Hannibal

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

So. What did everyone else think?

I thought Hugh Dancy's character was twitchy as fuck and is going to take some getting used to.

Dathar · **Posted:** Fri Apr 05, 2013 6:40 pm

This started!? How did i miss this... oh wait... ok... when is it airing? I mean the day of the week and time.... i'll look it up.

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

Thursday nights, 10PM, NBC.

I'm hoping they'll do what Fox is doing with The Following - airing it twice a week - that way I've a chance of keeping up.

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

I really liked it, but I missed several of Lector's lines; that accent is killing me.

Jazminsdaddy · **Posted:** Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:23 pm

I turn on the subs.

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

Mushrooms!!!!!

I've never liked them. There's something kinky and weird about how they feel, and how they pop up out of the ground, and now...

SteveVernon · **Posted:** Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:55 am

The mushroom scene WAS really cool - but I still went to bed. I really lost patience with those freaky camera-shots - particularly the ones that were supposed to show how the character's mind saw a crime scene.

I walked backwards, up to bed.

Don't think I'm going to bother following this one. Same as BATES MOTEL - I just can't get past the whole - "Wait a minute. I've already seen this done a WHOLE lot better with Anthony Hopkins - or Brian Cox - or Anthony Perkins...

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

Caught this week's episode online (hope I can continue to do this), and WOW - I liked. Very broody and full of quiet menace. Mind you, I suspect Mikkelson is the reason I'll always say I liked Clash of the Titans when everyone else is like - "oh god.... ~head in hands~"

horrordude · **Posted:** Sun Apr 28, 2013 11:11 pm

Nanci · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:48 am **Posts:** 4992

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

Forget the mushrooms. Those wings...

There's some twisted set design going on in this show. From the wings to Lechter's suits.

horrordude · **Posted:** Mon May 06, 2013 11:12 pm

WandafulWendy · **Joined:** Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:38 am **Posts:** 4

I'm really enjoying it
It's not brain surgery. like Bate's Motel
But enjoyable nonetheless....!!!!

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

The scariest thing for me this last week - Will re-enacting the prison hospital murder - switching from his usual empathic nature, to a mode where he looked as if he was actually enjoying it. Kudos to Dancy for that. Eddie Izzard was utterly meh in comparison.

Jazminsdaddy · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 11:07 pm

Good news, Gillian Anderson will guest star for three episodes.

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

That's wicked!
<---- major X Files fan

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

I'm finally--almost--caught up. Just have last week's episode to watch. I had a block of time last night after work, so I sat down and watched 3 or 4 episodes in a row. I'm really liking this show a lot more now and will definitely be keeping up with it.

KealanPatrick · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 2:33 am

I am seriously digging this show.

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

I read yesterday David Tennant auditioned for the part of Hannibal. Now that I would have liked to see.

KealanPatrick · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 11:11 am

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

I'm not saying it would have been great--he's too over the top, especially for that role--but I'd love to see it.

KealanPatrick · **Posted:** Wed May 15, 2013 12:17 pm

In that, we're in agreement.

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

~rolling eyes and waving arms about~ "I'm having an old friend for dinner!! Yahoo!!"

Yeah, I'm not sure....

Tennant can play dark, but I think he'd struggle with a cold, impassive dark.

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

from imdb:
"Bryan Fuller was so impressed with his audition, he told a magazine that even though he didn't get the role, he wanted to write Tennant a guest role as a deranged serial killer."

I am morbidly curious indeed. And he's easier to understad than Mikkelsen.

Grymmscape · **Posted:** Wed Jun 26, 2013 2:44 pm

This was the first time in a VERY long time that I was impressed by a weekly dramatic television program with horror/thriller overtones... I thought this series was brilliant, from the editing to the cinematography to the script to the acting -- very strong on ALL counts. Not a lot of unnecessary plot red herrings, very little unrealistic boy-girl soap-opera romance stuff, no insipid badly-written attempts at B-cinema humor and lastly, Thank Thee Lawdy Jayzus, NO CAMPINESS!!! I absolutely abhor camp in crime dramas and in horror-suspense thrillers. This series was actually intelligently done.

I really look forward to more, but ONLY if they can keep the quality this high.

Nanci · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:48 am **Posts:** 4992

I'm with Grymmscape. The show has definitely grown on me. I rewatched the final three episodes. The show has this 70's vibe going on - from Hannibal's clothing to the set designs. Also the minimal use of cellphones really gives it that look and feel. I'm looking forward to season 2.

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

http://www.eonline.com/news/434530/davi ... topstories

JJHolden · **Joined:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:25 am **Posts:** 1712

Wicked! Thanks for posting this, Dennis! (And omgomgomgomgomgdavidbowie!)

shadogrrrl · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 7:42 am

I also agree with Nanci and Grymmscape. I can't wait to see what they do next. I was also disappointed in Bates Motel. I won't be going back for that one.

CDennisMoore2 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:34 pm **Posts:** 490

I'll keep watching Bates Motel, but it's not the must-see that Hannibal is.

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