Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Luke39]

Not forgetting its past? It should be. Or you get stuck in yourself. H and a Is what it is. Been on twenty odd years, rehashing old storylines etc. Same old characters, different faces. Like that Hunter guy, bad guy come good lol.  

[Gerard]

H&A for its first 12 years was basically about "bad kid turns up, Kid had been neglected, abused etc. Kid becomes part of a foster family. Initial conflicts, then settles down. Leaves Summer Bay a couple of years later as a better person". I guess it does get repetitive after a while, and they did occasionally throw in a kid who went in the other direction and could not be reformed. But the teenagers were guided by the adults and, more often than not, respected them.

Then we had the Sutherland era, where the older and wiser teens turned themselves into social workers and helped the newcomers. I guess they felt the central foster family idea was getting a little tired, so I can understand why they tried that, even if it did feel a bit weird at the time.

After that we had Sally and Flynn centre stage and it felt like the series had come full circle, with a foster family back at the heart of the show, and a new golden era. But since then, the series has struggled to find its way. It has generally relied on ever increasing drama to keep viewers hooked. But you can only have so many kidnappings, shootings and life-or-death situations before that starts getting a little boring. I guess they used up most of their natural disasters in the 90's.

H&A in the early days seemed to combine the relaxed seaside town life with family dramas, romance and humour, but there was always something quite dramatic going on, and yet it seemed to work because it was balanced out. It was optimistic and warm.

The past few years have lacked any real heart. Pippa would show she loved her children by baking some muffins and given them a hug. Brax would prove he was a decent bloke by becoming a cage fighter to pay off a debt.

While they can't send Summer Bay back to the 1990s, they should learn from what was successful in the past and try to build on that. The problem though is that they have moved so far away from H&A's core values. I'm not sure what the new era of H&A will bring, but hopefully something more than the endless romances that seem to have plugged the gap so far.

[Luke39]

Their are some good characters at present. Matt, Phoebe, Evelyn, Kyle etc. Problem is expecting  change over night. Shows dont just change automatically. Its going to take months or even.over a year, too see real.change. Just subtle changes atm. 

[CaptainHulk]

I'm ambivalent with Matt. Phoebe at times I feel needs to go away. Evelyn is annoying but who else would have her?!

 

Not forgetting its past? It should be. Or you get stuck in yourself. H and a Is what it is. Been on twenty odd years, rehashing old storylines etc. Same old characters, different faces. Like that Hunter guy, bad guy come good lol.  

In 1999 the show was kind of unrecognisable from what it was and a lot of stuff they chucked at the wall just wasn't sticking. Plus the Big-ass cast exodus. In 2000, The show went back to its roots by wrapping unresolved stuff, giving past characters a reason to return but went forward by having a new family integrate with the locals (Though after a while, they had you rolling your ees). Their presence was felt until the end of the decade 

[cadyctslover]

The past few years have lacked any real heart. Pippa would show she loved her children by baking some muffins and given them a hug. Brax would prove he was a decent bloke by becoming a cage fighter to pay off a debt.

[gutterboy]

I'm going to say things have recently started moving in the right direction...

 

... firstly moving people around in the houses which helped a lot when Leah's house got burnt down. People were saying they wanted to see more people in the beach house and the SB house, definitely have a lot more in their now that's for sure; and whilst Nate has moved into the Beach house you wouldn't know, you hardly ever see him there.

Next up we have some new older (though part time) characters in Greg and the new HS principal and giving Irene something to do outside the diner by going on a date with him.... not sure if that'll go anywhere else now that it was a disaster, but we'll see.

Lastly, I recall reading people on here stating stuff about Irene's family should come into the show somehow; funny enough I don't think it was just a coincidence that in the episode the other say she was chatting on the phone to the Uncle (I think it was?) of Chloes daughter, who was having a hard time with her........ hopefully that ends up with her coming to the bay as she becomes "too much work" for her Uncle.

[Homeandawayfan.]

1988-1993 was when the show was on fire, 1994 was when the show was moderately on fire. 1995-to mid 1997 was probably the most Golden Era and was on fire, the fire was out of control, 1998 and 1999 was when it was just smouldering and it caught fire again in 2000 and the fire died down a bit in 2005 and was smouldering in 2006-2010 and now there is just the odd spark. Please throw a petrol bomb onto H&A again.

The show is becoming a bit more watchable again. Keep it up, H&A is not one of those atrocious abominable US thrillers that clutter up the Channel 5 afternoon schedule.

 

[CaptainHulk]

^ God, those terrible, 2-star TV-Movies they show on that channel. Some of 'em are okay but Can't stand more 10 minutes, TBH!

 

 

[Luke39]

I think expecting change in a tv show in moments is unrealistic. It well be a year before we see change, if it needs change. Depends on what ppl mean by change. I watch the show and apart from being dull, i dont see much that has changed fundamentally from 2008. I guess it feels silent, and almost, like nothing much is going on. It needs spicing up, maybe another serial killer storyline? I dont know shake the place up. I loved H and A in 2008. I like the characters, i just think they need to put more effort developing the characters. And a better balance between drama and seeing the characters live every day normal life. Its been better since its stop being so Braxton centric. But all.the crime driven stories, has had its effect on the show. I mean with that drug dealer holding up Josh and Kat, i thought i was watching Blue Heelers lol not Home and Away. 

[c120701]

Exactly, you can't change the kind of storylines you're telling overnight, but you can change the way they are told on an episodic basis.