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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 352084" data-attributes="member: 22">It&#039;s when Billy and Sheila are written out. The series had just gone to three episodes a week and it was already starting to feel more like a conventional soap, with everyone going in and out of each other&#039;s houses and confiding their problems at the drop of a hat. Then they introduce the shopping parade and suddenly everyone&#039;s working with and for each other as well, and it starts existing in its own little bubble with less and less connection to the outside world.&nbsp; That kind of thing worked fine on Coronation Street and EastEnders because of the rich history and mythology surrounding those shows&#039; respective communities, but on Brookside, there wasn&#039;t the same depth and it felt bland and artificial. And as the characters became more two-dimensional, the storylines became increasingly issue-based and supposedly &quot;edgy&quot; and &quot;real&quot;,&nbsp; but to me it all just seemed sensationalised and hollow. A bit like Torchwood without the monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 352084, member: 22"] It's when Billy and Sheila are written out. The series had just gone to three episodes a week and it was already starting to feel more like a conventional soap, with everyone going in and out of each other's houses and confiding their problems at the drop of a hat. Then they introduce the shopping parade and suddenly everyone's working with and for each other as well, and it starts existing in its own little bubble with less and less connection to the outside world. That kind of thing worked fine on [I]Coronation Street[/I] and [I]EastEnders[/I] because of the rich history and mythology surrounding those shows' respective communities, but on [I]Brookside[/I], there wasn't the same depth and it felt bland and artificial. And as the characters became more two-dimensional, the storylines became increasingly issue-based and supposedly "edgy" and "real", but to me it all just seemed sensationalised and hollow. A bit like [I]Torchwood[/I] without the monsters. [/QUOTE]

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