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dweomeroflightSometimes I wonder why I bother with Spooks?
Not even my lisence to mock could save me from 10.2. There are so many things I could say but these are things that I could meta on about forever because these things are not new to spooks. It's not new for Harry to be a douche to Ruth and her to still stick around (My Mum and I were both shouting at her to walk out on him and get a new guy). It's not new for Harry to be a bastard and still be posited as the hero by the writers. It is not new for the ensemble cast and characters to be a thing of the past with the storyline only able to linger on one alpha male at a time. It is not new for the plot of the week to have enough plot holes to drive a truck through. In my 'Problem of Spooks' post re Lucas and Series Nine![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shezan wrote of a wish for the quality days of s1-3, when the only explosions were the figurative ones in the minds of the protagonists. Damn I miss that show. Damn I miss that.
Butbelantana got to the heart of the ultimate problem of 10.2 when she wrote about Tariq here: A question of colour
That's all I have to say about Tariq's pointless, predictable and trite death. To requote myself and Macbeth re Jucas and 9.8, "It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signfying nothing."
Unlike No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which is the most refreshing thing I've seen on my tv in ages! Get this guys! Get this! The episode was an hour and fourty five minutes long AND THERE WERE NO WHITE CHARACTERS. NONE. NOT A SINGLE ONE. Also, characters spoke African in parts, without sub titles even at times. They also all spoke in African accents. Even David Oyelowo (Danny from Spooks) who turned up in a hilarious cameo appearance as an unfaithful husband who really wanted to get into Precious' pants. Also, they actually filmed this in Botswana you guys! With actual, ya know, Botswanans. And they had cultural advisors in the credits.
Perhaps the Spooks writers could take lessons?
What you write on a page, the words you write and the things you depict and culturally construct, they have power. People should think more about that power and how it affects people and what kind of message you create and how you create it. Even fiction has a power. Please don't misuse it.
Not even my lisence to mock could save me from 10.2. There are so many things I could say but these are things that I could meta on about forever because these things are not new to spooks. It's not new for Harry to be a douche to Ruth and her to still stick around (My Mum and I were both shouting at her to walk out on him and get a new guy). It's not new for Harry to be a bastard and still be posited as the hero by the writers. It is not new for the ensemble cast and characters to be a thing of the past with the storyline only able to linger on one alpha male at a time. It is not new for the plot of the week to have enough plot holes to drive a truck through. In my 'Problem of Spooks' post re Lucas and Series Nine
shezan wrote of a wish for the quality days of s1-3, when the only explosions were the figurative ones in the minds of the protagonists. Damn I miss that show. Damn I miss that.But
belantana got to the heart of the ultimate problem of 10.2 when she wrote about Tariq here: A question of colour That's all I have to say about Tariq's pointless, predictable and trite death. To requote myself and Macbeth re Jucas and 9.8, "It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signfying nothing."
Unlike No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which is the most refreshing thing I've seen on my tv in ages! Get this guys! Get this! The episode was an hour and fourty five minutes long AND THERE WERE NO WHITE CHARACTERS. NONE. NOT A SINGLE ONE. Also, characters spoke African in parts, without sub titles even at times. They also all spoke in African accents. Even David Oyelowo (Danny from Spooks) who turned up in a hilarious cameo appearance as an unfaithful husband who really wanted to get into Precious' pants. Also, they actually filmed this in Botswana you guys! With actual, ya know, Botswanans. And they had cultural advisors in the credits.
Perhaps the Spooks writers could take lessons?
What you write on a page, the words you write and the things you depict and culturally construct, they have power. People should think more about that power and how it affects people and what kind of message you create and how you create it. Even fiction has a power. Please don't misuse it.