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FFS - why do they keep cutting away just as they are about to break the news? |
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FFS - why do they keep cutting away just as they are about to break the news?
This is really annoying. A whole episode of "I've got some bad news...." CUT AWAY to different scene.... CUT BACK to news already broken and reactions all missed out.
In what way is this effective? Are they deliberately trying to miss out all the drama and emotion? |
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Why would hearing the news need to be shown more than once? If we saw everyone on the square be told what happened the episode would be more than an hour long.
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Because you'd hear the same story six times in one episode.
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Because they aren't very good at drama
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If we saw the breaking of the news all the time it would lose it effectiveness - all we needed were their reactions - worked much better this way - seeing to full on grief of Jack - followed by just the reactions of the others.
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You guys are missing the point. We DID see the same scene 6 times.... over and over again. somebody walking in looking upset/saying "I've got bad news" etc.... an episode of people walking in with bad news but never actually showing the drama of seeing anyone's reactions. We DIDN'T see their reactions. We saw some of them after the news had sunk in. Not the same thing. Missing what could have been quality emotional scenes. I agree it would have been repetitive but better to repeat actual emotional drama than 30 minutes of people saying "What's happened?" CUT AWAY.
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Why would hearing the news need to be shown more than once? If we saw everyone on the square be told what happened the episode would be more than an hour long.
Jack and Glenda coping should have been the sole focus of the episode, IMO. |
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Because you'd hear the same story six times in one episode.
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It reminded me of how Home and Away used to do the death ring eps.
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Badly executed episode imo.
The acting of some of the cast was not on point really for me. Possibly we should have seen the reveal of them at the beginning floating. Maybe Max and/or Jack go looking for them. I'm surprised Jack didn't do this as he is usually very clingy. |
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Totally agree OP, it was incredibly annoying and most of them didn't seem too bothered by it.....even Stacey could only muster a weird grimace and Martin was thinking about his pie.
I know they are used to tragic deaths on Albert Square but I didn't think they had become this desensitised to it! |
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Badly executed episode imo.
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This is really annoying. A whole episode of "I've got some bad news...." CUT AWAY to different scene.... CUT BACK to news already broken and reactions all missed out.
In what way is this effective? Are they deliberately trying to miss out all the drama and emotion? Sharon's reaction was far too calm for me when she was initially told. |
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Totally agree OP, it was incredibly annoying and most of them didn't seem too bothered by it.....even Stacey could only muster a weird grimace and Martin was thinking about his pie.
I know they are used to tragic deaths on Albert Square but I didn't think they had become this desensitised to it!
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I agree, it was massively frustrating.
I think tonight's episode was one of the poorest in weeks. The aftermath of the story was never going to be huge (not a bad thing, it's not a murder plot that warrants storylines to go sparking off), but in terms of what could have been done, tonights episode lacked focus and most disappointingly, lacked substance. Like you say, it just felt like people walking from house to house with a sad face, announcing "Something terrible has happened"... Also, how many times was 'Max pulls the bag of cocaine out of his pocket' (to remind the audience he still has it) played!? A dull, disappointing episode enveloped in a period where I've found the quality to be consistently good.
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Because you'd hear the same story six times in one episode.
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Why would hearing the news need to be shown more than once? If we saw everyone on the square be told what happened the episode would be more than an hour long.
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This is really annoying. A whole episode of "I've got some bad news...." CUT AWAY to different scene.... CUT BACK to news already broken and reactions all missed out.
In what way is this effective? Are they deliberately trying to miss out all the drama and emotion? |
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I agree. Max and Jack were told what happened by the police so we don't need to hear everyone else get told, just see their reactions.
(Also, you're wrong about Max. He was the first of the cut-aways the episode was full of.) |
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I assumed it was because they didnt know the ending as it was being kept a secret and just filmed a few people today? They filmed people crying or upset but no reason given
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Totally agree OP, it was incredibly annoying and most of them didn't seem too bothered by it.....even Stacey could only muster a weird grimace and Martin was thinking about his pie.
I know they are used to tragic deaths on Albert Square but I didn't think they had become this desensitised to it! |
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Completely agree. It took away the impact. I only felt emotion when Jack and Phil were told (I liked how Sharon delivered the news, she almost had me going).
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As already pointed out, we didn't see their reactions. That's the point of the thread.
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I can see what they were trying to do, but I don't think they pulled it off.
They also kept saying they wanted to keep it quiet for now - and then went and told nearly everybody in the square. |
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This is really annoying. A whole episode of "I've got some bad news...." CUT AWAY to different scene.... CUT BACK to news already broken and reactions all missed out.
In what way is this effective? Are they deliberately trying to miss out all the drama and emotion? |
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Well i very much doubt they could fit in everyones reaction in the half hour!
It was quite realistic though the way everyone was told, i see where they are going with the show adding 'realism', however its just not doing it for me. I dont want to switch off but i cant keep on watching this if its going to be the same sort of nonsense every episode. I want escapism. Not trying to be funny, but even the actors are looking bored. Ronnie and Roxy have pretty much been the only interesting characters for me in the past 3 months
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