https://medium.com/@goddammitstacey/star-wars-the-last-jedi-has-a-writing-problem-a19897a9c8b9
Underneath the JGL article is this even better (IMO) article on the writing of TLJ. This one pretty well sums up why the Holdo plot was a mess…
I agree that finding DJ by coincidence was weird, that’s her best point.
Haven’t read the article, but is it? They weren’t looking for DJ, and even when DJ offered they said they were good and went their separate ways. They only go with DJ because he saved them and he’s a better option than none I guess. You could say they were lucky they actually did find someone who could get them into old man Snoke’s boudoir, but they’re equally unlucky for being in league with a guy who ultimately sells out the rest of the Resistance.
I think Holdo not telling Poe the plan was reasonable based on his behavior (and when he finally learned the plan it leaked to the First Order, loose lips sink ships).
I agree. The funny thing with this is that Holdo’s lecture about Poe being the last thing they need is literally in response to him asking what the plan is, so that’s, in my mind, a pretty explicit explanation as to why she didn’t tell him.