Amazing trailer.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/24...ERS/Page1.html
It seems Quinn will be the main antagonist at least for a few episodes.
Glad to see they’re actually going forward with the Kyle Butler and not conveniently forgetting about it. Seriously hope they start looking towards a conclusion now instead of another press of the reset button.
It’s taken a while, but for the first time since the show’s started, I’m actually excited about a new season.
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| Originally Posted by Evi View Post Glad to see they’re actually going forward with the Kyle Butler and not conveniently forgetting about it. Seriously hope they start looking towards a conclusion now instead of another press of the reset button. It’s taken a while, but for the first time since the show’s started, I’m actually excited about a new season. |
I forgot Butler’s name but hell Yes. There’s a frame where he is holding one of the kids… ominous.
Enjoyed the trailer. But there wasn’t enough in it related to the marriage of Maria and Angel. For my money you can’t beat the passion between those two. I’m really stoked to see how things are going for them now that they are joined in holy matrimony. Pure magic. That’s what they are. Yes sir.
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| Originally Posted by Moltisanti View Post Enjoyed the trailer. But there wasn’t enough in it related to the marriage of Maria and Angel. For my money you can’t beat the passion between those two. I’m really stoked to see how things are going for them now that they are joined in holy matrimony. Pure magic. That’s what they are. Yes sir. |
Ohh fuck your doing that sarcam thing aren’t you?
But seriously that trailer looks good I still feel like we are going through Doakes territory. At least this time the entire police for is questioning Dexter as well. Still I do want to see this season mostly to see Dexter as a single dad.
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| Originally Posted by Waaaaaaaalt View Post I still feel like we are going through Doakes territory. At least this time the entire police for is questioning Dexter as well. Still I do want to see this season mostly to see Dexter as a single dad. |
I told my husband last season how Quinn was going to be the new Doakes b/c the were setting up the antagonism between the two after Dexter saw Quinn pocket the cash from one of the Honeymoon killer sites. I miss Doakes, so that’s good- Dexter needs someone who could quite possibly become obssessed with finding out what his big secret is, and the show needs the tension of someone who may be able to really accomplish it.
I mean, dont get me wrong, I love Dexter and I’d totaly throw ticker-tape at his serial-killer-coming-out parade, but there’s no tension if there’s no risk of Dexters’ getting busted.
I really hope they catch him this season. It’s really the only unexplored territory left in this show.
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| Originally Posted by Elle Em in Opie- Que Are Ess? View Post there’s no tension if there’s no risk of Dexters’ getting busted. |
I totally agree but I want some new angle on it. Doakes was this incredible cop/badass who to me was a match for Dexter. This guy is just some shady asshole whos character never really worked for me.
My problem with the show is that everybody except for Michael C. Hall is a weak character. The shield had better “b-story” characters like Dutchboy and Julian.
Oh and the girl who plays Dexter’s Step Daughter is a shitty actress.
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| Originally Posted by Rourkefan View Post My problem with the show is that everybody except for Michael C. Hall is a weak character. The shield had better “b-story” characters like Dutchboy and Julian. Oh and the girl who plays Dexter’s Step Daughter is a shitty actress. |
Yes but this is actually more of a recent thing. In the first season I actually cared about Doakes, Laguerta’s mean bitch character, Deb’s dating life, Angel’s divorce and of course Rita and how Dexter connected to her. With Deb they have kind of kept it interesting. They took all of Laaguerta’s bite away and hooked Angel up with her which kinda screwed them both and took a TON of screen time.
Yeah I cared about those characters in Season 1 as well, until you come to realise that’s all there is to them.
I have issues with Dexter as a character as well, or at least the way the show has made him the friendly serial killer so people don’t feel bad in rooting for him. It’s why Lithgow and Smits HAVE to be so much badder than he is, so we have someone to root for. At least Season 1 and some of Season 2 was morally ambiguous.
Quinn started off as a pain in the ass, but I’m actually starting to dig him. His scenes with Lithgow’s daughter added some pretty nice shading to his character, IMO.
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| Originally Posted by James View Post …or at least the way the show has made him the friendly serial killer so people don’t feel bad in rooting for him. It’s why Lithgow and Smits HAVE to be so much badder than he is, so we have someone to root for. At least Season 1 and some of Season 2 was morally ambiguous. |
Interesting take. As long as we started to look Dexter posing as a family guy the stuff with his dad seems more uninteresting.
Here’s another scene from the new season:
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| Originally Posted by James View Post Yeah I cared about those characters in Season 1 as well, until you come to realise that’s all there is to them. I have issues with Dexter as a character as well, or at least the way the show has made him the friendly serial killer so people don’t feel bad in rooting for him. It’s why Lithgow and Smits HAVE to be so much badder than he is, so we have someone to root for. At least Season 1 and some of Season 2 was morally ambiguous. |
Dexter has always been the friendly serial killer you can root for. The very first kill we see him commit in the first half of the first episode is killing a multiple child killer which he openly displays disgust for. That was all about winning the audience over to the premise.
The audience has never been asked too seriously question his actions, or feel bad about what he does. He targets evil people which deserve their place under his knife. He’s the right hand of God doing the Lord’s righteous work. The moral quandary of what Dexter does has only been paid lip service, with any of his questionable actions being either sidestepped (as with Doakes), or later found to be legitimate (as with Oscar).
Starts up Sunday. I’m DVRing it because I don’t care about it as much as Mad Men or Boardwalk Empire. But I am excited to see where they take it for season 5.
I just scanned over an early review. Nothing to worry about the change at the helm. The sole mention of a Dexter episode sans Angel-Laguerta made me smile.
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| Originally Posted by Mr_Cellophane View Post I’m DVRing it because I don’t care about it as much as Mad Men or Boardwalk Empire. |
Yeah, Boardwalk comes first for me too, but I can’t wait to see this new season. I don’t know why I love this kind of mediocre serial killer story so much, but I’m addicted.
The first three seasons straddled the line between great and ludicrously awful - although each grew in quality - but the fourth was all great, in my opinion. Well except for Angel and Laguerta.
Odd choice having Dex tell the kids about Rita while wearing the mouse ears.
Didn’t expect that sudden kill from Dexter. Good thing there was an asshole in an isolated area for him to snuff.
Still relying too much on the voice-over.