[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Firewire

Just heard from an insider that DTC is writing an R&R spin off set in Ibiza in 2006

The Roxy and Damien era.

[Firewire]

DTC would bring back Pam and Les too

I miss his era, it wasn't perfect but it was never dull

[Denver]

I am big fan of this new era mainly because the storylines run together where DTC would run them weeks at a time then forget them and pick them up again

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I can't remember the details, I just remember when they finally put her back with Phil after her 2012 return she and Phil kept reporting Lola to social services after they found out Ben was the father.

I always remember the awful scene where they cornered her in a park to take the baby from her.

That scene I do remember.

Cindy's post-natal depression storyline could have been great if they'd done it properly and perhaps after the Lucy storyline had died down a bit. DTC had some great ideas, but when it came to actually putting pen to paper, he was completely clueless.

[Ashley.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

I am big fan of this new era mainly because the storylines run together where DTC would run them weeks at a time then forget them and pick them up again

Yeah this is what I mean. He handled certain storylines (Lee's depression springs to mind) awfully because of how quickly they seemed to disappear and be forgotten about.

[reece(:]

Pam and Les A distant memory </3

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

I am big fan of this new era mainly because the storylines run together where DTC would run them weeks at a time then forget them and pick them up again

Yeah SOC never sets up major plots but opts to focus entire episodes on the mundane.

Denise has countless threads on the go and we get episodes devoted to her library books and noisy neighbours.

Half of Phil's family died in the last 12 months but he moans about Tony and then goes on holiday.

There was a major bus crash in the Square, the episode after people were mortified at Sylvie's racially insensitive dancing in the Vic.

[reece(:]

I prefer DTC's storylines like the pointless Gavin mansion chase to the boring stuff we get now. At least I was gripped, even if it was a colossal mess.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah SOC never sets up major plots but opts to focus entire episodes on the mundane.

Denise has countless threads on the go and we get episodes devoted to her library books and noisy neighbours.

Half of Phil's family died in the last 12 months but he moans about Tony and then goes on holiday.

There was a major bus crash in the Square, the episode after people were mortified at Sylvie's racially insensitive dancing in the Vic.

Denise and her libary books to win best scene at the British Soap Awards?

[reece(:]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

There was a major bus crash in the Square, the episode after people were mortified at Sylvie's racially insensitive dancing in the Vic.

Nn

[Denver]

The only reason DTC is highly rated is because the last 2 before him were terrible

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Ashley.

That scene I do remember.

Cindy's post-natal depression storyline could have been great if they'd done it properly and perhaps after the Lucy storyline had died down a bit. DTC had some great ideas, but when it came to actually putting pen to paper, he was completely clueless.

I think he was very ADHD. Had many ideas but not the patience to see them through. Like he did great with the Lucy plot and then mucked it up following the reveal and the eagerness to move from one thing to another and things like Lee's depression were sparks of great ideas but then abandoned to move onto the next thing and the next thing... and the next thing.

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by reece(:

I prefer DTC's storylines like the pointless Gavin mansion chase to the boring stuff we get now. At least I was gripped, even if it was a colossal mess.

Margaret Midhurst

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

The only reason DTC is highly rated is because the last 2 before him were terrible

The only reason you like SOC is to be different.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by reece(:

I prefer DTC's storylines like the pointless Gavin mansion chase to the boring stuff we get now. At least I was gripped, even if it was a colossal mess.

Gavin holding the entire cast hostage with a flip lighter whilst Kathy doesn't think to blow it out?

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

The only reason you like SOC is to be different.

Or the fact i love the 80's era of the show and it reminds me so much of it

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Gavin holding the entire cast hostage with a flip lighter whilst Kathy doesn't think to blow it out?

Kathy vs Sharon

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Firewire

Margaret Midhurst

Joins Suzy Branning as the villainess that could have been. </3

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Or the fact i love the 80's era of the show and it reminds me so much of it

Like you ever watched it in the 80s.

It's also nothing like it. The 80s was a very different time for the world and television. It also had it's iconic and original plot lines that made the show what it was and went down in TV history. Those bubbling alongside the quiet stuff and the realism made EE the huge success it was.

This time, we have...... none of that.

[Ashley.]

Margaret Midhearse.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Like you ever watched it in the 80s.

It's also nothing like it. The 80s was a very different time for the world and television. It also had it's iconic and original plot lines that made the show what it was and went down in TV history.

This time, we have...... none of that.

I have seen the episodes on youtube and it is very similar for the simply fact a man handing his wife divorce papers is the most watch show in british history how more simply could you get.

It was also very realistic such as the Cot Death storyline or Den being Michelle's lover

[Ross.]

There was something great about the early SOC episodes, but since then it's been bloody awful

Almost as if a panic button was pressed and it's all become an even bigger mess than what he took over

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Like you ever watched it in the 80s.

It's also nothing like it. The 80s was a very different time for the world and television. It also had it's iconic and original plot lines that made the show what it was and went down in TV history. Those bubbling alongside the quiet stuff and the realism made EE the huge success it was.

This time, we have...... none of that.

And most of the country have trouble with their bins so dont say this era is not realism

[Ross.]

Dot has been the only highlight

[Firewire]

Originally Posted by Ross.

There was something great about the early SOC episodes, but since then it's been bloody awful

Almost as if a panic button was pressed and it's all become an even bigger mess than what he took over

Yeah I agree

I really did love September-December