Coronation Street [News, Spoilers and Discussion] contd

the purple tin

fin12 wrote: »

Also I think Les Battersby but that poor fella found one of the Yorkshire rippers victims, was never right after it. I always hoped Corrie would take him back and give him another chance. They fired him for telling someone about an upcoming story in a pub.

Never knew that about Les. Mind you i saw some fly on the wall thing where he was one of several people trying to get fit. His wife said he was in the pub every night without fail and she anted him to cut down.

He was pretending to go on power walks for the show but was straight round to the pub telling the crew 'don't tell the wife'.

the purple tin

Soap acting must be depressing as hell in the long-term.
You are trading off the security of having a job for years with the fact that you get very little time off and it would become a drudge.

You also have to deal with the bs storylines they push nowadays.

Ken Barlow was complaining that in the old days you could take home your script for the week and read and practice your lines. Now you arrive on set get your script for the day and you only get 15 or 20 minutes max to go over it.
It might explain why the quality of acting on soaps has taken such a drop.

threetrees

Any decent piano needs to be moved by professional piano movers and then retuned. Paul must have missed that bit.

I love Roy, and I love that the whole street loves Roy too. He is respected and loved for all his little habits.

Nina is playing a blinder, again, quirky and accepted.

I gasped when Peter punched Ken. Was not expecting that!

Is George going to go through the whole street of single women? I quite liked Archie Shuttleworth at the time, pity his son is a complete muppet.

I like Debbie/Annie Lennox. Hope she stays for a good while more.

I bloody knew Ray wasn't dead, Corrie does that every now and again. Wasn't Pat Phelan presumed dead and returned, and one of Gail's husband's faked his death I think.

Max Headroom

threetrees wrote: »

Any decent piano needs to be moved by professional piano movers and then retuned. Paul must have missed that bit.

I love Roy, and I love that the whole street loves Roy too. He is respected and loved for all his little habits.

Nina is playing a blinder, again, quirky and accepted.

I gasped when Peter punched Ken. Was not expecting that!

Is George going to go through the whole street of single women? I quite liked Archie Shuttleworth at the time, pity his son is a complete muppet.

I like Debbie/Annie Lennox. Hope she stays for a good while more.

I bloody knew Ray wasn't dead, Corrie does that every now and again. Wasn't Pat Phelan presumed dead and returned, and one of Gail's husband's faked his death I think.

Cant believe Ken only had a bloodied nose for about 10 seconds. ..a man his age , he should have looked like Violet Beauregarde

Hannibal_Smith

I like Debbie too. She adds a bit of much needed zing. Ray was awful to watch/listen to. Debbie reminds me of Scrappy in Scooby Doo

ETA : I loved when Gail said she was meeting someone she met on the internet, but is meeting him in the pub to make sure he's not a psycho. Audrey tells her, pity you never thought of that before

happyday

Max Headroom wrote: »

Cant believe Ken only had a bloodied nose for about 10 seconds. ..a man his age , he should have looked like Violet Beauregarde

You are totally right. But I was wondering when he felt a bit light-headed and sat down in his arm-chair at home, did the blow affect him more than he realised? More might come of this I think.

the purple tin

Max Headroom wrote: »

Cant believe Ken only had a bloodied nose for about 10 seconds. ..a man his age , he should have looked like Violet Beauregarde

Yes someone that old getting a punch they would have massive multicoloured bruising on that side of the face.

I was looking back at some old fights from Corro on yt and they are very tame now in comparison- one punch and that is it usually.
There was lots of fake blood and nasty looking injuries back in the 90s but you don't see that anymore.
Big Jim McDonald even battered that creep Jez to death for God sake :eek:

Max Headroom

Need Mike Strutter in Corrie for a bit.....:eek:...WARNING CONTAINS FUN....:D

https://youtu.be/wEGWoTUg6bE

fin12

Seb was definitely giving Nina. The eye when he was leaving the cafe the last day, unfortunately for him he’s barking up the wrong tree......

rapul

fin12 wrote: »

Seb was definitely giving Nina. The eye when he was leaving the cafe the last day, unfortunately for him he’s barking up the wrong tree......

Aye her and Alya are gonna happen, its been coming for months.

JP Liz V1

rapul wrote: »

Aye her and Alya are gonna happen, its been coming for months.

Alya is with Ryan

I assume you mean Asha

rapul

Yes typo!

Love Debbie they better keep her she bring a bit of sparkle to the street

fin12

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9208423/Corries-Ellie-Leach-admits-didnt-imagine-shed-playing-Faye-Windass-10-years.html

Max Headroom

fin12 wrote: »

Seb was definitely giving Nina. The eye when he was leaving the cafe the last day, unfortunately for him he’s barking up the wrong tree......

deffo...if he goes near her she'll chop off that ridiculous bun...knobhead

Purple Mountain

I think Alina is definitely been set up for an affair with Tyrone. Sigh.

Annasopra

Hilarious that Aadi is quoting Trump

Lennox Gilbey

Yer man is better robbing Mr. Kipling cakes at parties. Prints all over the place and a daylight robbery... Literally.

freshpopcorn

I take it Simon is going down the criminal route now with his buddy!

jos28

Dreading the lesbian storyline between Asha and Nina. Can they not just let 2 girls be friends. I'd much prefer a good story of 2 friends having fun and looking out for each other.

freshpopcorn

jos28 wrote: »

Dreading the lesbian storyline between Asha and Nina. Can they not just let 2 girls be friends. I'd much prefer a good story of 2 friends having fun and looking out for each other.

Same here!
Has Nina every mentioned her sexuality?
I take it if they get together Cory will do something bad!

jos28

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Same here!
Has Nina every mentioned her sexuality?
I take it if they get together Cory will do something bad!

I'm sure he will, so predictable :rolleyes: Asha really needs a friend. Soaps never seem to do happy, normal stuff now and I wish they would. Remember Bet Lynch and a gang heading off to Spain on their holliers. For once I'd like to see normal people heading off for the weekend, going on holidays, shopping - anything but the predictable, sensationalist sh1t

Shelga

Soooo bored of Peter and his withdrawal symptoms. Give the man storylines other than his alcoholism please, for the love of god!

fin12

Chris Gascogne is a brilliant actor.

gammygils

I reckon Tyrone needs those earplugs more than Fizz does. When Fizz is awake....

the purple tin

jos28 wrote: »

I'm sure he will, so predictable :rolleyes: Asha really needs a friend. Soaps never seem to do happy, normal stuff now and I wish they would. Remember Bet Lynch and a gang heading off to Spain on their holliers. For once I'd like to see normal people heading off for the weekend, going on holidays, shopping - anything but the predictable, sensationalist sh1t

Jack and Vera, Hilda and Stan, Derek and Mavis they were all characters who could be really entertaining even with the smallest of storylines.
Remember the saga of Derek Wilton's gnome being kidnapped and held for ransom by Des or him buying the Mile Muncher off Norris and them falling out over it when he got injured.

Vera's delusions of grandeur with The Old Rectory and thinking they were related to the royal family. Jack sneaking around spending his money on pints and the nags.

Happily(ish) married couples who have never had an affair- a rarity on Corro now

the purple tin

Serious lack of funny characters now. Like Reg Holdsworth, the rotund Indian guy that worked in the shop, Blanche, Les Battersby, Norris, Fred Elliot and earlier Tyrone.
Kirk is really the only light relief now and he gets very little time on screen lately.

casio4

Not sure if the plan is an affair for Tyrone, I thought maybe they are trying to be a funny couple with a lodger like Vera and Jack were

Max Headroom

jos28 wrote: »

Dreading the lesbian storyline between Asha and Nina. Can they not just let 2 girls be friends. I'd much prefer a good story of 2 friends having fun and looking out for each other.

Its sad that all the soaps follow each others storylines...Peter/Laurel...Luke being forced to be gay,...and now Nina and Asha....what next Nina drops her drawers and nearly pokes Asha's eye out...:p

Lennox Gilbey

casio4 wrote: »

Not sure if the plan is an affair for Tyrone, I thought maybe they are trying to be a funny couple with a lodger like Vera and Jack were

I'd prefer that (funny couple) especially if it means Alina going around with just a towel on. The obvious one now is for Fizz to go to Aberystwyth to take care of Auntie Flo. What could possibly happen?