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Post by Intoxicated In Cockermouth on Jul 1, 2008 13:28:58 GMT
I had a real laugh out loud (I won't put lol) moment last night when Sally was saying "What if I sold pictures of your children", and Claire, who is rapidly turning into Angela Lansbury, said "The Beatles Aren't Your Children". Maybe not, but Sophie has a certain Ringo-esque quality.
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Post by Mr Kenneth on Jul 1, 2008 13:39:49 GMT
And if I were Sally, I'd have kicked Claire in the crotch. Repeatedly. As Claire pointed out though, she wasn't the one who began picking faults with the house during the sale and removed all the light fittings, potentially causing the expensive electric failure. No, whilst Claire probably should have done as Ashley advised for the sake of harmony in the house and kept schtum, I was on her side when she refused to share the money. Sally burnt the bridges, she can't expect BBF treatment, even if she is grudgingly putting a roof over the Peacock's heads. And on that score, what I don't understand is, Claire was living at her Mum's only a few months ago, whilst she & Ashley were apart. The house was a sizeable 3-bed semi and her Mum lives there alone and it's close enough for regular visits as mentioned last night. So why can't the Peacocks just go and stay there while the electrics are fixed at no.13 instead of cramming into their old place with another family of four? Is it just the soap law of being required to live within 100yards of your work place that's keeping them living with neighbours with whom they are not getting along or has some reason been mentioned as to why they can't? All a bit contrived for effect if you ask me - however entertaining Claire & Sal's arguments are.
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Post by Intoxicated In Cockermouth on Jul 1, 2008 15:14:32 GMT
Are the Morton's being replaced by a new family?
I really want an Asian family to move in- preferably the Masoods, cos they are being wasted on EastEnders.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jul 1, 2008 21:22:22 GMT
As Claire pointed out though, she wasn't the one who began picking faults with the house during the sale... I'd have said she was the one who started it: after the Peacocks' house was undervalued Claire went round picking faults in number 13, and then told Norris it was a slum. Sally was responding in kind (though the light fittings went too far). Losing out on £7000 is one thing, but Claire's super smug face went too far. I'm a bit worried that sweet naive Claire is starting to get lost; we already have the magnificent Sally Webster, we don't need another one.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 3, 2008 10:49:15 GMT
I thought Claire and Ashley were in horrible debt from a struggling business. I know selling their house to the Websters helped, and the business could have suddenly improved, but they didn't get all the money they originally expected, so I'm surprised Claire is going to use all the money from the Beatles stuff on redoing the entire house instead of paying down their bills. Rita and her comedy song reminded me of some of what her character used to be. When they had Vernon meet the bookie father's estranged wife, I thought they were going to have them start something up, then Vernon would leave with her, and he'd be living off the money of the man who helped end his marriage. If the Daily Star is to be believed (and they identified Marcus as being from Emmerdale, so...), Marcus is going to start working as a Botox injector.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jul 5, 2008 7:19:35 GMT
God, Roy and Becky were heartbreaking last night. I wanted to grab them and shake them and tell them to sort it all out. I was so pleased when they did reunite, sort of, at the end of the programme; there was a real tenderness and affection there. But please, Becky, get back in the cafe as soon as possible; though you will be awesome in the Rovers, you belong in Roys. Did anyone see her response to Norris? He asked "what have you got today?" and she just pointed at the pies. Fantastic.
Tony buying up the shop and the garage to expand the factory is one of the most ludicrous storylines ever though. (1) It would make absolutely no economic sense to expand by demolishing all those existing buildings when he could, for example, just move Underworld to an industrial estate somewhere; (2) does he really think he'd get planning permission for an expanded factory, when the entrance is on Gail's front doorstep and lorries wouldn't be able to do a three point turn for deliveries without knocking Dev's down? (3) he's building "luxury" flats round the corner - wouldn't their value be diminished by a much larger factory down the road? It's all a bit tedious and silly, and presumably is just there to make sure we all know that Tony is EVIL.
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 5, 2008 8:48:01 GMT
Ha! So true JSW!! It all seems a little silly.
Oh and Becky and Roy brought me very close to tears I have to say, I do love their relationship.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 5, 2008 9:48:24 GMT
It's all a bit tedious and silly, and presumably is just there to make sure we all know that Tony is EVIL. I know Tony's probably going to get more desperate in his schemes, but their efforts so far have almost made me like him more. Norris fussing on is more annoying than sympathetic, and Sean deserved to be fired after he repeatedly cut out of work for stupid reasons. I do like Kevin, so this will probably be the part where I start hating Tony. The best part of the scenes with Becky and Roy was how disgusted she was with herself after what she said about Hayley. That and the scene at the cafe with Roy blowing into his cleaning glove like it was a paper bag. Peter Barlow's coming back: www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a107362/peter-barlow-returns-to-corrie.html
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Post by pops on Jul 7, 2008 17:06:34 GMT
Ha! So true JSW!! It all seems a little silly. Oh and Becky and Roy brought me very close to tears I have to say, I do love their relationship. It was the bit when Ken was talking about Tracy, and Roy said his relationship with Becky was 'comparable' that got me. I don't think Roy would ever come out and say he loved Becky like a daughter, so that felt like a very realistic, in-character way of him saying how much she meant to him, even if it was to a third party. Sob. If Tony really wanted to make a killing, surely he'd just outsource all the Underworld jobs to somewhere with laxer child labour laws? I also have to say, I think Rita's being very unsporting by not giving Norris first refusal to buy her out. Admittedly, he could never raise the money, but she should at least have offered.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 8, 2008 9:38:01 GMT
Between Marcus touching himself up a few times and Rosie wearing a slightly more modest version of her ongoing tribute to Daisy Duke, those Rover's scenes were very distracting. Nice to see so much of Betty in the first episode.
I'm not sure how Sean lying about an appointment so he could work at Rover's, taking a sick day to go look at flats, and showing up for work late became Tony firing him because he's a homophobe on a power trip. Even if Tony weren't there, I don't know why Carla would keep him around. I wish they'd slow down the pacing just a bit. Tony looked like the world's worst businessman pulling all those stunts on Kevin in only a few hours.
Whenever Wiki makes an appearance, she usually has something funny to say, and they know the right amount of screentime for her; enough to entertain viewers but not so much that people might get sick of her.
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Post by marknyc on Jul 10, 2008 8:28:33 GMT
Between Marcus touching himself up a few times.. Is this why Marcus has suddenly become attractive? It has been annoying me for the past two weeks how this happened. Subliminal sexual messaging explains quite a bit.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 12, 2008 9:29:51 GMT
If anyone wants to know the details of Dev's upcoming story: www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1177150So the man with the shaved head is Jane Danson's husband? Not bad. I might just look for these things where they don't belong, but the way he touched Tony's jacket, the looks he and Tony gave each other and the way he said "proposition", I could easily believe they have a torrid past. I don't know why they've started bringing up Tracey again, but I thought the Ken reunion scenes were all well done, along with Blanche's acidic commentary. What was the bookie's pointless ex-wife wearing around her neck? Is she going to use that to hypnotise some casting director into letting her replace the mother from hell on the Sarah Jane Adventures? I liked the bookie son's shirt the most out of those scenes. All the drama and twists and turns with Steve/Michelle/Becky/etc. is entertaining. Having Simon Gregson back helps. The only part of the story I don't get is why Steve cares about Michelle. I don't think she's a shrew or a complete waste, but he seems to give much more to the relationship than she does.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jul 16, 2008 18:57:04 GMT
Did Jonathan Harvey write tonight's episode? Blanche's take on homosexuality was fantastic, and Auntie Pam with the ham was just utterly bizarre. They missed a few opportunities for some real smut and pork/meat innuendo.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 16, 2008 22:54:47 GMT
Did Jonathan Harvey write tonight's episode? Damon Rochefort. They definitely made great use of Blanche, especially when she put the ham to her ear and said she heard it ticking. The scenes with Jack and Tyrone were also very good. Odd entrance for Auntie Pam. I like her. I don't know how she would believe Sean was straight, but maybe she was just winding him up.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jul 18, 2008 20:19:02 GMT
Carla's raised eyebrow when Michelle exclaimed "A woman!" was a wonderful, wonderful acting choice. Clearly she was imagining another night of tranny love for Steve. I absolutely adore Carla now; she has a fantastic range of comedy facial expressions.
That cliffhanger was eighteen colours of shit though. "Actually love, I think you'll find that I own this pub, the flat above, and I live here with my mother and my daughter, whose grandparents live next door. If anyone's leaving, it's you, darling."
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Post by joshjones on Jul 19, 2008 9:47:34 GMT
I'm trying to figure out if they want to make people go off Michelle or if they just want to make sure we don't blame Steve for having the affair. Simon Gregson being able to show Steve's sympathetic side helps. I just hope Steve stands up for himself soon. Are they planning on breaking these two up?
The first episode was great fun. Lloyd attacking Steve with a pillow, Vernon and the wooden golf clubs, Molly singing "Steve Macdonald had a pub...", the Uptown Girl flamenco proposal. I thought the waiter who talked to Tyrone was cute, not that we'll ever see him again. Pam's also a good addition, she's fun but she doesn't seem too forced.
Was Dev's new mentor saying Dev reminded him of himself at a younger age a joke about that actor previously playing Dev's dad?
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Post by Boswellox on Jul 19, 2008 19:44:14 GMT
That cliffhanger was eighteen colours of shit though. "Actually love, I think you'll find that I own this pub, the flat above, and I live here with my mother and my daughter, whose grandparents live next door. If anyone's leaving, it's you, darling." Exactly, it was really poor and totally illogical. As excellent as Coronation Street is I find it to be hopelessly misandrist and the natural course of events is that Michelle will come out on top. Hence employee Michelle could kick Steve out of his own pub.
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Post by amphibian23 on Jul 20, 2008 15:36:09 GMT
Michelle is so fucking boring. Even though Steve was being such a stupid liar I still sympathise with him. Please put her on the backburners and give Eileen a proper storyline, it's been long enough.
I did a double take at Craig referencing 'The Wire'.
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Post by longsnakemoan on Jul 20, 2008 18:37:01 GMT
That marriage proposal that stopped Tyrone proposing to Molly was the cringiest bit of telly I have seen in a long while. She thrilled too. If I was that poor cow I'd have run him over on the way home for showing me up.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 20, 2008 20:39:06 GMT
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jul 20, 2008 22:23:44 GMT
Re the spoiler: Finally a good reason for The Lovely Violet's neckerchief fetish! She was a lesbian, and therefore wasn't capable of working within the confines of good fashion sense!
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Post by Carrotline on Jul 21, 2008 21:43:49 GMT
Tonight's episode was the best I've seen in a while (not in that long a while, granted. It is Corrie), with all the shenanigans surrounding the return of the randy teacher.
Although the best moment of all was to do with the Mortons of all people. Sinbad had a bit of funny turn and his ex-wife started taking his pulse. He asked where she'd learnt all that from and she said Holby. Partial intersoapiality (sic), perhaps?
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Post by SweatShop on Jan 24, 2013 23:49:19 GMT
Is Corrie alright or pure shit at the moment? It's extremely hard to tell.
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Post by lowculture.co.uk on Jan 25, 2013 0:16:14 GMT
I'm not loving it at the moment. TOO MUCH NICK AND LEANNE.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jan 25, 2013 0:22:07 GMT
Nick/Leanne/Peter can all fuck off. Carla can stay except for when she's being Peter's love slave. That's not what I want from my Carla. Karl and Sunita can also piss off.
Tyrone and Kirsty and Fizz are excellent, and I was heartbroken to find out Hayley's going to be leaving.
Also last week I was ACTUALLY ON CORONATION STREET. I stood behind the bar of the Rovers and everything. It is tiny.
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