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Your Learning Zone - Dexter - The First Season
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List Price: $39.98
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Manufacturer: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Erik King, James Remar, Julie Benz, Rita Bennett
Directed By: Michael Cuesta, Tony Goldwyn
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 0097368513648
Format: AC-3
Label: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Manufacturer: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-08-21
Running Time: 650
Studio: Showtime Ent. / Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: awesome show!
Comment: a relative recommended this show to me, and I'm glad she did (because since I don't subscribe to Showtime)...I wasn't aware that this series existed, until recently. Thankfully, Netflix took care of that little problem for me.
Dexter plays a vigilante of sorts, a hero with a very dark side...he gives justice to those that the criminal justice system can't find or put behind bars.
Michael Hall is a great actor, balancing a killer on the one hand and a likeable, lovable professional forensics expert on the other.....as he interacts in his various relationships.
The show has comedy, drama, tension....it had just about everything...I guess one would label this a "dark comedy" type of series. Very dark.
All the other characters in the show are interesting and fun to watch, and we see the dramas played out in their life through the eyes of Dex.
This is a truly original series that hooked me quickly with its stories and interesting characters- highly recommended!
Customer Rating:
Summary: You can run but can't hide....
Comment: I had never heard of this show nor actor before until it came on CBS due to the writer's strike last year and a friend told me I should watch it. Glad that I took her advice. I love the whole series. I bought the DVDs and keep me on edge even though I had seen some on TV. The ice-truck killer is one of the best cases and it keeps people guessing. It also keeps the viewer guessing about Dexter's past which he cannot remember until it is almost too late. No one can play this role better than Michael C. Hall. Another actor in there who plays a doctor looks like Chris Sarandon so any fans of his will love this as well. But I highly recommend this show.
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Summary: Dexter Rocks
Comment: I absolutely love Dexter. It is witty and it is certainly far different from any other show I have ever watched. Just think A serial Killer with morals and a code of honor, how odd!
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Summary: Absolutely can't miss
Comment: It's not often that we, the viewing audience, are asked to root for a serial killer to get away with murder. But we are. And we do! There is palpable tension in every episode that genuinely made me nervous for the plight of our anti-hero. Our anti-hero is a blood spatter analyst for the forensics department and is clinically and then personally drawn into the progression of murders that happens by another serial killer.
I think even more interesting than the plot, which is methodical, coherent, a bit scary, and quite entertaining, the characters themselves are very intriguing. Dexter is obviously broken and doing his best to fake being a human being with otherwise normal behaviors and reactions. But his attempt at a relationship with his girlfriend Rita gives the indication that perhaps Dexter is redeemable...
No matter what, at the conclusion of the first season, you will want to buy the second season and see what is in store for Dexter. This is some of the finest television ever made.
Technical notes:
- The cinematography is beautiful.
- The dialogue is amusing where it needs to be, somber elsewhere, and
while at times stilted, is quite effective.
- The music is perfect for the settings.
- The introduction sequence may disturb some people while making others
quite hungry. I am of the hungry persuasion.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great!
Comment: Got to me in a timely fashion and was exactly what I ordered - brand new DVD, still in the plastic wrap. Was very pleased with my product.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Dexter is based on the compelling novel "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay. Orphaned at the age of four and harboring a traumatic secret, Dexter Morgan (Dexter Morgan (Emmy- and Golden Globe- nominated actor Michael C. Hall from "Six Feet Under") is adopted by a police officer who recognizes Dexter's homicidal tendencies and guides his son to channel his gruesome passion for human vivisection in a constructive way - by killing those heinous perpetrators that are above the law or who have slipped through the cracks of justice. A respected member of the police force, a perfect gentleman and a man with a soft spot for children, it's hard not to like Dexter. Although his drive to kill is unflinching, he struggles to emulate normal emotions he doesn't feel, and to keep up his appearance as a caring, socially responsible human being.
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