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Just wanted to share my excitement and let anyone who is a fan of Daniel Licht's music know itunes is releasing his music from season's 2/3 on July 6th. His music for the series is some of the best written for television... Can't wait.
Great news! Thanks for sharing. I definitely hope it's coming on CD, even an Amazon CD-R, but will iTunes it if I must.
Anyone here pick up the BREAKING BAD CD-R from Amazon? I've got it on order.
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I saw the quite rubbish film of Stephen King's 'Thinner' the other week,.... I'd get it on CD but it seems to be rare and very expensive.
$4.50 on Amazon. It's a great cd!
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The 4th season of Dexter was unreal. Nice that more of Licht's music from the show is getting out there.
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Loved the ending. Clearly showed that the writers and creators have balls and are not afraid to take chances with the show. The ending bonafide it as one of the greats of television, for me...
Absolutely. Came as a complete shock, and it was something "new" that Dexter really hasn't had to deal with. The fact that the showrunner left prior to the start of Season 5 doesn't exactly give me high hopes for the direction they're going, but we'll see...
Also, Dexter's on Showtime.
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Anyone who's seen it -- what do you think of the ending? My opinion -- without seeing it -- is that they thought they were being clever but may have ruined the show.
It was absolutely brilliant, in my opinion. The absolute horror and feeling of loss are what this show, to me, is about. As much as I was sickened by it happening, it also felt entirely appropriate. This show at its best has always been about painting Dexter into a corner and seeing how he gets his way out of it. Dexter's little world gets shattered bit by bit as the series progresses--his opinion of his dad and the safety that created for him, the discovery in the second season that sets things in motion, and now this--so I think what happened at the end of this season was as it should be. It's really too bad you already know this. It's something that the season builds to without telegraphing it in any way. A creepy, kuh-reeeepy season.
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Anyone who's seen it -- what do you think of the ending? My opinion -- without seeing it -- is that they thought they were being clever but may have ruined the show.
It was absolutely brilliant, in my opinion. The absolute horror and feeling of loss are what this show, to me, is about. As much as I was sickened by it happening, it also felt entirely appropriate. This show at its best has always been about painting Dexter into a corner and seeing how he gets his way out of it. Dexter's little world gets shattered bit by bit as the series progresses--his opinion of his dad and the safety that created for him, the discovery in the second season that sets things in motion, and now this--so I think what happened at the end of this season was as it should be. It's really too bad you already know this. It's something that the season builds to without telegraphing it in any way. A creepy, kuh-reeeepy season.
It's just as good the second time, too. So, even knowing what happens, it's still suspenseful and creepy as hell. Lithgow deserves every award he gets for this.
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Dexter's little world gets shattered bit by bit as the series progresses
Well, I haven't seen it yet, but I don't like the idea of killing off a character just to show you have "balls" (as an earlier poster put it). They did the same thing on another show I really liked... Highlander. I was OK with the killing off of major characters until they went to far and killed off Richie. They had established a prescient of not being afraid to kill off characters, and so they thought they needed to do something bold... but they made a mistake killing this character (and it didn't help that the episode was seriously lame-o).
With Dexter I thought what was going to happen was that he was going to become more and more normal (see things from an average person's point of view) as time progressed. When the show first started he wasn't even capable of participating in a romantic relationship -- and now he is (or was, up until the end of the last season) a married father.
Also, I thought they were setting up a lot of threads (in regards to his relationship with Rita) that were going to be examined later on -- like the fact that she had been married before Paul. And Dexter being in a relationship gave the series an excuse for gratuitous sex and nudity (which, of course a cable pay channel wants -- to attract viewers). Now, how can he become involved with anyone else? He only kills other killers -- wouldn't he think twice before putting another innocent woman in harm's way (as people around him seem to always be getting bumped off)?
Another reason Rita's murder bothers me... He spent the entire second season being led astray, but ended up back with her at the end. Now they've killed her off. This reminded me of Aliens, where Ripley spent the entire second half of the movie saving Newt, and then they killed her off at the beginning of the third movie. I hate it when they do that.
Also, what happens to Rita's kids? Is Dexter now going to be a single dad of three? Or will he only be a single dad of one? Will Rita's mom want custody of Cody and Astor? In any case, I'd think that Dexter may want to find another home for them, seeing as it is dangerous to be around him. Who will they kill off next? His sister? I doubt it, but then again I thought Rita was safe.
Seems to me the only reason they killed her was for the shock value. They thought they were being clever in mimicking Dexter's experience of seeing his mother killed in front of him. Whatever his INFANT son saw, I doubt he will remember it. He was just to young for something he most likely won't remember to haunt him for the rest of his life (and turn him into a killer like his dad).
I know that people here generally don't approve of others judging things they have not seen or heard, but I don't have a problem doing so. This move gets a thumbs down from me. They could have come up with something better than this cheap and intellectually lazy "shocker" ending. Maybe I'll change my mind after actually seeing it, but for now this is my opinion.
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