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Post by HQ75 on May 6, 2013 21:53:47 GMT -5
Doug and Maxine are and Kevin are like the emotional and physical punching bags of everyone on this damned show. They should start a club. By the time Patrick is done with Maxine she'll be rotting in a mental hospital too. And something is NOT right with Sienna and Patrick's relationship. It's creepy.
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Post by HQ75 on May 6, 2013 21:34:31 GMT -5
Nothing good can come from Eric and Nicole getting together except more heartache and misery for both of them. So doomed.
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Post by HQ75 on May 6, 2013 21:21:18 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 6, 2013 15:09:09 GMT -5
We know the club was auctioned off. So why not just have Cheryl buy the damned club for Ste? It was hers to begin with and Ste was JUST visiting her. What was the point of him visiting her. I get that Ste is haunted by his love for Brendan blah, blah and maybe owing and running the club would make him feel closer to Brendan but he doesn't have to be stuck on stupid. I refuse to believe that Brendan Brady doesn't have money hidden somewhere. We know it wasn't in the freaking bank so "seizure" is not really an issue. He has stacks of cash everywhere. And Chery's apartment too. If Ste wants to be Mr. Big Fish in a Little pond, why not take the easy route and just use the resources he has at his disposal. Now he's selling drugs IN THE FREAKING DELI? And using a school kid who is underage to do it? The same kid who a week ago stole all the money from the till? And I guess Doug is just supposed to shut up and smile and not bother poor Ste with his concern? UGH! Where the hells is JP??? I don't know why it makes me so mad. LOL ;D
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Post by HQ75 on May 4, 2013 9:38:39 GMT -5
So many viewers seem to just skip over the 2.5 years long before Brendan ever came to Hollyoaks when Ste was a SINGLE parent and Amy was off "finding herself" and Ste worked multiple jobs to care for himself and his babies and he wasn't robbing, selling drugs or beating people up. People aren't rubber bands they don't always snap back to where they started. Brendan broke something in Ste that was only barely getting repaired with the help of Doug and Amy and a stable family life and getting back with Brendan sniffled that healing.
But it's not like the Ste who fell for Doug and started a business and was GENUINELY happy just never existed. That person is still inside him. I don't care what he's wearing or what hair cut he has.
People develop forward so Ste has the capacity to stop what he's doing and get back to living like a sweet, kind, funny, creative human being again if he wants to.
The entire storyline makes no sense. After everything Ste has been through, Cherly would fucking BUY the damned bar and give it to him if she knew he wanted it without even thinking about it. All he'd have to do is asked. She'd probably buy him out of the deli if he wanted. She is family to him. She loves him and Doug and she is nothing if not generous (despite her other faults) and her husband is a freaking Earl or Duke or something.
This drug running business is stupid for every kind or reason but mostly because it's unnecessary.
I'm fine with Ste not wanting to run the business. I think Doug and crazy Leanne could probably do it together and that would be hilarious.
I'm also fine with Ste wanting to own and run the club.
What is ridiculous is Ste trying to run drugs and raves with at 16 year old who is still in school and suddenly only having track suits to wear (as if Amy or Doug would have let him keep those clothes ANYWAY) and the fact that Ste thinks that even for one second Brendan would want him to be skulking in corners and doing small time drug deals.
And while we are on the subject of that, we know Brendan wasn't using banks to store his cash so are we really to believe he doesn't have money everywhere and wouldn't just GIVE it to Ste or GIVE him the freaking club? UGH. The entire club thing is ridiculous. I can't....
The same lawyer who magically arrived to absolve Ste and Doug of the loan could magically appear to transfer ownership of the club over to Ste.
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Post by HQ75 on May 4, 2013 9:17:25 GMT -5
I actually think Sami stealing the money was smart because it completely throws Nick off his game and leaves him vulnerable and defensive enough to not be able to cover up his crazy. My only problem is that Sami should have given the money to EJ to immediately hide for safe keeping and then do what she does best, lie with a straight face and continue to do so. He has absolutely no proof that Sami was ever in his room and he doesn't even know that Sonny was at the house because the only person who saw Sonny was Adrienne and she would NEVER tell. And Nick can't tell anyone what happened, not even Gabi so he would basically be at the mercy of Vargas which could push him to do something even MORE crazy to try to get the money back. Also, Sami is stupid for not having security. She, Will and Sonny should have security tracking them at all times until the baby is born or Nick is dead, gone or in jail. And they need to tell Justin, Rafe and Kate what the hell is going on with Nick immediately. FAMILY MEETING! Also, can I just say that Justin and Adrienne are the sexiest older couple on tv. They are so hot for each other. It's lovely to see that.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 28, 2013 10:33:25 GMT -5
I'm so happy he is back.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 28, 2013 9:00:45 GMT -5
Real male strippers do not do what Brady did, stand there and wiggle a little. Real male strippers for women are way more in your face and interactive with the women. They hump them and get up on their laps. It's scandalous. As it should be. LOL Daniel and Cameron had the most authentic male strip show moves. All over the stage, check. Gratuitus body rolls, check. Grinding and twerking, check. Crotch thrusts at the audience, check. In an actual club, Daniel and Cameron would have made it rain like a monsoon. LOL Brady would have been ok (cuz the uniform is EVERYTHING) Rafe would have gotten a couple of pity 20s for being awkward but pretty. Those boys may have hated it but they WENT FOR IT and I give mad props for that. I still don't understand why Chad wasn't up there. You'd think he would have been the first person Abigail asked and he kinda owes Cameron for mocking him. My only thought is because he's supposed to be a college student, they thought it would be weird to have all the grown ladies ogling him. I LOVED watching Sami squirm while Brady was dancing. Allison was perfect and it speaks to the fact that Sami thinks of Brady as her brother (even though they NEVER act like it, which is sad). I don't have any problem with Caroline ogling him because he is literally no relation to her. He's not a Brady (though his name is Brady which confused me for a full month when I first started watching the show - couldn't they have named hism Scott or Mark, Jeezus)
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 25, 2013 21:47:26 GMT -5
SO excited
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 22, 2013 19:52:52 GMT -5
I wish they had a different interviewer for The Backlot.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 22, 2013 19:42:36 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 22, 2013 19:10:02 GMT -5
I can't get excited yet but I'm so intrigued. Can't wait to see the next adventure of the heart for Lucas. Also, I still miss Onderweg Naar Morgen
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 19, 2013 16:55:54 GMT -5
Does anyone know if Kimba is still posting vids?
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 19, 2013 16:55:12 GMT -5
I think Doug just doesn't want to be messed about and JP does owe Doug an explanation even if it's just "My family is having lot of serious problems and I need to focus on helping them but I'm sorry I left like that" Common courtesy. JP and Doug had been hanging out a lot before they slept together. And JP clearly said he didn't want it to be a one night stand. So he should have treated Doug with more respect, End of.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 19, 2013 8:20:32 GMT -5
Elias JUST found out about Iida and she is his step sister who is grieving the loss of her mother AND who has a deadly medical condition. I think you are over simplifying the situation and exaggerating Lari's circumstances.
Iida did NOT ruin Lari's life. She may have outed him to the school (which other than his evil team mates knowing, no one at school cares if he is gay) but she didn't ruin his life.
Lari may FEEL like his life is ruined because he's a teenager and they are dramatic and have no sense of proportion.
But Lari was beaten up by his own team mates (not by Iida) and they are the same team mates with whom he used to bully Elias before he started cheating on his girlfriend, Iida, with Elias.
Having sex with your girlfriend's best friend and step brother is not ok, no matter how closeted you are. It's wrong and any girl would be devastated, angry and hurt to find out that not only was her boyfriend and best friend lying to her but that ALL of her friends knew that her best friend and ex were a couple and they kept it from her for weeks.
I'm not excusing Iida outing Lari but I think under the circumstances it makes sense that she was so angry, bitter and vengeful. She felt abandoned and alone and made a full of by the only to people she trusted. And she is also a dramatic teenager with no sense of proportion.
But back to Lari. After Lari's teemmates beat the crap out of him, he told no one. He didn't tell his coach or his father or the doctors what happened. He walked around on a busted knee and self medicated and didn't follow the doctor's directions and played anyway. THAT is what ruined his life. Refusing to do what the doctors said and going to the camp tryout anyway is what ruined his chances of playing future hockey, not Iida outting him, not Elias, only his decision to ignore advice (again, teenager with no common sense)
At some point, when he's calmer and has adjusted to what has happened, Lari will realize his on part in what happened to him and that by isolating himself and refusing to tell the truth about what happened to him, he made his own situation worse.
So many adults around him want to help him, Katarinna, Kalle, even Cindy and probably Sebastian too if he knew what was happening. Lari has friends like Janne and a boy who loves him like Elais. He is not alone and he doesn't have to brood and keep everything inside.
Elias did the best he could with a horrible situation and when Lari calms down he will realize that he and Iida BOTH acted horribly and they need to move on. What is done is done.
They are only 16/17 and this is part of growing up. I'm just glad Lari came to his senses showing up drunken and adorable at Elias' door because he needs HELP and support.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 19, 2013 8:05:01 GMT -5
Sonny and Will are a young couple madly in love. Young couples (heck even old couples) madly in love make out sometimes.
In fact, folks are always saying the show should treat Will and Sonny like other couples and I think the fact that they hold hands and cuddle and kiss is one way that they have always been treated like the straight couples.
Like last week with EJ and Sami it was beautiful how they mirrored the physical and emotional intimacy of the two couples.
As Caroline pointed out herself and as we have actually seen on screen, all of the couples on this show make out in public everywhere. I don't know what eating has to do with it, it's not like someone was clipping their toenails at the table.
Melanie and Chad made out in every room they have ever occupied. John and Marlena (when the were making out) made out all over town.
Adrienne and Justin were practically dry humping in Horton Square in the middle of folks shopping and TWICE they Adrienne moaned while they were kissing at the coffee house. Sonny and Will were very restrained for college students, IMO
They were kissing and giggling intermittently, they weren't in a full on snog. It's funny that the show shoots and entire scene for the purpose of showing that someone like Caroline who is as ancient as the Earth could be pleased by the sight of Sonny and Will kissing but the viewers are trying to shame them into a "private" place. How is that any different that Lucas turning up his nose every time he saw them kiss? All couples on this show kiss in public. GACK, Melanie and Chad, Chad and Abigail, heck Daniel and prissy Jennifer used to go at it like nobody's business.
Why single out Sonny and Will in the context of THIS show?
If they were real people sitting next to you in a restaurant would you really be so distracted as to not be able to eat because a couple people were intermittently kissing?
Also, it's a small town and Will is in his own family pub. He feels comfortable and at home there. He should not have to feel paranoid about homophobes in his own family pub.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 19, 2013 7:42:01 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 18, 2013 19:59:12 GMT -5
Jp only just arrived and then immediately go involved in the Mercedes kidnapping Jacqui heist stuff. I don't think he's had time to see Doug or anyone else. I think sister being kidnapped trumps everything. Last we saw they were on great terms and Doug was fi fixing dinner for them both and JP texted that he had to get away. Also JP wasn't fired, he was suspended again and then he ran away to the seaside. So he might still have a job. I imagine now that Jacqui is leaving, they'll get back to JP and Doug after she's gone.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 18, 2013 19:49:56 GMT -5
How many times can Kevin get beat up? Jesus. This show and gratuitous violence.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 18, 2013 19:44:07 GMT -5
Old dream sequence from an earlier Elias crush.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 18, 2013 10:40:52 GMT -5
JP really snapped to didn't he? He just walked in and was like "Right, let'd do this". I love when the McQueens just stick together and take care of business. I'm just sad that this will all come crashing down horribly on Jacqui and Pheobe I'm afraid. I can't stand that Claire character. I don't see the point of her. Ugh. She is horrible.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 17, 2013 17:10:06 GMT -5
Seems like you are not really getting why it would be confusing to viewers who are NOT from the UK but people tend to view things through what they know.
So for someone who is not from the UK or familiar with the school system there, watching Hollyoaks can be confusing.
That's all. Not a big deal.
If a US or Canadian viewer watches a UK show with teenagers between the ages of 14 - 18, it is expected that they are in "high school", not "college". (because those words mean different things in different countries).
So it helps to explain that the names for the school teenagers would be in at certain ages are different in the UK.
YOU may not need the explanation, but the fact that so many non-UK viewers have asked about it makes it clear that some folks needed the explanation.
I wasn't discussing your personal educational experience (which I couldn't possibly know)
I think we can move on. LOL
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 17, 2013 14:45:54 GMT -5
In the uk you go to high school until 16 and college until 18. Phoebe is 16. She had her 16th birthday a couple of months ago. She's in the last year of high school but she is doing it at college because they said school wasn't appropriate for her. George, Callum and Tilly are all in the final year of college, 2 years above phoebe, so everyone in that year will have to be 18 before the summer, so if he's not yet George will be 18 very soon. The system in the UK is different from the system in the US & Canada. "College" in the U.S. is something you start when you are 17.5/18 (unless you graduate from high school early) and it takes 4 years to complete college. Most colleges are part of a larger University system (though there are small private colleges that aren't) But it's still a 4 year program. So that is why some U.S. and Canadian viewers think George, Tilly and Callum are much older than they are. In the U.S. and Canada in most public school systems (I know "public school" means something different in the UK but in the U.S. we call free schooling "public school") In the U.S. and Candada, Pheobe, Esther, Ruby, Tilly, George and Callum would ALL[/b] be in High School (age 14/15 - 17/18). Graduating with a High School Diploma Texas, Leanne and Will would be in Community or Jr. College (2 year program after High School) graduating with an Associates Degree After that would be "College" (Bachelors Degree) and then "Graduate School" (Masters or PhD)
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 17, 2013 14:11:19 GMT -5
I love George too. I have loved watching him develop and grow into himself. I'd love to see him have a cute boyfriend and to see he and Tilly and Esther have a gay united front, LOL. It's great to see young gay and lesbian characters who aren't tortured about being gay, who don't have to "come out" on screen and who actually have other lesbian and gay friends who they aren't dating. I know Tilly and Esther have history and maybe even something else in the future (I don't really think they are suited as girlfriends but...) but still, they are friends now and it's lovely.
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Post by HQ75 on Apr 16, 2013 21:21:00 GMT -5
Rafe is such a sanctimonious ass. He has broken so many laws it's it is not even funny. All he does is walk around judging others for their behavior as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth. WHY? Why does he exist? He treats Gabi like she's 12 and most women like they are incapable of making a decision without a man. Do straight women really find that kind of macho bs sexy? In 2013? What the hell is HE so mad about? Gabi is a grown woman. The papers would give EQUAL custody to Will and Gabi. They would protect Will's rights to his daughter and not take anything away from Gabi. So what exactly is it that Kate did that was so wrong? Gabi claims that she wants to raise the baby WITH Will but she doesn't want to put it in writing? Because NICK doesn't like it? It's not his business. His business is to shut the hell up and stand there and nod. This is the same girl that plotted and planned an entire conspiracy to get a man but she can't read one document? REALLY SHOW? The fact that Nick, Gabi and Rafe are acting like Kate tried to sell the baby to Satan is just pissing me off in 87 kinds of ways. Rafe is a cardboard cut out idiota! Ugh! He is too stupid to live. Why show, WHY SO MUCH RAFE?
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