What are you watching right now? (tv series + see OP!)

[Paracletus]

The theremin bed scene in the 10th episode of Hannibal was brilliant. Also it's a delight to see how they play on 'Will's descent' theme and actually took time to explain Mason's pig 'design'.

And also

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Did he really kill Lounds? Really? I haven't read the novels, so I was hoping that she might be shown alive and well at the very end of the episode and Will having served some animal (apperently not pig) to Hannibal. But it seems, my hopes were in vain. Will turns into a monster himself. I am not pleased. At least I must agree to Chuckman: "You cut the ginger." Epic.

I think that

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while they explore Will' and Hannibal's similarities, philosophies and connection without any tongue in cheek (Mads' eyes when Will seemed to embrace the whole 'deeds of God' point of view were pretty genuine, as if he felt accepted for the first time, and that's surprisingly touching even without big emphasis on the subject), still it's very possible that all is gonna turn out with Will outsmarting Hannibal with the whole 'I'm like you now' attitude, while simultaneously leading Jack's attention to Hannibal. Take in consideration the hair curl Will tore from Freddie's head (I thought the emphasis was strong), the talk of all having purpose, certain phrases said to Jack (with close shots of Jack's face after), etc. I might be wrong, but we don't even know who really built that 'saber-tooth monument' - I mean, Will could've been watching

[movieartman]

LOL i love how freddie has a derringer (a pocket weapon designed for concealment) that has barrels the size of a 12 gauge shotgun.

[Chuckman]

That's probably a Bond Arms derringer in .410/.45 Colt. It is a shotgun.

[Ænimal]

The Americans
"Stealth"

Things show no sign of slowing down... and with only 2 episodes remaining before season's end, things are most certainly going to get explosive.

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So long, Kate; we hardly knew ye - looks like you won't be sticking your neck out for Phil and Elizabeth any more

[movieartman]

this is priceless, “God Dammit Mason!”

[Chuckman]

You unfluffed my pilow

[Paracletus]

I have no idea when Hannibal's gonna stop getting better and better.

Eleven,

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TOLD YOU SO

[Eleven]

I have no idea when Hannibal's gonna stop getting better and better.

Eleven,

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TOLD YOU SO

It's getting harder and harder for me to watch, as the violence increases and is displayed in such an explicit way. I still like the story, but I don't like looking at people crawling out of dead horses ... or worse.

But

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I am glad you were right, Paracletus, there has to be at least some reason left in Will!

[Paracletus]

It's getting harder and harder for me to watch, as the violence increases and is displayed in such an explicit way. I still like the story, but I don't like looking at people crawling out of dead horses ... or worse.

To the series credit, it's justified in every way possible. The violence in the previous movie adaptations of Hannibal was more of a lame excuse on a cursory theme of transformation (or was the surface reading of these themes a lame excuse to show some half-assed gore? either way, it wasn't that good). Here it's dealt with on a deeper, much more archetypal level, you can't imagine one without another. Sure, there are some stretches (as I've mentioned before, the one influenced by Damien Hirst's work is just out of character for Hannibal, not to say downright silly and over the top), but most of the stuff is very natural. Our subconscious is full of primal content, every individual transformation can be imagined in a primal and violent form. It's great that the series are brave enough to give this a full throttle, since it expands every theme, layer and shift.

The horse one is my favorite yet, by the way.

[Ænimal]

ITT: Hannibal is the only show on TV



EDIT: since the original image was removed for some reason, i found a much more fitting substitute, jic someone decides to revisit this thread and wonders what the hell is going on with this post

[Chuckman]

Speaking of Hannibal, tonight's episode was art. It took me a while to realize this show is a dark comedy.

[movieartman]

'Mason, what are your feeding to my Dogs?'
JESUSCHRISTINHEAVENFORFUCKSSAKE!


Omg mads mikkelsen's acting, the fucking subtlety is just mind blowing, when mason stabs his chair... Jesus Christ the suspense.
God i hope he gets cast as a cop in a future season of true detective so we can see him play a completely polar opposite of his hannibal role.

Omg I loved the scenes with Gillian Anderson, omg she looked so scared and alone when they first show her in the room, and then when she knows she is safe from prosecution she becomes this utter sultry wounded but strong femme fatale.

[Ænimal]

[Shinoyami65]

^I think you missed the Weird Image Thread by a subforum or two.

[Gendo'sPapa]

Mason's POV while on Hannibal's LSD concoction is by far my favorite image of the series. The trippy circus music, the sparks, the insanity. I don't worship the altar of this TV series like a lot of people do but when they knock out a killer idea I am enchanted! And terrified.

[Ænimal]

^I think you missed the Weird Image Thread by a subforum or two.

i don't cotton to people who don't take kindly to what i'm watching at a particular given moment in the non-linear progression of entropy :P

[BiQ]

HBO's Silicon Valley. I have been liking it so far until the latest episode (6) which I think dropped the ball in quite few places. Here's hoping it'll pick up soon enough.

[Gob Hobblin]

I am loving the bejeezus out of Ripper Street right now. Passing time until Mrs. Hobblin returns home and we can start working through Game of Thrones again.

[Ænimal]

The Americans Season 2 Episode 13 "Echo"

Ho Lee Chit; What a finale. From the looks of it, the next season is going to be even more intense, if that's even possible. It's too bad everyone else is watching Hannibal Burress or something so there isn't any real discussion going on regarding this series

Oh well - more for me

[StarShaper7]

Louie's fourth season does not disappoint. I thought maybe that given how much my tastes had changed between the third and fourth seasons I might watch it and realize I didn't like it anymore. It's still one of my favorite shows on television. Hilarious yet so heart-wrenchingly brutal. I feel sorry for the guy, but at the same time his misery is my comedy. But it shifts between comedy and melodrama really well, as the underlying idea is Louie's misery (it catches up to him even if something good happens) and the random weirdness of life (particularly in New York).

Another thing is that the show doesn't care for consistency, most of the time. Louis CK himself has said that he doesn't really care if the stuff that happens in one episode doesn't logically fit together with the stuff that happens in another. I think this really lets the stories stand by themselves, sort of like short films connected together by ideas rather than a strict continuity.