Though it seemed NBC was set to axe "Hannibal", the show has endured with a new season premiering the first week of June...but how much longer will it last? I, for one, do hope the series extends beyond the third season and that if bumbling NBC eventually tosses it, the likes of Amazon, Netflix or A&E will be come to the rescue.
Because the series has haunted me so, I've decided to establish a post for my reflections. (Should have done so for "Bates Motel" this past season, but hey, there's always next time around, right?)
Anyway, as I'm sure many of you will attest, "Hannibal" is an extraordinary concoction: a complex, thinking person's plunge into splatter and the macabre, which also dares to probe moral issues. Mads Mikkelsen is superb as the calm but chilling Dr. Lecter, and the supporting cast, which includes Hugh Dancy, Laurence Fishburne and Gillian Anderson, is equally enthralling.
Anyway, here's wishing the best to the new season and (with bloodied fingers crossed) a long, gruesome life to the devilish saga. Bon appetit!
Just a quickie to kick things off...Dandy first Season 3 episode. A top-notch overlap of class and the macabre, but why should that come as any surprise? Will watch again asap...
ReplyDeleteThe second episode, "Primavera", was most abstract, but most absorbing because of it. I like where this is headed. I can only imagine (joy of grisly joys), the best is yet to come.
ReplyDeleteAh..."Secondo"...a tasty episode, indeed. I do relish Hannibal's past: those moments that made him a monster. I also like how those brushes of genesis are wrapped in surreal trimming. There's no disputing it: "Hannibal" grows progressively better with each passing frame.
ReplyDeleteJust learned that the damn network that killed "Star Trek" has done it again. After only three episodes in on the latest season, NBC has axed "Hannibal." I can't say I'm surprised. If anything, I'm surprised that something this daring lasted as long as it did on the accursed, politically correct network. Damn the decision, though. I hope that the likes of Netflix, Amazon, AMC or A&E pick up the show. (Actually, if the latter were to do so, maybe we'd even get a "Hannibal"/"Bates Motel" crossover. Yeah, I know...wishful thinking.) To say the least, I'm really bummed here. I sure hope an extension of the series comes one way or the other. For now, I'll just enjoy what could be the final stretches of an extraordinary program and savor every portion I can.
ReplyDeleteCorrection to above: NBC didn't kill "Star Trek". It killed the continuation of televised episodes with the original cast, cutting the five-year mission short. If anything, NBC's stupidity made the saga even stronger beyond the studio's grasp, which is why it continues even to this day. Let's hope lightning strikes twice, this time for a horror show. Nothing would please me more than to see "Hannibal" kick butt through some other source, leaving NBC again with egg on its pompous face.
ReplyDeleteWatched "Dolce": without question, the most surreal episode to date of the series. In fact, it struck me as being Fellini-like. The only thing that spoiled the installment was now knowing that Amazon and Netflix won't be taking on the series for a fourth season. So horrible, so sad...so damn wrong. Well, there's always A&E, I must say, which seems honored to have "Bates Motel", and so...
ReplyDeleteI found "Digestivo" to be magnifico. I devoured every grisly morsel and savored each rich bite. The entry acted as a fine bridge to Hannibal and Will's kidnapping: not that such was necessary. (A simple exchange of dialogue with Mason would have, perhaps, sufficed.) Nonetheless, I do believe that the series is at its best when at its most abstract.
ReplyDeletePS (to the above): I liked the "Eyes Without a Face/Horror of Dr. Faustus" component to "Digestivo". It didn't consume the entire plot, but I dare say, it added just the right tinge of seasoning. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThe "Red Dragon" retelling has started. Looks good. Almost thought I had missed the into episode, but it was just damn NBC shuffling its schedule again. Why am I not surprised?
ReplyDeleteI thoroughly enjoyed "...and the Woman Clothed with the Sun". I may be wrong, but I sense that this "Red Dragon" will be the best take yet. My anxiousness to behold the rest is strong.
ReplyDeleteWatched the Part 2 of "Woman Clothed" and enjoyed it even more than the first installment. Couldn't pull away. Raw tension all the way!
ReplyDeleteWithout question, "Number of the Beast..." was the most intense and saddest episode of the series to date. I'm still unhinged from it. This reinterpretation of "Red Dragon" is taking matters to a whole new, disquieting level.
ReplyDelete"Wrath of the Lamb" sure was a humdinger of a finale, but then all of this season's installments could be labeled as such. I suppose this was as grand a way to end the season and the series as one could hope, since a continuation (if reports are correct) appears unlikely. How sad. I want more--so much more--but I'll be glad for what's come my way. What a dark, profound experience, indeed.
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