Day #22: Yahey for irony in America!
Whoa, holy shit, NINE views yesterday?! Why? And hello Krishan P., whoever you actually are. You’ve put a link to here from your FBook? Thankyou. Wow. Not quite sure why, though, ’cause it’s not like I’m overtly interesting.
Anyway, as the title says, I’m going to talk to you about a TV series which is currently gnawing away at the fringes of my mind…wow, that’s actually a little extreme…but anyway, I love it muchly and I think you will too (if you like the idea of irony in America, that is).
It is called…
(Thanks to http://capnsmirks.files.wordpress.com/ for the picture.)
It is quite popular, or so it seems…it’s not very well publicised over here in the UK but when I mention it to people, 90% of the time they HAVE heard of it. Which always surprises me. And I have the distinct feeling that I keep spelling “surprises” wrong. What kind of Lit student am I eh? (lol). Anyway…what a lot of people don’t know is that the TV series is based off a (superior) book series by a bloke called Jeff Lindsay. All with alliterative titles, all very sharp, all with irony in. Brilliant. And like the TV series (excluding Season Four because I’m not going to see THAT for at least another year over here), the order quality goes like this:
#2 (“Dearly Devoted Dexter”)
#1 (“Darkly Dreaming Dexter”)
#4 (“Dexter By Design”)
#3 (“Dexter in the Dark”)
And there’s a fifth one coming out soon as well, supposedly – called “Dexter is Delicious”. To which I now think, “you’re not joking, mate” (okay, Michael C. Hall IS quite fit from the neck down even if he IS old enough to be my father ;) ). Anyway! I’m storming through Season Two of the series at the moment. Not liking Dexter 2.0, developed by the Lila Tournay company. I know what happens to her – I managed to catch the last 2, 3 episodes on ITV at the start of the year – but I needed to catch up with the whole kaboodle before Season Three (kinda failed on that point as I was STILL halfway through Season One). Point being I have almost fully caught up with Dexter now; closing the gap between S2 ep. 8 and S2 ep. 10 like a train-track closes gaps between teeth. Not a nice image.
D’you have a blank look on your face with regards to what it’s about? Okay, I can sum it up in less than ten words: forensics bloke is vigilante serial killer by night. That’s all, really. That’s the simplest way I can explain it to you without spoiling it or spending all night on it when I really should be planning English Literature coursework!! Oh, and Rolfe Kent’s title theme is great – like Danny Elfman went to Latin America for a few weeks and then wrote this. Almost. The music used throughout the show is great as well – there’s one theme I want to know the name of.
Anyway.
Watch it, damn you, and then let me know what you think. In the meantime, cause I’ve really got to get on, here’s the Danny-Elfman-in-Latin-America theme tune. I hope…This account doesn’t have speakers.
xx Mika
