No, not those feelings, missus, I've got tablets for that. I mean, feelings of nostalgia for a Coronation Street that perhaps no longer exists.
And it's set me thinking about what this coming Christmas might bring in the way of Coronation Street seasonal storylines.
So let's look at what we know so far and with a bit of help from this week's Inside Soap magazine, who tease a bit of tinsel in with the previews, let's see what we can look forward to on Corrie this Christmas. And then, you decide, is it going to be a Christmas cracker or a turkey? Sadly for this fan, there's not much to put a seasonal smile on my Corrie face and I'm voting it turkey with the trots.
From the Coronation Street spoilers we've picked up from the press, we know that there'll be a wedding, Marcus' parents will turn up, and Chesney and Kirk recycle last year's storyline using turkeys instead of trees.
And from the tinsel teaser in this week's fab Inside Soap magazine, there's not much more set to sparkle on the Street. Kevin and Sophie develop a crush on Jenna, there'll be a will she/won't she at the wedding with Leanne and Nick and Peter, and another will she/won't she in the form of Kirsty finding out (or not) about Fiz and Tyrone getting close once again.
And that's it. That's our Christmas on Coronation Street 2012 style. No mention of good tidings and joy, no sniff of a singalong in the Rovers, no homeless waifs and strays being taken in and fed. It looks like most of the action is going to feature heavily around Carla, Peter, Leanne, Nick, Kylie, David, Tina and Tommy. And that's not pressing the buttons on this fan's fairy lights to make them flash on and off with glee.
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5 comments:
The spoilers never mention sing-alongs or community gatherings anyway. It was a nice surprise when Rita sang 'A Winter's Tale' on Christmas Day 2010 as they didn't mention Emily reciting 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' in 2008. Soaps are always a misery on Christmas anyway. But I'm sure Corrie will be the best of the lot.
Am finding most of the story-lines boring, and they look set to continue into the Christmas season. I agree, nothing much exciting appears on the horizon.
Let's hope there's something that's actually a surprise, rather than all the best bits being leaked through spoilers. Maybe they'll be some juicy catastrophe and characters we've tired of (or not) will bite the dust in time for the new producer's arrival? A surprise shake up would certainly be nice.
We have been promised a fire at the Rovers for Christmas. That is something to look forward to.
The programme is so risk averse these days. It's such a shame, but I fear that all our Corrie Christmas will look the same from now until the time the show gets cancelled, because everyone is bored with the same old recycled stories.
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