Plot-holes

[xRuthx]

(07-03-2011 11:21 AM)binkie Wrote:  

(07-03-2011 06:15 AM)xRuthx Wrote:  See, as a writer myself, I don't think it matters how good an actor is. Bad writing is bad writing and I can't believe how many Spooks viewers just seem to accept the Lucas storyline because it was acted well. I wonder how many fans would insist the Lucas storyline made perfect sense if it had been Ruth with the double identity and the bombing of an embassy. (I obv. am glad this didn't happen. I love Ruth. She's my favourite Spooks character but still... I wonder what difference in reaction there would have been...)

Oohh!! Hello, xRuthx. I like you This is a really good point, which I'm glad has re-surfaced.

It does sadden me that there is a facet of criticism of season 9 which is less about the production and more about the reaction to the content and conclusion of the storyline. We shouldn't spend so much time debating and questioning the Lucas-is-John factor, this criticism suggests, because it's been and gone and it is what it is. It was an exciting and entertaining plotline, for which we should be grateful, and whinging about the loss of Lucas is just the equivalent of unfollowing Justin Bieber's Twitter feed because he got his hair cut. I can't help feeling this is something of a disingenuous attitude, predicated on an assumption of immaturity about the appreciation of Lucas' character and context.

This kind of attitude about the futility of pointing out flaws worries me because it gives the writer's the impetus to say, "Oh well. People accept this kind of writing so let's do it again for series ten." I can tell you now that if the writer's decimate Ruth in the way they did Lucas, I will never ever forgive them for it.

If people don't critique objectively what was satisfying and unsatisfying about a show, then they can't ever expect the show to better itself. For me I quite enjoyed series nine for the most part- I think it improved greatly from eight, but that doesn't mean I don't think the Lucas/John storyline was utterly idiotic and dreadfully written. If they had lesser actors, 9.7 and 8 would have descended into bad soap territory.