Jamie! Posted February 3, 2014 Report Posted February 3, 2014 A thought came to my mind earlier today. The rating for Home and Away changed to a PG from about 2006 onwards and as far as I know, that rating has stayed with the show ever since. I wonder what the show would be like if it went back to the G rating it used to have. I think I'd prefer this as it would be more likely to go back to the warm-hearted, family feel that the show used to have. Maybe, but ability to write characters consistently, not to brush storylines under the carpet and inequality in storylines certain characters get have little if no difference to whether it's G rated or not. Yes, I agree that that needs to be addressed as well, but if/when there's a change in the writing and producing team, I personally think that it would "feel" like the Home and Away I know and love if it went back to a G rating, so there'd be less chance of all these gangs and murders, (etc). Obviously a soap needs to have deaths and dramatic plots, but not as frequently as Home and Away has over the past several years, as there needs to be a balance.
Red Ranger 1 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Looking at the way Alf's character has gone over the last year or so, I'm drawing the conclusion that the last thing the producers should do is listen to fans who want things to be like they used to be.Not so long ago there were complaints that Alf had gone too soft and people missed the days when he used to yell at people.Well, maybe they're happy now but I'm certainly not:He's changed from a kindly elder statesman into a nasty old man, who's all right with his favourites like Marilyn or Sally but spends far too much time snarling at the teenagers in his care(or rather his daughter's care, not that that seems to stop him sticking his oar in)and threatening to throw them out onto the street whenever they answer him back or sometimes even when they don't.He's changed from the character who most embodies the spirit of the show to the character who least embodies it.Say what you like about the Braxtons but there's more of a family vibe and more of a desire to help young people who don't have anyone else coming from them than there are from what should be the show's chief household. To me, the fans who really don't understand what the shows are about are the ones who sit around constantly asking "Why don't they kick Maddy out?"
Jacklost Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Looking at the way Alf's character has gone over the last year or so, I'm drawing the conclusion that the last thing the producers should do is listen to fans who want things to be like they used to be.Not so long ago there were complaints that Alf had gone too soft and people missed the days when he used to yell at people.Well, maybe they're happy now but I'm certainly not:He's changed from a kindly elder statesman into a nasty old man, who's all right with his favourites like Marilyn or Sally but spends far too much time snarling at the teenagers in his care(or rather his daughter's care, not that that seems to stop him sticking his oar in)and threatening to throw them out onto the street whenever they answer him back or sometimes even when they don't.He's changed from the character who most embodies the spirit of the show to the character who least embodies it.Say what you like about the Braxtons but there's more of a family vibe and more of a desire to help young people who don't have anyone else coming from them than there are from what should be the show's chief household. To me, the fans who really don't understand what the shows are about are the ones who sit around constantly asking "Why don't they kick Maddy out?" I don´t think it´s nasty, a lot of old people are angry
sindikatas Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Looking at the way Alf's character has gone over the last year or so, I'm drawing the conclusion that the last thing the producers should do is listen to fans who want things to be like they used to be.Not so long ago there were complaints that Alf had gone too soft and people missed the days when he used to yell at people.Well, maybe they're happy now but I'm certainly not:He's changed from a kindly elder statesman into a nasty old man, who's all right with his favourites like Marilyn or Sally but spends far too much time snarling at the teenagers in his care(or rather his daughter's care, not that that seems to stop him sticking his oar in)and threatening to throw them out onto the street whenever they answer him back or sometimes even when they don't.He's changed from the character who most embodies the spirit of the show to the character who least embodies it.Say what you like about the Braxtons but there's more of a family vibe and more of a desire to help young people who don't have anyone else coming from them than there are from what should be the show's chief household. To me, the fans who really don't understand what the shows are about are the ones who sit around constantly asking "Why don't they kick Maddy out?" I don't think Alf's been that bad. He always tend to be a jerk at first and think second. How his behaviour to Josh was different than to Rachel 22 years ago when he didn't want Blake to date a criminal's sister?
Jacklost Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Looking at the way Alf's character has gone over the last year or so, I'm drawing the conclusion that the last thing the producers should do is listen to fans who want things to be like they used to be.Not so long ago there were complaints that Alf had gone too soft and people missed the days when he used to yell at people.Well, maybe they're happy now but I'm certainly not:He's changed from a kindly elder statesman into a nasty old man, who's all right with his favourites like Marilyn or Sally but spends far too much time snarling at the teenagers in his care(or rather his daughter's care, not that that seems to stop him sticking his oar in)and threatening to throw them out onto the street whenever they answer him back or sometimes even when they don't.He's changed from the character who most embodies the spirit of the show to the character who least embodies it.Say what you like about the Braxtons but there's more of a family vibe and more of a desire to help young people who don't have anyone else coming from them than there are from what should be the show's chief household. To me, the fans who really don't understand what the shows are about are the ones who sit around constantly asking "Why don't they kick Maddy out?" I don't think Alf's been that bad. He always tend to be a jerk at first and think second. How his behaviour to Josh was different than to Rachel 22 years ago when he didn't want Blake to date a criminal's sister? Did you mean how he was? I think Alf is still a soft person, that tends to happen to people as they get older and run out of energy.
Red Ranger 1 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 Looking at the way Alf's character has gone over the last year or so, I'm drawing the conclusion that the last thing the producers should do is listen to fans who want things to be like they used to be.Not so long ago there were complaints that Alf had gone too soft and people missed the days when he used to yell at people.Well, maybe they're happy now but I'm certainly not:He's changed from a kindly elder statesman into a nasty old man, who's all right with his favourites like Marilyn or Sally but spends far too much time snarling at the teenagers in his care(or rather his daughter's care, not that that seems to stop him sticking his oar in)and threatening to throw them out onto the street whenever they answer him back or sometimes even when they don't.He's changed from the character who most embodies the spirit of the show to the character who least embodies it.Say what you like about the Braxtons but there's more of a family vibe and more of a desire to help young people who don't have anyone else coming from them than there are from what should be the show's chief household. To me, the fans who really don't understand what the shows are about are the ones who sit around constantly asking "Why don't they kick Maddy out?" I don't think Alf's been that bad. He always tend to be a jerk at first and think second. How his behaviour to Josh was different than to Rachel 22 years ago when he didn't want Blake to date a criminal's sister? Well, that's kind of my point.Firstly, it doesn't work as well as it did 22 years ago because it's too much of a departure from the "This house always offers a home to those that need it" speeches he's been giving for the past 6 years.And secondly, there's no real attempt to follow through on the storyline and show him changing his mind, he either forgets about it or just randomly comes out with nasty comments when you think we've moved on from that.Part of that might be down to scenes being cut, we saw hardly any response from him to Maddy running away even though the spoilers claimed he was wracked with guilt, just one scene of him dismissing it with a "She'll come back" and then Roo telling us he felt really guilty without the viewer seeing any evidence.But that just shows that they shouldn't have him behave like that in the first place if it's just going to come across as nastiness for nastiness' sake.Perhaps the real problem is that writing Alf like that just doesn't work without Ailsa around to act as a counterpoint, and that's why the character was moved on from that sort of attitude a long time ago.
Luigi Severus Fletcher Posted February 6, 2014 Report Posted February 6, 2014 Yes, it is ALL about relation ships and is less and less about families, like it used to be... It used to be magical, now it is all about the twins, Beardo (the twins' uncle) and relationships...
Jacklost Posted February 6, 2014 Report Posted February 6, 2014 Yes, it is ALL about relation ships and is less and less about families, like it used to be... It used to be magical, now it is all about the twins, Beardo (the twins' uncle) and relationships... Who is Beardo? The reasons it felt more magical before was because of the old quality
QUIET ACHIEVER Posted February 6, 2014 Report Posted February 6, 2014 Yes, it is ALL about relation ships and is less and less about families, like it used to be... It used to be magical, now it is all about the twins, Beardo (the twins' uncle) and relationships... Who is Beardo? The reasons it felt more magical before was because of the old quality I have a feeling that the previous posters is referring to Zac MacGuire (played by Charlie Clausen) who has a beard.
Luigi Severus Fletcher Posted February 7, 2014 Report Posted February 7, 2014 Yes, it is ALL about relation ships and is less and less about families, like it used to be... It used to be magical, now it is all about the twins, Beardo (the twins' uncle) and relationships... Who is Beardo? The reasons it felt more magical before was because of the old quality I have a feeling that the previous posters is referring to Zac MacGuire (played by Charlie Clausen) who has a beard. Yes, I am referring to Zac, haven't really watched the current episodes since 2011.
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