Even in season 1, which indeed was more grounded and realistic than what has later happened, the show didn't strictly speaking make sense. It was always impressionistic. The only problem was when people tried to treat it as an actual whodunnit, and based their theories on things such as whether or not a certain solution was actually physically possible. Possibility never really had any bearing on what happened with the plot.
Man, I love this show. In a weird way, but it's just so so swaggeringly good.
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link
but they are so very different goddamn it thomp xp
and not different like "these people live 50 kilometers away from the prior location, they have a distinct culture and accent" way. there are thousands of kilometers crossed in the North American Hannibal episodes!
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
I never caught where Abbigail's psychiatric hospital was. The east coast, near the rest of the case, or the midwest, near where she was taken in? The former makes no sense in that she wouldn't be transferred so far away from home and the main characters traveling there on the regular would be odd. The latter makes no sense due to the parts where others seemed to drop in. About 1k km between.
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link
i still don't understand why everyone wanted to figure out where hannibal was in season one instead of where will was but w/e
― got bent (mild cheezed off vibes) (s.clover), Monday, 22 June 2015 01:19 (eight years ago) link
xxp excuse me?!?! we don't cross fuckin kilometers here bub
― j., Monday, 22 June 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link
I was translating for thomp because I am PRACTICALLY IN MINNESOTA
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 01:27 (eight years ago) link
they use kilometres over there whole other thing even
― j., Monday, 22 June 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
the english measure road distances in imperial units fyi
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:00 (eight years ago) link
i mean basically i assumed they thought there was little point in showing hannibal eating airline food
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link
one wonders in fact if the 'a little protein scramble ... to start the day' sequence came from them plotting out something that involved them being in transit for a long time
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Monday, 22 June 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link
I can imagine Hannibal has killed the executive chef of an airline at some point
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
cancelled http://deadline.com/2015/06/hannibal-cancelled-3-seasons-nbc-1201451774/
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:00 (eight years ago) link
you dang quibblers about ur geography did this i blame you
this sucks
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
nooooooo
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:01 (eight years ago) link
maybe they cd get their asses over to netflix, gimme a few more seasons
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
Netflix?
― Three Word Username, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
kidding, of course, shitty ratings did this
:[ :[ :[
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
netflix/hulu def possible, fuller seems to have said something oblique to that effect
but netflix is very much in a too many cooks situation with all its shows, i feel like
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
no-one cookin like hannibal tho
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
The first two seasons are on amazon, so amazon seems like the logical resurecter. I don't think I can handle if this ends without Hannibal being caught. I need to know he's not still out there, dammit!
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:20 (eight years ago) link
he's in your kitchen right now man
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:23 (eight years ago) link
I seriously just got a bit freaked out...
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
this show needs to continue so i can keep reading the food designer's awesome blog!!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
I should probably stop watching Bryan Fuller shows. They always end up being cancelled before their time.
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
tbf this went the longest, and has the best chance at a 2nd life. im surprised dead like me & pushing daisies ever got to two, frankly. sometimes i still miss daisies.
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:30 (eight years ago) link
Dead Like Me went to two, but Fuller left much earlier. And Pushing Daisies only managed 22 episodes. And yeah, I miss that show. And Wonderfalls!
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:34 (eight years ago) link
never saw wonderfalls. daisies was so good/fully realized in its style that it surpassed all my usual defenses against twee things - much like hannibal has a lot of ppl watching extremely violent horror who don't watch horror
mockingbird lane was a disastrous experiment though, idk what ever possessed him to think that was a good idea
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:37 (eight years ago) link
never really been into checking out this dude's other shows because I figured there was something about this one that gelled for me
what should I check out if I search out another one?
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:43 (eight years ago) link
i hope they planned ahead and wrap up with a definitive answer on who the Chesapeake Ripper is before the end of the season :-(
― got bent (mild cheezed off vibes) (s.clover), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:45 (eight years ago) link
xp pushing daisies would be my recommend, lotta ppl swear by dead like me though and they have similar vibes
― definite parallels between Dany and Rachel Dolezal (slothroprhymes), Monday, 22 June 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Pushing Daisies is so great, and surprisingly morbid as well. The death count is prob not as high as in Hannibal, but it's up there!
― Frederik B, Monday, 22 June 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Pushing Daisies is great but i can see it being overly sweet for some people. Wonderfalls was just great, though, really one of the strangest premises for a show ever done on a network, lotta unique stuff going on.
― some dude, Monday, 22 June 2015 22:15 (eight years ago) link
Oh man yeah Pushing Daisies was like eating a pound of Sweet and Low. So saccharine. I hated it.
I watched about 10 episodes of Dead Like Me and then forgot it existed. Maybe I'll try it again although the dynamic between the main character and Mandy Patinkin was tiresome.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Monday, 22 June 2015 23:02 (eight years ago) link
lol sterling, I am never going to not laugh at that
― Upright Mammal (mh), Monday, 22 June 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/hannibalburess/status/613112502365204481
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link
american gods?? ugh, why
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 01:03 (eight years ago) link
that was my initial thought, too. and on Starz of all places!
― Upright Mammal (mh), Tuesday, 23 June 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
The fight scene + topless Mads = great episode!!
Also, is Hannibal eating a fig when Verger asks Bloom how she tastes? LOL
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 3 July 2015 03:17 (eight years ago) link
Oh nuts I forgot to watch this! Boo.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, 3 July 2015 03:24 (eight years ago) link
ps mads is in the new rihanna video which is super O_o
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link
rip Pazzi, barely knew ya
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:59 (eight years ago) link
Felt like an almost perfunctory thing considering it was exactly what happened in the book/film. Good turn to have Jack Crawford immediately wallop him.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Friday, 3 July 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link
Hannibal's little grin when he admits he called Verger's hotline just for fun was bewitching
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
and Hannibal, for once, being seen in the act by Jack is such a great moment. cleaning off his knife, kind of glancing down at his friend seeing him as he really is
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:06 (eight years ago) link
"night and day must have been the same in the end" about Jack's wife
ties right back to Chiyo saying that night is a different world
― Upright Mammal (mh), Friday, 3 July 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
I am an episode behind but have we talked about how Joe Anderson has turned Mason Verger into Jim Carrey's Grinch
i hate it so much
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 5 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
it's a bit... offthis season feels much more abstract and campy than in the past but still excellent
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 5 July 2015 18:11 (eight years ago) link
I love this season so far. Really appreciate what the show has done with Hannibal's backstory. The "origin" of his cannibslism as depicted in Hannibal the book and Hannibal Rising was pretty silly and defanged the character somewhat.
I'm fine with Anderson as Verger, he seems to be having fun gnawing the scenery.
― Hell Books (latebloomer), Monday, 6 July 2015 00:10 (eight years ago) link
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:59 PM (9 hours ago)
otm.his makeup sux too, i hate how the top half of his face is just normal handsome guy. gary oldman's verger in the movie was so grotesque and memorable and it seems like a weird lapse on the show's part to just do a pale imitation of him, especially after successfully reimagining so many other characters.
― slam dunk, Monday, 6 July 2015 04:07 (eight years ago) link