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.
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