I really enjoy Dexter, but I wait for it to be on DVD. I rarely buy TV shows, especially if they are an "arc-based" show since the big, surprise ending lessens my desire to rewatch.....i.e., I know what happens. I have the entire TNG series, Firefly, and will be buying GoTs, but that's it. Unless you county last year's Xmas present from my wife, the entire series of Fraggle Rock, which is one of my beloved childhood shows.
Also, I completely argee with you regarding Dexter. The main story arc was great, but the other arcs that essentially lead nowhere (which I think is for filler to get to 12 episodes) is annoying. I normally fast-forward a lot of this fluff.
Also, I completely argee with you regarding Dexter. The main story arc was great, but the other arcs that essentially lead nowhere (which I think is for filler to get to 12 episodes) is annoying. I normally fast-forward a lot of this fluff.
My point was that those other arcs were annoying in small doses each week, but when you saw the season as a whole, you could more easily they did have a purpose, which was to change Deb so she became amenable to letting Dexter & Lumen go when she caught them, and to possibly move her character in a direction where she can accept the truth about her brother some day or at least make the same choice she did for the vigilante killers she did not know included her brother. My point was that seeing it all together like that made the annoying aspects less so, because when seen as a whole, the point of the supposed digressions is more readily understood.
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- The Crownless
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Watching cable shows - should you just wait for the DVDs?
- 05/09/2011 04:17:59 AM
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Explanation of the stories I referred to (Spoilers for Dexter Ssn 5 )
- 05/09/2011 04:45:16 AM
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Explanation of the stories I referred to (Spoilers for Sons of Anarchy Ssn 3 )
- 05/09/2011 05:17:23 AM
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I don't understand the concept of owning shows/movies.
- 05/09/2011 03:33:27 PM
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Even if you're only going to watch a show once, it's rather easier that way.
- 05/09/2011 06:15:33 PM
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Some people like to watch shows multiple times. I am one of them.
- 05/09/2011 07:40:43 PM
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Just watched Dexter season 5 via Netflix.....not buying it.
- 05/09/2011 09:13:33 PM
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Yeah, you pretty much don't agree with me at all.
- 06/09/2011 02:48:39 AM
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I know what you mean.
- 07/09/2011 09:46:51 PM
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Breaking Bad!
- 07/09/2011 10:09:14 PM
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Re: Breaking Bad!
- 07/09/2011 10:35:07 PM
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Re: Breaking Bad!
- 08/09/2011 11:58:42 AM
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That is wierd because my viewing experienceswith those exact shows are almost identical to yours.
- 11/09/2011 08:53:29 PM
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I think there's precedent in the shift of filmed drama to an episodic format.
- 08/09/2011 02:57:57 PM
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Re: I think there's precedent in the shift of filmed drama to an episodic format.
- 08/09/2011 10:59:00 PM
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Re: I think there's precedent in the shift of filmed drama to an episodic format.
- 09/09/2011 03:28:22 AM
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