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What is an example of an adaptation of a book where the TV series was better? (lemm.ee)
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[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The show was consistently better except what they did with Doakes. Doakes innthe books still chases after Dexter after having been mutilated to a killer. He was in a chair without a tongue still trying to get Dexter Morgan.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I could not disagree more. The show's decision to ground everything in the "real world" changed Dexter from an avenging angel to a person with emotional/psychological problems that are actually pretty far removed from reality.

The conceit of a "dark passenger" that identified evil, rather than just Dexter's subjective decisions or evidence-based judgements brought Dexter into a certainty that is missing in the show, and ultimately planted the seeds of doom for the series. Once Dexter is ambivalent it's over.

IMO

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The Dark Passenger first shows up in book 3 as I recall. Dexter was always driven by his ASPD/psychopathy in the first books.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Really? Time for a re-read.

Just checked and you are mistaken. Book one chapter one is full of references. Starts in the third paragraph.

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh, he didn't die at the end of the first book? Or did we just think he died, but he came back later or something?

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As I recall he lives through book 2 but isn’t a detective after the mutilation

[–] SatyrSack@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Ah, I just looked into it, and I was probably confusing that with LaGuerta's death in the novel yet prominent role in the TV series.