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[shadowkat]

Well, feel this overwhelming desire to rant. I will not, repeat not, rant in my livejournal.

Sigh.

Took walk to go furniture hunting, only to discover that favorite furniture store - actually the only furniture store within walking distance in my neighborhood - went out of business. It's been replaced by the Brooklyn Writers Room - it's basically a club, you pay about 100- or so bucks to join, then 65 a month to have a place to write. They supply desk, lamp, and chair, you supply paper, pen, lap-top - and they have wi-fi.

Maybe this is a sign that I should be hunting for a new apt? As in somewhere else?

Finished watching Dexter Season 4. Excellent season. Tightly written. Every thread closed. The only subplot that didn't totally work for me - was LaGuerta and Batista. Also this show does not pass the Bechdel Test - there was not one scene between two women or even three at any point in the story - that was not about men or the central focus was a man. Even the scenes that the women had with men - focused on "men". Doesn't make it less enjoyable. But it is worth noting, especially since people told me it passed the Bechdel Test. Folks - the Bechdel Test requires scenes between women that have nothing to do with men. So no, Dexter while feminist, does not pass the Bechdel test.

Favorite character? Continues to be Debra Morgan. That gal rocks! Also, now I want Showtime so I don't have to wait 12 months to see what happens next, dang it. Didn't feel this way after True Blood. True Blood was good. Dexter is better. And John Lithgow completely deserved his emmy, one of the few who actually does.

Thought while watching the last few episodes - that in some ways, Dexter is a modern re-telling of the Batman tale, except more disturbing and satirical.

Anyhow - rating for Dexter S4? A+. (There are no DVD extras though - no interviews or anything. It's very odd.)

Comments

[embers-log.livejournal.com]

You should totally feel free to rant in your lj....

And yeah, it is hugely frustrating as places like furniture stores and comic book stores go out of business. There used to be some of both near me in Iowa, now we have empty store fronts and I have to drive 50 to 100 miles to find anything. I've found this to be true across the country: I was visiting in Texas, looking for a comic book store and found only empty store fronts as results for out of date listings online.

[2maggie2.livejournal.com]

Totally agree! And the preview reel for Dexter 5 looks awesome. I don't subscribe to Showtime (I don't have cable), but since I buy the streaming versions the instant they become available, I let myself watch borrowed media when the show is unspooling. Yay for modern technology.

I was worried in season 3 that they weren't going to explore the darkness of Dexter's choice to not seek to 'cure' himself in season 2. But season 4 did a great job of showing how that can't work. Lundy was great. Deb rocked all season long. I loved every minute of Dexter and Trinity. Really not enough praise to hand out, except for reservations of how whiny they let Rita get.