Series 9 DVD Release

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(04-03-2011 08:14 PM)binkie Wrote:  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

It's absolutely no problem! Far more interesting than essays about "How Gender is represented in texts" and "The Kite Runner", sadly

(04-03-2011 08:14 PM)binkie Wrote:  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

It's extraordinarily frustrating! I would be willing to accept these links with the tattoos if they'd made it a bit clearer that Lucas was capable of murder/treason/fraud etc right from the outset. Yes, he was always a bit of a "loose cannon" in comparison to some of the other spooks, but it was more of a rebellion against the system than anything else If he was so desperate to assume the identity of Lucas North, surely he wouldn't have had the audacity to somewhat resent the job he did?! Especially as we're assuming he would have assumed Lucas' persona completely (including his thoughts and beliefs...). It's all just a bit of a cheap cover-up for the unexplainable parts of the plot. It should be interesting to see what they have to say on the episode commentaries, at any rate.

Hmm, somehow I don't think farmers have quite such interesting moral dilemmas as spooks, but you never know! I haven't listened to the show in ages.