Ok, I'm not normally one to point out other people's stupid ideas. I find it much more satifying watching someone stab themselves while juggling razors then telling them to stop. Dexter, however, has quite simply the worst concept for a cop show I have ever heard, and since it's in its third season in the US it doesn't look like this is a lesson he's gonna learn easily. I have only seen one episode, the pilot. Being the judgmental dick that i am this is the one and ONLY chance you have to impress me. It didn't, and here's why:
For starters, there's the shows absolutely moronic premise. Dexter, a serial killer obsessed with blood, has landed a job as a blood splatter analyist with the police. Just to let the stupid through in cased it was blocked by your common sense deflector, The cops have a killer working for them. This isn't like a Hannibal Lector situation either, where they reluctantly hire the killer to get into the mind of the killer, Dexter has managed to convince everyone that he's completely normal. While I'll admit i was intrugued by this premise at first, you soon notice that the only way this is possible is if everyone he meets is a blind deaf moron who cant add two and two. being that all the characters (besides Dexter) pretend to have emotional depth and some kind of intelligence, the suspension of disbelief is just that little bit too great. like the grand fucking canyon.
Speaking of unreal scenarios, dex's dad, who is an ex cop, actually encoraged his serial killing. I am not joking. that right there is some ace perenting, good work. Did I mention his dad is a cop? because he is. His cop dad knows he's killing things (dogs at this point, but still, humans are next) and actually says "We can't change who you are, but we can make you kill only those who deserve it" and "i'll teach you to cover your tracks." Now, call me a rightwing Nazi if you like, but I think that might be taking expressing yourself too far. Let's be honest. If your kid was cutting up small furry animals, you would get him checked out, REGARDLESS of what home he came from. This only adds to my theory that everyone in Dexter's world is a complete moron
Then we have the characters. Most try really hard, but when you don't have much to work with, there's not much you can do. there's the ambitious sister, the ***** chief of police, the bad ass cop who doesn't trust Dexter, and Dexter. This is where the show falls from being so horrible its funny to so horrible it should be locked away. I don't know who taught writing to these guys, but they should know that if they want someone to care about a character, they have to make that character connect to the audience emotionally. now this is not an easy task to begin with, but it's damn near impossible when your character doesn't feel anything. Again, I'm serious, His second line is "I don't feel anything". I am amazed that the show has made it to three seasons.
Alright, perhaps it gets better as the series goes on. I liked the part at the end where there was a pseudo confrontation between the two killers, but to be honest that was the only part of good writing in the whole show. So i guess what i'm saying is that it wasn't very good. It had an interesting (albeit unbelievable) premise that might make for some great television once it all gets sorted out.
For starters, there's the shows absolutely moronic premise. Dexter, a serial killer obsessed with blood, has landed a job as a blood splatter analyist with the police. Just to let the stupid through in cased it was blocked by your common sense deflector, The cops have a killer working for them. This isn't like a Hannibal Lector situation either, where they reluctantly hire the killer to get into the mind of the killer, Dexter has managed to convince everyone that he's completely normal. While I'll admit i was intrugued by this premise at first, you soon notice that the only way this is possible is if everyone he meets is a blind deaf moron who cant add two and two. being that all the characters (besides Dexter) pretend to have emotional depth and some kind of intelligence, the suspension of disbelief is just that little bit too great. like the grand fucking canyon.
Speaking of unreal scenarios, dex's dad, who is an ex cop, actually encoraged his serial killing. I am not joking. that right there is some ace perenting, good work. Did I mention his dad is a cop? because he is. His cop dad knows he's killing things (dogs at this point, but still, humans are next) and actually says "We can't change who you are, but we can make you kill only those who deserve it" and "i'll teach you to cover your tracks." Now, call me a rightwing Nazi if you like, but I think that might be taking expressing yourself too far. Let's be honest. If your kid was cutting up small furry animals, you would get him checked out, REGARDLESS of what home he came from. This only adds to my theory that everyone in Dexter's world is a complete moron
Then we have the characters. Most try really hard, but when you don't have much to work with, there's not much you can do. there's the ambitious sister, the ***** chief of police, the bad ass cop who doesn't trust Dexter, and Dexter. This is where the show falls from being so horrible its funny to so horrible it should be locked away. I don't know who taught writing to these guys, but they should know that if they want someone to care about a character, they have to make that character connect to the audience emotionally. now this is not an easy task to begin with, but it's damn near impossible when your character doesn't feel anything. Again, I'm serious, His second line is "I don't feel anything". I am amazed that the show has made it to three seasons.
Alright, perhaps it gets better as the series goes on. I liked the part at the end where there was a pseudo confrontation between the two killers, but to be honest that was the only part of good writing in the whole show. So i guess what i'm saying is that it wasn't very good. It had an interesting (albeit unbelievable) premise that might make for some great television once it all gets sorted out.
