30-07-2017, 01:59 PM
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Casualty - special show
Did anyone watch this last night? It was done in one continual shot with one camera.Reading viewers' posts on ED, a lot agree with me. It was rubbish! OTT acting by several regular cast members (Duffy - she made me cringe - and paramedic Jez), and I thought it was too frantic. The script was dire. There were three members of a band waiting to be seen, and a seated boy just kept tapping at something. Eventually acting receptionist Louise broke his sticks. At another time someone was singing 'When the saints go marching in'.
It was all too much for my poor brain and eyes to deal with, so I put it to mute. There are three weeks before the new series begins, and there wasn't even a cliff hanger.
So, as I put on the ED thread on FB, 'Casualty, this was not of your usual high calibre.'
30-07-2017, 03:05 PM
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Re: Casualty - special show
Originally Posted by Jazzi
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Did anyone watch this last night? It was done in one continual shot with one camera.Reading viewers' posts on ED, a lot agree with me. It was rubbish! OTT acting by several regular cast members (Duffy - she made me cringe - and paramedic Jez), and I thought it was too frantic. The script was dire. There were three members of a band waiting to be seen, and a seated boy just kept tapping at something. Eventually acting receptionist Louise broke his sticks. At another time someone was singing 'When the saints go marching in'.
It was all too much for my poor brain and eyes to deal with, so I put it to mute. There are three weeks before the new series begins, and there wasn't even a cliff hanger.
So, as I put on the ED thread on FB, 'Casualty, this was not of your usual high calibre.'
30-07-2017, 05:38 PM
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Re: Casualty - special show
Originally Posted by CeeCee
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I haven't watched Casualty in donkey's years, and never have seen Holby city. I find Saturday night television to be absolutely dire, having no interest in soaps or so-called talent type shows. So no TV for me on Saturdays.
I thought the idea of filming with one continuous shot was very brave but it sounds as though it didn't quite work out for the best.
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