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Post by Ugly Netty on Jan 25, 2013 0:22:42 GMT
I don't watch it but still can't get my head round the fact that Conrad Gates is now Nicky Tilsley.
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Post by SweatShop on Jan 25, 2013 0:25:22 GMT
I went back to it after QUITE A WHILE and genuinely had little idea of what was going on. When the fuck did we find out that CINDY BEALE spawned Leanne?
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Post by jetsetwilly on Jan 25, 2013 23:09:49 GMT
Poor Tyrone getting accused of being a wife beater is actually upsetting me. I feel so frustrated. It's also making me angry with Eileen, which will never do.
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Post by Maureen on Jan 25, 2013 23:38:04 GMT
When the fuck did we find out that CINDY BEALE spawned Leanne? Oh that gem of a storyline was hatched and despatched within about two weeks, with all the foresight and sensitivity of a happy hour in a bar in Kavos in high season. It's really quite astounding how much they're throwing at StellaCindy to keep her relevant. There's barely a scene she isn't photobombing with her Geri Halliwell-style self-help book wisdom. I like Michelle Collins but this was a poor casting decision and it seems they're only keeping her around to prove a point – she's a terrible character. Her 'affairette' with Jason, from random bonk to calling each other pet names and snogging in the bar over the space of TWENTY minutes, was gobsmackingly bad. She may as well just walk around in a T-shirt saying LIKE ME on the front and RELEVANT TO STORYLINES on the back; it'd be more subtle.
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Post by Paul on Jan 28, 2013 20:01:15 GMT
Gail getting all moist over her Italian whimsy is quite thrilling.
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Post by pops on Jan 28, 2013 22:04:02 GMT
Poor Tyrone getting accused of being a wife beater is actually upsetting me. I feel so frustrated. It's also making me angry with Eileen, which will never do. I always hate seeing Tyrone upset - at the risk of sounding like Claudia Winkleman on the Strictly results show, there's something about Alan Halsall's little face that makes me want to give him a bear hug and tell him it will be alright. The only Corrie character I find harder to watch get upset is Roy, so I'm really not looking forward to Hayley's exit. (Although at the same time, I kind of hope they kill her off, rather than have her leave him. If Roy and Hayley can't make it, what hope is there for the rest of us?)
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Post by Bungle on Jan 29, 2013 15:51:07 GMT
Just read about Sunita's next storyline. Burning to death in the Rovers. Can't wait - she's gone from a nice character to a terrible, illogical one. I only hope that Carl dies too (although I presume he won't).
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Post by quincyme on Jan 29, 2013 17:38:49 GMT
I think Karl will be the one setting the fire, was he not axed at the same time?
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Post by Paul on Jan 29, 2013 18:11:09 GMT
Imagine if Adam buffed up a little and cut his hair like Jarhead Jake. He'd still be a crap actor, but... mmmmm. Was JonSpice taken with Adam in Celebrity Big Brother?
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Post by seamus on Feb 2, 2013 16:24:51 GMT
Corrie is really frustrating me at the moment. It's written like a cartoon where the reset button happens after every episode. I mean, I did enjoy Gail being duped by moustache twirling Lewis last night because it was hilarious. But it took a huge suspension of disbelief that Gail who had been warning Audrey off Lewis for months and months and months beforehand about him being a con-man would fall for him as easily as she did.
I much preferred the Tyrone/Kirsty storyline before Fiz got involved as well. I really felt for Tyrone beforehand but I hate Fiz so much especially after all the John Stape shit that I just want Kirsty to ruin her. I feel like they made the same mistake after Carla's rape when her and Peter got back together. There was not enough healing time for the characters before they jumped into the next relationship and everything was fine.
Speaking of Carla, her, Peter and Leanne used to be my favourite characters before the awful triangle that ruined them all for me. Carla keeps getting groundhog day storylines where she falls for other women's husbands, lusts after them while settling for a bad relationship and then everyone somehow dies around her. Peter was a great character before he instantly fell in love with Carla and prepared to go to jail for life and abandon his son for her. Leanne flip-flopping between Peter and Nick really irks me as well. Maybe if Adam Rickett was still playing Nick, there would be at least a nostalgia factor but I just don't think she has chemistry with Ben Price at all. Nick is worse than all three, though. He is so selfish, spoilt and I hate the way he bullied Kylie (who has become awesome, by the way) about the abortion as if it was her intention to get pregnant and ruin his happiness.
Maureen's summation of CindyStella absolutely hit the nail on the head about why I can't stand her. There was so much potential writing Leanne's mother onto the show and interesting storylines that could have ran for months but it was so haphazard and rushed that it was hard to get invested. And on a similar note, why has Tina been shoehorned into every single story going. The surrogacy story, she knows about Tyrone's abuse, David and Kylie's dramas. I'm surprised she's not helping Carla run the factory. Oh, no wait that's Michelle, prototype!Tina.
At least Sylvia returned last night. I know she's Lidl version Blanche but I'll take what enjoyment I can get.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Feb 2, 2013 21:52:24 GMT
"Fans" of Lloyd's bit, Mandy, might be interested to know that she has written her autobiography, Dancing to the Beat of the Drum. From her website: I hope she's a better writer than she is an actress. www.nomvetedancingtothebeat.com/book.html
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Post by quincyme on Feb 3, 2013 0:43:48 GMT
What was with the olives in Gails kitchen?
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Post by seamus on Feb 3, 2013 13:38:07 GMT
Gail was ordering 5 crates of olives for the bistro in an email, Lewis distracted her, changed the order to 500, sent the email and made Gail look incompetent. I guess they are keeping the excess olives in the Platts for visual gags.
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Post by Bungle on Feb 3, 2013 21:03:53 GMT
I remember the same thing happening in EastEnders years ago and I was relieved when they didn't do the silly hand wringing that Corrie went for - instead, Peggy told the person responsible (Sam?) not to be so stupid, all she had to do was call the supplier as a) most things are sale or return and b) the supplier needs them more than they need the supplier - the Vic would just threaten to buy their stuff elsewhere if they didn't help out with what was obviously a mistake.
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Post by pops on Feb 3, 2013 22:10:15 GMT
Nick is worse than all three, though. He is so selfish, spoilt and I hate the way he bullied Kylie (who has become awesome, by the way) about the abortion as if it was her intention to get pregnant and ruin his happiness. I really like Kylie too - they've softened her character without simply turning her into Becky #2. As daft as the whole Lewis-Gail plot was, I do appreciate Lewis pointing out that she's far too good for the Platts in his farewell speech. Also, it's probably between her and Jacqui off Hollyoaks for the "Why Miss Jones, with your hair down you're beautiful" Soap Award - both incredibly pretty actresses who somehow manage to look quite hard-faced on their respective soaps.
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Post by Paul on Feb 4, 2013 20:08:01 GMT
If Gail had turned up at Weatherfield Police Station with a copy of the dvd Lewis let and made a complaint that he'd stolen the money from her bank account without her knowledge, surely they'd take her seriously?
When Audrey said of Gail "she's no daughter of mine" it made me think of her son, hardworking businessman Stephen in Canada. I saw him once in Paperchase once on Tottenham Court Road and he was quite the DILF.
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Post by Maureen on Feb 4, 2013 20:29:15 GMT
This is all such a big steaming turd. The Tyrone storyline needs a terminal bullet to the brain; Gail falling head over heels for Dr Latimer the Younger was about as believable as Caprice being able to go on an 18-30 holiday; the Gollum Tilsley/Leanne Battersby reunion is utter shite and would never happen in a zillion years; Maria and Marcus getting together as a couple has been handled with all the sensitivity of a breast examination by Edward Scissorhands and on top of all that Tracy and her gums are still slinking around the cobbles with nary a sign of an acting class. It makes me want to throw my TV into the toilet and piss in it, before setting my house on fire.
Nice to see Eileen sticking it to Gail, though. But that's it.
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Post by Paul on Feb 4, 2013 20:41:19 GMT
It would be too much to ask to expect Tyrone to have filmed that conversation on his iPhone.
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Post by Bungle on Feb 5, 2013 1:36:46 GMT
Watched the first of tonight's eps - I thought it was transparent in the half-hearted/nonsensical 'interview' with Tracy that she was going to be part of the factory floor?
As ever, her role is ridiculous.
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Post by pops on Feb 11, 2013 20:59:43 GMT
I really wish they'd locked Fiz up for her part in John Stape's crimes. "Oh no, how could anyone think I was in on my husband's murderous schemes just because I committed fraud to get my hands on the money of one of his victims and helped him dispose of a body?" It would have been for her own good - she proved again tonight that she's too bloody stupid to survive on the outside. (I also struggle to believe that there's only one TV chez Platt, I can't imagine Kylie and Gail have the same taste in telly.)
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Post by Bungle on Feb 13, 2013 19:41:40 GMT
It's difficult to believe that a single person gives a shit about this Faye/real dad storyline. As with everything concerning that family, it just screams "well, we need to give them SOMETHING". Ian Puleston-Davies is too good an actor for a character as casually hateful ("over-protective") as Owen, but everyone else in the family has really found their level.
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Post by Maureen on Feb 13, 2013 19:52:49 GMT
While I appreciate that they're trying to explore the idea of a parent not being able to handle a gay child's sexuality, did they really have to give this weighty task to one of the worst actresses on the show. When Mandy speaks, I feel all the joy and energy being sucked out of the room, like I'm sitting in a food dehyrdator. She's more wooden than the bar she stands so awkwardly behind. Also, her daughter's transition from "Ooh not sure about being a lesbian" to "Fingers and tops in the bistro" is astoundingly speedy even by Corrie's standards.
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Post by Bungle on Feb 22, 2013 20:52:21 GMT
It's difficult to believe that a single person gives a shit about this Faye/real dad storyline. I'd like to reiterate this.
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Post by Bungle on Feb 25, 2013 19:39:00 GMT
I hope Faye's dad goes mad and blows up the Windass house (while Gary's out).
(I realise I'm a broken record)
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Post by Maureen on Feb 26, 2013 20:31:14 GMT
I hope Faye's dad goes mad and blows up the Windass house (while Gary's out). While Katy has popped over for a cup of sugar, hopefully. Or is it Katie? Katii? I mean, if I cared less about this character I'd be brain dead. Faye and Izzy have killed off any interest I had in the Windass clan in a two-pronged attack of 'Who gives a shit?" Every storyline they touch turns to faeces within seconds.
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