30 Days of TV -- Day 14
Day 14 -- Favorite male character
This was a tough choice!
DEXTER MORGAN (Dexter)
I wonder how many people have been turned off watching Dexter after asking "what's it about?".
"It's about a serial killer, but..."
"oh, no, no way."
Dexter IS about a serial killer, named Dexter Morgan, who is also a forensics unit cop, a brother, a man who was so horribly emotionally traumatized as a toddler that he developed became a sociopath to cope with the damage. He's a nerd, a shy, nice guy who brings donuts to his co-workers and flirts with the (much older) property room lady. He's the guy in the back of the room, that you might not notice unless you're looking. He's a vigilante, who craves the power and release his murders gives him. He is one complex guy.
The show has a great cast, unorthodox and diverse, and uses it's steamy Miami locale to full effect, but it would not be possible for it to succeed without an amazing actor to play Dexter, and I can not imagine anyone but Michael C. Hall being that man. Dexter is based on a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay; I've read some and they are okay, kind of clever, but those books only hint at the fully realized creation that Michael C. Hall and the rest of the crew bring to Dexter Morgan.
Michael C. Hall and his hair. *ruffles it*
Something different tomorrow. Someone I've never talked about on LJ before.
Day 15 -- Favorite female character
This was a tough choice!
DEXTER MORGAN (Dexter)
I wonder how many people have been turned off watching Dexter after asking "what's it about?".
"It's about a serial killer, but..."
"oh, no, no way."
Dexter IS about a serial killer, named Dexter Morgan, who is also a forensics unit cop, a brother, a man who was so horribly emotionally traumatized as a toddler that he developed became a sociopath to cope with the damage. He's a nerd, a shy, nice guy who brings donuts to his co-workers and flirts with the (much older) property room lady. He's the guy in the back of the room, that you might not notice unless you're looking. He's a vigilante, who craves the power and release his murders gives him. He is one complex guy.
The show has a great cast, unorthodox and diverse, and uses it's steamy Miami locale to full effect, but it would not be possible for it to succeed without an amazing actor to play Dexter, and I can not imagine anyone but Michael C. Hall being that man. Dexter is based on a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay; I've read some and they are okay, kind of clever, but those books only hint at the fully realized creation that Michael C. Hall and the rest of the crew bring to Dexter Morgan.
Michael C. Hall and his hair. *ruffles it*
Something different tomorrow. Someone I've never talked about on LJ before.
Day 15 -- Favorite female character