Controversial much?

I'm totally about to blow your minds.

I love Dexter.

As in the tv show about the serial killer.

I know it's totally gory, but who here hasn't seen a Tarantino movie? My point is, that if you find something brilliant, you can overlook it's uglyness.

And besides, I'd like to argue that Dexter's gore is usually more character driven than what we see in Tarantino flicks. Tarantino likes pushing the boundaries of the style of gore commonly accepted in mainstream film. I'd say it's even occasionally superfluous. He puts some scenes in there just for the shock factor.

But Dexter is in a realm of it's own.

Why do I love it?

In a society that is obviously pushing for a way to categorise and control evil (as can be seen by the thousands of CSI and Law & Order style series), Dexter is a unique addition to society's thoughts on evil.

Dexter himself is restrained by a series of rules, so we ask ourselves "Can evil be used for good? And if so, is what Dexter doing, really wrong?" This idea is then juxtaposed as Dexter in each episode gruesomely carves up his "deserved" victims, and we see clearly the monster that he embodies.

It's totally captivating. The writers cleverly force the viewer into liking Dexter and even sympathising with his crazy urges to kill. Dexter is shown as purely a product of his life experiences. And we ask "Hey, poor Dexter! It's not his fault! With a past like that, who can blame him?" and then moments later, a cold, calculated kill sends chills down your spine.

It's all together brilliant. And it gives me a window into a world which, without God is attempting to undo our preconceived "Christianised" views of the relationship between good and evil for us to explore.

Where will it lead us?... I'm dying to find out (no pun intended.)