Series 9 DVD Release

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Thanks so much for the transcription. HellsBells beat me to the reputation-o-tron, so for the sake of variety in your byline, I won't repeat the point. But your effort is really appreciated

(03-03-2011 11:52 PM)Byatil Wrote:  As far as the believability that Lucas has the capacity to have masqueraded as another man for 15 years, he makes it almost believable! If we ignore the fact Lucas/John was tortured, then it is feasible that he could have buried his 'true persona' for so long (or at least, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief to that point!)

Oh, my belief is far too leaden for such a capitulation at this stage!! I almost wish I could just accept it so I wouldn't have to be so annoyed about it all the time (I'm actually starting to feel annoyed at my own level of annoyance over this one example, in all the world, of poorly executed narrative logic). I know the false identity line is a genuine phenomenon, and happens more often, and under more circumstances, than we can ever reasonably know. I do not have a problem with the fact of a person - in a piece of fiction!!! - assuming successfully the identity of another. What I simply cannot let go is the dishonest and illogical way in which so much of the fabric of the character had to be sacrificed in order to make that line fit here. This was an intriguing idea in what should have been a receptive narrative. Of all the places a false identity storyline should have worked, it should have been an espionage drama.

Sticking to my lack-of-repetition theme, I'll leave that there... for now

(03-03-2011 11:52 PM)Byatil Wrote:  My initial thoughts after watching it where that it didn't leave me feeling any the wiser as to how Lucas-is-John, but it did manage to get around some of the major issues quite well (apparently the fact Lucas has Blake's "Ancient of Days" on his chest was always meant to symbolise his split-personality; God as the architect mirroring John as the architect etc). It all seemed like a bit of an after-thought though; like they had made links because they had to make links, not because those links were already in place.

Aaaannd... there's another example of something I'm not prepared, for even a moment, to accept in context. If the intention was there from the outset, we needed to have seen a more consistent rendition of Lucas-as-arch-manipulator. What we got instead was pretty much two seasons of Lucas-as-slightly-rebellious-subordinate, which is hardly the same thing, and hardly shows tendencies towards the same thing.

I so need to find another show to obsess about. Maybe it's time I started listening to The Archers, or something