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Old 11-11-2005, 14:50
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This new Dev storyline is just pathetic and too far-fetched. Every woman who runs one of his shops has child by him so why did this never come up during mad Maya? a few of them would be okay, but ALL of them? Give me strength! Just pure rubbish. Corrie should be trying to pick itself back up but with silly things like this and Ashley going blind :sleep: it never will.
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:01
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Even Sharon Marshall said on This Morning that it was just stupid and unrealistic so your not the only one but I don't watch Corrie so can't comment.
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:14
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Originally Posted by Dannii Harris
Even Sharon Marshall said on This Morning that it was just stupid and unrealistic so your not the only one but I don't watch Corrie so can't comment.
huh?
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:33
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Oh dear Mariah are we trying to divert attention from one plot holes thread to a supposed another.

Sharon Marshall said that Sunita leaving was stupid becasue she liked her as a Character. And as far as I know Dev hasn't had children with everyone who runs one of his shops, but merely Sunita and supposedly
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I won't go into a comparrison of how far fetched some Soaps can go but I will say that this isn't far fetched at all. We know very little about Dev's realtionships to his other shops and those that run them. It is perfectly acceptable to think that Dev could have had many relationships before he met Sunita. And there is no reason why it would have come out at the Mad Maya time anyway.

Further if you watched those eps, which I doubt you did because you don't like the programme, you will remember that Dev went around specifically visting all the hsops and seeing all the people involved. We weren;t privy to these meeting so it is perfectly reasonable to thin that he was checking up on his children. he woldn;t be the first soaps father to have a distant relationship with his children he won't be the last.

I'm not sure where you want Corrie to pick itself up from or what you have against the Ashley storyline but lets not pick holes in something when they aren't really there as yet shall we.
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:35
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Ashley only goes blind in one eye afer a boxing match with nathan, so not as bad as first reported
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:36
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Corrie can sometimes be as far fetched as EE is most of the time
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:57
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ALL soaps are far-fetched or noone would watch them...
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Old 11-11-2005, 15:58
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Originally Posted by pconno1
ALL soaps are far-fetched or noone would watch them...
Yes but this is just too far-fetched - to the point where it's rtather patronising.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:04
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Originally Posted by ~charlie-lou~
Yes but this is just too far-fetched - to the point where it's rtather patronising.
Care to explain how it is just TOO far fetched??
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:09
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Originally Posted by Nancy Leathers
Care to explain how it is just TOO far fetched??
If he had a child with one other shop owner woman, then alright, you could say, 'well it doesn't happen in real life, but still'. But it just sounds so ridiculous. The timing is just all wrong, putting Dev and Sunita in the spotlight when they have been in the shadows for so long now.

It just doesn't work.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:15
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As I've said before I'm not sure from reading around that he does have a whole litter of children around, three as far as I knew.

I suppose it is quite a shock but it isn't far fetch in that it wouldn't happen. Dev was always a womaniser and those who thought that he didn't have a past should think on....

The connection of the shop owner thing you could say that it is easier to disguise his past by paying allomony without being caught out. If you really want far fetched look at Mike Baldwin, three kids, never knew about any of them. Dozy mare. His loins are more active than Dennis Rickman's in his first month in the Square..
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:25
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Corrie must need some new storyliners as all these new ones sound rubbish.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:27
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Originally Posted by Crystal Clear
Corrie must need some new storyliners as all these new ones sound rubbish.
Forget it.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:31
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Originally Posted by Mariah
This new Dev storyline is just pathetic and too far-fetched. Every woman who runs one of his shops has child by him so why did this never come up during mad Maya? a few of them would be okay, but ALL of them? Give me strength! Just pure rubbish. Corrie should be trying to pick itself back up but with silly things like this and Ashley going blind :sleep: it never will.
Mariah, this is the sixth anti-Corrie thread you have created on your short time on the boards. How many more threads about noisy fireworks on Corrie and stuff are you going to create before you get yourself banned?
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:40
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I can't see how someone being blinded (in one eye) in a fight is far fetched.

I'm not sure about the Dev storyline, but it does follow a kind of logic. There was a time when he was always being referred to as visiting his other shops, so he certainly 'took an interest'. Shame Sunita is leaving though, I'd much rather it was Dev.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:47
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Do soaps need to be realistic? I don't think so, not really. As long as they don't all sprout wings and start flying then it's pretty much fine by me. Making it more realistic isn't going to make it more real or believable. The whole thing is unrealistic anyway. Name a real street in the UK where everyone knows each other and blah blah.

It just needs to be modelled around a basic framework and be entertaining.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:56
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Coronation street used to one of my favourite shows but unfortunately it's turned into panto. They will have to get rid of quite a few of the cast to get it back on it's feet again,starting with Diggory,his daughter,the twins(?) from the factory.....
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:59
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I know what you mean Mariah, why can't Coronation Street by realistic and tackle issues which affect our daily lives, take my neighbour who's the landlady of the local pub for instance. She killed her husband, then buried him in the cellar, then her 'friend' dug her up at the dead man's daughter's wedding, and she got arrested for it. Then just this week her daughter finally found out and her chased herr to the airport before confronting her and punching her. Just another day in my neighbourhood.

Most storylines in soaps are far fetched, nobody is supposed to believe it would happen. You watch it for entertainment, not on how realistic it is.
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Old 11-11-2005, 16:59
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Originally Posted by Lippincote
Shame Sunita is leaving though, I'd much rather it was Dev.
Did I miss something a while ago? I thought Dev was sacked from the Street following "a spot of bother". Is he staying after all?
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:01
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Originally Posted by clover
Did I miss something a while ago? I thought Dev was sacked from the Street following "a spot of bother". Is he staying after all?
He wasn't sacked, he was suspended for a while, before being brought back. Although he deserves to be axed more than Sunita. At least she can act.
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:02
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Originally Posted by McPhee
Do soaps need to be realistic? I don't think so, not really. As long as they don't all sprout wings and start flying then it's pretty much fine by me. Making it more realistic isn't going to make it more real or believable. The whole thing is unrealistic anyway. Name a real street in the UK where everyone knows each other and blah blah.

It just needs to be modelled around a basic framework and be entertaining.
I agree realistic is probably the wrong term. Soaps need to be dramatically convincing, and have some kind of internal logic. However they do need some kind of grounding in 'reality' so that we can identify with character's problems and how they're resolved.
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:03
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I don't think Dev was even suspended. He was 'given time out' to deal with his problems (I assume he had to have some kind of 'therapy').
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:05
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Originally Posted by Lippincote
I don't think Dev was even suspended. He was 'given time out' to deal with his problems (I assume he had to have some kind of 'therapy').
The Sun has failed me again. Maybe I should stop reading it.
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:07
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Originally Posted by Live82005
The Sun has failed me again. Maybe I should stop reading it.
lol, hard to believe the Sun are EVER wrong
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Old 11-11-2005, 17:26
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This new Dev storyline is just pathetic and too far-fetched. Every woman who runs one of his shops has child by him so why did this never come up during mad Maya? a few of them would be okay, but ALL of them? Give me strength! Just pure rubbish. Corrie should be trying to pick itself back up but with silly things like this and Ashley going blind :sleep: it never will.
But he has 4 other children and 7 shops? So not every woman who runs his shops has one...
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