Best TV Show of 2008 Versus! Round 3 (Page 11)

[SBoydW]

I haven't watched enough of How I Met Your Mother to form an opinion of it.  Even though this is a lost cause I love The Office

[Krakalakachkn]

How I met your mother.  NPH is untouchable.

[petels]

I'd touch NPH.

[Krakalakachkn]

He's also gay

[petels]

I didn't say whether he'd enjoy it or not. I'd still touch him...

[Krakalakachkn]

haha  Well said

[Zashara]

How I met your Mother

 

I've seen what, 2 eps or so and its AMAZING. I've seen most of the Office and while its hilarious, MIMYM is just epic.

[Vemynal]

i'm with petels^^

[Emperor]

HIMYM wins.

 

True Blood

 

 

vs.

 

Dexter

 

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[Krakalakachkn]

Oh this is hard.....if I say true blood I feel like I've betrayed my manhood, but I've only seen one episode of Dexter....dangit.......don't judge me

 

True Blood

 

 

 

[Barmacral]

I've never seen either, but that Dexter picture is way better. Dexter

[Far Dareis Mai]

I've never seen either...but I haz this thing for teh vampy shows... True Blood

[Cadsuane]

True Blood was ok. Dexter is awesome.

[SinisterDeath]

Gunna have to say Dexter.

Lets put it this way.

True Blood novel > True Blood series.

Dexter Novel < Dexter Series.

 

From what I have heard, the true blood series bastardized the novel. And the Dexter Novel sucks.

[Haxorsist]

I haven't seen Dexter yet, so I'll go with True Blood.

[Emperor]

Ok the Dexter novels do not suck.  But the show took the novels and built something better I think.  True Blood is alright... and it has some growing to do.. but Dexter is so much better.

[bad company]

The dexter novels are excellent, except they have a tendency to rhyming dexters name with other D words which got annoying, also the dark passenger is explored more thoroughly in the novels

[Liathiana]

Out of the two, I'd most like to see Dexter

[SinisterDeath]

The dexter novels are excellent, except they have a tendency to rhyming dexters name with other D words which got annoying, also the dark passenger is explored more thoroughly in the novels

 

The problem with the dexter novels is that the dark passenger goes waaaaaaaay to far left field.. If that makes any sense. Instead of being a novel about a psychopath, that considers his 'hunger' to be much akin to a 'split personality', the novels pretty much state that the 'dark passenger' 'IS' an entity, controlling dexters 'thirst for blood', escentially taking any and all responsibility away from dexter, and thus, alot less interesting imo. At least in the show, he takes 'responsibility' for his actions, he isn't 'blaming' the dark passenger, he simply accepts what he is. The novels copout what makes dexter so great!

 

The only way I can compare, is with AA, AA is a good program for alchoholics, it works. But it only works by convincing the people who are alchohlics, that it wasn't there fault, because there psychis are to fragile to contemplate that yes, it is there fault, and the last thing you want to do iwth someone trying to 'heal' from alchohlism is to shatter there psychi or there confidance anymore then it is. Hence why it works.

 

I can't remember what show it was, but there was this guy who's been sober for 'years', and every time he traveled he'd stop at an AA meeting not because he believed in the process but because he wanted to show them why it was flawed. (Plus I think the guy got his kicks off of insulting people and destroying them.. This may have been that cop chasing house now that I think about it! )

Basically what that '3rd' dexter novel did was set up for dexter to be 'healed', which kinda ruins the fun that is dexter.

[bad company]

I think it does introduce an interesting aspect of cody and astor and a greater depth to the relationships and characters

[mnwhiterose]

Going with Dexter here - though I do want to see True Bloods. But, alas, no HBO.

[SinisterDeath]

I think it does introduce an interesting aspect of cody and astor and a greater depth to the relationships and characters

 

The only other analogy I can give of the series vs the novels, is this.

 

Your having a conversation with a friend, a funny one at that, goes on for hours. Then out of nowhere he tosses out something extremely racist. Everything afterword just kinda loses its 'zing'. :P

 

Anyways, dexter won right? right?!

[Vemynal]

just saw the very first episode of Dexter a week back

 

is it bad i have now put him on a list of people i idolize?

 

dexter

[bad company]

He is well played in the series

[Krakalakachkn]

Are we gonna finish this game or what?