tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post6924687428386662245..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Hannibal: SecondoBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-56208546632995004682023-04-06T20:27:52.888-04:002023-04-06T20:27:52.888-04:00"Remember me? I'm bedrock."
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I a..."Remember me? I'm bedrock."<br />lol<br /><br />I actually really like the plot-less meandering and the post break-up stuff. Mainly because I'm physically incapable of retaining any of it I think, so this portion of the story always feels like a new experience to revisit. Kind of like the post-Chilton segment of the previous season, even on this third or fourth rewatch.Onigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-9122068135484370922015-09-28T20:18:24.215-04:002015-09-28T20:18:24.215-04:00Heather1: I just watched this episode, and I don&#...Heather1: I just watched this episode, and I don't recall Alana in it at all. Are you sure she appears in it?NomadUKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28209226288371942202015-06-28T08:46:09.898-04:002015-06-28T08:46:09.898-04:00Jess Lynde, I'm... almost... with you. Will...Jess Lynde, I'm... almost... with you. Will's musings are straying a little too close to high school crush/obsession (I know, I know; no high school any of us went to, but that's what it reminds me of). So, I was also glad to see Jack back. He's a dose of gentle/methodical reality and perspective. Plus, I'm always happy to see--and listen to--Laurence Fishburne (he has a fantastic voice). I agree with the welcome change to Alana but while I enjoyed the esthetics of the scene where she was "pinned" in the hospital bed, the feminist in me couldn't help but wonder if it was really necessary for her to wear the hospital equivalent of a bikini while in that position. And finally, Will's tableau. The first thing I thought of when I saw it was... moth. And perhaps it's because the debate over a Hannibal Season 4 rages on, but this immediately put "Silence of the Lambs" and our beloved Clarice Starling into my mind.Heather1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09736870202194851186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76127272218279392762015-06-23T10:11:16.303-04:002015-06-23T10:11:16.303-04:00Jess,
I am not irritated by Will's angsty stor...Jess,<br />I am not irritated by Will's angsty story dreariness yet but I get what your saying about there being a lack of tension there (so far). I mean, iirc, in Red Dragon, his pursuit of Hannibal destroys him on pretty much every level so there's that to look forward to. This show is very dreadful and I (and all of us, I'm sure) get the more subtle reasons of why it was cancelled by NBC this week. It's unconventional in every single way and most people can't get with it. (Great article by Emily Nussbaum, also this week, in the New Yorker, describing her experience as a viewer of this show.) <br /><br />TheShadowKnows:<br />I agree that Will lost his shit awhile back. <br /><br />Josie (et al):<br />I am just guessing here but I sensed Jack is there to help out (it's cryptic but he tells Pazzi, "I'm here for Will"), rather than retrieve or apprehend Will. When he tells Pazzi he doesn't know what construct of Will's imagination was put back together or how, I think that speaks volumes of his guilt and concern. <br /><br />As an aside, so far, I love the side-by-side conversations everyone has had with Pazzi. He can turn a phrase with the best of 'em.<br />Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-48015463117176780182015-06-23T00:24:56.962-04:002015-06-23T00:24:56.962-04:00TheShadowKnows, that's an excellent point.
Di...TheShadowKnows, that's an excellent point.<br /><br />Did Jack Crawford tell Pazzi that he was "coming for Will Graham" or "coming to save him"? (I should have paid more attention.) I wonder if Crawford is coming to save Will or coming to capture him. <br /><br />Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-23280047367135665822015-06-22T23:50:27.511-04:002015-06-22T23:50:27.511-04:00Anybody who wants to institutionalize Will has a g...Anybody who wants to institutionalize Will has a good point. He's not playing with anything remotely close to a full deck.TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-13548869618160728292015-06-22T19:07:29.728-04:002015-06-22T19:07:29.728-04:00I really enjoyed the dreamy, surreal quality of th...I really enjoyed the dreamy, surreal quality of the season premiere, and both Mads and Gillian were absolutely compelling in that episode. But since then, the overall experience of the show has been steadily declining for me. Will's emo attempts to catch/deal with his bad breakup with Hannibal aren't quite working for me. Nearly all his stuff this week was really tedious. And it wasn't quite balanced by the Hannibal and Bedelia material, which I did enjoy. I'm hoping next week backs off on the slow, languorous quality a good bit. Because if we get "treated" to too many more "Will envisions himself in a slowly encroaching/receding ocean of blood" moments, I may reach my limit.<br /><br />I'm really glad they brought Jack back. After the guy Will killed last year as part of his attempt to catch Hannibal and the horrific firefly man this week, I'm going to need Jack's care and concern for Will to remind me of the guy I also used to care about. He's feeling more and more like a lost cause these days.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-21582964780425627302015-06-22T18:09:58.270-04:002015-06-22T18:09:58.270-04:00Josie (and anyone interested),
Here's the link...Josie (and anyone interested),<br />Here's the link to an article about the relationship between the firefly and the snail.<br /><br />http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-fireflies-142999290/Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-27105612630794977492015-06-22T17:13:38.988-04:002015-06-22T17:13:38.988-04:00Josie,
I think Will was _definitely_ saying I am C...Josie,<br />I think Will was _definitely_ saying I am Captain Tight Pants... I need to go find the link to it but apparently, according to Fuller, fireflies use snail, er, residue to complete their transformation so it's like a lot of symbolism and stuff. I think Will knows word will get out about the prisoner, even if Hannibal doesn't see the 'art project' with his own eyes.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-86254932115583714002015-06-22T17:00:41.333-04:002015-06-22T17:00:41.333-04:00Will's...um...art project was very interesting...Will's...um...art project was very interesting. I thought at first it was a butterfly (shades of <i>Red Dragon</i>), but the internet seems to suggest it was a firefly, which fits more with the setting (and the fireflies Will saw).<br /><br />Whedonista that I am, I also see it as an allusion to <i>Firefly</i>.<br /><br />But what is the point? Is it Will's way of communicating with Hannibal? If so, how certain is he that Hannibal will return to the ancestral pile? <br /><br />And if it is a communication, what sort? Hannibal's last "message" to Will was a "broken heart." Is Will saying "I am a light in the darkness?" "I am Captain Tight Pants?" <br /><br />It was so nice to see Lawrence Fishburne. <br /><br />Report from the books: some of the lines of dialogue were straight from the books. That was cool.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-63069591800038386312015-06-22T11:48:25.619-04:002015-06-22T11:48:25.619-04:00Kathy,
It was quite extraordinary! Bedelia was, na...Kathy,<br />It was quite extraordinary! Bedelia was, naturally, on to him, as well.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953652907115935895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-54397123895393305072015-06-22T09:47:43.194-04:002015-06-22T09:47:43.194-04:00Oh, Hannibal knew exactly what would happen when h...Oh, Hannibal knew exactly what would happen when he stabbed the professor through the head. He knew the angle. He knew everything. Just how he taunted Bedelia by saying that technically she killed him.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00609424771874961444noreply@blogger.com