tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post4625309240694950964..comments2024-02-21T05:12:50.746-05:00Comments on THE STRANGEVERSE!: DEXTER-ity: Season Eight Review & AnalysisUgo Strangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156949739420092377noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-55441025899759411122023-02-19T23:44:27.773-05:002023-02-19T23:44:27.773-05:00I'm just rewatching the series and I LOVE what...I'm just rewatching the series and I LOVE what you said about Dexter and Lumen and I loved them together. That season was huge because for the very first time Dexter showed empathy and compassion for another person. And YES, their relationship grew organically and not just them mouthing "I love you" all the time with zero rhyme or reason behind it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-74484348671580660482016-08-10T09:40:42.246-04:002016-08-10T09:40:42.246-04:00[img]http://i.imgur.com/ilXLONq.gif[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/ilXLONq.gif[/img]Ugo Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156949739420092377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-78177016905034259592016-08-09T20:37:52.082-04:002016-08-09T20:37:52.082-04:00Ever since Hannah was introduced and Dexter starte...Ever since Hannah was introduced and Dexter started to be so un-Dexter I have just been passively sitting here like "I hope she poisons you and then she gets eaten by an alligator." I entered season 8 barely still caring about Deb (and the only reason I did was because she disliked Hannah as much as I did) and then THAT got killed so easily because SHE was so out of character. The past two seasons have just been the writers butchering the characters--and not in the way that made Dexter good.<br />Like you, I always said that dexter didn't have a lack of emotions, but that he just didn't understand them, and like you I saw his revelations and changes through the season (literally almost everything you say is near verbatim something I have thought while watching the show. With exception of the Louis thing because he is dead and despite the Zach "apprentice" plot line having been played out before I actually liked him a bit as a character. ) <br />Honestly I felt like Lumen was a fan fiction insert that made Dexter act out of character--But NOTHING can compare to freaking Hannah Mckay, the fangirl self-insert to end all self-inserts. And at least at the end of Lumen's story I LIKED her, and I could much better understand why Dexter liked her--she was his redemption after Rita. She made him feel like he could do some Justice AND she saw the dark side of him and understood it because she felt that way about the people that hurt her. Their love story felt too soon after Rita but after contemplation it at LEAST made SENSE unlike freaking Hannah who is just "hot." All I want is for Hannah to die. With Lumen I actually got upset that she left because I thought she might help be another step to Dexter feeling human. And if he wasn't with Lumen then I wanted it to be his care for his son that made him realize he cared more about his kid than killing--THAT would have been beautiful. Instead he hires a nanny, continues to be a crappy absentee father that I'm surprised Harrison actually thinks is his dad because he is cared for by basically anyone but him, and at the end he is pushed to the side lines because it's FREAKING HANNAH that changes him for NO reason. Erahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14721046783957143126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-2852086844866109412014-08-26T16:19:34.409-04:002014-08-26T16:19:34.409-04:00Just finished the final season and I'm so, so,...Just finished the final season and I'm so, so, so disappointed. <br />It came to a point where I just wanted Dexter to die already so he'd shut up about Hannah. She's by far the most unlikeable character I've come across, and not in a love-to-hate kind of way like Lila. At least Lila was entertaining. Hannah is just sloppy writing and a sub-par actress.<br />Such a shame, the show was so good before her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-59944838093246610652014-05-28T10:57:34.377-04:002014-05-28T10:57:34.377-04:00Thanks for reading, Jess. Tell your friends and ot...Thanks for reading, Jess. Tell your friends and other Dexter fans who hated Season 8. =DUgo Strangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12156949739420092377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037600106229841162.post-43345542628004113692014-05-28T03:18:33.932-04:002014-05-28T03:18:33.932-04:00Thank you for what you said about Cassie!!! She is...Thank you for what you said about Cassie!!! She is so annoying! Not only was it unrealistic in the Dexter world because we all know Dexter is obsessed with Hannah, but I didn’t even want to root for her. If there’s another girl that could be in Dexter’s life besides Hannah, I’m all for it. I would cheer for her until my voice goes hoarse. Don’t get me wrong. I’d have Cassie over Hannah any day. I’d have any woman over Hannah any day. Even a cannibalistic serial killer that hopefully Dexter wouldn’t make out to be a good person. However, Cassie was just awful. That date, if you can call it that, that she and Dexter went on was hard to watch. “What do you like to do? What are you passionate about? What do you do on the weekend with your free time?” “I have a boat.” “Do you water ski? Race? Scuba dive?” “I drive it out and then turn back.” “That’s it?” Oh my God. So many questions! I was wondering when she was going to shut up. But what bothered me most was not Cassie, it was the hype about the person who played her, Bethany Joy Lenz. I was a fan of BJL (I’m not anymore) long before she was on Dexter. I was a One Tree Hill watcher. But Dexter’s not what ruined her for me. It’s other stuff. But, for her fans, there was so much hype over “Bethany Joy Lenz is going to have a recurring role on Dexter” when really it was only a few scenes, her first being only a few seconds and the longest one lasting less than five minutes, and then, in her last scene, she’s just dead. But the hype didn’t stop there. Now, BJL is being advertised as “Dexter’s Bethany Joy Lenz” when she was barely on the show at all. Even when she was on the show, she made no impact whatsoever. Dexter was completely uninterested- because of course he was obsessed with Hannah- so not only was BJL barely on the show, she didn’t make any sort of contribution to the show. I know she probably wants to be known as someone other than “One Tree Hill’s Bethany Joy Lenz” but so far, that hasn’t happened yet, so it shouldn’t be forced with Dexter. She said in an interview that after OTH she passed on a lot of opportunities because they didn’t have much to them, that she wanted to make a statement about her work. She didn’t do that with Dexter. She also said Cassie represents something important for Dexter. What? She was such an unnecessary character. BJL herself even hyped up the role. But there was nothing there. What statement was made? What was the big deal?Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340258187768748569noreply@blogger.com