I thought I'd create a topic for one of the most riveting and interesting psychological murder mysteries to date. I'll say as a disclaimer, the search system has always been absolutely horrible (and/or I'm an invalid) and I couldn't find any Hannibal topics despite that I'm quite certain we have one. Nonetheless, apologies if there is one and please either delete or combine these, my friendly neighborhood MODs.
I love the series and have been immensely interested in the lore of the books and show since the original Hannibal with Hopkins came out. Since then I've read Red Dragon and most of Hannibal, but have seen all the on-screen adaptations. Obviously this will predominately be for discussion on the newest adaptation, the Hannibal television series. It's without a doubt my most revered and loved version of both the incarnations of Hannibal and Will; it captures the tone and absolute foreboding throughout its macabre way of storytelling. It's a true shame that it isn't the hit that it could be, and quite frankly it stuns me that it isn't considering that it has many of the attributes of today's big TV hits.
Hopefully people will catch on and this show will go on to do great things for both the series itself and television story-telling. There hasn't been a show on that is quite like this one. It takes many cues from other successful crime shows, but makes those things it's own.
I digress, the butt-munching is done. Let the therapy commence!
The most recent episode had me reeling in terms of Will's recent...revelation. It was pretty shocking to me and I quite literally had my jaw agape as the episode ended. I never expected Will to go this far, and I question whether the veil isn't purposefully being pulled over the viewers eyes. It's a drastic change from the normal Will persona, both in and out of the television show; but I have to admit that I remember very little from the books so perhaps this is cannon. I don't think it is though, and even so, the way things went down in the show itself lead me to believe there is at least something the viewers aren't being shown.
They didn't show Will actually killing or doing anything to Freddie other than pulling a chunk of hair out (
) and I find that pretty odd considering the artistic, detailed nature in which they've shown kills so far. There's something missing form this puzzle, and I can't wait to see the finished product. I just hope they have more seasons to expand upon it, considering we're nearing the climax of this crazy cat and mouse game Hannibal has so perfectly set up.
Topic: Hannibal Lector's Couch - TV Series and Mythos Discussion *IT'S RAINING SPOILERS (Read 14335 times)