JamesC10 Posted February 19, 2014 Author Report Posted February 19, 2014 Yeah it's disappointing the producers didn't celebrate Irene's 20th year in the show. But Alf didn't get a 20th or 25th celebration. However, he did get a 60th Birthday episode. Instead of Maddie, Spencer and Chris, they could have introduced Irene's grandchildren. Well I hope they will do that in the future!
cadyctslover Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 Agreed. It seems we were lucky to get a reference to the 25th anniversary of the show, so an acknowledgement of 20 years of Lynne as Irene was asking too much. Some of these ideas are really good, particularly Blaxland89's idea to bring in Fin's sons. It would be far more interesting than anything to do with Chris/Spencer, and giving Irene real family ties and involvement in their storylines would be great. It would also result in a lot less whining from myself and others about the lack of interest the writing team clearly have in Irene as a character.
sindikatas Posted February 19, 2014 Report Posted February 19, 2014 There's an article in aus page with the link posted in facebook official page(contains spoilers) about Lynne breaking Kate Ritchie's record this year. Maybe this year will have something special for Irene for that reason.
Light of the Bay Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 I mentioned this in the Week 6 Spoilers thread in the Spoiler section a little while ago.... It seems as though there is a shortage of older characters (35 plus) and, if my memory is correct, the last older actor cast to play a regular older character was Marcus Graham back in 2011, nearly 3 years ago. In the last 2 years, under Lucy Addario's reign, we have seen various young characters introduced who are played by attractive and sometimes famous actors. From my perspective, there is a pattern that has formed. All new and upcoming characters are young, tanned and exactly the kind of characters these producers want to appeal to their ideal audience. I am young, so in the eyes of the 7 executives, I should like young and attractive characters. That's not true, as I like a good balance of characters of a range of ages, older ones in particular. I just wish people at the top would cater for everyone and have some balance. It's no good pandering to a minority. Look at that old Liverpool soap Brookside. It was destined for oblivion when it had sensationalist story lines and catalogue model characters. I hope the producers address the absence of some older characters and try and have a balanced drama that tells the stories of young and old people alike.
JamesC10 Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Posted February 24, 2014 Well said "Light of the Bay". I was thinking the same recently. Lucy Addario and Louise Bowes have NOT introduced any "older characters" (regulars and over the age of 40). Cameron Welsh introduced a few "oldies". Eg: Gina, Harvey, Sid, etc. He even brought back Marilyn (a classic character). Apart from Sally, the Home and Away producers don't seem to care about past characters. If they want to give Alf and Roo bigger storylines, they could bring back Martha!! We have NEVER seen Roo and Martha interact before.
Light of the Bay Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Oh yeah, I'd like to see Martha return for a while. It'd be amazing to see Roo interact with her daughter! They definitely have little regard for the history of the show - just look at Celia's woeful return. She was out of character and should not have returned. It was pointless. What did it do for the character? Or any of the regulars? I wish Morag would come back too. Last time she appeared, well over a year ago, she had little dialogue and we didn't even get any classic Morag/Celia sparring! Shows how much the writers know about the history of characters!
sindikatas Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 On 24/02/2014 at 13:25, JamesC10 said: Well said "Light of the Bay". I was thinking the same recently. Lucy Addario and Louise Bowes have NOT introduced any "older characters" (regulars and over the age of 40). Cameron Welsh introduced a few "oldies". Eg: Gina, Harvey, Sid, etc. He even brought back Marilyn (a classic character). Apart from Sally, the Home and Away producers don't seem to care about past characters. If they want to give Alf and Roo bigger storylines, they could bring back Martha!! We have NEVER seen Roo and Martha interact before. I think it's seven network which has a problem with Jodi Gordon and not the producers.
Fyn3 Posted February 25, 2014 Report Posted February 25, 2014 Jodi Gordan is heavily pregnant with her first child, so I'm pretty sure the last thing she would be wanting at this time is a return to H&A.
Trudy Heine Posted February 28, 2014 Report Posted February 28, 2014 Jodi's also married and changed her name to Anasta.
JamesC10 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Report Posted March 15, 2014 I've noticed that we don't actually have a nuclear family in the show
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