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Post by joshjones on Jul 9, 2008 20:23:05 GMT
If you give Ashley Taylor Dawson and Carley Stenson the material, they'll give you fantastic work just about every time. I almost wonder if they're going to eventually have them get together, but probably not.
Did they use the usual shrill closing title music?
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Post by ladyred on Jul 9, 2008 22:23:07 GMT
Is it my imagination or did steph and darren make whoopee at one point and they broke up due to him freaking out about her epilepsy? Which has just reminded me about that HO late night (after school) special when she was possessed by another of Toby's victims. How does Carly put up with the shit they throw at her?
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Post by Carrotline on Jul 10, 2008 11:50:24 GMT
Sorry to report, but yes they did use the usual horrid "dunk dunk dunk" theme music when it ended. Even after all this time, I still cringe whenever I hear it. *shudder
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Post by smackaddict on Jul 10, 2008 15:16:09 GMT
hello all, been stalking this for a while so thought i'd sign up.
quick question, how does niall know that myra is his mum when she never told anyone (apart from her own mum, obv) that she ditched the baby? though that could probably be solved with 'this is hollyoaks'.
joe xx
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Post by meryl on Jul 10, 2008 17:51:48 GMT
all i can say to that is that the bloody storyline has dragged on so long i can't remember. didn't he steal her purse many months ago? altho how that helped him work it out is a mystery.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 10, 2008 18:50:50 GMT
ladyred, I think you're right. Darren was with Steph, then dumped her and got together with Debbie, then hit on Frankie.
Carrotline, thanks. I wish I were more surprised. I thought they were going to do something about that end title. If there was ever a time to make the change, isn't the funeral of one of the show's most beloved characters a good start?
smackaddict, when Niall came to town, he had a letter I presume Myra had left with him when he was a baby, explaining what she'd done. Around Christmas, he burned the letter, to show viewers he meant business (even though he would then go on to ignore Myra for months while he chased after Steph, but hey, I guess if I had to choose between spending time with the current McQueen family, and hanging out with Steph, I'd do the same).
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 10, 2008 21:45:42 GMT
That interview drove me insane- why did they keep saying he has been in the show for 2 and a half years when they also said (correctly)that he joined in Sept 2006? God. Oh and James mentioned the immortal words " six-thirty"Oh and Calvin can just piss right off. Please dont tell me that is it for Alek? He must return!
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Post by joshjones on Jul 11, 2008 12:54:11 GMT
E4: They finally got the end titles right, using the old Hollyoaks theme music and clips of Max and OB. The part where OB saw Max right before he left for good was one of the more moving exits I can remember from a soap in a while. Like a few of you have said, they've done the aftermath much more effectively than the death itself. A very nice sendoff for Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries.
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Post by nixxxon on Jul 11, 2008 19:17:04 GMT
E4: I loved the little opening scene of Niall and John Paul unconsciously acting like brothers. Although I may have been influenced by the extreme closeup on James Sutton's crotch.
The two of them this episode was possibly the first thing to make sense in the Niall storyline - I can totally buy him warming to John Paul now he sees him as being rejected by Myra as well, enjoying having his brother around and keeping Kieran away so he can have him to himself. Of course, next episode they'll probably forget all about that and have Niall try to kill them both.
Oh and I do hope James Sutton gets to do some comedy after this, he's got great comic timing - I loved the throwaway about the beef in the butter.
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Post by danproject76 on Jul 11, 2008 19:36:53 GMT
I can't believe that I've just enjoyed a whole episode of Hollyoaks (E4)!
New writer (as far as I know) and new (in places) title sequence that zips even faster than the old one. If I was epileptic I'd be having an eppy.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 12, 2008 10:00:46 GMT
New opening credits: So many people. I guess as long as you're not over 40, you get in the credits. I had no idea who the man in the distant shot is, the one wearing the pink scarf. The video says Malachy, which makes sense, although I don't remember Malachy ever dressing that way. Even being a smackhead Fletch still has that shot that makes him look 10 years old.
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Post by nixxxon on Jul 12, 2008 10:12:35 GMT
And Jacqui gets YET ANOTHER new credits shot, while John Paul still has that constipated look he's had since the credits relaunched.
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Post by joshjones on Jul 12, 2008 10:32:48 GMT
They have to do something to make up for Clare Cooper getting a year of rubbish stories about teh babeez. Apparently the best way to get a new shot, if you aren't Jacqui, is to drastically change your hair.
I still don't know what to make of the Louise shot. I suppose she's being chased by someone and decides to make sexy faces so they'll leave her alone.
Poor Cindy. Her shot sort of says it all about their view of her character.
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 12, 2008 10:35:12 GMT
I just watched Fridays episode- that photo of Tom in the apartment was freaky.
My favourite part was when the Fartease post was rolled out on the pool table, Elliot looked and it, took a second, pointed at it and exclaimed "It's Sarah!!" I dunno why that cracked me up but it did.
Boo to the new girl- shes a bit of a shit actress, will give her a couple of weeks to adjust.
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Post by Bridgey on Jul 12, 2008 10:38:27 GMT
Re new credit sequence:
Dear God, the Asian Carmel looks posively Shabnamic. Overall, it's all too disorientating for me.
Bridgey xxx
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Post by Joel on Jul 12, 2008 12:25:52 GMT
I have no idea who half those people are.
I don't like how thin Cindy looks now. She looks kinda ill. I think I shall call her Thindy.
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 12, 2008 13:59:25 GMT
I don't like how thin Cindy looks now. She looks kinda ill. I think I shall call her Thindy. That will always remind me of the Brady Bunch movie "Theee you on that theee-thaww Thindy!!"
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Post by Rad on Jul 12, 2008 19:00:11 GMT
I'm assuming Thindy is also what Tom calls her?
EDIT: I just saw the funeral episode. Blub. How can Hollyoaks be so shit most of the time when it is capable of stuff that is as good as that?
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 13, 2008 9:26:11 GMT
I just noticed that Sugababes accoustic version of "About You Now" (from Whiley's Live Lounge) is in the top 40 itunes downloads- that the power of the 'Oaks init.
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Post by KentDan on Jul 13, 2008 11:19:24 GMT
Who the hell is the girl with the heart glasses???
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Post by Boswellox on Jul 13, 2008 12:39:12 GMT
According to the NOTW, David Judge (aka Danny Valentine) was fired from the show on Thursday for 'persistent bad time keeping' and 'escorted' from the set. Big loss!
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Post by nixxxon on Jul 13, 2008 13:05:55 GMT
I figured it was Spawn of Cindy?
Didn't Pob replace Shouty Valentine who was fired for exactly the same reason? There's obviously a lesson to be learnt - "No Mum, don't make me get out of bed and shoot scenes with Calvin. He's just... too... boring..."
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Post by mcqueen on Jul 13, 2008 13:50:40 GMT
Didn't Pob replace Shouty Valentine who was fired for exactly the same reason? There's obviously a lesson to be learnt - "No Mum, don't make me get out of bed and shoot scenes with Calvin. He's just... too... boring..." Indeed it was- I think rubbish Tranny left for a few months in the same week with no explanation at the height of Kressica fever (well over at DS and the official forum anyway). Cant say I'll miss pob either- he had the oddest facial expressions- I say recast a hotter boyfriend for Hannah or take this opportunity to write out the Valentines at long last.
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Post by Boswellox on Jul 13, 2008 15:31:51 GMT
Cant say I'll miss pob either- he had the oddest facial expressions- I say recast a hotter boyfriend for Hannah or take this opportunity to write out the Valentines at long last. Time for a killing spree ending?
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Post by joshjones on Jul 13, 2008 18:18:02 GMT
Didn't Pob replace Shouty Valentine who was fired for exactly the same reason? There's obviously a lesson to be learnt - "No Mum, don't make me get out of bed and shoot scenes with Calvin. He's just... too... boring..." Or don't be friends with Justin Burton. They used to have Justin and Danny go around together in Danny's first few months on the show, for no apparent reason other than Justin was friends with Sonny. Justin's ties to that family used to puzzle me. Based solely on being Sonny/Danny's friend, he would live there for extended periods of time, not paying rent, sometimes smoking the dreaded marijuana cigarettes, deflowering Sasha (they never found out about that, did they?); he even moved back in there during one of his breakups with Rapeboat. I kept waiting for Calvin to find out his houseguest had done his sister and kept quiet while Calvin was suspected of pushing Clare out the window, but he never did. Maybe they felt guilty because they threw his sisters out of the house and they went on to die in the pubicide. I eventually started to like Danny, once they stopped writing him as the sleaze and put him with Hannah. He was also the only Boringtine child who did not have to learn to act oncamera. I wish they could just write the whole family out.
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