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@H@5Why Do People Hate Prisoner Cell Block H ???...
@A@4By Smiley
@FHpearl08
@FAbeton13
@FMdarkparticle08
{4@1
1It has come to my attention that the general concensus of people seem to
{1dislike Prisoner Cell Block H, @2why@1?
1
1I also seem to have noticed that if you ask somebody who dislikes it if they
1have actually watched it they will say something like "No, I dont need to coz
1its so bad!, or if they have (well at least they say they have) they will
1always and I mean always, say "It`s so bad even the walls shake".
1Now I have to clear this point up. I have watched Prisoner for years and to
1my knowledge I will admit that walls have shook about twice that I have seen.
1However I have also watched Neighbours and the walls in that place shake so
1often that I am sure there is some sort of constant seizmic activity centered
1around Erinsbourgh (if you dont believe me watch the Coffee Shop walls around
1the front door!!).
1But it really is the people who dont even watch it that annoy me the most. At
1college if we try and talk about it there will be guarenteed somebody come
1over and say "Prisoner, thats shit. Fuck off you sad Bastards", to which I
1connot even be bothered to reply to.
1
1Back to my point, if people would only stick with Prisoner for more that 10
1minutes they would realise that it definately has one of the best story lines
1around of any soap opera, no question about it.
1Another point is that how many soaps about 2/3 years ago had 3 shows a week,
1well to my knowledge only Neighbours and Home and Away did (not counting
1the omnibus edition of Eastenders on a Sunday). This shows that Granada (my
1area - I cant comment on other TV regions) had quite a lot of faith in the
1program as did the advertisers who paid for their adverts in the breaks.
1BBC can show their old shit (ie Eastenders) as much as they want because they
1have already paid for it.
1
1Whatever style of TV you like you can be guarenteed that Prisoner has some of
1it, here are some examples :-
1
1Violence: Innumerous fights between the inmates,
1 The great Wentworth riot where people were hung, poisoned, shot,etc
1 The more recent burning of Blackmore and shooting of Mr ?
1
1Lurve: Chuckie falling in love with ... and her bid to get out and live with
1 him (it almost brought a tear to my eye)
1 Mr Pringle and Mrs ... weading
1
1Action: The Blackmore riots
1 The fight between The Freak and Rita Conners
1 The Freak setting the bikers gang on fire
1
1Comedy: The constant exploits of Merle thinking she is Captain Marvoulous
1 Somebody trying to escape Wentworth in a model of a robot!
1
1These are just some of the reasons for watching, the most exciting being the
1riot at Wentworth where somebody killed themselves, Chucky was beaten up, the
1riot police called in etc. This and I am not joking is probably the best
1piece of television I have ever watched and I was quite literaly on the edge
1of my seat (well my bed actually).
1
1Talking about my bed (shadey link here), many people complain about the time
1that it is on at. Well come on, if you cant stay up until around 11:30 you
1really dont deserve to watch it, and in this day and age just how many people
1dont have a video recorder??
1
1The only complain I do have about it is that Granada do have a tendency to
1not show Prisoner if something shitty like the football is on (they only have
1the Endsliegh League for gods sake - bit of a fantasy football joke there).
1Some people (whose who dislike it) say that this shows how bad it is that
1they are always canceling it, well it is not cancelled just delayed (thats my
1excuse anyway).
1My other complaint (well not complaint really) is that the women in it are a
1tad on the ugly side infact one of my friends (pah! friend!) who does not
1like it calls it "Ugly Women Block H" and I can see his point but you must
1remember that firstly they are Australian (ooh!, I can see complaints about
1that one already) and secondly it is supposed to be set in prison and they
1are not noted for their supply of super-models are they?? But saying that I
1did like Chucky who has unfortunately left now (boo, hoo, goodbye Chucky!)
1
1So to those of you who (may) have read this and still think that Prisoner is
1shit and wont even give it a try then I say this - In the words of Jack Dee
{1@7"You`re very sad"
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