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It was a very powerful ending and left me feeling very disturbed. I wasn't sure I was going to miss them but now I just wish this was a bad dream.
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A little off topic, AuntieSoap, but Corrie experimented with some weird 'gimmicks' in the early 70s. For instance, I remember one episode where Elsie Tanner fell into some kind of flashback/dream sequence with voiceover from Ena Sharples. They then played a black-and-white clip from 1961 as the 'dream sequence'. Another episode from around the same time had heavily stylised segments using backing music and close up shots of flowers with soft focus. In another episode, there were flashed images of a shot of Elsie's handbag which she had left on a park bench interspersed with the main action of the episode. All very avant garde
![]() The point I'm making is that at times the soap genre will always try and push the boundaries of what is possible. Obviously the stuff that Corrie tried in the 70s didn't catch on at all, but people will still keep trying to 'freshen up' the genre. Needless to say, you'd have hated it! ![]() I've seen those episodes and watching them for the first time about 10 years ago make them hard to judge. I don't like the use of techniques like slo-mo as we saw tonight. It's hardly creative or avant garde, it's hackneyed and lazy. However, when creativity is used appropriately it can be very interesting. The recent episode of Emmerdale featuring Ashley's dementia from his perspective should have been appalling and lazy, but because it was used to show us how he feels it ended up being very poignant. I've often wondered why there have not been more attempts at creativity... for example how about an episode in one single take. An episode with full cast set entirely on one set? I'd much rather that than the latest crash or the latest explosion. I guess at some stage one of them will allow viewers to vote on a storyline - should R&R live or die? It would lead to production difficulties but it's the ultimate stunt. So back to those episodes of Corrie - fascinating now but there is a reason it didn't become a regular technique I suspect. |
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An amazing episode and WHAT a way to go out - easy to see why Sam and Rita felt the couldn't turn it down - a fitting end for the inseparable Mitchell sisters - and will be one that will be remembered for years to come- by killing them off at least we will be spared the contrived reasons for brief returns in the future like we had with Peggy and Grant - at least they went out wit a bang and not a wimper as they would have done if they left - we'd probably would ave ad a few years with them bobbing in until one day we never heard from them again,
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What a load of crap this was...the sisters should not have been the new year casualties, it should have been Lee's Suicide. The producer is just out to be the man that killed the Mitchell sisters regardless of the collateral damage on the show.
Thus, I'm bowing out of watching EE, it's done for me. You dun did it SOC, you killed it. |
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What a load of crap this was...
Thus, I'm bowing out of watching EE, it's done for me. |
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I'm gutted, absolutely gutted! For two relatively iconic characters to get such a disastrous exit. It remind all me of whenever Pat Butcher died, simply for sensationalism, but instantly regretted within a week. I'll miss them. Eastenders just won't feel right without them for me, even tho though it was on air like 20+ years before they came into it.
I do honestly think they shouldn't have have been killed off, rested maybe but not killed. Im clutching at straws here but I'm really clutching at straws here, but I'm really hoping Roxy is pulled out alive or wakes up in the pool am doing she leave she to come back clean other day, by the now I'm a sure this won't happen |
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That's nice.
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Doesn't clarify anything, I'm afraid. I understand and respect your opinion but disagree that it was 'completely out of place' in EastEnders. In my view it has a perfect place in the show, a gentle nod to things that viewers will already know about but not having any impact on those that don't. I would like to emphasise my use of the word gentle. All the nods and references to Ronnie and Roxy's time on the show were just that: gentle. I didn't really see them as contrivances. There are far more contrived goings on in most soaps these days, small moments like these are almost insignificant.
Where is the believable, character-led narrative though? That hasn't been a staple part of EastEnders or any other British soap for at least a decade now. I want solid characters and strong, character-driven drama. I agree with you that this is an integral part of British soap. This kind of writing is the only way to keep them grounded and not darting off to the realms of the absurd. In my opinion, EastEnders has positioned itself in a firm middle-ground with this episode, producing something between 'shock' and 'explosive' drama and the more character-led elements. The deaths being fully accidental were, in my view, one of the main markers of this. No drawn out revenge plot, whodunnit or melodramatic fight on top of a building. Just two characters doing something that they really shouldn't have which ended in tragedy. It could've happened to any one of us if the circumstances were dangerous enough. To me that's far more powerful than an explosion every other week that has no lasting impact. |
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The amount of ignorance people have about water safety... actually scratch that... about common sense is terrifying. People questioning the realism of a very drunk person drowning or focusssing on the depth of the water like they think that's a contributing factor is scary. I pray these people never have kids, drink alcohol, go to a pool, or have ponds in their gardens.
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What a load of crap this was...the sisters should not have been the new year casualties, it should have been Lee's Suicide. The producer is just out to be the man that killed the Mitchell sisters regardless of the collateral damage on the show.
Thus, I'm bowing out of watching EE, it's done for me. You dun did it SOC, you killed it. ![]() I still would like to know though who producers are answerable to when axing characters and so on? |
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In my opinion I thought the slow-mo was quite appropriate I didn't realise until after the episode why most of the slow-mo parts were on Roxy I think this symbolised how she was high and partying and I think having it in slow motion showed the emotion better.
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Agreed, their ending was a very human tragedy story that could happen to any one of us in similar circumstances. I was surprised to find people saying how absurd it was, when actually I thought it's one of the more realistic deaths on EastEnders for years. The random way it all happened, just a few seconds of madness and gone, it was harrowing to watch.
We got very little sense of Ronnie's panic and fear as she must have realised that Roxy had drowned and that she was trapped. If it had been done in a more realistic approach it might have had an emotional impact. As it is I felt much more for Lee. |
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I've seen those episodes and watching them for the first time about 10 years ago make them hard to judge. I don't like the use of techniques like slo-mo as we saw tonight. It's hardly creative or avant garde, it's hackneyed and lazy.
However, when creativity is used appropriately it can be very interesting. The recent episode of Emmerdale featuring Ashley's dementia from his perspective should have been appalling and lazy, but because it was used to show us how he feels it ended up being very poignant. I've often wondered why there have not been more attempts at creativity... for example how about an episode in one single take. An episode with full cast set entirely on one set? I'd much rather that than the latest crash or the latest explosion. I guess at some stage one of them will allow viewers to vote on a storyline - should R&R live or die? It would lead to production difficulties but it's the ultimate stunt. So back to those episodes of Corrie - fascinating now but there is a reason it didn't become a regular technique I suspect. |
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In my opinion I thought the slow-mo was quite appropriate I didn't realise until after the episode why most of the slow-mo parts were on Roxy I think this symbolised how she was high and partying and I think having it in slow motion showed the emotion better.
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If Masood and the Cokers were deemed worthy of Julia's Themes how do Roxy and Ronnie not?
It's also very possible they'll get it on their funeral episode, as happened with Bradley. |
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We got very little sense of Ronnie's panic and fear as she must have realised that Roxy had drowned and that she was trapped.
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The episode were Ian went bankrupt was filmed as though it was one single take. There was also an episode with the entire cast locked in the Queen Vic set with an unexploded bomb outside.
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Agreed, their ending was a very human tragedy story that could happen to any one of us in similar circumstances. I was surprised to find people saying how absurd it was, when actually I thought it's one of the more realistic deaths on EastEnders for years. The random way it all happened, just a few seconds of madness and gone, it was harrowing to watch.
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What emotion does slo-mo evoke? Also none of it was from Roxy's POV. To me it's a gimmick.
This is the main part where the slow-mo takes place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NAlqNyU_k It was at this moment when Roxy was at her happiest that I knew something was going to happen to her drugs related. |
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It showed how Roxy at that point was having the time of her life, if it wasn't in slow-motion you wouldn't notice the emotion as much.
This is the main part where the slow-mo takes place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NAlqNyU_k It was at this moment when Roxy was at her happiest that I knew something was going to happen to her drugs related. Why did that scene warrant such an artificial effect and not an effect for the truth dawning on Mick? Inconsistent and unnecessary. |
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They had a different theme played over Tuesdays, the last episode ending with them happy.
It's also very possible they'll get it on their funeral episode, as happened with Bradley. |
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If Masood and the Cokers were deemed worthy of Julia's Themes how do Roxy and Ronnie not?
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It was completely out of place in EastEnders. The promo you mention was just that a promo, not part of the show. Now the main show is referencing it's past promos? Too much focus on this sort contrivance than on believable, character led narrative.
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I hated the ending as I felt both characters had more to offer and it would have been nice to see them return in the future. Also I felt curious about Roxy and Max as they may have made a good couple.
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Thanks, for sharing your opinion on an opinion, you may go back to bobbling for apples.
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