Squee!

[andraste]

To everyone who told me I had to watch Dexter because I would love it? You were so, so right. Just finished watching the pilot episode and it is made from awesome. I am glad I picked it for the other show to watch in between the Battlestar Galactica episodes I am still catching up on.

While I certainly do not approve of cutting up people or animals, it's hard not to like our anti-hero. I think what really won me over is how bewildering Dexter finds the behaviour of 'normal' people - I'm sure we've all been there at one time or another. I would say I wanted to give him hugs, but I doubt that Dexter would appreciate them.

Also, Deb = win.

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[elynross.livejournal.com]

Dexter is totally fabulous, and that urge to give him hugs will not go away. Indeed, in later times you will find yourself going, "omg no Dexter be careful AAAAGGGGH" -- and realize that you're rooting for THE SERIAL KILLER.

[andraste]

Dexter is totally fabulous, and that urge to give him hugs will not go away. Indeed, in later times you will find yourself going, "omg no Dexter be careful AAAAGGGGH" -- and realize that you're rooting for THE SERIAL KILLER.

It's an incredible trick they've pulled off there - intellectually, the viewer knows he shouldn't be left to roam around cutting people up. But emotionally, you want the protagonist to succeed.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I picked up the first book early on, because I'd read a pre-release review of it, and was enchanted by the idea of making the serial killer the protagonist.

Just as a btw, if you're at all interested in the books, I enjoyed the first one, the second to a lesser degree, and the third not at all, because of some narrative choices. The prose is kind of workmanlike, so it's the concept and some of the twists that originally hooked me. And after you're through the first season, the books and the show diverge widely (well, before, but the basic storyline is there), so they aren't spoilery for the show -- at least so far.

[andraste]

And after you're through the first season, the books and the show diverge widely (well, before, but the basic storyline is there), so they aren't spoilery for the show -- at least so far.

I am planning to track at least the first one down. Someone I know IRL was saying last night that he thought the series should have followed the plot of the books more closely. I'll be curious to see what I think.

[elynross.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm. For the first major storyline, I think both the show and the books made some interesting choices. It would have been interesting to see the second book developed, and in some ways they still could, but I enjoyed the second season's storyline, as well. And I didn't like the choices the author made in the third book, at all, so...