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Post by schmindie on Dec 15, 2007 11:46:43 GMT
They got rid of the wrong Mitchell brother, in my opinion. Grant was always a bit crazier and had an eye for the ladies, but when he had his brief return he seemed a bit more mellow - and his and Jane's lusting was great, if only because it pissed Ian off so much. Whilst I don't doubt a "permanent" return of Grant would get old very quickly, getting rid of Phil and having Grant return occassionally รก la Sharon may not be so bad. Not that it'll ever happen, now Kemp is busy stalking gangs and directing episodes of Holby/Casualty.
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Post by meetthecroppers on Dec 15, 2007 21:01:27 GMT
Can anyone fill me in what's happened to the wedding video? I have seen EE sporadically, and on Friday the non-ginger Branning child was putting on a laptop.
Shouldn't that have been done by now? And why was she filming Stacy and the Grinch-what-stole-Christmas in the first place?
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Post by jamiek on Dec 15, 2007 21:05:21 GMT
The the camera broke when it was taken on honeymoon and it's been all
'For fuck sake we need to get that camera fixed but jut don't have the time what with the new baby and all'
Dot was like 'I mean every little thing you do to help your Mum and Dad will be appreciated just now'
to Lauren so then she decided her contribution would be to get the camera fixed because they've been meaning to do it for ages.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Dec 16, 2007 20:35:13 GMT
The birth scene was rubbish. I know some people do have fast births, but it seems it takes longer to have a shit than to have a baby on Albert Square.
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Post by Rad on Dec 16, 2007 23:05:37 GMT
Bloomin 'eck RTD/STD, that avatar could induce epileptic fits!
Has Lauren actually seen the DVD herself yet?
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Dec 16, 2007 23:13:44 GMT
I don't think she has seen it, no. There'll probably be a big get together where they all watch the video and suddenly it cuts to Max and Stacey together, because it's not like EastEnders has ever had a storyline where a character admits to having an affair and a recording of it is broadcast to a large audience.
Cancel it!
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Post by schmindie on Dec 17, 2007 10:27:28 GMT
Bloomin 'eck RTD/STD, that avatar could induce epileptic fits! Has Lauren actually seen the DVD herself yet? Apparently she watches it at some point this week, and tries to hide the DVD on Christmas Day so they all can't watch it. There's lot of dirty looks over Christmas dinner, then someone finds her with the dvd so they all gather round the telly to watch the wedding...
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Dec 17, 2007 13:55:07 GMT
Also, I'm sorry, but how can they put up with the fat branning girl, she's so annoying! Firstly there was the whole hamster birth saga (and what's happened to them by the way? I bet Max flushed them all down the toilet), and then they let her choose a rubbish name for the baby. I can't wait to see the little bitch go through having her parents' messy divorce.
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Post by Rad on Dec 17, 2007 15:47:24 GMT
You're so wrong. Abi is teh awesome. Other than the fact she is supposed to be 11 or 12 and is written as an eight year old (see also, Mitchell, Ben).
I am sort of a bit getting into EE again. Like, I maybe watch it once a week now.
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Dec 17, 2007 20:17:58 GMT
Eastenders is better than Corrie tonight.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
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Post by joshjones on Dec 18, 2007 17:37:41 GMT
June Brown's appearance on Paul O'Grady:
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Post by mcqueen on Dec 18, 2007 17:58:24 GMT
Its still shit- couldnt care less about the Brannings or Slaters- dull dull dull
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Dec 19, 2007 13:25:10 GMT
Seriously! Monday's Eastenders was properly amazing! HERE'S WHY:
- Dot rewrote the nativity, from Yolande's Urbaned Up yoof version. She gave the little roundheaded Branning girl a new role of 'heavenly host' and she was upset because she wanted to be Mary, but then she went through the script and counted that she had way more lines than th girl playing Mary so she got all smug. BRILLIANT.
- Meanwhile, in fit mental news, Steven kept trying to help Pat out at the Caff but kept getting thrown out by Ian, and Sean returned to break into the Slater house and set of dancing christmas tree decorations in order to scare his brilliant mad mum. BRILLIANT. And a bit creepy.
-Aunt Sal (from On The Buses) came to stay for her birthday and she kept saying terribly un PC things with hilarious consequences. My favourite was when she said that the stolen charity box money could have bought Janet a new wheel chair (despite Janet obviously not needing a chair). BRILLIANT.
- Speaking of which, the Down Syndrome's charity box was actually stolen by Billy because he's all poor. At Aunt Sal's party he was playing Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and it ended with Peggy joining in and shouting 'THIEF!' at him in only a way that Peggy could. She pointed and everything. BRILLIANT.
I do not know whether last night's was as amazing because I missed it. It probably went back to being a bit shit unless Heather turned up.
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Post by Bungle on Dec 20, 2007 19:49:09 GMT
Err, are they really going to have Billy et al homeless for Christmas?
OK, so EE is not famous for seasonal cheer but really...
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Post by joshjones on Dec 20, 2007 22:48:19 GMT
Nigel Harman, ex-Dennis, is going to play a gay crossdressing prostitute from around 1750. www.afterelton.com/blog/brianjuergens/eastenders-hunk-plays-gay-period-ballgownThere were also some claims that he said Eastenders asked him back and he turned them down. I doubt that. A few days ago I was watching some of the Youtube clips of Sharon/Dennis and the aftermath of Dennis' murder. At the time I was so sick of the mob stories, but looking again, I'm blown away by the raw pain in Letitia Dean's performance. She went all out, and those scenes where Dot tells her she has to let go, while Sharon is so devastated that she is clawing at her face, they were just everything soaps should be about. I'm also annoyed, and not at all surprised, that Phil was majorly responsible for the events that led up to Dennis' death (even if Dennis was the one stupid enough to leave a phone for the man he beat up), and he never paid a price. Why do they keep writing the same stories for Billy? Why even bother?
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Post by Bungle on Dec 20, 2007 22:52:11 GMT
Oooh, Harman was (is?) gorgeous.
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Post by joshjones on Dec 21, 2007 19:59:50 GMT
What do you think of the current Wicks family/Denise's family? How do they compare to David and Simon Wicks?
Since some of them are being fired or leaving of their own accord, I guess this incarnation of the Wicks wasn't exactly popular with viewers.
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Post by junky on Dec 22, 2007 5:25:20 GMT
Mr Josh Jones I still amalmost convinced you are in fact a soap writer who is trying to gleeen what to do next from us lovely and intelligent peoples- if so- gleeen away .. see the thread on 'cuts' for example. also they were not successful with these wicks' not in the least.
*move to drunken posting at will x x
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Post by joshjones on Dec 22, 2007 6:14:35 GMT
If I were a soap writer, Eastenders would be very different (Carol Jackson would be the star, Tiffany would return from the dead and take over the Vic, there would be more gaying and Phil would be turned into Kenny from South Park). Of course, if I were a soap writer, with my luck, ratings would be somewhere around .5 and I'd be out within a month.
That's too bad about the Wicks, since I was happy to have people on the show who were connected to a core family, instead of more new characters or new families.
One thing I do like about Eastenders is they keep fringe characters for years, even if some of the main people they interacted with are gone. I don't know why, but it's sort of oddly comforting to see Garry or Big Mo still around even when the Slater sisters are just a memory (I like Stacey more than the Slater sisters anyway).
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Post by pauliepoos on Dec 22, 2007 9:28:29 GMT
Is Diane Parish pregnant? She seems to be doing the big coat/stand behind something routine at the moment. I've not seen the Cindy Beale memorial giant bag yet but something fishy is afoot, and I'm sensing motherhood.
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Post by joshjones on Dec 22, 2007 9:54:00 GMT
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Post by joshjones on Dec 24, 2007 19:33:42 GMT
Sorry to double post, but I just got to watch the scenes from last week where Ian made up with Steven and agreed to let him come over for Christmas. He shouldn't have been so thoughtless about Jane, butI was happy to see Ian try to face up to his problems and the problems he and Cindy created. Adam Woodyatt is one of the better actors on Eastenders and it's nice to see him given the opportunity to show those talents. Steven calling him "Dad" was a nice touch, as were Pat's appropriately skeptical and nervous background faces.
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Post by pauliepoos on Dec 24, 2007 20:32:19 GMT
It's been lovely tonight. I don't want doom and gloom served up after dinner tomorrow.
I loved Denise's use of a Christmas wreath to hide her bump, and Heather was fanastic as ever.
NO DOOM AND GLOOM AT CHRISTMAS.
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Post by Rad on Dec 24, 2007 20:42:29 GMT
I echo everything you said Paulie. Maybe it was just a bit of leftover cheer from Joseph/Maria, but it was really heartwarming tonight.
And then it's all going to go tits up in spectacular style, for presumably everyone (including, I suspect, poor Steven), tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2007 18:25:25 GMT
Hevva:"I don't trust anything that vibrates." Shirley:"That's a shame, with your looks it's a major disadvantage."
It doesn't matter what else happens in tonights episodes, that one liner has made it all worthwhile.
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