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Belle Dingle is one of those precocious children that provide a perfect excuse for a national ‘child-catcher’ to incarcerate the lot of them until the age of 16!
(a la ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’ for those that remember the film, although that’s a dubious title these days!)
I jest, of course, but I wish they’d stop trying to inject ‘humour’ by using the Dingle, Hope & Woods runts. Belle and TJ are bad enough, but now we have the half-wit Jamie too who has the intelligence of a 3 year old when it comes to Santa! I hope Alex Carter was as embarassed filming that as I was fast-forwarding through it!
As for having your home repossessed: I actually doubt a family able to afford to buy ‘Home Farm’ would fail to employ accountants to ensure that they were a ‘Limited Company’. It’s a simple procedure that protects the Directors’ homes from the business if it folds.
Even if the entire house (and other properties) were mortgaged together with the business against a loan to finance the deal with ‘Polak’ I fail to see how someone can repossess their property when they are owed payments from ‘Polak’ for more than the value! Their solicitor would've issued a counter claim naming 'Polak' as the creditors.
Besides, Mill Cottage was given to Carl by de Souza, so it isn't an asset of the company.
It doesn’t make sense….or are the viewers expected to just believe everything that’s said, no matter how implausible just for the sake of drama?
wells posted:
I noticed Bell Dingle, acknowledged she was born on Christmas Day on tonight's episode, despite the fact that last year they seemed to totally forget this and she had her birthday in the middle of year. 
Belle Dingle is one of those precocious children that provide a perfect excuse for a national ‘child-catcher’ to incarcerate the lot of them until the age of 16!
(a la ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’ for those that remember the film, although that’s a dubious title these days!)
I jest, of course, but I wish they’d stop trying to inject ‘humour’ by using the Dingle, Hope & Woods runts. Belle and TJ are bad enough, but now we have the half-wit Jamie too who has the intelligence of a 3 year old when it comes to Santa! I hope Alex Carter was as embarassed filming that as I was fast-forwarding through it!
As for having your home repossessed: I actually doubt a family able to afford to buy ‘Home Farm’ would fail to employ accountants to ensure that they were a ‘Limited Company’. It’s a simple procedure that protects the Directors’ homes from the business if it folds.
Even if the entire house (and other properties) were mortgaged together with the business against a loan to finance the deal with ‘Polak’ I fail to see how someone can repossess their property when they are owed payments from ‘Polak’ for more than the value! Their solicitor would've issued a counter claim naming 'Polak' as the creditors.
Besides, Mill Cottage was given to Carl by de Souza, so it isn't an asset of the company.
It doesn’t make sense….or are the viewers expected to just believe everything that’s said, no matter how implausible just for the sake of drama?
PT
I love the suttle ways they're trying to axe most of the characters recently. Why don't they just have another huge random explosion or something like always.
The show plays mostly on overdramatic tosh these days anyway.
The show plays mostly on overdramatic tosh these days anyway.
ST
I guess you're still watching despite the lack of 'suttle' (sic) storylines, as I am sure many continue to watch EastEnders or Corrie.
Emmerdale may have had 3 explosions in it's 30 years (Plane. Storm, and Home Farm) but I don't think they need another one.
Look what happened to Brookside after they went with extreme storylines - the set got sold this week for a third of its retail value as domestic homes, and that was after refurbishment and without a TV deal!
Basically, big storylines don't always involve death, explosions or destruction.
Not quite for this thread, but the best are those struggling with a character's internal demons - which makes me recall a Christmas Corrie where Ken Barlow was about to commit suicide. He was saved after a talking to by Bet Lynch: although the arrival of a leopard-skin clad diva wearing a false wig and more surface than the M60 on her face would've had me diving for the pills rather than the key for t'back door to let her in! Such is soap, though.
Not a suggested topic for writers, but nonetheless an episode that invited people into the mind of the character and made the actor play the part to the best of their ability.
If producers want to sack actors they can stick them in the next taxi/bus out of the town/village/city/canal. There is no need for anything explosive when it's urgent.
nok32uk posted:
I love the suttle ways they're trying to axe most of the characters recently. Why don't they just have another huge random explosion or something like always.
The show plays mostly on overdramatic tosh these days anyway.
The show plays mostly on overdramatic tosh these days anyway.
I guess you're still watching despite the lack of 'suttle' (sic) storylines, as I am sure many continue to watch EastEnders or Corrie.
Emmerdale may have had 3 explosions in it's 30 years (Plane. Storm, and Home Farm) but I don't think they need another one.
Look what happened to Brookside after they went with extreme storylines - the set got sold this week for a third of its retail value as domestic homes, and that was after refurbishment and without a TV deal!
Basically, big storylines don't always involve death, explosions or destruction.
Not quite for this thread, but the best are those struggling with a character's internal demons - which makes me recall a Christmas Corrie where Ken Barlow was about to commit suicide. He was saved after a talking to by Bet Lynch: although the arrival of a leopard-skin clad diva wearing a false wig and more surface than the M60 on her face would've had me diving for the pills rather than the key for t'back door to let her in! Such is soap, though.
Not a suggested topic for writers, but nonetheless an episode that invited people into the mind of the character and made the actor play the part to the best of their ability.
If producers want to sack actors they can stick them in the next taxi/bus out of the town/village/city/canal. There is no need for anything explosive when it's urgent.
PT
I'm not saying they need big disasters. Basically the scripting in Emmerdale is ridiculous. The continuity is there and it's just something to watch when having your tea, but the scripts are just pitiful (in my opinion).
ST
Nok, I think it can be: I am not disagreeing with you there. It's difficult, surely, to slap out 70 minutes of 'soap' every week and not try to pad it out sometimes.
But they try too hard with some strands (the Brats, for example) it's alienating part of the audience.
If I was a parent settling down for the night I wouldn't want to be reminded of the kids in the other room on their XBOX/PS3 or whatever, even if the inclusion relates to reality for some. I also wouldn't want an adult wandering around talking about a 'magical post box' to Santa.
nok32uk posted:
I'm not saying they need big disasters. Basically the scripting in Emmerdale is ridiculous. The continuity is there and it's just something to watch when having your tea, but the scripts are just pitiful (in my opinion).
Nok, I think it can be: I am not disagreeing with you there. It's difficult, surely, to slap out 70 minutes of 'soap' every week and not try to pad it out sometimes.
But they try too hard with some strands (the Brats, for example) it's alienating part of the audience.
If I was a parent settling down for the night I wouldn't want to be reminded of the kids in the other room on their XBOX/PS3 or whatever, even if the inclusion relates to reality for some. I also wouldn't want an adult wandering around talking about a 'magical post box' to Santa.
PT
Especially on christmas day!
Much like they've added snow to tonight's The Family Christmas Special.
miss hellfire posted:
nok32uk posted:
I do hate it when it snows in soaps.
Especially on christmas day!
Much like they've added snow to tonight's The Family Christmas Special.