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Post by kitkat1971 on Apr 9, 2015 17:50:44 GMT
Hello.
Just a thread to discuss Holby City, plots, character, speculations past and present. All views and opinions welcome.
I'll set up a separate thread for Spoilers and spoilers discussion.
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Post by Lady W on Apr 9, 2015 18:00:33 GMT
Nicely done, kitkat I'm really intrigued about everything I've missed out on since I gave it up.
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Post by markxist on Apr 9, 2015 18:14:51 GMT
I may venture in here...should the programme ever lift itself out of the doldrums again!
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Post by amber jade on Apr 9, 2015 19:33:32 GMT
Nice one KK :-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 19:36:27 GMT
I love Holby but not Casualty. Strange !!
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Post by amber jade on Apr 9, 2015 19:41:32 GMT
I've only watched Casualty since Connie has been in it but I don't really like the direction they've taken her in :-(
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Post by markxist on Apr 9, 2015 20:11:39 GMT
Casualty used to be brilliant but it really went downhill by the end of the 90s/start of the 00s really, which was when they stopped focusing on Charlie, the nurses, the patients and social issues and resorted to a fascination with the doctors, an increasingly young and vapid set of characters (HolbyOaks) and soppy soapy romances and dilemmas. I can't really recommend much that has occurred since, though the move to Cardiff, when Oliver Kent (exec producer) briefly left the series brought about a very good return to form. Didn't last though, and Kent's back at the helm now.
Likewise, Holby was brilliant....right up until Kent took charge of that too. The minute the likes of Hanssen, Malick, Chantelle, Eddi and Luc left the show really nosedived for me. Jac's the only consistently strong and well played character worth watching it for, and even she hasn't escaped some totally stupid storylines.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 20:49:15 GMT
Yay kitkat....thanks I am loving Holby City more than Casualty these days.....and I`ve only been catching up on HC since Fletch left Casualty to go to HC My fave characters are Ric, Eliot, Mo, Arthur, Adele, Fletch, Sacha and Serina.
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Post by Lady W on Apr 9, 2015 20:59:12 GMT
Likewise, Holby was brilliant....right up until Kent took charge of that too. The minute the likes of Hanssen, Malick, Chantelle, Eddi and Luc left the show really nosedived for me. Jac's the only consistently strong and well played character worth watching it for, and even she hasn't escaped some totally stupid storylines. Got to agree with this (although I found Eddi and Luc extremely tedious!!). Holby lost a load of good characters in quick succession and the newbies that came in just didn't fill the void left. I've always loved Jac, even though they've made it damn near impossible to at times, but there was a period where she almost became a parody of herself; the unfeeling ice queen routine was layed on a little too thick at times. I stopped watching HC around the Harry/Raf/Amy time and when Secret Escapes was having weekly meltdowns on the ward. I've dipped in and out occasionally but nothing I've seen has tempted me back. However, Kitkat's post on another thread saying Hansenn's back has made me really want to start watching again!
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Post by amber jade on Apr 9, 2015 21:05:45 GMT
My favourite characters are Serena, Digby, Sacha, Jac, Mo, Elliott, Dom and Ric. Ric is not in it enough for my liking :-(
Worst characters are Guy and Adele. He's just a twat and she is an annoying know-it-all
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 21:23:34 GMT
My favourite characters are Serena, Digby, Sacha, Jac, Mo, Elliott, Dom and Ric. Ric is not in it enough for my liking :-( Worst characters are Guy and Adele. He's just a twat and she is an annoying know-it-all I just love Diggers. I always want to mother him.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 21:24:01 GMT
My favourite characters are Serena, Digby, Sacha, Jac, Mo, Elliott, Dom and Ric. Ric is not in it enough for my liking :-( Worst characters are Guy and Adele. He's just a twat and she is an annoying know-it-all Agreed wholeheartedly Jade....love Ric.
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Post by markxist on Apr 9, 2015 21:40:04 GMT
Likewise, Holby was brilliant....right up until Kent took charge of that too. The minute the likes of Hanssen, Malick, Chantelle, Eddi and Luc left the show really nosedived for me. Jac's the only consistently strong and well played character worth watching it for, and even she hasn't escaped some totally stupid storylines. Got to agree with this (although I found Eddi and Luc extremely tedious!!). Holby lost a load of good characters in quick succession and the newbies that came in just didn't fill the void left. I've always loved Jac, even though they've made it damn near impossible to at times, but there was a period where she almost became a parody of herself; the unfeeling ice queen routine was layed on a little too thick at times. I stopped watching HC around the Harry/Raf/Amy time and when Secret Escapes was having weekly meltdowns on the ward. I've dipped in and out occasionally but nothing I've seen has tempted me back. However, Kitkat's post on another thread saying Hansenn's back has made me really want to start watching again! Sounds like you jacked it in when I did. I found Secret Escapes (haha!) breakdowns and her smarmy father totally tedious...and poorly performed too. And the Harry/Raf/Amy stuff just YAWN. I hate it when the go to storyline is just romance/love triangles...especially when they place someone in it who were effectively told is good looking all the time ie Harry, as if beauty isn't in the eye of the beholder
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Post by amber jade on Apr 9, 2015 21:49:27 GMT
Ugh yes the Zosia breakdown and the love triangle did my head in
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Post by Lady W on Apr 9, 2015 21:50:15 GMT
Out of the Amy/Harry/Raf tedious trio, I hated Amy the most. I just hated how obnoxious she was over the whole baby thing; demanding a talk with Raf every five seconds and when he said he had to, y'know, go and save lives she pulled the "If you don't talk this through with me right now then I won't be there when you get home tonight" crap. Equally, I hated the fact the way she was trying to force him to be ok with the fact that Harry was in the mix as the potential (and then actual) father. It was always her way or the highway and her baby hysteria made me want to destroy my tv the majority of the time! Switching off was safer for all concerned
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