Watching Hannibal
Dec. 30th, 2015 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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halotolerant, norfolkdumpling and dorinda, I decided to give the first episode of Hannibal a go.
Never have I been so conflicted with a show.
On the one hand, it's gorgeously shot, well-written, and Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen are fantastic individually, and an even better double act.
On the other hand, there are two scenes (just quick ones, involving a corpse and body parts) that got under my skin and had me obsessing over them whilst trying to get to sleep.
I should just call it quits there, but the good stuff is sooo good. And the promised slash looks, forgive me, delicious.
Damn you, Bryan Fuller, and your gorgeous, horrible show.
halotolerant, norfolkdumpling and dorinda, I decided to give the first episode of Hannibal a go.Never have I been so conflicted with a show.
On the one hand, it's gorgeously shot, well-written, and Hugh Dancy and Mads Mikkelsen are fantastic individually, and an even better double act.
On the other hand, there are two scenes (just quick ones, involving a corpse and body parts) that got under my skin and had me obsessing over them whilst trying to get to sleep.
I should just call it quits there, but the good stuff is sooo good. And the promised slash looks, forgive me, delicious.
Damn you, Bryan Fuller, and your gorgeous, horrible show.
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Date: 2016-01-01 03:15 am (UTC)I think we're similar as viewers in that I really can't handle torture-porn type things where there's a focus on the victim's suffering. I was nervous about watching the show because of that, but so far (I'm now almost halfway through season 2) there hasn't, in my opinion, been much of it. There've been a couple of moments I could have done without, but for me--of course your mileage may vary--it helps that everything in the show is so aestheticized and grandly operatic, because it's easier for me to detach a bit. But I also don't think the show expects us to enjoy seeing or imagining people physically suffer. Mental and emotional suffering, though, is kind of what the show is built on. But it's Will Graham's suffering, mostly.
I'm very happy that I started watching, for whatever that's worth.
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Date: 2016-01-02 04:02 am (UTC)It assuages my fears somewhat that you have the same sensitivities and have made it through the show thus far. Because I am intrigued by what I've seen so far, and would like to continue. I may use your posts with Halo to pre-vet episodes, though, and makes sure I can handle things.