Hannibal - The TV Series

[USCBatgirl21]

Anyone else looking forward to this????

I can't wait!

[M.C.]

whats up with this trend of making movies into shows now...

[USCBatgirl21]

I'm looking forward to the story pre "Red Dragon", how Will and Lecter met and Will catches him. And seriously...can't wait to see who they get to play Mason Verger this time! Gary Oldman did such a wonderful job in the movie "Hannibal".

[TheMule]

Originally Posted by M.C.

whats up with this trend of making movies into shows now...

TV's finally starting to hit on a formula to make series one long movie instead of each episode being a self contained story. This allows for more story depth and character development. While not all shows do this IMO the best ones such as Breaking Ban and Walking Dead do. I think it's a good idea to develop back stories when there's more than a two hour movie limit.

BG, is this part of the fall lineup?

[USCBatgirl21]

Starts next Thursday, April 4 at 10 pm.

Hannibal Lecter is one of my favorite villians, second only to Iago from Othello.

[markymark550]

I enjoyed the Lecter movies and agree that he's a great villain. When I first heard they were making this series, my first instinct was that they should have left it alone. I've seen a couple of previews and I have to say that my stance has softened and it looks like it could be interesting. I'll probably watch the first few episodes and see where it stands after that.

[GotSpurrier82]

Originally Posted by markymark550

I enjoyed the Lecter movies and agree that he's a great villain. When I first heard they were making this series, my first instinct was that they should have left it alone. I've seen a couple of previews and I have to say that my stance has softened and it looks like it could be interesting. I'll probably watch the first few episodes and see where it stands after that.

That's what I was thinking, after I was very disappointed in Hannibal Rising.

[2000grad]

Originally Posted by USCBatgirl21

I'm looking forward to the story pre "Red Dragon", how Will and Lecter met and Will catches him.

That was already done in Red Dragon

[USCBatgirl21]

Originally Posted by 2000grad

That was already done in Red Dragon

While Red Dragon does touch on the manhunt btw Wil and Lecter for a bit of backstory, it is set AFTER Lecter is already under Dr. Chilton's watchful eye, having been already captured. This series is set before the capture. In Red Dragon, Lecter is communicating with the Tooth Fairy from the mental institution.

[GotSpurrier82]

Originally Posted by USCBatgirl21

While Red Dragon does touch on the manhunt btw Wil and Lecter for a bit of backstory, it is set AFTER Lecter is already under Dr. Chilton's watchful eye, having been already captured. This series is set before the capture.

If it's Hannibal Rising in tv format, I'm not watching.

[USCBatgirl21]

Originally Posted by GotSpurrier82

If it's Hannibal Rising in tv format, I'm not watching.

No, this does not cover his childhood. Hannibal Lecter is actually called in to "treat" Will Graham by Jack Crawford, and to assist in trying to catch a serial killer they are tracking, while Hannibal is of course killing at the same time.

[GotSpurrier82]

So Crawford goes from young and white, back in time to old and white, back even further to old and black...

[USCBatgirl21]

Originally Posted by GotSpurrier82

So Crawford goes from young and white, back in time to old and white, back even further to old and black...

Yeah...Dennis Farina (Manhunter 1986) to Scott Glen (Silence 1991) to Harvey Keitel (Red Dragon 2002) to Laurence Fishburne (Hannibal -TV Series 2013). He didn't make an appearance in Hannibal (2001).

I guess you have to look more at the time frame of the story.

Will Graham has been William Peterson (1986), Edward Norton (2002), to Hugh Dancy (2013 TV).

Hannibal Lecter (adult) has been now 3 actors. Brian Cox (Manhunter), Sir Anthony Hopkins, and now Mads Mikkelsen (TV). Mikkelsen played Le Chiffre in "Casino Royale".

[GotSpurrier82]

I can handle the others but Crawford being played Lawrence Fishburne is what's throwing me off, I think.

[IMACOCK]

Originally Posted by USCBatgirl21

Starts next Thursday, April 4 at 10 pm.

Hannibal Lecter is one of my favorite villians, second only to Iago from Othello.

Thanks for the heads up. I've already missed the premiere of Bates Motel and have to catch up with those two episodes online.

[Gamecock Rob]

Originally Posted by M.C.

whats up with this trend of making movies into shows now...

I like the trend of doing long forms of movies and stories, but when it's on networks such as HBO or Showtime and to a lesser extent, FX. I feel like a studio would be much better spending money on a miniseries (Band of Brothers, The Pacific) or a book series (Game of Thrones) than making mid budget film. Much more character development and a much deeper product. The one I want to see more than anything is for HBO to get the rights to the Jack Ryan series and make that into a show. With how those books are written, it would be easy to do each book as around 6 episodes, 2 books per season.

[N00k]

Eh. It's on network so it's gonna suck. If it was on AMC, HBO, Showtime, etc it would probable be awesome. Thanks for ruining my favorite movie. Bleh

[2000grad]

Originally Posted by USCBatgirl21

While Red Dragon does touch on the manhunt btw Wil and Lecter for a bit of backstory, it is set AFTER Lecter is already under Dr. Chilton's watchful eye, having been already captured. This series is set before the capture. In Red Dragon, Lecter is communicating with the Tooth Fairy from the mental institution.

Yeah, I've seen all the movies and they should have stopped after SOTL, but made Red Dragon, which was basically Manhunter redux. Of course, the Miami Vice feel is all over Manhunter since it was directed by Michael Mann. Red Dragon is ten times better than Manhunter

[USCBatgirl21]

The books are MUCH better. However, Sir Anthony Hopkins does such a wonderful job of bringing Hannibal Lecter to life, it's eerie.

[USCBatgirl21]

This Thursday!!!! 10 pm. NBC.