So, Poppy's sticking around again. So Poppy's getting a storyline in the next few weeks - obviously as a filler to give the Turdhopper-LipGirl Incest pukefest a break. So Poppy's getting a romance - again, obviously, Tamwar (who else?)
So, Poppy now has a heretofore unmentioned younger sister named Tansy. That's ominous. It's ominous because she's going to guest in one episode, and that probably means - yes - another teenaged character is about to be introduced.
As several commentators on Digital Spy have bemoaned, this influx of teen characters is one of the two main reasons (the other being the Branning cancer that's spreading) two to three million people are turning this show off at the moment and the reason that BBC's flagship programme is now garnering less viewers than Emmerdale.
Don't get me wrong. I like Poppy. She's pleasant, she has a job, she's responsible and she's positive. Also, Rachel Bright is a good actress. She's more along the lines of earlier ingenues. But most of the long-term viewers aren't invested in a plethora of young characters and their incumbent problems. EastEnders has always had young characters, but not in such an abundance that they outweigh and outnumber all other demographics. For example, the show, at the moment is seriously lacking characters, male and female, between the ages of 25 and 40.
Jay and Abi are cute, but I'm bored by teenaged angst and the eventual hemming and hawwing about when, where, how and why she'll lose her virginity to him ... followed by the ubiquitous pregnancy. (Yawn). The older teens are mostly untalented and those who aren't are boring, entitled, lazy and unlikeable.
Teenaged angst, kissing cousins and mouthy chav girls are not EastEnders.
The DS commentator Lion_60 declares that EastEnders doesn't need any further young characters on a regular basis, and I would be inclined to agree. I realise that, perhaps, the programme is constrained by its limited budget, but the way to go with this crisis is not The Only Way Is Essex. Axing the majority of deadwood, young and old, would free up enough cash to hire a subtle few quality actors, and possible a couple of writers.
But, wait ... there's disagreement. Not from the younger contingent of viewer, who - actually - is bemoaning the increase in the younger contingent. Oh, no ... in a desperate attempt to win friends and influence the lowest common denominator, as well as showing how "relevant" she can be, that infamous old troll, vald, says this:-
Oh, please, pass the puke bucket for that old trout.
Repetitive behaviour? It begins and ends with EastEnders' "yoof", who possess, collectively, one braincell between them. Mistakes are expected - like trying to kill your dad, getting rat-arsed drunk repeatedly, quitting school to work on the Square, if you work at all, having three or four days off a week, constantly trying to get Daddy Dearest to reconcile with the Show Room Dummie that's your brother, shitting on nice guys to run after bad boys and then playing the victim card when the bad boy dumps you. Live and learn? Chance would be a fine thing?
How's this? Saint Tanya of the Fat Arse and Thick Ankles and Ian Beale were both young once, and neither one has learned from the plethora of mistakes they've made. Max Branning's serial cheating didn't begin overnight. Nor did Syed's cheating and lying. The youngsters are learning, all right. They're learning the habits of a lifetime. Just like vald is still hanging on the edge of boring, trying to be relevant and just annoying people, as trolls do.
Maybe it's time for this to happen...
However, in the spirit of generosity, I'd like to bestow an award on vald, troll extraordinaire. She's just crawled out from under the bridge and into the water, where she hereby devolves into one big fat OLD TROUT:-
So, Poppy now has a heretofore unmentioned younger sister named Tansy. That's ominous. It's ominous because she's going to guest in one episode, and that probably means - yes - another teenaged character is about to be introduced.
As several commentators on Digital Spy have bemoaned, this influx of teen characters is one of the two main reasons (the other being the Branning cancer that's spreading) two to three million people are turning this show off at the moment and the reason that BBC's flagship programme is now garnering less viewers than Emmerdale.
Don't get me wrong. I like Poppy. She's pleasant, she has a job, she's responsible and she's positive. Also, Rachel Bright is a good actress. She's more along the lines of earlier ingenues. But most of the long-term viewers aren't invested in a plethora of young characters and their incumbent problems. EastEnders has always had young characters, but not in such an abundance that they outweigh and outnumber all other demographics. For example, the show, at the moment is seriously lacking characters, male and female, between the ages of 25 and 40.
Jay and Abi are cute, but I'm bored by teenaged angst and the eventual hemming and hawwing about when, where, how and why she'll lose her virginity to him ... followed by the ubiquitous pregnancy. (Yawn). The older teens are mostly untalented and those who aren't are boring, entitled, lazy and unlikeable.
Teenaged angst, kissing cousins and mouthy chav girls are not EastEnders.
The DS commentator Lion_60 declares that EastEnders doesn't need any further young characters on a regular basis, and I would be inclined to agree. I realise that, perhaps, the programme is constrained by its limited budget, but the way to go with this crisis is not The Only Way Is Essex. Axing the majority of deadwood, young and old, would free up enough cash to hire a subtle few quality actors, and possible a couple of writers.
But, wait ... there's disagreement. Not from the younger contingent of viewer, who - actually - is bemoaning the increase in the younger contingent. Oh, no ... in a desperate attempt to win friends and influence the lowest common denominator, as well as showing how "relevant" she can be, that infamous old troll, vald, says this:-
I don't agree. It's better than having an excess of middle aged characters making the same mistakes repeatedly.
The younger ones are fresh and at an age when a few mistakes are expected...they live and learn .Lets hope we see less of those who should know better sleeping around and some more genuine friendships and relationships.
Oh, please, pass the puke bucket for that old trout.
Repetitive behaviour? It begins and ends with EastEnders' "yoof", who possess, collectively, one braincell between them. Mistakes are expected - like trying to kill your dad, getting rat-arsed drunk repeatedly, quitting school to work on the Square, if you work at all, having three or four days off a week, constantly trying to get Daddy Dearest to reconcile with the Show Room Dummie that's your brother, shitting on nice guys to run after bad boys and then playing the victim card when the bad boy dumps you. Live and learn? Chance would be a fine thing?
How's this? Saint Tanya of the Fat Arse and Thick Ankles and Ian Beale were both young once, and neither one has learned from the plethora of mistakes they've made. Max Branning's serial cheating didn't begin overnight. Nor did Syed's cheating and lying. The youngsters are learning, all right. They're learning the habits of a lifetime. Just like vald is still hanging on the edge of boring, trying to be relevant and just annoying people, as trolls do.
Maybe it's time for this to happen...
However, in the spirit of generosity, I'd like to bestow an award on vald, troll extraordinaire. She's just crawled out from under the bridge and into the water, where she hereby devolves into one big fat OLD TROUT:-
VALD
Vald is a bitter old trout who should stop trying to live vicariously through the chavvy teenage characters and act her bloody age. Silly old bint.
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