Hannibal

[schild]

Just downloaded this. Someone tell me it didn't suck. Please.

[Trippy]

Seems pretty good so far.

[Signe]

I didn't think it sucked.  Yet.

[HaemishM]

The trailer I watched in front of a Youtube video for it sucked. The guy playing Hannibal looked like a goddamn vampire.

[Surlyboi]

It's Le Chifre from Casino Royale with the creep factor upped by about five.

[Pennilenko]

I enjoyed it and think it has potential if the writer sticks closely to the origin content and style.

[Reg]

You mean you don't want to turn it into a goofy buddy-cop comedy?

[schild]

Based on the "scenes from the season" at the end of the first episode, I feel like this is gonna be one hell of a thing. The first episode was pretty good. The introduction of Eddie Izzard and Gillian Anderson should crank things up a bit.

[Soln]

I didn't hate this.

And

Eddie Izzard?  Put a flag in me, I'm sold.

[Ubvman]

Minor spoilerage which I picked up from some promos and interviews which I found interesting:

Mads Mikkelsen is pretty good as Hannibal IMHO. Him being a continental European guy is more in keeping with the origins established in the books as opposed to the upper class Englishman that is Anthony Hopkins. I've never much liked Brian Cox's version of Hannibal from Manhunter. Too young, not refined enough, brutish thug IMO as opposed to a refined gentleman like Hopkins or Mikkelsen.

Looks good. Serial killer TV porn is the new fad it seems (Criminal Minds, The Following and now this)

[schild]

This is far more in line with Dexter than the other shows you mentioned. But more than serial killer porn, it's classy cannibal porn.

[Soln]

If they were smart, after each episode, they should post the recipes. 

Just sayin'.  Social media and all.

[Lakov_Sanite]

This show is very, very good and you should be watching it.

[Ubvman]

I see a lot of rewriting coming up... Lots of pre-conceived notions from the books and film version will not hold true to the TV version.

[Signe]

I really like this show.  Maybe not as much as Dexter but it's good.  Why do I like shows and films about serial killers and stuff so much?  I'm so fucking passive.  I mean like PSYCHOTICALLY passive.  Fucking aggressively passive!  My mind is an enigma wrapped in a conundrum shoved inside a nutcase.  Even to me.   

[Pennilenko]

This show is shaping up nicely. Mads Mikkelsen is delivering a marvelous interpretation of Hannibal Lector.

[Ceryse]

I'm enjoying it; though I found the decision to cut the fourth episode odd (grabbed it online after it aired abroad) just because it was about kids being taught to kill. Was fairly tame, honestly, which surprised me even more. I'm enjoying this depiction of Hannibal, but enjoying Will even more.

[angry.bob]

This is a really great show. It's been  decades since I read any of the books, but Will Graham in this seems to be a completely different person. Am I remembering this wrong?

[Ironwood]

Goodness, this initial episode is gripping.

[Cheddar]

I was not aware this was based off novel.  Totally going to check out the show tomorrow (and download the books!)

[Pennilenko]

It is not based off of the novels, however, the writer guy said in an interview that he was remaining faithfull to the character styling and to the of the type of suspense used in the novels. Basically said he was a big fan of the books and was going to treat the source material with respect.

[angry.bob]

This show is extremely well done. I think Mads Mikkelson is leaps and bounds ahead of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal. The one thing I dislike is the lab crew or whatever the hell they are. They really add nothing to the show that some generic lab guy couldn't add just as well. They're just distracting.

[satael]

This show is extremely well done. I think Mads Mikkelson is leaps and bounds ahead of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal. The one thing I dislike is the lab crew or whatever the hell they are. They really add nothing to the show that some generic lab guy couldn't add just as well. They're just distracting.

I think Mikkelson is a great as the Hannibal still in disguise (of a "normal" human being) while Hopkins was great as the real Hannibal (after years of incarceration and without the need to appear normal).

[Evildrider]

This hasn't been picked up for another season yet, but it's also not cancelled.  Who knows what's going to happen.

So far I've liked the show, it's pretty interesting.  I think it's going to become too procedural though, I mean are we going to have a new serial killer every couple episodes?   Also with how good Will Graham is supposed to be, they really can't stretch out him being oblivious to Hannibal for too long.

[Signe]

Super creepy last night!   

[Lakov_Sanite]

I'm glad they didn't even show the killer until the very end because you would have known he was the one that did it by actor alone, it was a nice reveal.

[Ruvaldt]

NBC is ordering 13 more episodes, so it's getting a second season:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/30/hannibal-renewed-season-2-nbc_n_3203944.html

[satael]

NBC is ordering 13 more episodes, so it's getting a second season:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/30/hannibal-renewed-season-2-nbc_n_3203944.html

Good news if they can keep the story interesting and not turning it into a "case of the week"-show.

[Ironwood]

What the fuck.  After a whole season of unstopable awesome, it ends like that ?

What the almighty fuck.

[Signe]

I know.  I don't know where to go with that ending, either.  It left me woozy-headed. 

[Pennilenko]

I thought the ending was bad ass. People are just upset because it wasn't what they wanted.

[Signe]

 I'm really looking forward to the first episode of the new season.  This show has done something really extraordinary, in my opinion.  It's left me without even a guess as to what's going to happen next.  I'm hoping for something bausome, for real.

[Ironwood]

I thought the ending was bad ass. People are just upset because it wasn't what they wanted.

No, No, that's really not it.

[angry.bob]

What the fuck.  After a whole season of unstopable awesome, it ends like that ?

What the almighty fuck.

The plot is supposedly designed to span seven seasons split into two season story arcs. Next season should be Will getting out and getting Hannibal. One of the arcs is supposed to be The Red Dragon and another is supposed to focus on Hannibal's earlier adult life around the time involving the Gillian Anderson character, switching to psychology, becoming a more refined killer, etc.

I thought this season was really great, but I think it would have been better if they'd stuck to one or two killers. At the beginning it looked like they were going to have a whole killer of the week thing all season, but they switched and did a good bit of story development.

[Wasted]

I didn't mind the ending.  We knew at some point there was going to be a confrontation, this sets up the next season perfectly I think.  it would be too easy if Will had the full trust of all his colleagues once he see's Hannibal for what he is.