Are the current producers ruining Home and Away?

[Homeandawayfan.]

When Alan Bateman died, and it was put on various news websites, one commenter said "Sadly the Home And Away he created died some years ago".

It may be yet another subjective thing but you do wonder that the commenter who said that has a point.

[sindikatas]

Storylines from the 90s could have happened in any other small town, whereas current storylines are unique for a disastrous Summer Bay. The show is utterly ridiculous. The stories are laughable. A complete fantasy land. I had made a few months break this year. What lured me back in was the return of Duncan. It was ok, but that storyline with plane falling down was totally unnecessary. And even if it did have to happen, why did the plane had to explode as well? Speaking of being over the top. I hate it. When Bianca had a baby, he was so often rushed to hospital that it was hard to believe that he died from SIDS and not because he was a weak baby. And if I had a dollar for every time Billy had a pregnancy scare, I would be a millionaire by now. And then Brody running around freely when there was a storyline about possibility of losing a leg. Josh waking up from being brain-dead. Brax getting out without being charged with faking his death and breaking out of custody.

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Eye for an eye movie being tied in into the show. There is no way Gunno could have survived falling down from that cliff. Let alone coming back completely recovered.

What we need is real people with real relatable storylines. However I do not believe that TPTB really care about what the show really is. It's business and if doing what they're doing now makes money, that's all there is to it.

[Blaxland 89]

3 hours ago, sindikatas said:

Storylines from the 90s could have happened in any other small town, whereas current storylines are unique for a disastrous Summer Bay. The show is utterly ridiculous. The stories are laughable. A complete fantasy land. I had made a few months break this year. What lured me back in was the return of Duncan. It was ok, but that storyline with plane falling down was totally unnecessary. And even if it did have to happen, why did the plane had to explode as well? Speaking of being over the top. I hate it. When Bianca had a baby, he was so often rushed to hospital that it was hard to believe that he died from SIDS and not because he was a weak baby. And if I had a dollar for every time Billy had a pregnancy scare, I would be a millionaire by now. And then Brody running around freely when there was a storyline about possibility of losing a leg. Josh waking up from being brain-dead. Brax getting out without being charged with faking his death and breaking out of custody.

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Eye for an eye movie being tied in into the show. There is no way Gunno could have survived falling down from that cliff. Let alone coming back completely recovered.

What we need is real people with real relatable storylines. However I do not believe that TPTB really care about what the show really is. It's business and if doing what they're doing now makes money, that's all there is to it.

Exactly. And it's a lot harder to write real identifiable people. 

[dee123]

On 26/12/2016 at 8:15 AM, Luke39 said:

But I don't think the showrunners have a reason to change the current format. Seeing it's performing. It's fine for an individual to go "They are abandoning their roots". But ratings are still good. And I think can I suggest. So much focus on how the past was so great. People often don't see the good stuff about the present show. Jmo.

It's not all about the ratings. And good stuff about the present ??? I can count all of that on one hand.

[Matt]

44 minutes ago, dee123 said:

It's not all about the ratings.

It is.

[Gerard]

15 hours ago, dee123 said:

It's not all about the ratings. And good stuff about the present ??? I can count all of that on one hand.

 

14 hours ago, Matt said:

It is.

I agree, and that really is the issue in a nutshell, sadly. H&A is not made for the fans, and certainly not for long-term die-hard nostalic fans. It is clearly about getting maximum viewers on a commercial network. If that means any sense of reality has to take a back seat - so be it. It's a shame, but those are the times we live in. It doesn't really have so much to do with "outdated old-fashioned values" as with what the executives perceive will gain the most viewers, and therefore the most profit. Obviously H&A has the budget to deliver carnage and mayhem on a weekly basis, so it does it, whether or not it's what many of us actually want.

[Homeandawayfan.]

It all boils down to one thing. Money. Channel 7 probably have told them to write endless crime stories and disasters, the ones that will get the show the biggest ratings. They must have saw such stories get the biggest ratings so they want the writers to write them and make lots of profit so they can buy the latest flash car and a condo in Bondi.

 

H&A has become a ratings juggernaut in Australia but has sacrificed its roots as a result.

[Blaxland 89]

Some people say that's why neighbours has improved so much lately. Because it kinda out of the ratings race war now it's on a cable channel. The writers are left to their own devices more.mDo you think that's true? 

[samdanfan]

The Problem H&A and other Aussie shows have is this. You read on Facebook "lets bring back BLUE HEELERS". They have Look at Summer Bay and Ramsey Street!

When we yanks think about Down Under the role models here now are Margot Robbie and Josh Thomas It unlikely they get those for Summer bay yet Im sadden many writers have good ideas yet getting the people is another matter. I agree with H&A fan

Plus some people are not the same as they were in the past.

 

 

[John]

3 hours ago, Gerard said:

 

I agree, and that really is the issue in a nutshell, sadly. H&A is not made for the fans, and certainly not for long-term die-hard nostalic fans. It is clearly about getting maximum viewers on a commercial network. If that means any sense of reality has to take a back seat - so be it. It's a shame, but those are the times we live in. It doesn't really have so much to do with "outdated old-fashioned values" as with what the executives perceive will gain the most viewers, and therefore the most profit. Obviously H&A has the budget to deliver carnage and mayhem on a weekly basis, so it does it, whether or not it's what many of us actually want.

Sadly the reality of current commercial television.

I do think it's a bit harsh to imply that the "viewers" as you describe them are a totally different and distinct group from the fans that you feel the show is not being made for.