Luke39 Posted September 5, 2016 Report Posted September 5, 2016 18 minutes ago, emmasi said: I am both a scholar and the lowest common denominator, so I'm easily attracted to sex and violence on TV, but I won't stick around unless there's a point to it, i.e. compelling plots and believable characters. I also look for those programs to have an M/MA/R rating, not G/PG. It concerns me that there are kids watching some of the things that go on in H&A these days. Won't someone PLEASE think of the children?! Your as bad as the women from the Simpsons LOL. Yeah I guess they can justify the content if the rating does. But I don't think it is too bad. I don't think kids are going to go out and electrocute old ladies in a diner watching H and A lol.
dee123 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 16 hours ago, Luke39 said: Your as bad as the women from the Simpsons LOL. Yeah I guess they can justify the content if the rating does. But I don't think it is too bad. I don't think kids are going to go out and electrocute old ladies in a diner watching H and A lol.
Luke39 Posted September 6, 2016 Report Posted September 6, 2016 So I was watching Home and Away last night in NZ, don't worry no spoilers heh. And it stood out to me, the characters are pretty compelling for the first time in a while, the new ones anyway. I did think the new part I loved in recent memory, was the Teen Group. OF Matt, Maddy, Oscar, Evie, Josh e.t.c. But now that is gone. But the story telling in the show is just not meeting the actors or the characters. On the reverse effect, if the actor is not strong enough, the matarial is just not meeting that. Spoiler Hopefully with the addition of Elly, and some more young female and male characters. Is the start of a young teen group. The show needs that. Needs more focus on the School too. Like to see more development on the younger crowd. Too much on the older characters atm, needs a balance. I Think this is what the show lacks, is balance.
Sunny Girl Posted September 15, 2016 Report Posted September 15, 2016 I'm not too impressed with how Home and Away is going, to be honest. Or maybe I'm just getting too old for it and growing past it..
Luke39 Posted September 16, 2016 Report Posted September 16, 2016 Ahhh it's not horrible nor is it amazing . It just is. I wouldn't say outgrown is the right word. I'm 28, and I'm enjoying the Older Characters stories more these days. 5 years ago would of been other way around haha. So maybe I am getting older lol. That's why dynamics like Matt and Roo really love. Young and Old. It feels the show is in air pilot motion. Not much going on. Maybe it needs another Charlotte end of year. But like said, wouldn't expect a change in format. As ratings are still decent enough apparently.
Sunny Girl Posted September 16, 2016 Report Posted September 16, 2016 I do prefer the Early Years episodes. I won't give them up, yet.
Luke39 Posted September 17, 2016 Report Posted September 17, 2016 Ha funny I actually prefer episodes from 2008 even. For some reason. The Storylines and characters even then are more compelling. I still feel the music they use in the show is way too harsh in tone. They need to get back to a light hearted tone to the show.
~Lynd~ Posted September 17, 2016 Report Posted September 17, 2016 On 9/16/2016 at 4:09 AM, Sunny Girl said: I'm not too impressed with how Home and Away is going, to be honest. Or maybe I'm just getting too old for it and growing past it.. That's the thing though.All the issues that it dealt with in the past are still relevant today.Society hasn't changed that much.It should still be capable of attracting a range of viewers in varying ages with decent writing but it's completely different to the HAA of past for the sake of pointless crime and violence. Some of my favourite shows include Arrow, Daredevil and Jessica Jones so it's not crime and violence I have a problem with.It's the amount we see with no real point in a show nothing like it used to be in what should be a family friendly time slot.
Luke39 Posted September 17, 2016 Report Posted September 17, 2016 5 minutes ago, ~Lynd~ said: That's the thing though.All the issues that it dealt with in the past are still relevant today.Society hasn't changed that much.It should still be capable of attracting a range of viewers in varying ages with decent writing but it's completely different to the HAA of past for the sake of pointless crime and violence. Some of my favourite shows include Arrow, Daredevil and Jessica Jones so it's not crime and violence I have a problem with.It's the amount we see with no real point in a show nothing like it used to be in what should be a family friendly time slot. Problem is I think they went to far in a change of format from 2010-2014. Now it seems it is a transisitonal time. I Think the change in format is still obviousley an issue. Their is an attempt to try be like the past. But hey have not found that balance yet, of merging the past history of the show with the present. But alas. I agree the issues in Society has not really changed. But they still deal with the well I think. Spoiler Recently the Cyber Bullying Storylines with Maddy and Olivia. Elly with Dyslexia.
CaptainHulk Posted September 17, 2016 Report Posted September 17, 2016 The healing process is a mercilessly slow one.
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