Comments on: Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/ science fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews and news Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Dexter Season 1 Retrospective — Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-2612 Dexter Season 1 Retrospective — Bill Ward Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:07:53 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-2612 [...] the premiere of Dexter, and I’ve yet to rewatch any episodes. Given the popularity of my Dexter Season 3 posts, and with the fourth season on the horizon, I thought it would be a nice idea to revisit the first [...] [...] the premiere of Dexter, and I’ve yet to rewatch any episodes. Given the popularity of my Dexter Season 3 posts, and with the fourth season on the horizon, I thought it would be a nice idea to revisit the first [...]

]]> By: Do You Take Dexter Morgan? Season 3 Finale and Recap — BillWardWriter.com http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Do You Take Dexter Morgan? Season 3 Finale and Recap — BillWardWriter.com Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:20:42 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-1077 [...] Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For [...] [...] Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For [...]

]]> By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Bill Ward Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:05:06 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-930 I think, Filip, that for a person already familiar with the locations like Jerry obviously is, seeing a shot of his backyard when he is supposed to be imagining a story taking place 3,000 miles away can be a bit off-putting. I can sympathize, I think it only seems overly nitpicky for those of us (like me) who wouldn't know Southern California from Saskatoon. I found the information interesting, actually, because I thought the look of the season was different this year -- I would have never figured out what it was on my own. I think, Filip, that for a person already familiar with the locations like Jerry obviously is, seeing a shot of his backyard when he is supposed to be imagining a story taking place 3,000 miles away can be a bit off-putting. I can sympathize, I think it only seems overly nitpicky for those of us (like me) who wouldn’t know Southern California from Saskatoon.

I found the information interesting, actually, because I thought the look of the season was different this year — I would have never figured out what it was on my own.

]]> By: Filip http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Filip Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:30:57 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-927 I thought being a movie buff meant being into movies and what they are about, not knitpicking over trivia, such as location. I thought being a movie buff meant being into movies and what they are about, not knitpicking over trivia, such as location.

]]> By: Dexter Season 3: The Damage A Man Can Do — BillWardWriter.com http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Dexter Season 3: The Damage A Man Can Do — BillWardWriter.com Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:40:46 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-871 [...] blog. I talked a bit about my impressions of the first four episodes a month ago in a post called Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For, and today’s post is of a similar [...] [...] blog. I talked a bit about my impressions of the first four episodes a month ago in a post called Dexter Season 3: Still to Die For, and today’s post is of a similar [...]

]]> By: Jerry http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Jerry Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:37:34 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-758 I adore this show but the locations are detracting from my enjoyment and distracting me. They have gone cheap this season. No new scenes are filmed in Miami!!! I don't understand why Producers don't think that the location (in this case Miami) is a key element of their success. Producers often choose not to travel anymore to save money once the show has an audience and just assumes the audience is stupid, stupid, stupid. All of the water side or harbor side scenes now are in Long Beach near the Queen Mary or in stucco homes in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. That's why they didn't really show street scenes in Rita's house hunting, just the stucco exterior of a Long Beach home. Film locations people should pay attention to this fact. Those long Beach sites have been used so often in so many films and of course every "Hollywood" TV production over the last 30 years as to make them a back lot setting used by every B movie cheap schmuck producer. In fact it may be indicative of the show's jumping the shark, when Dexter is supposed to be in south Florida, we viewers want to see and are paying to see something new. New locations and different architecture not with the Long Beach skyline and landmark buildings in the background or indeed foreground like the Coast Hotel dock used in last night's (10/26) episode where I used to moor my boat from Catalina when I came overtown to shop. In one scene last night over Dexter's shoulder we can clearly see the Long Beach Ports o' Call shopping area This sloppiness and penny pinching is very distracting to true film buffs. It may increase the bottom line for one season, but it will truncate the success and longevity of the production. Mark my words. I adore this show but the locations are detracting from my enjoyment and distracting me. They have gone cheap this season. No new scenes are filmed in Miami!!! I don’t understand why Producers don’t think that the location (in this case Miami) is a key element of their success. Producers often choose not to travel anymore to save money once the show has an audience and just assumes the audience is stupid, stupid, stupid. All of the water side or harbor side scenes now are in Long Beach near the Queen Mary or in stucco homes in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. That’s why they didn’t really show street scenes in Rita’s house hunting, just the stucco exterior of a Long Beach home. Film locations people should pay attention to this fact. Those long Beach sites have been used so often in so many films and of course every “Hollywood” TV production over the last 30 years as to make them a back lot setting used by every B movie cheap schmuck producer. In fact it may be indicative of the show’s jumping the shark, when Dexter is supposed to be in south Florida, we viewers want to see and are paying to see something new. New locations and different architecture not with the Long Beach skyline and landmark buildings in the background or indeed foreground like the Coast Hotel dock used in last night’s (10/26) episode where I used to moor my boat from Catalina when I came overtown to shop. In one scene last night over Dexter’s shoulder we can clearly see the Long Beach Ports o’ Call shopping area This sloppiness and penny pinching is very distracting to true film buffs. It may increase the bottom line for one season, but it will truncate the success and longevity of the production. Mark my words.

]]> By: K.C. http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-712 K.C. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:45:38 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-712 Indeed. For me, the beautiful thing about Dexter is that it asks so many questions. Are any of us in control of our lives? Can we suppress the urges of the unconscious mind and act as we believe to be right? We all have heard the fable of the scorpion and the frog. This season, Dexter told the pedophile photographer, "We are who we are." I think the series is challenging that statement and is asking, "Can we consciously change our nature?" Indeed. For me, the beautiful thing about Dexter is that it asks so many questions. Are any of us in control of our lives? Can we suppress the urges of the unconscious mind and act as we believe to be right? We all have heard the fable of the scorpion and the frog. This season, Dexter told the pedophile photographer, “We are who we are.” I think the series is challenging that statement and is asking, “Can we consciously change our nature?”

]]> By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/dexter-season-3-still-to-die-for/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Bill Ward Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:00:51 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=579#comment-707 I've never read the books, but I've heard the much the same from several people that have. A rare thing when an adaptation is an improvement on the source material. I’ve never read the books, but I’ve heard the much the same from several people that have. A rare thing when an adaptation is an improvement on the source material.

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