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Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

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This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]

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Amy - Mar 30, 2014 4:19:20 pm PDT #10579 of 11831

Because books.

I was very happy to see Beverly tonight. I had hoped that would be the case since we've been spending so much time in Will's head this season.

Me, too. We still get snatches of Abigail, so I hope this isn't actually Beverly's last appearance.

The crime scene was really disturbing for me. Reminded me of part of The Cell, which I love, but which really gives me nightmares.

I'm also glossing over how Hannibal could have pulled that off without anyone noticing -- the entry to the observatory is right out in the open, for one. And even in the dead of a night, a man carrying giant slabs of lucite inside can't have been an in-and-out process.

The metaphor of it is so perfect, it's hard to mind, though.

aurelia - Mar 31, 2014 11:08:48 am PDT #10580 of 11831

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

The timeline isn't exactly realistic either, (How long would it take to freeze a body solid enough for slicing?) but I'm not dwelling on the logistics.

Amy - Mar 31, 2014 11:15:44 am PDT #10581 of 11831

Because books.

Dwelling on the logistics with this show is a recipe for heartbreak. None of it really works, realistically.

So I look at it as a sort of surrealistic nightmare fairy tale? Or something.

Toddson - Mar 31, 2014 11:39:29 am PDT #10582 of 11831

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

a recipe for heartbreak

Recipe?

Amy - Mar 31, 2014 11:55:06 am PDT #10583 of 11831

Because books.

Heh. Pun totally not intended, but I like it!

Ginger - Mar 31, 2014 12:14:48 pm PDT #10584 of 11831

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

The body not only had to be frozen, but also preserved somehow so that nothing was dripping. Hannibal would have to have one hell of a saw and many blades, plus an untraceable source for giant sheets of plexiglass.

All I know is that the show lost me when it went directly from "find the kidney, find the murderer" to Hannibal mincing meat.

Amy - Mar 31, 2014 12:17:27 pm PDT #10585 of 11831

Because books.

Much extra salty handwavium must be applied, it's true.

I ignore the giant plot holes, because I love watching Mads Mikkelson and Hugh Dancy (and everybody else, really) too much to give it up.

Dana - Mar 31, 2014 4:32:43 pm PDT #10586 of 11831

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I started assuming last season that it was some kind of AU where people can travel ridiculous distances with no effort.

aurelia - Mar 31, 2014 4:41:02 pm PDT #10587 of 11831

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

That's just TV, though. I mean... 24?

For me it's all about the visual style and the mix of dark humor with things that are deeply disturbing.

Amy - Mar 31, 2014 4:52:22 pm PDT #10588 of 11831

Because books.

For me it's all about the visual style and the mix of dark humor with things that are deeply disturbing.

This. I mean, whatever else is going on, it's nightmarishly beautiful most of the time.

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