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Post by wallis on Sept 1, 2018 22:20:08 GMT
I've got quite addicted to these, thoroughly enjoying them! One of the biggest things I've noticed is that there's no duff-duff, there's not many cliffhanger endings but I prefer it this way. I remember hating old Lou back in the day but I bloody love the old battleaxe now, she's epic Ethel's bloody hilarious too, forever dropping people in it and not forgetting the malapropisms! Sandy is a great character, the actress outshone herself this week in the cot death storyline. Her eerie quietness was much more affecting than crying and screaming. I'd forgotten that Sharon went on about being adopted and Den and Angie not being her mum and dad so much. She was quite the little spoilt bitch. I couldn't see what her and Michelle saw in the charisma-free zone that was Kelvin back then - and I still can't now 33 years later. Also forgot how much Dr Legg featured back then too. And how bloomin' awful Pauline's whiny voice was. Ugh. I could go on and on but I'll stop now. Suffice to say I'm enjoying the old episodes lol! I started to watch and was really looking forward to them but sadly although it's really great to see the old characters the 80's production did my head in.
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Post by Lotty27 on Sept 1, 2018 22:47:49 GMT
Can you explain '80's production' Walls? I've had a few glasses of wine and my brain is now mush lol!
One thing I have noticed is the acting, it's more, how can I say it, full on (that'll have to do, like I say, brain mush). You can often tell they're acting and 'on' whereas nowadays there's a more naturalised style of acting on display which I prefer.
One thing I like in the earlier episodes is how one episode can encompass two days, we see them late at night and again in the morning. That rarely happens nowadays.
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Post by wallis on Sept 1, 2018 23:00:49 GMT
Can you explain '80's production' Walls? I've had a few glasses of wine and my brain is now mush lol! One thing I have noticed is the acting, it's more, how can I say it, full on (that'll have to do, like I say, brain mush). You can often tell they're acting and 'on' whereas nowadays there's a more naturalised style of acting on display which I prefer. One thing I like in the earlier episodes is how one episode can encompass two days, we see them late at night and again in the morning. That rarely happens nowadays. I think what I mean Lotty, and I've had a few tonight too, is that there is no flow between scenes. The screen seems to go black for a mini-second before it moves to another one. Don't get me wrong I loved it back in the day but it just seems so dated given the progress they have made in production.
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Post by Holey on Sept 1, 2018 23:07:50 GMT
I prefer it to what we have now. We have kids that were mingers and not a 6 pack in sight.
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Post by Lotty27 on Sept 1, 2018 23:09:44 GMT
Can you explain '80's production' Walls? I've had a few glasses of wine and my brain is now mush lol! One thing I have noticed is the acting, it's more, how can I say it, full on (that'll have to do, like I say, brain mush). You can often tell they're acting and 'on' whereas nowadays there's a more naturalised style of acting on display which I prefer. One thing I like in the earlier episodes is how one episode can encompass two days, we see them late at night and again in the morning. That rarely happens nowadays. I think what I mean Lotty, and I've had a few tonight too, is that there is no flow between scenes. The screen seems to go black for a mini-second before it moves to another one. Don't get me wrong I loved it back in the day but it just seems so dated given the progress they have made in production. Ah right, I get you now. I KNEW there was something different but didn't pick up on it like you did. It's more 'clunky', not smooth. That is going to bug the life out of me next time I watch them
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Post by wallis on Sept 1, 2018 23:12:46 GMT
I prefer it to what we have now. We have kids that were mingers and not a 6 pack in sight. Storywise yes Holey but production no.
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Post by CAEF on Sept 2, 2018 11:09:11 GMT
I think the past can be seen through rose tinted glasses. Deffo today the show feels more natural whereas in 1985 the acting was a bit OTT and put on. OK the setting was more realistic but even then everyone worked just 20 yards from their front door apart from Dr Legg. I think most East End landlords were cheerful and chirpy unlike the nasty Den Watts and his whiny wife Angie.
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Post by roverman on Sept 3, 2018 6:57:30 GMT
As I watch a lot of 80s shows I can live with the clunky editing. It’s almost theatrical the way it goes dark to the next scene!
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Post by CAEF on Sept 3, 2018 14:09:39 GMT
What I like is the fact that in 1985 when you saw scenes filmed looking towards what is now George Street and the Dagmar and the Tube you can just see a huge space, trees and wasteground, and the houses beyond which is down Clarendon Road which I walked down once on a visit to where EE is filmed.
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Post by Charley Says... on Sept 3, 2018 17:56:56 GMT
Still watching Auf Pet... Up to episode 9 now... It still amazes me to think that the building site they are working on is where the EE set is now...
You can see little clues though... Like the tower block in the distance... It must have cost a fortune to half construct a building site...
Apparently they had to import thousands of German made bricks... As they are bigger than our standard ones... Just to make it look authentic...
No CGI back then...
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Post by Holey on Sept 3, 2018 22:15:40 GMT
I think the past can be seen through rose tinted glasses. Deffo today the show feels more natural whereas in 1985 the acting was a bit OTT and put on. OK the setting was more realistic but even then everyone worked just 20 yards from their front door apart from Dr Legg. I think most East End landlords were cheerful and chirpy unlike the nasty Den Watts and his whiny wife Angie. The show was more working class and had a better range of characters. It was more realistic and tackled "normal issues" sadly the soap audience of today don't want that hence why Sean O' Connor was turfed out on his ear. I despair of the soap audience of today, they have not got a scooby doo about "normal.", i would go as far as to say, the soaps are in the state they are in because of the audience wanting more out landish plots and stunts and if they don't get it the soaps are "boring." I blame Emmerdale for this sensational pap.
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Post by CAEF on Sept 4, 2018 20:37:44 GMT
The quality of the episodes is a it blurry when I know the original broadcasts was much sharper. TV's have increased in size significantly since 1985, so the reruns picture has to be zoomed in a bit to fit modern TV's, and also the reruns are stretched for widescreen.
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Post by roverman on Oct 12, 2018 21:07:35 GMT
Drama skipped Episode 97 (85 by their counting) today and claimed it’s been wiped by the Beeb. I’ve contacted BBC Archives to get the truth.
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Post by Lotty27 on Oct 12, 2018 21:14:15 GMT
Drama skipped Episode 97 (85 by their counting) today and claimed it’s been wiped by the Beeb. I’ve contacted BBC Archives to get the truth. The 'missing' episode is on Daily Motion! Someone on the Classic EE thread on DS found it and posted a link to it. So not so missing eh? That all said I'm still thoroughly enjoying these old episodes. It's nice seeing normal problems, things we can relate to rather than gangsters etc.
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Post by roverman on Oct 12, 2018 21:19:16 GMT
You’ve watched it then?
I suspect it was pulled because of the racial abuse Naima suffered when she was visited by those thugs.
Does it explain why Debbie has a bad wrist at the start of the next episode?
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