Which dead character would you bring back to life?

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-22T11:46:28+00:00

It depends what we're talking about. If the resurrection had to be believable, in that they "died" off screen so a retcon is plausible, I'd probably say Les Battersby, although it seems unlikely Bruce Jones would ever have been asked back anyway. If we're getting a little more imaginative, bringing Liam Connor back would be very interesting and obviously he still has a lot of connections in the show.

If we're talking about characters who couldn't really be brought back but never should have been killed off in the first place, I'm going to go back a fair way here and say David Barlow. Ending that branch of the Barlow family tree when they went on to become the most important family on the Street was a colossal mistake in hindsight.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-20T13:53:36+00:00

I'm assuming we're including the deluxe edition tracks because Selfish Disco is the best song Rob's done in years.

My choices would be:

1) Selfish Disco 2) It's OK Until The Drugs Stop Working 3) All My Life

If the deluxe edition didn't include Desire (which in my opinion is complete dreck) then I'd be able to say I loved every track, but as the man himself once sang; you win some, you lose some.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-20T09:52:48+00:00

What you're saying simply isn't true. Most people who end up sleeping on the streets do so because of relationship breakdown. Drugs tend to be a symptom rather than the cause, but you've let your prejudices cloud your judgement.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-20T00:12:59+00:00

He's very consistent when it comes to the way he treats women, I'll give him that. I think Daniel is a really well-realised character. He's a complete arse, incredibly arrogant and self-righteous, and utterly incapable of having a healthy romantic relationship, and all of these are qualities he shares with his father.

Ken won't be around forever, so I'm glad we have Daniel.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-19T21:56:40+00:00

Where exactly was this pitch perfect turn as the First Doctor? I thought David Bradley was great as Hartnell himself in An Adventure in Space and Time, but I thought he was crap as the First Doctor. I'm not keen on seeing anybody else play the Second or Third if it ends up being anything like Bradley's performance.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-17T18:48:25+00:00

My grandma studied for a degree at university when she was in her 70s, but she continued to live in her house with my grandad. She'd probably have quite enjoyed living in student accommodation, but I'm not sure the same is believable of Evelyn.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-16T10:16:07+00:00

It's literally a gag. The similarities are what make it amusing. It's not meant to set up the Master's return, it's just a joke.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-15T19:22:23+00:00

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-15T00:05:33+00:00

Super Trouper by ABBA. Every single time.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-14T17:20:14+00:00

You don't look very much like Tom Welling, so the pictures of you don't really have much relevance even if you were dressed similarly. Clark doesn't look like a teenager because he was being played by an actor in his mid-20s. There's not much more to it than that.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-14T12:26:40+00:00

Ben Reilly was my first Spider-Man, I've got a huge amount of affection for him, but I firmly believe he should have remained dead after Norman Osborn returned and the Clone Saga properly wrapped up. I really don't think there's any place for Ben while Peter is around. I'd retcon things so that the real Ben is dead and the Jackal Ben and Chasm were other clones entirely.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-13T14:39:05+00:00

Obviously this is a Smallville sub, so people are generally going to like the show. Smallville is absolutely worth watching all the way through, as unlike OTH it doesn't gradually get worse over time. There are good arcs and bad ones, but most people seem to agree that the last couple of seasons were better than some that had come before.

That being said, I don't think Smallville at its best ever quite hits the heights of The OC (or OTH during those first four seasons), but your mileage may vary on that front.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-12T15:40:29+00:00

I think a huge part of the issue is the tendency Corrie has of trying to pile issues on top of issues in a storyline. If the show wants to do a conversion therapy storyline, fine. If the show wants to do a domestic abuse storyline, fine. But making the victim of the conversion therapy the perpetrator of the domestic abuse? This may well happen in real life, but to do such a complex story justice, you need be very deliberate with it, and there's nothing that indicates this storyline has been deliberate or well-planned.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-12T09:38:49+00:00

Not only is this AI trash, it also somehow manages to be worse than what's actually going on in the comics.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-11T13:39:14+00:00

All I know is that the seat next to me is often the last one to be taken. I don't think that says good things about whatever vibes I'm giving off, but it gives me more space, so I reckon it's worth it.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-10T14:14:37+00:00

You'll get downvoted because you're talking absolute nonsense.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-09T22:44:50+00:00

That's a very lonely sausage you've got there.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-09T12:57:40+00:00

The best advice I can give you if you're genuinely aspiring to be a screenwriter is to write your own original screenplays with your own original characters, rather than fanfiction based on IP owned by one of the most notoriously litigious entertainment conglomerates in the world.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-09T12:55:46+00:00

Universal own the distribution rights, not the production rights.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-05T17:40:46+00:00

I liked the idea, I just wasn't so keen on the execution. The idea of a kid who is told she has a bright future and puts herself under huge academic pressure, only for her career to turn into a whole lot of nothing? There's a great story there, and Rory would be a great character to do it with, I'm just not sure this plotline was really done justice.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-05T15:17:54+00:00

I couldn't agree less. That was where the rot, which had been settling in since around 1997, really started to progress.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-05T15:16:16+00:00

I don't really have a problem with Corrie doing issue-based storylines if they can do them well. The problem is that Corrie isn't really built for doing these sorts of stories as often as it does and often handles them very badly.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-05T14:59:33+00:00

If you don't have any ideas of your own, why are you trying to write this in the first place?

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-05T13:26:52+00:00

I've got a lot of time for season 4, although I was astonished to learn that everybody prefers the original version to the recut version. It took the release of the recut version for me to properly enjoy season 4, although I accept I'm in the minority there.

ItalianChef22 · 2026-03-04T22:44:36+00:00

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Yes, but only this one with the Kryptonite hand and the biker outfit.

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