Just finished the 2nd season of Squid Game and even without expectations I was disappointed.
SPOILERS AHEAD
The main reason I didn’t anticipate a 2nd season is that the first season ends it perfectly Song won and he went home with the money, there was no reason to continue.
I do think they managed to get Song back into a new game in a creative way,
but,
the ending was awful, the ending of HIMYM seems decent in comparison
I just wanted to vent not to explain 
But yeah it’s mostly the ending
Season 2 of The Last of Us starts in April.
Ghost of Tsushima Anime announced to be in production… 
I have to vent about this, I’m banned from reddit for ban evasion and advocating piracy so I can’t do it there. There’s a popular perspective that has essentially been solidified as fact on the Dexter subreddit, and that is that New Blood retconned Dexter’s use of M99 (etorphine) in the original series by having him connected to the BHB case through his present-day use of ketamine. Some people on the subreddit call this a retcon, others call it an error. But it is neither. The writers clarified in interviews that since etorphine and ketamine are in the same family of drugs and are so similar in composition that they are often confused for one another in real-world autopsies, that is why Angela states that the BHB victims were found with the same drugs in their system as the Iron Lake victim. Could this have been clarified better on screen to avoid confusion? Definitely. But is it a retcon or an error? No, it is not. It’s become accepted as fact that the writers made a mistake but they did not. Now is it arguably a retcon that they found drugs in the systems of BHB victims at all? Perhaps, it was never said if they did or didn’t initially. But there is no mistake regarding the actual use of the drugs in either show. There is no conflict, no retcon, no error, and it drives me insane that nobody seems to understand this.
Oh and Resurrection has begun filming.
Never heard the theory of Dexter changing the sedative, I always just thought it was an error. I didn’t know M99 and ketamine we’re closely related chemically, so I guess it makes sense that it could be confused, because all the information on the BHB investigation, other than the framing of Doakes, came from decomposing bodies that were left in the ocean, so the official reports could have easily confused which chemical was used.
However, didn’t Dexter himself mention in inner-monologue that he uses ketamine? That would definitely be an error, because he knows good and well, and mentioned it several times, that he used M99, and he’s too meticulous to just switch them up in casual usage like that, or forget which one he used after a measly ten year abstinence. So, unless I’m remembering wrong and he never actually said ketamine in New Blood, then it’s definitely an error as well.
He did not, he only internally confirmed that he knew about wheal marks when Angela presents him with photographs from BHB victims compared to Jasper Hodge. The show never states that he used ketamine in Miami, it’s only been interpreted that way because of the show using it to connect him to Miami.
Can’t wait for this. I love the Netflix Daredevil series, and this looks like it’ll pick up right where it left off (albeit with a gap of a few years (the snap?))
I am a bit worried that they’ll kill off Foggy or Karen early on, especially now that the trailer implies something’s happened that made Matt stop being Daredevil. This would be upsetting to me, but not in a good way (i.e. the end of season 1 of Game of Thrones).
I think that was the original plan before the whole script was thrown out and from what I heard, thank god for that. The Netflix version is the standard Marvel is going to try to meet.
I’m no expert, but it sure as hell sounds like it has wings…
Oooh, shoot, there IS a weird buzzing sound in the POV shot… (Really hope the CGI quality in the show is better than that though, looked quite strange)
Man, when are we getting an actual trailer for this show? It’s so intriguing! And this is like the 3rd “look the Alien is coming to Earth” teaser they’ve put out, it tells us nothing!
Just binge watched Dexter: Original Sin. When I first heard about this show being made, I was not happy. I was certain it would be a big mistake, they were not going to be able to cast a younger set of actors to play familiar characters that would be believable, and that they’d retcon and convolute the lore all over the place. I can say with relief that I was completely wrong. Here’s my little break down, spoilers for those who’ve never watched any part of this franchise:
Concept
Its status as a prequel was the bedrock issue I had with it when I heard it was coming, but they pulled it off well. The reveal that it’s Dexter’s life flashing before his eyes as he’s resuscitated from what had previously been believed to be a fatal gunshot that closed the book on the series was a welcome surprise, and that it’s to set up another sequel series that will carry on from where the previous ended was a good move. The two previous finale attempts were not well-received (I personally only had one issue with each of them but otherwise found them acceptable as endings), so that they’re trying to do it right a third time and using this series to gin up interest for it was the right call.
Story
The story is the usual Dexter fare, but it still feels fresh. Even though you know what fates await each character, you still feel the tension of the critical situations as you wonder how these events play out so that what happens down the road in the timeline is not impacted by what happened in this unknown past.
Consistency
This was where my biggest concern lie, but I’m glad that it wasn’t even a tenth as bad as I expected. A few inconsistencies showed up here and there, but nothing that can’t be explained away as just the show not bothering showing certain details in order to flesh out everything else that happened that we didn’t previously know, or Dexter’s mind, barely clinging to life, just remembering wrong.
The one change that I did not like is that it made Brian more violent too early. Although not elaborated on and only a small part of his life as a kid was seen in the original series, the implication was that, like Dexter, Brian was a normal and sweet kid who only became unhinged because of the traumatic experience he and Dexter went through. We were led to believe that because Brian was older and more aware, the trauma hit too deeply with him because he couldn’t block it out like the younger Dexter could. This series shows that he was already a mean and aggressive little shit who just crossed over into being truly dangerous after what happened. This takes away from the overall concept that what happened was so bad, both boys were irrevocably changed, making it seem like Brian was already on that path anyway.
Cast
The cast was fantastic. The actors for Dexter and Debra know how to emulate their predecessors’ behaviors to the letter, and Bautista’s actor I would swear was just the original actor digitally de-aged, it was that spot on. Masuka and Laguerta have a similar treatment. I do have one gripe: Christian Slater is not Harry. He looks, sounds, and acts nothing like James Remar’s Harry from the original, and while the version of Harry he’s presenting here is decently acted, it carries none of the feel of the Harry we knew from the original. It was like they were more concerned with getting a big name to play at least one of the familiar characters that they didn’t even try to find someone who seemed like he could be a younger James Remar. Disappointing.
Soundtrack
It stopped being so prominent about halfway through the season, but holy hell, did they have to play every song that was on the top ten of the billboard in 1991 every five minutes? I mean, they were good songs, but it was like they were trying so hard to tell the audience “this is the early 90s!” that they might as well have just had someone say those words in every episode. This whole thing of using lots of famous songs for a soundtrack playing every few minutes can be blamed on Suicide Squad, frankly. I’m pretty sure that movie convinced people that this is an idea that works. Distracting the audience from slow moments in a story with songs they recognize does not improve things, people, it just shows that you’re trying to cover empty space.
Overall, it was a good series, a worthy prequel, and I hope there’s a season 2.
Just want to give a shoutout to Howard and Chuck for the most useful piece of advice I’ve ever received from a tv show.
Krysten Ritter (Jane from Breaking Bad) just joined Resurrection.
The Rehearsal season 2 premieres 4/20
I am significantly less interested in Ressurection now, after the recent report that Jennifer Carlenter will not be returning. Batman without Alfred, James Bond without M, 47 without Diana. Still gonna see it, but they’ve cut a limb off already, no pun intended.
I was hoping for scenes with both ghost Deb and Harry so it is for sure a disappointment.
And hell, I wanna see ghost Doakes.
We all do 