Posted on 10/06/2006 10:55:35 AM PDT by EveningStar
I liked it, and I think the guy who plays Dexter is a good actor, based on his work on Six Feet Under.
I'll keep watching, thank you DVR.
Those Charles Bronson movies, or at least the original Death Wish, were more about the grief, anger, and frustration that finally drove a thoroughly non-violent man to pick up a weapon and go out into the streets. And then his struggle with himself over whether to continue.
This one just sounds sick.
I know nothing about this but Bozell frequently writes provocative articles and they can make for fun threads.
It's not like football is that much better. The Gladiators didn't go out and fight with the intention of killing each other, but it was vicious, violent, and bloody and sometimes they DID die. They couldn't have them fighting to the death regularly, they took too long to train, they'd have run out of Gladiators.
(that doesn't say anything about the criminals and political prisoners and animals that were butchered in the Arena. THAT is where the REAL blood came in)
I've often fantasized about becoming a sex offender serial killer.
Most of Hollywood's killers go after innocent women and children. This is a step up from that...
What little I know about this show is based exclusively on this article...my supposition is that the character is driven to his acts because of what he's seen at crime scenes as the result of his work. Admittedly an assumption, and probably a poor one to make. Having said all that, if the themes of the show are what I suspect, they are really nothing new:
Shakespeare & The Law: Obligation, Vengeance, and the Abuse of Power
Are the "bad guys" he goes after really Republicans? It's hard to believe Hollywood knows the difference between good and evil...
Good guess, but I think wrong. There are flashbacks to his life as a kid. His father was a detective. Dexter started acting on urges as a child to kill and hurt animals. The father picked up on this, and, knowing there was no way to fix it, tried to channel it by teaching him how to find bad people and kill them without being caught. Kind of like a serial-killing superhero.
I don't know I liked the show myself.
My assumptions and I stand corrected, and my decision to Elvis the TV stands reaffirmed!
He's not a sex offender serial killer, just a serial killer of sex offender serial killers.
I love that Dexter (boy scientist).
>>>He's not a sex offender serial killer, just a serial killer of sex offender serial killers.>>>
Yeah, that's what I meant. I wouldn't mind being him. Or at least being on a jury that is he on trial with. ;o)
Some struggle.
Death Wish was followed by Death Wish II, Death Wish 3, Death Wish 4: The Crackdown, and Death Wish V: The Face of Death
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It was pretty interesting and well acted. It's not for everyone but it had a good hook the first episode. I have to find out who is the serial killer who is on to Dexter.
He's keeping the taxpayers from having to support the really really bad guys.
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