Comments on: Serge A Storms http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skip Wiley http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-634291 Skip Wiley Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:01:47 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-634291 Serge has been around way longer that that copy cat clown Dexter Serge has been around way longer that that copy cat clown Dexter

]]> By: Wildh2oskier http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-485655 Wildh2oskier Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:37:47 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-485655 Serge is the origional character. If you read "The Big Bamboo" you can see the underlying story of how Hollywood screwed Dorsey over and stole the idea for Dexter from Serge. Dexter is a lame shallow character compared to Serge. Serge is the origional character. If you read “The Big Bamboo” you can see the underlying story of how Hollywood screwed Dorsey over and stole the idea for Dexter from Serge.
Dexter is a lame shallow character compared to Serge.

]]> By: Zing http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-305097 Zing Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:09:15 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-305097 Serge and Dexter are nothing alike except they both "Take out the garbage" Dexter strugles with his serial killer urges and adheres to a strict code of comfomity in order to fit in. He channels his urges to only take out very bad folks. Dexter is methodical in his selection, planning and execution whereas a single event will send Surge over the edge, which he is on all of the time. Dexter knows what he is doing is wrong whereas Surge does not. Surge is non stop mayham and his crazy but clever antics are very funny. if I ever saw him I would know it was him. He does not fit in anywhere except maybe South Florida. Serge and Dexter are nothing alike except they both “Take out the garbage” Dexter strugles with his serial killer urges and adheres to a strict code of comfomity in order to fit in. He channels his urges to only take out very bad folks. Dexter is methodical in his selection, planning and execution whereas a single event will send Surge over the edge, which he is on all of the time. Dexter knows what he is doing is wrong whereas Surge does not. Surge is non stop mayham and his crazy but clever antics are very funny. if I ever saw him I would know it was him. He does not fit in anywhere except maybe South Florida.

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-198659 JP Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:39:38 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-198659 Hey Nighthawk, you can find Serge's rants at http://www.sergestorms.com/ I hesitate to call it a blog, he may find out....but then he's not there that often, so I guess it's OK. In fact I'm not sure if he's ever there.... Hey Nighthawk, you can find Serge’s rants at http://www.sergestorms.com/

I hesitate to call it a blog, he may find out….but then he’s not there that often, so I guess it’s OK. In fact I’m not sure if he’s ever there….

]]> By: NightHawk http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-198632 NightHawk Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:07:17 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-198632 I read about Serge in Book Page and have ever since cannot not stop reading anything that has to do with Serge. Unfortunately I am almost through with the existing books. Write Faster Tim!!! Someone send me the blog site. I read about Serge in Book Page and have ever since cannot not stop reading anything that has to do with Serge. Unfortunately I am almost through with the existing books. Write Faster Tim!!! Someone send me the blog site.

]]> By: Ric http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-56486 Ric Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:44:22 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-56486 Florida seems to be a favourite setting for this sort of stuff - it seems to be Hiaasen's usual haunt as well. I don't make enough time these days to read fiction, but a new Hiaasen will usually get me dropping the textbooks/trade magazines/work documents pretty quickly. I'll have to check out Dexter Morgan ... Florida seems to be a favourite setting for this sort of stuff – it seems to be Hiaasen’s usual haunt as well.

I don’t make enough time these days to read fiction, but a new Hiaasen will usually get me dropping the textbooks/trade magazines/work documents pretty quickly. I’ll have to check out Dexter Morgan …

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-56260 Stephen Smoliar Wed, 27 Dec 2006 18:31:59 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-56260 Do both Dexter and Serge are from Florida? There is something fascinating about Florida that makes it an interesting setting for the macabre, although I am not quite sure what it is. What interested me about Dexter, though, was the way in which he came to grips with his own humanity, realizing that, sooner or later, he would need to get beyond the kind of objective role-playing on which he depended for coping with the everyday world. I had not realized that there was more than one novel, so I really ought to explore this character further! Notwithstanding all the praise he has received, I find Hitchcock uneven in his treatment of horror, particularly if you want to use WAIT UNTIL DARK as a baseline (which I am more than willing to do). Hitchcock can get bogged down in psychology sometimes, while the REAL monsters are the ones who can get beyond psychology, the way Hannibal Lector does. Arkin's character in WAIT UNTIL DARK is such a monster. Dexter's character, on the other hand, puts us in the uncomfortable position of considering our own humanity in comparison with his. Meanwhile, I shall have to check out Serge! Do both Dexter and Serge are from Florida? There is something fascinating about Florida that makes it an interesting setting for the macabre, although I am not quite sure what it is. What interested me about Dexter, though, was the way in which he came to grips with his own humanity, realizing that, sooner or later, he would need to get beyond the kind of objective role-playing on which he depended for coping with the everyday world. I had not realized that there was more than one novel, so I really ought to explore this character further!

Notwithstanding all the praise he has received, I find Hitchcock uneven in his treatment of horror, particularly if you want to use WAIT UNTIL DARK as a baseline (which I am more than willing to do). Hitchcock can get bogged down in psychology sometimes, while the REAL monsters are the ones who can get beyond psychology, the way Hannibal Lector does. Arkin’s character in WAIT UNTIL DARK is such a monster. Dexter’s character, on the other hand, puts us in the uncomfortable position of considering our own humanity in comparison with his. Meanwhile, I shall have to check out Serge!

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-56238 JP Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:12:37 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-56238 I've read all the Dexters, Stephen, assuming there have been two so far, I believe a third is due out sometime next year. Dexter is fascinating in the way Hannibal is fascinating, although Lindsay does bring more humour. But I'm not one for horror per se. I walked out of The Omen in 1970-whatever, didn't watch The Exorcist, my idea of horror is Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark. Or any Hitchcock. But Serge is different. Just wait till you got on a tour of Florida with him. I’ve read all the Dexters, Stephen, assuming there have been two so far, I believe a third is due out sometime next year.

Dexter is fascinating in the way Hannibal is fascinating, although Lindsay does bring more humour.

But I’m not one for horror per se. I walked out of The Omen in 1970-whatever, didn’t watch The Exorcist, my idea of horror is Alan Arkin in Wait Until Dark. Or any Hitchcock.

But Serge is different. Just wait till you got on a tour of Florida with him.

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/comment-page-1/#comment-56231 Stephen Smoliar Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:25:03 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/27/serge-a-storms/#comment-56231 It sounds like Serge bears a strong family resemblance to Dexter Morgan. I do not know how (or even if) Showtime releases their series in the United Kingdom; but Dexter is one of the most fascinating characters to come out of their non-movie offerings. However, even without the benefit of television, one can still enjoy the novel that inspired the series, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, by Jeff Lindsay. Details about both the series and the book can be found at the Showtime Web site: http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do?source=shocom_nav The fact is that the dark side of personality always makes for the best fiction (basically a corollary to Tolstoy's assertion that happy families are all alike). Writing about that dark side, however, always involves pushing the envelope of social norms. One could probably write a history of literature based on the bounds of that envelope and how it got pushed in which directions by which authors. I suppose the envelope first got pushed by those bardic singers to honed their creative chops on the description of the violent acts of Achilles and Beowulf, but it took several millennia before we progressed from the darkness of PHYSICAL acts to the darkness of MENTAL ones. It sounds like Serge bears a strong family resemblance to Dexter Morgan. I do not know how (or even if) Showtime releases their series in the United Kingdom; but Dexter is one of the most fascinating characters to come out of their non-movie offerings. However, even without the benefit of television, one can still enjoy the novel that inspired the series, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, by Jeff Lindsay. Details about both the series and the book can be found at the Showtime Web site:

http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.do?source=shocom_nav

The fact is that the dark side of personality always makes for the best fiction (basically a corollary to Tolstoy’s assertion that happy families are all alike). Writing about that dark side, however, always involves pushing the envelope of social norms. One could probably write a history of literature based on the bounds of that envelope and how it got pushed in which directions by which authors. I suppose the envelope first got pushed by those bardic singers to honed their creative chops on the description of the violent acts of Achilles and Beowulf, but it took several millennia before we progressed from the darkness of PHYSICAL acts to the darkness of MENTAL ones.

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