Patrick Dempsey isn’t getting enough love. What a comic relief. The stache, the silver mane, the attitude. It’s perfect to me honestly. I needed him and I didn’t know it.
I definitely agree. I found many of the "bad" moments and seasons of the original show to be fun and campy and it seems like this iteration understands the tone to shoot for. But for me there was an odd feeling the entire time watching the performances. The writers and actors have a strong understanding of how the characters sound, but there's almost an uncanny valley aspect to it all.
I liked it & that's saying a lot because I wasn't interested in revisiting this backstory at all and I had no plans to watch. But when I saw it premiered, I gave it a shot mainly to see Michael C Hall at least in the opening, which I assumed would be the framing. This was a pleasant surprise though overall. The actors may not all look the part (aside from obvious the exceptions) but they are evoking the spirit of the characters. Looking forward to episode 2!
I enjoyed the episode, for the most part. The casting was, for the most part, fantastic. They nailed Dexter, Batista , and Masuka especially. I'm definitely excited to see where it goes. A couple of minor criticisms I had: I hated that they undid his death at the end of "New Blood." I get that they're using that as the framing device for the whole show, but mainly I feel like they're using it to set up the next series that's coming up in 2025. It was rather satisfying that he was killed off by Harrison at the time, and I actually would've been interested to see where Harrison went. It felt like some of the editing let to some weird jump cuts with the actors The sports logo nerd in me definitely noticed the UM tents being anachronistic. This is the job fair scene in the courtyard. The UM tents had this wordmark that wasn't designed until 2000.
I'm the guy who re-watches S1-4 every few years and thinks everything that came after is garbage, but I was pleasantly surprised by this. Casting is really good and the writing is decent. The pacing leaves a lot to be desired because it feels like they're skipping over a lot of interesting stuff that could be explored. The first kill is almost shot-for-shot what we already saw in S1; I would have liked to see them go deeper with it. Hopefully this means they have a lot more in store going forward. The only thing that really bothered me was re-using Daniel Licht's original themes when he's not around to give them his blessing. And not even crediting him in the main titles (he's buried in the end credits as "additional music by"). That left a bad taste in my mouth.
I mean him being different is kind of the point. This is before he's learned to mask properly. He's supposed to be more off putting, he has far less experience blending in than when we see him in the first series.
Discussion about the show won't be possible until the Showtime astroturfing fades away. This was horrendous. Maybe they'll figure it out as the season progresses and / or they recast half the actors.
I wanted to love it. I loved the cast, but it was like almost too goofy? I pay for lifetime movie club, I will watch anything, and I had to turn dexter off. To each their own. I'm glad you and others are enjoying it 😊
I looked at it and it just didn't grab my attention at all. Not sure why because I'm a huge fan of the first dexter(2006) and really enjoyed that. I very much disliked the abomination they released a few years back. Maybe it's just me at the end of the day. The first one came out almost 20 years ago which insane to think about, I've changed a lot over the years for better or worse. Put some more thought into it and what might brush me off is that it's trying hard to *be* like the original. Maybe the first episode was a bit too weak for my taste and perhaps episode 2 will be more enjoyable? Am I being too critical?
Why is some of the dialogue so extremely cringey? A lot of it stood out, but the cringiest for me was the nurse saying: “Don’t worry, this too shall pass.” Really? Are we in a medieval period piece or something?
I guess the casting is ok I really think most of you just really want this show to be good so you lie to yourselves ignoring the fact its probably not as good as you think or actually believe it is. The Deb casting is atrocious and honestly young Deb derails the show it makes it almost unwatchable
It was enjoyable and I’ll keep watching. If you think seasons 1-4 of the original are high art and hate and poke holes in everything that came after, you’ll probably hate this too. If you thought the original series was a fun yet somewhat campy dark show from start to finish, you’ll like this too.
I looked at it and it just didn't grab my attention at all. Not sure why because I'm a huge fan of the first dexter(2006) and really enjoyed that. I very much disliked the abomination they released a few years back. Maybe it's just me at the end of the day. The first one came out almost 20 years ago which insane to think about, I've changed a lot over the years for better or worse. Put some more thought into it and what might brush me off is that it's trying hard to *be* like the original. Maybe the first episode was a bit too weak for my taste and perhaps episode 2 will be more enjoyable? Am I being too critical?
Patrick Dempsey isn’t getting enough love. What a comic relief. The stache, the silver mane, the attitude. It’s perfect to me honestly. I needed him and I didn’t know it.
I definitely agree.
I found many of the "bad" moments and seasons of the original show to be fun and campy and it seems like this iteration understands the tone to shoot for.
But for me there was an odd feeling the entire time watching the performances. The writers and actors have a strong understanding of how the characters sound, but there's almost an uncanny valley aspect to it all.
I liked it & that's saying a lot because I wasn't interested in revisiting this backstory at all and I had no plans to watch. But when I saw it premiered, I gave it a shot mainly to see Michael C Hall at least in the opening, which I assumed would be the framing. This was a pleasant surprise though overall. The actors may not all look the part (aside from obvious the exceptions) but they are evoking the spirit of the characters. Looking forward to episode 2!
I enjoyed the episode, for the most part. The casting was, for the most part, fantastic. They nailed Dexter, Batista , and Masuka especially. I'm definitely excited to see where it goes.
A couple of minor criticisms I had:
I hated that they undid his death at the end of "New Blood." I get that they're using that as the framing device for the whole show, but mainly I feel like they're using it to set up the next series that's coming up in 2025. It was rather satisfying that he was killed off by Harrison at the time, and I actually would've been interested to see where Harrison went.
It felt like some of the editing let to some weird jump cuts with the actors
The sports logo nerd in me definitely noticed the UM tents being anachronistic. This is the job fair scene in the courtyard. The UM tents had this wordmark that wasn't designed until 2000.
I'm the guy who re-watches S1-4 every few years and thinks everything that came after is garbage, but I was pleasantly surprised by this.
Casting is really good and the writing is decent. The pacing leaves a lot to be desired because it feels like they're skipping over a lot of interesting stuff that could be explored. The first kill is almost shot-for-shot what we already saw in S1; I would have liked to see them go deeper with it. Hopefully this means they have a lot more in store going forward.
The only thing that really bothered me was re-using Daniel Licht's original themes when he's not around to give them his blessing. And not even crediting him in the main titles (he's buried in the end credits as "additional music by"). That left a bad taste in my mouth.
I mean him being different is kind of the point. This is before he's learned to mask properly. He's supposed to be more off putting, he has far less experience blending in than when we see him in the first series.
Discussion about the show won't be possible until the Showtime astroturfing fades away. This was horrendous. Maybe they'll figure it out as the season progresses and / or they recast half the actors.
I respect that you liked him being killed off, but you're like one of 10 people who liked that choice.
I wanted to love it. I loved the cast, but it was like almost too goofy? I pay for lifetime movie club, I will watch anything, and I had to turn dexter off. To each their own. I'm glad you and others are enjoying it 😊
I looked at it and it just didn't grab my attention at all. Not sure why because I'm a huge fan of the first dexter(2006) and really enjoyed that. I very much disliked the abomination they released a few years back.
Maybe it's just me at the end of the day. The first one came out almost 20 years ago which insane to think about, I've changed a lot over the years for better or worse.
Put some more thought into it and what might brush me off is that it's trying hard to *be* like the original. Maybe the first episode was a bit too weak for my taste and perhaps episode 2 will be more enjoyable? Am I being too critical?
Why is some of the dialogue so extremely cringey? A lot of it stood out, but the cringiest for me was the nurse saying: “Don’t worry, this too shall pass.” Really? Are we in a medieval period piece or something?
Young Dexter has such a sleazy vibe. He's nothing like the original Dex. Poor casting choice.
I guess the casting is ok I really think most of you just really want this show to be good so you lie to yourselves ignoring the fact its probably not as good as you think or actually believe it is. The Deb casting is atrocious and honestly young Deb derails the show it makes it almost unwatchable
It was enjoyable and I’ll keep watching. If you think seasons 1-4 of the original are high art and hate and poke holes in everything that came after, you’ll probably hate this too. If you thought the original series was a fun yet somewhat campy dark show from start to finish, you’ll like this too.
Dexter is gay
The acting is awful
I looked at it and it just didn't grab my attention at all. Not sure why because I'm a huge fan of the first dexter(2006) and really enjoyed that. I very much disliked the abomination they released a few years back.
Maybe it's just me at the end of the day. The first one came out almost 20 years ago which insane to think about, I've changed a lot over the years for better or worse.
Put some more thought into it and what might brush me off is that it's trying hard to *be* like the original. Maybe the first episode was a bit too weak for my taste and perhaps episode 2 will be more enjoyable? Am I being too critical?