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Dexter

ShaggEShaggE
edited October 2009 in General Chat
I just realized that we don't have a thread dedicated to America's favorite serial killer. With the current season making up for... well... whatever last season was attempting to do, it seems like the perfect time to start a thread.

So... what's the consensus? Some are saying that Dexter's becoming too cuddly and happy to be interesting, and others are saying that, bar the Angel/LaGuerda storyline, this is miles above season 3.

Personally, I think it's going to end up on par with season 2, and I'm praying that either Deb or Rita discovers what Dexter really is before the season ends.

Comments

  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited October 2009
    Well as for the character becoming more cuddly, this is just part of his characters development. His status as a mostly un-feeling killer is being challenged since he is developing actual feelings. I think it would be un-interesting if there was no character development at all.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    ^ My thoughts exactly. I've always thought that his "I'm an unfeeling monster that merely spectates humanity" mindset was just navel gazing/self-justification. This is proven time and again in both the show and the books (at least, it is in the first book. I haven't read the rest yet). And now that he's realizing it, it can lead to some very interesting morality dilemmas.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    I don't know why people didn't like season three, he finally makes a friend and has someone he can trust, and he has to kill him, I thought it was great.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    I don't know why people didn't like season three, he finally makes a friend and has someone he can trust, and he has to kill him, I thought it was great.

    I agree, I liked season 3 as much as the others. And season 4 is turning out just as good. <3

    Has anyone here read the books? I own them, but I just can't seem to get into them as much as I'd like to.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    I agree, I liked season 3 as much as the others. And season 4 is turning out just as good. <3

    Has anyone here read the books? I own them, but I just can't seem to get into them as much as I'd like to.

    I read the first chapter of the first one online a while back, couldn't stand the author's writing style.
  • FrogacudaFrogacuda
    edited October 2009
    The first two books are good. Well, they're trashy good, if that makes sense. They're not American Psycho or anything, but Dex is a great character and there are good villains.

    I've heard the third is utter garbage though.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    Has anyone here read the books? I own them, but I just can't seem to get into them as much as I'd like to.

    I like how much more sociopathic Dexter is in the books. Megaspoilers:
    The fact that he came inches away from happily murdering Deb, and the fact that he honestly doesn't give two shits about Rita as anything more than a disguise, really made me rethink how I view him.
    I now realize that the show is skimping on a lot of the intended moral ambiguity. That doesn't make me like it any less, of course, but I didn't have any idea just how sanitized-for-TV it is.

    If there's anything I don't like about the source material, it's the overly flowery writing style. It's unique, but enough with the three-part alliteration already. We get it. Dexter's name starts with "D", and so do many adjectives. Relentlessly Ranting Robert demands Deeply Disturbed Dexter to Deftly Drop the Dictionary, Dammit.

    I'm excited to start on the second book tomorrow. A completely different storyline will help keep me from constantly comparing it to the show. (Although I'll always visualize the actors as the characters. It's impossible not to.)
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    ShaggE wrote: »
    I like how much more sociopathic Dexter is in the books. Megaspoilers:
    The fact that he came inches away from happily murdering Deb, and the fact that he honestly doesn't give two shits about Rita as anything more than a disguise, really made me rethink how I view him.
    I now realize that the show is skimping on a lot of the intended moral ambiguity. That doesn't make me like it any less, of course, but I didn't have any idea just how sanitized-for-TV it is.

    If there's anything I don't like about the source material, it's the overly flowery writing style. It's unique, but enough with the three-part alliteration already. We get it. Dexter's name starts with "D", and so do many adjectives. Relentlessly Ranting Robert demands Deeply Disturbed Dexter to Deftly Drop the Dictionary, Dammit.

    I'm excited to start on the second book tomorrow. A completely different storyline will help keep me from constantly comparing it to the show. (Although I'll always visualize the actors as the characters. It's impossible not to.)

    From what I've heard, the second season and on no longer have anything to do with the books, just the first season did.
  • FrogacudaFrogacuda
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    From what I've heard, the second season and on no longer have anything to do with the books, just the first season did.

    The whole Doakes investigating Dex thing in Season 2 (and indeed much of Doakes' character in general) is from the second book, pretty much.

    But the whole thing that separates Dex from a common vigilante is the fact that he really doesn't have any emotional or empathy and he's faking his way through human interactions, and they've lost a bit of that.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited October 2009
    Yeah, that's why I'll not be constantly comparing to the show from this point on. With the first book, the experience was sullied a bit by the fact that I kept getting thrown off when the book deviated from season 1. (well, the other way around, as it were) Just the little things bothered me, really. It kept screwing with my mental image of the places and events.

    I just hope the third book isn't as bad as they say. Apparently, the Dark Passenger becomes
    an actual demon. *eyeroll*.
    What next, Dexter vs. Bigfoot?

    Edit: Oh, and it looks like the fourth book was released last month. And to critical acclaim, no less. Sounds like a fifth one is also in the works, but the synopsis has me worried.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    ShaggE wrote: »
    I just hope the third book isn't as bad as they say. Apparently, the Dark Passenger becomes
    an actual demon. *eyeroll*.
    What next, Dexter vs. Bigfoot?

    Ahahahaha. Guess I won't be reading that one.
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