Home And Away vs Neighbours. H&A always been more modern.

[CAEF]

I am rewatching 1988 H&A episodes on dailymotion and it really showed Neighbours how Australia works. More teens and location scenes and a more fun soap. 1988 Neighbours was quite spartan in comparison. It did have teens but they were quite old fashioned apart from a bit of swimwear and the odd time with them on headphones, in 1988 H&A the kids were always bantering in the classroom, annoying Flathead and being mischievous.

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I miss austvlassics2 from Daily Motion and YouTube CAEF
Those meanies at YT cancelled his account. I`m gutted as I was only halfway through watching the Sullivans, and was up to ep 1400 on Neighbours.

On the bright side, I did manage to watch all of Sons and Daughters before his account was terminated.

[CAEF]

I got up to Episode 134 for H&A.

Someone obviously liked to grass him up.

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CAEF....did you ever see the PM I sent to you regarding H&A last month??

[CAEF]

Hi yes I got your PM then I found he still has 1988 on dailymotion. Bit of luck.

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Oh aye, I meant to mention that too. And he has 200 eps of the Sullivans too.
I go to DM sometimes to watch Flying Doctors. I hope I haven`t jinxed it now.

[Holey]

There is one thing that lets H&A down which Neighbours does better. Gay Characters. There is not a gay in the village (bay) or in the closet, the wardrobe is empty.
We all know that in NSW and Sydney there are no Gay's.  smiley-biglaugh s0238 smileys-cheers-249214

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Good point HoleyD
Something tells me that the bosses are homophobic, and always have been. They are so behind the times it`s pathetic.
I recall reading years ago that Tom Fletcher was killed off because the actor who played him Roger Oakley came out as gay. The bosses denied it, but I`ve always believed it. And Vanessa Dowling who played Pippa was so outraged by it that she quit soon after.
I like Pippa V2, but it took me ages to get used to her. I have always prefered the original Pippa though. Tom and Pippa were a perfect couple, and they ruined the dynamic of Home & Away by splitting them up.

[CAEF]

Home And Away has always been a right wing soap. Don Fisher said immigrants should learn English if they want to live in Australia. In 2015, if he said that he would get accused of being a racist bigot. Don and Alf are both Conservatives. The show has always seemed to have right wing scriptwriters. Then again Neighbours never had any gays until about 2000ish.

1988 H&A was very teen orientated and modern but it had no gays or foreigners. I suppose we are looking at 1988 through a 2015 lens.

[Holey]

or may be looking at 2015 through a 1988 lens?

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I recall a few years ago that the actor who played Elijah in H&A was fired because of his race. He was very bitter about it.
I loved Elijah and loved him in Water Rats too.

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I knew I wasn`t going doolally, I found this article about Elijah. I know anyone can edit on Wikipedia, but thought it quite authentic.

Departure
In February 2012, Colin Vickery of the Herald Sun reported Laga'aia had finished filming with Home and Away the previous year.[17] Laga'aia claimed the show had axed him because of his ethnic background. Posting on Twitter, the actor said "As someone who lost his job on H&A because they couldn't write two ethnics that weren't together, I'd like the chance to ply my trade."[17] Vickery said the "two ethnics" were believed to be a reference to himself and Nicodemou.[17] Channel 7 denied the claims and said "We have great regard for Jay and his work on Home and Away during the last two years. It is insulting to suggest that Home and Away is racist. His character's storyline reached a natural conclusion."[17] On screen, Elijah struggles to be around Leah since she rejected him.[18] Leah finds out Elijah has been talking about her to Darryl Braxton (Steve Peacocke) and following a confrontation, Elijah tells Marilyn Chambers (Emily Symons) that he has decided to leave Summer Bay for a new start.[18] Marilyn urges Elijah to talk to Leah before he leaves.[18] Laga'aia made his on screen exit as Elijah on 11 April 2012.[17][19]

From this article here

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Johnson_(Home_and_Away)

[Holey]

Oh dear H & A are posting some really dire ratings since its return.    smiley-yikes

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I can`t say I`m surprised in the least. The show has definitely lost its way.
There just doesn't seem to be the warmth or community spirit feel about it anymore.

[Holey]

Not a caravan in sight