I've been re-watching Dexter the past few days and man is it still just as good as when I first saw it. I remember I started to watch Dexter because I heard the season 4 finale was crazy. I didn't know ANYTHING about Dexter until I started to watch the first episode. About 5 minutes into the first episode when Dexter was so enticed by the body without blood I was hooked.
Initially I was amazed at Dexter's character. There's very little shows where a bad guy headlines as the protagonist. I thought it was amazing that they could take such a dark and twisted person and make him so relatable.
Then the more I watched it I just got carried away by the episodes. Before I knew it it was 5-6am and I finished season 1 in one night. I tweeted about this the other day, but there's something really calming about a good show so early in the morning. Just letting yourself stop thinking and let the story guide you. I just love feelings you get: anxiety, happiness, sadness, etc. All because you just let the story take control over your life for a few hours when everything else is calm and quiet.
So AWESOME! Perhaps this is appealing to me so much because of the story teller in me. I don't know many people who would sit in bed for the whole day marathoning multiple seasons of a TV Show. But god is it awesome.
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Dexter's the protagonist but not a/the bad guy...I mean, killing people is bad (says society)...but he's got his Harry code and that justifies killing the bad people. Not unlike a vigilante that uses lethal force *trying to think of one...Punisher? I can't think of anyone better than that...*
ReplyDeleteI don't think he's relatable, it's more that people are fascinated with his character and thought process. Like, he's normal...just without emotion and with an urge to kill O_o okay...this isn't coming out right at all.
Just saying...with Harry's code, he's still the good guy...right? Was Kira the good guy? Hmm, now THERE'S a story were the bad guy is the protagonist.
I don't know if what I'm arguing is valid given the similarities between Death Note's Kira and Dexter. They're both pretty similar...character wise. It's just L was likable and the good guy (making Kira the bad guy) whereas the closest thing to L on Dexter was Doakes...but he wasn't as likeable...or good...or smart.