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Dexter (2006)
At last something to look forward to each year!
I'm based in the UK and just love this show.
When they stopped NYPD Blue (and also stopped showing re-runs of this series in the UK), I just got very angry, it was as though something really good in life was taken away and not replaced by something equally as good. I must admit that there are probably some really good US drama series out there and I could get into them if I followed them from the beginning.
I felt the same way when 24 stopped.
Dexter fills the gap as far as I am concerned. It has humour, side soap opera type stories about the other characters in the series as well as the great Dexter storyline.
I wait until the series comes out in a box set and then just watch them all in one go over 2 days (I did the same with 24 but over 3 days), it's great entertainment and totally addictive.
When I saw how they manage to finish each of the Dexter seasons with an amazing final episode, I just thought "you can't write this stuff"!
Full marks to the story writers.
I have a few criticisms which don't deter me at all from watching future seasons (I just pray to God that they don't stop this series). These are:
1. Dexter needs to go out in disguise each time he sets out to kill someone (there always seem to be people out there with camcorders), also he could do with having a secret unregistered boat for when he dispenses with the bodies.
2. Jennifer Carpenter is a bit of a ladette, with her swearing and manner, I don't think it would be the end of the world if her character is written off. Julie Benz was eye candy and we could do with someone as nice to look at and feminine in her manner.
3. It was a shame Sergeant Doakes was written off in Season 2 but it did make sense, in that with his obsession with Dexter, there was bound to be a showdown eventually, if only they could have retained his character for a while longer. Detective Quinn is interesting though and replaces Doakes well.
These are the only things I can think of at the moment.
I love this show, God bless the writers and producers, please keep it going on forever.
CI5: The New Professionals (1998)
Has anybody got good copies of this series for trading?
Hello I am a fan of this series and as they are not releasing it on DVD, was wondering if anyone has copies of all the episodes they produced and are willing to trade for something? I am based in the UK.
I briefly got a glimpse of an episode in the UK but sadly missed all the others, can somebody help please?
I love Lexa Doig and think the other characters are cool.
The 70's series was good for it's time but we live in the modern world and time/technology has moved on and its seems very dated to me today.
Thanks in advance.
Roger
Mission: Impossible (1988)
Fantastic late 80's update on original series.
This was a really wonderful show, much better than the cheap (special effects) original. Of course if they made another series now, it would be better than this one but as there are no current plans to make a series, then I would if I were you, purchase this series if they release on DVD after MI3 hits our screens later this year. In America, it seems that if audience ratings go down a little, they just scrap a quality series, so I wouldn't worry about it having been discontinued, it was and is, the next best thing to waiting years for each Tom Cruise MI movie to come out (though I am a great fan of the MI movies - I hate the waiting!). As well as better special effects and gadgets, the story lines were more up to date and believable. Can't recommend enough, can't wait for the DVD series to come out.
Profit (1996)
Absolutely Brilliant
I cannot believe how good this series was. Why was it cancelled? I regret not recording the few episodes they showed here in England - I didn't think it was going to be cancelled. It's very rare to come across such an innovative, dark and captivating drama as this. It was very unique and non-formula. I hope they release the few episodes they did make on DVD or VHS, I would love to buy them.