Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Homeandawayfan.]

After tonight's episode it just makes me think that the Home And Away that Alan Bateman created died years ago.

[CaptainHulk]

Forgot he died. He'd be 80 now if he was still alive.

[Sunny Girl]

I think it has.

[Luke39]

Times change, so format has. The innocent, sweet home and away of past years, is gone. They have gone to far. I actually think Home and Away is pretty good right now, best it has been in a while. But that is just me. I Think Nostalgia can paint a certain picture, probably the case 15 years from now, prob be saying how amazing Home and Away was in 2016 haha. 

[Bobby Forever Missed]

1 hour ago, Luke39 said:

 15 years from now, prob be saying how amazing Home and Away was in 2016 haha. 

Don't ever say that again......

[alexx]

8 hours ago, Luke39 said:

Times change, so format has. The innocent, sweet home and away of past years, is gone. They have gone to far. I actually think Home and Away is pretty good right now, best it has been in a while. But that is just me. I Think Nostalgia can paint a certain picture, probably the case 15 years from now, prob be saying how amazing Home and Away was in 2016 haha. 

I won't. Ten years ago I was unhappy with the way the show was going from character driven to plot focused and I still feel like that when I watch episodes back.

[Homeandawayfan.]

Neighbours has become darker than it was but has kept the right balance. Like Emmerdale has. Both shows are watchable.

Home And Away, at least some of the time, has become some psychological, dark, sinister thriller full of regular disasters, killings, explosions and drug wars. I hate thriller movies and it shows how I hate that in many ways, H&A has become such.

[Gerard]

9 hours ago, Luke39 said:

Times change, so format has. The innocent, sweet home and away of past years, is gone. They have gone to far. I actually think Home and Away is pretty good right now, best it has been in a while. But that is just me. I Think Nostalgia can paint a certain picture, probably the case 15 years from now, prob be saying how amazing Home and Away was in 2016 haha. 

Home and Away featured a stalker of sorts, rape, alcoholism, domestic violence, shooting, child abuse, a "whodunnit" death and probably more, just in its first year, so I don't think I would call the early series innocent and sweet.

The difference I think between now and then was firstly that there seemed to be a better balance between drama, romance and humour, and secondly there was a better distinction of moral values, where bad deeds were almost always punished.

H&A at the moment isn't bad (it's far from brilliant), but it does feel a bit like Justin Morgan is Brax Mk II. I don't dislike any of the Morgans in particular, but they need to turn it down a notch or two. But there are glimmers of classic H&A to be seen.

But I dread to think what state H&A would be in in 15 years time if we're fondly reminiscing about how great the current output is

[Luke39]

Okay fair enough your nostalgics, I am too. I am just saying I Think H and A is heading in the right direction. The music in tone is still way too harsh in tone. I guess if that type of dark drama does not meet your sensibilites. Your bound to hate current home and away. I am a big Breaking Bad fan, so love that thriller type shows. And of course I agree the format H and A is in, it has been too much the past few years. All I am saying is their is a better balance in the show atm then it was say back in 2014. I don't think it is as unwatchable as ppl make it out to be. Neighbors is darker. Story wise it is better. But I dunno I Still prefer Home and Away. Home and Away has seemed to move forward in terms of set designs, it feels like I am watching a show in 2016. Neighbors is still stuck in the nineties. I well say Neighbors is in the past too much, and Home and Away does not respect its past enough. Just my two cents. 

[cadyctslover]

On 7/30/2016 at 1:43 AM, Luke39 said:

I guess with Home and Away I See a show making subtle changes to its history. But I feel like I am watching a show in 2016. With Neighbors, they have seemed to assasinate its history. And I Feel like the Set Designs are stuck in the 90's. I enjoy Neighbors, but it is true. I have always prefered Home and Away as it is. I just think H and A needs a balance, a balance they have yet to find. 

 

On 8/30/2016 at 6:42 AM, Luke39 said:

At least Home and Away feels like a show in 2016. With the modern sets. Neighbors set designs, still feel like the 90's to me. To me I think Home and Away has progressed so much in the present, it has forgot its past. While Neighbors, is too much in its past. 

 

34 minutes ago, Luke39 said:

I don't think it is as unwatchable as ppl make it out to be. Neighbors is darker. Story wise it is better. But I dunno I Still prefer Home and Away. Home and Away has seemed to move forward in terms of set designs, it feels like I am watching a show in 2016. Neighbors is still stuck in the nineties. I well say Neighbors is in the past too much, and Home and Away does not respect its past enough. Just my two cents. 

The record is broken, I think we need IT support.

Although the production team do seem to be treading water and playing it safe at the moment, I agree the show is in far better shape now than it was earlier this year. It is also somewhat better than it was during the Louise Bowes era.

However they still rely on plot and shock tactics rather than genuine character development. They write characters into a corner (e.g. Hunter) and make them so unlikeable, that the only option they have (other than to write them out) is to introduce a guest character with even lower morals. This is why they're having to go to extreme lengths to make Tabitha a truly horrible, deranged human being, just so that she is legitimately worse than Hunter.