*headdesk*
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gnimaerdI’m sorry you were disappointed by Marian’s death in the final episode of Robin Hood. Our aim was simply to tell the best story we could imagine and create a story that felt engaging and surprising for the audience. We felt that Robin Hood mattered most to our audience, and what mattered most to Robin was Marian...and therein lay the most compelling and dramatic climax to the end of Series 2.
Rest assured that Sir Guy of Gisborne has not got away with killing Marian and evil certainly hasn't prevailed over good. This is something that Sir Guy of Gisborne will have to live with forever and Series 3 will see him struggle with the consequences of Marian's death.
Robin Hood is a returning drama series that we hope will be entertaining families for years to come. In order to achieve this we need to make difficult decisions to ensure the series survives, and that there's room to introduce new characters and new storylines.
The show is made with such passion by everyone involved in the production, so we really hope you will give Series 3 a chance.”
Yours sincerely
Sarah Brandist
Commissioning Editor, Drama
My letter to them, re the RH series finale, is here, for anyone who didn't read it.
Look, I appreciate what they're trying to say. I appreciate that they probably got a LOT of letters like mine and that this may well be a standard responce.
But OH MY GOD they are MISSING THE POINT.
My complaint was not about the story telling. It was not about evil triumphing over good.
It was about the fact that they murdered Marian when it was completely unnecissary to do so, and then exited Djaq in a way that utterly degraded the character. It was the fact that they forced Marian completely out of character in ORDER to kill her. They BUTCHERED her in every sence of the word. It was the fact that they BETRAYED thousands of female viewers by reverting right back to steriotypes that women have been fighting to be free of for CENTURIES. It was the fact that the final was rushed, that the writers went back to default mode and thus reinforced ancient steriotypes that women have been trying to vercome for CENTURIES, in writing, in cinema, in television - I mean MY GOD was Jane Austen WASTING HER TIME?
Believe me, I'll be writing back to them.
For God's sake - I'm a writer by vocation and hopefully by profession in the very near future. I know about writing, about making 'tough' decisions for a good plot. And I know good story telling.
The RH series final WASN'T it and NO FORCE ON EARTH will EVER convince me otherwise.
Suck it, Auntie Beeb - I'm not coming anywhere NEAR the third series of Robin Hood is THAT'S your attitude.
Edit: Yup - as I thought. This is a standard responce. One of my other f-listies has recieved exactly the same letter. I am not at all surprised, but I am bitterly disappointed.
This isn't good enough. I'm writing back to them. They have to know - this isn't good enough.
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Date: 2008-01-18 08:40 am (UTC)I may or may not watch the third series. If I do, I will be downloading it rather than tuning in, because I don't want to reward the BBC for being shoddy by adding to their viewing figures. But my interest in the show would ALWAYS dip considerably without Marian - she WAS the reason I tuned in every week. Still, I'd be more willing to keep watching if they'd exitted her - even killed her - in a way that I found less gaulingly out of character and steriotypical. As it is, I feel as if watching it will be too much of a risk. If TA and the BBC could do THAT to the show, what ELSE will they think is appropriate? I don't want to see the show degraded any more than it already has been.
I love the show too - it's why I'm so upset. I feel like I've been robbed of something I enjoyed a great deal, and the people responsible aren't even acknowledging my concerns. I used to be able to escape into fic writing and squee over RH - now all I have is a bitter after-taste every time I think about it. I huge chunk of my inner world just took a body-blow. Now even TRYING to write for the characters makes me angry and upset. It's incredibly sad that what was such a cohesive and generally happy fandom is now coming apart at the seems as a result of all this - but honestly, that just makes me even more angry with Tiger Aspect and the BBC for doing this to us in the first place.