When I was browsing horror movies on Amazon.com yesterday I came across this Showtime series called Dexter (Dexter – The First Season). I only read a few lines from it, but basically what I got was it was a series along the same lines as American Psycho. A guy living in society who just isn’t the same as everyone else. He fits in, but it’s all a fake — he is actually a serial killer. So on a whim I decided to download the first episode to see what it was all about before I bought the first season (to be released August 31st).

WOW. This is an awesome show. I’m all about it. Dexter Morgan is actually a forensic detective for the Miami PD specializing in blood splatter analysis. The show takes the same narrative format as American Psycho, but it is a little less… psycho. I feel like I can relate to Dexter in some things he says, I cant relate to Patrick Bateman at all. Dexter just seems more human.

So here is a quick rundown: Dexter is your every day forensic scientist who just happens to [secretly] pick up cold homicide cases in his spare time. He tracks down the lead suspect, confirms their guilt, and then murders them in his own serial killer fashion. He likes to keep a glass slide with a blood sample of all of his victims. Along side all of this we get to see how Dexter interacts in his personal life with his foster sister, his personal life with his girlfriend, and his professional life with his coworkers. There are a few flashbacks to show how he came to be the person that he is. Well actually, we learn that he has always been this way, but we find out his father had a huge role in his development.

Needless to say I’m super excited about this show. The DVD box set of season one comes out August 31st, so I am going to put my preorder in at amazon.com a week or so before it is released. I’m happy to see that Showtime will be airing season two starting on September 30th, but I’m not sure how I will watch it. Showtime offers their shows on a bunch of different download services, but I dont know if I would want to obtain the whole series that way. I see Movie Central is airing it, but then I would have to order movie central, and they might have a later start date.

Dexter Morgan:
People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well, that’s my burden, I guess.

I laughed my ass off when I watched this. It is seriously soo golden. Have you ever seen The Sopranos on A&E? It is basically this:

PS, Will Sasso does the best Tony Soprano impersonation I have ever seen.

What, no gabbagol?

Ok, so I was just doing a quick Google to find The Sopranos creator’s name (David Chase) and I came across this short bit of an article from New York magazine.

The Young Tony Soprano Chronicles? Janice Loves Bobby? Sopranos creator David Chase says he’s thought about a spinoff of his soon-to-depart hit—but don’t hold your breath for one. “HBO has those moments. I have those moments. But it’s doubtful that there would be a spinoff. Actually, one time we talked about it—and I didn’t know if it was serious—I thought there could be a good sitcom of Janice and Bobby Bacala. What’s also occurred to me is a prequel with Tony. But the problem is that Jim Gandolfini is such a genius, frankly, that it would be a real challenge to find someone who would be believable as a young Tony.” So how about a movie? “A movie still exists as a possibility, I suppose. But it becomes less and less of a possibility because of technical challenges. I mean, where would you come in on the story? Let’s suppose, at the end of this, there are characters who don’t make it. How would you do the movie without them?” The Sopranos returns to HBO on April 8.
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The thing that intrigues me is that it is from the March 2007 issue of the magazine. I know that there were talks of a Sopranos movie a while ago, but I thought that David Chase basically was making this final season his “movie”.

I am really excited to hear that a movie is still a possibility and that even a spinoff is possible. I would definitely tune into The Young Tony Soprano Chronicles. I have to agree though, it would take a special actor to be able to do what James Gandolfini has done with Tony. When you watch the first season compared to the last season it’s amazing how he grew into that character. Whoever picked up that [young Tony] role would be constantly compared to Gandolfini.

I have been watching the Sopranos for a few months now. I caught up to the series back in January and have been eagerly awaiting the final 9 episodes. Throughout my life I have religiously watched MacGyver, Quantum Leap, X-Files, Alias, and a few other shows but I can honestly say The Sopranos is my favorite show of all time. After being hooked on Alias I really didn’t think I was going to like another show as much as I liked that one. Now it is only be second best to The Sopranos in my eyes.

The final episodes start today on HBO. I’m not really sure how I’m going to go about watching them yet. Since we don’t get HBO or Movie Central I’ll have to find some other means. I can’t wait for them to be shown on CTV or A&E. Actually, they have been playing all of the past episodes on A&E and it basically just makes me depressed to see it since the show is almost over.

I have a few “predictions” for the final series. I have been bad at predicting the plot in the past, and I really don’t think these predictions of mine will come true, but I guess this is what I could see happening in the final 9 episodes. Possible spoilers after the jump, so don’t click it if you don’t want to be spoiled.

I read somewhere that the shows creator, David Chase, always tried to stay away from the rise and fall style of all the mob movies. Every one has it. Gangster starts from humble beginnings, becomes the most powerful man in the mob, and then goes down in a rain of bullets. David Chase said that Tony is constantly going through highs and lows and ups and downs. There has never been a clear high in his life because he is always struggling with something. I really think this will continue into the series finale. That being said, I doubt my predictions even more.

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This was on the radio this morning and it was pretty funny.

I didnt know SNL was actually funny anymore?

all I have to say is BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Doogie Howser, M.D. – Pilot Episode

For the past year..ish I have been watching Alias religiously. Sadly though, the series has ended.

When I was visiting with my sister in New York last June we rented part of the first season to watch at night, sort of a wind down after a busy day touring the city. Instantly I was hooked on the show. It’s full of action, suspense, and constant plot twists. The thing about Alias is you never know what’s going to happen next. Once you think you have the characters and the plot all figured out it flips completely and you find out the characters you once trusted are deceiving.

Alias is a spy show. It revolves around the life of Sidney Bristow and her family and friends. Sidney is a double agent working with the CIA to bring down a worldwide terrorist organization called the Alliance. Although the show is meant to be somewhat realistic, it does have to be taken lightly. You sort of have to look at it like a comic book. Could anyone get away with running around in a black suit and a cape calling himself Batman in real life? No, but in a comic it works. That is sort of the same with Alias. The characters and plot are sort of unrealistic, but given their environment it works out.

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Both Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have signed new contracts with NBC for their shows The Tonight Show and Late Night. Basically what it comes down to is Leno is sticking around until 2009 when he will retire and Conan will take over as host of the tonight show.

Check out the full story at cnn.com:
O’Brien to replace Leno on ‘The Tonight Show’