at hiding spoilers than Blackburn where it was very easy to know most details months in advance where you barely needed to watch the episodes as Blackburn would tell you nearly word-for-word what'd happen. However, most of all the dialogue and acting also feels much stronger and good characters and actors have been brought much more to the forefront then they were under Blackburn. The likes of Gary, Todd and Sarah are much more prominent and the writing for them has much improved than under Blackburn. It's noticable in the recent 'Corrie characters' poll that all three scored very highly. Maybe all three being prominent at that point plays a part in some way but at the same time I think it shows all three are very good characters that viewers like. The Gary & Sarah and Billy & Todd partnerships are (along with Tim & Sally - one of Blackburn's better moments) probably the best partnerships on Corrie. Aidan & Maria too seem like they could be a decent pairing. TLDR: Oates is far from perfect but much more interesting than Blackburn, better to watch and good to see more prominence for Gary, Sarah and Todd. |
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I think Corrie is heading in the right direction.
Certainly get the criticisms made by people - some storylines have been a bit rushed and there have been some dreadful storylines (hello that Caz nonsense). That said it's a massive improvement from what came under Blackburn. Under Oates most of the characters seem to have something to do and get some development whereas with Blackburn it often used to be that his favourites got story-after-story with most characters forgotten (it was the Carla Show for quite a while and ruined her as a character). It's nice to see people like Andy, Yasmeen and Mary getting proper stories which I'm not sure would've happened under Blackburn where both got either comedy or half-baked stories. Yasmeen in particular has become a rather enjoyable character and quite liked on here - which would've seemed ridiculous even a year ago. As others have mentioned too, characters seem to mix more now rather than being siloed to only the people involved in their storyline like they often once were. And while some stories maybe go a bit too fast under Oates, under Blackburn it was the opposite extreme. It seemed to be weeks and weeks of the exact same scenarios to get towards an anti-climatic ending whereas with Oates's Corrie it does always feel like there's something happening and a reason to watch. Maybe a bit too crash-bang-wallop at times but rather that then the repetitiveness of Blackburn. Also, Oates seems better at hiding spoilers than Blackburn where it was very easy to know most details months in advance where you barely needed to watch the episodes as Blackburn would tell you nearly word-for-word what'd happen. However, most of all the dialogue and acting also feels much stronger and good characters and actors have been brought much more to the forefront then they were under Blackburn. The likes of Gary, Todd and Sarah are much more prominent and the writing for them has much improved than under Blackburn. It's noticable in the recent 'Corrie characters' poll that all three scored very highly. Maybe all three being prominent at that point plays a part in some way but at the same time I think it shows all three are very good characters that viewers like. The Gary & Sarah and Billy & Todd partnerships are (along with Tim & Sally - one of Blackburn's better moments) probably the best partnerships on Corrie. Aidan & Maria too seem like they could be a decent pairing. TLDR: Oates is far from perfect but much more interesting than Blackburn, better to watch and good to see more prominence for Gary, Sarah and Todd. |
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