Dexter: Original Sin

Lithgow was fucking awesome.
I'm not sure how I feel about this spinoff since New Blood was meh... even with Clancy Brown being awesome.

Rabbit_Games said:

Lithgow was fucking awesome.
I'm not sure how I feel about this spinoff since New Blood was meh... even with Clancy Brown being awesome.

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This might be decent since Michael C. Hall's creative input is significantly reduced.

Clyde does whatever Michael C. Hall says, so him having less input gives this a chance. As for the sequel series to New Blood coming out later next year? That'll be certified trash.

This was aight. Pretty much standard Dexter unlike that abomination of a few years ago.

Chris said:

I'm binge watching Dexter on Netflix, never seen it before.

What. The. Fuck. Not sure I can carry on, it's vomit inducing.

I even joked about them not being blood related to my wife seasons before.

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They weren't were they? Wasn't he adopted. The writing went to shit when those 2 started fucking in real life. Her character became the centerpiece of the show but the actress was pretty dull. Probably great in the sack though.

Fucker said:

This was aight. Pretty much standard Dexter unlike that abomination of a few years ago.

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The retcon of who Harry was as a person is the biggest continuity flaw. Harry had a firm almost religious-like belief that some criminals were irredeemable and needed to die. I get why they couldn't portray the Harry from original Dexter canon because it would kill the happy go-lucky family man dynamic. But they did a really poor job with the scenes pertaining to Dexter's first kills and Harry's reactions. People will be confused if they watch the prequel first and then watch Dexter.

But other than that it's standard mediocre Dexter. Masuka does a good job and has the laugh down. Everyone save for Laguerta/Harry is doing a decent impression of the original cast.

jayrebb said:

The retcon of who Harry was as a person is the biggest continuity flaw. Harry had a firm almost religious-like belief that some criminals were irredeemable and needed to die. I get why they couldn't portray the Harry from original Dexter canon because it would kill the happy go-lucky family man dynamic. But they did a really poor job with the scenes pertaining to Dexter's first kills and Harry's reactions. People will be confused if they watch the prequel first and then watch Dexter.

But other than that it's standard mediocre Dexter. Masuka does a good job and has the laugh down. Everyone save for Laguerta/Harry is doing a decent impression of the original cast.

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I bailed out a few minutes into the 2nd ep.

Fucker said:

I bailed out a few minutes into the 2nd ep.

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It's a slog but there is a Joe Pantoliano cameo. If he was main cast this might be interesting to watch.

I cant put my finger on why. But Dexter in the original somehow came across as a sympathetic character. I know it makes no sense but somehow he did.

This guy playing the younger Dexter - he gets a lot of things right and its not a terrible show.

But somehow he doesnt capture that sympathetic character aspect at all. I don't know why, but half a dozen episodes in, I have the same impression every time.

Aldarion said:

I cant put my finger on why. But Dexter in the original somehow came across as a sympathetic character. I know it makes no sense but somehow he did.

This guy playing the younger Dexter - he gets a lot of things right and its not a terrible show.

But somehow he doesnt capture that sympathetic character aspect at all. I don't know why, but half a dozen episodes in, I have the same impression every time.

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Canon Dexter came across as in anguish in day to day life. Every interaction he barely got by. Just getting by. That's something you can be sympathetic to. This young Dexter just comes across as a little awkward. He stumbles through interactions sometimes, but he's not tortured or pained by daily life. He's super confident and assertive to almost being a bro. They even give him bro stuff to do. Bro Dexter just isn't that interesting.

The lack of evoked emotion and feeling toward the young Dexter tracks with the Harry portrayal which is equally empty. They're doing their job, but the job was apparently to keep it simple and vanilla. This is a "Disney+" version of Dexter. Joe Pantolino was the only time I ever felt something this season. That's due to his acting chops but it highlighted how little you really give a fuck about any of the Original Sin cast. It's all Leonardo point at TV stuff "Look how good that Masuka was!!! That's the laugh!!!" Shit like that doesn't carry a show, it's just nostalgia fumes. Doing impressions of the original cast isn't enough to make a compelling show. People just point at it and compare the impression and move on.