HOLLYOAKS starts tonight!

It's my favourite soap of all time and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

And it's a tad gay.



More info here and here.

I don't know why they're showing it so late at night over there. It's marketed towards teens and young adults over here and is screened at half-six in the evening.

tivo'd!

evenstar3 said:

ArielB said:

what?

evenstar3 said:

You have a dirtier mind than I have pictured.

ArielB said:

i dunno what you're talking about

ArielB said:

It's not dirty! It just features lots of men kissing.

evenstar3 said:

I remember when you were barely legal, with an innocent mind

A tad??

ArielB said:

the org's corrupted me.

evenstar3 said:

Yes You need an intervention.

ArielB said:

as if i want to be innocent again

evenstar3 said:

Maybe spooky will scare you enough to become innocent again.

ArielB said:

i doubt it.

Justin, you might hate me for saying this, but I can't stand Hollyoaks.

My ex-housemate was obsessed with it and would watch the four hour marathons on a Sunday morning. Like Friends, if I hear *one* second of the theme tune, I have to leave the room. Horrible!

I know someone who was a scriptwriter on Hollyoaks for a while but they parted over 'creative differences'. Apparently, every script he gave had to be dumbed down. There again, I don't know what the hell he was presenting them. They could have been crap.

But I'm glad you enjoy it - I am in the minority with this programme, usually.

JustErin said:

word...out...mouth

onenitealone said:

onenitealone said:

I find the signing people in the corner of the screen a bit distracting but it's odd how you cease to notice them once you're gripped by the plot - or maybe gripped by a raging hangover. There's an alternate four-hour omnibus on E4, on Saturdays, which doesn't have the signing people (if you're interested).

onenitealone said:

I have the theme tune as the ringtone on my mobile

onenitealone said:

But in the scheme of things, the average Hollyoaks episode isn't as preposterous as Footballers Wives. The dream sequences are a bit wiggy at times though.

onenitealone said:

"Enjoy it"? It's nearly as good as sex. When I hear that jangly theme music start, it calls me like a dog whistle and I'm paralysed into instantly stopping what I'm doing for thirty minutes.

BinaryJustin said:

Where the hell do I start???!



My ex-housemate, bless her, sent a complaint email to the creators of Hollyoaks demanding they went back to playing the old theme tune. Obviously no-one listened to her. I can't believe you have it as your ringtone.

Okay, I *love* Footballer's Wives - and that's ridiculous - but I think that's because it sends itself up. Hollyoaks is just an excuse for pretty people to do stuff.

Rhondab said:

Well, it's not all about gay teens having secret affairs - Well, not most of the time.

The local village policeman looks like this:





You've got to watch it Rhonda!!!

BinaryJustin said:

Okay - now I might start watching Hollyoaks!!

Justin... did you watch that programme the other day, 'Bring Back Dallas'??

It was superb!

My favourite bit was when Justin Lee Collins burst in on Charlene Tilton having a massage/colonic irrigation/whatever it was.



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[Edited 6/4/07 15:03pm]

onenitealone said:

No. Hollyoaks is an excuse for me to watch pretty people do stuff!



p.s. Tell your ex-roomie to point her mobile phone's browser here: http://xrl.us/vutw

BinaryJustin said:

Point taken.

She will *love* you when I show her that.

onenitealone said:

Nah, I missed it - but my sister went on and on about it, for days after.

Anyway...

Hollyoaks. It's fab!

Okay, now you are making it impossible to click on this thread in work tomorrow.

But I will take the one on the right, please.

onenitealone said:

Just don't go to work and instead spend all day catching up on Hollyoaks with that 4OD service at Channel4.com. Problem solved!

BinaryJustin said:

Holy Lord! I didn't really care until you showed that pic.

So, did anybody watch it?