• Guy Ingonito@reddthat.com
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    30 days ago

    I didn’t watch this show so maybe I’m off base here.

    The dexter stuff proves the og characters are the most important part. If you want to capitalize on an old show becoming big on tiktok and streaming, you gotta use the characters people like and identify with

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      30 days ago

      Figuring out what makes a show work is half the battle in making a spin-off. And for this one, a lot of it was the characters. But they took the crappy parts of the show, namely the company drama after the Mike drama wrapped up, and thought they could make it work in a new location.

      I mean, they don’t even have a Mike character, with or without the law degree drama. That was the whole gimmick of the original. Remove him and you’ve just got some generic lawyer drama show.