tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post115947012195171449..comments2023-10-28T03:27:48.415-07:00Comments on Books are my only friends: Yet another great TV show?Tripphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-1159547370460636382006-09-29T09:29:00.000-07:002006-09-29T09:29:00.000-07:00I saw an ad for Dexter while watching CSI last nig...I saw an ad for Dexter while watching CSI last night. He had too big a smile for the Dexter I remember. I'd like it if his smile appeared wrong like someone new to a language trying out the strange sounds.<BR/><BR/>Still it was just an ad.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-1159542253531243892006-09-29T08:04:00.000-07:002006-09-29T08:04:00.000-07:00Wasn't there a late-night drama with Lorenzo Lamas...Wasn't there a late-night drama with Lorenzo Lamas where he plays a judge who, due to the inconvenient provisions of the Bill of Rights, has to dismiss criminals in his Court? Then, at night, he becomes a motorcycle vigilante and goes after said criminals.<BR/><BR/>Sort of the "State Employee Vigilante" theme. I'm sure Dexter does it better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-1159487942180269362006-09-28T16:59:00.000-07:002006-09-28T16:59:00.000-07:00What is really interesting about the Dexter books ...What is really interesting about the Dexter books is that you really root for Dexter. I mean he is killing <I>bad</I> guys not just unlucky cops like Lecter did. <BR/><BR/>But you are right, there is something about the violent antihero, as in Sin City.Tripphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167966624693577245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15559257.post-1159487783786396652006-09-28T16:56:00.000-07:002006-09-28T16:56:00.000-07:00Antiheros - or flawed heroes, anyway - have always...Antiheros - or flawed heroes, anyway - have always held a special place in American fiction, and the appeal is writ large when transferred to the screen. Tapping into that dark appeal without crossing the line into total camp seems to be quite a challenge. Three words: Doctor Hannibal Lecter.Brackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16192217051455130379noreply@blogger.com