Couch potatoed and geeked out, as usual. Partook of some good and okay stuff:
I saw a pre-election episode of Bill Maher’s engaging Real Time show, as well as a really hilarious ep of the sitcom Testees. I also saw three episodes of Heroes, the latest of which made me fear for electric Elle. Saw
Some of the best comics of the week typically had gruesome stuff happening. In Secret Six, the mystery villain Junior is briefly shown doing something horrendous to a civilian. Yikes. In X-Force, the stabby mutants have sick but justified fun with an old foe, the teleporting thief Vanisher. Funny stuff. However, over at Avengers: Initiative, it’s a little disturbing to see the young soldiers getting all grim and bloodthirsty. The latest Secret Invasion tie-in and the A:TI Special one-shot have shown that the former cadets are ready and willing to spill enemy blood. Man, Abby’s changed.
In the not-too-distant past, Marvel’s heroes often debated the killing issue. Well, it’s a different era; perhaps it’s a realistic reaction to some terrible new threats. Things have become more dangerous in that comic book universe. The change is especially felt now that the Avengers and X-Men have become similar to armies. It’s still strange, though, to see superheroes in some titles using lethal force.
I also saw the first six episodes of Dexter, finally. It’s a bloody good show. It’s desensitizing but cathartic. Dexter Morgan, played by Six Feet Under’s Michael C. Hall, is a crime scene investigator/blood expert with a big secret.
Hall is excellent as the almost-robotic Dexter, whose bloodlust was channeled into preying on fellow predators. And it looks like his town’s got a lot of them.
Dexter’s a good autopsy-cop show with a twist. Getting into his twisted serial killer psyche is surprisingly enlightening, and very entertaining.
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