Do you have a favourite RP(role play) blog related to the show?
willgrahamjournals.tumblr.com
It was the first RP blog I discovered, and the one I go back to time and again.I know there are others out there..there are also people who RP as characters on Twitter and that's a lot of fun, too(and, despite what some think, is harmless fun! )
Fannibals have a lot of fun with RP-ing for sure :)
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
[Countdown to Hannibal, Day 3]
Most watchable moment:
The first few minutes of the pilot and the opera scene in Sorbet. They're both very visually stunning in their own ways.
In S2,I'd have to say the human mural, by far.
The first few minutes of the pilot and the opera scene in Sorbet. They're both very visually stunning in their own ways.
In S2,I'd have to say the human mural, by far.
Friday, May 29, 2015
[Countdown to Hannibal, Day 2]
Do your family/friends like the show?
My dad LOVES Hannibal, and at 74, he's well out of the intended demographic!
My mom is most definitely NOT a fan, but the other day we were talking about the Red Velvet cupcakes I'm making for the premiere. My dad said we should put red food dye in the frosting and my mom thought it was too much!I was kinda like "where did *that* come from?" LOL. She makes appreciative noises when I show her pictures of Mads and Hugh(I may have ruined it for her by saying that they're both young enough to be her sons!)
As far as family goes, I've Fannibalized a bunch of family members, including my brother and his wife..and several online friends who said "no way am I EVER watching Hannibal".. several episodes later: "I can't quit watching..it's SO good!" Me: "Told you so". Heh.
My dad LOVES Hannibal, and at 74, he's well out of the intended demographic!
My mom is most definitely NOT a fan, but the other day we were talking about the Red Velvet cupcakes I'm making for the premiere. My dad said we should put red food dye in the frosting and my mom thought it was too much!I was kinda like "where did *that* come from?" LOL. She makes appreciative noises when I show her pictures of Mads and Hugh(I may have ruined it for her by saying that they're both young enough to be her sons!)
As far as family goes, I've Fannibalized a bunch of family members, including my brother and his wife..and several online friends who said "no way am I EVER watching Hannibal".. several episodes later: "I can't quit watching..it's SO good!" Me: "Told you so". Heh.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
[Countdown to Hannibal, Day 1]
A few words about why you love the show:
Well, this is going to be more like a dissertation than anything else!
Like a lot of people, I was very skeptical when I heard that they were doing a TV series about Hannibal Lecter. I think a LOT of people were. But after I saw the first episode, I was in.
So...what do I love about the show?
The actors/actresses. They are exceedingly well cast(and it doesn't hurt that the two male leads are good looking, either!)
The writing. Bryan Fuller(and all of the people who write for the show for that matter!)take the source material from the Thomas Harris books and they work their magic with it. They play fast and loose with the source material(characters have had their genders changed, Will knows Hannibal a lot more on the show than he did in the books, where they hardly knew each other.
The aesthetic and look of the show-there are scenes that have a dreamlike quality. It's not something every show could do and have it be believable, but Hannibal does it, and quite well, I might add!
Another aspect of the show that I LOVE is its willingness(heh) to take risks, in terms of content especially. Other shows would shy away from the graphic(and it is graphic, make no mistake about that!) content.
Hannibal might not get the best ratings, and that has won the show some enemies in fans of shows who get slightly(You heard me, I said *slightly*[/Mrs. Komeda]) better ratings than Hannibal. But the fact that those shows are expensive to make and Hannibal is(comparatively) cheaper to make, along with having a foreign interest in the picture,means that Hannibal has more of a chance. But ratings come into play, yes they do.
People talk a LOT about the ratings and about lead-ins. I'm hoping that Aquarius is a good lead-in for Hannibal. OTOH, ratings have always been a concern and here we are on the verge(r) of S3 so there is that.
Well, this is going to be more like a dissertation than anything else!
Like a lot of people, I was very skeptical when I heard that they were doing a TV series about Hannibal Lecter. I think a LOT of people were. But after I saw the first episode, I was in.
So...what do I love about the show?
The actors/actresses. They are exceedingly well cast(and it doesn't hurt that the two male leads are good looking, either!)
The writing. Bryan Fuller(and all of the people who write for the show for that matter!)take the source material from the Thomas Harris books and they work their magic with it. They play fast and loose with the source material(characters have had their genders changed, Will knows Hannibal a lot more on the show than he did in the books, where they hardly knew each other.
The aesthetic and look of the show-there are scenes that have a dreamlike quality. It's not something every show could do and have it be believable, but Hannibal does it, and quite well, I might add!
Another aspect of the show that I LOVE is its willingness(heh) to take risks, in terms of content especially. Other shows would shy away from the graphic(and it is graphic, make no mistake about that!) content.
Hannibal might not get the best ratings, and that has won the show some enemies in fans of shows who get slightly(You heard me, I said *slightly*[/Mrs. Komeda]) better ratings than Hannibal. But the fact that those shows are expensive to make and Hannibal is(comparatively) cheaper to make, along with having a foreign interest in the picture,means that Hannibal has more of a chance. But ratings come into play, yes they do.
People talk a LOT about the ratings and about lead-ins. I'm hoping that Aquarius is a good lead-in for Hannibal. OTOH, ratings have always been a concern and here we are on the verge(r) of S3 so there is that.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
[the drama is..dramatic as freaking ever]
*Dress code thread "why do we have to be stuck in mid-20th century definitions of formality?..people have latched on to that point to resist any change going forwards". In a word: Titanic.
*People think HAL's(Holland America's) food is "just fine".OK, but the way that some people rave about the Dive In burgers or certain desserts... IMO the people with the least sense of what is "good" food are the ones who like crap like Canaletto. But I am heartened to see that there are plenty of people that don't think that Dive In is the second coming of hamburgers.
And the bread pudding..they move it around, it varies by ship..but part of the things is that on some of the ships they have it behind a counter and they serve you, and on other cruise ships they just have it out for anyone who wants it.
Thing of it is, is the non-self-serve version got people upset..but on the thread about it several people said that people who served themselves were getting HUGE portions, and they were slopping the bread pudding and the sauce all over the place. Another element to it is food handling.. they're *supposed* to have the bread pudding behind a counter for that very reason, but it seems to vary wildly from HAL ship to HAL ship. However, this is the sort of thing,when they are doing a inspection, that(I think) that can get serious points knocked off.
On a related note, apparently tortellini is what passes for a vegetarian option on formal night on Holland America ships. Don't get me wrong, I love tortellini, but I get what the person who mentioned this was saying.It's being chintzy on Holland America's part.That's the best you can do?seriously? Of course the cheerleaders think serving tortellini is fine.
*People stanning for HAL whenever anyone dares to *gasp* say something negative about their HAL cruise. Someone said it was as if they had insulted a child.
The cheerleaders won't accept/reject anything negative.Even when people state what happened clearly they get shot down by the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders have a hard time believing that HAL's product hasn't degraded, and for that reason they are delusional(they can't be objective,IOW).
*Then there's this: a thread about a inferior cruise line's ship(a Princess ship) that had a worse redo than one of HAL's ships.
The thread is literally *nothing* but people smack talking at the inferior cruise lines, calling it "Island Bridge Troll"(it's the Island Princess) and comments like "ugly back end" and "fugly ship". People on the Cruise Critic Holland America boards do NOT need an excuse to bash other cruise lines and other ships.
*People think HAL's(Holland America's) food is "just fine".OK, but the way that some people rave about the Dive In burgers or certain desserts... IMO the people with the least sense of what is "good" food are the ones who like crap like Canaletto. But I am heartened to see that there are plenty of people that don't think that Dive In is the second coming of hamburgers.
And the bread pudding..they move it around, it varies by ship..but part of the things is that on some of the ships they have it behind a counter and they serve you, and on other cruise ships they just have it out for anyone who wants it.
Thing of it is, is the non-self-serve version got people upset..but on the thread about it several people said that people who served themselves were getting HUGE portions, and they were slopping the bread pudding and the sauce all over the place. Another element to it is food handling.. they're *supposed* to have the bread pudding behind a counter for that very reason, but it seems to vary wildly from HAL ship to HAL ship. However, this is the sort of thing,when they are doing a inspection, that(I think) that can get serious points knocked off.
On a related note, apparently tortellini is what passes for a vegetarian option on formal night on Holland America ships. Don't get me wrong, I love tortellini, but I get what the person who mentioned this was saying.It's being chintzy on Holland America's part.That's the best you can do?seriously? Of course the cheerleaders think serving tortellini is fine.
*People stanning for HAL whenever anyone dares to *gasp* say something negative about their HAL cruise. Someone said it was as if they had insulted a child.
The cheerleaders won't accept/reject anything negative.Even when people state what happened clearly they get shot down by the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders have a hard time believing that HAL's product hasn't degraded, and for that reason they are delusional(they can't be objective,IOW).
*Then there's this: a thread about a inferior cruise line's ship(a Princess ship) that had a worse redo than one of HAL's ships.
The thread is literally *nothing* but people smack talking at the inferior cruise lines, calling it "Island Bridge Troll"(it's the Island Princess) and comments like "ugly back end" and "fugly ship". People on the Cruise Critic Holland America boards do NOT need an excuse to bash other cruise lines and other ships.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
[one less pet store selling puppy mill puppies can only be a good thing]
I was at the mall and I noticed that the pet store is closed. Well, there were 4 puppies in the store, so I don't know if the people that owned the store up and left all of a sudden and someone is taking care of the puppies that are still there-not sure if they're not sure what to do with the puppies that are still there-I would hope that they would be taken to a shelter or to a foster home.
The problem is that a lot of the puppies are frankenbreeds(I have no problem with mutt dogs but: obviously the pet stores get their animals from puppy mills-the dogs already have that against them) and the breeds of dogs are being bred without any sort of thought to potential health problems.
Two cities(Oceanside and Carlsbad) in my area have banned pet stores that sell puppies-I forget the particulars but the one at the mall got around that somehow..but it was always being picketed(which I can totally see- the animals were in small "cages"-there were large breed dogs-like Mastiffs-in tiny cages. Add to that that they were *always* in those cages-unless one of the dogs was lucky enough to have one of the customers play with them(the owners of the show actively discouraged lookie-lous, which is a shame because truly, it was the only way that those puppies would gets any sort of human interaction.
This is not the first pet store in the mall-there used to be one in another part of the mall long upon a time ago- this is so bad but as with the other pet store, you could smell it before you got to it-I mean it smelled BAD, I am always amazed that the stores either side of it(a Sam Goody store-remember them?-and a shoe store) did not complain about it more. They didn't have the frankenbreed dogs(that's a newish thing),but they didn't care about the animals(as evidenced by how bad the place smelled all of the time).As usual, lookie lous who played with the animals were discouraged.I think they didn't want their customers to see what bad shape the animals were in-laying in their own filth(very common for pet store puppies-pet store owners are many things, but ethical is NOT one of them.) among other things.
The problem is that a lot of the puppies are frankenbreeds(I have no problem with mutt dogs but: obviously the pet stores get their animals from puppy mills-the dogs already have that against them) and the breeds of dogs are being bred without any sort of thought to potential health problems.
Two cities(Oceanside and Carlsbad) in my area have banned pet stores that sell puppies-I forget the particulars but the one at the mall got around that somehow..but it was always being picketed(which I can totally see- the animals were in small "cages"-there were large breed dogs-like Mastiffs-in tiny cages. Add to that that they were *always* in those cages-unless one of the dogs was lucky enough to have one of the customers play with them(the owners of the show actively discouraged lookie-lous, which is a shame because truly, it was the only way that those puppies would gets any sort of human interaction.
This is not the first pet store in the mall-there used to be one in another part of the mall long upon a time ago- this is so bad but as with the other pet store, you could smell it before you got to it-I mean it smelled BAD, I am always amazed that the stores either side of it(a Sam Goody store-remember them?-and a shoe store) did not complain about it more. They didn't have the frankenbreed dogs(that's a newish thing),but they didn't care about the animals(as evidenced by how bad the place smelled all of the time).As usual, lookie lous who played with the animals were discouraged.I think they didn't want their customers to see what bad shape the animals were in-laying in their own filth(very common for pet store puppies-pet store owners are many things, but ethical is NOT one of them.) among other things.
Monday, May 25, 2015
[TV things]
Call The Midwife just wrapped up its current season-apparently it's not coming back 'till 2016-I can wait-waiting for S3 of Hannibal has taught me a lot of lessons about patience(that's putting it mildly!)
The other show I am digging is Orphan Black. It has been on.point. this season. It's been keeping me going until Hannibal starts up again.
Speaking of which, Aquarius, which comes on right before Hannibal on Thursdays, starts this week.Imma be watching for sure.
(Can you tell I have Hannibal on the brain?I managed to work it into everything I mentioned! Yep, I am excited about the S3 premiere. Not long to go now!)
The other show I am digging is Orphan Black. It has been on.point. this season. It's been keeping me going until Hannibal starts up again.
Speaking of which, Aquarius, which comes on right before Hannibal on Thursdays, starts this week.Imma be watching for sure.
(Can you tell I have Hannibal on the brain?I managed to work it into everything I mentioned! Yep, I am excited about the S3 premiere. Not long to go now!)
Sunday, May 24, 2015
[It IS San Diego personified!]
The Port Of San Diego wants to kick Anthony's(a San Diego institution) out of its current location. To hear the people from the Port Authority, Anthony's is dated. OK, more than a little, but it's hardly the biggest offender in the San Diego area. And Anthony's has had several overhauls over the years.
I've seen a lot of comments about how the quality of the food at Anthony's has gone downhill in the past few years.Really? IMO the food at Anthony's is consistently good!(mind you,I always order the same thing..I am a creature of habit for sure!)
Another really good place is Point Loma Seafood-I hadn't been there for while..they completely remodeled the place, it looks completely different inside-but the food is consistently good, just like Anthony's.
Lots of suggestions on Chowhound about what should go there should the Port Authority manage to kick Anthony's out of there..Of course, these are people that think Anthony's is touristy(and it is, don't get me wrong..) but the food is good, and it's consistent, and is one of the more affordable places there(right across the street is a Ruth Chris steakhouse, which is WAY spendy, and there is also a British pub which I have never been to so I have no idea how expensive it is.) I think there may be a couple of walk-up places right past where Anthony's is.. and if you go a little bit further you get to Seaport Village which has something for every budget(though I remember trying to buy my lunch there on a school field trip..$10 barely covered it.And I do mean barely.)
If you go more uptown, it gets more expensive,though there are good deals to be had(I give the 99 cent (yes)Chinese food place a wide berth, though.That's food poisoning waiting to happen :P)
The suggestions for what should go in run to the froofy, or stuff that San Diego has a glut of(seafood restaraunts- including froofy seafood restaraunts not a casual place like Anthony's),brew pubs serving food(especially pizza, those are a dime a dozen here-San Diegans are big on craft beer,we're a hub for craft beer) and Mexican food(ditto.)
All of those things(especially the Mexican food) are subjective.Personally, I've always liked the Mexican food restaraunts in Old Town(though at least one or more has had to move because of high rents.)I also love the mainstays near my parents house-Fidel's and Tony's Jacal.
El Indio is another favourite of mine which gets panned by Chowhound.The food there is really good and it's hard to choose what you want to eat(they have a BIG menu!)
I've seen a lot of comments about how the quality of the food at Anthony's has gone downhill in the past few years.Really? IMO the food at Anthony's is consistently good!(mind you,I always order the same thing..I am a creature of habit for sure!)
Another really good place is Point Loma Seafood-I hadn't been there for while..they completely remodeled the place, it looks completely different inside-but the food is consistently good, just like Anthony's.
Lots of suggestions on Chowhound about what should go there should the Port Authority manage to kick Anthony's out of there..Of course, these are people that think Anthony's is touristy(and it is, don't get me wrong..) but the food is good, and it's consistent, and is one of the more affordable places there(right across the street is a Ruth Chris steakhouse, which is WAY spendy, and there is also a British pub which I have never been to so I have no idea how expensive it is.) I think there may be a couple of walk-up places right past where Anthony's is.. and if you go a little bit further you get to Seaport Village which has something for every budget(though I remember trying to buy my lunch there on a school field trip..$10 barely covered it.And I do mean barely.)
If you go more uptown, it gets more expensive,though there are good deals to be had(I give the 99 cent (yes)Chinese food place a wide berth, though.That's food poisoning waiting to happen :P)
The suggestions for what should go in run to the froofy, or stuff that San Diego has a glut of(seafood restaraunts- including froofy seafood restaraunts not a casual place like Anthony's),brew pubs serving food(especially pizza, those are a dime a dozen here-San Diegans are big on craft beer,we're a hub for craft beer) and Mexican food(ditto.)
All of those things(especially the Mexican food) are subjective.Personally, I've always liked the Mexican food restaraunts in Old Town(though at least one or more has had to move because of high rents.)I also love the mainstays near my parents house-Fidel's and Tony's Jacal.
El Indio is another favourite of mine which gets panned by Chowhound.The food there is really good and it's hard to choose what you want to eat(they have a BIG menu!)
Saturday, May 23, 2015
[How can you defend this..(I use the term loosely)person?]
The scandal with Josh Duggar has me shaking my head. There are so many disturbing aspects to the situation, not least of which is:
a)several of the victims were his sisters
b)His family(especially his dad) just swept it under the carpet, and there has been some collusion with law enforcement, and just before the story broke, the records were ordered to be destroyed.Well isn't that quite the coincidence?
I trust there will be a investigation-on several levels-if I were social services,I would be worried about the other children who are still living at home-to say nothing of Josh Duggar's own children!
TLC, the channel that airs 19 Kids And Counting, the Duggars' show, was slow to act, and in fact,at the time the news broke, was airing a marathon of the show. It took a lot of outrage for TLC to yank the show from their schedule. The outcry was just too much.It's not clear right now whether that is just temporary or if it is going to be permanent. I would say, in terms of CYA, that they would be a lot better off cancelling the show. Initially, TLC did(IMO) a poor job of dealing with the situation.
At a guess,they were worried about the potential shit storm with all of the Duggars' fans spamming their Facebook with "Why did you cancel the show? He didn't do anything wrong!"(and a bit more about *that* in a minute!)
If you want to see how to handle a potential bad situation look at how the Food Network dealt with the Paula Deen scandal.Didn't take long for them to cancel her show..and it lead to a shit storm on their Facebook, with her angry fans complaining about Paula being fired.It went on for quite a long time.I'll never completely forgive Paula Deen, but I've made my peace with her. It's kinda sad..she's been reduced to selling candy on a faux QVC network. I kinda hope(even given her mis-steps)that she can do something better.
Now!To Josh's defenders.. "It happened years ago" is NOT a defense. But there is certainly a lot of that on the internet WRT this story. Their fans are SO blind to everything related to the Duggars..in their opinion the Duggars can do no wrong. There are several magazines(People among them) who run frequent articles about the Duggars. I wonder if that is going to change.Or are they going to continue to enable the Duggars by writing about them? I will not read People if they continue to write articles about the Duggars. I'm sure it's given a lot of people who have supported them pause.
Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee majorly has their back..says that they(the Duggars) are targets because they are Christians who are pro-life, anti gay(they had a crew member on their show *fired* because they were gay-true!).
The Duggars are sheltered, and they shelter their children(Jim Bob-the dad's-perception of New York comes from movies from the 1980's.Kinda says it all right there, don't you think? The kids are raised with warped ideas about sex, as well. And the religion they belong to basically has a "we don't really do anything about it" policy WRT sexual abuse(which is quite common for this religion-a fundamentalist sect-Quiverfull-that encourages women to have as many children as possible.Contraception is nonexistent.So is sex ed.)
a)several of the victims were his sisters
b)His family(especially his dad) just swept it under the carpet, and there has been some collusion with law enforcement, and just before the story broke, the records were ordered to be destroyed.Well isn't that quite the coincidence?
I trust there will be a investigation-on several levels-if I were social services,I would be worried about the other children who are still living at home-to say nothing of Josh Duggar's own children!
TLC, the channel that airs 19 Kids And Counting, the Duggars' show, was slow to act, and in fact,at the time the news broke, was airing a marathon of the show. It took a lot of outrage for TLC to yank the show from their schedule. The outcry was just too much.It's not clear right now whether that is just temporary or if it is going to be permanent. I would say, in terms of CYA, that they would be a lot better off cancelling the show. Initially, TLC did(IMO) a poor job of dealing with the situation.
At a guess,they were worried about the potential shit storm with all of the Duggars' fans spamming their Facebook with "Why did you cancel the show? He didn't do anything wrong!"(and a bit more about *that* in a minute!)
If you want to see how to handle a potential bad situation look at how the Food Network dealt with the Paula Deen scandal.Didn't take long for them to cancel her show..and it lead to a shit storm on their Facebook, with her angry fans complaining about Paula being fired.It went on for quite a long time.I'll never completely forgive Paula Deen, but I've made my peace with her. It's kinda sad..she's been reduced to selling candy on a faux QVC network. I kinda hope(even given her mis-steps)that she can do something better.
Now!To Josh's defenders.. "It happened years ago" is NOT a defense. But there is certainly a lot of that on the internet WRT this story. Their fans are SO blind to everything related to the Duggars..in their opinion the Duggars can do no wrong. There are several magazines(People among them) who run frequent articles about the Duggars. I wonder if that is going to change.Or are they going to continue to enable the Duggars by writing about them? I will not read People if they continue to write articles about the Duggars. I'm sure it's given a lot of people who have supported them pause.
Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee majorly has their back..says that they(the Duggars) are targets because they are Christians who are pro-life, anti gay(they had a crew member on their show *fired* because they were gay-true!).
The Duggars are sheltered, and they shelter their children(Jim Bob-the dad's-perception of New York comes from movies from the 1980's.Kinda says it all right there, don't you think? The kids are raised with warped ideas about sex, as well. And the religion they belong to basically has a "we don't really do anything about it" policy WRT sexual abuse(which is quite common for this religion-a fundamentalist sect-Quiverfull-that encourages women to have as many children as possible.Contraception is nonexistent.So is sex ed.)
Friday, May 22, 2015
[S1 Ep13:Savoureux]
*Will out in the woods hunting-the bullroarer gives.me.the.creeps. He shoots at a deer which turns into the wendigo. He follows the wendigo and finds its blood on a tree and on the ground.
*Will wakes up-his dogs are barking-and his feet are muddy.He goes into the kitchen and takes a couple of aspirins..and throws them up..along with an ear.
*He's sitting on the front porch waiting for Hannibal who eventually *does* show up.
*Will has lost time again-he says he let the dogs out(who who who)
*Jack shows up and takes Will to Quantico. Team Sassy Scienece walks by Will and can barely make eye contact with him.
*The scene where Winston is like "Daddy?where are you going?" breaks my heart.
*Hannibal is observing everything like "My work here is done".
*Will gets processed by Bev(we get several similar scenes-one with Miriam and one with Chilton) in S2.)Bev was always the one person that Will could bounce ideas off of..she was on the same..wavelength, for lack of a better word for it- as Will.
*Alana(understandably) reads Jack the riot acts.Jack is in a LOT of denial.I love the scene with Alana losing her shit in the car.It's done without any sort of sound and is very effective.
*Will is in interrogation with Alana who says she will take care of Will's dogs, however long it is(and somewhere in there Alana adopted a dog of her own-Applesauce.)
*Yes, Alana, Hannibal asked Will to draw a clock.(I almost expect him to say "why?" again when Alana asks him to draw a clock.)
*Hannibal and his fake-ass tears. Abigail IS alive..as an aside, I really hope that we see if Bedelia knew Abigail was alive the whole time. You framed Will and you want to continue to "help" him? *flips table*.
*Hannibal stuck himself with one of those lures and in all their testing it they don't find his blood? WTF.
*"Will Graham, you're under arrest". Oh. Shit.
*Callback to Gideon escaping from the van with Will's escape. Will is pretty desperate at this point.
*The look on Hannibal's face when Alana says that it might be encephalitis.. if looks could kill...
*Will gets to Hannibal's office.Hannibal knows he's there.
*Alana knows Will's illness is fakeable..and yet all of that under-the-bus throwing in S2....
*Will is starting to put things together(as sick as he is!)
*Will wants to see where Abigail died(except she *didn't*- but Will didn't know that at the time!)
*Bedelia gets a visit from Jack who wants to know what she knows.
*Will recreates the Hobbs murder.
*Showdown with Will and Hannibal-"Are you a murderer, Dr. Lecter?" "YES, I think is the answer to that."
*Will gets shot(my poor BB Will!) He sees the wendigo and says "See? See?" (a parallel to the first episode.)
*Another parallel with Hannibal and Jack sitting on either side of Will's hospital bed which a callback to the pilot where it is Hannibal and Will sitting on either side of Abigail's hospital bed.
*That's not Abiveal that Hannibal brings to Bedelia..so who was it? :P
*Bedelia side eyes Hannibal and tells him that he basically needs to be careful. Yet people don't see him as a suspect.Not yet.
* Will in the BHSCI."Hello Dr. Lecter". I have 2 words for Hannibal:You douchebag.
Episode insight:
So we come to the end of S1. Everything is a bit.. up in the air.
I daresay that things were even left open-ended(I mean Will is in the BHSCI, obviously).The end of S2 isn't open ended..more like it's a cliff-hanger(OMG is it ever!)as to who lived and who died.
Hannibal can't help himself;he is seeing all of this shit going on and he is loving it-the man is a life-ruiner!
And Will..JFC..he is sick for the entire episode(admits he didn't take all of his antibiotics- tsk tsk LOL) He's finally in his right mind at the end of the episode and Hannibal comes to visit him at the end of the episode(even though Bedelia tells him it might not be the best idea. Hannibal's like "Eh I'll do it anyways. Shits and giggles and lulz all that good stuff". :P
Quotes:
According to the evidence, I killed Abigail Hobbs.-Will
I don't feel like I dodged a bullet.I feel wounded.-Alana
Controversial dish, veal.-Bedelia
*Will wakes up-his dogs are barking-and his feet are muddy.He goes into the kitchen and takes a couple of aspirins..and throws them up..along with an ear.
*He's sitting on the front porch waiting for Hannibal who eventually *does* show up.
*Will has lost time again-he says he let the dogs out(who who who)
*Jack shows up and takes Will to Quantico. Team Sassy Scienece walks by Will and can barely make eye contact with him.
*The scene where Winston is like "Daddy?where are you going?" breaks my heart.
*Hannibal is observing everything like "My work here is done".
*Will gets processed by Bev(we get several similar scenes-one with Miriam and one with Chilton) in S2.)Bev was always the one person that Will could bounce ideas off of..she was on the same..wavelength, for lack of a better word for it- as Will.
*Alana(understandably) reads Jack the riot acts.Jack is in a LOT of denial.I love the scene with Alana losing her shit in the car.It's done without any sort of sound and is very effective.
*Will is in interrogation with Alana who says she will take care of Will's dogs, however long it is(and somewhere in there Alana adopted a dog of her own-Applesauce.)
*Yes, Alana, Hannibal asked Will to draw a clock.(I almost expect him to say "why?" again when Alana asks him to draw a clock.)
*Hannibal and his fake-ass tears. Abigail IS alive..as an aside, I really hope that we see if Bedelia knew Abigail was alive the whole time. You framed Will and you want to continue to "help" him? *flips table*.
*Hannibal stuck himself with one of those lures and in all their testing it they don't find his blood? WTF.
*"Will Graham, you're under arrest". Oh. Shit.
*Callback to Gideon escaping from the van with Will's escape. Will is pretty desperate at this point.
*The look on Hannibal's face when Alana says that it might be encephalitis.. if looks could kill...
*Will gets to Hannibal's office.Hannibal knows he's there.
*Alana knows Will's illness is fakeable..and yet all of that under-the-bus throwing in S2....
*Will is starting to put things together(as sick as he is!)
*Will wants to see where Abigail died(except she *didn't*- but Will didn't know that at the time!)
*Bedelia gets a visit from Jack who wants to know what she knows.
*Will recreates the Hobbs murder.
*Showdown with Will and Hannibal-"Are you a murderer, Dr. Lecter?" "YES, I think is the answer to that."
*Will gets shot(my poor BB Will!) He sees the wendigo and says "See? See?" (a parallel to the first episode.)
*Another parallel with Hannibal and Jack sitting on either side of Will's hospital bed which a callback to the pilot where it is Hannibal and Will sitting on either side of Abigail's hospital bed.
*That's not Abiveal that Hannibal brings to Bedelia..so who was it? :P
*Bedelia side eyes Hannibal and tells him that he basically needs to be careful. Yet people don't see him as a suspect.Not yet.
* Will in the BHSCI."Hello Dr. Lecter". I have 2 words for Hannibal:You douchebag.
Episode insight:
So we come to the end of S1. Everything is a bit.. up in the air.
I daresay that things were even left open-ended(I mean Will is in the BHSCI, obviously).The end of S2 isn't open ended..more like it's a cliff-hanger(OMG is it ever!)as to who lived and who died.
Hannibal can't help himself;he is seeing all of this shit going on and he is loving it-the man is a life-ruiner!
And Will..JFC..he is sick for the entire episode(admits he didn't take all of his antibiotics- tsk tsk LOL) He's finally in his right mind at the end of the episode and Hannibal comes to visit him at the end of the episode(even though Bedelia tells him it might not be the best idea. Hannibal's like "Eh I'll do it anyways. Shits and giggles and lulz all that good stuff". :P
Quotes:
According to the evidence, I killed Abigail Hobbs.-Will
I don't feel like I dodged a bullet.I feel wounded.-Alana
Controversial dish, veal.-Bedelia
[Some(light) blog housekeeping]
First of all, starting May 29th and going 'till June 4th, I will be doing a Hannibal post a day,in addition to another(non)Hannibal post.Possibly. I won't spoil it too much but it'll be a lot of fun.You'll just have to wait and see!
Secondly, I have a post about the whole Josh Duggar scandal which I will do tomorrow. I am hoping that TLC will have some good sense and cancel the Duggars' show but so far they haven't.
Thirdly,I have been wanting to write some posts about my hometown, San Diego, and I saw something that would be perfect for a blog post(and that'll be Sunday!)
Secondly, I have a post about the whole Josh Duggar scandal which I will do tomorrow. I am hoping that TLC will have some good sense and cancel the Duggars' show but so far they haven't.
Thirdly,I have been wanting to write some posts about my hometown, San Diego, and I saw something that would be perfect for a blog post(and that'll be Sunday!)
Thursday, May 21, 2015
[I take back what I said about a lack of drama at Cruise Critic]
*Complaining about NCL charging for room service-but there may be practical reasons for it-like some of their passengers are slobs and spill food all over the place.
*Looking into open cabins when you is a no-no,apparently.
*A thread about what topics are off-topic continued to bug(though I think it either got buried or zapped.) Several people commented that it's the sort of thread that turns off people who are new to the HAL(Holland America) boards at Cruise Critic. Which is something I have been saying for freaking *ages*.
*On a related note this:
"People who love cruising tend to overstate and over-remember how good everything is onboard"
Is one one of the truest things I have ever read. I have seen how people rave about how great the hamburgers at the Dive In are-a whole cult has grown up around them and quite frankly that has me shaking my head.
There's this:
"whoever goes on a cruise and raves about the food doesn't know good cuisine"
Amen to that. I like the food, but I would not raise a hamburger to sainthood. LOL
*Looking into open cabins when you is a no-no,apparently.
*A thread about what topics are off-topic continued to bug(though I think it either got buried or zapped.) Several people commented that it's the sort of thread that turns off people who are new to the HAL(Holland America) boards at Cruise Critic. Which is something I have been saying for freaking *ages*.
*On a related note this:
"People who love cruising tend to overstate and over-remember how good everything is onboard"
Is one one of the truest things I have ever read. I have seen how people rave about how great the hamburgers at the Dive In are-a whole cult has grown up around them and quite frankly that has me shaking my head.
There's this:
"whoever goes on a cruise and raves about the food doesn't know good cuisine"
Amen to that. I like the food, but I would not raise a hamburger to sainthood. LOL
[Another new Hannibal promo ,version...I've lost count!]
*Alana and Margot(apparently-and Alana has a cane!)
*Mason(who is standing up(?)-maybe it's some sort of assistive device, or he's gotten surgery so he can stand up *sometimes*?)
*Zeller and Price
*Dolarhyde!
Seriously, can it be June 4th already?(as of today,it's 2 weeks!)
Lots of Florence,Lithuania and Paris. Can.Not.Wait.
*Mason(who is standing up(?)-maybe it's some sort of assistive device, or he's gotten surgery so he can stand up *sometimes*?)
*Zeller and Price
*Dolarhyde!
Seriously, can it be June 4th already?(as of today,it's 2 weeks!)
Lots of Florence,Lithuania and Paris. Can.Not.Wait.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
[hanging out with the family]
So I'm in Oklahoma City visiting family..my nephew is graduating high school and I kinda had to be here for it, you know? In spite of being sick(flying all day yesterday didn't help). but I tell you what: I could get used to flying to wherever I'm going to with only one stop and not having to change planes(I have to do the same when I go home,too)
Also,I was prechecked for TSA(don't have to take off your shoes) the last time I didn't have to take my laptop out of my bag;this time I did. We should have been in the TSA check line but my dad was not prechecked(how's that for random?) so we had to go through the regular security line.
Also,I was prechecked for TSA(don't have to take off your shoes) the last time I didn't have to take my laptop out of my bag;this time I did. We should have been in the TSA check line but my dad was not prechecked(how's that for random?) so we had to go through the regular security line.
Friday, May 15, 2015
[S1 Ep12:Releves]
*Will talking to Georgia.
*Sleepy Will waking up in his hospital bed. Hannibal made him chicken soup :)
*Will really ought to have lied to Hannibal when he asked what was going on with Georgia :(
*At least Jack isn't *completely* clued in about what's going on with Will.
*Poor Georgia.. I have a phobia of static shock and this doesn't help.Her hand on the glass..
*It was definitely NOT a short circuit.
*Freddie throws Will under the bus when she's talking to Abigail(funny how that changed in S2)
*Will dreams that Georgia is in his house and is walking weird-like in The Grudge- and goes outside.Will follows her and she says "See? See?" and is gored by the nightmare stag then bursts into flames. Then we see that Will is actually in his hospital bed and his fever has broken.
*Will-even when he's not in his right mind-is starting to figure it out.
*Jack is concerned and goes to Hannibal..Hannibal is..well, we know how Hannibal is..so he goes to Bedelia who isn't much more forthcoming.
*Great Zeller and Price scenes(this always reminds me of the blooper!)
*Bedelia can only cover for Hannibal so much-she must be questioning at least *some* of what he tells her?She basically tells him not to attract attention to himself.
*Will is thinking clearly..and he knows what he needs to do:Take Abigail to Minnesota.
*Will goes to talk to Hannibal..the "girl, bye!" look on Hannibal's face when he leaves..LOL
*Freddie is at the BHSCI when Jack shows up. Jack finds out Will has taken Abigail to to Minnesota.He asks Hannibal if he knows what's going on..sort of.
*Jack really is wondering about Will at this point-thinks he might be a bad guy(just wait 'till episode 13..oy vey!
*Will and Abigail on the plane--he takes her back to the cabin and he hallucinates impaling Abigail n the antlers.He knows that Abigail killed Nick Boyle.Abigail leaves. Will loses time and wakes up on a plane at Dulles airport.
*Hannibal goes to Abigail's. Abigail shows up a short time later and tells Hannibal that Will flipped out on her. Abigail says that he knows what's going on and that they will probably both be arrested.
*Abigail asks Hannibal if he is going to killl her. Hannibal says "I couldn't protect you in this life". Uh.Oh.
Episode insight:
Everything is coming together in this episode- and it isn't looking good for Will. Will, in his condition, is easily lead.And nobody suspects anything different. By the start of S2 they are so completely sure that Will is a killer..it's only in the middle of S2 that things start to get better for Will.And then it gets worse.
Hannibal is the proverbial fox in the hen house-at one point when Will is starting to put things together he says that the copycat killer is someone close to the case-in the FBI(Really surprised that they didn't have Will accusing Jack or someone else in the FBI of being the killer outright in a way that they would be shaking her head and making comments about Will being a crazy person.That would have been a bit cliche-and I am glad that they didn't go that far.
Abigail is colluding with Hannibal(I will be curious to see-in flashbacks-what Abigail was doing in the time she was hiding out at Hannibal's.
If I'm wrong I'm wrong about this but:I think even as far back as the later part of S1 Hannibal was brainwashing Abigail,Will ,*and* Miriam at about the same time.
Quotes:
It's not that I think Dr. Lecter is dangerous-I don't. -Jack
I felt terrified.Then I felt powerful.-Will
Whatever you're doing with Will Graham:Stop.-Bedelia
Did you fish or did you hunt, Abigail?-Will
*Sleepy Will waking up in his hospital bed. Hannibal made him chicken soup :)
*Will really ought to have lied to Hannibal when he asked what was going on with Georgia :(
*At least Jack isn't *completely* clued in about what's going on with Will.
*Poor Georgia.. I have a phobia of static shock and this doesn't help.Her hand on the glass..
*It was definitely NOT a short circuit.
*Freddie throws Will under the bus when she's talking to Abigail(funny how that changed in S2)
*Will dreams that Georgia is in his house and is walking weird-like in The Grudge- and goes outside.Will follows her and she says "See? See?" and is gored by the nightmare stag then bursts into flames. Then we see that Will is actually in his hospital bed and his fever has broken.
*Will-even when he's not in his right mind-is starting to figure it out.
*Jack is concerned and goes to Hannibal..Hannibal is..well, we know how Hannibal is..so he goes to Bedelia who isn't much more forthcoming.
*Great Zeller and Price scenes(this always reminds me of the blooper!)
*Bedelia can only cover for Hannibal so much-she must be questioning at least *some* of what he tells her?She basically tells him not to attract attention to himself.
*Will is thinking clearly..and he knows what he needs to do:Take Abigail to Minnesota.
*Will goes to talk to Hannibal..the "girl, bye!" look on Hannibal's face when he leaves..LOL
*Freddie is at the BHSCI when Jack shows up. Jack finds out Will has taken Abigail to to Minnesota.He asks Hannibal if he knows what's going on..sort of.
*Jack really is wondering about Will at this point-thinks he might be a bad guy(just wait 'till episode 13..oy vey!
*Will and Abigail on the plane--he takes her back to the cabin and he hallucinates impaling Abigail n the antlers.He knows that Abigail killed Nick Boyle.Abigail leaves. Will loses time and wakes up on a plane at Dulles airport.
*Hannibal goes to Abigail's. Abigail shows up a short time later and tells Hannibal that Will flipped out on her. Abigail says that he knows what's going on and that they will probably both be arrested.
*Abigail asks Hannibal if he is going to killl her. Hannibal says "I couldn't protect you in this life". Uh.Oh.
Episode insight:
Everything is coming together in this episode- and it isn't looking good for Will. Will, in his condition, is easily lead.And nobody suspects anything different. By the start of S2 they are so completely sure that Will is a killer..it's only in the middle of S2 that things start to get better for Will.And then it gets worse.
Hannibal is the proverbial fox in the hen house-at one point when Will is starting to put things together he says that the copycat killer is someone close to the case-in the FBI(Really surprised that they didn't have Will accusing Jack or someone else in the FBI of being the killer outright in a way that they would be shaking her head and making comments about Will being a crazy person.That would have been a bit cliche-and I am glad that they didn't go that far.
Abigail is colluding with Hannibal(I will be curious to see-in flashbacks-what Abigail was doing in the time she was hiding out at Hannibal's.
If I'm wrong I'm wrong about this but:I think even as far back as the later part of S1 Hannibal was brainwashing Abigail,Will ,*and* Miriam at about the same time.
Quotes:
It's not that I think Dr. Lecter is dangerous-I don't. -Jack
I felt terrified.Then I felt powerful.-Will
Whatever you're doing with Will Graham:Stop.-Bedelia
Did you fish or did you hunt, Abigail?-Will
Thursday, May 14, 2015
[It's gonna be weird not to write Cruise Critic posts for a while]
Or at least not as many of them-maybe once every other week..unless there is some sort of major drama going on on the boards,then maybe every other day(or just update the posts periodically, IDK.)
No more sailaways until October(which is where Cruise Critic HAL boards do the most dissing of other cruise lines..They'll probably find other ways of doing that, though, if I know that place at all. ;) )
There's a thread "What topics are off limits onboard?" One poster said that she is paranoid about people knowing who she is. She has where she lives on her profile..and she's posted pictures of her kids..you know, it would be easy enough for someone to take her pictures and put them in Google images and do a search on them.It's what they do on the TV show Catfish.
She says that her kids are "Off limits"-this is the same person who was on the Panama Canal cruise recently and said that her kids kept getting hassled by elderly passengers(IMO,the wording of her posts made it seem like a cry for help..the wording of how the kids were getting hassled-several times-was..no other word for it.. over the top.
Also, she is more than a little bit of a helicopter mom.
Then, on her review of the Panama Canal cruise she said that her son was bothered by(and refused to get off the ship because of) armed guards at several of the ports. Could she be putting that into her son's head?
No more sailaways until October(which is where Cruise Critic HAL boards do the most dissing of other cruise lines..They'll probably find other ways of doing that, though, if I know that place at all. ;) )
There's a thread "What topics are off limits onboard?" One poster said that she is paranoid about people knowing who she is. She has where she lives on her profile..and she's posted pictures of her kids..you know, it would be easy enough for someone to take her pictures and put them in Google images and do a search on them.It's what they do on the TV show Catfish.
She says that her kids are "Off limits"-this is the same person who was on the Panama Canal cruise recently and said that her kids kept getting hassled by elderly passengers(IMO,the wording of her posts made it seem like a cry for help..the wording of how the kids were getting hassled-several times-was..no other word for it.. over the top.
Also, she is more than a little bit of a helicopter mom.
Then, on her review of the Panama Canal cruise she said that her son was bothered by(and refused to get off the ship because of) armed guards at several of the ports. Could she be putting that into her son's head?
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
[Another Hannibal trailer!]
And I have to say, I was NOT expecting it, *and* I needed it today!
I'm going to give my opinion on a couple of(OK several) scenes.My comments are in bold.
Will walking through a field with a house in the background.
Lecter Castle?
Hannibal and Will in a forest sitting in chairs across from each other
A dream sequence,I'm guessing.
Wine(blood?) being thrown and dripping on Hannibal
Possibly Bedelia's death?However she'll be far from the only victim this season..I can't wait to see if they change Pazzi's death from the movies/boooks.
A body(I saw a picture of this a few days ago) sans a head and legs
That's in Europe. Will is on the trail of Hannibal and that body happens to drop.
*Will waking up in a hospital bed in Hannibal's office
Another dream sequence, though I did see someone say the reason for that could be that(in the past) it has been a place of stability for Will.Which makes sense.
Abigail and Will-
This *has* to be part of the scene Bryan referred to recently which he said will make fans go "Did that really just happen?) I do NOT think she's still alive-I mean,surviving getting your throat slashed(especially given how much blood she lost-both times-seems very unlikely.)
I'm going to give my opinion on a couple of(OK several) scenes.My comments are in bold.
Will walking through a field with a house in the background.
Lecter Castle?
Hannibal and Will in a forest sitting in chairs across from each other
A dream sequence,I'm guessing.
Wine(blood?) being thrown and dripping on Hannibal
Possibly Bedelia's death?However she'll be far from the only victim this season..I can't wait to see if they change Pazzi's death from the movies/boooks.
A body(I saw a picture of this a few days ago) sans a head and legs
That's in Europe. Will is on the trail of Hannibal and that body happens to drop.
*Will waking up in a hospital bed in Hannibal's office
Another dream sequence, though I did see someone say the reason for that could be that(in the past) it has been a place of stability for Will.Which makes sense.
Abigail and Will-
This *has* to be part of the scene Bryan referred to recently which he said will make fans go "Did that really just happen?) I do NOT think she's still alive-I mean,surviving getting your throat slashed(especially given how much blood she lost-both times-seems very unlikely.)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
[Anyone on the Autism spectrum should be horrified by this]
I've been observing the coverage of the little girl with autism who was thrown off of a plane. I won't even get into the particulars of the story,because they have been used against this kid and her mother..but as someone on the autism spectrum, the reactions to this horrify me.
United knows they're in the wrong, and how do they react?They spam the comments of every online article they find.There are a zillion different reasons that I think it is spam:It's the same people(especially on United's Facebook) posting the same comments over and over.And it's the sheer amount of comments saying that United is right-everywhere that makes me think this is a calculated move by the airline to try and save face. But what it's doing is making them look like assholes.
Not only that, but the VAST majority of people on the plane say that the girl and her family did nothing wrong(though there is one woman who is speaking out and saying that she agrees with the pilot's decision to throw this little girl off of the plane.She doesn't help her case by making various statements that made her look very ignorant about what autism is. People(and I use that term loosely) like her make me shake me head.) Can't help but wonder if they got to her. No, really.
United does not car how bad this makes them look. But it's far from the only mis-step they've made. Not even close.Their(terrible) reputation is well known.Time for an expose of how they do things, especially WRT their Facebook page which is overrun with trolls(other airlines used to have a lot of trouble with trolls on their Facebook pages but there was more uproar than there than elsewhere so you don't see them hardly at all.)
United knows they're in the wrong, and how do they react?They spam the comments of every online article they find.There are a zillion different reasons that I think it is spam:It's the same people(especially on United's Facebook) posting the same comments over and over.And it's the sheer amount of comments saying that United is right-everywhere that makes me think this is a calculated move by the airline to try and save face. But what it's doing is making them look like assholes.
Not only that, but the VAST majority of people on the plane say that the girl and her family did nothing wrong(though there is one woman who is speaking out and saying that she agrees with the pilot's decision to throw this little girl off of the plane.She doesn't help her case by making various statements that made her look very ignorant about what autism is. People(and I use that term loosely) like her make me shake me head.) Can't help but wonder if they got to her. No, really.
United does not car how bad this makes them look. But it's far from the only mis-step they've made. Not even close.Their(terrible) reputation is well known.Time for an expose of how they do things, especially WRT their Facebook page which is overrun with trolls(other airlines used to have a lot of trouble with trolls on their Facebook pages but there was more uproar than there than elsewhere so you don't see them hardly at all.)
Monday, May 11, 2015
[Oh such a perfect day..I'm glad I spent it with you]
Yesterday was Mother's Day. I made cinnamon rolls with real cream cheese icing, and my dad made bacon and a scramble with spinach,mushrooms and cheese.It was delicious.
Then, we went to downtown San Diego, to the central library. By the time we got there it wasn't quite open yet so we walked around and walked to Petco Park, our baseball stadium. Yep, it's right downtown(and also right by the trolley tracks..they figured that right for sure.) There is a sort of parkway for people to walk and bike on right by the stadium, and on the other side of it is a hill.You can watch the games from there(I've never done it,but I so would if I got the chance!)
The library is REALLY nice, pretty much brand new(has been open for less than a couple of months). They have an amazing selection of periodicals(and back issues of magazines-twice what most libraries do!) It's really nice inside, too, very open and bright with lots of windows and lots of cool artwork
Then, we walked to a restaraunt which was a little further than I thought it was going to be. I got really tired all of a sudden on the way there-I think it may have been a low blood sugar issue as I was fine after I had something to eat. Anyways, we went to a place called Cafe Chloe(which is my 10-year-old niece's name!)We sat at the bar and we all but took up all of the seats.
The food was really good-I had a hamburger with grilled onions and cheese-my niece had the mac and cheese-it looked really good! My brother also had the hamburger, my mom had granola and yogurt, my sister-in-law had the Croque Monsieur , my 14-year old nephew had a chocolate croissant and an order of fries(carbo loading!) my 17-year-old nephew had tomato soup and my dad had charceuterie(a bunch of different types of meat and pickled carrots and mustards).
Everyone LOVED their food.My burger was especially good.
Then, we went to downtown San Diego, to the central library. By the time we got there it wasn't quite open yet so we walked around and walked to Petco Park, our baseball stadium. Yep, it's right downtown(and also right by the trolley tracks..they figured that right for sure.) There is a sort of parkway for people to walk and bike on right by the stadium, and on the other side of it is a hill.You can watch the games from there(I've never done it,but I so would if I got the chance!)
The library is REALLY nice, pretty much brand new(has been open for less than a couple of months). They have an amazing selection of periodicals(and back issues of magazines-twice what most libraries do!) It's really nice inside, too, very open and bright with lots of windows and lots of cool artwork
Then, we walked to a restaraunt which was a little further than I thought it was going to be. I got really tired all of a sudden on the way there-I think it may have been a low blood sugar issue as I was fine after I had something to eat. Anyways, we went to a place called Cafe Chloe(which is my 10-year-old niece's name!)We sat at the bar and we all but took up all of the seats.
The food was really good-I had a hamburger with grilled onions and cheese-my niece had the mac and cheese-it looked really good! My brother also had the hamburger, my mom had granola and yogurt, my sister-in-law had the Croque Monsieur , my 14-year old nephew had a chocolate croissant and an order of fries(carbo loading!) my 17-year-old nephew had tomato soup and my dad had charceuterie(a bunch of different types of meat and pickled carrots and mustards).
Everyone LOVED their food.My burger was especially good.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
[so oddsy..and endsy]
*This time next week, I will be at my nephew's high school graduation-so proud of him!
*I guess the sailaways are done(for a few months) over at Cruise Critic, The hurricane season is starting(albeit a little earlier than everyone was guessing). That is why I would never go on a cruise during hurrican season. Is it cheaper?Yes, but you're also at the risk of having your cruise disrupted/cancelled. Not a gamble I am willing to take,to be honest.
*Dig's last episode aired Thursday. I have to say.. it just sorta fizzled out at the end. The logic of some of it(One of the characters being able to see a blood moon during the day? I know you can see the moon sometimes during the day but this is clearly visible.During the middle of the day. in bright sunshine! Maybe it was meant to be supernatural somehow?I don't know. The supernatural/superstitious bent of this show was low key but maybe there were things that were symbolic that I didn't pick up on. That's why I need to go back and watch some of the episodes again, I think.
Dig was filmed on location in Israel-I've been wrestling with whether or not to reccomend that to my dad-he lived in Israel-the company he worked for did a job for the Israeli Air Force-and I think he would enjoy seeing some of the places that he went to when he was there. That can't have been cheap to film there, but where else *could* they have filmed, you know?
Saturday, May 9, 2015
[the tv season is winding down..]
And it's time to find out which shows are going to get another season and which are cancelled.
In the cancelled column(so far)
The Mindy Project
Battle Creek
CSI(though it's getting a 2-hour wrap-up movie/episode(movisode?)
Constantine
The Following
Backstrom(you know your show is bad when you have to beg people to watch it on Twitter, as the writers of the show did to me). The ads for the show did nothing to try and sell the show; it was bad, and the ratings reflected that.
Bones got renewed; I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was an announcement about this being its last season though..it's not holding my interest the way it used to.
In the cancelled column(so far)
The Mindy Project
Battle Creek
CSI(though it's getting a 2-hour wrap-up movie/episode(movisode?)
Constantine
The Following
Backstrom(you know your show is bad when you have to beg people to watch it on Twitter, as the writers of the show did to me). The ads for the show did nothing to try and sell the show; it was bad, and the ratings reflected that.
Bones got renewed; I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was an announcement about this being its last season though..it's not holding my interest the way it used to.
Friday, May 8, 2015
[S1 Ep10:Roti]
*Chilton is having dinner at Hannibal's.
*Hannibal:"Deny everything". Sounds about right, LOL
*Will dreaming of a wave(which is a shout-out to the Peter Weir movie The Wave) and the wave washing over him and the totem pole,then his clock and bed start melting.
*Gideon missed his calling as a marriage counselor.
*Blood spreading across the white shirt of one of the guards.
*The scene where Will recreates what happened is mirrored when Will escapes in Ep. 13.This is brutal, but far from the *most* brutal death on the show.
*The trees decorated with organs.. *shudder*
*Chilton doesn't think he's responsible.Alana(quite justifiably) reads him the riot act.
*Will's hallucinations are getting worse-he is sweaty and hallucinates a room full of antlers. Jack is worried, but not worried enough, if you ask me.
*Will is in sessions with Hannibal but Hannibal is just making things worse.
*Gideon is going to go after anyone who he interacted, so Alana is in danger.
*Will doesn't see his fever as a big deal. Yes Will, it *is* a big deal.
*Freddie gets a call from Gideon in her car(I always half expect Gideon to pop up from the back seat).
*Freddie finds Dr. Carruthers..and Gideon.
*Freddie is going to help Gideon(and attempt to piss Hannibal off in the process which it does. Mission accomplished. ;)
*Chilton gets his insides rearranged by Gideon. Freddie is preternatually calm during all of that.
*Will really shouldn't be out and about but he is.And he just gets sicker and sicker over the course of the episode.
*Will sees the Nightmare Stag.
*Will is in Gideon's car;they go to Hannibal's.
*Will's seizure freaks me out-every. time. And Hannibal doesn't seem a bit concerned, either. "It was a mild seizure". Are you freaking kidding me?
*Hannibal sics Gideon on Alana.
*Will looks like death warmed over 2 or 3 times after his seizure.
*Hannibal leaves his keys on the table knowing full well that Will will(heh) take them, and he does.
*Alana has no idea how much danger she's in until she hears the gun go off.
* Will has just enough strength to shoot Gideon and collapse in the snow.
*Chilton is alive. Only just. Hannibal says that Will shouldn't have a gun. Jack disagrees with him. Will has a 105 degree fever.
*I love the quiet moment with Alana sitting by Will's hospital bed and holding his hand. She's there for him, even if he doesn't know it(he looks about unconscious as one person can get.)
*Session with Bedelia..they talk about Will and Hannibal says that he(Will) represents an opportunity for friendship.Boy did that ever backfire on Will. :P
Episode insight:
Wow, so much to comment on here.. First of all, let's talk about Will. I swear to god, the man just John Waynes it for most of the episode(well, until he collapses). More than one person tells Will that he looks ill.
On some level, Will must know that something is wrong...his hallucinations have been ramped up from the previous episode-the dream of the wave, and of his clock and bed melting and being engulfed in water are a good example of this. He looks sick,but apparently doesn't own a mirror or look in one enough to see what he looks like. If I looked like Will did and caught sight of myself in a mirror, I would go to the emergency room so fast it's not even funny.
Hannibal continues to be a stand-up guy[/sarcasm]. He's kinda right about Will not having a gun,though(Will's being able to take Gideon down -even with a raging fever-is amazing. Any other time someone with a gun and 105 degree fever would be a liabillity.)
Meanwhile, Hannibal is just being his usual Hannibal self.Inserting himself where he's not(necessarily) wanted.
Hannibal has all sorts of nefarious designs for Will(ha!) It's obvious from the(shady) way he's acting this episodeActually, it's been obvious for several episodes before this one.. Watching this episode the first time I could not have told you that that "friendship" was going to take the turn that it did.
Quotes:
I see his madness and I want to control it like an oil spill.-Hannibal
*Hannibal:"Deny everything". Sounds about right, LOL
*Will dreaming of a wave(which is a shout-out to the Peter Weir movie The Wave) and the wave washing over him and the totem pole,then his clock and bed start melting.
*Gideon missed his calling as a marriage counselor.
*Blood spreading across the white shirt of one of the guards.
*The scene where Will recreates what happened is mirrored when Will escapes in Ep. 13.This is brutal, but far from the *most* brutal death on the show.
*The trees decorated with organs.. *shudder*
*Chilton doesn't think he's responsible.Alana(quite justifiably) reads him the riot act.
*Will's hallucinations are getting worse-he is sweaty and hallucinates a room full of antlers. Jack is worried, but not worried enough, if you ask me.
*Will is in sessions with Hannibal but Hannibal is just making things worse.
*Gideon is going to go after anyone who he interacted, so Alana is in danger.
*Will doesn't see his fever as a big deal. Yes Will, it *is* a big deal.
*Freddie gets a call from Gideon in her car(I always half expect Gideon to pop up from the back seat).
*Freddie finds Dr. Carruthers..and Gideon.
*Freddie is going to help Gideon(and attempt to piss Hannibal off in the process which it does. Mission accomplished. ;)
*Chilton gets his insides rearranged by Gideon. Freddie is preternatually calm during all of that.
*Will really shouldn't be out and about but he is.And he just gets sicker and sicker over the course of the episode.
*Will sees the Nightmare Stag.
*Will is in Gideon's car;they go to Hannibal's.
*Will's seizure freaks me out-every. time. And Hannibal doesn't seem a bit concerned, either. "It was a mild seizure". Are you freaking kidding me?
*Hannibal sics Gideon on Alana.
*Will looks like death warmed over 2 or 3 times after his seizure.
*Hannibal leaves his keys on the table knowing full well that Will will(heh) take them, and he does.
*Alana has no idea how much danger she's in until she hears the gun go off.
* Will has just enough strength to shoot Gideon and collapse in the snow.
*Chilton is alive. Only just. Hannibal says that Will shouldn't have a gun. Jack disagrees with him. Will has a 105 degree fever.
*I love the quiet moment with Alana sitting by Will's hospital bed and holding his hand. She's there for him, even if he doesn't know it(he looks about unconscious as one person can get.)
*Session with Bedelia..they talk about Will and Hannibal says that he(Will) represents an opportunity for friendship.Boy did that ever backfire on Will. :P
Episode insight:
Wow, so much to comment on here.. First of all, let's talk about Will. I swear to god, the man just John Waynes it for most of the episode(well, until he collapses). More than one person tells Will that he looks ill.
On some level, Will must know that something is wrong...his hallucinations have been ramped up from the previous episode-the dream of the wave, and of his clock and bed melting and being engulfed in water are a good example of this. He looks sick,but apparently doesn't own a mirror or look in one enough to see what he looks like. If I looked like Will did and caught sight of myself in a mirror, I would go to the emergency room so fast it's not even funny.
Hannibal continues to be a stand-up guy[/sarcasm]. He's kinda right about Will not having a gun,though(Will's being able to take Gideon down -even with a raging fever-is amazing. Any other time someone with a gun and 105 degree fever would be a liabillity.)
Meanwhile, Hannibal is just being his usual Hannibal self.Inserting himself where he's not(necessarily) wanted.
Hannibal has all sorts of nefarious designs for Will(ha!) It's obvious from the(shady) way he's acting this episodeActually, it's been obvious for several episodes before this one.. Watching this episode the first time I could not have told you that that "friendship" was going to take the turn that it did.
Quotes:
I see his madness and I want to control it like an oil spill.-Hannibal
Thursday, May 7, 2015
[summer(nearly) doldrums]
Probably the last Cruise Critic post for a while.. it's gone a bit quiet there to be honest..
Though on a sailaway thread a week or so ago they were complaining about another(inferior) cruise line's ship being in the way so that they couldn't see what was being loaded on the ship for dry dock. Really? *everything* related to the cruise ships is *that* interesting? Then again, these are people that hold things like hamburgers(see:The Dive In counter on HAL ships) in high esteem.
Going through the HAL boards you can find plenty of posters dissecting all manner of HAL minutiae.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
[The day got away from me]
Which is why I didn't update. I have got into the (bad)habit of updating the blog late in the day. I think I'm going to *try*(operative word being *try* , LOL) to start blogging early in the morning.
An update on a few things though:
I am going to try to do a Hannibal post every day for the week leading up to the S3 premiere. Not sure what those are going to consist of(actually, I *do* know:one of them is going to be an "alphabet of Hannibal", but the others will be meta posts, perhaps, and my thoughts about S3(predictions and the like.)
Kinda related: They are going to showing ads for Hannibal during primetime tonight so you can guess where I'm going to be. :)
*And*.. my Art and Making of Hannibal book finally came yesterday and.. it's amazing. It is worth every damn cent.Seriously.
Secondly, I had talked about doing more creative writing posts, and it looks like that is probably going to happen-It's getting dead at Cruise Critic what with the end of Caribbean cruise season(though we may see some drama with the Alaskan cruise season..we'll see.)
An update on a few things though:
I am going to try to do a Hannibal post every day for the week leading up to the S3 premiere. Not sure what those are going to consist of(actually, I *do* know:one of them is going to be an "alphabet of Hannibal", but the others will be meta posts, perhaps, and my thoughts about S3(predictions and the like.)
Kinda related: They are going to showing ads for Hannibal during primetime tonight so you can guess where I'm going to be. :)
*And*.. my Art and Making of Hannibal book finally came yesterday and.. it's amazing. It is worth every damn cent.Seriously.
Secondly, I had talked about doing more creative writing posts, and it looks like that is probably going to happen-It's getting dead at Cruise Critic what with the end of Caribbean cruise season(though we may see some drama with the Alaskan cruise season..we'll see.)
Monday, May 4, 2015
[Gonna do these every so often]
What I'm reading: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susannah Clarke. I'm not very far into it but am enjoying it very much.
What I'm listening to: I love this band called St. Motel. They've got kind of a retro, Franz Ferdinand thing going with their sound.
What I'm learning: OK, this is an interesting one. I was in a lot of pain the other day, and couldn't sleep. But I found that if I cleared/opened my mind, I relaxed, and relieved my pain(well, it was down to a manageable level anyhow.)
The other thing is: I am rethinking the Panama Canal cruise. I still think it would be a lot of fun and I *would* like to do it at some point, but there was a package deal in the most recent coupon book that my parents got from Costco. 5 days in Puerto Rico, 500-something dollars per person. And nice hotels, too. I don't think airfare is included(didn't look at the small print which you should do, BTW!) but I'm sure you can find good deals from San Diego to San Juan.
Of all the places we've visited, Puerto Rico is one of the places that made the most impression on me.
What I'm listening to: I love this band called St. Motel. They've got kind of a retro, Franz Ferdinand thing going with their sound.
What I'm learning: OK, this is an interesting one. I was in a lot of pain the other day, and couldn't sleep. But I found that if I cleared/opened my mind, I relaxed, and relieved my pain(well, it was down to a manageable level anyhow.)
The other thing is: I am rethinking the Panama Canal cruise. I still think it would be a lot of fun and I *would* like to do it at some point, but there was a package deal in the most recent coupon book that my parents got from Costco. 5 days in Puerto Rico, 500-something dollars per person. And nice hotels, too. I don't think airfare is included(didn't look at the small print which you should do, BTW!) but I'm sure you can find good deals from San Diego to San Juan.
Of all the places we've visited, Puerto Rico is one of the places that made the most impression on me.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
[So the royal baby is here..]
And what a baby she is, too! Now, I'm waiting to see what they named her-Charlotte and Alice seem to be the odds on favourites, closely followed by Victoria and Elizabeth, with Diana in there as one of her middle names.
I went to bed late Friday night thinking "oh, it'll be a while before the baby is born". Well, I have a TV in my bedroom,and I left it on(on CNN). Well, I woke up about 4:30 a.m. my time Saturday morning, and Kate Middleton had had the baby already!
Then, she leaves the hospital with Unnamed Princess(LOL)later on the same day. I'm thinking she must have had a really easy labour if it went that quickly and they're allowing her to leave the hospital so soon!
Also, can we talk about the fact that the baby is a girl? People were really rooting for her to have a girl-and I agree. Now they have one of each(Kate Middleton's uncles has claimed that they want to have lots of kids-especially if they had a boy. Is that still the case even though the baby is a girl? The current Queen had four chidren; going back a bit further Queen Victoria had 9 kids..I doubt that's going to be the case with Kate and William; Kate is such a fashion plate(it rhymes!) I can't wait to see the sort of outfits that her daughter wears.
With George being close in age to the new baby, it'll be interesting to see if they're close,or if there is a bit of sibling rivalry because of it.
I went to bed late Friday night thinking "oh, it'll be a while before the baby is born". Well, I have a TV in my bedroom,and I left it on(on CNN). Well, I woke up about 4:30 a.m. my time Saturday morning, and Kate Middleton had had the baby already!
Then, she leaves the hospital with Unnamed Princess(LOL)later on the same day. I'm thinking she must have had a really easy labour if it went that quickly and they're allowing her to leave the hospital so soon!
Also, can we talk about the fact that the baby is a girl? People were really rooting for her to have a girl-and I agree. Now they have one of each(Kate Middleton's uncles has claimed that they want to have lots of kids-especially if they had a boy. Is that still the case even though the baby is a girl? The current Queen had four chidren; going back a bit further Queen Victoria had 9 kids..I doubt that's going to be the case with Kate and William; Kate is such a fashion plate(it rhymes!) I can't wait to see the sort of outfits that her daughter wears.
With George being close in age to the new baby, it'll be interesting to see if they're close,or if there is a bit of sibling rivalry because of it.
Friday, May 1, 2015
[S1 Ep10:Buffet Froid]
*Beth Lebeau comes home to a big,empty house.There's a leak in the roof so she has to check it out(is that how Georgia got in the house?)
*Beth goes back to bed(or tries to) and gets pulled under the the bed. This scene legit scares the shit out of me.Every.Time.
*Will in a session with Hannibal who is such a gaslighter.
*Will,that's an odd clock(as an aside:I love Will's "why?" when Hannibal asks him to draw a clock.
*Will's been fishin..turns out it is a hallucination and he thinks that he contaminated the crime scene.
*Beth's house looks a little like Will's-they both live in larg(ish) homes out in the middle of nowhere.Coincidence?
*Will is pretty broken at this point and it doesn't get much better for him.
*They find tissue from the killer, but can't make sense of it(more about that in a minute!)
*Hannigram scene with Hannibal, Will, and a ladder. :)
*Finally Will is going to see a doctor- Sutcliffe, a neurologist.Problem is, he's a friend of Hannibal's.And yeah, Hannibal does ask Sutcliffe to lie to Will and say that there is nothing wrong with him.And Sutcliffe totally does.
*Hannibal lies to Jack about what's going on .That should come as no surprise, though.
*Will goes back to Beth Lebeau's and sees someone and pulls off her skin before she escapes. He loses time, and calls Bev because he's not entirely sure what happened.
*Jack *did* push Will over the edge, and Will, in the condition he was in, was ill suited to deal with it.
*Will draws another odd clock.
*Hannibal suggests that maybe the woman has Cotard's syndrome, where people think they are dead.
*They find out that the woman's name is Georgia Madchen.Her mom fills them in-she has been dealing with mental illness long-term.
*"You didn't kill Miriam Lass. The Chesapeake Ripper did", ah yes, but.. :)
*Hannibal has Sutcliffe over for dinner and serves Iberico "ham".
*Hannibal, Will is your friend, but you say only to do things when it's absolutely ncessary?You really *are* an asshole.
*Will is having another brain scan. Will goes to Sutcliffe's office but there is blood on the door handle.That's not good.
*Dr. Sutcliffe has been turned into Dr. Pez Head.
*"A habit of collecting strays". Will, did you just admit that you're a dog hoarder? LOL.
*Georgia is under Will's bed.
*Georgia is in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Hannibal is hoping that she won't remember anything.Of course.He's more "worried" about Will.
*Flashback to Georgia walking in on Hannibal cutting up Dr. Sutcliffe's face; she can't see his face but he hands the scissors he's using to her so she can finish the job.
Episode insight:
A couple episodes after this one, Hannibal tells Bedelia, I see his(Will's ) madness and I want to control it like a oil spill.
Control.And manipulation.They are a HUGE part of this episode. Then in S2 Bedelia says(about Hannibal's methods) "It's coersion". Gee, you think?
He does so to Dr. Sutcliffe, who is clearly uncomfortable lying to a patient about their illness.
His unwillingness to go along with the plan got Dr. Sutcliffe killed, of course.After the second scan he must have seen that Will was getting *worse*.
This episode is all about the things we hide and the lies we tell and how we hurt the ones we love.
Hannibal has been manipulating people his entire life(we don't know his backstory in this version so have to guess)-but he uses manipulation as a coping mechanism and a life skill.
There are a lot of paralells between Will's grasp(or lack thereof) sanity and Georgia's..except Georgia's is much more long-term. I think on some level she must have picked up on Will's ability to empathise (even with brain inflammation!) which is why she went to his house.
Speaking of Will.. things just keep going downhill from this episode on and don't get much better until the middle of S2 and then Mizumono happens.
Will tries to explain what is going on to the *one* person who totally should understand and Hannibal just makes it worse
Quotes:
I feel like I'm fading.-Will
What do you smell on me?-Dr. Sutcliffe Opportunity.-Hannibal
It's 7:16 P.M, I'm in Baltimore, Maryland.My name is Will Graham.-Will
*Beth goes back to bed(or tries to) and gets pulled under the the bed. This scene legit scares the shit out of me.Every.Time.
*Will in a session with Hannibal who is such a gaslighter.
*Will,that's an odd clock(as an aside:I love Will's "why?" when Hannibal asks him to draw a clock.
*Will's been fishin..turns out it is a hallucination and he thinks that he contaminated the crime scene.
*Beth's house looks a little like Will's-they both live in larg(ish) homes out in the middle of nowhere.Coincidence?
*Will is pretty broken at this point and it doesn't get much better for him.
*They find tissue from the killer, but can't make sense of it(more about that in a minute!)
*Hannigram scene with Hannibal, Will, and a ladder. :)
*Finally Will is going to see a doctor- Sutcliffe, a neurologist.Problem is, he's a friend of Hannibal's.And yeah, Hannibal does ask Sutcliffe to lie to Will and say that there is nothing wrong with him.And Sutcliffe totally does.
*Hannibal lies to Jack about what's going on .That should come as no surprise, though.
*Will goes back to Beth Lebeau's and sees someone and pulls off her skin before she escapes. He loses time, and calls Bev because he's not entirely sure what happened.
*Jack *did* push Will over the edge, and Will, in the condition he was in, was ill suited to deal with it.
*Will draws another odd clock.
*Hannibal suggests that maybe the woman has Cotard's syndrome, where people think they are dead.
*They find out that the woman's name is Georgia Madchen.Her mom fills them in-she has been dealing with mental illness long-term.
*"You didn't kill Miriam Lass. The Chesapeake Ripper did", ah yes, but.. :)
*Hannibal has Sutcliffe over for dinner and serves Iberico "ham".
*Hannibal, Will is your friend, but you say only to do things when it's absolutely ncessary?You really *are* an asshole.
*Will is having another brain scan. Will goes to Sutcliffe's office but there is blood on the door handle.That's not good.
*Dr. Sutcliffe has been turned into Dr. Pez Head.
*"A habit of collecting strays". Will, did you just admit that you're a dog hoarder? LOL.
*Georgia is under Will's bed.
*Georgia is in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Hannibal is hoping that she won't remember anything.Of course.He's more "worried" about Will.
*Flashback to Georgia walking in on Hannibal cutting up Dr. Sutcliffe's face; she can't see his face but he hands the scissors he's using to her so she can finish the job.
Episode insight:
A couple episodes after this one, Hannibal tells Bedelia, I see his(Will's ) madness and I want to control it like a oil spill.
Control.And manipulation.They are a HUGE part of this episode. Then in S2 Bedelia says(about Hannibal's methods) "It's coersion". Gee, you think?
He does so to Dr. Sutcliffe, who is clearly uncomfortable lying to a patient about their illness.
His unwillingness to go along with the plan got Dr. Sutcliffe killed, of course.After the second scan he must have seen that Will was getting *worse*.
This episode is all about the things we hide and the lies we tell and how we hurt the ones we love.
Hannibal has been manipulating people his entire life(we don't know his backstory in this version so have to guess)-but he uses manipulation as a coping mechanism and a life skill.
There are a lot of paralells between Will's grasp(or lack thereof) sanity and Georgia's..except Georgia's is much more long-term. I think on some level she must have picked up on Will's ability to empathise (even with brain inflammation!) which is why she went to his house.
Speaking of Will.. things just keep going downhill from this episode on and don't get much better until the middle of S2 and then Mizumono happens.
Will tries to explain what is going on to the *one* person who totally should understand and Hannibal just makes it worse
Quotes:
I feel like I'm fading.-Will
What do you smell on me?-Dr. Sutcliffe Opportunity.-Hannibal
It's 7:16 P.M, I'm in Baltimore, Maryland.My name is Will Graham.-Will
[Hanninews post..if we keep getting these spoilers the way..]
We have,then I may be doing 2 Hannibal posts(1 news/spoiler post, one S1 review post)a week until the premiere.
Here's a few things we learned:
Abigail is in ep. 2-we'll find out what happened to her and there will be a moment where you think "is that really happening?"
Alana is going to turn to a dangerous and unexpected ally and is going to have a relationship that raises eyebrows. Now I *really* can't wait for it to be June 4th!
Here's a few things we learned:
Abigail is in ep. 2-we'll find out what happened to her and there will be a moment where you think "is that really happening?"
Alana is going to turn to a dangerous and unexpected ally and is going to have a relationship that raises eyebrows. Now I *really* can't wait for it to be June 4th!
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