it brings a soulful tear to my eye to slowly seeing this show finally grow an audience it so long deserved. now we only need the award shows to give proper recognition to a show that is reaching elite tier status
The Official Hannibal Thread (NBC Series, GREAT Reviews)
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Due to the recent changes the Emmys are nominating 7 series instead of 6, and miniseries like "True Detective" can no longer be submitted as a series. So that frees up a few spots.
Hopefully they don't fill those slots with bullshyt like "Empire" though.
Fred.
First off ... episode 12 was 
they couldn't have handled Mason Verger any better. I love how Hannibal picks his spots to reveal himself to people ... the Verger shyt was revealing himself on an even different level to Will. He knows Hannibal is a monster, but that whole ordeal made Will realize he is dealing with the fukking devil incarnate.
that finale though
LOVED the early interplay with words with Hannibal, WIll & Jack.
I didn't for a second see the Abigail twist ... but it made perfect sense. It was the one trump card Hannibal had on Will, she was his only weakness. Will was ready to sacrifice himself, & Jack to make the play on Hann's but seeing Abigail left him dead in his tracks, brought him back to reality, and then Hann's completely crushed his world.
The final 20 mins were just incredible ... Hannibal walking out ... leaving all the main characters a bloody mess to die ...
I think he left them all to die expect for Will, he knew he would survive that wound. He doesn't want the game with Will to end yet, and he wants Will to live with the blood of Jack/Elena/Abigail on his mind.
Cant wait for season 3 ... it sounds like its going to focus heavily on Hannibal (both his origin and him moving freely in Europe
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they couldn't have handled Mason Verger any better. I love how Hannibal picks his spots to reveal himself to people ... the Verger shyt was revealing himself on an even different level to Will. He knows Hannibal is a monster, but that whole ordeal made Will realize he is dealing with the fukking devil incarnate.
that finale though
LOVED the early interplay with words with Hannibal, WIll & Jack.
I didn't for a second see the Abigail twist ... but it made perfect sense. It was the one trump card Hannibal had on Will, she was his only weakness. Will was ready to sacrifice himself, & Jack to make the play on Hann's but seeing Abigail left him dead in his tracks, brought him back to reality, and then Hann's completely crushed his world.
The final 20 mins were just incredible ... Hannibal walking out ... leaving all the main characters a bloody mess to die ...
I think he left them all to die expect for Will, he knew he would survive that wound. He doesn't want the game with Will to end yet, and he wants Will to live with the blood of Jack/Elena/Abigail on his mind.
Cant wait for season 3 ... it sounds like its going to focus heavily on Hannibal (both his origin and him moving freely in Europe
) this show
First off ... episode 12 was
they couldn't have handled Mason Verger any better. I love how Hannibal picks his spots to reveal himself to people ... the Verger shyt was revealing himself on an even different level to Will. He knows Hannibal is a monster, but that whole ordeal made Will realize he is dealing with the fukking devil incarnate.
that finale though
LOVED the early interplay with words with Hannibal, WIll & Jack.
I didn't for a second see the Abigail twist ... but it made perfect sense. It was the one trump card Hannibal had on Will, she was his only weakness. Will was ready to sacrifice himself, & Jack to make the play on Hann's but seeing Abigail left him dead in his tracks, brought him back to reality, and then Hann's completely crushed his world.
The final 20 mins were just incredible ... Hannibal walking out ... leaving all the main characters a bloody mess to die ...
I think he left them all to die expect for Will, he knew he would survive that wound. He doesn't want the game with Will to end yet, and he wants Will to live with the blood of Jack/Elena/Abigail on his mind.
Cant wait for season 3 ... it sounds like its going to focus heavily on Hannibal (both his origin and him moving freely in Europe
Season 3 starts June 4th, and is about Hannibal on the run plus The Red Dragon!
Fred.
Season 3 starts June 4th, and is about Hannibal on the run plus The Red Dragon!
Fred.
A fully revealed Hannibal, running loose in Europe is gonna be
My guess is that they open up the Red Dragon storyline late in Season 3 with the Tooth Fairy on prowl and continue it into Season 4
Its probably a good bet that Will locks up Hannibal by the end of season 3 and then in season 4 they work together to catch the Tooth Fairy
They way I see it, Hannibal offers 3 different dynamics as a character:
1) A concealed killer (season 1 & 2)
2) A revealed killer on the loose (season 3)
3) Imprisoned, but still dangerous (season 4)
Mads is gonna kill(no pun) the killer on the loose aspect .... interested in seeing him behind bars as the mindfukking inmate (that's where Hopkins excelled most)
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I think the show just wasn't ready yet, until summer. If they could get it out sooner they probably would have.
As far as Thursday, I assume it's reward for all the critical acclaim because Friday is usually the death slot for shows.
Fred.
How do you think Mads will be at portraying Lecter behind bars?
I think it would be cool if he went to a different place to play him in that space, like inventing a new character almost
We're definitely a season away from that though, hes gonna go HAM in season 3
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That caught a lot of people off guard but I had been waiting for it the whole season. Never felt that she was dead because Hannibal was too smart to fold that Royal Flush
On a related side note, I still don't think Chilton is dead either, although I'm not sure if that has been confirmed off screen or not
IMO he's already better than Hopkins. I said a few times during this thread, if Hopkins had the same amount of time I'm sure he'd be able to come up with something as good, if not better....but the fact of the matter is 3 movies cannot compete with 26 episodes of TV when it comes to fleshing out a character. It's impossible.
The only upper hand Hopkins has right now is Hannibal in captivity....Mads hasn't had to work in such limited conditions and keep the character interesting. If he nails this, then the character belongs to Mads.
Fred.
i really thought it was about to be over at one point
Don't want to jinx anything, but it's virtually impossible for this show to get cancelled, regardless of how bad the ratings are.
When NBC didn't immediately renew it between seasons 1 and 2, and 2 and 3, Amazon and a few cable channels wanted to pick it up, because a foreign company pays for it, and NBC (along with other networks around the world) pays a very small fee to broadcast it. So they're getting one of the most critically acclaimed shows on TV for a fraction of what it would normally cost. They'd be fools to cancel it.
Fred.
i really thought it was about to be over at one point
I think this show will continue to grow a fanbase
Also, Fuller seems supremely confident he can get another outlet to pick the show up if it get cut by NBC (but he is worried he wont get the same budget)
Honestly, I think this show can survive as a summer treat for NBC
Networks care less about ratings in the summer, and I doubt they find programming that will garner more viewers than Hannibal
Agreed, I already resonate the character with Mads
I hope he goes to an even darker place to portray Lecter in captivity and gives us another side to Hannibal. He needs to dig even deeper to nail that side of the character
I just kinda put her out of my memory, even with her being a point of conversation throughout season 2
It made perfect sense though. It was the ultimate trump card Hannibal had on Will. Will was ready to go to any/all depths to get Lecter, until he saw Abigail's face, and he had a breakdown of sorts
Chilton's status was confirmed already, so tread lightly on spoilers
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