HANNIBAL on NBC seems amazing and therefore deserves it's own thread!

Pretty impressive Wendigo cosplay from Dragon Con - http://rokkitgirl.tumblr.com/post/128674645730/for-anyone-interested-in-how-this-monster-goes-on

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So I'm just catching up on season 2 now that it's on Amazon Instant and I have the time and inclination to sit down and do it, and I can't stop thinking about what the writers have done in S2E9 ("Shiizakana"). Of course the show is constantly referencing and cutting and pasting and remixing bits of the Harris books, in ways that often play on audiences' knowledge of them, but this one felt really referential in a different way to previous episodes. Is it just me, or did this one (with the bearsuit guy) seem like a really strange, possibly poorly judged response to the side-eye Silence of the Lambs gets for its treatment of trans issues? The killer is described as suffering from a "bodily dysphoria," and- what seemed like a big tell for me, anyway- see the repeated use of the word "savage" or "savagery" (cf that cringeworthy moment in Silence where Lecter says Buffalo Bill's "pathology is a thousand times more savage and terrifying" than that of a trans woman). But also there's this correspondence with the main arc of Red Dragon, where Lecter sics a killer who uses a set of teeth to mutilate his victims on Will Graham and his family (the part of "family" being played this evening by ADORABLE PUPPIES)?

I'm too tired to make much more of this right now, but god damn, man, this show. THIS SHOW.

hugh dancy interview supporting the path:

I could not get off the phone with you without asking if there is any hope for some sort of Hannibal revival — a movie, a short series, anything?

I saw Bryan Fuller just the other day, and I think he has a very specific idea. And he’s obviously a very busy man, but I think he has a very specific idea of how he’d like to go about doing it. I think definitely the hope is alive.

A lot of people are asking you about Hannibal coming back. Do you even want to get back to that character, or do you feel like you’ve already said your goodbyes?

No, no, no, I wouldn’t say the thing about hope sarcastically… And I think, if anything, maybe everyone would benefit from a few years away. In terms of the storyline, from what Bryan has shared with me about what he might have done in a fourth season — he might even do a fourth season, actually — the idea of dropping out for a few years wouldn’t be a bad thing. I mean, who knows? But it would be nice.

somehow was not aware that fuller is doing the star trek tv reboot

just finished s 3. wild ride. i was really into the surrealism of the first half and thought the ending was p perfect. verger almost ruined it for me tho

i just started watching this and i'm already in the middle of season two. i couldn't tell if i liked it at first, and the csi: serial killers aspects of the production grated, but the middle of season two is masterfully created and sustained tension. this is definitely one of my favorite shows ever

last few eps of s2->first half of s3 is an amazing run imo

yeah if this is already one of ur fave shows ever mid-s2 then bruhh ur in for some stuff

:D

imo, on rewatching, S1 is a lot more even than it may initially seem, it's just that you're into the style by the time S2 rolls around

the S2 finale is, even after having seen it before, insane. so much so that parts of the beginning of S3 are devoted to unraveling everything that happened offscreen because it's worth further examination

ok yeah the season two finale

woof

emotionally traumatizing

yeah last half of season two/first half of season three lived up to what y'all said, they really sustained that feeling of unreality. excited to get into the red dragon stuff if a little sad that it's obv going to snap back into more terrestrial rhythms

it doesn't trust me

oh thank god

there are a few moments where you think life might return for what passes as normal

they're fleeting

btw now that i have the full context for my friend's puppet-oriented hannibal recaps they are even more delightful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Z8SdC4AnI

imo instead of joe anderson they should've replaced michael pitt verger with that puppet

appreciating these silly recaps

I'd also recommend the gag reels/outtakes from the different Hannibal seasons if you need some levity or just want to see the actors goofing on set. There's something about seeing Mikkelsen in character as an incredibly meticulous Hannibal juxtaposed with a shot of him completely forgetting how to tie a tie that's hilarious

imo this was a great show about the power of friendship

I love the puppet hannibal recaps and I would like to pay the man to do all my favorite shows please.

friendship, romance, murder, the blurring boundaries therein

I recently again saw Bryan Fuller's gleeful tweet about how they got "button stitching" past the censors. Classic censor-dodging.

I loved those puppet recaps!!

Just watched all of this in about three days

I wasn't quite sure what we were meant to infer (in S3) about what happened with Hannibal and Mischa

Apart from that and a few killers of the week being a bit corny, what a show

I'm not usually sensitive to stuff like this, but what those final couple of episodes with Chilton... man, really disturbing. That might have shaken me more than anything I've ever seen on television.

That was the leg? Or did he get skinned?

His lips being bitten off. Then the rest of his face being burned off.

the lips biting off was def hard on the eyes

iirc that sequence was very specifically lit/designed to not upset censors

It's a sign of how few people were watching that nobody was upset about it

http://www.splitscreensfestival.com/event/hannibal-the-wrath-of-the-lamb/

Thu Jun 8, 2017, 9:00 PM | IFC Center

A special theatrical screening of the finale of NBC’s “Hannibal,” a nightmare fantasy from Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) that reinterpreted Thomas Harris’ novels through the eyes of an expressionist, polymorphous sensualist. Reworking much of the plot of Harris’ Red Dragon, but in a more hallucinatory way than in earlier film versions, the finale builds to an orgiastic release of pent-up intellectual and sexual energy so intense that viewers may need a cigarette and a towel afterward.

Fuller will join the audience via Skype to discuss the finale, the legacy of his cult classic, his new Starz series American Gods, and what a hypothetical fourth season of “Hannibal” would look like. A panel of New York-based Fannibals will discuss the legacy of the show, including its impact on popular art.

In person: Leila Taylor, Creative Director at the Brooklyn Public Library; novelist Rob Hart (New Yorked, The Woman from Prague); composer Matt Marks of Alarm Will Sound; illustrator and author Janice Poon, food stylist for Hannibal and author of Feeding Hannibal; Dr. Lori Morimoto, independent scholar of fan studies; (via Skype) Hannibal creator and executive producer Bryan Fuller.

uh, HELLOOOOOOO

please attend and report back

Am planning to!

Janice Poon is amazing, she did a blog about her food styling for Hannibal

and a book

I know because I apparently preordered it
and forgot it was a thing until I found it in my mailbox

:D

I've read most of this thread (up to the end of where I am on the show, end of season 2). I can't believe all this blood was on NBC; it makes us giggle every time there are uber violent slashings.

I should go back and rewatch Wonderfalls. I think I tried when it was on but it didn't grab me. I may be in the minority where the character of Alana Bloom grates on me.

gasp

yeah, I've been rooting for her to die. I just keep saying "why is this character so thirsty."

I'd be interested in knowing how much gore was reinstated for the DVDs because, yes, this show is stunningly graphic.

Just remembered that I never actually finished the series because binging all three seasons in one straight shot became incredibly oppressive at a point. Almost unquestionably the darkest show ever aired on network television.

AFAIK the DVD edits aren't any different? The episodes as originally aired were unbelievably violent

iirc alana has a slight character shift in season 3 that is incredibly excellent

I think I am going to finish all three seasons in 3 weeks (netflix in south america). I don't know. All the gore with the blaséness of Hannibal and the ridiculousness of some situations gives it levity. I didn't read any of the books and have only seen SilenceotL.
It reminds me of The Cell a bit although I haven't seen that since it was in the theaters.

LIke the season 2 finale was so extreme we both were laughing.

Brad otm