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Dexter: Season 1 [Blu-ray]
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| Genre | Television, Television/Crime |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Lauren Vlez, James Remar, Erik King, Adam Davidson, Michael C. Hall, Preston Bailey, Steve Shill, Jennifer Carpenter, Keith Gordon, Robert Lieberman, Tony Goldwyn, Clyde Phillips, C.S. Lee, Daniel Cerone, Desmond Harrington, Julie Benz, Geoff Pierson, Christina Robinson, Michael Cuesta, David Zayas See more |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 3 |
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Dexter™ is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan, a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department and as an emotionless vigilante serial killer. Taught by his foster father to harness his lust for blood and killing, Dexter lives by his own strict moral code - he only kills murderers who can't otherwise be brought to justice. Dexter is a killer who grapples with fitting into society while, at the same time, he struggles with his inability to feel emotion. The irony of Dexter's life is that he works closely as a blood splatter analyst with the very people who hunt his kind - the homicide departments.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4.48 Ounces
- Item model number : 097361400648
- Director : Adam Davidson, Keith Gordon, Michael Cuesta, Robert Lieberman, Steve Shill
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen
- Run time : 10 hours
- Release date : January 6, 2009
- Actors : Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vlez, David Zayas, James Remar
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : Showtime Ent.
- ASIN : B001HPP2X2
- Writers : Clyde Phillips, Daniel Cerone
- Number of discs : 3
- Best Sellers Rank: #19,173 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #508 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #1,699 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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This Showtime adaptation is based on Jeff Lindsay's riveting series of books, and if you haven't read them, well, what's the hold up? Dexter Morgan is so emotionally detached he makes Dr. Temperance Brennan seem positively warm and cuddly. Social cues to which we effortlessly respond are baffling puzzles for him. Perversely, there is something innately likable about Dexter. Michael C. Hall plays him with stunning complexity. It helps that, like in BURN NOTICE, we're privy to his inner musings. Dexter is often humorous and whimsical. The girlfriend (Julie Benz) he pretends to care for doesn't suspect a thing. Even Dexter's jittery, potty-mouthed cop sister, Deb (Jennifer Carpenter), doesn't have an inkling.
DEXTER THE FIRST SEASON hooks you in straight away as Dexter finds his bragging rights as Miami's resident monster challenged by an innovative fellow serial killer whom the press eventually dubs the Ice Truck Killer. It's an edgy cat-and-mouse game that would span the entire season and cause Dexter to ask serious questions of himself. The lovely twist is that Dexter accepts the Ice Truck Killer's tauntings with glee, perhaps like calling to like. For Dexter, it's an opportunity to play with someone just like him. Never mind that it's readily apparent that this rival knows everything about Dexter Morgan. Dexter shrugs this off. He's having fun.
The Ice Truck Killer's modus operandi is eye-catching. He drains his victims completely of their blood and he freezes the corpses, amputates their limbs to a precise measurement. It's fun - and creepy - watching Dexter try to contain his excitement as each perfect frozen body part surfaces, each bit a gauntlet thrown in Dexter's mug.
Most each episode also features a "serial killer of the week" motif, some heinous repeat murderer targeted and eventually carved up by Dexter, and these lesser villains are required so that we don't lose faith in Dex as a badasss dude, given his inability to track down the elusive Ice Truck Killer. It's a pretty good supporting cast, too. It wasn't long before I was keen into what these other characters were up to. Jennifer Carpenter is my second favorite actor on this show. She is one sexy, combustible, never-stop-cussing cop chick. But I do question her instincts. She's Miami PD - an ex-Vice, newly minted Homicide Detective - and yet in all these years she hasn't caught a whiff of her adopted brother's true nature? And then she does something else which ends up absolutely mortifying. And then there's Erik King whose angry, loose cannon character, Sgt. Doakes, is the only one who gets the heebie jeebies from Dexter. Doakes bullies Dexter so much, I sort of wish Dexter would just disregard the Code of Harry for once. Except that Dexter remains as cool as the other side of the pillow. He's a monster who's got his priorities straight. You need to not miss this show. It's wicked funny, cleverly written, and terrifically acted (especially by Michael C. Hall). Rife with moral ambivalence, DEXTER rewards its audience with unexpected - and frequently unsettling - moments. And you're hooked before you know it.
The DVD set's bonus features:
- 2 Audio Commentaries by the Cast & Producers: "Return to Sender" (with Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, Lauren Velez, and Erik King) and "Born Free" (with producers Sara Coleton, Clyde Philips, & Daniel Cerone)
- "The Academy of Blood - A Killer Course"
- "Witnessed in Blood - A True Murder Investigation" - feature on a real-life police investigation in 2001 with particulars on blood spatter analysis
- 2 Free Episodes of Showtime's Hit series BROTHERHOOD
- A computer-compatible function which allows you to stream two episodes of THE TUDORS, to read the First 2 Chapters of Jeff Lindsay's newest novel DEXTER IN THE DARK, and play the newest CSI Video Game "CSI: HARD EVIDENCE"
- Cast Biographies
The opening sequence of "Dexter" sets the dark humored tone. The camera follows him through an ordinary morning routine that is filmed in a ghastly fashion utilizing uncomfortable close-ups that get right in your face and under your skin: Dexter shaving and dabbing at his nicks with a paper towel, the deliberately slow cutting and cooking of food that looks more like dismemberment than anything culinary, a stream of tobasco sauce on fried eggs that resembles blood, the remains of a freshly squeezed blood orange that looks like a mutilated corpse, and the use dental floss and lacing of shoestrings that evoke thoughts of confinement or strangulation.
Then Dexter puts on a t-shirt and stares into the camera with the feral eyes of a hungry predator. His face is lighted from the right, leaving the left side of his face shadowed. This shot depicts the duality of Dexter: the light-hearted nice guy side he puts up for the world and the dark side that remains meticulously hidden. Finally we see him exit his apartment with a nod and smile to the camera, as if to assure us that the bloodthirsty beast we saw in his apartment is kept on a very short leash.
Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) is a vigilante serial killer. After accumulating enough solid evidence about his target, he moves in for the kill. His victims are murderers, pedophiles, arsonists, black widows, and other assorted creeps that the world could do without. When he's not taking out the human trash, he works as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department. At work Dexter puts up a friendly, easy-going persona. He is a consummate professional and a brilliant forensics expert who gets results.
At the department he works with his sister Debra (Jennifer Carpenter), a foul-mouthed cop with a bright mind, but very lacking in confidence and political savvy. There is also forensics analyst Matsuka (CS Lee.), the friendly pervert with a sick sense of humor. Sgt. Doakes (Erik King), is as Dexter puts it, the only one in a room full of cops who is suspicious of him. Doakes is a tough cop but his detective skills are rather mediocre. Angel Batista (George Zayas) is a far better investigator who appreciates and respects all of Dexter's hard work. Angel and Dex in partricular make a great team. Leading the homicide division is Lt. Maria LaGuerta: tough, ruthless, but too vain for her own good. She has the hots for Dexter and this naturally unsettles him.
For several months, Dexter has been dating Rita, a single mother of two who suffered years of horrid abuse at the hands of her drug addict husband who is now in prison. As Dexter puts it Rita is perfect for him because "she is, in her own way, just as damaged as me".
This is the neat little world of lies in which Dexter lives: days of honest work, nights off with a girlfriend, and the occasional act of vigilante justice. However all of this is turned upside down with the arrival of a killer soon to be known as The Ice Truck Killer. The ITK leaves clean, bloodless, frozen remains of hookers right out in public for all the world to see. Dexter can't help but to admire the meticulous and precise handiwork of this new killer. The presence of the ITK sets of a chain of events that will change Dexter's world forever.
The show is based on a series of novels written by Jeff Lindsay. While the books focus entirely on Dexter who narrates, the series however, delves more into the lives of the supporting characters creating enough plot (and sub-plots) to sink your teeth into. The entire cast turns in great performances that grow with the characters they portray.
Actor Michael C. Hall has said in interviews that Dexter really isn't emotionless, but he is emotionally frozen. Right from episode one we see some evidence: his righteous anger at a pedophile ["OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID!"], his dedication to his sister ["If I had feelings for anyone, I'd have them for Deb."], the tenderness he feels for Rita ["Normal people can be so hostile......but never her....."]. Dexter may tell us that he is hollow inside , but he doesn't know that he's just frozen, nor does he realize just how much he has already begun to thaw out.
In a world of endless CSI and crime drama franchises, it's refreshing to see a new spin on an idea that is running out of steam. It is uncertain how long and how far this show can go, but with a third season coming up, "Dexter" shows no signs of slowing down. If you're in the mood for something dark, cynical, and sarcastic, this is the show for you
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Actually it dies a slow and painful death - painful for the viewer that is.
Dexter is a serial killer but he has been trained by his adoptive father to channel his urges and only kill murderers. The premise is OK and given the right treatment could be made into a very interesting and intelligent TV show. But it isn't.
One of the problems with this show is that Dexter is probably the most emotionally stable character in it! He is the good serial killer. He has occasional fits of self-contemplation but he does not kill many people in this series and he even lets one of his subjects live because the boy has a good reason for his crime. But doesn't everybody?
His sister is a cop. But she is a disaster! She is completely ridiculous as a character. She is the tough but vulnerable woman that is totally confused - as usual. She goes from tough to emotional mess in a split second in almost every episode. When will TV writers learn how to write good female characters? I am sure most of us know a tough but vulnerable woman. She is a real person and can be well portrayed by good writers. Remember Kara Thrace from Battlestar Galactica? That is how it should be done.
Dexter is a psycho but he is warm and humorous and fun to be with. That is the problem with this. He is not what they say he is and it shouts at you whenever he appears on screen. He is thoughtful, intelligent and NICE!
I have given it two stars becasue all of the acting is very good and Dexter can be watched if you switch off your brain, but you have to hold your nose becasue it really stinks.
Myself I watched this whole Dexter series in two sittings one today within a long weekend, even suffering the horrible foul mouthed thing, who plays his half sister to follow the story! It may not grab you like this but can guarantee an origina theme and compulsive viewing.
The main plot of this season is the hunt for another serial killer who goes by the name of The Ice Truck Killer whose signature killing method is to kill his victims in a extremely cold environment to stop all major blood from spattering everywhere so when the bodies were discovered there was not a single drop of blood. This method hugely impressed Dexter and soon he began tracking down the killer, even though he was under his nose for most of the way. Towards the end there is a shocking discovery and a very good ending. As the story develops we are show Dexter's past as it is very important to the plot further down the line and it also shows us the standing stones of Harrys Code (Dexter's adoptive father realises that Dexter has a dangerous need to kill because of his past and therefore he trains Dexter how to kill and how to get away with it too)
What makes this so engaging is Dexter commentary of what is going on in his mind throughout the episodes, this gives an idea of how alien emotions are to killers and how every interaction he has with other people is completely superficial. The show is incredibly original (well the books are technically) and is a breath of fresh air among the crap TV that plagues the television industry. This is a show to die for ;)
Had TV yet again gone beyond the boundary of good taste in making a series about a serial killer as some kind of anti-hero?And the shock of grisly murders and blood spatters shown regularly in detail-was this not glorifying murder and those who perpetrate these crimes?And all this insight into the mind and thoughts of such a killer-would it not seem like a "normalisation" of the abnormal?And once more,would we become gradually inured to the horror of what we were seeing to no longer feel outraged?
Well,the writers knew all of this,and developed solutions in the storyline to ensure that the characters were indeed interesting without straying into these pitfalls.The device used to make Dexter's crimes more "palatable" is that he does not kill just anybody.He has an elaborate set of rules,a code given to him by his father,that govern the selection of his victims and the murders he commits.In essence he only kills terrible criminals who "got off" because of the failures of the legal system.
There is unbearable tension in these stories,and humour too,as well as visible character development.
A great success,and worth buying.

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