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Post by Self-Savior on Mar 3, 2015 14:54:36 GMT -5
I have. After the first book, the TV show goes its own way, as does the book series. I haven't finished reading them right; I'm halfway through the fourth book - Dexter is Delicious. Sweet. May have to pick up the first book, give it a read. Is the show, or the book series, better? They both have their strengths & weaknesses. I think I prefer the first book ( Darkly Dreaming Dexter) over the first season of the show. The only book that I didn't really care for was Dexter in the Dark. It just seemed to drag on for me while I was reading it. Plus, the final Dexter book, Dexter is Dead, is supposed to be coming out this year at some point. Hopefully the book finale doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth as the show finale did.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 3, 2015 19:58:32 GMT -5
Sweet. May have to pick up the first book, give it a read. Is the show, or the book series, better? They both have their strengths & weaknesses. I think I prefer the first book ( Darkly Dreaming Dexter) over the first season of the show. The only book that I didn't really care for was Dexter in the Dark. It just seemed to drag on for me while I was reading it. Plus, the final Dexter book, Dexter is Dead, is supposed to be coming out this year at some point. Hopefully the book finale doesn't leave a sour taste in my mouth as the show finale did. Awesome. Just picked the first book up at Barnes and Noble. Looking forward to it. I was fine with the show, up until that last minute. I think my biggest problem with the show, overall, was the utter waste that the ancillary characters were. So many times, at the beginning of the next season, they hit the reset button, and it got old after a while. Batista was the WORST. His reset after LaGuerta was just -- ridiculous.
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Post by Ian from 616Entertainment. on Mar 3, 2015 22:05:57 GMT -5
4. I've said it a million times, no show in history went from being as good as Dexter was to as TERRIBLE as Dexter was. S5 was so ing terrible its unreal. S6 was lazy and tired, S7 was okay, and S8 was hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Such a shame. To be fair, S8 was so awful I onyl saw 3 episodes and could not continue watching. Sad end to what was my favorite show at one point.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 3, 2015 22:37:04 GMT -5
4. I've said it a million times, no show in history went from being as good as Dexter was to as TERRIBLE as Dexter was. S5 was so ing terrible its unreal. S6 was lazy and tired, S7 was okay, and S8 was hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Such a shame. To be fair, S8 was so awful I onyl saw 3 episodes and could not continue watching. Sad end to what was my favorite show at one point. I disagree. If only on the strength of MCH's acting, Dexter remained watchable. It did slide from S5, on, but -- it was still considerably better than a whole lot of TV that comes out today.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2015 7:47:26 GMT -5
4. I've said it a million times, no show in history went from being as good as Dexter was to as TERRIBLE as Dexter was. S5 was so ing terrible its unreal. S6 was lazy and tired, S7 was okay, and S8 was hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Such a shame. To be fair, S8 was so awful I onyl saw 3 episodes and could not continue watching. Sad end to what was my favorite show at one point. I think S6 was great. But because it's wedged between the worse seasons I think it gets a worse rap. S6 > S3.
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Post by sonstuds on Mar 4, 2015 13:59:13 GMT -5
Around the end of season 6 when Miami Metro is trying to catch Travis if they replaced Michael C. Hall with David Caruso I'm not sure I'd have been able to tell the difference between Dexter and CSI: Miami. Not to mention everything they built up to at that point was completely irrelevant to how it ended. Travis being a different side to the same coin as Dexter? Nah, instead once they reveal the big twist he just becomes a standard villain and they never touch upon the interesting similarities ever again. Brother Sam impacting Dexter's life in any way? No, Dexter just kills the season bad guy at the end like he always does.
Man I have such a resentment towards that season. Season 8 is worse, but at least by that point I was aware of how bad it was so I at least got entertainment out of it that way (Harrison on the treadmill).
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 4, 2015 18:35:14 GMT -5
Started the book today, and I gotta say, my favorite thing thus far is that I'm hearing it in Michael C Hall's voice. It's pretty fantastic.
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Post by Valbroski on Mar 4, 2015 22:39:38 GMT -5
4. I've said it a million times, no show in history went from being as good as Dexter was to as TERRIBLE as Dexter was. S5 was so ing terrible its unreal. S6 was lazy and tired, S7 was okay, and S8 was hahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Such a shame. To be fair, S8 was so awful I onyl saw 3 episodes and could not continue watching. Sad end to what was my favorite show at one point. the last episode was a ing joke, man. the ending was so half assed and apparently they blamed it on one scene eating up most of the budget because of special effects. I love Dexter and always want to recommend it to people but I usually find myself omitting the bad seasons.
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Post by Self-Savior on Mar 5, 2015 15:13:58 GMT -5
Started the book today, and I gotta say, my favorite thing thus far is that I'm hearing it in Michael C Hall's voice. It's pretty fantastic. That's the best way to do it. I did the same thing when I started reading the books.
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Post by The Dark Passenger on Mar 5, 2015 23:30:09 GMT -5
Season 4 without a doubt. Seasons 1,2,and 7 were good too. I fully enjoyed all of Dexter. Yes, it had it's low points, but what show that goes on for 8 seasons doesn't. The ending wasn't what I had hoped it would be, but it was nowhere near as bad as I had heard that it was. Whenever someone asks me to recommend them a show I immediately say to watch Breaking Bad, and if they've already seen it; I say they should watch Dexter. I can't imagine anyone other than Michael C. Hall playing Dexter.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 5, 2015 23:47:57 GMT -5
Season 4 without a doubt. Seasons 1,2,and 7 were good too. I fully enjoyed all of Dexter. Yes, it had it's low points, but what show that goes on for 8 seasons doesn't. The ending wasn't what I had hoped it would be, but it was nowhere near as bad as I had heard that it was. Whenever someone asks me to recommend them a show I immediately say to watch Breaking Bad, and if they've already seen it; I say they should watch Dexter. I can't imagine anyone other than Michael C. Hall playing Dexter. I want that coffee cup in the picture... and bro, just gonna let you know, someone's going to complain at you for having like 4 gifs in your signature area taking up so much space. Just a head's up. They come off SUPER big on most mobile devices.
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Post by The Dark Passenger on Mar 6, 2015 0:36:51 GMT -5
Season 4 without a doubt. Seasons 1,2,and 7 were good too. I fully enjoyed all of Dexter. Yes, it had it's low points, but what show that goes on for 8 seasons doesn't. The ending wasn't what I had hoped it would be, but it was nowhere near as bad as I had heard that it was. Whenever someone asks me to recommend them a show I immediately say to watch Breaking Bad, and if they've already seen it; I say they should watch Dexter. I can't imagine anyone other than Michael C. Hall playing Dexter. I want that coffee cup in the picture... and bro, just gonna let you know, someone's going to complain at you for having like 4 gifs in your signature area taking up so much space. Just a head's up. They come off SUPER big on most mobile devices. Me too! Thanks for telling me about the signature. I kinda thought it might be too much. I'll get rid of a few.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2015 5:23:58 GMT -5
Not really about Dexter but I had a tweet from Aimee Garcia (Jamie) last night <3.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 13, 2015 7:40:34 GMT -5
Not really about Dexter but I had a tweet from Aimee Garcia (Jamie) last night <3.
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