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UteStar · 09-07-2007, 04:51 PM

Man, if you haven't had a chance to watch this show on Showtime (or rent it thru Blockbuster or Neflix), it is fabulous. I just finished watching it on DVD and it was highly entertaining.

It is about a Miami forensic guy (he tracks the blood splatter in murders to determine trajectory, etc.). He is also a serial killer. He kills a lot of people but these people are all bad people (other killers, rapists, etc.). He has no emotion and has spent all of his life faking being normal so that he fit in. It is fabulous, chilling and tough and very good. http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-First-S...9183879&sr=8-1

Frank Ryan · 09-07-2007, 05:05 PM

I've tried it. It's too creepy for me.

Good acting and writing though

UteStar · 09-07-2007, 05:09 PM

To be honest, the first episode was the toughest. After that, it lightens up a bit but still keeps things intense. It is amazing how you actually like Dexter. My wife ended up not watching the first episode after a few minutes, she start watching again around episode 3 and watched and enjoyed the rest of the season. It is a different kind of premise and you are right, the acting (Michael C. Hall from 6 Feet Under is Dexter) is very good as well as the writing.

RockyBalboa · 11-07-2007, 05:04 PM

I just finished watching the first season on DVD.....I kept holding off because I wasn't too sure about watching a TV Show about a Serial Killer....but have to admit in a bizarre way I was completely entertained.

Michael C. Hall is a very good actor...I'm surprised he hasn't made it more mainstream into Hollywood movies yet.

UteStar · 11-07-2007, 05:42 PM

I am telling you, it is a fabulous show. Dexter, the character, is mesmerizing. I do not get Showtime (though YOhio says that late night programming on Showtime and Cinemax is terrific, I guess I will have to trust him on that), but I will get the second season on dvd when it comes out sometime in the Spring.

non sequitur · 11-07-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by UteStar

Man, if you haven't had a chance to watch this show on Showtime (or rent it thru Blockbuster or Neflix), it is fabulous. I just finished watching it on DVD and it was highly entertaining.

It is about a Miami forensic guy (he tracks the blood splatter in murders to determine trajectory, etc.). He is also a serial killer. He kills a lot of people but these people are all bad people (other killers, rapists, etc.). He has no emotion and has spent all of his life faking being normal so that he fit in. It is fabulous, chilling and tough and very good. http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-First-S...9183879&sr=8-1

I think if I were going to be a serial killer, that's the kind of serial killer I would probably want to be. Except I would want emotion, because birthdays make me really happy.

MikeWaters · 11-12-2007, 05:46 PM

I watched the pilot. I have to say, that it was a little bit too gruesome and dark for me.

Is the pilot representative of the other episodes?

UteStar · 11-12-2007, 06:25 PM

No, the pilot is darker than the other episodes. It still is not a gentle show, but the pilot was the toughest by far.

UteStar · 01-07-2008, 05:56 PM

FWIW, CBS has picked up 'Dexter' to be on network television. Yes, they will have to edit it a lot and yes, I will be watching it again: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ent...mes-dexte.html

09-07-2007, 04:51 PM	#1
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	Dexter Man, if you haven't had a chance to watch this show on Showtime (or rent it thru Blockbuster or Neflix), it is fabulous. I just finished watching it on DVD and it was highly entertaining. It is about a Miami forensic guy (he tracks the blood splatter in murders to determine trajectory, etc.). He is also a serial killer. He kills a lot of people but these people are all bad people (other killers, rapists, etc.). He has no emotion and has spent all of his life faking being normal so that he fit in. It is fabulous, chilling and tough and very good. http://www.amazon.com/Dexter-First-S...9183879&sr=8-1

09-07-2007, 05:05 PM	#2
Frank Ryan Formerly Mastershake Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 707	I've tried it. It's too creepy for me. Good acting and writing though __________________ And maybe if we tell the truth about the past, maybe we tell the truth about the present -- Ken Loach

11-07-2007, 05:04 PM	#4
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	I just finished watching the first season on DVD.....I kept holding off because I wasn't too sure about watching a TV Show about a Serial Killer....but have to admit in a bizarre way I was completely entertained. Michael C. Hall is a very good actor...I'm surprised he hasn't made it more mainstream into Hollywood movies yet. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'. Last edited by RockyBalboa; 11-07-2007 at 05:51 PM.

01-07-2008, 05:56 PM	#9
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	FWIW, CBS has picked up 'Dexter' to be on network television. Yes, they will have to edit it a lot and yes, I will be watching it again: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ent...mes-dexte.html __________________ UteStar's words to live by: "I'm not about play-play, I'm really about business." Goatnapper: "UteStar is the only one who is not scum."

09-07-2007, 05:09 PM	#3
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	To be honest, the first episode was the toughest. After that, it lightens up a bit but still keeps things intense. It is amazing how you actually like Dexter. My wife ended up not watching the first episode after a few minutes, she start watching again around episode 3 and watched and enjoyed the rest of the season. It is a different kind of premise and you are right, the acting (Michael C. Hall from 6 Feet Under is Dexter) is very good as well as the writing.

11-07-2007, 05:42 PM	#5
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	I am telling you, it is a fabulous show. Dexter, the character, is mesmerizing. I do not get Showtime (though YOhio says that late night programming on Showtime and Cinemax is terrific, I guess I will have to trust him on that), but I will get the second season on dvd when it comes out sometime in the Spring.

11-12-2007, 05:46 PM	#7
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,367	I watched the pilot. I have to say, that it was a little bit too gruesome and dark for me. Is the pilot representative of the other episodes?

11-12-2007, 06:25 PM	#8
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	No, the pilot is darker than the other episodes. It still is not a gentle show, but the pilot was the toughest by far.