I think Mads definitely gets more to the heart of how I originally imagined Lecter when I read Red Dragon/Silence in HS, before seeing Hopkins on screen.
Not that I disliked Hopkins, but he seemed a little more theatrical & showy than the buttoned down, tidy, studied version I had come to expect.
TV show makes me v happy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Bryan Fuller just tweeted that although that was actual chicken in the chicken soup Hannibal gave to Will in the last episode, he may have used a people stock. O_o.
― Three Word Username, Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
LOL what a weird detail.
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Sunday, 16 June 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
duh hannibal would never waste the bones
― r|t|c, Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
he'd probably have had a specially large le creuset cauldron made to order of course
― r|t|c, Sunday, 16 June 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
So if he used actual chicken does that mean he was being honest when he said he had an ethical butcher?
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
i loved how black and shiny the chicken was!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
I'm just glad there's a nice doctor to help people find their inner murderer and coax it to life
― mh, Sunday, 16 June 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
Beautifully done.
Also hard to tell how much Gillian Anderson's character knew what she was eating.
― Gukbe, Friday, 21 June 2013 03:05 (ten years ago) link
oh god was she eating abigail
i really really want abigail to still be alive and earless somewhere, but
― persona insufficiently memorable (reddening), Friday, 21 June 2013 07:16 (ten years ago) link
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Hannibal-Postmortem-Bryan-Fuller-1067011.aspx
So, is he punishing Will?
Fuller: I think that everything that Hannibal has done to Will has been a radical, unorthodox form of therapy. I would argue that all of the deeds still come from a place of genuine care. He is trying to help Will see himself better and get to a truer version of who Hannibal thinks Will is. Even setting him up to take the fall for these murders has been an act of therapy, in Hannibal's mind.
like, almost verbatim:
My theory is that he is actually trying to cure Will's empathy disorder, but going about in a characteristically unorthodox and unethical way. Like, he takes his role as Will's psychiatrist seriously and is attempting to treat him or at least test a hypothesis in the name of mental health.
Dunno if I'm right but it would make for a more complex dynamic in their relationship than just trying to turn Will into a killer.
― Set the controls for the fart of the pun (Viceroy), Saturday, June 15, 2013 6:01 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― slugbuggy, Friday, 21 June 2013 07:47 (ten years ago) link
Hannibal moves from lies to the truth really gently and easily. It's also weird and compelling that he allows himself to show warmth most when people he likes see his murderousness best.
― Three Word Username, Friday, 21 June 2013 08:23 (ten years ago) link
A very intriguing and original first season, albeit not without its flaws. Even if it wasn't as good as it is I would still watch the next one on the strength of Mads' performance alone. My new favourite actor on TV (sorry Bryan).
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 21 June 2013 13:57 (ten years ago) link
did not expect will to be the killer. great twist!
― stefon taylor swiftboat (s.clover), Friday, 21 June 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
hahaha lol
― This Is My Design, and I Used Helvetica (Viceroy), Friday, 21 June 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
gawd gillian anderson is so perfect
― j., Tuesday, 25 June 2013 06:50 (ten years ago) link
lol my finale episode was presented by
https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1267033998/the-hartford-logo.png
― j., Tuesday, 25 June 2013 07:08 (ten years ago) link
! lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
I appreciate that Hannibal relates to other human beings, but the deeper the relationship becomes the more it deviates from normal interaction. Really well-acted rapport between Mikkelsen and Anderson.
― mh, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 13:48 (ten years ago) link
― Gukbe, Friday, 21 June 2013 04:05 (4 days ago) Bookmark
ya i loved how they were playing on this
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 25 June 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
i still can't get past barfing up the ear in the opening scene
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 June 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-the-first-three-epis,100582/http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100644/http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100684/http://www.avclub.com/articles/bryan-fuller-walks-us-through-hannibals-debut-seas,100760/
― caek, Friday, 26 July 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
I was in the U.K. during the News Of The World scandal and Rebekah Brooks and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be interesting if Freddie Lounds was more like Rebekah Brooks in her pursuit of journalism?” It felt like that was a good role model for us to take Freddie from.
!!
― caek, Saturday, 27 July 2013 04:55 (ten years ago) link
This sucker doesn't start season two until 2014 :(
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 27 September 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
btw, Amazon has it on disc for a sweet $21.99
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 27 September 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
2014 is so far away
;_;
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 September 2013 00:48 (ten years ago) link
On rewatch I am appreciating the sound design and musical cues even more. My initial viewing was very much influenced by the fact that I knew the nature of Hannibal Lecter's character. This time through, it seems really obvious that Will Graham is the killer. Completely believable that the other characters would think he was.
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 9 October 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Yeah tbh I was surprised that Alana Bloom believed Will when he said he was framed.
― Viceroy, Wednesday, 9 October 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
"a meticulously tailored person suit"
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
this show is weird, like, until that episode i felt like it didn't know what game it was playing, then the last fifteen minutes of that one (montage to chirpy classical of hannibal's recipe cards and offal cookery shots, cut to will and the medical examiners staring at series of bodies) was some of the most bravura tv i have seen
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
bravura is such an annoying emergent cliché to use of anything
Bravura post
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link
i miss this show
why do we have to wait so loooong wtf
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
have to get the plating just right
― j., Wednesday, 13 November 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
only a psychopath would mistreat his audience so poorly :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 03:19 (ten years ago) link
Is this streaming on anything? I slacked off watching it on Hulu because watching stuff on my PC is an unbelievably aggravating experience and Amazon proudly announced they'd negotiated rights to stream it for Prime members, only to drop it a few weeks later...
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:34 (ten years ago) link
not streaming anywhere cuz nbc is an incompetent network
― balls, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:38 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn3-www.shocktillyoudrop.com/assets/uploads/2013/10/file_176425_0_Hannibal-2014.jpg
― slam dunk, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 11:50 (ten years ago) link
i v much hope that's fan made
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Friday, 15 November 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
it's actually my christmas card
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bb4RN9_IYAA94_S.jpg
― Murgatroid, Thursday, 19 December 2013 22:00 (ten years ago) link
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
i am excite
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 December 2013 22:04 (ten years ago) link
!!!
― latebloomer, Thursday, 19 December 2013 22:14 (ten years ago) link
this show's so much better than it has any right to be
― latebloomer, Thursday, 19 December 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
omg yes
― Roz, Friday, 20 December 2013 03:51 (ten years ago) link
now that we know will is the killer where is the show going to go
― lollercoaster of rove (s.clover), Friday, 20 December 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
to infinity + beyond
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
or flavortown
i forget, did they actually discover/catch him?
because once he's caught they can probably get a lot of mileage out of reversing the whole visiting-hannibal-in-prison track that was laid down in prior verions
and then hannibal can let him out once he's wound him up
― j., Saturday, 21 December 2013 01:29 (ten years ago) link