H & A and Neighbours

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lets see how similar it is

HOME AND AWAY | NEIGHBOURS

Golden Oldies Alf / Irene / Colleen Lou / Susan / Karl / Lyn

Rich guy hardly anyone likes John Paul

Woman who sees the best in rich guy Gina Rebecca

Rich man's woman's annoying son Xavier Declan

Hot blonde guy Romeo Ringo

hot blonde girl Nicole Donna

annoying teenage guy Xavier Andrew

annoying teenage girl Ruby Natasha

hot guy in late 20's Penn Lucas

boring girl in ate 20's / early 30's Leah / Rachel / Charlie Libby / Steph

gossip queen Colleen Susan / Lyn

[Human-Nature]

Hmm. Sorry - but what's the point of this comparsion? I mean, those type-casts are almost in any show...

[Baja]

It doesn't particularly bother me if there are similarities between characters. Some of these are a matter of opinion anyway as I don't find Leah, Rachel, Charlie, Libby or Steph boring and find them all quite different characters.

It does annoy me when they have very similar storries. First we had Donna being ripped off by a fashion queen from hell. Then a short while later the same happened to Nicole.

[Ryan]

I tend to agree with you Human-Nature. You could probably find something that's similiar in us, but I have no doubt we're pretty different. Some pretty weak pairings there and I'm sure if you stayed at it long enough you could compare Home and Away to the Teletubbies.

[SummerBayLocal]

The thing about these comparisons between Home and Away and Neighbours is that majority of it is pointless. A soap is a soap, at the end of the day they are all the same. Each show just has different spurts of quality and drama. It just so happens that Home and Away has been more popular than Neighbours in recent years. However, this year, the quality of Neighbours has risen and although the ratings don't seem to be showing it, the shows has had more memorable stuff than Home and Away this year. I think Home and Away better watch itself - but this is coming from someone who thinks they shouldn't be compared anymore.

[cadyctslover]

Each show just has different spurts of quality and drama. It just so happens that Home and Away has been more popular than Neighbours in recent years. However, this year, the quality of Neighbours has risen and although the ratings don't seem to be showing it, the shows has had more memorable stuff than Home and Away this year. I think Home and Away better watch itself

i agree that Neighbours has improved somewhat this year, but i would have to say it's a very slight change.

i thought the same thing towards the middle of last season during the Parker's exit... and then it all went pear-shaped again . so i wouldn't be surprised if the quality dips again towards the end of 2010. there still need to be serious changes before it is properly enjoyable to watch.

and i would also say that although it has been pretty slow, H&A still beats Neighbours this year

[Human-Nature]

I tend to agree with you Human-Nature. You could probably find something that's similiar in us, but I have no doubt we're pretty different. Some pretty weak pairings there and I'm sure if you stayed at it long enough you could compare Home and Away to the Teletubbies.

Teletubbies is very different to Home and Away - in Teletubbies there's a gay character as a regular.

[Ryan]

I guess we could compare Liam to the hoover since they both suck.

Ba-doom.

[cadyctslover]

I guess we could compare Liam to the hoover since they both suck.

[Oipoodle]

Each show just has different spurts of quality and drama. It just so happens that Home and Away has been more popular than Neighbours in recent years. However, this year, the quality of Neighbours has risen and although the ratings don't seem to be showing it, the shows has had more memorable stuff than Home and Away this year. I think Home and Away better watch itself

i agree that Neighbours has improved somewhat this year, but i would have to say it's a very slight change.

i thought the same thing towards the middle of last season during the Parker's exit... and then it all went pear-shaped again . so i wouldn't be surprised if the quality dips again towards the end of 2010. there still need to be serious changes before it is properly enjoyable to watch.

and i would also say that although it has been pretty slow, H&A still beats Neighbours this year

I prefer neighbours now, for the first time in 15 years I'm considering stopping watching H+A as I dislike most of the characters and a good deal of the actors and so am finding it hard to stay interested in it.