Hannibal

[angry.bob]

Season finale...  


Left my gob well and truly smacked.


Brilliant.

I just watched it. Holy wow. I cannot believe this is a network TV show. Wow.

To people who haven't watched it yet or missed it, there's a last scene burried in the middle of the credits. Fuckers.

[schild]

Binging Season 2 now.


The effort put into the murders is just the most incredible shit on TV.

[Pennilenko]

The way the season finale played out might end up being a double edged sword.

[Ironwood]

We're catching up slowly over here, but what I've seen thus far (at the bee woman and DEAR GOD SHE'S HORRID) this is still the best shit around.

I love his suit.

[schild]

I love his suit.

I commented on how well he pulled that suit off also.

[Ironwood]

The show just has style in almost everything it does, which is a mirror of the character himself.

I don't normally gush, but I really, really, really do like this show.  The actors just knock it out the park every damn time.

Gonna be sad when it ends.

[angry.bob]

The way the season finale played out might end up being a double edged sword.

[schild]

Ending wildly diverged from the books. Would have preferred Hannibal ended up...

[Soln]

You guys are going to love....

[shiznitz]

This show is spectacular.  I am not reading any spoilers.  Halfway through Season 2.

[Ironwood]

Mason Verger.  Dear Jesus, Mason Verger.

Last episode tonight.  Dying for it.

[shiznitz]

Ending wildly diverged from the books. Would have preferred Hannibal ended up...

Agree and disagree.  That ending was the right move for this show.  Books be damned at this point.

[schild]

Ending wildly diverged from the books. Would have preferred Hannibal ended up...

Agree and disagree.  That ending was the right move for this show.  Books be damned at this point.

The only reason I like the book ending is because it sets up a situation that made Hannibal (the character) super enjoyable.

Game of Thrones needs to diverge from the books this hard next season. Hannibal had no real reason to... yet.

[Ironwood]

Yeah, but the fun of Season 2 was Hannibal kinda was in a prison.  After the first half, everyone suspected him and watched him except his Prison Groupie.

And he still pulled off an 'escape'.

Part of the problem I have is that if they go down the book road now, we'll be pretty much retreading things with Hannibal once again killing by proxy from afar and then escaping through psychotic brilliance.

Hey ho, it's still awesome.

[Aiwass]

The level of gore clearly shown is beyond the pale. Boobs are the devil but using living people to grow mushrooms and bees is a-ok! That being said I am shocked at how well written and acted it is.

[Signe]

I love the murder art.

[Soln]

I heard somewhere they are working on 6 year arc so 4 more to go and lots of room for prison.

[murdoc]

Finally finished this last night. I feel like it stumbled a couple of episodes, but was pretty awesome overall. The last two episodes were absolutely excellent and the Mason Verger scene at Will's house was the first time in a long time where I actually cringed at something I was watching.

I cannot believe this was a network television show. Very impressive.

[Cadaverine]

So, the trailer for season 3 has been released.

http://youtu.be/9kN7fhWnhdM

NBC has shared the first ever look at Season 3 of “Hannibal,” and it’s still better than everything else on television.

There’s a brief scene with a montage of seriously creepy footage that ends with the tease that Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) and Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) will be reunited.

Richard Armitage was recently cast in the terrifying role of Francis Dolarhyde (aka The Tooth Fairy), while the role of sociopathic Mason Verger was recast — with Joe Anderson (The Divide) stepping in for Michael Pitt (“Boardwalk Empire”). Gillian Anderson was also upgraded to series regular as the mysterious Bedelia du Maurier in advance of Hannibal‘s third season, TVLine reported.

I don't know that I can wait until this summer.

[Soln]

Delicious

[angry.bob]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Get a taste of Paris...
with Hannibal, on June 4th.

[apocrypha]

Oh I have missed this show.

 

[angry.bob]

Hmmmmm. I'm going to give it a few episodes to give them the chance to get a plot going but this was pretty disappointed. Other than the Eddy Izzard parts the episode was lacking everything that was great about the show before.

Also, lots of close up shots of Gillian Anderson are not working the way they intend. She's passed the attractive older woman phase and well into the looking like a grandma phase. Maybe it's because it's a reminder of my own relentless aging and mortality, but it's more disturbing to me than the murders and cannibalism. Which is a shame because I think she's actually a good actress.

[Pennilenko]

Hmmmmm. I'm going to give it a few episodes to give them the chance to get a plot going but this was pretty disappointed. Other than the Eddy Izzard parts the episode was lacking everything that was great about the show before.

Also, lots of close up shots of Gillian Anderson are not working the way they intend. She's passed the attractive older woman phase and well into the looking like a grandma phase. Maybe it's because it's a reminder of my own relentless aging and mortality, but it's more disturbing to me than the murders and cannibalism. Which is a shame because I think she's actually a good actress.

I have to disagree on the Gillian Anderson opinion of yours. I am not sure about your age, but for me at 35, I would leave wife for her, and my wife solidly agrees that she would leave me for her as well. I have no idea how you could find her camera work as a, net positive, detractor for the show.

[Soln]

Hmmmmm. I'm going to give it a few episodes to give them the chance to get a plot going but this was pretty disappointed. Other than the Eddy Izzard parts the episode was lacking everything that was great about the show before.

Also, lots of close up shots of Gillian Anderson are not working the way they intend. She's passed the attractive older woman phase and well into the looking like a grandma phase. Maybe it's because it's a reminder of my own relentless aging and mortality, but it's more disturbing to me than the murders and cannibalism. Which is a shame because I think she's actually a good actress.

Patience.  You know you'll be rewarded.

[apocrypha]

Even in threads about TV shows I disagree with literally everything that angry.bob says.

[angry.bob]

A lot of my disappointment is probably due to the fact I thought that Will Smith was about a thousand times more interesting than Hannibal. DOn't get me wrong, Mads Mikkelsen is still the best Hannibal by far. It's just that the Hannibal character works best for me when it's not the focus of the show. Like spice. I don't want to eat food without it, but I sure don't want a plate with nothing else on it either. It changes the sublime into the vulgar.

[Ironwood]

Wiki Wiki Wild Wild West.

[Lakov_Sanite]

I think you meant Will Turner.

[Signe]

Gillian Anderson was adorable in X-Files.  Now she's just plain beautiful.  I never expected that amazing bone structure under all that adoreableness.  

I didn't know what to make of this episode.  I was confused when it ended.

[angry.bob]

I think you meant Will Turner.

I do. I do not find Will Smith interesting on any level except as a morbid curiosity. Damn him for apparently occupying so much of my brain.

[schild]

I flat out disagree with Bob, as this episode was fully necessary to establish a general link to the books as well as showing where it would heavily deviate. More than half of it was lifted from Hannibal (the book), but key portions were changed that will affect the structure and overall narrative tone.

Also, much of this in the book was separate from - well, Clarice - so they had to balance that as well.

Anyway, still the best shit on cable TV.

[satael]

I'm rather disappointed with the first two episodes of the second third season. Especially the second episode seemed like a trainwreck and the while I'll watch episode three it's only due to how good the first two seasons were.  

edit:forgot it's season 3 now and not season 2.

[Evildrider]

Annnnnd cancelled. 

For me the show was alright, but I stopped watching after season 1.

[jgsugden]

I watched the first half of Season 1 and decided it was best as a binge show - watching all of it back to back over several weeks.  I was waiting for it to end - I guess the bright side of an early cancellation is that I get to start watching it sooner...

...although they are shopping it to other networks.  I'd like it on Netflix, please.