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EscPlan9
United States2777 Posts
I'm not someone who thinks heavily about tv shows. I generally only watch the episodes once unless a friend wants to see it or something and don't really think about it throughout the rest of the week. I just look forward to the next week's episode! So I really didn't put much time into considering the Gellar-not-real theory. Guess I must be an idiot | ||
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dranko
Sweden378 Posts
I don't care for these "mindfuck" twists anymore, they've been done to death and now I'm always looking for them. | ||
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Hyperbola
United States2546 Posts
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dranko
Sweden378 Posts
On November 30 2011 10:16 Hyperbola wrote: I don't see why people are bashing the show for having an imaginary-friend twist. Yeah it was kinda predictable but Fight Club didn't invent the concept. Plus, I think there's gonna be an even greater reveal later on relating to the missing evidence hand that was bought off of Ebay. Computer geek had it in his apartment, did you miss that? | ||
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Daray
6006 Posts
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Zealotdriver
United States1557 Posts
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Suvorov
294 Posts
On November 30 2011 11:13 dranko wrote: Computer geek had it in his apartment, did you miss that? No silly, of course he didn't miss it - he was making reference to it. Maybe the nerd guy is the ice-truck-killer v2. On November 30 2011 11:21 Daray wrote: Im just waiting if Deb will scissor with that psychiatrist but i doubt it'll happen Q_Q LOL | ||
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
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yeint
Estonia2329 Posts
On November 29 2011 22:45 zedi wrote: Wow, you're really hating Lost. And I suppose you haven't seen season 5 of Dexter, that shit truly was horrible. Season 5 was perfectly fine. And Lost was written by absolute hacks who never explained a damn thing (because they didn't know), and instead just claimed the show was about the characters, as if that rogue's gallery of one-note caricatures qualified as characters worthy of study. | ||
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Pyskee
United States620 Posts
On November 30 2011 10:16 Hyperbola wrote: I don't see why people are bashing the show for having an imaginary-friend twist. Yeah it was kinda predictable but Fight Club didn't invent the concept. Plus, I think there's gonna be an even greater reveal later on relating to the missing evidence hand that was bought off of Ebay. I don't think anybody is bashing the show for split personality/schizophrenia twist; they're (we're) bashing it because it was completely obvious and it didn't really do anything other than stall Dexter and the police department. The Sixth Sense is famous because it was basically the first time it's been done in a movie -- or at least to that success and trickery. And Fight Club is not an amazing movie because of its twist. That's one part of it, but I even knew the twist from people spoiling it for me and it's still one of my favorite movies. The reasons why Tyler Durden is imaginary are more important and intriguing than him actually being imaginary, which is exactly the opposite of what they did with Gellar. Gellar isn't an embodiment of everything Travis is too scared to be. Travis is just another fucking nut job that took the Bible way out of context. The Son of Sam isn't a riveting and symbolic story, he's just a nut job that thought his dog was telling him to kill people. Interesting, but not Emmy worthy. Is it the worst twist ever and everyone should renounce the show because of it? No, of course not; it's just a little cheesy for a show that used to be so good. On November 30 2011 17:31 yeint wrote: Season 5 was perfectly fine. And Lost was written by absolute hacks who never explained a damn thing (because they didn't know), and instead just claimed the show was about the characters, as if that rogue's gallery of one-note caricatures qualified as characters worthy of study. No, he's right, season five actually was truly horrible. | ||
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Mithriel
Netherlands2969 Posts
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Mandalor
Germany2362 Posts
On November 30 2011 18:11 Mithriel wrote: Seems I am only person here who liked season 5. Ofc not as good as season 1 or 4, but way better than season 3 Nope, I agree with you. Season 3 was worse than 5. Still, both were pretty bad imo. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On November 30 2011 06:03 Moxx82 wrote: At first I was thinking Gellar might have been alive for the first part of the season, and that maybe Travis flipped and killed him after Gellar killed his sister, but now I'm not so sure. It just seemed a little hard to swallow that Travis would kill his sister. If he did (probably) then he is definitely a schizo because the one side of him only wanted to protect her. Also, I guess Travis banged himself in the face with a shovel that one episode (showed Gellar do it)??? Nobody hit anybody in the face with a shovel. That was just for the audience. It was a metaphor for Gellar taking over control from Travis while Travis doesn't remember anything. | ||
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GefilteFish
12 Posts
I think that's how it should be written. If you are really good you catch it right away, but there's still a question. If you are paying attention you'll see the evidence as it's presented. And then a lot of people won't catch it and will still be surprized. The writers had to leave some eveidence, otherwise when the reveal comes it isn't believable. The reveal is supposed to get the audience to think 'Oh yeah, there was that part I didn't get' and 'I can see it now'. If it was just some random twist it would be criticized for bad writing then too. There is no winning. | ||
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DoubleReed
United States4130 Posts
On November 30 2011 18:11 Mithriel wrote: Seems I am only person here who liked season 5. Ofc not as good as season 1 or 4, but way better than season 3 Nah, I thought season 5 was okay. Definitely not as bad as season 3. I really really didn't like how they made Lumen and Dexter romantically involved. I felt that really ruined the whole idea. Here's a long rant about why: Seriously, that's bullshit, neither of them would probably even be able to have sex with another person so soon after their individual traumas. Seriously, we have Rita like flinching away at the idea of sex season 1, and here we have Lumen who's apparently perfectly capable of engaging in sexual conduct after presumably an extended period of time of serious rape and torture? Then Dexter who's been married to Rita for a couple years is perfectly capable of having sex with another person a few months after a wife's deaths? It just destroyed my suspension of disbelief. This is not how actual people deal with trauma. Oh I can understand them wanting to have sex with each other, and maybe even trying to. But actually successfully having sex with each other? That's bullshit. Can you imagine the kind of thoughts you would have in your head being in either position? No way would that happen. Besides, their romance was forced anyway. It didn't really have any chemistry. But other than that and the somewhat disappointing ending, I thought the season was pretty solid. I especially liked the episode with Astor. I kind of wish they would do more with the kids in general. | ||
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zyglrox
United States1168 Posts
On November 30 2011 11:21 Daray wrote: Im just waiting if Deb will scissor with that psychiatrist but i doubt it'll happen Q_Q fuck ya | ||
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bumatlarge
United States4567 Posts
Fight Club | ||
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askTeivospy
1525 Posts
Anyways this is my first season of Dexter, I'm not sure whats up with all the hate. It doesnt matter if the previous seasons were amazing (if they are). I personally find this season to be good entertainment | ||
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kleetzor
Germany360 Posts
Imagine this: Dexter and Gellar come up face to face, in the church for example, and the viewer (us) sees Dexter's face and Gellar from behind (think the scene where Brian kills the motel clerk in Nebraska), then Dexter addresses "Gellar" as Travis, and "Gellar" goes all "Come at me bro, Travis is shit"; at this point we're actually looking at a possessed Travis. This wouldn't be mutually exclusive with finding Gellar in the freezer, even if it took shock value off it. All in all, cool season, pretty good. ps: how bout that sex scene, daaamn, best 2 second sex scene ever. ps2: mazukas "in the matters of the heart,... always think with your dick" was pure gold. | ||
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Enox
Germany1667 Posts
and i found another plot hole. when Dexter and Tarivs were waiting in the car in front of the university, didnt they both see Gellar walking in? or was that only Travis? | ||
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