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[MrMagic]

I just saw the first episode. And I must say, it's somewhat interesting, yet disturbing. I especially like how he is narrating events himself.

Nice show, indeed.

[Kent]

It's a great show, I've been following it from the start. Season one was brilliant, though I felt the ending was somewhat anti-climactic.

The first two episodes of season two have leaked out on the web as well. Looks promising.

[Terror Risk]

We're only upto episode 4 in the UK. So, no spoilers.

[Kent]

We're only upto episode 4 in the UK. So, no spoilers.

Jonathan, Dexter's house gimp, is killed in a freak hail storm!

[Terror Risk]

Aw I expected as much. He did love natural ice.

[Kent]

Seriously though... I'm sure we can all use spoiler brackets in this thread just to make sure not to ruin it for anyone.

Like for instance (don't read this Terror Risk ):

Spoiler

the reveal about Brian was a bit too obvious. I knew... probably... three episodes beforehand or something like that.

[prank munkey]

I thought this thread was going to be about Dexter's Laboratory.

Disappointing.

[Terror Risk]

@Kent, i was reading about the series and the books on Wiki and there where no spoiler warnings. So the unfortunate happened.

But i still wanna see the journey, and maybe get the books.

[The Lawyer]

Well, season 2 ended not too long ago. I'm not sure if anyone else followed it, but I didn't like it. I felt like it fell apart. Dexter just lost what was unique, to me. He started having sex, he was emotional, he was too human. All these things were contradictory to what he started out as. Ending wasn't anything surprising except for that stove thing.

[Araqiel]

For me, the Season 2 ending was fairly lackluster, especially when you compare it to what I felt was a phenomenal ending to the first. Oh well, Season 3 anyone?

[Fuzz]

I love the show, naturally I have to comment on this. Said and done.

[Fuzz]

I'm currently watching the entire series all over again and I came to think of one thing.

Would Dexter kill himself? (Kill someone that does exactly what he does, killing serial killers that is.)

If so, should he commit suicide? (With the same logic as above.)

[Bafford]

I am thinking about reading the books that this series is based on. Anyone who has read them, is it better if you watch the series or read the books first? I have already watched the entire two seasons, just need your opinion for future seasons.
And, Fuzz really should learn to use the edit button more often. This is like the third time I seeing consecutive posts that could have edited. The edit functionality is there for a reason after all.

[Fuzz]

You could have tried answering the question instead.

The main reason for the edit button is to alter misspellings and incorrect statements.

If I simply edit a post, will it still bump the thread?

[The Lawyer]

Stop double-posting. It's against the rules. If you have something to add, edit it in your previous post with the edit button. End of story.

The books are pretty good, but the third one went to shit. Suddenly, you're knee-deep in supernatural and Gods, blah blah. The whole thing wasn't that exciting and I pretty much hated it.

The first two are great.

[Fuzz]

I can't help it, I'm a serial poster. (j/k)

Not that I wish to annoy anyone, but are you feeling jumpy today?

By the way, the spirit of the rule is to prevent spamming and I'm not posting random, irrelevant jibberish just because I have a keyboard in front of me like some moron would do.

How are people supposed to know that the post have been updated when they are in the particular forum section?


I'll try to answer my own question from above.

Dexter kills people because he can't control himself even thou he knows it makes him a neat little monster. He choses the lesser of two evils, rather than killing innocents he kills the hardened criminals under the title of serial killers. He would definitely kill someone just like him because they are in error, just like him.

He would not kill himself, commit suicide, because the first rule he lives by is he does this for his mere survival. He kills to stay sane and he only take pleasure from killing others, not himself. His code keeps him from killing the innocent enough and it also keeps him on the streets.

Dexter is both a plausible and reasonable character.

[stanky]

Fuzz, the others are absolutely right. In fact, looking at the two posts one after the other is straight-up confusing in nature, because it just seems odd that you would say something like "I love the show, so naturally I'll comment on this" and then instead of commenting on it in the same post, you make a new one. And also, the edit button is not just primarily for correcting grammar and spelling mistakes, it's for all necessary "edits", including stopping useless double posts, which are frowned upon.

Furthermore, no, I'm not some kind of rule-crazy whore or in a bad mood, I just don't get why you would continue on about what the supposed "intended" use for the edit button is, instead of just admitting you fucked up. Just curious about the line of thinking, I suppose.

By the by, Dexter is one of my all-time favorite television programs. It's right up there with Battlestar Galactica and say, The Black Donnellys. The awkward situations he finds himself in with the people around him are always good for a laugh, like feeling up his girlfriend thinking about "no blood".

[Fuzz]

I won't admit that I am wrong, but I can admit that you all are right in some way. If the posts are too short or not separated in time enough it looks unestetical.

I have seen quintuple accidental posts in a row and none cares. Basically it doesn't even matter once the page counter on this thread add another number, people won't even read it.

Fact is, people rather discuss forum ethics than actual content. The say "Don't even post a thread like that.", "Never post a post like that.", etcetera when they can't even put a capital in the beginning of their login or have a space instead of an underscore. Paying no attention to the message, just the form.

This thread is not about me or how I post, I didn't start that. It's supposed to be about Dexter.

Killing people serves no purpose, it's meaningless and they won't even live to talk about it. Killing real bad people however serves a purpose, it stops them from hurting more people and keeps the innocent safe. Dexter is still wrong, since we don't punish people that way anymore and it's not up to a single person to be the judge of another persons fate, even when he's right about his victims being serial killers.

Why wake them up to confront them and cause them pain when the humane thing would be to just get rid of them?

Once doing the way he does let one get away even thou it was not permanent, for instance.

One can also argue that our Hitman, Number 47, does just about the same thing. Preventing bad people from causing more damage. Where the states and their laws fail, a hitman can still set the world right.

[The Stu]

I've been catching this on showcase here in Australia were it started recently
my favorite non comedy atm, although I love Prison Break this tops it
I may get the books also

[The Lawyer]

(don't get the third one)


Really, am I alone on this? I know someone else was reading them.