Home and Away: Discussion Thread

[Bright Eyes]

Another young soap actor has left us. Johnny Ruffo, who played Chris Harrington from 2013-2016 has passed away after a battle with brain cancer. He was 35.

https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-death/johnny-ruffo-home-and-away-star-has-passed-away-after-battle-with-brain-cancer--c-12506618

[AMCOLTLLover]

No way! 35???

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   I can’t 

[DRW50]

That was before my time with the show but I had read about his fight. So sorry to hear he's passed away.

[John]

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[AMCOLTLLover]

Home and Away has been on hiatus since Flick died.. I rewatched a few weeks over November and this show is lacking something. All those storylines are boring and I think I will take a Break from it again. Which is a Shame coz I grew up during home and aways 2nd hey days (the 00‘s)..

 

[DRW50]

I still find H&A the best of any current soaps, although that doesn't mean a great deal. It's the main show where I still care about a majority of the characters, and they have a better balance of stories. With that said, they do need a change - I would write out Harper, Tane, Mali, Bree and the members of Lyrik. I don't dislike any of these characters (maybe Harper), but I think their stories are over. The only one I might keep is Eden because of her siblings - Levi's arrival and the show's willingness to have him actually do bad things and be called out for them was one of the best parts of the show this year (his being hot helps).

I would also give Marilyn a story again - a much better story than her last few.

Edited December 24, 2024 by DRW50

[Skylover]

That surprises me. Apart from Hollyoaks, I find H&A one of the worst soaps now, I stopped watching at the beginning of 2019. All the characters are bland and samey, and they just introduce attractive pairs of siblings then replace them with attractive pairs of siblings. There's no diversity in the cast or in terms of the stories, it's basically just a soap version of Love Island now. They also ignore their older cast in a patronising way and ignore the past.

Edited December 25, 2024 by Skylover

[DRW50]

I agree about the lack of diversity and history, but I like most of the characters (which is NOT something I can say about any other soaps at present) and most of the stories never drag on too long. I think some of the older cast are well-used in one capacity or another (Irene and Alf have their share of plots while John is a wonderful counsel and quasi-comic relief figure). Marilyn and Roo could be better used, especially Marilyn. I find Leah somewhat tiresome, along with Justin. 

If I had more of a history with the show, I might feel differently. 

Edited December 25, 2024 by DRW50

[LondonScribe]

Having not watched the show properly since about 2016-17, I didn’t even this had still been a thing, but I’ve read that the show has reintroduced full opening titles for the first time since 2010. 

[Bright Eyes]

A DS article said it wouldn't be for every episode, just some.

[DRW50]

They are just images used from old promos, for now, and I don't like the overly angsty version of the theme (they've had this for a while so that's more of an excuse than the poor angsty Neighbours theme tune I guess), but it's nice to have credits again, even for just an episode a week.

[asafi]

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[AMCOLTLLover]

The Soap lost Sole of His Heart When she died

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  Gosh that scared the Living hell out of me when I was Younger and watched it in my Teens when they re-aired it

[Liberty City]

Wow. Wish this were available to stream.

[AMCOLTLLover]

They are all on Dailymotion.. 1988-1995