Re: Dexter *SPOILERS*
Posted: January 4th, 2009, 8:20 pm
I think the show, overall, is a great modern-day myth, aka a Superhero Tale. From his lingering after-death father, his "dual" identities, the "healed madman" philosophy of overcoming his "weakness/hunger", the sordid past and long lost brother~ all of these elements, to me, are very well done.
*more spoilers*
I can agree that the last season seemed to end poorly, ohh the skinner just fell in front of the cop car, the end. Great. I am sure there was evidence of Dexter being there, but I guess they got the killer and all is good...? I liked Dexter taking in a sidekick again (last bitch was crazy), but I am still waiting for the one that really connects with him without totally dissapointing him. The latino A.D.A. (can't remember his name already, how impressionable..) that coupled with him during this season was not even close to being as disciplined and so forth, but it still would have been a sweet team-up; almost a Gordon to his Batman.
He just needs to tell Rita that he owns serial killers after baiting them. In all honesty, he's done well so far without bringing too much harm to his "family".
And fyi~ the seasons are too short. Or if they are going to keep this format, expand more of the story and spill it into multiple seasons. I dislike when others try to finish or fit a story into segmented chapters of equal length. I've never read a book where the chapters were always the same amount of pages... but I guess this isn't a book. They should've kept the brother alive as some sort of ongoing nemesis imo..
*more spoilers*
I can agree that the last season seemed to end poorly, ohh the skinner just fell in front of the cop car, the end. Great. I am sure there was evidence of Dexter being there, but I guess they got the killer and all is good...? I liked Dexter taking in a sidekick again (last bitch was crazy), but I am still waiting for the one that really connects with him without totally dissapointing him. The latino A.D.A. (can't remember his name already, how impressionable..) that coupled with him during this season was not even close to being as disciplined and so forth, but it still would have been a sweet team-up; almost a Gordon to his Batman.
He just needs to tell Rita that he owns serial killers after baiting them. In all honesty, he's done well so far without bringing too much harm to his "family".
And fyi~ the seasons are too short. Or if they are going to keep this format, expand more of the story and spill it into multiple seasons. I dislike when others try to finish or fit a story into segmented chapters of equal length. I've never read a book where the chapters were always the same amount of pages... but I guess this isn't a book. They should've kept the brother alive as some sort of ongoing nemesis imo..