The Michael C. Hall Serial Killer Appreciation Thread, Wow, Dexter is a really cool show |
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The Michael C. Hall Serial Killer Appreciation Thread, Wow, Dexter is a really cool show |
 Mar 4 2008, 11:24 PM
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 Hired Thug  Group: AdminR Posts: 1,155 Joined: 24-April 06 Member No.: 126  |
 Co-worker turned me on to this series. Shot in DV for Showtime. He was great on Six Feet Under for five years as well, but minus the blood spatter. --------------------  Only love Only love can leave such a mark But only love Only love can heal such a scar |
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Mar 4 2008, 11:30 PM
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QUOTE(larocque6689 @ Mar 4 2008, 10:24 PM)  Co-worker turned me on to this series. Shot in DV for Showtime. He was great on Six Feet Under for five years as well, but minus the blood spatter. A friend turned me on to it about a month agoi, I was SOOOOOO appreciative another show to wait on  
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Mar 4 2008, 11:30 PM
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Captain Group: Specialist (Artist) Posts: 1,741 Joined: 15-February 08 From: My House is visible in last shot of Crossroads 2 Memphis,Tn Member No.: 2,050 |
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Mar 5 2008, 02:42 PM
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 Göttin der Sterne  Group: Humanoid Posts: 714 Joined: 21-July 07 From: Hell/Virginia - Interchangable really Member No.: 1,084 |
I LOVEEEE this show.
I also read the books. The first one is mostly identical to the first season, but from the ending of that book and the ending of the first season on, they are completely different. It's rather interesting. --------------------   Skiffy Member Refugee Skiffy Post Count: 19,384 as of Feb. 11, 2008 |
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Mar 5 2008, 07:10 PM
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 Captain  Group: Browncoat Posts: 1,111 Joined: 19-February 08 From: Glitter Gulch Member No.: 2,178 |
Oh... OOOOOhhhhhhhhhh...
I couldn't figure out how the hell everybody was talkin' about a brand new show... well, then. So, ultra creepy... but then, I read Laurel K. Hamilton... so..... what is the big deal? Again, I've missed the opening or the end to sleep. I need to find the first season on DVD... So... his father taught him to "take out the trash"... is that it??? Why isn't he being investigated??? -------------------- You can't stop the signal, Mal
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Mar 6 2008, 11:54 PM
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Hired Thug Group: AdminR Posts: 1,155 Joined: 24-April 06 Member No.: 126 |
Meanwhile, for Samuel "Crashdown" Witwer, this is life after Battlestar.
http://dexter.wikia.com/wiki/Neil_Perry 
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Mar 11 2008, 04:12 PM
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Captain Group: Browncoat Posts: 1,111 Joined: 19-February 08 From: Glitter Gulch Member No.: 2,178 |
Hokay... Sunday was interesting...
Is he connecting??? I was pleased to see the 'girlfriend' do something for the dog... shows some initiative... cause she'd been rather ... um... passive. Plus... her showing up a' la Laura Croft was interesting...Dexter is focused... -------------------- You can't stop the signal, Mal
-- Mr. Universe Does that seem right to You? --Jubal Early |
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Mar 16 2008, 04:01 PM
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 Morpheus  Group: Cylon Posts: 1,670 Joined: 14-March 06 From: Texas Member No.: 73 |
Best show ever.
Dexter is my hero. :) -------------------- -Jonathan
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Mar 18 2008, 08:43 PM
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Göttin der Sterne Group: Humanoid Posts: 714 Joined: 21-July 07 From: Hell/Virginia - Interchangable really Member No.: 1,084 |
This show is even better when you take psychology. :p
Definitely has Anti-Social Disorder, although near the end of season 2 it seems he somehow almost cures himself of a type of disorder you can't cure. *shrugs* -------------------- Skiffy Member Refugee Skiffy Post Count: 19,384 as of Feb. 11, 2008 |
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May 5 2008, 08:27 AM
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 Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
I am four eps in to this show, and it is incredible!
BSG wishes it was this good. Can it be because the books were this well written, and the series has a foolproof template? Has anyone read the books or is otherwise able to attest to the faithfulness of the series to the novels? Dresden Files got that equation wrong. I strongly suspect it hangs together so well because the story is known by the "creative team" beforehand, and is not made up on the fly. Unlike the "final Cylon" the "Ice Truck killer" was something the original author likely had foreknowledge of before beginning the work. --------------------  "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 5 2008, 09:56 AM
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 Colonel  Group: Cylon Posts: 3,200 Joined: 30-April 08 From: BaseStar 101 Member No.: 2,596 |
I have read the first two novels and I can honestly say that the TV series is better than the books by a long way.
-------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 5 2008, 06:27 PM
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Captain Group: Browncoat Posts: 1,111 Joined: 19-February 08 From: Glitter Gulch Member No.: 2,178 |
Raider... who wrote the novels... and do they have names???
Not that I won't take your word for how well they are or are not written... but I read in mass quantities, so a new author is a good thing. One comes to expect that the book is better... sometimes the idea is improved in the hands of a pro. That is why we love them so. -------------------- You can't stop the signal, Mal
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May 5 2008, 06:35 PM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
-------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 6 2008, 08:16 AM
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Colonel Group: Cylon Posts: 3,200 Joined: 30-April 08 From: BaseStar 101 Member No.: 2,596 |
QUOTE(herbsinger42 @ May 6 2008, 12:27 AM) Raider... who wrote the novels... and do they have names??? Not that I won't take your word for how well they are or are not written... but I read in mass quantities, so a new author is a good thing. One comes to expect that the book is better... sometimes the idea is improved in the hands of a pro. That is why we love them so. The Books are an okay read, its just that the TV show fleshes out the characters more than the books do, and some of the people have different jobs in the books as well ie Angel in the show he is a homicide detective, in the books he is a lab tec. -------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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May 7 2008, 07:09 PM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
So, after 2 seasons, Dexter is a show I judge to be among the very best television has to offer.
I wish BSG had turned out as good as this. -------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 21 2008, 07:52 AM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
 -------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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May 21 2008, 11:54 AM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
This clip totally spoils the first two seasons of Dexter.
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5h6vp&v3=1&related=1 -------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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Jun 5 2008, 04:08 PM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
QUOTE Emmy® and Golden Globe® award-winner Jimmy Smits will wade into the murky world of Miami’s most notorious serial killer as he joins the cast of SHOWTIME’s top-rated drama series DEXTER. Smits will be featured in ten of the third season’s 12 episodes which are scheduled to premiere this fall on SHOWTIME. Smits will portray Miguel Prado, an ambitious, charismatic assistant district attorney who comes from one of Miami’s most politically powerful and beloved families. Dexter will join forces with Prado – who’s risen in the ranks due to his aggressive stance against crime – in the pursuit of a murderer who affects both of their lives directly. Best known for his many prominent television roles from L.A. Law, N.Y.P.D. Blue and The West Wing, Smits has enjoyed a diverse career in television and film. He earned eleven Emmy® nominations, including a win for Best Supporting Actor in Drama Series for his work on L.A. Law. Additionally, he has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe®, winning once for Best Performance By An Actor In A Television Series - Drama for N.Y.P.D. Blue. Other recent TV credits include CANE, on which he also served as Executive Producer, and the award-winning movie Lackawanna Blues. His film credits include Mi Familia, Price of Glory, Star Wars: Episode II and III, The Jane Austen Book Club and is currently filming the independent Mexican film “Backyard” from director Carlos Carrera. One of the most acclaimed series on television, DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall (two-time Golden Globe®-nominee) as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The show will receive a prestigious Peabody Award later this month and was twice named one of AFI’s top ten television series. The show also stars Julie Benz, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Velez, David Zayas, C.S. Lee and James Remar. -------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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Jun 5 2008, 05:14 PM
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Colonel Group: Cylon Posts: 3,200 Joined: 30-April 08 From: BaseStar 101 Member No.: 2,596 |
So the third season looks like it is shaping up nicely, I wonder who the new Doakes is going to be? because he was one of the charaters who made the show excellent. As you said darth BSG wishes it was a 100th as good as Dexter.
-------------------- Female Cenobite: "Didn't open the box." And what was it last time, "Didn't know what the box was?" And yet, we do keep finding each other, don't we?
Pinhead: Oh, Kirsty. So eager to play, so reluctant to admit it. Female Cenobite: Perhaps you're teasing us. Are you teasing us? Pinhead: Two minutes. Two centuries. It all ticks by so quickly. You are so very like your ancestors, did you know that? I have the distinct sense of déjà vu. The same defiance, the same faithless hope in the light? Dr Paul Merchant: And what do you have faith in? Pinhead: Nothing. I am SO exquisitely empty. |
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Jun 5 2008, 05:33 PM
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Crotchety Old Man Group: Admin (Tech) Posts: 3,079 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 94 |
I think Doakes is in a few S3 episodes.
-------------------- "Science is one cold hearted bitch with a 14 inch strap-on." |
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