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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jul 1, 2007 16:04:08 GMT
That just sounds like the David and Richard Hillman storyline from Corrie.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jul 2, 2007 8:41:59 GMT
Maybe Shirley is actually Cindy?
They pulled it off in Sons & Daughters where Pat came back as the deeply mysterious Alyson Carr.
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Post by booers on Jul 9, 2007 12:49:45 GMT
This better not be true. Didn't Cindy die whilst giving birth in prison? Surely that means there were far too many 'officials' around at the time to fake a death? Pah, EastEnders has long outstayed its welcome on my TV, that's for sure. I have officially given it up.
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Post by MoondialSlater on Jul 9, 2007 18:11:52 GMT
I have officially given it up. Same here. Sorry Stacey.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jul 9, 2007 19:27:23 GMT
My god, the comedy genius of tonight's show.
A drag queen called Charity Case!! Charity Case!! Not only is Charity her first name and Case her last name but it's a play on the phrase charity case!!! And not only that but he/she stares at cute boys and duets with slaggy old bar wenches.
And there's a sheep! In the garage! A sheep in the garage!
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Post by Smudge on Jul 9, 2007 23:31:18 GMT
I completely and utterley do. not. get. it.
...And have reached the conclusion that the joke is on me. Clearly, it's wit that can be appreciated only by people way above my lowly IQ. It actually can not be this crap. It's impossible, I think.
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Post by Steven on Jul 11, 2007 14:41:51 GMT
And given that Stella dies on her wedding day , I won't have a reason to watch before long either.
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Post by Rooneyboy on Jul 11, 2007 16:43:21 GMT
Its shit really isn't it? I am going to start watching whatever is on Channel 5 at the same time from now on.
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Post by schmindie on Jul 11, 2007 22:03:34 GMT
Channel Five should put Neighbours on head to head with Eastenders. The Aussies would win.
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Post by Rad on Jul 12, 2007 8:37:48 GMT
I just found out some Muslim characters are going in next week, so now I'll have to watch again for a bit. Stupid research (especially as I was gunning for them over not having any Muslim characters since the 80s or something)
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Post by Steven on Jul 12, 2007 12:27:09 GMT
Nina Wadia is playing one of them. I love Nina Wadia! I do not, however, love EastEnders.
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Post by Muinimula on Jul 12, 2007 12:45:56 GMT
Nina Wadia is playing one of them. I love Nina Wadia! I do not, however, love EastEnders. For some reason, I read Nina Wadia as Nadia Sawalha, and got very confused, given that Nadia Sawalha was in Eastenders about 10 years ago...remember?
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Post by Steven on Jul 12, 2007 13:11:41 GMT
Annie Palmer! The ballsy businesswoman who, like all ballsy women in EastEnders, was ballsy for about ten minutes and then just simpered a lot.
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Post by pauliepoos on Jul 13, 2007 15:25:50 GMT
DS Phil Hunter arriving in Albert Square should liven things up, although he should be required to take his shit off at least twice a month.
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Post by Rooneyboy on Jul 14, 2007 22:29:27 GMT
DS Phil Hunter arriving in Albert Square should liven things up, although he should be required to take his shit off at least twice a month. Sounds rude!
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Post by cathybradford on Jul 21, 2007 0:19:04 GMT
Well the end of the Stella/Ben storyline while fairly entertaining embodied everything I hate about Eastenders.
Stella explains her mental health issues were made worse by Phil's bullying and total lack of respect and his attitude is 'yeah I know, so what?'. That you're supposed to side with a character who is and has been for years and years now unforgivingly nasty and just plain evil against a woman who is severly emotionally damaged. I was totally on Stella's side and not in a 'because she's a fierce psycho' kinda way but because I really felt sorry for her while thinking Phil was a total bastard.
I'm telling you if Phil was in Corrie Tracy would have killed him years ago but no doubt next year he'll be bullying another woman into simpering drudgery and we'll all be expected to be on his side when she aborts his baby.
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Post by Smudge on Jul 25, 2007 0:37:15 GMT
Now that Sophie Thompson is gone, Eastenders needs to pack it's bags and fuck off to the scrapheap. If Brookside wasn't allowed to continue in all it's genuine and honest glory then I don't see why Eastenders can. I was watching tonight and wanted to crap myself at the sheer annoyance of these two Mitchells who Peggy wasn't even aware existenced which is some mean fete since we all know that Us Mitchells Stick Together and stuffs. Also, I thought Jacqui McQueen was rocking a vintage look over on Hollyoaks, but Samantha Janus' 'do' looks like it fell right out of 1994.
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jul 26, 2007 22:16:15 GMT
For fuck's sake! Everyone keeps going on about how ugly Stella is/was. That random great aunt bitch was rude to her. And one of the new shit Mitchell duo, Ronnie and Bucketfanny, said she looked like Tranny, and tonight said 'there's no excuse for that barnet'. Stella looked perfectly fine, and her hair was nothing particularly interesting and nothing particularly bad.
And today everyone was saying Bradley's new gelled hair looked shit. It looked good! It was like no one had ever seen that hair style before. "You look like you've had an electric shock, son", "I've got a comb if you want."
Those two new Mitchell girls are shit. I hate the way they just invent these new never-seen-before relatives. Even Peggy didn't know who they were!
To celebrate Samantha JAnus's return to our screens here's her Eurovision performance from 1991:
Sadly she was beaten by this:
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Post by raspberry on Jul 28, 2007 18:53:39 GMT
The Janus-Mitchell sister is quite good, the other really isn't. In other news, Phil's gone for a few weeks so the whole show is slightly more bearable for a short while!
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Post by Robbing the Dead on Jul 29, 2007 20:40:07 GMT
I have warmed to JAnus, but really can't stand the other one. She's just a blonde younger/but still not young enough version of Kat Slater.
Idea for new Mitchell: A flaming queen comes mincing into the Vic. "Hi Pegs, you look fab darling! I'm Danny Mitchell, Bennie's boy; now pour me a Bacardi and Coke while I go and find Steps on the Juke Box" The scene ends with him doing the Tragedy dance routine.
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Post by pops on Jul 30, 2007 15:40:31 GMT
For fuck's sake! Everyone keeps going on about how ugly Stella is/was. That random great aunt bitch was rude to her. And one of the new shit Mitchell duo, Ronnie and Bucketfanny, said she looked like Tranny, and tonight said 'there's no excuse for that barnet'. Stella looked perfectly fine, and her hair was nothing particularly interesting and nothing particularly bad. I think the writers were worried we wouldn't realise Stella was meant to be bad from the fact she was abusing Ben - they also had to make her out to be some sort of munter who is considered frumpy by the woman who used to play Olive in the On the Buses and by rights should never have been able to pull a middle-aged, red-faced, thrice-divorced alcoholic ex-con who lives with his mum. The one good thing about Roxy and Ronnie is that they are Mitchells, and unless EastEnders is hoping to go down the Emmerdale-Dingle route, that means they're not likely to be turned into simpering, derranged wrecks by their love of Phil (although I give it a month until one of them is entertaining Max Branning up against the Vic urinals.)
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Post by Nurse Dunkley on Jul 31, 2007 19:42:43 GMT
Due to reasons beyond my control I ended up watching a whole Eastenders yesterday. It really was a lesson in predictable storylines. Observe:
- Ian is trying to knock through a wall himself ... it all falls down! - Sam Janus gets drink all down her top so goes upstairs to change. Ian is then sent up to see her by the one who used to be in Girls @ Play (apparently) ... he ends up catching her in a state of undress! - Pat and Mo argue over a nice vase at the jumble sale ... the vase gets smashed!
Also, does anybody here mention their surname in virtually every sentence and wear it as a badge of honour? Silly Mitchells.
There was a quite fit new fella though, who Honey's taken a shine to. Actually, what with Deano and Sean too, there are some quite nice fellas on the show.
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Post by Muinimula on Jul 31, 2007 21:16:26 GMT
I so hadn't realised the non-Janus Mitchell sister was in Girls@Play! How completely fantastic. She was the 'mechanic', yes? Maybe she'll put her experience to use by working at the Arches. Go on, have a look. It might brighten your day. What I don't understand is...when they turned up to the wedding reception last week, Peggy didn't recognise them as relatives, yet here they are the following week, in charge of the pub while Peggy's away. How would that happen - or is it just cos they're FAAAM'LY?
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Post by pauliepoos on Jul 31, 2007 22:01:58 GMT
Mo is a useless actress but no one gives a look of utter disgust like she can.
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Post by boxedjoy on Aug 1, 2007 9:35:42 GMT
I so hadn't realised the non-Janus Mitchell sister was in Girls@Play! How completely fantastic. She was the 'mechanic', yes? Maybe she'll put her experience to use by working at the Arches. Go on, have a look. It might brighten your day. What I don't understand is...when they turned up to the wedding reception last week, Peggy didn't recognise them as relatives, yet here they are the following week, in charge of the pub while Peggy's away. How would that happen - or is it just cos they're FAAAM'LY? This hasa brightened my life. I loved Girls@Play. The world just wasn't ready for SpiceGirls-meet-VillagePeople girl groups. EDIT: I've just realised the business woman one looks like that transvestite Sam from Big Brother.
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