*tilt*

[ksmith]

Segued from Kate Beckinsale's Emma to most of an episode of Dexter. Call it a study in contrasts. Like taking a turn so quickly that your brain is compressed against one side of your skull and you see stars and almost black out as the g forces drive the blood down to your feet. That sort of contrast.

Now I'm thinking how Jane Austen might write a serial killer. Could Jane write a serial killer? I think she probably could, given her eye for mood and relationship. It would all be very surface-genteel. There would be no blood. It would all be worked out in drawings rooms, and during walks to Merriton.

Anyway, I liked Emma. Felt the story a little compressed--I confess I wasn't familiar with it to this point, but it seemed another instance of ten pounds of story in a five pound bag. Still, liked it muchly. Do all of Austen's heroines have ineffectual/absent fathers? The ones I've seen so far are either deceased or in the library, reading while Rome burns.

Dexter...was very interesting. I fear being hooked. Figuratively, that is.

Comments

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I was sucked in to Dexter when it ran on Showtime. It's a good show.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I don't get the premium channels, so when folks were raving about him, I could relax because I didn't get Showtime.

Now he's network, dammit. I don't know why I don't like having to commit to watching a show every week. But I have Comcast w/ On demand, so even that's not an issue.

Dexter's like Tom Ripley, the sociopath you root for. Ripley's worse, because he sweeps good people into his net, but it's close enough to disquiet.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Dexter was the reason why I didn't cancel my Showtime subscription when I was redoing my cable services. And I think season 1 is already out on DVD, if you simply want to rent it and indulge some weekend.

Luckily for time commitment, there are only 12 episodes in Showtime's "season", rather than a typical network TV show that can stretch to 20 or 22.

[sleary.livejournal.com]

I think Fanny's dad is still kicking. Not reading in the library, because he's an illiterate drunk as I recall, but not dead. Fortunately he's a hundred miles away most of the time.

I need to see this version of Emma. Somehow I keep missing it.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see the Gwyneth Paltrow version and see how they compare.

Get Dex on DVD

[(Anonymous)]

If you really want to watch Dexter, then you've got to rent the DVDs. The network versions will certainly have to cut stuff. Lots of stuff. The show's insanely great.