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was that said on the show?
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I also like her! Hope we see more of her
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Had a great entrance! I like him! Reminds me of Jack Holden
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Instead he was a skater boi
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Love it
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I don't think Tori has been that bad, she has made Ash pretty clear about how she feels about things
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Vinnie "VJ" Patterson Jnr - Felix Dean & Matt Little
CaptainTed84 replied to Perry's topic in Character/Actor Discussion
Well to be honest, I think that when you go through various transitions in father figures throughout your life (eg. Dan, Elijah, Miles, Zac), you are more than likely to be less saddened over the fact that you have never known your real father, VJ's father also was claimed to be dead as well and not missing unlike other characters, and after a few years (and other father figures surrounding him) that is probably why he wasn't shown to be as saddened Also, I think that they connected him to Vinnie in their own unique way with the Matt Little version of him seemingly very similar to Vinnie -
Vinnie "VJ" Patterson Jnr - Felix Dean & Matt Little
CaptainTed84 replied to Perry's topic in Character/Actor Discussion
Yeah I just watched it, I am pretty sure he was written out and didn't decide to leave. I don't have a problem with that, because I don't think he seemed too mad that he was going, if he had reacted bitterly to being written out then I probably would be upset for him just because I feel like it should be some form of mutual agreement. It doesn't sound like right now he will come back, sounds like Matt is pretty keen to venture elsewhere for acting work, and good luck to him. I hope that he makes it elsewhere I suppose later down the track, VJ can return on another recast. I think people would probably prefer that since there is still criticism still over him being this "manchild" and not the right guy, I personally loved Matt in the role and was not one of those people, so if there is a recast in the future and it was as a result of Matt not wanting to come back, then I have no problem with it -
Vinnie "VJ" Patterson Jnr - Felix Dean & Matt Little
CaptainTed84 replied to Perry's topic in Character/Actor Discussion
I am absolutely lost for words over VJ going. VJ was my favourite current character in the cast, and really I wasn't ready for him to go. I am honestly quite emotional that he is gone, because unlike my previous favourite in Matt Page, we almost had no idea that he was going. I was able to deal with Matt leaving when he did because you could actually see this coming. But in this case, it was a sudden switch of events and I am just sad that he is gone. I don't care what you all think, because I know that people have been very critical. But in my opinion, every Home and Away cast needs a character like VJ. VJ started off as somebody born on the show, who grew up into the man he is today, first of all just thinking about that type of character. It is an extremely rare thing to watch someone's essentially entire life on screen. I mean, the closest that we ever had to it was Sally and Duncan, but I guess what separates them from him is that Sally arrived as a young kid and Duncan was born on the show but his time got cut short during high school before making sporadic guest appearances which tarnished the uniqueness of his type of character. But VJ, we got to see grow from start to finish. We saw him from Day 1 to finishing his HSC which I just find really cool. Now, when VJ was recast and promoted to a regular cast member it had to be one of the happiest days for me as a Home and Away fan because finally after 13 years, he could get the regular character screentime that he deserved after so long and finally some storylines and more character development. And I think that's something that a lot of people seemed to forget when this happened, we were about to see this kid really bring it on in Summer Bay instead of just floating around as a regular character. But instead, people were just being overly critical about how Matt Little and Felix Dean look nothing alike and that VJ is a manchild that nobody wanted to take seriously. And in regards to this whole recast, I can defend it. And I will (as quickly as I can) People have said that VJ was recasted to look way to tall and way too old for his age, I honestly disagree (to a certain extent) First of all, the new VJ's first appearance was around 6 months after the old VJ's last, and when you are around 15 years of age, puberty is a thing and it's exactly what VJ went through during this time. 6 months is a long, long time and a lot can happen throughout then and it is a realistic time for people to undergo a growth spurt, which is exactly what happened, he grew taller. It happens. People complained that he grew too tall, and should not have been as tall as he was in comparison to his mother Leah. That is where I completely disagree because I think that everyone had forgotten that VJ also has a biological father whose name was Vincent Patterson, and VJ is Vinnie Jr. and Vincent Patterson is taller than Leah, which means that realistically VJ should be able to grow that tall due to his father's genes. Some others also complained about his muscle mass and how he suddenly grew buff, and while I disagree that it was sudden as 6 months is a long time and if you spend a lot of time at the gym you can grow in muscle mass, I do agree that maybe that was a little over-the-top but not as bad as people say. The other thing they said was that VJ looked too old to be hanging around Jett, and that is where I disagree and that is because, as a person who is around the same age as both VJ and Jett's characters that has been completley through high school, I can say from my own experiences that it is not odd for 2 students in a different grade of school to look so different. In fact, I actually feel like Jett looked like he was a bit younger than the age his character is meant to be, so I don't find it too odd that VJ looked older because that is literally the way life is. All I have to say that I was incredibly impressed with his journey as a regular character, he went from your typical teen to a mature young adult and a young father ready to take on the world. He may have lacked some major storylines early on in comparison to what he got in his last couple of years, but for the most part he was relevant and he didn't need a lot of storylines of his own to still be entertaining because his character was hilarious and a good human being, whose presence was just welcomed at all times. I guess the main reason why I am sad that VJ is gone is because I feel like he still had some more to offer on the show. I mean, the kid had just left high school and was deciding his future, I think it would have been cool to see him as a Uni/TAFE student on the show. He also had some potential friendships/relationships which would have been cool to see play out in the near future, like with the Astoni's. He had a fun relationship with Ben and a cool friendship with Coco, but not just that, he also appeared to get along well with Ziggy, which is something I thought had cool potential for him to get along well with both Coco and Ziggy. However, what breaks my heart the most, which is something that I deep down really wanted to see happen for the 30th anniversary which I unfortunately doubt ever will now, is for Vinnie to turn out to not be dead and return to Summer Bay where VJ finally meets him. And I'll tell ya what, when Zac left, and Kwanten got interviewed saying that he would return to Home and Away in relation to Leah, I thought that it would be the them of the 30th anniversary for it to be set around VJ meeting his dad. But sadly I can't see that ever happening now because well, he's left the show and Vinnie is dead and buried for now... I am extremely hopeful (and I guess optimistic) that this isn't the last we have seen of him, I have no idea how Matt Little left his role, but I assume that it was on fairly good terms. But I can see him returning to the show at some point, just because Matt seemed to really love his role a lot (he would often refer to his character and the show in a lot of social media posts). So I hope that we see VJ again, because it would just be awesome. -
Ryder Jackson - Lukas Radovich
CaptainTed84 replied to project90's topic in Character/Actor Discussion
Ryder is great so far! Probably my favourite new character this year -
Tori the character I think is meant to be younger than 6 years younger than Leah. Leah turned 30 in 2009 making her now 38. I believe that Tori turned 30 last year (or is around that age, I believe she mentioned that she wasn't quite at that age and ,lied due to them being in witness protection at the time), so really she is probably 7-8 years younger than Leah on the show which is a fairly big gap. There aren't too many females close to her age
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She reminds me of Nicole Franklin but the Billie/Mink comparison also sounds very accurate Really see a lot of potential in her character, think she is being portrayed very well at the moment and I like her a lot
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He definitely reminds me of him. I like him so far
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Yeah technically he did, his first credited appearance was in episode 4598, however he can be seen in the background of episodes before that. I don't know how many but there was 1 from 2004 and 1 just before episode 4598 which was earlier in 2008
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I have put this up because I haven't really seen much mention of him at all on the site and am curious to know what you thought of this character For those of you who don't know, Axel was a guest character in 2008, he started off as Aden's best friend and was considered very rebellious to just about everyone, he was mostly in the background until he showed up drunk to Melody Jones's party where he forced himself onto her. He felt really bad about this and tried to make her hide and forget about it, however this didn't work and instead the whole town found out and everyone hated him for it. He eventually owned up to what he did by confessing to the police. He then befriended Jai Fernandez and they got along fine, however they participated in a lot of rebellious things which included them stealing Matilda's motor scooter where they were run off the road, Axel then died in hospital. Personally, aside from the Melody incident which you can't really defend because the guy wasn't thinking straight. I quite liked the guy, I thought that he was very witty and was quite funny. He also showed a good side to him by helping set up Sally's farewell concert which was a good thing to do, so personally I didn't mind his character for all the positive things surrounding him. I also liked his friendship with Jai, I really wish it had a more positive ending because it really screwed Jai over for a while and Jai went back to being boring after Axel died. Fun Fact: I haven't seen every episode from this timeframe but between 2004-Early 2008, Axel can be seen acting as a bully type character which i find very intriguing because this was before the character was even introduced so I wonder if they had that in my to introduce him when Trent was making these brief background appearances
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I disagree, I think that although they both are similar they have distinct differences. I think the writers want us to move on from Hannah and not think that in all honesty. It's approaching a year since her untimely death after all.. Tori reminds me more of Natalie than Hannah
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Thanks Dan, appreciate the hard work
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Will the one from approimately 2002-07 be up as well? And the current one?
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I thought it was hilarious how Brody stated that Mason is a rebounder off of girls who have just had breakups! It's like he is secretly a member of this site and has read this character discussion already
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I miss Jett
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It's been a while, but she is only a recurring character meaning that she doesn't appear as frequent as the others. Hopefully with the new school year set to begin we see more of her and the school in general in 2017
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I guess it's probably been long enough now and he seems pretty tamed so the drinking wouldn't be a problem anymore. He did start it as a result of Sasha leaving from memory, and he has well and truly moved on
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Yeah I first saw that a few weeks ago on his instagram. He is also starring in Neurogenisis alongside Marlo Kelly (Skye Peters) and Darcey Wilson (Elly Page)