trashpony
Hag
I was thinking just that!
*The Archers thread
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pennimania
still dre and drooling
Doesn't Dubversion live somewhere near there?
trashpony
Hag
Who cares?
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
I do
I demand that a soap opera which has moved slower than a game of postal chess for the last 50 years actually plays out it's storylines and doesn't just wash them all away.
Yes, poor poor Bert. He sounded so lonely without her.Oh, indeed. Poor Bert.
I've gone a bit blinkeyed.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
The editor bloke was on feedback/the media show (they all roll into one really) the other day and instead of explaining what is going on with TA he spent the whole time saying 'well we were the first soap and all those dramatic effects, cliffhangers etc, we developed those first, not Eastenders' which irritated me, esp as he was faced with a lot of people saying they weren't enjoying the use of such effects. And he dredged up examples from 50 years ago which I thought was a bit dull.
There was however one listener who claimed to be on the edge of her seat all week as it was all so dramatic. I thought maybe she needed to get out more
There was however one listener who claimed to be on the edge of her seat all week as it was all so dramatic. I thought maybe she needed to get out more
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
I heard him. I don't usually use profanity me but he came across as a right cunt.
All he did was tell the listeners (us!) that we were wrong. Bastard! Fucker!
story
Changing the facts
Okay.
Now I've been listening to The Archers since long time gone.
I hated the Nu Archers stuff
But I just listened to last Sunday's omnibus.
And this may just be because I've got so many changes going on in my own life.
But.
I think it's going to be okay.
It will settle down.
Bert will stay at Brookfield, as an old retainer.
Fallon will take over The Bull.
Pip will be a force for change at Brookfield, like Dave was in his time. And David will resist, like Phil did.
Charlie will be like Linda Snell was: hated and vilified and then finally accepted into village life.
Justin Elliot will be a wind of change in the background, but become enamoured of village life and thus less destructive.
Tony and Pat will become boring stuck old sods, like compass points, like old ma Gran wassername.
It will all settle down and become slow and easy backwater gripewater again.
Now I've been listening to The Archers since long time gone.
I hated the Nu Archers stuff
But I just listened to last Sunday's omnibus.
And this may just be because I've got so many changes going on in my own life.
But.
I think it's going to be okay.
It will settle down.
Bert will stay at Brookfield, as an old retainer.
Fallon will take over The Bull.
Pip will be a force for change at Brookfield, like Dave was in his time. And David will resist, like Phil did.
Charlie will be like Linda Snell was: hated and vilified and then finally accepted into village life.
Justin Elliot will be a wind of change in the background, but become enamoured of village life and thus less destructive.
Tony and Pat will become boring stuck old sods, like compass points, like old ma Gran wassername.
It will all settle down and become slow and easy backwater gripewater again.
I hope you're right too story, but much of the recent plotting has seemed a bit, well, pointless. The Brookfield storyline could never really ratch up any tension because they were obviously never going to move and it was a way to create family tension, eg with Kenton. The flood was so that Ruth could come back and do her usual nauseating 'we're so looky' number, all problems forgotten though in real life they would have some hefty expenses to cover. I think this sort of storylining makes listeners feel manipulated and annoyed.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
It annoys me (in as much as it crossed my mind briefly) that the script writers made such a big thing about getting the flood right from a farmers pov and have ignored the finer points of pulling out of the Brookfield sale, such as how much it will cost and all the broken contracts and the associated stress... You don't just walk off into the sunset.
Be accurate or be make believe but be consistent.
Be accurate or be make believe but be consistent.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
It's the lack of follow through that annoys me too.
I like angst ridden story lines - but not if they are forgotten after a fortnight ( Lilian & Paul, Farmageddon, Darrell, Kathy's constructive dismissal etc etc etc)
