Just....Why?

[martelvonc]

We received our latest Netflix movie cause' we LOVE Netflix at Haus Charlottenburg and what do I see inside the envelope but a blood spattered ad for the season premier of "Dexter" on Showtime.

Can someone please explain to me why I would want to watch a comedy/drama that features a serial killer as the main character?

And why would they try to pitch him as a sorta good sorta bad guy?

Can someone please explain to me why I might think this concept is funny or dramatic?

Can someone please explain to my why the ad people thought I might watch this show based on a smiling guy in a white shirt sprayed with what appears to be blood?


I am just grossed out......

Comments

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

I wondered the same thing when I opened my Netflix envelops yesterday.... Ewwww!

Given my mundane name...

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

One of my coworkers told me about the show last year -- "Hey, Dex! They named a TV Series after you!".

I'm going to start a Weirdly-Named People's Liberation Front. We'll promote the naming of fictional whackjobs with monikers like Joe, or Fred, or Bill, or Sue.

I've read the first two books, and seen the two episodes that were online. Now, granted, I'm not Joe Normal, myself. However, there is a certain amount of humor in the books - enough to tickle my funny bone. There's also a certain amount of schadenfreude, in the notion that Dex's victims don't get away with what THEY did.

Consider the guy in Montgomery County who appears to have gotten away with baby-raping. They dropped his case because they couldn't find an interpreter for this guy's birth tongue. Excuse me. He's from Liberia. He may speak an obscure language part of the time, but Liberia's primary language is ENGLISH. Their capital is named for an American president. Their currency is the dollar. I'd love to see a Dex episode where this case gets dealt with.

Re: Given my mundane name...

[martelvonc.livejournal.com]

It ain't sellin' sister.
(actually brother but that doesn't rhyme)

He's still a serial killer who decides who gonna live and who's gonna die based on his own weird view of things. I still don't see the humor. Especially with REAL serial killers out in the world.

Re: Given my mundane name...

[3fgburner.livejournal.com]

De gustibus non disputandum :-).

Re: Given my mundane name...

[martelvonc.livejournal.com]

And TV producers are not know for it. ;-)

Confession

[mari-of-varekai.livejournal.com]

Fine I'll admit it....I freaking love that show. I was totally weirded out by it at first (my sister was addicted to it and she made me watch it) but then I started liking it. Its dark and twisted in some parts and really funny (dark comedy funny) in other parts. They do a really good job making you like Dexter. At the begining he is this inhuman killing thing, but by the end of the show he's still a killer, but you like him. How freaking weird is that! It totally sucked me in. Its a pretty strange show, a serial killer who kills serial killers. I know I'm twisted =P

Re: Confession

[martelvonc.livejournal.com]

I will hit you with a ruler upon our next meeting.... ;-)

Re: Confession

[mari-of-varekai.livejournal.com]

noooooooooooo =0p

[ladypyrate.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have read the novels the series is based on (Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Departed Dexter) and they are in fact quite funny. Dexter is a true sociopath, and reading his inner monolouge is hysterical, since he genuinely does not *get* human emotions at all, and digs himelf deeper into trouble trying to sort them out.


I know it's an off-putting concept, but it really does work. I haven;t seen the series but it is definitely in my Queue. Once we get through the fall horror fest, and Dr. Who, I'll probably cycle them into my list. (But firts Louis Jordan as Dracula.. Yum!)

[ladypyrate.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I dunno if they touch oi this in the series or not, but Dexter's selections are not arbitrary or random. He hunts down serial killers, and will not act without abosolute concrete proof that they are in guilty of thier crimes.

Why does he not tuen them over to the police? 2 reasons. First the evidence would be thrown out, since it's usually obtained illegally. Dexter does not follow the miceties of Search Warrants. Secondly, well Dexter is a psychopath. He has an urge to kill that he cannot control. So his stepfather Harry did the best he could to teach Dexter to channel his impluses to a morally acceptable (for Harry at least..) target.

[ladyrowansplace.livejournal.com]

what Ladypyrate said. This is a show for folks who THINK. As wierd as the concept sounds, it really makes you examine morality, socialy accepted platitudes, and consider the foundations of your own mores.

I think you would find it extremely provocative.

As far as the ad - well after we hang all the lawyers, I vote for advertising folks as next up the gallows pole....