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Another interesting conversation between Irene and Leah last night about finding some new challenges and being sick of making coffee. I'm a bit intrigued as to where this might be leading.
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I would love to see her bitch-mode stemmed right back to the fact that she is angry at herself because she fell into the trap of thinking young love conquers all. Just when I find her to be a bitch she has a scene that gives me a glimmer of hope that they know just what they are doing with this character. I love her moments with Alf and John.
She has a Gypsy edge to her. Is great with the bitchface but deep down their is an insecure little girl trying to play grown ups. And that is where the fault is. I tend to forget that she is only... 15/16?
I agree she's reminiscent of Gypsy and Gypsy was one of my favourite characters. She is an insecure little girl trying to put on a brave front.
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Casey is being made to play so many emotions, sad, hurt, angry. He is only trying to add all them and when he can be happy he will.
Lincoln is a "normal" actor.. He can act but he can't act that brilliantly IMO. He tried too hard but that's just my opinion.
I'm not saying he is the greatest actor of all time but between 2011-12 he definitely managed to out-act some of the others (not the older cast) and he could manage different scenes with ease. But this year whenever Casey is supposed to be sad, hurt, angry, happy... it just comes across as pure crazy. It does come across as forced and trying too hard so I am finding myself laughing more at the serious scenes involving Casey.
I can't help it
Agreed with you 100%. The producers obviously love Casey too much.
!There's no way he is talented like the older cast. It's a disgrace that Alf, Marilyn, Irene and Roo never get their own storylines. I am fed up of the producers giving the young cast big storylines etc
Lincoln Younes is a young actor. I think it is premature to judge him as "not talented" like the older cast. He does not have the experience of life or the industry that a Ray or Lynne has built up over many years. Not as experienced I would be happy to recognise.
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Blowing like crazy. Would blow your dog off the chain.
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I thought last night's episode clearly showed the character development of Bianca. She is a multi layered character and becoming more so. Obviously the whole Rocco tragedy has matured her and calmed some of her more volatile traits.
I admired how last night she switched from the stunning, red bikini clad, soon to be River Girl to the responsible senior teacher so quickly when the occasion demanded it. I hope the writers can continue to develop these two aspects of her character in parallel into the future.
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Just a reminder to all.
Although the Character Actor Forum is run at Australian pace events that have not yet aired in Australia or have only been announced in Spoilers should not be posted in this Forum.
On rare occasions when spoilers are needed to make sense of a discussion Spoiler Tags should be used.
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It would be rather random. It would have to be very well written to tie it in with current events and to introduce the Chloe back story to audience members who have never met her.
I would like to see Irene back in the school bursars job. I thought that worked well.
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@#$%^ hot!! I'm with Alexx.
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I'm liking Sasha and Rosies friendship it's very sweet
So do I. It's some time since we had a genuine, supportive, non romantic same sex relationship among the teen age group. Too long.
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I think that's definitely right RR1.
For me she just seems to be clinging to Casey because she hasn't a relationship with her family or anyone else. I agree with those who think things are moving far too quickly.
It's probably not a popular opinion but I think Sasha was just as much responsible for the failure of her relationship with Casey as he was.
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Believe it or not today I watched DR Zhivago. Julie Christie is still awesome and Omar Sharif aint half bad either.
The immortal line:
Question from Political Commissar :" Why do you keep saying there is starvation in Moscow?"
Zhivago: "Because it is so!"
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Hot and humid. Thunderstorms to the north of us in the mountains. 30 degrees C 75% humidity. I don't like that.
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Repeating years seems standard soap practice for keeping cast members in school for an extra year. I'd like to see something more creative. What about an apprentice chef at the diner or Angelos?
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It's great site!! Happy birthday BTTB and may there be many more.
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25 today down from 40 C yesterday. good to have a few cooler days before the next lot.
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A very hot day. Got up to 38.7 degrees. cooling down very slowly.
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That last question??
Xavier is not on the show anymore so I doubt that he will get storylines.
True. Thanks for that.
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Character review for 2012 - Xavier Austin
How did Xavier develop as a character until his departure from the show?
What did you see are the strengths of Xavier this year?
What did you see are the weaknesses of Xavier this year?
What has been your favourite storyline/s involving Xavier this year?
What has been your least favourite storyline/s involving Xavier this year?
Please feel free to speculate, as it is most welcome but please remember that spoilers need to have spoiler tags placed around them. -
Character review for 2012 - Romeo Smith
How has Romeo developed as a character this year?
What did you see are the strengths of Romeo this year?
What did you see are the weaknesses of Romeo this year?
What has been your favourite storyline/s involving Romeo this year?
What has been your least favourite storyline/s involving Romeo this year?
What would you like to see happen with Romeo in 2013 storyline wise? Please feel free to speculate, as it is most welcome but please remember that spoilers need to have spoiler tags placed around them. -
Character review for 2012 - Leah Patterson - Baker
Leah ( Ada ) is currently on maternity leave.
How has Leah developed as a character this year?
What did you see are the strengths of Leah this year?
What did you see are the weaknesses of Leah this year?
What has been your favourite storyline/s involving Leah this year?
What has been your least favourite storyline/s involving Leah this year?
What would you like to see happen with Leah in 2013 storyline wise? Assuming that she returns at some stage.Please feel free to speculate, as it is most welcome but please remember that spoilers need to have spoiler tags placed around them.
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Character review for 2012 - Alf Stewart
Alf is one of the iconic characters of the show.How has Alf developed as a character during this season?
What did you see are the strengths of Alf this year?
What did you see are the weaknesses of Alf this year?
What has been your favourite storyline/s involving Alf this year?
What has been your least favourite storyline/s involving Alf this year?
What would you like to see happen with Alf in 2013 storyline wise? Please feel free to speculate, as it is most welcome but please remember that spoilers need to have spoiler tags placed around them. -
The 2012 season of Home and Away has now drawn to a close on Australian screens for another year, so lets look back on the year that was. Let us focus on the individual character and their development while they have appeared on our screens no matter how long or short of a time, they have appeared during this year.
QA and I will be hosting this in the Character/Discussion thread and each week we will focus on different characters those who are still on the show and also those who have left our screen in 2012. When posting please limit your post to one post per character and edit your post if you wish to add anything in and please use spoiler tags for spoilers.The next four characters have been posted in the CAD:
Alf Stewart
Leah Patterson Baker
Romeo Smith
Xavier Austin
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As I've said elsewhere I was also a fan of Heath and April. Given that the Heath Bianca relationship seems to be resurfacing I am starting to find that believable'. The Bianca of her early relationships with the Prince and later with Liam rather annoyed me. She seemed self absorbed, shallow and unable to sustain a relationship on any solid basis. Her experiences through the pregnancy and its aftermath have been well written and the fact that they would cause the quite far reaching changes in her attitudes to life and people seems believable to me.
I always thought Heath loved Bianca as an almost out of reach women who seemed to embody many of the things that he thought he would never be worthy of. I give April a lot of credit for starting the change in Heath. She had the capacity to make him think and consider his actions without just resorting to violence and aggression. The pregnancy and later death of Rocco continued that process.
I think the first few months of 2013 will be interesting and I'll be interested to see just how the writers will deal with Heath and Bianca.
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I guess I should be used to couples I like randomly breaking up but I do think these two had a lot of potential that seemed to get strangled at birth.And, indeed, still do:Personally I think Heath's a far better match for April than Dexter is.At times, it feels like there's a private shipping war going on in the writers' room:Some writers continue to portray them as having a close bond and make good use of their relationship, while others seem determined to bolster their preferred pairs by having April give out-of-character rants about how Heath never cared about her and could never be a good boyfriend. It's a shame that a lot of the on-screen stuff is one way:We had references to Heath supporting April while Dexter was in hospital but I'd like to have seen some of it.It's just a shame that those in charge seem determined not to have them together.
Interesting comments RR1. Looking back on the year I think the relationship between Heath and April would go into the "lost opportunity" category for me. It always intrigued me how April, despite her youth, relative small physical size, and almost fragility, seemed to constantly be able to stop Heath in his tracks and make him think. With her his usual "crash through" aproach to situations just didn't seem to be adequate.
I suppose that to some extent the opportunity still exists in her "little sister of his girlfriend" role but it won't have the added dimension of the physicality that their original relationship provided.
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