Coronation Street [News, Spoilers and Discussion] contd

Jikashi wrote: »

Some big charity event on in the timeslot in the UK I believe, that's why we got an episode on Thursday instead.
Makes a change from a football match.

Sport relief is on the beeb.


No Corrie as to paraphrase Mrs. Doyle "load a men chasing a" ball on ITV

sashafierce wrote:

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It took me a minute to realise you meant Robert and not her brother Rob!
It was a couple of years ago, maybe Christmas? She met him at the casino, she was engaged to Nick at the time and I think Robert had just split up with Tracy.

David always seems like a snarly young teen. He looks so young and underdeveloped somehow. Shona seems too mature for him. (Actually, the exact same could be said for Gary and Phelan's daughter, what's her name again? Now she is very poised.)

The writers are consistently poor and lazy. Who comes home and says 'We're off to New Zealand either you are coming or you are not'.
Who says to their mother 'It's not my problem where you live'.

Has David researched the demand for hairdressers in Auckland or Christchurch? Schools, Health Insurance? And so on.

This Ali chap. Really! Again what poor standards in the Producer's office. As alluded to above, he does not have the bearing of a professional person. The shiftiness. Nose touching. He would have been ideal as Billy's brother. And again, how often over the last ten years has Michelle mentioned him?

But I thought he and Carla just kissed? Nothing more.

A pastime to get through boring storylines is to wonder (when there are three, four characters in one scene at the same time) who has slept with who. It is nigh impossible to have a scene without these permutations.

This is especially true when Tracy is in a scene. And Carla. But also Peter. Forgot about the rarely seen Maria. Steve too. Not forgetting Leeanne (of course). An honourable mention for Gemma now. Adam? Then there's Robert. Daniel is thereabouts too.

Why does every kiss on Coronation Street always lead to going all the way?
Starts put on the couch with the gal having one leg curled under her and lo and behold they run up the stairs two taking two at a time.

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Why does every kiss on Coronation Street always lead to going all the way?
Starts put on the couch with the gal having one leg curled under her and lo and behold they run up the stairs two taking two at a time.

Did they though? Did we see them going upstairs? Carla's guilty looks were just for the fruity kiss I thought. Where were they anyway? In Roy's?

Imagine if she got pregnant? Michelle would be her mother-in-law. Am I right?

bobbyss wrote: »

David always seems like a snarly young teen. He looks so young and underdeveloped somehow. Shona seems too mature for him.

I think all these comments about David's appearance comes from a few connected facts. Firstly JPS is relatively short (not helped by the tall and slender Shona) and of slim build and while not bad looking by any means he's not tall dark and magazine-cover handsome like others in his age bracket like Adam, Daniel, Luke, Zeedan or Andy for example.
Now consider that unlike those other young male characters on the show he's been played by the same actor since he was a small child. With men who were introduced as adults, or characters who returned with new faces, the showrunners have more ability to choose a bit of eye candy. With kids who stay actor-constant into adulthood you have less control of that. Along with David you could also include Chesney, Craig, Tyrone or Steve as characters who grew up on the show since they were kids or young teens without changing actors and may not be the first choice as sexy soap actors being introduced if they were new on the scene. (Again no offence is intended to these actors)
The opposite creates its own issues when they hire an actor they choose to play a kid who would be very unlikely to age into them e.g. Ryan, Alex, Nick

runningbuddy wrote: »

There was zero chemistry between Carla and Ali (who the fook abbreviates Alex to Ali??)

I want to clear something up. Just for my own peace of mind. I know I said I call my son Alex 'Ali' sometimes but I mean sometimes. As a nickname /pet name kinda thing. In the house. I don't introduce him as 'my son Ali'.

I'm trying to imagine him running around in the park and me shouting after him "Get back here Ali!" No.

He could go by 'Al'. Or, if Alex is short for Alexander, he could call himself 'Xander '.

Dr. Xander will see you now.

Did nobody recognise Henry? Or did they twig it was him?

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Did nobody recognise Henry? Or did they twig it was him?

He's brewery royalty. They have to overlook his treatment of Gemma and bow to his highness.