HANNIBAL (NBC)

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:24pm

Anyone watch the first episode? I'm big fan of the whole Lecter genre, so I watched with enthusiasm.

I wasn't disappointed, mainly because of Mads Mikkelsen, who plays the good doctor. I'm mesmerized by him. I read that he's the number one actor in Denmark. Well, I'm sold. I think he's just right for Hannibal the Cannibal. On the other hand, I'm not fond at all of Hugh Dancy, the other male lead.

I have a question for anyone who watched it and isn't as slow as I am. lol.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:33pm

I have it recorded and plan on watching it Sunday. Entertainment Weekly has five thoughts after the premiere, in case any of these answer your question

http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/04/04/hannibal-premiere/

[strummergirl]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:33pm

Dancy's accent was slipping and, this may be my projection, but he seemed to take acting tips about a slightly unhinged government agent from his wife Claire Danes. Even the facial tics seemed similar.

But Fishburne as Crawford was a pleasant surprise as that was really nowhere in the promoting of the show. Between this and Perry White in Man of Steel, he is rocking the color-blind casting this year. Eddie Izzard and Gillian Anderson are prominently featured this season so I think I can work around Dancy.

I am a huge fan of Mads Mikkelsen (look for him in The Hunt, A Royal Affair, Valhalla Rising, and if you hate subtitles, Casino Royale) and his introduction had me downright giddy and to me the direction by David Slade on the pilot may be my favorite part of the show. Really just better than anything I have seen on network in a while. Slade (a really underrated director who should be doing blockbusters) and Bryan Fuller's vision are a really good match.

And the set design winks and homages to The Shining. Goodness.

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:40pm

Thanks Wynbish. My question was answered in the synopsis that you posted.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:46pm

Was it about the lungs/liver?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:48pm

I'm glad you posted about this. I already have SCANDAL & ELEMENTARY Thursdays at 10, so I'll need to watch this On Demand but totally forgot about it.

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:52pm

Wynbish no, it was about Dancy's "special skill." A little too science fiction for me to fit in with the rest of anything I've seen in the Lecter series.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:55pm

Is it disrespectful when I still refer to Laurence Fishburne as Cowboy Curtis?

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 8:58pm

HAHA

Peewee - "you know what big feet means?"

I don't know, what?

peewee - "Big boots"

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:17pm

I will watch the second episode but I found most of the pilot episode to be over stylised nonsense.

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 9:40pm

I'm really looking forward to what will be the denouement.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 4/5/13 at 10:13pm

"I will watch the second episode but I found most of the pilot episode to be over stylised nonsense."

Not when compared to the styles of Demme and Mann in both of their entries in the Lector brand. This pilot only seems guilty of daring to be cinematic on a network show.

[broadway86]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:27pm

Absolutely loved the pilot and will be tuning in next week. Dancy was great, can't wait to see Mikkelsen really sink his teeth into the role.

[Luscious]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:45pm

But, but... the timeline. Silence of the Lambs was set in the 1980s, and Lector had already been captured and was in prison. How can he still be undiscovered, practicing psychiatry while killing and eating people in his spare time, in the present??? It just doesn't make any sense to me. -- Those who have visited the Bates Motel thread will get what I'm driving at.

I found the pilot over-stylized, as well, although I loved the nod to Kubick's The Shining. I'm intriguing enough to give it a chance.

Updated On: 4/6/13 at 12:45 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 12:47pm

Another premake?

Didn't do too well in the ratings. Next stop Saturday night!

[SNAFU]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 1:24pm

Premake makes me thinks of a shart.

I guess with this and Bate's Motel, I am not far off.

Updated On: 4/6/13 at 01:24 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 1:26pm

"That premake jumped the shart!"

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 2:08pm

If Psycho was 1960, and its remake is 2013, there's a HUGE time difference which is impossible to ignore.

Watching Hannibal didn't make me notice a time difference. I was too involved in Mikkelsen anyway!

So, Bates MOtel sharted but not Hannibal.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 2:09pm

I hope that goes in the "Hannibal" press kit, Jane.

"Hannibal didn't shart!"

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 2:28pm

I have no desire to see this show.. but I'm glad people like Mads Mikkelson... the guy has this interesting presence about him that is both creepy to me and mesmerizing... i've enjoyed him in his other movies as he's a good actor... but i find him unsettling sometimes... hmm

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 3:01pm

It was insanely pretty and well made. As was Hannibal--the movie.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 4:48pm

Hannibal the movie makes me incredibly sad. I loved the book. They fvcked the film.

The timeline of this series doesn't bother me. I like that you have to just suspend your inner calendar. Hannibal is ageless and the era is unimportant. I dig it.

I couldn't figure out where I had seen the actor playing Hannibal before, but I am sure it's on Danish TV.

Updated On: 4/6/13 at 04:48 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 5:18pm

Namo, I laughed out loud, thanks. I can just see the Bold Headline in the press kit-

HANNIBAL, THE SHOW THAT DIDN'T SHART!!!!!!

Eric, I could agree that parts of Hannibal the film were beautiful- the touristy shots in Italy. But otherwise, that was a very dark and grisly film. Not fun nor easy to watch.

[bobs3]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 5:22pm

Since my expectations were low, I thought the pilot was much better than I expected. But it's got that Thursday 10:00pm time spot on NBC, a death knell to numerous series since ER ended its run (Souhtland, The Jay Leno Show, The Marriage Ref, Prime Suspect, The Firm, Awake, Do No Harm).

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 4/6/13 at 5:52pm

I was a little thrown to see Scott Thompson from Kids in The Hall as a forensic doctor.

I can't believe him in a serious role.

Why are Dr. Lecters suits vintage and why is Jack Crawford now a black man?

Updated On: 4/6/13 at 05:52 PM