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Has Coronation St mutated into a hybrid Crossroads? |
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Has Coronation St mutated into a hybrid Crossroads?
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The storylines are becoming so tedious, silly and without any sense of drama. The comedy doesn't work. The acting is really bad. And now we have characters from Birmingham. Crossroads is back! |
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:yawn:
Not another Corrie bashing thread |
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Originally Posted by JPS Corrie King
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Not another Corrie bashing thread ![]() And for what it's worth, I *loved* Crossroads, in all it's forms. |
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I'm not bashing Corrie at all. I love it! I just admire the way in which the new producers are trying their best to bring back the spirit of Crossroads.
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One character who lived in Birmingham, who is in fact from the South East hardly means that Coronation Street has recruited Brummies in their drones!
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I think the OP deserves more consideration than that.
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I loved Crossroads and I'm beginning to love Corrie more and more. My only problem with the show at the moment is the humour and the silly storylines that don't work. I am laughing at the bad acting rather than the intended funny storylines.
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Bad acting by who?
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Originally Posted by Elsie Tanner
One character who lived in Birmingham, who is in fact from the South East hardly means that Coronation Street has recruited Brummies in their drones!
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Bad acting by who?
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Ok. If you're so quick to say "who cares" then why even bring this up?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lannyboy
My evidence:
The storylines are becoming so tedious, silly and without any sense of drama. The comedy doesn't work. The acting is really bad. And now we have characters from Birmingham. Crossroads is back! |
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Originally Posted by JPS Corrie King
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Not another Corrie bashing thread |
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I would have taken this thread seriously hadn't the poster had a join date of November and 7 posts!
Go to bed.......Steph |
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Thats not evidence. Its random thoughts you've gathered from various posts in hope of getting people to support your theory. Obviously appealing to the uneducated forum members?
I think you are getting too deep here methinks! I haven't read any other posts and yes, I was giving my own thoughts on the show. My evidence wasn't meant to be scientific... lol ! Why are you getting so uptight about Crossroads?? |
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Originally Posted by skf1
I would have taken this thread seriously hadn't the poster had a join date of November and 7 posts!
Go to bed.......Steph What has November and 7 posts go to do about my post? |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lannyboy
My evidence:
The storylines are becoming so tedious, silly and without any sense of drama. The comedy doesn't work. The acting is really bad. And now we have characters from Birmingham. Crossroads is back! Your points, are too generalised to be able to respond to, but you can say that there's a definite sense of drama when the storyline is done properly. Think Sunita - she was amazing last night, and that's just one example. The comedy does work - i do laugh when I watch it, although in all fairness I do prefer the more subtle humour, with the likes of Fred Elliot compared to Diggory or Molly. I disagree with your comment about the acting being really bad. Ok, there are a couple of dodgy members in the cast, but by no means do they form the majority. It's like any place in the country where people work in that there are the shirkers, who do the bare minimum, but are fortunate enough to get carried by colleagues, that's all, nothing major. No way could you describe the acting standard in corrie as being "bad". |
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Originally Posted by lannyboy
I think you are getting too deep here methinks! I haven't read any other posts and yes, I was giving my own thoughts on the show. My evidence wasn't meant to be scientific... lol ! Why are you getting so uptight about Crossroads??
If your going to make such sweeping statements about the show then to back them up with examples would help your argument. Otherwise you come across, as you have as trying to stir trouble or worse, a 15 year old girl
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Originally Posted by lannyboy
Who cares anyway, it's only a soap!
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Originally Posted by xflare
:yawn: Not another Corrie fan boy
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Originally Posted by studenting
Its not evidence in the first place, scientific or not. I'm not getting too deep I'm simply pointing out what a pointless and uninformed thread this is. It almost borders on trolling.
If your going to make such sweeping statements about the show then to back them up with examples would help your argument. Otherwise you come across, as you have as trying to stir trouble or worse, a 15 year old girl ![]() |
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Originally Posted by lannyboy
OK I take your point. Maybe a 15 year old girl could give some examples of the bad acting and poor storylines of late but I also think I am experienced enough to point out the defeciencies in the show too. I'm not trolling. I have watched Coronation St religiously for the past 2 and a half years. It is steadily getting worse. At the moment I am getting a kick out of the Crossroads connection.
I'm going to reread this thread, obviously I have missed something!! Steph ![]() EDIT: Your evidence could be applied to any soap! Maybe Louise from Emerdale is taking Emmerdale in a Summer Bay direction......did Ruth in EE turn Albert Square into Take the High Road? If that is your case...I tried to see your point, but I cant! |
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Originally Posted by lannyboy
OK I take your point. Maybe a 15 year old girl could give some examples of the bad acting and poor storylines of late but I also think I am experienced enough to point out the defeciencies in the show too.
Granted you may not have been trolling but threads like this are incredibly frustrating because they take 5 seconds to start and constantly seem to have hidden agendas. |
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I watched corrie for the first time in ages yesterday, and everything seemed so behind the times!
like 'wow people are vegetarian these days' whatever next, it was like being in the 1970s, i really dont think people like Craigs grandad would be so appaled these days, maybe the odd comment or two...but not enough for 3 cringeworthy episodes. and am i the onlyone who doesnt care for Dev or Sunitta, i have never liked either character, all their storylines have seemed contrived. people may bash EE for being all about gangsters and being unrealistic, but in drama and script terms its been far ahead of corrie lately. |
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Originally Posted by studenting
Experienced enough in what?? If your trying to convince a forum of your theories then you'd want to be around a hell of a lot longer then 10 minutes in order to make those statements.
Granted you may not have been trolling but threads like this are incredibly frustrating because they take 5 seconds to start and constantly seem to have hidden agendas. I have been reading the posts on this group for years. I still think that Corrie is sinking fast! Just my thoughts!
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