MIG Tourney R5: "Dexter, overall is a better show than Breaking Bad."

For the record, I would like to say that I didn't put in 4 "videos". I put in 1 video, and 3 music tracks, to emphasize my 3rd contention. ****MY CASE****C1: PLOT "For example, when Walt made Walt Jr. get sick from drinking vodka, it showed that Walt was becoming more authoritative and sinister. I wonder if Dexter does the same thing, and shows the effect of protagonist's behavior on others and in detail. "The major difference between Dexter, and Breaking Bad in this aspect, is that when Dexter goes insane, he recovers for it pretty well. In season 2 Dexter, captures Sgt Doukes, who knows all about his ruse, and is ready to give him up. , only having a code to kill murderers, cannot bring himself to kill him, and considers turning himself in as an alternative. Also in season 5, after Dexter's Wife his killed by trinity, Dexter loses his mind in a public bathroom, and smashes in the head of some hill billy for nothing other than talking crap on him. See, in Breaking Bad, Walt suffers from much of this drug trade effecting his life. He becomes uncontrollable. But the occurrences are not so few. The main character begins to freak out on everyone. Almost as in a direct arrogance to the fact that he used to be a pushover, Walt becomes the villain, and stays that way. He has put his drug trade over his family, and puts them at great risk such that he can pursue his selfish needs. "By showing how characters act, you can see how they develop. Breaking Bad, as I've said, does an amazing job at showing character development of others, especially in relation to how Walt's transformation has affected them. " The thing about Breaking Bad that loses the interest of a lot of viewers, is the sense of impending doom that it constantly implements. No matter what happens, things aren't going to get 'better' for the main character. In the beginning Walt wanted his family to be safe. The entire point of the drug business was this reason alone. Now he pursues is for his own purposes, and subjects himself to unneccesary danger, as well as his entire family. There is no rhyme or reason for it, he simply pursues it because he can. His entire family is being destroyed because of it, yet the main character doesn't seem to care. Even if Walt is able to take down his enemy drug dealers, viewers are still going to be oppressed with the burden of the knowledge that the main character is slowly turning evil. Any show that exploits a character as evil, is hard to make interest. I predict that as the show progresses, it will lose more and more viewers due to the fact, that the protagonist is now becoming the antagonist. C2: Character DevelopmentMy opponent addresses this is one statement, categorized under "Plot" in his rebuttals, but for the most part dismisses the arguments I made towards Breaking Bad's character development failing. I ask the viewers hereby extend, all of the missed arguments. C3: Cinematic EffectSUB A: MusicMy opponent touches very lightly on this too. In my argument I explain how the music adds to the effect of the theme, the happenings, the plot, etc. I prove how an effective musician can change the entire mood and dialect for the show, and prove how Breaking Bad's uses minimal, to no effective music as such. My opponent responds to this simply saying:"The music in the show awesomly combines with the setting and story, and I mean extremely well combines with the setting to create suspense beyond words. The New Mexico/ Albuquerque suburban/ desert setting combines with the music, and the drama of the series makes an excellent blend of the elements to create a pleasing story to watch unfold. "The problem with this, is that it doesn't really address any thing I actually said. How is the music in breaking bad better? Prove to us how it co-agulates with the story line of the show, and creates "suspense beyond words". What are the qualities of the musician for Breaking Bad, as compared to those of Daniel Licht? None of these questions were answered, thus I see this argument as dropped. SUB B: Intro Completely dropped. The point of this argument was to expand on how Dexter is able to raise more excitement, and divulge the audience with a sense of establishment of the show. It is important because it explains the main underlying differences between both shows that make them great. Let's compare and contrast. . http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com... Above, I provide videos to both intros. Let's analyze, how one will actually feel during both intros. Dexter's is incredibly witty as it deters to the fact that he is a serial killers. Breaking Bad's is bland and boring, lasting less than 20 seconds. The music is dull, and almost sets an air of dis-interest to the show, while the Dexter intro indites excitement into the viewers. ****MY OPPONENTS CASE**** CRITICAL ACCLAIM I didn't want to bring statistics up in the debates, because they can differentiate so much between sources, and because stats are completely subjective, but since my opponent has taken the measure to do so, and so will I. After the season 5 debut of breaking bad, Ratings have dropped at an alarming, and crashing 21%. . http://insidetv.ew.com...Breaking bad right now has 2.9 million viewers. . http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com...Meanwhile the Ratings for Showtimes Dexter Continuously rise, recently ascending 24% from season 6,. http://insidetv.ew.com... I also note that my opponent cites metacritic, However my results from searching the website gave me quite a bit of different results. On total entertainment value, Metacritic has paid proffesional critics that rate and judge the qualities of both shows, here is what they were scored. DEXTER: 77/100 . http://www.metacritic.com...BREAKING BAD: 74/100. http://www.metacritic.com... User ratings are also judged, where fans can critically nominate a show on it's performance. DEXTER: 816 Positive ratings from the viewers. BREAKING BAD: 528 Positive rating from the viewers. The plain and simple point of this argument, is that is seems that Breaking Bad's quality is ever decreasing, while that of Breaking Bad is rising. FAN BASEI feel viewer arguments are pretty unfair due to the main fact that Showtime is a pay channel, while AMC is a channel that comes free in most basic Packages. With Dish, the top 200 exploits AMC. . http://www.dish.com...With Directv, The Choice Extra Package exploits AMC. . http://www.directv.com...Comcast Cable Exploits this with the Digital Starter:. http://www.comcast.com...The point is that In order for people to watch Dexter on TV, they must pay their TV provider an extra 12.99 a month for the channel. The statistics you display, also don't include the Internet ratings. Dexter receives online ratings from tubeplus. me, of 111,086 likes. . http://www.tubeplus.me...Breaking bad only gets 98,017 likes. . http://www.tubeplus.me...VISUALLY STUNNINGAn example would do here. I actually fail to find anything you listed in this argument in the show. How is this superior to Dexter? THE REALITYHow is the reality in this show is climatic, and fails to point interest. How is this superior to Dexter? HUMORThe humor in Breaking Bad is far stretched, and only included in a few episodes. Dexter implements it in every single episode, as that is the major part of the show. How is the humor in Breaking Bad superior to Dexter's? ****CONCLUSION****I have proven that Dexter exceeds breaking bad in just about every aspect. My opponent has failed to prove the superiority of the show breaking bad to that of Dexter.