Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Luke39]

I think the harsh tone of the show is starting to become more light hearted again. The change in music seems to help too. And I Think with the show not so centric to the Braxtons (Clichied I know). But its been more spread out to the community, so stories flow better.

[JamesC10]

Is it worth watching Home and Away again? I am thinking about watching it again. 

[alexx]

Is it worth watching Home and Away again? I am thinking about watching it again. 

Yes, I'd say it's worth revisiting at this stage. I've been watching for the past four weeks and have seen a decent improvement, I'm actually enjoying it at the moment and appreciate the changes that have been made.

Hopefully they'll build on these positive changes and it will get better and better. I particularly enjoy all of the Summer Bay House scenes, outdoors, indoors, upstairs and with the two young adults (Leah and Zac) taking on the traditional foster parent roles at the moment the house is starting to feel like it should do again.

Really enjoy the balanced screen time too with the likes of Marilyn, Irene, John, Roo and Alf being given decent material alongside the rest of the cast (both young and older - many characters I'm only just getting to know myself after not watching for so long) - it's feeling a lot more ensemble again and actually feels more like H&A than it has in years Imo

This may not necessarily be something new either but I've noticed that the underscoring is a little more melodic and less noisy. I like Roo's current theme, it's quite bittersweet and the music used when Marilyn went to Summer Bay House in search of Pippa and Sally was noticeably more H&A in style.

[Luke39]

Home and Away has improved out of sight. Not sure what caused the change. But the whole tone of the show feels, like 2000-2008 almost. Got to keep it up though.

[c120701]

They need to make Summer Bay House & the Caravan Park more connected again though, they seem very much seperate entities. Even if it's just someone coming to pay rent or Leah sending one of the kids out to the park with new linen for one of the guests.

[Homeandawayfan.]

I think then, that Lucy Addario is not as responsible for the tone as we first thought, it may be Louise Bowes who drove the show into a crime driven, error strewn show. Script editors must have a lot of say in the show in that case.

[Luke39]

To be fair the producers maybe trying to cash in on the trends. Crime Shows are very popular. CSI, Breaking Bad, Law In Order e.t.c. So The Braxtons drove that trend in Home and Away. But I guess logic dictates. Home and Away is not Breaking Bad, and while having elements in it, is fine. Having it driven right through its heart almost, should NEVER be attempted again. Just seeing the massive improovements in the show the past few months, shows you how driven the crime was.

[Wanderer101]

Unpopular opinion on these forums, but I personally liked the Braxtons, lol. BUT, the feel of the show now is awesome aswell, and I like it just as much, even without them!

[John]

Unpopular opinion on these forums, but I personally liked the Braxtons, lol. BUT, the feel of the show now is awesome aswell, and I like it just as much, even without them!

It's only unpopular with some.  They were quite popular with others

[Luke39]

I didn't despise the Braxtons, I actually miss them. While Brax was full of double standards and hypocrisies. But I liked how he wanted a better life for Casey. It was just everything they represented, and they were a platform for all the crime driven stories. Their should of been a better balance, the show became too centric through them.