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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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???
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???
Meanwhile, for Samuel "Crashdown" Witwer, this is life after Battlestar.
http://dexter.wikia.com/wiki/Neil_Perry
http://dexter.wikia.com/wiki/Neil_Perry
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...
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...
Best show ever.
Dexter is my hero. :)
Dexter is my hero. :)
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*
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*
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I wish BSG had turned out as good as this.
This clip totally spoils the first two seasons of Dexter.
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5h6vp&v3=1&related=1
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x5h6vp&v3=1&related=1
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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.
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.
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.
I think Doakes is in a few S3 episodes.
*****leaked screener*****
"Our Father."
And it was good.
Fatherhood is the theme of the season.
And it was good.
Fatherhood is the theme of the season.
Not bad.
So we are about 4 episodes in on the new Dexter season and IMO it is not as good as the first two seasons, or I should say that the story isn't as good as the Ice-Truck killer or the Bay Harbour Butcher stories
Dexter is picked up for two more seasons.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/10/22/sho...to-more-dexter/
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/10/22/sho...to-more-dexter/
I really do have to catch this show at some point.....
Best wishes,
Scott
Best wishes,
Scott
QUOTE(buffyverseforever @ Oct 22 2008, 09:19 PM)
I really do have to catch this show at some point.....
Best wishes,
Scott
Best wishes,
Scott
I have in recent years resisted watching series television. Dexter is one of those shows I dare not watch, for fear of being sucked in. The concept sounds seductively appealing...
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QUOTE(Raycheetah @ Oct 23 2008, 03:43 AM)
I have in recent years resisted watching series television. Dexter is one of those shows I dare not watch, for fear of being sucked in. The concept sounds seductively appealing...
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Give in Ray, you know you want to. Give the first season a go.
QUOTE(RaiderDave2112 @ Oct 23 2008, 06:35 PM)
Give in Ray, you know you want to. Give the first season a go.
Must... Resist... Compelling serial killer...
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And it it... I have first season... which I have yet to open up. I will... maybe the ten days I can't drive!!!HA :)
I have enjoyed the character development-- and I cannot help but wonder if we do not have a boat load of these folk walkin' around. Disconnected, only going through the motions. I cannot imagine trying to play it. Vaguely 'Spock' like-- little humor, mostly perplexed.
I enjoy it when I see it.
I have enjoyed the character development-- and I cannot help but wonder if we do not have a boat load of these folk walkin' around. Disconnected, only going through the motions. I cannot imagine trying to play it. Vaguely 'Spock' like-- little humor, mostly perplexed.
I enjoy it when I see it.
Third season is over.
Demented Daddy Dexter returns for 2 more seasons in 2009 and 2010.
Demented Daddy Dexter returns for 2 more seasons in 2009 and 2010.
QUOTE(DarthMarley @ Dec 15 2008, 10:22 AM)
Third season is over.
Demented Daddy Dexter returns for 2 more seasons in 2009 and 2010.
Demented Daddy Dexter returns for 2 more seasons in 2009 and 2010.
They signed for two seasons??? Response must be good!!!
I DLed the entire third season last week and just finished it. It started out kind of slow I thought, but really picked up as the season went on. Not as good as the second season, but still solid. Can't wait to see Dexter as a husband/father. lol.
Still the best show on tv.
Still the best show on tv.
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Where do you FIND this stuff???
Too funny...
Too funny...
QUOTE (herbsinger42 @ Apr 30 2009, 09:32 PM)
Where do you FIND this stuff???
Too funny...
Too funny...
"Can't stop the signal... Everything goes somewhere and I go everywhere."
Sans lovebot, of course. =^[.]~=
HA!!!
Of course... What was I thinkin?
Of course... What was I thinkin?
http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/07/dexter-panel-comic-con-.html
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-- NEWS: Showtime is creating 12 animated webisodes that will at as a "Dexter" prequel to the series. Titled "Earl Cuts," the webisodes will explore how Dexter honed his killing craft. Michael C. Hall will do the voice, will be put online this fall.
-- Lithgow: "We've done five episodes now... I still lurk and stalk .. I haven't worked with any of these people yet," noting the rest of the panel, "I can't wait to have scenes with them."
-- Lithgow on playing a villain after being best known by TV fans for the sitcom "3rd Rock From the Sun": "On 'Dexter' I play a serial killer and his first victim is High Commander Dick Solomon. I love '3rd Rock From the Sun' but it's time to put it back ... I can't tell you anything about this marvelous character, but he has many layers and colors."
-- Producer Clyde Phillips on the impact of CBS airing repeats of the show during the writers strike: "It had a tremendous impact ... it brought millions of more people to watch our show...and those people went back and subscribed [to Showtime] ... and it contributed to our first Emmy nomination....
-- Hall on whether Dexter's child will have serial killer tendencies: "The baby has yet to exhibit .. any signs of that, but the possibility is always there lurking..."
-- Phillips, on how the character of Dexter is similar to other superheroes at Comic-Con: "There is a super hero aspect to what Dexter is ... it's not a conscious decision, but its a natural evolution about what we're doing."
-- Julie Benz (Rita) on knowing/not knowing her husband is a serial killer: "When you read about serial killers and the wives of serial killers, the wives never know. I think the signs are there and you just don't see them. I don't think we're equipped to see that side when its somebody you love. For Rita, you could show her the show ["Dexter"] and she'd say, "no, it can't be true."
-- Season four will pick up after the birth of Dexter's son, skipping the birth itself. "Yeah you wouldn't want the show to get gross or anything," the moderator quips.
-- Hall, when asked what's the best thing about the part: "Getting away with simulated murder."
-- Lithgow, hinting that season four will have a dramatic finish: "I'm the only person on the set who knows what's going to happen in all 12 episodes. I could speak two sentences right now that would make this entire building explode." .
-- Lithgow: "We've done five episodes now... I still lurk and stalk .. I haven't worked with any of these people yet," noting the rest of the panel, "I can't wait to have scenes with them."
-- Lithgow on playing a villain after being best known by TV fans for the sitcom "3rd Rock From the Sun": "On 'Dexter' I play a serial killer and his first victim is High Commander Dick Solomon. I love '3rd Rock From the Sun' but it's time to put it back ... I can't tell you anything about this marvelous character, but he has many layers and colors."
-- Producer Clyde Phillips on the impact of CBS airing repeats of the show during the writers strike: "It had a tremendous impact ... it brought millions of more people to watch our show...and those people went back and subscribed [to Showtime] ... and it contributed to our first Emmy nomination....
-- Hall on whether Dexter's child will have serial killer tendencies: "The baby has yet to exhibit .. any signs of that, but the possibility is always there lurking..."
-- Phillips, on how the character of Dexter is similar to other superheroes at Comic-Con: "There is a super hero aspect to what Dexter is ... it's not a conscious decision, but its a natural evolution about what we're doing."
-- Julie Benz (Rita) on knowing/not knowing her husband is a serial killer: "When you read about serial killers and the wives of serial killers, the wives never know. I think the signs are there and you just don't see them. I don't think we're equipped to see that side when its somebody you love. For Rita, you could show her the show ["Dexter"] and she'd say, "no, it can't be true."
-- Season four will pick up after the birth of Dexter's son, skipping the birth itself. "Yeah you wouldn't want the show to get gross or anything," the moderator quips.
-- Hall, when asked what's the best thing about the part: "Getting away with simulated murder."
-- Lithgow, hinting that season four will have a dramatic finish: "I'm the only person on the set who knows what's going to happen in all 12 episodes. I could speak two sentences right now that would make this entire building explode." .
Oh, how I love Lithgow!! A fascinating blend. I hope it goes well.
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