| A thought on the potential direction of Dexter, Season Seven |
[May. 23rd, 2012|10:37 am] |
I re-watched Season Six of Dexter, and now bits of it make more sense.
What seemed badly contrived was Debra's getting more and more insane, and finally coming to the conclusion that Dexter was The One for her. At the same time, she's been promoted to Lieutenant, and put in charge of Miami Metro Homicide.
All this seemed like an unlikely combination, until one ponders where the show intends to head.
The last scene of Season Six has Debra catching Dexter red-handed, killing the Doomsday Killer. The cliff hanger is, of course, her reaction to it.
And I think they've been setting up a situation where she's okay with Dexter being a serial killer. In fact, I'm guessing she'll be totally supportive!
Imagine the head of the homicide department being an active ally with Dexter. All sorts of hell might ensue. Dexter might wind up becoming the voice of reason, trying to get Debra to back off. |
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| Another Amusing Job Title |
[Apr. 28th, 2012|03:14 pm] |
Epic Ambulatory Analyst
Needed: Intelligent, empathetic individual to walk from one end of the Earth to the other, delving into the problems of any people and towns you encounter, to the point of inspiring poetry and songs.
Bamboo flute a plus.
(Actual listed job title + imaginary listing.) |
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| A question for all you cooks! |
[Mar. 16th, 2012|03:14 pm] |
This is one of those questions that is so broad and about such common stuff that search engines can't handle it.
So I ask you out there. You'll know who you are.
The question: Has any food writer or cooking show explored the parallels between cooking and story telling? For instance, if one regards the ingredients as characters, one can talk about when to introduce them to each other, and how they interact. And one often switches attention from one character or group of characters to another, in order to move their threads along toward a narrative climax for all. |
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| Diet Tony Gets His Own HBO Series |
[Feb. 11th, 2012|04:28 pm] |
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Yup, I just bought the first season of "Boardwalk Empire," so I'll be spending some time watching that ... |
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| New work laptop ... |
[Jan. 25th, 2012|07:10 pm] |
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Windows 7 really is a dream. By that I mean nothing stays where you put it and it feels like it's tossing you out in front of the world with no pants on. |
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| A proper warm-up for the debate. |
[Jan. 7th, 2012|12:02 pm] |
Tonight's a Republican Presidential debate on ABC. Will Newt Gingrich make Romney tap out?
Anyway, it's also coincidentally a weekend where the premium Showtime cable network is giving free access to us proles with merely basic cable. And that means their on-demand stuff, too. So I don't have to wait until next summer's DVD release to see Season Six of Dexter.
I watched episodes 1-6 (of 12) last night. Some bits were great, and others less satisfying. For instance, I miss some of the police procedural parts.
So far, Edward James "Adama" Olmos is playing a guy who is staging scenes from Revelations, usually using dead bodies for parts. So there's one incident where he takes human figures made from corpse bits and mannequin bits and ties? glues? nails? them onto live horses and sets those horses free in a public place.
Impressive.
But the show completely skips over something I'd want to see; the Miami cops dealing with not messing up the evidence as they work around the live horses. That could have been hilarious and maybe even informative.
So today, instead of taking a trip to the laundromat, I'll be watching the remaining six Dexter episodes. That should put me in the right frame of mind for watching the debate. |
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| Robots vs. Zombies |
[Dec. 22nd, 2011|08:34 pm] |
You will note, in Asimov's Laws, that it's never specified that the human beings in question have to be alive.
Zombies, for the win! |
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