[Spoilers] Interview with S9 writers Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley

[A Cousin]

(08-03-2011 02:48 PM)HellsBells Wrote:  An interesting interview.

Were you concerned about how the audience would react to turning a lead character bad?

“Not half! We knew there was dedicated core of Lucas and/or Richard fans who would want our heads on sticks. But you have to balance that against the desire to deliver a big, unexpected, shocking story and do something really ambitious - like turning your alpha male hero into someone else entirely.

So basically they didn't care what Lucas fans thought of their storyline, they just wanted something big. If writers stop caring what parts of the audience think about the show, they may risk people not watching.

Yeah, that jumped out at me too. However, I interpreted it as them being very concerned about the probable response. But if I have read all the Lucas discussions correctly, (and I have read them all!) it is not so much "what" they did but "how" they did it? Which was messy. To say the least. (I could be misinterpreting the general sentiments.) I have no problem with the big, unexpected, shocking and ambitious story, but it just didn't pay off in the end. There was too much to tie up and once they did it was too little and too late. It felt to me like a good forward getting the ball, taking it all the way down the pitch to pass it off to the striker who's perfectly aimed shot that you are sure will go in only deflects off the goal post by a hairs breath. Such a let down!