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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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[โ€“] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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