tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post5952091429916506803..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Is Coronation Street stuck in the past?Glenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-81727794467628107222017-11-28T01:20:52.028+00:002017-11-28T01:20:52.028+00:00I’ve heard this suggestion a few times but I’m not...I’ve heard this suggestion a few times but I’m not convinced. A worker at a call centre spends most of the day wearing headphones and talking into a receiver. Room for character interaction, gossiping & squabbling - such as we now have over the machines - would be limited to tea breaks. I agree something fresh is needed but if I were storylining, this wouldn’t be my choice because of its Cobblestonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01636002429906543635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-68014577850290169182017-11-27T09:11:01.503+00:002017-11-27T09:11:01.503+00:00Anyone else remember when Tyronne was building a l...Anyone else remember when Tyronne was building a loft extension? (Phelan & Todd swapped Jason's floorboards with a cheaper alternative, causing y to fall through them). We never saw the results of that...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-3724257190047388902017-11-26T19:40:27.540+00:002017-11-26T19:40:27.540+00:00I think Scotty's right fans are to blame to a ...I think Scotty's right fans are to blame to a large extent, the problem is we're too conservative, whenever the show tries to do something different and radical it's met with howls of outrage and horror from us, Bethany's grooming was a brilliant well acted, well written storyline, but as per usual reacted with OUTRAGE at this, Having Neil turn out to be a copper was greeted with Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-65701815772175153522017-11-26T04:13:24.769+00:002017-11-26T04:13:24.769+00:00A call center would be perfect! You're right a...A call center would be perfect! You're right about it having more opportunities for the characters while being suitable for the workforce the factory has presently.Marichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022211247705005914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-83210119826912011002017-11-26T04:07:21.434+00:002017-11-26T04:07:21.434+00:00One suggestion I liked for the factory was that a ...One suggestion I liked for the factory was that a call center would make more sense. Its a similar workforce and would have the characters interacting in the same way. Its just a bit more modern. Plus call centers have some more room for growth in the characters they need IT tech(which would be great for someone bright like Chesney) and schedulers and supervisors. scifiaddict86https://www.blogger.com/profile/18361207294180211490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-20539920086777551832017-11-26T03:07:24.231+00:002017-11-26T03:07:24.231+00:00One welcome change would be to cure young characte...One welcome change would be to cure young characters-and some of the not so young ones- from their aversion to getting an education. Plenty of people get an education or learn a trade and yet choose to live or work in their old neighborhood but having so many characters only fit to work in a dingy factory, pulling pints or handing chips over a counter in 2017 is a ridiculous anachronism.<br />Marichahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08022211247705005914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-86009733223649033242017-11-26T02:46:42.957+00:002017-11-26T02:46:42.957+00:00They're talking about extending the set so hop...They're talking about extending the set so hopefully the street will get a 21st century update or else it will look out of place. I hope The Bistro moves onto the new part of the set.<br /><br />And it's interesting that storylines seem to forget the show's ethos (blatant gangland style killings, stalker plots etc) yet the set is the one area they decide to stay traditional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-88060810152524415052017-11-25T21:50:15.699+00:002017-11-25T21:50:15.699+00:00Yes I agree. I wish Corrie would reflect more of t...Yes I agree. I wish Corrie would reflect more of the 21st century. Get rid of Underworld, turn it into a Freshcos express. Instead of the Bistro, have people meet in a coffee shop. They seem a little scared to change anything but I don't think Underworld works without Mike Baldwin and he's long gone.<br /><br />Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-11158425547422583352017-11-25T20:02:53.222+00:002017-11-25T20:02:53.222+00:00The old sets were built as extensions of the chara...The old sets were built as extensions of the characters who inhabited them. Hilda's muriel is as much part of personality as her curlers. Ditto stone cladding and Vera. Problem today is where the long lasting distinct character around whom to decorate?Either the actor leaves or the characters gets a drastic personality change.Hence they keep the old decorating styles because they have more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-53915515502658435222017-11-25T18:00:28.138+00:002017-11-25T18:00:28.138+00:00Rita was without makeup most of the time for her b...Rita was without makeup most of the time for her brain tumour storyline as was Michelle with the loss of her baby. The one that gets me is Rana..do they put it on with a butter knife? Wow..tons of slap on that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-73995583379364733422017-11-25T16:41:04.622+00:002017-11-25T16:41:04.622+00:00Not only is Coronation stuck in the past,it's ...Not only is Coronation stuck in the past,it's in a bubble far from reality as current events aren't even mentioned.eg the London Olympics and Brexit.<br />What always bothered me was a year after 9\11,Deirdre was complaining about all the security measures she and Ken had to go through at the airport during their honeymoon and it would have been respectful for the writers to have another Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-17335364684832443772017-11-25T12:29:14.292+00:002017-11-25T12:29:14.292+00:00The problem they have is finding sets where charac...The problem they have is finding sets where characters can meet, be joined by others and have rows. That's why they keep the factory going. We also have the café, the bistro and now, very oddly, the medical centre reception area. It's good that the landscape changes to incorporate different developments but they're used in exactly the same way. The gossip that goes on the medical Humpty Dumptyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968124501003519978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-67687956980347867432017-11-25T09:29:14.757+00:002017-11-25T09:29:14.757+00:00I agree with a lot that’s been said. However, in t...I agree with a lot that’s been said. However, in the areas where they HAVE changed physical things (most notably the back room/kitchen of No.13) the result seems a tad overblown... Hilda’s/the Webster’s old house now feels twice the size! <br />I also hate the Bistro set, it just feels so glossy, contrived and unbelievable that all that has been crammed into a viaduct arch. <br />Also, whilst I’mPablonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-21951657765053646382017-11-25T08:00:09.036+00:002017-11-25T08:00:09.036+00:00Excellent post! There is definitely a fear floati...Excellent post! There is definitely a fear floating around that they can't change some things because they're - sigh - "iconic". The Duckworth house is one of them (rip out that damn bar!). Similarly, when the Rovers burned down, Stella rebuilt it to look more or less exactly the same as it looked before, right down to 1980s tills and jukebox, instead of sticking in a plasma Scott Willisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284196034782356946noreply@blogger.com