I don't think it is a great series after 2 eps, but it is still early days and I like the aesthetic. Mads seems a bit on autopilot and maybe it should be a lot better, but it is still better than your average tv series right now. The human organ/food thing that is creeping in is very unsettling. If Dexter doesn't get it's act together this could be it's displacer.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Sunday, 14 April 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
Dexter's sucked for years
― I, rrational (mh), Monday, 15 April 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
I'm really liking this so far. Something about the cast and the combination of understated but effective horror (stuff like Will hallucinating the enormous stag in the hospital, or the semi-alive mushroom victim that they somehow refrained from staging with a big music sting and shock cut) and low-key ugh I hate this word but it fits "quirkiness" is really doing it for me. Are all of Fuller's shows this appealing?
Oh, and the breakfast scramble Hannibal was serving up in episode 2 looked amazing. Does that make me a bad person?
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Monday, 15 April 2013 04:22 (ten years ago) link
On second viewing: the stag had mushrooms covering it?
― I, rrational (mh), Monday, 15 April 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
Are all of Fuller's shows this appealing?
I think so, but keep in mind that Hannibal is darker and less humorous than his previous shows. I would say Pushing Daisies would be the one to watch if you like Hannibal, although it is much goofier and sweeter.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Monday, 15 April 2013 11:02 (ten years ago) link
Okay so NBC wasn't cool with dead children so they've skipped Episode 4 altogether (in other countries the whole episode will be online), but they've handily put up the scenes from it that are arc-heavy online so we're not all behind: http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/controversial-hannibal-episode-gets-sliced-into-webisodes
Because lol NBC
― Gukbe, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:13 (ten years ago) link
It is ridiculous, already watched some web rips of ep 4 which don't contain any of the contentious plot and then into ep 5 where SA Will Graham is extra fucked up but we have missed out why he is more fucked up than usual. Silly NBC ....
― Jason Dowd, Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
pilot was pretty good. i wonder if the 'following' people are watching and feeling embarrassed.
― j., Thursday, 25 April 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
they sure should be
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
wow, didn't realize this was from the guy who created 'wonderfalls.' i rewatched that show last year and it still holds up.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 25 April 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
Caroline Dhavernas is in this
― Gukbe, Friday, 26 April 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
I am still annoyed that they pulled ep 4. When it is just an ott fictional series about serial killers, someone in the USA is always going to be feeling raw about murder on any given week. This series is just starting to roll good as well, fucking NBC idiots.
― Jason Dowd, Friday, 26 April 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
i'm hopeful that a copy of the pulled ep will end up online, since they're reportedly not pulling it from overseas markets? of course, i don't know when these overseas markets will air it either.
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:52 (ten years ago) link
oh, according to tumblr, the pulled ep airs next week (4/30) overseas. i might wait to download that and then watch tonight's.
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Friday, 26 April 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
yeah i'll just wait myself. apparently the pulled ep was one they didn't even screen for critics so i'm guessing they were already crazy squeamish and then the bombings tipped the scales. apparently no real plans to air in the us at all?
― balls, Friday, 26 April 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
according to that article i linked up there, Deadline reported that it was going to be pulled before the bombings. who knows? Maybe Molly Shannon isn't a good serial killer. I'll be fine with just watching the important serialized bits they put online.
― Gukbe, Friday, 26 April 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
this last episode was really grotesque. sort of can't believe they're showing things like this on network tv.
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Saturday, 27 April 2013 22:05 (ten years ago) link
yeah i got the willies from those "angel wings"
― mackleless (latebloomer), Sunday, 28 April 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
the unaired ep is now floating around online (doing a tumblr tag search for "hannibal" shows at least one d/l link).
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Monday, 29 April 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
ty
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 29 April 2013 00:44 (ten years ago) link
wait, there's no download links on tumblr. you tricked me
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 29 April 2013 00:54 (ten years ago) link
google hannibal s01e04
sheesh you amateur
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
I think it's a con, not really leaked
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 01:03 (ten years ago) link
could be just the ~20 mins that were cut into webisodes?
― Chuck E was a hero to most (s.clover), Monday, 29 April 2013 01:21 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the torrents are just the "webisode" version ripped
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 02:00 (ten years ago) link
well it DOES exist somewhere, as my sister downloaded it and i've watched it. i'll ask her where she found it
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Monday, 29 April 2013 05:10 (ten years ago) link
here, i think this tumblr links to a streaming version, it's got subtitles but it's still got the english dialogue
http://hanniballecters.tumblr.com/post/49154688686/stream-hannibal-ep-4-full
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Monday, 29 April 2013 05:13 (ten years ago) link
hmm ok
― mh, Monday, 29 April 2013 13:56 (ten years ago) link
ahhh this show is so GROSS but i love it.
i need to rewatch the pilot because i don't really remember how hannibal came to be so intimately involved with all these people's lives. like, as far as i can tell everyone just seems to like hanging out with him? which is hilarious and charming actually, and it allows him to do boundary-pushing shit like check abigail out of the hospital and they just go "oh hannibal, you rapscallion."
― a sentimental knife (reddening), Friday, 3 May 2013 06:43 (ten years ago) link
He's presumably there to be Will's therapist but also report back to Crawford whether or not Will is suitable for field work. There was also the implication that Crawford thinks Will might be capable of murder, and Hannibal's supposed to alert him if that seems to be the case.
But yeah, the entire setup is pretty lolsy wolf-in-sheep's-den stuff
― mh, Friday, 3 May 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
I have a few days left of my free Hulu Plus trial, I'm gonna give this a try
*narrows eyes* it better be good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
Do it!
On a related note I am a little sad because it's been getting abysmal ratings and is likely to be cancelled. Otoh it is NBC so who knows.
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Friday, 3 May 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
They would be crazy to cancel it, especially as they commission garbage like Revolution. Oooh! We finally see Hannibal getting his hands dirty in ep 6 rather than it being manipulative controlling/implied/offscreen. This is def a series worth sticking with.
― Jason Dowd, Friday, 3 May 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
Even when an actor like Mikkelsson isn't at the top of his game he is still awesome, He has this sexy/ugly/dangerous aura that is very rare.
― Jason Dowd, Friday, 3 May 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
Show is still doing better than a lot of other Thursday 10pm shows in recent years. Also it's an international co-production so that helps with the costs.
― Gukbe, Friday, 3 May 2013 21:41 (ten years ago) link
tv by the numbers has it as cancelled (though it's been bouncing around), if nbc has any sense they'll stick w/ it for at least another season, seems like the kind of show that dvd release could help build word of mouth. if they had been smart they could've launched it during summer, release the dvd around halloween so it's out for xmas, then launch second season on the back of one of the voice nights in the spring. if this thing was on amc it'd be a hit.
― balls, Friday, 3 May 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.putlocker.com/file/576933AA15ABB1B8&smaller
Allegedly, anyway; I'm slowly downloading it now
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
OK, wait, never mind, looks like someone posted the exact same link earlier. Why didn't I check here first :(
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:12 (ten years ago) link
It's on eztv
― mh, Sunday, 5 May 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
it's not on huluplus, it's web only on hulu. wtf you dumb hulu twits
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah if hulu plus was remotely the service it should be i'd consider subscribing
― balls, Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
yeah even with the free trial i'm like who the fuck would pay $7 a week for this nonsense
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 5 May 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
It does have criterion
― mh, Sunday, 5 May 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
omg this show is actually about locavorism
― j., Wednesday, 8 May 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
Two episodes in, this is fucking ludicrous. But I think I kind of like it.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
Will Graham's always correct intuitive leaps are pretty hilarious.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Seven dollars a week? JFC
― The last of the famous international Greyjoys (Nicole), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
Hulu's $7 a month, iirc
― mh, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
oops lol yeah that would be steep huh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
just started this, hope it at least lasts the whole season. pilot was wonderful, second episode less so (journalist woman is fucking annoying).
― akm, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link