ShadowDog Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Sorry, I tend to be long winded when talking about this show so I prefer to wait until I can get to my computer rather than thumbing something out on the phone. It was awesome though. Pure European art film awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 No prob. Definitely wanna hear what you have to say.I don't know if it's cause I was tired or blind or just dumb, but there were was soooo much subtext and symbolism I did not process until after reading the reviews... I wonder how I would have felt about the episode had I caught it? Feel like it'd almost be cheating to go back and watch again now that I've had people hold my hand and tell me what was what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Oh yeah definitely Pong. I went back and watched again and knowing some things now made it even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 I will probably rewatch episode two sometime this weekend. I liked this one better. Although creepy antlered creature creeped me out again. MY G-dash-D! The death 'scenes' Hannibal creates are like a thing of beauty. Can you guys imagine working as a set decorator and being asked to create these beautiful props? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Yeah, nice outing.I liked how Abigail was obviously in Will's mind at the start, but they kept that bit going so long I started honestly wondering if I was gonna have to be mad at the show for insulting me with ridiculous resurrections. Everything that flashed back to "the event" at Hannibal's house with Will and Abigail was extremely upsetting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Another masterpiece. I wouldn't have thought Abigail being alive was ridiculous. Do you really think Hannibal isn't skilled enough to cause a lot of blood and yet not kill if he wanted to? Though I'm with you I never believed she was alive. More when I get to the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pong Messiah Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I wouldn't have thought Abigail being alive was ridiculous. That cut was deep, and we saw her bleed out; Hannibal has done some amazing things (that dude's got a crazy sniffer and he is FAST!), and anatomy is one of the only tests I actually studied for in college that I didn't ace... but I don't think anybody is that skilled. And even if it was something I could suspend my disbelief for, bringing her back (for realz, anyway -- I'm fine with a "Head Abigail") would kinda cheapen her tragic arc for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I really cringe for the death Hannibal has in store for the italian policeman. I have read the books and loved the catacombs. Sometimes I feel like I'm in an art house theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Pong! I swiped this from somewhere else so it is a quote from a place I post at but I think you'll find it interesting concerning the soundrack and concerning Will's inception like mind and his current thinking: An article about the soundtrack, which contains a link to a Soundcloud recording of the second season soundtrack. It is, um, unrestrained. So I suspect my memory about the soundtrack being more long, unsettling dissonance is completely false. The article also mentions that the composer, Brian Reitzell, former drummer for a punk band called Red Kross, layers percussion upon percussion in a given scene as a matter of course, so I think mym memory is very wrong. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/14/arts/television/hannibal-3-steps-to-tvs-scariest-soundtrack.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 The Soundcloud file also isolates Will's swiping pendulum device, which is interesting to hear in isolation. It'd also make for a great text alert. And -- to bring it back to the current season -- I'm not sure yet what to think about the fact that Will didn't need to use that clearing of stimulus to isolate the twisted heart in the cathedral. Or that a fantasy was able to wake him out of another fantasy. Which possibly speaks to a new level of Will's immersion in his imagination. https://soundcloud.com/lakeshore-records/hannibal-soundtrack-season-2-volume-1-official-album-preview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Just caught up on the first 2 episodes of season 3. Pretty good. Plot was slow, but I realize its all build up, and the surrealism more than makes up for it. Can't say I have any complaints, except when Hanni-mumble speaks. It's sometimes hard for me to understand him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Still having computer problems but I will expand when they're solved. This season is ****ing AWESOME. REALLY really loving it. Nice swerve with Hannibal having eaten his sister. I think that's a switch from the books. Liking the new character. Its almost like Hannibal fixed Will up with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Still having computer problems but I will expand when they're solved. This season is ****ing AWESOME. REALLY really loving it. Nice swerve with Hannibal having eaten his sister. I think that's a switch from the books. Liking the new character. Its almost like Hannibal fixed Will up with her.In Hannibal Rising the movie, and I believe the book, Hannibal's sister Mischa was eaten by Nazis. That was kind of the rationalizing Anakin moment that made Hannibal become a cannibal. In the TV series, Hannibal is more just straight up evil, which I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 It's finally streaming on Hulu. YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowDog Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Its been cancelled. Should have realized last week when Bryan Fuller was named show runner of American Gods that it meant this was coming. >:-# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 No! This is terrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 This is horse sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 The added level of surreal on S3 made me suspect either it was getting cancelled or that Fuller was going for broke. This is so NOT a network show and I'm shocked it was to begin with. It belonged on FX or AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Which I hope it gets picked up on one of them, HBO, or Netflix. Still, it's horse sh*t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 "I have to eat him." GOD! Why can't we eat this for 4 more seasons? Even if it is darkly filmed art house film it is interesting. If only because it is different from what you see on other programs. It's kind of refreshing. This is the closest I will come to horror. That weird snail carcass fly thing was fantastical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I didn't like this episode as much. I know that there is a lot of stuff in motion to get to Hannibal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue 3 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Just had episode 5 here in the UK, and I love how they have brought the 3rd book/film forward - working really well for me.Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Still being shopped around. Netflix and Amazon declined picking it up. I don't know why I felt more pity for book Hannibal than I did for this Hannibal when Verger caught him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms. Spam Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 They're starting to rush things. Some highlights so far have been the Tooth Fairy. That Red Dragon is fantastic. And Bedelia's reaching down Zachary Quinto's throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Honestly-- I don't mind the rushing. Makes me wish they'd had little fire under them before. They were languishing a bit too much for my tastes. I think the Tooth Fairy arc has been their best since the last half of season 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest El Chalupacabra Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 They're starting to rush things. Some highlights so far have been the Tooth Fairy. That Red Dragon is fantastic. And Bedelia's reaching down Zachary Quinto's throat.They kind of have to to at least wrap up the Red Dragon arc. It's a shame they couldn't have had a couple more seasons, but I read that they were having trouble getting the rights to the Clarice, Jame Gumb, and the Barney characters. And as an aside, I always thought it was ironic (and fitting) that Gillian Anderson appeared in this show, because I had always thought Scully was at least partially inspired by Clarice Starling. But she is totally creepy as Bedelia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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