Dexter

Horseshoecurve · #1 07-09-2009, 01:30 AM

The same friend who turned me on to Burn Notice hooked me up with season one of Dexter. Yeah, she's cool.

JamieGrey1 · #2 07-30-2009, 03:50 PM

I watched season 1. It's extremely well done. Probably the most intense show I've ever seen. I had to give up after the first season. Just too intense for me.

projectcop__1 · #3 07-31-2009, 10:46 AM

Love Dexter. Can hardly wait for the new season. But it is not for the faint of heart. As JamieGrey1 said, it is intense. And graffic.

golgo · #4 07-31-2009, 10:48 AM

Dexter is probably the best show on TV right now. It is perfect. They need to end it soon I think. Otherwise all of their fans are going to die from hypertension-related illnesses.

QT3.14 · #5 08-12-2009, 10:44 AM

Great show, highly recommended. Michael C. Hall is amazing, he has wonderful comic timing. Best use of voiceover I've seen in a long time. Great supporting cast as well.

I'm still waiting for Season 3 on DVD.

spoon · #6 09-01-2009, 01:07 PM

My daughter gave me Seasons 1 and 2. I had been hesitant to watch because I am a huge fan of the books and did not want to be disappointed. The series has absolutely blown me away - the best adaptation from book to film I have seen in a long time.

GOTA · #7 09-14-2009, 04:07 PM

New season of Dexter is right around the corner. Only about 2 weeks away

thehats · #8 09-15-2009, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamieGrey1

I watched season 1. It's extremely well done. Probably the most intense show I've ever seen. I had to give up after the first season. Just too intense for me.

Obviously you have never seen "The Shield", then.

THAT is the most intense TV show ever concieved.
Just watch the first episode and tell me you aren't hooked.

Season 5 of "The Shield' is widely regarded as the most intense season of television ever produced. The final minutes of the final episode are probably the most uncomfortable few minutes in the history of scripted drama's.

One Party State · #9 09-15-2009, 05:25 PM

My daughter and husband hooked me on this. Darn it! I'm only on season one so I'll be pulling a couple of long nights the next 2 weeks to get caught up.

Horseshoecurve · #10 10-30-2009, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehats

Obviously you have never seen "The Shield", then.

THAT is the most intense TV show ever concieved.
Just watch the first episode and tell me you aren't hooked.

Season 5 of "The Shield' is widely regarded as the most intense season of television ever produced. The final minutes of the final episode are probably the most uncomfortable few minutes in the history of scripted drama's.

I'm a huge fan of The Shield, but Dexter even goes beyond the "crooked cop" storyline. It presents a moral ambiguity. I'm simultaneously watching the new season (how about the Trinity Killer, eh?) and watching season 2 on dvd. Glad someting is there to fill the void left by the conclusion of The Wire, and The Sopranos, for that matter.

Horseshoecurve · #11 10-30-2009, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by One Party State

My daughter and husband hooked me on this. Darn it! I'm only on season one so I'll be pulling a couple of long nights the next 2 weeks to get caught up.

The time will go by fast. I did season 1 in 2 days.

Horseshoecurve · #12 10-30-2009, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehats

Obviously you have never seen "The Shield", then.

THAT is the most intense TV show ever concieved.
Just watch the first episode and tell me you aren't hooked.

Season 5 of "The Shield' is widely regarded as the most intense season of television ever produced. The final minutes of the final episode are probably the most uncomfortable few minutes in the history of scripted drama's.

One thing about the finale of The Shield, it was obvious that Vic was going to get a comeuppance, and the only one that made sense was the one he got. An action junkie - I don't think there was one scene in the whole series that showed him sleeping or being woken up - can not be punished any worse than to be put behind a desk.

thehats · #13 10-31-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Horseshoecurve

One thing about the finale of The Shield, it was obvious that Vic was going to get a comeuppance, and the only one that made sense was the one he got. An action junkie - I don't think there was one scene in the whole series that showed him sleeping or being woken up - can not be punished any worse than to be put behind a desk.

I was talking about the Season 5 Finale, when Lem and Shane were talking, and you just knew Shane was going to do what we didn't want him to do, and before you know it there's a 'clank' as a grenade is dropped in the drivers seat of the car Lem is sitting in.
THAT was the most uncomfortable 5 minutes in TV history.

The series finale in Season 7 was also quite just.

I was simply trying to say that Dexter may be intense and it's a great show in its own right, but when I hear the words "intense television" I think of The Shield.

CountessMeout · #14 11-02-2009, 11:52 AM

Like "The Sopranos", ultimately, it must be recognized the main character's violence can't be excused. He has to go and take the story with him.

I watched and thought- oh no, good writing, baseline evil. We have enough real life monsters.

georjec2 · #15 11-03-2009, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CountessMeout

Like "The Sopranos", ultimately, it must be recognized the main character's violence can't be excused. He has to go and take the story with him.

I watched and thought- oh no, good writing, baseline evil. We have enough real life monsters.

100's of thousands if not millions (including me ) can excuse the main charcters violence....heck, excuse it ? I condone it.

p.s. We excuse the State's violence don't we ?

CountessMeout · #16 11-05-2009, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by georjec2

100's of thousands if not millions (including me ) can excuse the main charcters violence....heck, excuse it ? I condone it.

p.s. We excuse the State's violence don't we ?

We don't EXCUSE lawful application of the state to act on behalf of the greater good for society. We repsect it as necessary.

Vicariously, you enjoy the story. Fine. In real life, a serially killing vigilante can't be tolerated.

thehats · #17 11-06-2009, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CountessMeout

We don't EXCUSE lawful application of the state to act on behalf of the greater good for society. We repsect it as necessary.

Vicariously, you enjoy the story. Fine. In real life, a serially killing vigilante can't be tolerated.

Are you seriously raining on the parade because you don't approve of a fictional characters actions in a TV show that's only available via a paid TV subscription in addition to monthly TV service fees?

CountessMeout · #18 11-06-2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thehats

Are you seriously raining on the parade because you don't approve of a fictional characters actions in a TV show that's only available via a paid TV subscription in addition to monthly TV service fees?

No, I am seriously deploring a fictional genre that celebrates the compulsion to murder. Please note I expressed the same thing about the Sopranos which also included torture and theft as a way of life. More and more people are becoming enamored of antihero -heroes who are actually psychologically ill/criminal personalities in books, tv shows and video games. Morality gets blurred for entertainment. The problem is that there are some easily influenced to believe that it's okay to do these things. Yes, I know some peole can hadle it and pull back but I see others who increasingly cannot.

Just because it's entertaining doesn't mean it isn't harmful.

georjec2 · #19 11-09-2009, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CountessMeout

We don't EXCUSE lawful application of the state to act on behalf of the greater good for society. We repsect it as necessary.

Vicariously, you enjoy the story. Fine. In real life, a serially killing vigilante can't be tolerated.

Uh Oh.

Unless the state says it's ok. Cause the state is always right and looks out for everyone same same, fair fair.

Go Dexter !!!!

spoon · #20 11-09-2009, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CountessMeout

No, I am seriously deploring a fictional genre that celebrates the compulsion to murder. Please note I expressed the same thing about the Sopranos which also included torture and theft as a way of life. More and more people are becoming enamored of antihero -heroes who are actually psychologically ill/criminal personalities in books, tv shows and video games. Morality gets blurred for entertainment. The problem is that there are some easily influenced to believe that it's okay to do these things. Yes, I know some peole can hadle it and pull back but I see others who increasingly cannot.

Just because it's entertaining doesn't mean it isn't harmful.

I gently inquire as to your feelings of Robin Hood and of Javert ? I ask this because as an African-American I feel an admiration toward both John Brown and Nat Turner and as a lad of comic books I understand fully the motives and actions of Batman.

I am but a practicing playwright with scant success but aspire to the Artists who as Plato would have approved of move us to tears, tremor and laughter allowing us to purge ourselves of our own urges allowing us to proceed withe our higher natures.

I think it is a healthy thing to allow our darker selves to indulge themselves in artistic endeavours so our better selves may perform the best of ourselves in the work we do.

Just my opinion and I hope I do not offend.