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General Category => Entertainment and Media => Topic started by: HL on December 10, 2007, 11:44:22 pm
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So who else see's this fabulous show? The season finale airs this Sunday, but I've already seen it and lemme tell you: I have no clue how the hell this show is so good. Season 2 > Season 1, and S1 was like crack on TV, I honestly dunno how they can make S3 BETTER!!!
Dexter is a show on ShowTime about Dexter Morgan, who is a serial killer who kills bad men who escape the justice system, while working as a blood analyst for the Maimi Police Department.
Pretty much this show is the best show on TV right now it might as well be fact, and Heroes needs to take some lessons on how to make a good show from this show, cause honestly...its too damn good!
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I've watched all of season 1 and first two episodes of season 2. It's an excellent show, really consistent in it's content and episodes when compared to Heroes. Honestly, I'm getting less interested in it, but it's a great show.
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I've watched all of season 1 and first two episodes of season 2. It's an excellent show, really consistent in it's content and episodes when compared to Heroes. Honestly, I'm getting less interested in it, but it's a great show.
Season 2 really starts off slow, but it picks up fast.
The finale was...good, I dont see how they will even continue the show, but they did leave it wide open I guess. episode 11 of season 2, was by far the best episode of the series, followed by episode 10 of season 1......
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I've only watched season 1 but I enjoyed it for the most part. I felt like the end of the season became a little unreasonable and the shoe thing in the last episode was dumb and predictable. I guess I liked the individual episodes more than the overarching plot, at least as it developed more and became so personal.
I've already had some season 2 ruined for me though I still plan on watching it sometime.
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I heard about this a while ago and it sounded bad so I never saw it. I'll give it a try since you all think pretty highly of it
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Finished watching season 2 today and it's a great show. Second season was definitely better than first one. And I doubt there will be a third season.
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Finished watching season 2 today and it's a great show. Second season was definitely better than first one. And I doubt there will be a third season.
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=555d8693-4808-4244-89c3-17a0199318b3
It's been confirmed for awhile now!!!
I heard about this a while ago and it sounded bad so I never saw it. I'll give it a try since you all think pretty highly of it
Man, to tell you the truth, I was the same way. I heard the premise and went "lolwut" pretty much, but then I got forced into seeing the first episode and I was just hooked.
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Oh, that's good news. Though it'll be hard to top season 2.
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I watched the first few episodes, been pretty good so far. It's not moving that quickly but that's okay
How fucked if at all was this by the writer's strike because god damn the second series of heroes was bad and I don't want another scenario like that
edit: nevermind since ds says HARD TO TOP SEASON 2 I guess it didn't get that badly affected.
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I watched the first few episodes, been pretty good so far. It's not moving that quickly but that's okay
How fucked if at all was this by the writer's strike because god damn the second series of heroes was bad and I don't want another scenario like that
edit: nevermind since ds says HARD TO TOP SEASON 2 I guess it didn't get that badly affected.
It didn't get affected at all, they made all the S2 episodes in anticipation of the strike.
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I watched all of this now, enjoyed it very much indeed.
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i wish more people would watch this its really great :(
s2 finale is excellent, diverts from the books quite a bit but then again this entire season has been doing that. I'm kind of iffy on how they only mention The Dark Passenger in the show like twice. Don't get me wrong, its a fabulous show, but I think in the book -> show transition, with the changes they've made, you don't really get the same....feeling, I guess, towards Dexter that you do in the books. In the books Dexter is like 500x worse, and if you get a notion of "he's a sick bastard" in the show, well if you read the books you will get a much worse notion, but oh well...
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Where's the rest of Season 2?
Season 2's episodes on the Zoo stopped at Episode 2! :(
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In the books Dexter is like 500x worse, and if you get a notion of "he's a sick bastard" in the show, well if you read the books you will get a much worse notion, but oh well...
I haven't read the books, but I love the show. The Dexter in the show i htink has been presented as a lovable sort of monster who actually thinks he's worse than he really is.
As for the finale, I loved it. I started to really love Doakes, so when they killed him it was both awesome and yet sad. I really liked how the ending wasn't a happy one.
BTW, the third season is gonna be the last one right? Since there's three books?
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I haven't read the books, but I love the show. The Dexter in the show i htink has been presented as a lovable sort of monster who actually thinks he's worse than he really is.
As for the finale, I loved it. I started to really love Doakes, so when they killed him it was both awesome and yet sad. I really liked how the ending wasn't a happy one.
BTW, the third season is gonna be the last one right? Since there's three books?
In the books Dexter is still lovable to some degree, but he is definately worse. He considers Rita his "pet".
And the show stopped going in line with the books towards the end of Season 1 when Dexter killed his brother, so more than likely it could keep going past a Season 3.
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In the books Dexter is still lovable to some degree, but he is definately worse. He considers Rita his "pet".
And the show stopped going in line with the books towards the end of Season 1 when Dexter killed his brother, so more than likely it could keep going past a Season 3.
Thanks btw.
I still haven't finished Season 1...
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Thanks btw.
I still haven't finished Season 1...
Sorry. :fogetsad:
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Might want to remove that spoiler from your quote too Fire mage :bravo:
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Might want to remove that spoiler from your quote too Fire mage :bravo:
I was going to do this then forgot. :fogetcry:
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I'm a huge fan of Jeff Lindsay's and was ecstatic to find that Dexter had been optioned by Showtime - I think they've done the books justice, and I'm GLAD they started to branch off, I hate direct to TV adaptations.
Micheal C. Hall is exactly how I pictured Dex when I read the book. This show is truly an ensemble cast, they did a great job.
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I know I'm kind of necroposting here... but I just watched both of the seasons. and I want to make a quick comment on the finale of season 2.
Season 2 finale comments (spoilers):
DAMN IT! why did Doakes have to die? He was my favorite character besides Dexter himself.
OK, now I need to sleep... I've been up for the past 32 hours...
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Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door
where impossible things may happen that the world has never seen before
In Dexter's Laboratory, lives the smartest boy you've ever seen
but Dee Dee blows his experiments to smithereens
There is gloom, and doom while things go boom
in Dexter's Lab!
No but seriously, this is like a badass live action version of Death Note. And probably was around first. I haven't read the books, are they good?
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Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door
where impossible things may happen that the world has never seen before
In Dexter's Laboratory, lives the smartest boy you've ever seen
but Dee Dee blows his experiments to smithereens
There is gloom, and doom while things go boom
in Dexter's Lab!
No but seriously, this is like a badass live action version of Death Note. And probably was around first. I haven't read the books, are they good?
They are excellent! :)
The series is DAMN good too though, like seriously probably best thing on TV when its going.
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When is the new season of this going to be?
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When is the new season of this going to be?
Currently planned for September 30th.
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I'm more than halfway through the second season or so and it's a really entertaining show. I'm glad to hear that there's gonna be a third season!
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;( It's a shame September 30th is so far away! I sat down and watched Season 1 of this in one day, then Season 2 in another day about a week later. Fuckin' amazing show, seriously. First one I've been able to sit down and watch that many of in a long time.
Plus RIP Doakes ;( He was the best character next to Dex, yeah. I also really, REALLY like Rita, I find her character fascinating.
Plus yeah, the books are pretty good. Cody and... good lord, I've forgotten the other one's name. Are really good in the books.
EDIT: Astor!
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yeah I got all kinds of backup
helicopters an shit.
I love doakes even if he is just FUNNY BLACKMAN (motherfucker), that line made me laugh long n hard
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I haven't read the books, are they good?
Darkly Dreaming and Dearly Devoted were fantastic but I thought Lindsay fumbled a bit with In The Dark. Maybe I just like titles with alliterations.
Lindsay said he'd like to work on other projects in the future, specifically another play. But he's already started working on a fourth Dexter book, and the vigilante-serial killer will be his main professional focus for now.
Eagerly awaiting like a 12 year old girl awaited the last Harry Potter book.
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I know this is an old topic plz don't hate me Roman, but BM's was more recent but more about CATCHING UP S2 OMG??? rather than the show in general (and mine has more info) but do w/e.
Just letting everyone know that the first episode of Season 3 has leaked.
It's better than Season 2 already.
How that is possible, I dun know, but it is.
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I loved Dexter and I'm excited for season 3.
Seriously I watched every episode of the first two seasons back to back.
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holy shit thanks for this info!!
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ye thanks for the headsup, downloading what I hope is it right now
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ye thanks for the headsup, downloading what I hope is it right now
it's 550mb
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I'm just watching season 2 right now and it started out pretty fucking good
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Pretty good ep, nice ep, would watch similar eps
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WHAT
shit yeah man, i have been just about counting down the days for this!!!
and the fourth book but still.
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I think the TV Series is way more engaging than the books. The books feel pretty emotionally detached from the reader and I think the TV Series makes changes that much better fit a sense of timing and intensity.
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this episode was okay. it was kind of boring and too familiar with more than a few clunky lines. i like this new prosecutor character though. i'll keep watching it, it could certainly still get good. it just felt a little like a stand alone episode of some procedural though.
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Holy shit, thanks for the info HL.
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what the fuck I can't believe they killed off fucking Dokes, he was my favorite character (next to Dexter) that shit pissed me off so much.
that British chick was hooooottttttt
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Since that was preair, how long till it's actually shown and I can expect the next one?
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September 30th is the premiere, so you have a couple of weeks left. :(
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this episode was okay. it was kind of boring and too familiar with more than a few clunky lines. i like this new prosecutor character though. i'll keep watching it, it could certainly still get good. it just felt a little like a stand alone episode of some procedural though.
First 2-3 episodes were a bit boring in all the seasons so far. Takes a little while for this series to pick up each year unfortunely. But when it does, holy shit.
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this season seem really slow
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i really like this season so far. slow or not i think that it's taking the series in a good direction. there are SO MANY WAYS that they could have fucked things up but they didn't. the whole im gonna have a baby thing is a PERFECT extension of the father "code of harry" storylines that made up major themes of the previous two seasons.
the tension with the prosecutor guy is very nice. yeah ti's a little bit slower than the series in the past, because at this point its a lot more character-based and there is less focus on COOL MURDERS but it's still totally well-written and i'm enjoying it a lot. i'm actually surprised that the series is still SO GOOD, usually they aren't able to KEEP IT UP like this.
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man I feel this episode was the setup for something completely dumb or awesome
we'll see how this pans out i guess
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This thread inspired me to start watching Dexter. I had heard it was good, but I wasn't sure if the storyline would appeal to me. Watched the first 2 eps of season 1 and its awesome. :D
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what the fuck I can't believe they killed off fucking Dokes, he was my favorite character (next to Dexter) that shit pissed me off so much.
that British chick was hooooottttttt
I know what you mean. Dokes was an awesome character. It is unbelievably frustrating that the crazy British chick killed him.
meh she was zaright.
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oh man miguel prado is so fucking awesome. i really like this latest episode and where this stuff is going.
miguel figured out what dexter was doing and it was fucking FANTASTIC. this is the level of HOLY SHIT that made me love dexter for the first two seasons. everything is just so well-done that it's hard not to become totally addicted to this show. i'm liking this season just as much as i liked the first two. and the prado thing adds a lot of depth. at first he was annoying but this new twist really is stepping things up. especially since prado doesn't realize that dexter's a MURDERER. it's likely that prado thinks dexter first killed freebo and that he's the one who pushed exter to be a vigilante of sorts. god this is good shit.
best show on television.
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My god this is THE best T.V Show on T.V.
I really like it. Mostly because it has a lot of humor and dark humor, and it does it at the right time and its serious a lot. It was, at the end of season 2, a brilliant play off, nocking off dokes and what not. Althought it was the only thing in there that I could anticipate, I thought it was great (even though he provided great dramatic and comical relief).
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the show has got micheal c hall going for it and that is it. maybe the soundtrack, too, but i can listen to that without having to put up with the stupidity and irrelevance of every single other character's storylines. i don't know if it was always this bad or if i'm just noticing it now, but seriously the writing is terrible the second you move away from dexter himself. and if the whole show could hang on that one character, then that'd be fine but about 60% of the episodes are taken up by these cardboard people who have problems which aren't interesting and don't even say anything. plus the way the entire police department works is so stupid and fake. i just don't buy any of this anymore. i'm gonna stop watching it!
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Dexter is a role model. If I could kill people without feeling guilt I'd be like him.
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The last episode wasn't bad, I think this series would have been much better if it had been dexter and miguel wrangling for evidence against each other from like episode 3 or something.
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this season is fucking terrible. the show has never had a character that could be interesting when they weren't interacting with dexter, and when it was all micheal c. hall that was okay but i thought they would've learned by how dull and dumb those little extra plotlines were in season 2 they'd roll them back again for this year but nope like 20 minutes of each episode this season has been devoted to shit no-one cares about. i mean what the fuck was that intolerable IA agent about. quinn, masuka, angel and his new girlfriend, rita - who gives a shit. if these characters were ever good, and some of them were, like rita, they aren't now and i aggressively don't give a shit about any of them.
dexter himself hasn't even been that interesting. the first 5 or 6 episodes were about a bachelor with commitment issues who works at a police station. fantastic stuff. it's not even mildy amusing anymore, there's no humour left in this show besides masuka's hilarious vulgarity and even that has been weak by it's own standards. the patter is pure pish.
the storyline between him and miguel in the last couple of episodes has gotten interesting since we found out miguel has been lying to him a bit, and he's getting crazier with each episode. i'll watch till the end of this series just in case dexter decides to drop all the pretense and just chop everyone in his life into bitesize chunks, but i'm not watching the next series.
i guess this was a one season show.
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I don't think it was a ONE season show cause season 2 was quite good too. I can't say which was better because I watched both series in like a weed binge weekend so it's all merged together but I liked all the stuff with his brother so probably season 1
but yeah season 3 has been so dire. One thing I especially don't like apart from all the shit you talked about jamicus is that goddamn HAVEA CHAT WITH OBIWAN KENOBI GHOST DAD every time there's a friendship versus the code decision or anything like that. fuckin weak.
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the last one was the worst one yet! but i'm only 1 hour away from having spent a half day on this season and that's something i want to be able to remind myself whenever i'm feeling down
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While that season was the worst yet, it was still better than pretty much every single other show out there.
As for the last episode, I thought it seemed a bit rushed. In the last 15 minutes, everything happened. Then the show ended. Oh well. Perhaps next season, if there is one, will be better.
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While that season was the worst yet, it was still better than pretty much every single other show out there.
Makes me gladI barely watch tv
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I still have the last episode left to watch, but I am THOROUGHLY ENJOYING this season so far. :( Guess that makes me the odd one out.
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I still have the last episode left to watch, but I am THOROUGHLY ENJOYING this season so far. :( Guess that makes me the odd one out.
it makes you a dummy!
the finale was terrible.
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I thought it was quite good
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While that season was the worst yet, it was still better than pretty much every single other show out there.
As for the last episode, I thought it seemed a bit rushed. In the last 15 minutes, everything happened. Then the show ended. Oh well. Perhaps next season, if there is one, will be better.
they're signed up for at least another 2 seasons.
Yeah, I agree, it felt like all of a sudden they had to wrap everything up in the last few minutes of the show, and you could tell that there was a lot of rushed writing happening, but I was still pretty okay with how it was handled
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OMG DEXTER FINALE RULED! I can't wait for next season to see what happens with BatistaXBarbara and DebXAnton! Will there be more Dexter marriages!
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I think in the next season Dexter will find out Rita killed someone and he'll have moral issues while deciding if he should or not kill her
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I think in the next season Dexter will find out Rita killed someone and he'll have moral issues while deciding if he should or not kill her
No.