TV - Darkly Dreaming Dexter...
Well, ever since I got the freeview digi-box, I have actually been watching some TV again as it replaces my need to have a memory or be in the same place every week, neither of which is very likely.
Of the shows that this device has allowed me to watch are The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which isn't very interesting, spinning off as it does from the not very interesting Terminator 2.
The Bionic Woman, which is a remake of the 70's spin-off show of the six-million dollar man, is considerably more interesting. With a revamp of the concept, modern story arcs, recurring bad guys and subterfuge, deceit and treachery. It's not a fantastic show, but it's by no means bad.
Then there is Dexter, adapted from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, about a forensics expert who is a serial killer of serial killers. I was writing a comic story called Killer of Killers a while back until someone pointed out how ludicrous it was (it was), but the same idea done properly works very well here. Luckily for me Jeff Lindsay got in first and did it much better. Not having read the novel yet (though I think I will) all I can comment on is the TV show, which I find to be genuinely intriguing and entertaining.
Dexter is played by Michael C. Hall (who played the gay funeral director in Six-Feet Under), and does so with such charm and humour it's hard not to like this murdering sociopath. Dexter must hide his lack of emotion as he juggles his job, cover relationship and personal obsessions. But most of all he is locked in a battle with a veritable grand master serial killer, the Ice Box Murderer, who not only knows Dexter's secret, but is playing games with him.
The many exciting twists and turns throughout the series make it quite the treat. And whereas Hannibal Lector generally appalled, Dexter guiltily appeals. Recommended.
Of the shows that this device has allowed me to watch are The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which isn't very interesting, spinning off as it does from the not very interesting Terminator 2.
The Bionic Woman, which is a remake of the 70's spin-off show of the six-million dollar man, is considerably more interesting. With a revamp of the concept, modern story arcs, recurring bad guys and subterfuge, deceit and treachery. It's not a fantastic show, but it's by no means bad.
Then there is Dexter, adapted from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, about a forensics expert who is a serial killer of serial killers. I was writing a comic story called Killer of Killers a while back until someone pointed out how ludicrous it was (it was), but the same idea done properly works very well here. Luckily for me Jeff Lindsay got in first and did it much better. Not having read the novel yet (though I think I will) all I can comment on is the TV show, which I find to be genuinely intriguing and entertaining.
Dexter is played by Michael C. Hall (who played the gay funeral director in Six-Feet Under), and does so with such charm and humour it's hard not to like this murdering sociopath. Dexter must hide his lack of emotion as he juggles his job, cover relationship and personal obsessions. But most of all he is locked in a battle with a veritable grand master serial killer, the Ice Box Murderer, who not only knows Dexter's secret, but is playing games with him.
The many exciting twists and turns throughout the series make it quite the treat. And whereas Hannibal Lector generally appalled, Dexter guiltily appeals. Recommended.
posted by paulvonscott at 10:03 PM
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