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FFS - why do they keep cutting away just as they are about to break the news? |
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We saw Sharon, Phil, Dot, Ben, Louise, Abi, Lauren, Stacey, Martin and Michelle all react to the news although I agree it was quite brief. Though Jack didn't want too many people to know, I agree that they could perhaps have shown more and had Ian, Jane and Steven's reactions too.
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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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We saw Sharon, Phil, Dot, Ben, Louise, Abi, Lauren, Stacey, Martin and Michelle all react to the news although I agree it was quite brief. Though Jack didn't want too many people to know, I agree that they could perhaps have shown more and had Ian, Jane and Steven's reactions too.
Phil was the one I was most looking forward to, after all his dilemas with mortality recently, but just as it was hitting him, we cut away NOT the way to write drama.
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We saw Sharon, Phil, Dot, Ben, Louise, Abi, Lauren, Stacey, Martin and Michelle all react to the news although I agree it was quite brief. Though Jack didn't want too many people to know, I agree that they could perhaps have shown more and had Ian, Jane and Steven's reactions too.
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No, we didn't see them. You obviously don't understand what I mean which is why you are disagreeing. I am talking about seeing their initial reactions at the very time of being told "Ronnie and Roxy are dead".... not seeing them minutes later after the news has sunk in. Completely missed out opportunities for great acting and classic dialogue/scenes.
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But we didn't. Apart from Phil we didn't even see them being told what happened - just their delayed reaction some time afterwards.
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They probably didn't want to repeat the news over and over but the scenes could have been longer I agree.
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They probably didn't want to repeat the news over and over but the scenes could have been longer I agree.
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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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Probably cause they felt some of the actors like Jack werent strong enough to act it out completely
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I must admit I was really taken aback when Stacey pulled an almost comical sad face/pout.
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I watched it with my Mum and she burst out laughing at Stacey's sad face. Lacey's normally a great actress, but that particular bit of acting was dreadful.
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We were right to see Phil and Jack being told as they were closest to them. It would add nothing seeing how the Fowlers or Beales reacted.
We should have seen Jack, Phil and Glenda being told. |
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Extremely annoying.
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We should have seen Jack, Phil and Glenda being told.
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I found it really annoying too. EastEnders does this quite a lot. Fair enough that we got to see the instant reaction of Jack and Phil since they were closest to them, but I think it would've been better if we'd seen the reaction of the rest of the Mitchell clan. Others like Stacey, Dot and Kathy could've been saved until the next episode.
It could be a decent technique, but overusing it ruins the impact. We may as well not even have seen Ben, Kathy and Max discussing the deaths with others. Could've saved time by seeing everyone on the square heartbroken and depressed. (With Max, Jack and Phil seen being given the news fully.) |
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Why did the police want to check the hotel CCTV in order to work out what happened? Why don't they just watch yesterday's episode on the BBC i-player?
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Totally agree, especially for close family i would have liked to have seem the bodies be found
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Why did the police want to check the hotel CCTV in order to work out what happened? Why don't they just watch yesterday's episode on the BBC i-player?
I always think this!! |
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Probably cause they felt some of the actors like Jack werent strong enough to act it out completely
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I watched it with my Mum and she burst out laughing at Stacey's sad face. Lacey's normally a great actress, but that particular bit of acting was dreadful.
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they prob don't trust the acting capabilities of most the cast, they had to show jack but it's a bit telling the only other one we really saw came from their strongest actor in Steve mcfadden
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Agree with you 100% this really ruined it for me. They could have done a scene like when Nigel Bates told Claire her mum had died and we saw it from Grant's point of view. This would have been really touching if they did it with the kids.
Sharon's reaction was far too calm for me when she was initially told. |
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I found it really annoying too. EastEnders does this quite a lot. Fair enough that we got to see the instant reaction of Jack and Phil since they were closest to them, but I think it would've been better if we'd seen the reaction of the rest of the Mitchell clan. Others like Stacey, Dot and Kathy could've been saved until the next episode.
It could be a decent technique, but overusing it ruins the impact. We may as well not even have seen Ben, Kathy and Max discussing the deaths with others. Could've saved time by seeing everyone on the square heartbroken and depressed. (With Max, Jack and Phil seen being given the news fully.) |
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Given Phil's condition, I would not have minded just Jack and Glenda being the focus. Jack didn't go looking after Ronnie after she didn't turn up after 20 minutes and Glenda had been a bad mother to them. So many missed opportunities for proper drama with those two.
What's it got to be like to be the third wheel sibling to that duo? That should be explored. |
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NOT the way to write drama.
