I enjoy Dexter. I might enjoy this TV show a little too much. I certainly hope it doesn't say too much about my personality. I think the problem is that I agree with the show a little too often. The world could definitely be a better place if a couple of the people in it were missing.
One thing I noticed about the way I watch shows is that I continually put myself into the shoes of my favorite character of the show. Dexter happens to be my favorite character in Dexter. This doesn't mean that I go around killing people, but more that I think more objectively. I also replicate his stride to some extent. Watching this show makes me take his presence, while not reproducing all of the same actions that he does. I don't have to commit murders to feel emotionless.
One of the things that I noticed about Dexter is that he does have emotions. At least, he has had emotions recently, and he really doesn't seem to know what to do about it. I don't even know if he recognizes they're there. In fact, from re-watching the show with friends, I notice that he's had emotions since the beginning. They become more evident later on, but they don't just appear from nowhere. This reminds me of the movie Equilibrium (also worth a plug at some point). They all say that they have no emotion, but even the people who are on the special medication show happiness or depression. They just stifle it harshly. I believe this is kind of like what Dexter does. He doesn't actively suppress it, like the drug in Equilibrium does, but he tends towards behaviors that are wholly logical and this pushes out any chance of expression for the emotions that he does have.
Many have labeled Dexter a psychopath. This bothers me. Why is thinking something out logically make a person a psychopath? Most smart people already think they're above the law. The next step is only getting away with it. I know many smart people who do drugs because they know that they won't get caught. The only difference between them and Dexter is that Dexter knows how to not get caught for crimes a little more difficult to pull off. I don't see why executing justice can be considered a bad trait in a person.
Obviously, I don't agree with serial killers in general. Most serial killers have no moral reason for picking their victims. Many times the logic of a psychopathic murderer doesn't resemble our own logic. However, Dexter's logic not only resembles ours, but resembles the logic we sometimes wish we had. Dexter's emotionless is something many of us couldn't live with, but I still posit that he isn't emotionless, but has a very good control of his emotions. This is certainly something that many of us have wished to have at one point or another. I mean, his emotional control is the reason for his logical nature; the bits and pieces of him that look so desirable.
So here I stand, claiming that we all have a little Dexter in us all the time. We all have a little piece of logic that shines out even in the most stressful times of life. There is even a darkness inside each of us. I think it's amazing that Dexter can analyze situations so perfectly most of the time, even accounting for human psychology, but still can't see that he's not that different from other people. He just knows how to get away with it better. He continually tells himself that no one is like him, but he's not the messed up one. The people that he takes out are the messed up ones. He's just a cleaner of the scum of the earth. Dexter is an inspiration. He doesn't inspire me to kill, but to make the world a better place. Dexter is a positive influence and should be a staple of any TV viewer's diet. Watch it.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
2 Week Hiatus
I was gone for a while. I did not die moving in. I was not crushed by a futon. I just had things to do. Sorry about being absent on a 2 week hiatus. It wasn't planned. It should have been, but I really underestimated how hard getting back to work can be. All that homework and stuff just started. There was no slow moving back into the school year, but rather 5 professors all giving me several hours worth of work a night. For some reason, I don't believe that they understand that I have other classes. Maybe it's because they consistently do only the work for their own class. I'd like to see professors have to go to other classes while teaching their own and not complain about the workload.
Many things have happened these past two weeks. I moved back into college dorms and got myself a new roommate. I didn't just meet him, because we've been planning to room together for quite a while now. Still, it took some convincing to get our room in order. Now the futon is all set up and both of the beds are lofted. I would really prefer if the projector was already set up, but I not surprised that it hasn't been mounted yet. I wonder if the power cord is long enough to reach where we want to put it. It should be, but I'd rather not just assume it is, because it's still possible that it isn't. Once that's done, I'll be showing fun shows to lots of people whom I want to hang out with more often.
This reminds me. The number of friends that I have has gotten larger. Lucy called me early on and invited me over a few times. I have been hanging out with her more often than last semester, but I don't know if it's her fault. It could easily be her roommate's fault. These are two of the people whom I hang out with considerably more than previously. There are also many new freshmen on our floor and I'm really not complaining about them. Most of them are pretty cool dudes. My roommate complains about the fact that they're all dudes, but I really like not having to fend of girls with a stick every time I return to my room from the shower. That would require actually bringing a stick with me to the shower, which would be awkward.
Regardless, I also have been playing less games and watching less TV shows. This makes it harder to review things. However, I have caught up on all 4 seasons of Dexter. I've been debating a Dexter plug (cynical way to say feature), but the series is still on going, so I don't know how proper my review would be. I think I'll do it anyways because the show definitely is good enough to merit the growth in audience.
Speaking of watching shows, my friend Scott got my Linux partition working a ton better than it did previously. Now I can actually play TF2 in Linux! Have I made a TF2 plug yet? I suppose I should get to that soon enough. TF2 is worth at least 5 or 6 plugs, but I have a feeling that people would be upset with me if I did that many.
But speaking of Linux partitions working, one thing that used to only be semi functional was the flash playing ability of Linux computers. Somehow, Scott's fix made my flash player work at crystal clarity. It runs full speed with no skipping (which used to be a very large issue). It's almost like a new computer. I also got my touchpad to start functioning again after a bug that seemed to plague all Lucid Lynx installations of HP laptops. The last issue with my Linux partition is that window borders randomly disappear, but the quick fix to that is to reload the window manager. I think it happened because my Linux wasn't sure whether it was using Compiz or Metacity. Selecting either one fixes the problem. If this means nothing to you then... well I'm not surprised. It means very little to me, other than the fact that I can have multiple desktops with pretty window animation and that when people are looking over my shoulder I can piss them off by making my desktop rain. This makes more sense than you think it does. Trust me.
I've gotten off track twice now, but the flash player working in Linux is actually really great. Since my desktop computer is all pushed into a corner, it isn't very personable. However, I can set up the laptop anywhere that is convenient. This means that I have tons of freedom to watch shows where ever and whenever I want, which leads to watching as many shows as I used to, and therefore having just as many reviews. This could be good or bad, depending on my commitment to finishing work before watching random stuff on the internet. It also depends on my getting a decent pair of headphones, and how visible they are in class. I might be a problem if I spend all my time on Toradora or Fruits Basket. I know these are both "girly" shows, but they have both caught my interest. No one ever did tell me the premise to them before, but then again, I never really asked.
Also exciting in the past 2 weeks is that I got delicious candies. Milkita's are like tootsie rolls, but for people who like good chocolate. This may be judgmental of me, but I really do believe that tootsie rolls don't use the best of chocolate (even they even use chocolate at all) in their production. I'm also pretty sure that these Milkita candies do use real chocolate, because the taste difference is like the difference between Hershey's and Milka's Alpenmilch. That, for all you confused people, is a chocolate bar that frequents the shops of Germany and makes it a much happier country than the one I currently live in. If Milka was introduced to America, policies would be changed. Grumpiness would no longer be allowed, but it wouldn't matter because no one would have any reason to be grumpy anymore. They'd all have German chocolate, and that would be all that matters. Basically, candy who's name starts with "milk" is an influential factor in my life. I wonder if that's a bias... I surely hope it is, because I don't mind loving things with milk in them.
Til the morrow, when I'll hopefully remember to post again...
Many things have happened these past two weeks. I moved back into college dorms and got myself a new roommate. I didn't just meet him, because we've been planning to room together for quite a while now. Still, it took some convincing to get our room in order. Now the futon is all set up and both of the beds are lofted. I would really prefer if the projector was already set up, but I not surprised that it hasn't been mounted yet. I wonder if the power cord is long enough to reach where we want to put it. It should be, but I'd rather not just assume it is, because it's still possible that it isn't. Once that's done, I'll be showing fun shows to lots of people whom I want to hang out with more often.
This reminds me. The number of friends that I have has gotten larger. Lucy called me early on and invited me over a few times. I have been hanging out with her more often than last semester, but I don't know if it's her fault. It could easily be her roommate's fault. These are two of the people whom I hang out with considerably more than previously. There are also many new freshmen on our floor and I'm really not complaining about them. Most of them are pretty cool dudes. My roommate complains about the fact that they're all dudes, but I really like not having to fend of girls with a stick every time I return to my room from the shower. That would require actually bringing a stick with me to the shower, which would be awkward.
Regardless, I also have been playing less games and watching less TV shows. This makes it harder to review things. However, I have caught up on all 4 seasons of Dexter. I've been debating a Dexter plug (cynical way to say feature), but the series is still on going, so I don't know how proper my review would be. I think I'll do it anyways because the show definitely is good enough to merit the growth in audience.
Speaking of watching shows, my friend Scott got my Linux partition working a ton better than it did previously. Now I can actually play TF2 in Linux! Have I made a TF2 plug yet? I suppose I should get to that soon enough. TF2 is worth at least 5 or 6 plugs, but I have a feeling that people would be upset with me if I did that many.
But speaking of Linux partitions working, one thing that used to only be semi functional was the flash playing ability of Linux computers. Somehow, Scott's fix made my flash player work at crystal clarity. It runs full speed with no skipping (which used to be a very large issue). It's almost like a new computer. I also got my touchpad to start functioning again after a bug that seemed to plague all Lucid Lynx installations of HP laptops. The last issue with my Linux partition is that window borders randomly disappear, but the quick fix to that is to reload the window manager. I think it happened because my Linux wasn't sure whether it was using Compiz or Metacity. Selecting either one fixes the problem. If this means nothing to you then... well I'm not surprised. It means very little to me, other than the fact that I can have multiple desktops with pretty window animation and that when people are looking over my shoulder I can piss them off by making my desktop rain. This makes more sense than you think it does. Trust me.
I've gotten off track twice now, but the flash player working in Linux is actually really great. Since my desktop computer is all pushed into a corner, it isn't very personable. However, I can set up the laptop anywhere that is convenient. This means that I have tons of freedom to watch shows where ever and whenever I want, which leads to watching as many shows as I used to, and therefore having just as many reviews. This could be good or bad, depending on my commitment to finishing work before watching random stuff on the internet. It also depends on my getting a decent pair of headphones, and how visible they are in class. I might be a problem if I spend all my time on Toradora or Fruits Basket. I know these are both "girly" shows, but they have both caught my interest. No one ever did tell me the premise to them before, but then again, I never really asked.
Also exciting in the past 2 weeks is that I got delicious candies. Milkita's are like tootsie rolls, but for people who like good chocolate. This may be judgmental of me, but I really do believe that tootsie rolls don't use the best of chocolate (even they even use chocolate at all) in their production. I'm also pretty sure that these Milkita candies do use real chocolate, because the taste difference is like the difference between Hershey's and Milka's Alpenmilch. That, for all you confused people, is a chocolate bar that frequents the shops of Germany and makes it a much happier country than the one I currently live in. If Milka was introduced to America, policies would be changed. Grumpiness would no longer be allowed, but it wouldn't matter because no one would have any reason to be grumpy anymore. They'd all have German chocolate, and that would be all that matters. Basically, candy who's name starts with "milk" is an influential factor in my life. I wonder if that's a bias... I surely hope it is, because I don't mind loving things with milk in them.
Til the morrow, when I'll hopefully remember to post again...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Angel
That's the second show down. I think it says something when you watch an entire season of a TV show in 4 days. I think that thing that is says is that you have no life. I really don't think I do have a life anymore. I'm okay with that. I'll have a life again when I get back to school.
So anyways, I've finished Angel. I've watched all of it. The one thing I noticed is that after season 4, they kept mentioning Buffy characters, but never had one make a guest appearance. They almost did, but then they skirted around it very slyly. I wish they had actually pulled Buffy into the show, but I guess she wasn't important enough.
Another thing I noticed is that Buffy took the entire last season wrapping up the series. Angel took about... 2 episodes. I was watching and waiting to see if they were going to get some big bad to show up, but unlike in Buffy, they actually go out and look for the evil, rather than waiting for it to mess shit up. I like this about Angel.
Also unresolved was... everything. They gave a cliffhanger to a season ending show. I guess it isn't as bad of a cliffhanger as is the Sonic the Hedgehog ending, but I still wish that this show had another season more than I wish Sonic did.
Joss Whedon did as Joss does. He made me like every single character in the end. Unfortunately, then Joss did as Joss does again... I'll leave that one unanswered for the people who still want to watch the show.
I feel like I haven't laid down any spoilers yet. I wasn't planning on it. Though I feel the need to say that there's one thing I notice in almost every TV series that I kind of dislike. They always start out funny, in order to draw us in, and then become really serious after a season or two. Buffy does it after about 4 seasons. Angel managed it in 1. I understand that Angel is supposed to be dark and dreary, but I like myself some comedy. I want a reason to laugh. Unfortunately, decapitation does not make me laugh. Angel surely had a lot of that. If I found that funny, then I would have been set.
So if you're asking, then yes. You should watch this show. I've heard it described as Batman in LA, which is fairly adequate, except that Batman has no sidekicks and never actually kills anyone. Angel also makes villains that I can like more than the heroes. Which reminds me. Angel has also made me refer to good people as "champions" much more often than I did before. It seemed to be a keyword of the series. I don't find this a bad thing though. I like calling my friends champions. I hope they don't mind being called champions.
So the show has adventure. It ventures into comedy. It has deep seeded themes and messages. It really is a sophisticated show, at least compared to most of what I watch. I will always have complaints with Joss, as I will with any director or writer, but that he makes bad shows isn't one of them. For those of you that didn't follow, this means that he makes good shows.
P.S. This is an opinion. You don't have to like the show, but I do recommend that you give it a try.
So anyways, I've finished Angel. I've watched all of it. The one thing I noticed is that after season 4, they kept mentioning Buffy characters, but never had one make a guest appearance. They almost did, but then they skirted around it very slyly. I wish they had actually pulled Buffy into the show, but I guess she wasn't important enough.
Another thing I noticed is that Buffy took the entire last season wrapping up the series. Angel took about... 2 episodes. I was watching and waiting to see if they were going to get some big bad to show up, but unlike in Buffy, they actually go out and look for the evil, rather than waiting for it to mess shit up. I like this about Angel.
Also unresolved was... everything. They gave a cliffhanger to a season ending show. I guess it isn't as bad of a cliffhanger as is the Sonic the Hedgehog ending, but I still wish that this show had another season more than I wish Sonic did.
Joss Whedon did as Joss does. He made me like every single character in the end. Unfortunately, then Joss did as Joss does again... I'll leave that one unanswered for the people who still want to watch the show.
I feel like I haven't laid down any spoilers yet. I wasn't planning on it. Though I feel the need to say that there's one thing I notice in almost every TV series that I kind of dislike. They always start out funny, in order to draw us in, and then become really serious after a season or two. Buffy does it after about 4 seasons. Angel managed it in 1. I understand that Angel is supposed to be dark and dreary, but I like myself some comedy. I want a reason to laugh. Unfortunately, decapitation does not make me laugh. Angel surely had a lot of that. If I found that funny, then I would have been set.
So if you're asking, then yes. You should watch this show. I've heard it described as Batman in LA, which is fairly adequate, except that Batman has no sidekicks and never actually kills anyone. Angel also makes villains that I can like more than the heroes. Which reminds me. Angel has also made me refer to good people as "champions" much more often than I did before. It seemed to be a keyword of the series. I don't find this a bad thing though. I like calling my friends champions. I hope they don't mind being called champions.
So the show has adventure. It ventures into comedy. It has deep seeded themes and messages. It really is a sophisticated show, at least compared to most of what I watch. I will always have complaints with Joss, as I will with any director or writer, but that he makes bad shows isn't one of them. For those of you that didn't follow, this means that he makes good shows.
P.S. This is an opinion. You don't have to like the show, but I do recommend that you give it a try.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Ouran High School Host Club
This show... Its effect on me was only compounded by the fact that one of my career choices is to be a host. There seems like few jobs that are more fun than this one.
Many shows make me smile. Slightly fewer make me laugh. Many fewer make me cry. Only one show makes me do all 3 at the same time. This show. Ouran has more than enough elements to cater to most audiences. Unless you only watch grindfest movies, then this should be something you're interested in.
It starts out ridiculous, like many good shows do, and then progressively becomes more serious, again, like many good shows do. Obviously, this upsets some of the people who like the funny and holds off some of the people who want the drama, but if you give it a chance, it can only take up 13 hours of you life. These 13 hours will be great. You will love them. You will smile. You will laugh. You will cry. You will experience conflicting emotions simultaneously. I am not one to scream "Moe!" or "Kawaii" but I found that this show even inspired this in me. Though it takes until about episode 12 in the 26 show series for anything of any lasting value to happen, the shows that do last will stick with you forever.
I just plead for you to watch the subtitled version, rather than the dubbed version. I'm not one of those fans that believes everything should be subtitled, but the dub voices in this show are just plain annoying. I'm not trying to be mean, but I really couldn't take 13 hours of English speaking Haruhi. This show is set in Japan with Japanese culture and puns and just things that wouldn't work in English. Please keep this one original.
Now, if you choose to read this and ignore my recommendation, I will not be offended. I just want you to know that you aren't skipping this because you don't think you'll like it. You're skipping this because you don't yet know how much you love it. If the first 3 episodes don't catch you immediately, then you must be the kind of person who hates yourself.
Never, I repeat, Never have you seen such an emotion inducing anime. Hell, I've never seen such an emotion inducing show. Buffy definitely came quite close, but it never did jump this hurdle. If you ever feel like you want you life to be enriched, then I implore you to jump into this pool of scrumptious cake flavored jello thickened using character development. (More kosher than horse hooves!) It will make you a better person.
Ouran High School Host Club. Do it.
Many shows make me smile. Slightly fewer make me laugh. Many fewer make me cry. Only one show makes me do all 3 at the same time. This show. Ouran has more than enough elements to cater to most audiences. Unless you only watch grindfest movies, then this should be something you're interested in.
It starts out ridiculous, like many good shows do, and then progressively becomes more serious, again, like many good shows do. Obviously, this upsets some of the people who like the funny and holds off some of the people who want the drama, but if you give it a chance, it can only take up 13 hours of you life. These 13 hours will be great. You will love them. You will smile. You will laugh. You will cry. You will experience conflicting emotions simultaneously. I am not one to scream "Moe!" or "Kawaii" but I found that this show even inspired this in me. Though it takes until about episode 12 in the 26 show series for anything of any lasting value to happen, the shows that do last will stick with you forever.
I just plead for you to watch the subtitled version, rather than the dubbed version. I'm not one of those fans that believes everything should be subtitled, but the dub voices in this show are just plain annoying. I'm not trying to be mean, but I really couldn't take 13 hours of English speaking Haruhi. This show is set in Japan with Japanese culture and puns and just things that wouldn't work in English. Please keep this one original.
Now, if you choose to read this and ignore my recommendation, I will not be offended. I just want you to know that you aren't skipping this because you don't think you'll like it. You're skipping this because you don't yet know how much you love it. If the first 3 episodes don't catch you immediately, then you must be the kind of person who hates yourself.
Never, I repeat, Never have you seen such an emotion inducing anime. Hell, I've never seen such an emotion inducing show. Buffy definitely came quite close, but it never did jump this hurdle. If you ever feel like you want you life to be enriched, then I implore you to jump into this pool of scrumptious cake flavored jello thickened using character development. (More kosher than horse hooves!) It will make you a better person.
Ouran High School Host Club. Do it.
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