“Dark Defender” Dexter nominated for Writers Guild Award
How do you get nominated for a Writers Guild Award? Write a comic book episode, apparently; one that’s a cut above the rest. (Sorry. Should I have gone with "slice of life drama" instead?)
One of the six nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards in the Episodic Drama category is "The Dark Defender" episode of Dexter, which reimagines America’s favorite serial killer as a vigilante called, you guessed it, The Dark Defender, because he seems to only be killing other killers, so he’s just a misunderstood vigilante. Like Rorschach. Or Faust. Or John Wayne Ga– well, you get the idea.
Showtime has been doing little bumper videos in the style of the Dark Defender comic book, here’s a taste:
The 60th Writers Guild Awards will be February 9th, strike or no strike. The finale of this season’s Dexter airs tonight on Showtime, and the series is rerun a couple of times a week.
Please don't compare Dexter to that fat, icky John Wayne Gacy.
Actually, at this point who has the higher body count? Gacy killed 33, Dexter has killed 49. (Or is it "will have killed"? The continuity is a bear here…)
I wasn't comparing body counts (Green River killer beats them both I think) just the icky factor.
Dexter's charming, so it's okay that he killed more people? (If you want to say Dex is fictional, then put Ted Bundy in there instead.)
Ah but Ted killed innocent people so far Dexter has not.
I get it. Dexter is The Spider. At the very least, he's a Spider wannabe with an interesting sister.
How about mentioning the writer of that episode. It is a WRITER'S Guild Award. lol
And your name is…?