Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[dee123]

On 11/11/2016 at 2:01 AM, Homeandawayfan. said:

H&A does feel like The Katarina Chapman Show at times now many of the Braxtons have gone.

It could be worse. It could be The Phoebe Nicholson show...

[Skylover]

On ‎13‎/‎11‎/‎2016 at 6:13 AM, Luke39 said:

I don't know they drag stuff out in Neighbours. Tyler and Piper for instance lol. I like in H and A they just get to it lol. They over simplify things too much in Neighbors some times. Although I agree currently the episodes are prob better overall then H and A. They have found that balance. That H and A lacks. I still prefer H and A. Just a taste thing. .Neighbores bores me lol.

I think the lack of structure in H&A is what makes me prefer Neighbours. There are just so many random un-connected characters in H&A it must be hard for new viewers to understand. Summer Bay House for instance - A man, his son, his niece, his wife, her son, a random old man...Irene, a middle-aged woman, and various 20-something boarders, and her (dead) foster daughter's kid...Roo, a middle-aged woman, the daughter of the old man randomly living with a random family in the main house, who lives with her kinda foster daughter's ex boyfriend.

Debra Lawrance has said she would return. I say be done with it, put Pippa back in SBH with her 3rd husband and get them fostering again. Bring the structure back. The show is based on waifs and strays with no connections. But it needs structure.

Re-visiting Irene's kids is a must too - and she must have grandchildren as well who could easily be regulars. None of this floating around the Diner with no purpose thing.

Bringing back Duncan was a MASSIVE step in the right direction for me. I also think the Morgans are great, they just need to move on from their sensational plots and have normal storylines.

[Homeandawayfan.]

Yes I feel Neighbours is far superior to H&A now. Neighbours is respectful of its roots and there is a huge sense of familiarity. A few years ago H&A just decided to totally detach itself from its roots. Even the long term characters are written as dull and insipid now. Everyone's lives in constant danger etc.

[Blaxland 89]

I no longer watch the current show and haven't for several years so I have really no right to judge. However I saw a minute of one episode and five seconds of another this week and it was enough. Unless its just bad timing and there is more interesting things going on. Sorry, I don't know names. The first was the corniest scene ever. A guy trying to get with a girl so he was singing this song. The other clip had someone in hospital, classic life or death situation. With characters all worried. Is that all the show is still offering? Dull romances and hospital scence after a dramatic accident or shock illness. Really the same old thing for about five years. Or is there more that I don't see?

just wondering if there are any other long term fans that have stopped watching but sometimes curiosity gets there better of them so they take a look. Only to be reminded within a couple of scenes of why they stopped. 

 

 

[adam436]

On 14/11/2016 at 4:11 PM, dee123 said:

It could be worse. It could be The Phoebe Nicholson show...

Really? I much prefer Phoebe over Kat, but neither of them are that great

[Jeremai]

On 18/11/2016 at 4:01 PM, Blaxland 89 said:

just wondering if there are any other long term fans that have stopped watching but sometimes curiosity gets there better of them so they take a look. Only to be reminded within a couple of scenes of why they stopped. 

I am a long term fan who gave up on the show in 2008 and gave the show the occasional curious watch through the years only to switch right off again. However, I've been watching every day for several months now.

I started to notice improvement last year with Alf's Canberra and ANZAC Day storylines, the nostalgia around Marilyn's amnesia, and the return of Summer Bay House exterior scenes (just the nostalgia factor I guess).

As you've seen, the crime and constant hospitalisation element is still there, but I've found just enough glimmer of hope over the last few months to keep my interest. I love the interaction between the older and long term characters: Alf, Roo, Irene, Leah, John and Marilyn. They really come across as deep friendships. I will always adore the Donald and Marilyn pairing - that was a real golden era for me - but I do enjoy John and Marilyn's comedy too. They come a close second. There is a fair bit of humour, for example Brody insulting Leah's moussaka, saying whoever made it obviously knows nothing about Greek food. The plane crash was visually impressive, even if it was just another disaster. And it's not uncommon for old photos to be seen on screen: Finlay, Chloe, Duncan, etc.

My interest is hanging by a thread at the moment... but that's an improvement over how things were a few years ago.

[j.laur5]

On 11/14/2016 at 5:29 PM, Edward Skylover said:

I think the lack of structure in H&A is what makes me prefer Neighbours. There are just so many random un-connected characters in H&A it must be hard for new viewers to understand. Summer Bay House for instance - A man, his son, his niece, his wife, her son, a random old man...Irene, a middle-aged woman, and various 20-something boarders, and her (dead) foster daughter's kid...Roo, a middle-aged woman, the daughter of the old man randomly living with a random family in the main house, who lives with her kinda foster daughter's ex boyfriend.

Debra Lawrance has said she would return. I say be done with it, put Pippa back in SBH with her 3rd husband and get them fostering again. Bring the structure back. The show is based on waifs and strays with no connections. But it needs structure.

Re-visiting Irene's kids is a must too - and she must have grandchildren as well who could easily be regulars. None of this floating around the Diner with no purpose thing.

Bringing back Duncan was a MASSIVE step in the right direction for me. I also think the Morgans are great, they just need to move on from their sensational plots and have normal storylines.

But I think Debra would only return as a guest because she lives in Melbourne and that's why she left in the first place. She from Melbourne and her mum lives there. Had she be from Sydney and her mum live in Sydney its very possible Debra might have never of left or at least stayed for more years.

But I am not to sure if Pippa would be quite the  same character anymore if she did return as regular because I mean she is her 60s now and she probably might not have had same energy at being foster mum like she did back during her time as  a regular. I don't mean to  be rude I am by no means saying  Pippa or Debra are old lady's  but I don't think it feel quite same as teens and viewers would  look at Pippa more of grandma now than mother.

Its like Irene she starting to be more of Grandma then mother to teens.

I think it be better to focus on making  Leah/Marilyn/Roo as foster mothers as they're at a believable age.  

Sorry if I sound rude about Irene and Pippa but fact of matter is don't you don't look younger with age and teens and viewers are going to look at Pippa and Irene more as grandmas then mothers like Leah/Roo/Marilyn/Sally.

[harrietjames]

That Grandmotherly relationship can work - look at the dynamic between Aiden and Morag as an example

[John]

Alf works well as a grandfather.  The show needs that role.

 

[dee123]

4 hours ago, harrietjames said:

That Grandmotherly relationship can work - look at the dynamic between Aiden and Morag as an example

Those were the days...